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): December 5, 2025
SABRE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36422 | 20-8647322 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 3150 Sabre Drive Southlake, TX |
76092 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices | (Zip Code) |
(682) 605-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
| ☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ☐ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class |
Trading Symbol |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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| Common Stock, $.01 par value | SABR | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
SPV Notes
SPV Notes Indenture
On December 5, 2025 (the “SPV Notes Issue Date”), Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC (“Sabre Financial”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Sabre Corporation (“Sabre” or the “Company”), Sabre Financing Holdings LLC (“Sabre Financing”), Sabre Financial’s direct parent company, certain of Sabre’s Luxembourg subsidiaries and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, entered into an indenture (the “SPV Notes Indenture”) governing Sabre Financial’s newly issued 11.125% senior secured notes due 2029 (the “SPV Notes”). The SPV Notes were issued in an aggregate principal amount of $1 billion, will pay interest semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2026, at a rate of 11.125% per year, and will mature on June 15, 2029.
The proceeds from the issuance of the SPV Notes were lent by Sabre Financial to Sabre GLBL pursuant to the Intercompany Loan (as defined below).
The SPV Notes are jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally, guaranteed on a secured basis by Sabre Financing and, up to an amount of $400 million, certain of Sabre’s existing and future foreign subsidiaries organized under the laws of Australia, England and Wales, Iceland, Luxembourg, Poland, Singapore and Uruguay (collectively, the “Sabre Foreign Guarantors”, and together with Sabre Financing, the “SPV Notes Guarantors”). On the SPV Notes Issue Date, the SPV Notes were guaranteed by Sabre Financing and the Sabre Foreign Guarantors organized in Luxembourg, and the SPV Notes Indenture requires Sabre Financial to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the guarantees by other Sabre Foreign Guarantors to be issued within 120 days after the SPV Notes Issue Date. The SPV Notes will not be guaranteed by Sabre GLBL Inc. (“Sabre GLBL”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sabre, the Sabre GLBL Guarantors (as defined below) or any of their other domestic or foreign subsidiaries.
The SPV Notes and the related guarantees (i) are general senior secured obligations of Sabre Financial and each SPV Notes Guarantor; (ii) rank equally in right of payment to all future unsubordinated indebtedness of Sabre Financial and each SPV Notes Guarantor; (iii) rank effectively senior to all unsecured indebtedness of Sabre Financing and, to the extent of the value of the collateral but not more than $400 million, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors; (iv) are structurally senior to the indebtedness of Sabre GLBL and the Sabre GLBL Guarantors, including the New Sabre GLBL Notes, the Existing Sabre GLBL Secured Notes, the Sabre GLBL Exchangeable Notes and the Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities (each as defined below), with respect to the assets of Sabre Financial and Sabre Financing and, up to an amount of $400 million, with respect to the assets of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors; (v) are effectively subordinated to all secured indebtedness of Sabre Financial and SPV Notes Guarantors to the extent of the value of any assets securing such secured indebtedness that are not collateral or in excess of $400 million with respect to the Sabre GLBL Guarantors; (vi) are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness, claims of holders of preferred stock and other liabilities of subsidiaries of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors that do not guarantee the SPV Notes; and (vii) are senior in right of payment to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of Sabre Financial and the SPV Notes Guarantors. Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of changes of control, the holders of the SPV Notes have the right to cause Sabre Financial to repurchase some or all of the SPV Notes at 101.000% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase. The SPV Notes are subject to redemption on the terms and at the prices set forth in the SPV Notes Indenture.
The SPV Notes Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit Sabre Financial’s ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to:
| • | incur additional indebtedness or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock of subsidiaries; |
| • | pay dividends or make other distributions on, redeem, defease, repurchase or otherwise retire equity interests; |
| • | create liens on certain assets to secure debt; |
| • | make certain investments; |
| • | sell certain assets; |
| • | place restrictions on the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make payments to Sabre Financial, Sabre Financing, Sabre Foreign Guarantors, or their respective subsidiaries; |
| • | consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of their assets; and |
| • | enter into certain transactions with affiliates. |
These covenants are subject to important exceptions, limitations and qualifications.
The SPV Notes Indenture includes customary events of default, including certain events of default with respect to collateral under the Intercompany Loan and defaults by Sabre GLBL and its restricted subsidiaries under certain indebtedness.
This description of the SPV Notes Indenture and the SPV Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the SPV Notes Indenture and the form of the SPV Notes, which are filed within this Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
SPV Security Agreement
Sabre Financial’s and the SPV Notes Guarantors’ obligations under the SPV Notes Indenture are secured, subject to permitted liens, by a first-priority security interest in substantially all present and hereinafter acquired property and assets of Sabre Financial, Sabre Financing and, up to an amount of $400 million, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors (other than certain excluded assets). (collectively, the “SPV Security Documents”), including the Pledge and Security Agreement executed in connection with the entry into the SPV Notes Indenture, on December 5, 2025, by and among Sabre Financial, Sabre Financing, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as collateral agent (the “SPV Security Agreement”).
The liens granted under the SPV Security Documents constitute first-priority liens, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens described therein, on:
| • | the loan payments due to Sabre Financial evidenced by the intercompany note issued under the Intercompany Loan; |
| • | all equity interests of Sabre Financial, held by Sabre Financing; |
| • | substantially all equity interests directly owned by Sabre Financial or any SPV Notes Guarantor in their direct restricted subsidiaries (with customary limitations on pledges of certain voting stock); |
| • | substantially all tangible and intangible personal property of Sabre Financial and the SPV Notes Guarantors, including, without limitation, accounts, inventory, equipment, general intangibles (including intellectual property and intercompany agreements), instruments and investment property, books and records, and proceeds of the foregoing; and |
| • | mortgages on material owned real property of Sabre Financial and the SPV Notes Guarantors, if any and to the extent required, together with customary title insurance, opinions and related deliverables. |
This description of the SPV Security Documents, including the SPV Security Agreement, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the SPV Security Agreement, which is filed within this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Intercompany Loan
On December 5, 2025, Sabre GLBL entered into the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement (the “Intercompany Loan”), among Sabre GLBL, as borrower, Sabre Holdings Corporation, as guarantor (“Sabre Holdings”), the other Sabre GLBL Guarantors, Sabre Financial, as lender, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the administrative agent, in the amount of $1 billion. The proceeds of the Intercompany Loan were used to refinance a portion of Sabre GLBL’s obligations under its Existing Exchange Notes and the Term Loan Credit Agreement (each as defined below).
The Intercompany Loan is guaranteed on a senior, secured basis by Sabre Holdings and Sabre GLBL’s restricted subsidiaries that guarantee the Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities (each of which also guarantee the Sabre GLBL’s existing senior secured notes (the “Existing Sabre GLBL Secured Notes”)). Neither Sabre’s foreign subsidiaries nor unrestricted subsidiaries are required to guarantee the Intercompany Loan. Each of Sabre GLBL’s future direct and indirect restricted subsidiaries that guarantee indebtedness under the Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities, the Existing Sabre GLBL Secured Notes or other first lien obligation of Sabre GLBL or a Sabre GLBL Guarantor or, if the Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities cease to be outstanding, any capital markets debt securities of Sabre GLBL or a Sabre GLBL Guarantor, guarantees the Intercompany Loan. The Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities currently require, subject to certain exceptions, newly formed or acquired domestic wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sabre GLBL to guarantee the obligations thereunder. Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of change of control, Sabre GLBL is required to offer to prepay the Intercompany Loan at 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of prepayment.
The Intercompany Loan and the related guarantees (i) are general senior secured obligations of Sabre GLBL and each of the Sabre GLBL Guarantors, (ii) rank equally in right of payment to all existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness of Sabre GLBL and the Sabre GLBL Guarantors (including the Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities, the New Sabre GLBL Notes and the Existing Sabre GLBL Secured Notes); (iii) rank effectively senior to all unsecured indebtedness of Sabre GLBL and the Sabre GLBL Guarantors, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing the loan, which it will share pari passu with the Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities, the New Sabre GLBL Notes and the Existing Sabre GLBL Secured Notes; (iv) are structurally senior to all other indebtedness of Sabre GLBL that is not guaranteed by the Sabre GLBL Guarantors, with respect to the assets of such guarantors; (v) are effectively subordinated to all secured indebtedness of Sabre GLBL and any Sabre GLBL Guarantor to the extent of the value of any assets securing such secured indebtedness that are not collateral securing the Intercompany Loan; (vi) are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness, claims of holders of preferred stock and other liabilities of subsidiaries of Sabre GLBL that are not Sabre GLBL Guarantors, including the indebtedness under the New Sabre GLBL Notes and the guarantees of the SPV Notes by the SPV Guarantors; and (vii) are senior in right of payment to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of Sabre GLBL and the Sabre GLBL Guarantors.
The Intercompany Loan contains covenants that, among other things, limit Sabre GLBL’s ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to:
| • | incur additional indebtedness or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock of subsidiaries; |
| • | pay dividends or make other distributions on, redeem, defease, repurchase or otherwise retire equity interests; |
| • | create liens on certain assets to secure debt; |
| • | make certain investments; |
| • | sell certain assets; |
| • | place restrictions on the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make payments to Sabre GLBL, Sabre Holdings or the Company; |
| • | consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of their assets; and enter into certain transactions with affiliates. |
These covenants are subject to important exceptions, limitations and qualifications.
The Intercompany Loan includes customary events of default, including certain events of default with respect to the SPV Notes.
This description of the Intercompany Loan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Intercompany Loan, which is filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Exchange Offers
New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture
In connection with the previously disclosed exchange offers (the “Exchange Offers”) by Sabre GLBL to exchange (i) any and all of its outstanding 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “8.625% Senior Secured Notes”) 11.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “11.250% Senior Secured Notes”) and (ii) up to $379 million of its 10.750 Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “10.750% Notes” and, together with the 8.625% Notes and the 11.250% Notes, the “Existing Exchange Notes”) for Sabre GLBL’s new 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “New Sabre GLBL Notes”), on December 8, 2025, Sabre GLBL, Sabre Holdings and certain of Sabre GLBL’s subsidiaries, as guarantors (collectively, with Sabre Holdings, the “Sabre GLBL Guarantors”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, entered into an indenture (the “New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture”) governing the New Sabre GLBL Notes. On December 8, 2025, in connection with completing the early settlement of the Exchange Offers, Sabre GLBL issued approximately $468 million (in addition to the cash payments to noteholders pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Offers) aggregate principal amount of New Sabre GLBL Notes in exchange for approximately $659 million aggregate principal amount of Existing Exchange Notes. The New Sabre GLBL Notes will pay interest semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2026, at a rate of 10.750% per year, and will mature on March 15, 2030. Sabre GLBL will not receive any cash proceeds from the Exchange Offers.
The New Sabre GLBL Notes are jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by (i) Sabre GLBL’s credit facilities (the “Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities”), which are governed by Sabre GLBL Guarantors which also the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013, among Sabre GLBL, Sabre Holdings, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent and Bank of America, N.A. as successor administrative agent, as subsequently amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”) and (ii) the Intercompany Loan. In addition, each future direct and indirect restricted subsidiary of Sabre GLBL that guarantees indebtedness under the Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities, the Intercompany Loan, any additional first lien obligations, any junior lien obligations or any capital markets debt securities of Sabre GLBL or a Sabre GLBL Guarantor, will guarantee the New Sabre GLBL Notes. The Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities and the Intercompany Loan currently require, subject to certain exceptions (including unrestricted subsidiaries and securitization subsidiaries), newly formed or acquired domestic wholly-owned subsidiaries to guarantee the obligations thereunder. None of the New Sabre GLBL Notes, the Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities or the Intercompany Loan will be guaranteed by any of Sabre GLBL’s foreign subsidiaries or unrestricted subsidiaries.
The New Sabre GLBL Notes and the guarantees (i) are general senior secured obligations of Sabre GLBL and each Sabre GLBL Guarantor, (ii) rank equally in right of payment to all existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness of Sabre GLBL and Sabre GLBL Guarantors (including the Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities, the Intercompany Loan, the Existing Sabre GLBL Secured Notes and Sabre GLBL’s 7.32% senior exchangeable notes due 2026 (the “Sabre GLBL Exchangeable Notes”)), (iii) rank effectively senior to all unsecured indebtedness of Sabre GLBL or Sabre GLBL Guarantor, as applicable, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing the New Sabre GLBL Notes, which it shares pari passu with Sabre GLBL’s Senior Credit Facilities, the Intercompany Loan and the Existing Sabre GLBL Secured Notes, (iv) are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness, claims of holders of preferred stock and other liabilities of subsidiaries of Sabre GLBL or Sabre GLBL Guarantor, as applicable, that do not guarantee the New Sabre GLBL Notes and (v) are senior in right of payment to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of Sabre GLBL and Sabre GLBL Guarantors, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of changes of control, the holders of the New Sabre GLBL Notes will have the right to cause Sabre GLBL to repurchase some or all of the New Sabre GLBL Notes at 101.000% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase. The New will be subject to redemption on the terms and at the prices set forth in the New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture.
The New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit Sabre GLBL’s ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to:
| • | incur additional indebtedness or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock of subsidiaries; |
| • | pay dividends or make other distributions on, redeem, defease, repurchase or otherwise retire equity interests; |
| • | create liens on certain assets to secure debt; |
| • | make certain investments; |
| • | sell certain assets; |
| • | place restrictions on the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make payments to Sabre GLBL, Sabre Holdings or the Company; |
| • | consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of their assets; and |
| • | enter into certain transactions with affiliates. |
These covenants are subject to important exceptions, limitations and qualifications. These covenants will be suspended, and shall not apply at any time during which the New Sabre GLBL Notes have been assigned an investment grade rating.
This description of the New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture and the form of the New Sabre GLBL Notes, which are filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.3 and Exhibit 4.4, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Exchange Security Agreement
Sabre GLBL’s and the Sabre GLBL Guarantors’ obligations under the New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture are secured by first-priority liens on the same collateral securing, on a pari passu basis, the indebtedness owing under Sabre GLBL’s Senior Credit Facilities, the Intercompany Loan and the Secured Notes, pursuant to certain security agreements and pledge agreements, as may be amended from time to time among Sabre Holdings, Sabre GLBL and certain of its restricted subsidiaries (collectively, the “Exchange Security Documents”), including a pledge and security agreement executed in connection with the entry into the New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture, on December 8, 2025, by and among Sabre GLBL, the Sabre GLBL Guarantors, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as collateral agent (the “Exchange Security Agreement”).
The liens granted under the Exchange Security Documents constitute first-priority liens, subject to certain exceptions and permitted liens described therein, on:
| • | all equity interests of Sabre GLBL, held by Sabre Holdings; |
| • | substantially all personal property of Sabre GLBL and the Sabre GLBL Guarantors, subject to certain exceptions (including, without limitation, exceptions for real property leases and immaterial real property; motor vehicles; with respect to perfection by control, deposit and securities accounts; LC Assets (as defined in the New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture); assets subject to certain categories of permitted liens; all letter of credit rights; securitization assets; capital stock of unrestricted subsidiaries; certain capital stock of foreign subsidiaries; and assets subject to certain legal or contractual restrictions on assignment or granting of security interests); |
| • | substantially all the equity interests of any of Sabre GLBL’s restricted subsidiaries directly owned by Sabre GLBL or any subsidiary Sabre GLBL Guarantor (or, in the case of a foreign subsidiary, 65% of the equity interests directly owned by Sabre GLBL or a subsidiary Sabre GLBL Guarantor); and |
| • | mortgages on all material real property owned by Sabre GLBL or any subsidiary Sabre GLBL Guarantor, none of which existed on the issue date for the New Sabre GLBL Notes, except for, so long as such assets are not pledged to secure any other first lien obligations, Principal Domestic Properties and Domestic Subsidiaries, which include Headquarters and Headquarters SPV (each as defined in the New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture). |
This description of the Exchange Security Documents, including the Exchange Security Agreement, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Exchange Security Agreement, which is filed within this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference
Term Loan Refinancing
On December 9, 2025, pursuant to a previously announced offer, Sabre Holdings, Sabre GLBL and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a (i) tenth amendment (the “Tenth Term Loan B Amendment”) to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and (ii) eleventh amendment (the “Eleventh Term Loan B Amendment” and, together with the Third Term Loan B Amendment, the “Term Loan B Amendments”) to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the existing Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of Sabre GLBL, as so amended by the Term Loan B Amendments, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which certain of Sabre GLBL’s existing senior secured term loans (the “Refinanced Term Loans”) were refinanced into two tranches in an aggregate principal amount of $375 million (including any premium paid in the form of new debt) (the “New Term Loans”). The Term Loan B Amendments, among other things, extend the maturity of the Refinanced Term Loans to July 30, 2029 and modify the pricing on the Refinanced Term Loans to term SOFR + a credit spread adjustment + 6.25%. Except for the extended maturity and new pricing terms of the New Term Loans, the New Term Loans will have substantially similar terms as the Old Term Loans, including guarantees and security interests. As of December 9, 2025, approximately $1.474 billion was outstanding under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
The foregoing summary of the Term Loan B Amendments does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Tenth Term Loan B Amendment and Eleventh Term Loan B Amendment, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.4 and 10.5 hereto, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
No Solicitation
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute a solicitation to, or any recommendation as to whether holders of Existing Exchange Notes should, tender any Existing Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offers.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The disclosure set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
SPV Notes Indenture
The SPV Notes Indenture contains covenants that limit, among other things, Sabre Financial’s ability to pay dividends on its capital stock, subject to certain exceptions, which may in turn, impact the ability of holders of the Company’s common stock to receive dividends. For more information, see the SPV Notes Indenture, which is filed within this Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture
The New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture contains covenants that limit, among other things, Sabre GLBL’s ability to pay dividends on its capital stock, subject to certain exceptions, which may in turn, impact the ability of holders of the Company’s common stock to receive dividends. For more information, see the New Sabre GLBL Notes Indenture, which is filed within this Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On December 5, 2025, Sabre issued a press release announcing the early results and an amendment of the Exchange Offers.
A copy of the press release is filed within this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K that are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Any statements that are not historical or current facts are forward-looking statements. In many cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “expect,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “trend,” “pro forma,” “on course,” “on track,” “target,” “potential,” “benefit,” “goal,” “believe,” “plan,” “confident,” “anticipate,” “indicate,” “trend,” “position,” “optimistic,” “will,” “forecast,” “continue,” “strategy,” “estimate,” “project,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “intend,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. More information about potential risks and uncertainties that could materially affect our business and results of operations is included in the “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” sections in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, filed with the SEC on November 5, 2025, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025 and in our other filings with the SEC. We cannot guarantee future events, including our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the SPV Notes, any of the Exchange Offers and the Refinanced Term Loans, outlook, guidance, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date they are made.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 11, 2025
| Sabre Corporation | ||||
| By: | /s/ Rochelle Boas |
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| Name: | Rochelle Boas | |||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | |||
Exhibit 4.1
SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC
AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
11.125% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2029
INDENTURE
Dated as of December 5, 2025
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee and Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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| Section 1.01 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
| Section 1.02 |
Other Definitions | 41 | ||||
| Section 1.03 |
Rules of Construction | 42 | ||||
| Section 1.04 |
Luxembourg Terms | 43 | ||||
| Section 1.05 |
Australian Terms | 44 | ||||
| ARTICLE 2 |
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| THE NOTES |
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| Section 2.01 |
Form and Dating | 44 | ||||
| Section 2.02 |
Execution and Authentication | 45 | ||||
| Section 2.03 |
Registrar and Paying Agent | 46 | ||||
| Section 2.04 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 46 | ||||
| Section 2.05 |
Holder Lists | 47 | ||||
| Section 2.06 |
Transfer and Exchange | 47 | ||||
| Section 2.07 |
Replacement Notes | 59 | ||||
| Section 2.08 |
Outstanding Notes | 60 | ||||
| Section 2.09 |
Treasury Notes | 60 | ||||
| Section 2.10 |
Temporary Notes | 60 | ||||
| Section 2.11 |
Cancellation | 61 | ||||
| Section 2.12 |
Defaulted Interest | 61 | ||||
| Section 2.13 |
CUSIP Numbers and ISINs | 61 | ||||
| ARTICLE 3 |
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| REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT |
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| Section 3.01 |
Notices to Trustee | 61 | ||||
| Section 3.02 |
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased | 62 | ||||
| Section 3.03 |
Notice of Redemption | 62 | ||||
| Section 3.04 |
Effect of Notice of Redemption | 63 | ||||
| Section 3.05 |
Deposit of Redemption Price | 63 | ||||
| Section 3.06 |
Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part | 64 | ||||
| Section 3.07 |
Optional Redemption | 64 | ||||
| Section 3.08 |
Mandatory Redemption | 65 | ||||
| Section 3.09 |
Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds | 65 | ||||
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| ARTICLE 4 |
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| COVENANTS |
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| Section 4.01 |
Payment of Notes |
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| Section 4.02 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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| Section 4.03 |
Reports and Other Information |
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| Section 4.04 |
Compliance Certificate |
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| Section 4.05 |
Taxes |
72 | ||||
| Section 4.06 |
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws |
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| Section 4.07 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments |
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| Section 4.08 |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries |
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| Section 4.09 |
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock |
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| Section 4.10 |
Asset Sales |
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| Section 4.11 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
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| Section 4.12 |
Liens |
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| Section 4.13 |
Passivity Requirements |
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| Section 4.14 |
Corporate Existence |
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| Section 4.15 |
Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control |
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| Section 4.16 |
Guarantor Coverage Test |
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| Section 4.17 |
Future Guarantors |
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| Section 4.18 |
Intercompany Loan Rights |
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| SUCCESSORS |
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| Section 5.01 |
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets |
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| Section 5.02 |
Successor Corporation Substituted |
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| ARTICLE 6 |
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| DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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| Section 6.01 |
Events of Default |
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| Section 6.02 |
Acceleration |
100 | ||||
| Section 6.03 |
Other Remedies |
101 | ||||
| Section 6.04 |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
101 | ||||
| Section 6.05 |
Control by Majority |
102 | ||||
| Section 6.06 |
Limitation on Suits |
102 | ||||
| Section 6.07 |
Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment |
102 | ||||
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| Section 6.08 |
Collection Suit by Trustee |
103 | ||||
| Section 6.09 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
103 | ||||
| Section 6.10 |
Priorities |
103 | ||||
| Section 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs |
104 | ||||
| ARTICLE 7 |
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| TRUSTEE |
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| Section 7.01 |
Duties of Trustee |
104 | ||||
| Section 7.02 |
Rights of Trustee |
105 | ||||
| Section 7.03 |
Individual Rights of Trustee |
106 | ||||
| Section 7.04 |
Trustee’s Disclaimer |
107 | ||||
| Section 7.05 |
Notice of Defaults |
107 | ||||
| Section 7.06 |
Compensation and Indemnity |
107 | ||||
| Section 7.07 |
Replacement of Trustee |
108 | ||||
| Section 7.08 |
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. |
109 | ||||
| Section 7.09 |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
109 | ||||
| Section 7.10 |
Intercompany Loan Agreement; Holder Direction Rights |
109 | ||||
| Section 7.11 |
Security Documents |
110 | ||||
| ARTICLE 8 |
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| LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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| Section 8.01 |
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
111 | ||||
| Section 8.02 |
Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
111 | ||||
| Section 8.03 |
Covenant Defeasance |
112 | ||||
| Section 8.04 |
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance |
112 | ||||
| Section 8.05 |
Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
114 | ||||
| Section 8.06 |
Repayment to Company |
114 | ||||
| Section 8.07 |
Reinstatement |
114 | ||||
| ARTICLE 9 |
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| AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER |
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| Section 9.01 |
Without Consent of Holders of Notes |
115 | ||||
| Section 9.02 |
With Consent of Holders of Notes |
116 | ||||
| Section 9.03 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents |
118 | ||||
| Section 9.04 |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
119 | ||||
| Section 9.05 |
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. |
119 | ||||
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| ARTICLE 10 |
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| COLLATERAL AND SECURITY |
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| Section 10.01 |
Security Interest |
119 | ||||
| Section 10.02 |
Certain Collateral Matters |
120 | ||||
| Section 10.03 |
After-Acquired Property |
121 | ||||
| Section 10.04 |
Release of Collateral |
121 | ||||
| Section 10.05 |
Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Security Documents |
122 | ||||
| Section 10.06 |
Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents |
123 | ||||
| Section 10.07 |
Termination of Security Interest |
123 | ||||
| Section 10.08 |
The Collateral Agent |
124 | ||||
| Section 10.09 |
Australian Security Trustee |
129 | ||||
| ARTICLE 11 |
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| GUARANTEES |
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| Section 11.01 |
Guarantee |
130 | ||||
| Section 11.02 |
Limitation on Guarantor Liability |
131 | ||||
| Section 11.03 |
Guarantee Limitation - England |
131 | ||||
| Section 11.04 |
Guarantee Limitation - Singapore |
132 | ||||
| Section 11.05 |
Guarantee Limitation - Australia |
132 | ||||
| Section 11.06 |
Guarantee Limitation - Luxembourg |
132 | ||||
| Section 11.07 |
Guarantee Limitation - Poland |
133 | ||||
| Section 11.08 |
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee |
133 | ||||
| Section 11.09 |
Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms |
134 | ||||
| Section 11.10 |
Releases |
135 | ||||
| Section 11.11 |
Limitation on Guarantor Liability - Iceland |
136 | ||||
| Section 11.12 |
Sabre Foreign Guarantor Aggregate Liability Cap |
137 | ||||
| ARTICLE 12 |
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| SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE SECTION |
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| Section 12.01 |
Satisfaction and Discharge |
137 | ||||
| Section 12.02 |
Application of Trust Money |
138 | ||||
| ARTICLE 13 |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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| Section 13.01 |
Notices |
139 | ||||
| Section 13.02 |
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes |
140 | ||||
| Section 13.03 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
140 | ||||
| Section 13.04 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
140 | ||||
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| Section 13.05 |
Rules by Trustee and Agents |
141 | ||||
| Section 13.06 |
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders |
141 | ||||
| Section 13.07 |
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction |
141 | ||||
| Section 13.08 |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
141 | ||||
| Section 13.09 |
Successors |
142 | ||||
| Section 13.10 |
Severability |
142 | ||||
| Section 13.11 |
Counterpart Originals |
142 | ||||
| Section 13.12 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
142 | ||||
| Section 13.13 |
Force Majeure |
142 | ||||
| Section 13.14 |
U.S.A. Patriot Act |
143 | ||||
| Section 13.15 |
Copies of Transaction Documents |
143 | ||||
| ARTICLE 14 |
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| PARALLEL DEBT |
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| Section 14.01 |
Purpose; Governing Law |
143 | ||||
| Section 14.02 |
Additional Parallel Debt Provisions |
143 | ||||
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EXHIBITS
| Exhibit A1 | FORM OF NOTE | |
| Exhibit A2 | FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE | |
| Exhibit B | FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER | |
| Exhibit C | FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE | |
| Exhibit D | FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS | |
| Annex A | AGREED GUARANTEE AND SECURITY PRINCIPLES |
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INDENTURE dated as of December 5, 2025 among Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
“144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
“Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specific Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating or amalgamating with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
“Additional First Lien Secured Party” means the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations, including the Holders, and any authorized representative with respect thereto named in the applicable joinder agreement, including the Trustee and the Collateral Agent.
“Additional First Lien Obligations” means any Obligations under any other First Lien Obligations (including the Notes Obligations and the Obligations under the Intercompany Loan), in each case, that are incurred prior to or after the Issue Date and secured by Collateral on a first-priority basis pursuant to the Security Documents (in the case of any Notes Obligations), the Intercompany Loan (in the case of the Obligations under the Intercompany Loan) and the other relevant security documents (in the case of other First Lien Obligations).
“Administrative Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association in its capacity as administrative agent for the Intercompany Loan, and its successors in such capacity.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
“Agreed Guarantee and Security Principles” means the agreed security principles appended to this Indenture as Annex A, as of the Issue Date, with respect to the Notes, the Guarantees of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors and the Foreign Security Documents, in each case applied in good faith by the Company.
“Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent, additional paying agent or Collateral Agent.
“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note being redeemed on any Redemption Date prior to June 15, 2027, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and
(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at June 15, 2027 (such redemption price being set forth in the applicable table appearing in Section 3.07(e) hereof), plus (ii) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through June 15, 2027 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to such Redemption Date), computed by the Company using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Note.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
“Asset Sale” means:
(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions of property or assets of a Restricted Party (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or
(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Party (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Parties issued in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions; (b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Restricted Party in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;
in each case, other than:
(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or obsolete or worn-out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other assets) held for sale or no longer used in the ordinary course of business;
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(c) the making of any Restricted Payment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 hereof including the making of any Permitted Investment;
(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Party in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than $5,000,000;
(e) any disposition (i) of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Party to the Company or a Restricted Party to another Restricted Party and (ii) to the Company or a Restricted Party constituting debt forgiveness;
(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(g) the lease, sublease, license or sublicense (including the provision of software under an open-source license) of any real or personal property, or intellectual property or other intangible assets, in the ordinary course of business;
(h) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(i) foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation or any similar action with respect to assets or the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Indenture;
(j) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, or Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing;
(k) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by a Restricted Party after the Issue Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations permitted by this Indenture; (q) failing to pursue or allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any intellectual property rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business if, in the reasonable determination of the applicable Restricted Party, such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of the business of such Restricted Party;
(l) sales, discounts or forgiveness of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(m) the sale or discount of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
(n) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;
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(o) the unwinding or voluntary termination of any Hedging Obligations;
(p) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(r) the issuance by a Restricted Party of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock that is permitted by Section 4.09 hereof;
(s) the granting of a Lien that is permitted under Section 4.12 hereof;
(t) the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law;
(u) dispositions of property by a Restricted Party pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions; and
(v) dispositions of property by any Restricted Party to any of its Affiliates (a) in the ordinary course of its business, (b) in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or (c) in connection with any Permitted Reorganization.
“Australian Corporations Act” means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia.
“Australian PPSA” means the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 of the Commonwealth of Australia and any regulations made at any time under that Act.
“Australian Security Commencement Date” means the date upon which the Australian Security Documents are entered into by the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantors and the Collateral Agent.
“Australian Security Documents” means, collectively, the Australian Security Agreements specified in Part 2 (Foreign Security Documents – Post-Close Security Documents) of the Agreed Guarantee and Security Principles.
“Bank Products” means any facilities or services related to cash management, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchase card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
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“Business Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
“Business Successor” means (a) any former Subsidiary of the Company and (b) any Person that, after the Issue Date, has acquired, merged or consolidated with a Subsidiary of the Company (that results in such Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company), or acquired (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of a Subsidiary or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Capital Stock” means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares in the capital of such corporation;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP (after giving effect to the proviso in the definition thereof).
“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP (after giving effect to the proviso in the definition thereof), recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) of such Person during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are, or are required to be, reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(1) United States dollars;
(2) (a) Canadian dollars, Yen, pounds sterling, euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU; or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary or the Sabre Foreign Guarantors, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
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(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 24 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3), (4) or (7) entered into with any financial institution or recognized securities dealer meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
(6) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P or at least F2 by Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s or “A” or higher from Fitch with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2, A-2 or F2 from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);
(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s or AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency); and
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(11) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (10) above.
In the case of Investments by any Sabre Foreign Guarantor or by any Foreign Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (a) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (11) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (b) other short-term investments utilized by the Sabre Foreign Guarantors or Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Parties in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1) through (11) in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above or the immediately preceding paragraph; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above or the immediately preceding paragraph as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
For purposes of determining the maximum permissible maturity of any investments described in this definition, the maturity of any obligation is deemed to be the shortest of the following: (i) the stated maturity date; (ii) the weighted average life (for amortizing securities); (iii) the next interest rate reset for variable rate and auction-rate obligations; or (iv) the next put exercise date (for obligations with put features).
“Centre of Main Interest” means, with regard to each Sabre Foreign Guarantor incorporated, established or registered in a state which is a member state of the European Union, the centre of main interests as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the For the Council of the European Union Regulation No. 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast).
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition, in one or a series of related transactions (other than by merger, consolidation or amalgamation), of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of Sabre Financing or the Company and their respective subsidiaries, or the Sabre Foreign Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries, in each case, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more Permitted Holders;
(2) the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person (other than a Permitted Holder) or Persons (other than one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Sabre Corporation; (3) the Company ceasing to be a direct Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sabre Financing;
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(4) Sabre Financing ceasing to be a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sabre GLBL;
(5) any Sabre Foreign Guarantor ceasing to be a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sabre GLBL (unless such Restricted Party is sold, disposed of, transferred or liquidated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, or if such Restricted Party is subject to a transaction that complies with Section 5.01 hereof); or
(6) any Change of Control (as defined in the Intercompany Loan) under the Intercompany Loan as in existence on the Issue Date.
“consolidated” means, with respect to any Person, such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and excludes from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person and, with respect to the Restricted Group, all of the Restricted Parties, excluding from consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of any of the Restricted Parties. Where applicable, references to “consolidated” in this Indenture shall be deemed to refer to the Company and the other Restricted Parties, consolidated with their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, and excluding Unrestricted Subsidiaries in a manner consistent with the preceding sentence.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
“Collateral” means all assets and properties subject to Liens created pursuant to any Security Document to secure any Notes Obligations.
“Collateral Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent under this Indenture, until a successor collateral agent replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
“Company” means Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors.
“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense for such period, including the amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and Capitalized Software Expenditures of such Person for such period (including such expense attributable to held-for-sale discontinued operations) determined on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of: (1) cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income, of such Person determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges payable in cash with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, net cash payments made under Hedging Obligations and (2) cash interest expense that is capitalized in accordance with GAAP, but, in the case of each of (1) and (2), excluding:
(a) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs and commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest;
(b) the accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities during such period;
(c) any interest expense in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in clause (c), or the proviso at the end, of the definition thereof;
(d) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” and all costs associated with Hedging Obligations;
(e) any one-time costs associated with the unwinding, termination or breakage in respect of Hedging Obligations;
(f) all non-recurring cash interest expense consisting of liquidated damages or additional interest for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations or financing and commitment fees; and
(g) cash payments made on account of accrued interest with respect to any Qualified Holding Company Debt to the extent such payments are required by the terms of such Indebtedness to be made before the close of any “accrual period” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1272-1(b)(1)(ii)) ending after five years from the date of original issuance of such Indebtedness.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication:
(1) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the Transaction Expenses or any multi-year strategic cost-saving initiatives), severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded;
(2) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded, in each case in accordance with GAAP;
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(3) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of such other Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents to such other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such other Person by such Person in such period;
(4) [reserved];
(5) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to any Restricted Party) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt line items and other non-cash charges in such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of recapitalization, purchase or acquisition method accounting in relation to any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;
(6) any net after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or conversion of (a) Indebtedness, (b) Hedging Obligations or (c) other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
(7) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to goodwill and other intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;
(8) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs shall be excluded;
(9) any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, disposition, incurrence, amendment or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Intercompany Loan), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of the Notes or the Intercompany Loan) and including, in each case, without limitation, any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful, shall be excluded; (11) any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment, acquisition or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Indenture, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Company has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier (without any right of appeal thereof) within 180 days and (ii) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days), shall be excluded;
(10) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the closing of any acquisition that are required to be established as a result of such acquisition in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;
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(12) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Company has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;
(13) any net pension costs or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 712 “Compensation—Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits” and Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715 “Compensation—Retirement Benefits,” and any other non-cash items of a similar nature, shall be excluded;
(14) losses or gains on asset sales (other than asset sales made in the ordinary course of business) or in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing shall be excluded;
(15) the following items shall be excluded:
(a) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from obligations under any Hedging Obligations and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging;” and
(b) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation and transaction gains or losses including those related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net gain or loss resulting from obligations under Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk) and any other monetary assets and liabilities; and
(16) any adjustments resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 460, Guarantees, or any comparable regulation, shall be excluded.
In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Permitted Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Indenture.
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“continuing” means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
“Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;
(2) to advance or supply funds:
(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or
(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or
(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
“Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person, which directly or indirectly is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Company and/or other companies.
“Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” means the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.01 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
“Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities, including the Intercompany Loan, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness, including any notes, securities, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, securities or other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof) or adds additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
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“Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.
“Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by a Restricted Party in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by a financial officer of the applicable Restricted Party, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received within 180 days in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption or repurchase of or collection or payment on such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
“Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent or any direct or indirect parent company thereof (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Party or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by any Restricted Party) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Company or the applicable parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof.
“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided that any Capital Stock held by any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), of any of the Restricted Parties or any of their respective, any of their respective direct or indirect parent companies or any other entity in which a Restricted Party has an Investment and is designated in good faith as an “affiliate” by the board of directors of the Company (or a similar governing body, or the compensation committee thereof), in each case pursuant to any stock subscription or shareholders’ agreement, management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by a Restricted Party or their respective Subsidiaries or in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
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Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require a Restricted Party to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that a Restricted Party may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the terms of this Indenture. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Restricted Parties may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(1) increased (without duplication) by the following, determined on a consolidated basis for such Person, in each case (other than clauses (h) and (k)) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including any future taxes or other levies which replace or are intended to be in lieu of such taxes and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to clauses (1) through (16) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”; plus
(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (x) net losses or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations plus bank fees, (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities and (z) amounts excluded from Consolidated Interest Expense as set forth in clauses (a) through (g) in the definition thereof); plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; plus
(d) the amount of any restructuring charges, integration and facilities opening costs or other business optimization expenses, one-time restructuring costs incurred in connection with acquisitions made after the Issue Date, project start-up costs and costs related to the closure or consolidation of facilities; plus
(e) any other non-cash charges, including, without limitation, any write-offs or write-downs reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period; plus
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(f) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary; plus
(g) [reserved]; plus
(h) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 12 months of such period (which cost savings shall be (i) added back to EBITDA until realized, (ii) subject only to certification by management of the Company and (iii) calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it is understood and agreed that “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken, provided that some portion of such benefit is expected to be realized within 12 months of taking such action); plus
(i) any costs or expense incurred by a Restricted Party pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of a Restricted Party or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of a Restricted Party (other than Disqualified Stock); plus
(j) any net loss from discontinued operations; plus
(k) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of EBITDA pursuant to clause (2) below for any previous period and not added back; plus
(l) Initial Public Company Costs;
(2) decreased (without duplication) by the following, determined on a consolidated basis for such Person, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(a) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior period; plus
(b) any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase EBITDA in such prior period; plus
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(c) any net income from discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations).
“EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
“euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
“Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds received by Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent from:
(1) contributions to its common equity capital; and
(2) the sale (other than to a Restricted Party or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Company) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent;
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed by a financial officer of the Company within 30 days of the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by contractual requirements existing on the date hereof or on the date of the formation or acquisition of such Subsidiary (other than contractual requirement entered into by such Subsidiary in contemplation of such acquisition) or applicable law from guaranteeing the Obligations, and (b) each Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“fair market value” means, with respect to any asset or liability, the fair market value of such asset or liability as determined by the Company in good faith.
“First Lien Obligations” means, collectively, (a) the Notes Obligations, (b) the Obligations under the Intercompany Loan and (c) any other Additional First Lien Obligations.
“First Lien Secured Parties” means (a) the Collateral Agent, (b) the Trustee, (c) the Holders, (d) the “Secured Parties,” as defined in the Intercompany Loan, (e) the “Secured Parties,” as defined in the Security Documents and (f) any Additional First Lien Secured Parties.
“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.
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“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;
(2) all dividends or other distributions paid to any Person other than such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Party (or such other Specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) during such period, excluding distributions in the form of additional Preferred Stock of a Restricted Party; and
(3) all dividends or other distributions paid to any Person other than such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock of a Restricted Party (or such other Specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) during such period, excluding distributions in the form of additional Preferred Stock of Sabre Holdings.
“Foreign Security Documents” means one or more security agreements, charges, mortgages or pledges with respect to Collateral of a Sabre Foreign Guarantor in the Guarantor Jurisdictions that secure Obligations of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors (including the Luxembourg Security Documents).
“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time (provided that for purposes of Article 4 of this Indenture (and the terms used therein), with respect to any Person the financial statements of which have been historically prepared in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles in Australia, Iceland, Poland, Singapore, United Kingdom, Luxembourg or any applicable jurisdiction outside the United States of America, GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in such jurisdiction, as in effect from time to time), except for any change occurring after the Issue Date in GAAP, in the event the Company delivers notice to the Trustee within 30 days of entry into effect of such change that such change will not apply for any determinations under this Indenture; provided that all calculations and determinations by the Company (other than in financial statements and related information filed, furnished or posted pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof) related to leases and lease expenses under this Indenture shall be made by application of applicable accounting principles immediately prior to the entry into effect of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842, Leases.
“Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(f) hereof.
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“Government Securities” means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or
(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.
“guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other monetary obligations.
“Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Obligations, including Hedging Obligations, under this Indenture.
“Guarantor” means, collectively, the Company (other than with respect to its own Obligations), Sabre Financing and the Sabre Foreign Guarantors.
“Guarantor Jurisdictions” means, as of the Issue Date, Australia, England and Wales, Iceland, Luxembourg, Poland, Singapore and Uruguay.
“Hedging Obligations” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by, or subject to, any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
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“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the registrar’s books.
“Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:
(1) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(a) in respect of borrowed money;
(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) due more than twelve months after such property is acquired, except (i) any such balance that constitutes an obligation in respect of a commercial letter of credit, a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after becoming due and payable and any purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller and (iii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business; or
(d) representing net obligations under any Hedging Obligation;
if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent of such Person appearing upon the balance sheet of such Person solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP shall be excluded;
(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and
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(3) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person;
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (a) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or (b) obligations under or in respect of a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of Sabre Holdings, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
“Initial Public Company Costs” means, as to any Person, costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable to companies with equity securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees, in each case to the extent arising solely by virtue of the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities on a national securities exchange; provided that any such costs arising from the costs described above in respect of the ongoing operation of such Person as a listed equity or its listed debt securities following the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities or debt securities, respectively, on a national securities exchange shall not constitute Initial Public Company Costs.
“Initial Purchasers” means the persons named as “Purchasers” in the Purchase Agreement.
“Intercompany Loan” means the intercompany loan agreement dated as of the Issue Date, among Sabre GLBL, as the borrower, Sabre Holdings and the other subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the Company, as lender, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative and collateral agent, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or if the Notes are not then rated by Moody’s or S&P, an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
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“Investment Grade Securities” means:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);
(2) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Restricted Parties and their Subsidiaries;
(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and
(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, credit card and debit card receivables, trade credit, advances to customers and distributors, commission, travel and similar advances to employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors and consultants in each case made in the ordinary course of business and excluding, in the case of Restricted Parties and their Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of Sabre Holding or Sabre Financing, as applicable, in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07 hereof:
(1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Restricted Party’s direct or indirect equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of a Restricted Party at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the applicable Restricted Party shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:
(a) the Restricted Party’s direct or indirect “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less
(b) the portion (proportionate to the Restricted Party’s direct or indirect Equity Interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Company, including its board of directors (or a similar governing body) if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000.
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The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash or other property by the applicable Restricted Party in respect of such Investment.
“Issue Date” means December 5, 2025.
“LC Assets” means all deposit and securities accounts (including all funds held in or credited to such accounts, interest, dividends or other property distributed in respect of such accounts and any proceeds thereof) that may be opened from time to time with one or more banks or other financial institutions (including with a foreign branch of such banks or other financial institutions) securing letters of credit, demand guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof, other than those provided under the Intercompany Loan.
“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York or place of payment.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge or other security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including (i) any “security interest” as defined in sections 12(1) or (2) of the Australian PPSA but does not include any “security interest” as defined in section 12(3) of the Australian PPSA that does not, in substance, secure the performance or payment of an obligation and (ii) any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Luxembourg” means the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
“Luxembourg Account Pledge Agreement” means the Luxembourg law governed account pledge agreement entered into on or around the date hereof between Lux Parent, Sabre International, Sabre Finance and Sabre AS, each as pledgors, the Collateral Agent, as pledgee.
“Luxembourg Guarantors” means, collectively, Lux Parent, Sabre International, Sabre Finance and Sabre AS.
“Luxembourg Receivables Pledge Agreement” means the Luxembourg law governed receivables pledge agreement entered into on or around the date hereof between Lux Parent, Sabre International, Sabre Finance and Sabre AS, each as pledgors, and the Collateral Agent, as pledgee and Lux Parent and Sabre International, each as debtors.
“Luxembourg Security Documents” means the Luxembourg Account Pledge Agreement, the Luxembourg Receivables Pledge Agreement and the Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreement.
“Luxembourg Share Pledge Agreement” means the Luxembourg law governed share pledge agreement entered into on or around the date hereof between Lux Parent and Sabre International, as pledgors, the Collateral Agent, as pledgee, and Sabre International, Sabre Finance and Sabre AS, as companies.
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“Lux Parent” means Sabre Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) organized and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 28, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg being registered with the RCS under number B125399 and identified internally by Sabre GLBL as of the Issue Date by number (3030).
“Management Stockholders” means the members of management (and their Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members) of Sabre Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries who are investors in Sabre Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof (other than any Management Stockholders (or their Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) who are not members of management as described in this definition on the Issue Date to the extent their beneficial ownership of Voting Stock (including that of their Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), individually or collectively, would constitute a Change of Control were they not considered Management Stockholders).
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.
“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.
“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds received by a Restricted Party in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent or required by applicable law, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, other fees and expenses, including title and recordation expenses, taxes paid or estimated to be payable as a result thereof, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Indebtedness secured by a Lien on such assets and required (other than required by clause (1) of Section 4.10(b) hereof) to be paid as a result of such transaction (or in the case of Asset Sales of Collateral, which Senior Indebtedness shall be secured by a Lien on such Collateral that has priority over the Lien securing the Notes Obligations) and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the applicable Restricted Party as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by such Restricted Party after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction and of a pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds attributable to minority interests in a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a disposition by, or of Capital Stock of, a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly- Owned Subsidiary to the extent such Net Proceeds are not available for application by the Restricted Party.
“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
“Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.
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“Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Notes and this Indenture, including for the avoidance of doubt, Obligations in respect of Guarantees thereof.
“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing on or subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the board of directors (or a similar governing body), the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of a Person.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of a Person by an Officer of such Person, who must be an executive officer, a financial officer, the treasurer or an accounting officer of such Person that meets the requirements of Section 13.04 hereof.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 13.04 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
“Parallel Debt” means in relation to an Underlying Debt an obligation to pay to the Collateral Agent and/or Trustee (as applicable) an amount equal to (and in the same currency as) the amount of the Underlying Debt.
“Permitted Asset Swap” means the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and Cash Equivalents between any Restricted Party and another Person that is not a Restricted Party; provided that any Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof; provided further that the assets received are pledged as Collateral to the extent required by the Security Documents to the extent that the assets disposed of constituted Collateral.
“Permitted Holders” means each of (i) Sabre Corporation and (ii) any direct or indirect holding company for Equity Interests of the Company, the beneficial owners of whose Voting Stock would not have caused a Change of Control if such beneficial owners had directly held the Voting Stock of the Company. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.
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“Permitted Investments” means:
(1) any Investment in a Restricted Party;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
(3) any Investment by a Restricted Party in a Person (including, to the extent constituting an Investment, in assets of a Person that represent substantially all of its assets or a division, business unit or product line, including research and development and related assets in respect of any product) that is engaged directly or through entities that will be Restricted Subsidiaries in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is amalgamated, merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets (or a division, business unit or product line, including any research and development and related assets in respect of any product), or is liquidated into, a Restricted Party,
and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or transfer;
(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 4.10(a) hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5) any Investment existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any such Investment or binding commitment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased in such extension, modification or renewal only (a) as required by the terms of such Investment or binding commitment as in existence on the Issue Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
(6) any Investment:
(a) consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by a Restricted Party in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the Company of such other Investment or accounts receivable (including any trade creditor or customer); or (d) as a result of a foreclosure by a Restricted Party with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(c) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons; or
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(7) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (10) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;
(8) any Investment in a Similar Business taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed $20,000,000;
(9) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;
(10) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 hereof and the creation of Liens on the assets of a Restricted Party in compliance with Section 4.12 hereof;
(11) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11(b) hereof (except transactions described in clauses (2) and (5) of Section 4.11(b) hereof);
(12) Investments consisting of purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment or the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
(13) additional Investments, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or have not been subsequently sold or transferred for cash or marketable securities), not to exceed $20,000,000;
(14) (a) Investments in or relating to a Securitization Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Company, are necessary or advisable to effect any Qualified Securitization Financing or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith and (b) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees and purchases of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(15) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of $5,000,000 outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;
(16) loans and advances to employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors and consultants of a Restricted Party for business-related travel, entertainment, moving and analogous ordinary business purposes or payroll advances, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of a Restricted Party or any direct or indirect parent company thereof; (17) advances, loans or extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business by a Restricted Party;
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(18) any Investment in any Subsidiary or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business;
(19) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business;
(20) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contacts and loans or advances made to distributors in the ordinary course of business;
(21) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course of business;
(22) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection of deposit and Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(23) [reserved];
(24) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Equity Interests of the Company or any other direct or indirect parent of the Company;
(25) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contracts; and
(26) Investments in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture (regardless of the legal form) having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (26) that are at that time outstanding, do not exceed in the aggregate at any time outstanding $35,000,000; provided, that such Investment is made for a bona fide business purpose.
“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:
(1) pledges, deposits or security by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, and other social security laws or similar legislation or other insurance related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto) or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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(2) Liens imposed by law, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’, mechanics’ Liens or other like Liens, so long as, in each case, such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business;
(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or not yet payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case, issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business or consistent with past practice prior to the Issue Date;
(5) survey exceptions, encumbrances, ground leases, easements, covenants, encroachments, protrusions or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph, telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including defects and irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially and adversely impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(6) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (4), (12) or (13) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; provided that (a) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (13) relate only to Obligations relating to Refinancing Indebtedness that (x) is secured by Liens on the same assets as the assets securing the Refinancing Indebtedness or (y) extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or defeases Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued under clause (4) or (12) of Section 4.09(b) hereof, and (b) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock to be incurred pursuant to clause (4) of Section 4.09(b) hereof extend only to the assets so purchased, leased or improved;
(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(8) Liens on property or shares of stock or other assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further that such Liens may not extend to any other property or other assets owned by a Restricted Party; (9) Liens on property or other assets at the time a Restricted Party acquired the property or such other assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into a Restricted Party; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, amalgamation, merger or consolidation; provided further that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by a Restricted Party;
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(10) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Party owing to another Restricted Party permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;
(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations; provided that, with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be under this Indenture, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations;
(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s accounts payable or similar trade obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or trade letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(13) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business (including the provision of software under an open-source license) which do not (a) materially interfere with the operation of the business of the Restricted Parties, taken as a whole, or (b) secure any Indebtedness;
(14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by a Restricted Party in the ordinary course of business;
(15) Liens in favor of a Restricted Party;
(16) Liens on equipment of a Restricted Party granted in the ordinary course of business to clients of a Restricted Party, as applicable; (20) other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000;
(17) Liens on accounts receivable, Securitization Assets and related assets incurred in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(18) Liens to secure any modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (7), (8) and (9); provided that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property) and proceeds and products thereof and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (7), (8) and (9) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
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(19) deposits made or other security provided in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(21) Liens arising from judgments or orders for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (5) of Section 6.01 hereof;
(22) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(23) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under applicable law, including the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity or securities trading accounts or other commodity or securities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (c) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking or financial institution’s general terms and conditions;
(24) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 4.09 hereof; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(25) Liens encumbering reasonable customary deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(26) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of a Restricted Party to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of such Restricted Party or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of a Restricted Party in the ordinary course of business;
(27) Liens securing obligations owed by a Restricted Party in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds; (29) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale or purchase of goods entered into by a Restricted Party in the ordinary course of business;
(28) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to capital stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
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(30) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by a Restricted Party in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted;
(31) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by a Restricted Party are located;
(32) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(33) Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(34) Liens on the assets of non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries that were permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(35) Liens arising solely from precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings;
(36) Liens (including Liens on cash collateral) securing letters of credit in a currency other than dollars permitted under clause (5) of Section 4.09(b) hereof in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000;
(37) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by a Restricted Party thereof or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(38) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;
(39) Liens on LC Assets securing letters of credit, demand guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof; and
(40) (a) [Reserved];
(b) Liens securing the Notes issued on the Issue Date and replacement notes therefor (including any guarantees related to the foregoing); and
(c) Liens securing Additional First Lien Obligations permitted to be incurred under clause (13) of Section 4.09(b) hereof, to the extent that such Additional First Lien Obligations serve to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease First Lien Obligations secured with a Lien incurred pursuant to subclause (b) of this clause (40); provided that, in each case, on or before any such Indebtedness or other Obligations are incurred and secured with a Lien pursuant to this clause (40), such Indebtedness or other Obligations are designated, as the case may be, as “First Lien Obligations” under any applicable intercreditor agreement and the applicable First Lien Secured Parties with respect to such First Lien Obligations enter into such intercreditor agreement; and
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(41) any deemed security interest under section 12(3) of the Australian PPSA which does not secure payment or performance of an obligation.
For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.
“Permitted Reorganization” means any transaction or undertaking in connection with internal reorganizations or restructurings (including in connection with tax planning, tax reorganizations and other corporate reorganizations), so long as such Permitted Reorganization is not materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes (as determined by the Company in good faith).
“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“Polish Guarantor” means Sabre Polska Sp. z.o.o. with its registered office in Kraków, at ul. Księdza Józefa Tischnera 8, 0-418 Kraków, entered in the register of entrepreneurs of the National Court Register maintained by the District Court for Kraków Śródmieście in Kraków, XI Commercial Division of the National Court Register under KRS number 0000052497, having a REGON number 357221300 and a NIP number 6772155817, with the share capital in the amount of PLN 2,650,000.
“Post-Closing Collateral” means the Collateral provided by the Post-Closing Guarantors on the Post-Closing Assumption Date.
“Post-Closing Security Documents” means the Security Documents entered into by the Post-Closing Date Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for purposes of securing the Notes Obligations.
“Post-Closing Guarantors” means the foreign entities identified as “Post-Closing Foreign Guarantors” on Schedule IV to the Purchase Agreement.
“Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
“Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
“Purchase Agreement” means that the Purchase Agreement dated November 20, 2025 among the Company, the Initial Purchasers and the other parties party thereto.
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“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Qualified Holding Company Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness of Sabre Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation prior to the final maturity of the Notes (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) that does not require any payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the date that is five years from the date of the issuance or incurrence thereof and (ii) the date that is ninety one days after the final maturity of the Notes (it being understood that this clause (b) shall not prohibit Indebtedness, the terms of which permit the Company thereof to elect, at its option, to make payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the date determined in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (b)) and (c) that is not Guaranteed by a Restricted Party.
“Qualified Proceeds” means the fair market value of assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.
“Qualified Securitization Financing” means any Securitization Financing of a Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) the board of directors (or a similar governing body) of Sabre GLBL shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to Sabre GLBL and the Securitization Subsidiary, (b) all sales and/or contributions of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by Sabre GLBL) and (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof, including any Standard Securitization Undertakings, shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by Sabre GLBL). The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of Sabre GLBL or any of the Restricted Parties (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness under this Indenture prior to engaging in any Securitization Financing shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s and S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by Sabre GLBL which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.
“RCS” means the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg).
“Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Notes.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global Note” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
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“Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of any Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period therefor.
“Regulation S Temporary Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A2 hereto deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business, provided that any assets received by a Restricted Party in exchange for assets transferred by a Restricted Party shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, Paying Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, any officer within the corporate trust department of such Trustee, Paying Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, including any vice president, assistant vice president, trust officer or any other officer of such Trustee, Paying Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture or any other officer of such Trustee, Paying Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be to whom any corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject matter.
“Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Parties” means, collectively, the Company, Sabre Financing, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of such Person (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.” Unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, a reference to a “Restricted Subsidiary” shall be a reference to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Restricted Parties.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
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“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.
“Sabre AS” means Sabre AS (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) organised and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 28, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and being registered with the RCS under number B170188.
“Sabre Finance” means Sabre Finance (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) organised and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 28, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and being registered with the RCS under number B125397.
“Sabre Financing” means Sabre Financing Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the direct parent of the Company and an indirect wholly-owned unrestricted subsidiary of Sabre GLBL and Sabre Holdings.
“Sabre Foreign Guarantors” means, collectively, (i) Sabre Australia Technologies I Pty Limited (ACN 096 308 486), (ii) Sabre Travel Network (Australia) Pty. Limited (ACN 003 696 982), (iii) Sabre UK Marketing Ltd., (iv) Sabre EMEA Marketing Limited, (v) Lux Parent, (vi) Sabre International, (vii) Sabre Finance, (viii) Sabre AS, (ix) Sabre Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., (x) Sabre Marketing Pte. Ltd., (xi) Sabre Technology Holdings Pte. Ltd., (xii) Sabre Global Technologies Limited, (xiii) Sabre Polska Sp. z.o.o., (xv) Sabre Global Services, S.A., (xvi) Sabre Iceland ehf., and any Sabre’s future direct and indirect subsidiaries in the Guarantor Jurisdictions which will be required to Guarantee the Notes after the Issue Date in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents.
“Sabre GLBL” means Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect parent of Sabre Financing and the Company.
“Sabre GLBL Exchangeable Notes” means Sabre GLBL’s 7.32% Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2026.
“Sabre GLBL Notes” means, collectively, Sabre GLBL’s (i) 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, (iii) 11.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, (iii) 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2029, (iv) 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030, (v) Senior Secured Notes due 2030 being issued in Sabre GLBL’s exchange offer pursuant to the Offering Circular dated November 20, 2025, and any guarantees of any of the foregoing.
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“Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities” means the term and revolving credit facilities under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013, among Sabre GLBL, Sabre Holdings, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer, Deutsche Bank, AG New York Branch, as an L/C Issuer, and the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures, guarantees, credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund, exchange or refinance (or successively replace, refund, exchange or refinance) any part of the loans, notes, guarantees, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture (or successive replacement, refunding, exchange or refinancing facility or indenture) that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof; provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under the Sabre GLBL Notes.
“Sabre Holdings” means Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation and an indirect parent of Sabre Financing and the Company.
“Sabre International” means Sabre International (Luxembourg) S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité) organised and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 28, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and being registered with the RCS under number B125396.
“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement providing for the leasing a Restricted Party of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Restricted Party to a third Person in contemplation of such leasing.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of a Restricted Party secured by a Lien.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Securitization Assets” means the accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams and other rights to payment subject to a Qualified Securitization Financing and the proceeds thereof.
“Securitization Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Securitization Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by a Restricted Party pursuant to which such Restricted Party may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Securitization Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by a Restricted Party) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of such Restricted Party, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such Securitization Assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Securitization Assets, proceeds of such Securitization Assets and other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Securitization Assets.
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“Securitization Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a Standard Securitization Undertaking, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
“Securitization Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of a Restricted Party (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the Restricted Party or any Subsidiary thereof makes an Investment and to which the Restricted Party or any Subsidiary thereof transfers Securitization Assets and related assets) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Restricted Party or its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contingent and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by a Restricted Party, other than another Securitization Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates a Restricted Party, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of a Restricted Party, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which none of the Restricted Parties, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Company reasonably believes to be no less favorable to such Restricted Party or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the applicable Restricted Party and (c) to which none of the Restricted Parties, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.
“Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, by and among the Company, Sabre Financing, the Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent.
“Security Documents” means collectively, the Security Agreement, any security agreement, any intellectual property security agreements, any mortgages, any security agreement supplements, the Foreign Security Documents and each other agreement, instrument or other document entered into in favor of the Collateral Agent for purposes of securing the Notes Obligations.
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“Senior Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Restricted Party unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any related Guarantee.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Party that, were it and all the other Restricted Parties each a Subsidiary of Sabre Financing, would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.
“Similar Business” means (1) any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by a Restricted Party on the Issue Date or (2) any business or other activities that are reasonably similar, incidental, ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which a Restricted Party were engaged on the Issue Date.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any Person:
(a) any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person;
(b) any designation by such Person of any Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, in each case, in accordance with this Indenture;
(c) any issuance or disposition by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests such that any of such Person’s Restricted Subsidiaries ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(d) any acquisition or disposition by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of property or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division from or to any Person other than such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each, a “Permitted Acquisition”);
(e) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than with or into such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); or
(f) any closure of a business unit, line of business or division by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Restricted Party of the Company in a Securitization Financing.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Notes,
(1) any Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and
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(2) any Indebtedness of any Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.
“Subsequent Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of Sabre GLBL or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock (as defined under the Intercompany Loan)), other than:
(1) public offerings with respect to Sabre GLBL’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;
(2) issuances to any Subsidiary of Sabre GLBL;
(3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution (as defined under the Intercompany Loan) or a Contributed Holdings Investment (as defined in the Intercompany Loan); and
(4) offerings or issuances by Sabre GLBL or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of Sabre GLBL or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) (in each case, as defined under the Intercompany Loan) of Sabre GLBL from it, whether or not such subsequent contribution or purchase occurs prior to or after the Issue Date) pursuant to agreements entered into prior to the Issue Date.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, charitable foundations) of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
“Total Assets” means the total assets of the Restricted Group, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheets of such persons as may be expressly stated.
“Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by a Restricted Party in connection with the issuance of the Notes issued on the Issue Date and the use of proceeds therefrom.
“Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury Securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to June 15, 2027; provided that if the period from the Redemption Date to such date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury Securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
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“Treasury Securities” means any investment in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States government or any agency thereof, in each case, maturing no later than June 15, 2029.
“Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as trustee under this Indenture, until a successor trustee replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
“Underlying Debt” means in relation to the Company or any Guarantor and at any time, each obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent) owing by the Company or such Guarantor to a First Lien Secured Party under this Indenture, the Notes or the Security Documents (including for the avoidance of doubt any change or increase in those obligations pursuant to or in connection with any amendment or supplement or restatement or novation of this Indenture, the Notes or any Security Document, in each case whether or not anticipated as of the date of this Indenture) excluding the Company’s or such Guarantor’s Parallel Debt, as applicable.
“Unrestricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Global Note” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:
(1) any Subsidiary of the Company (but not a Subsidiary of Sabre Financing which is not a Subsidiary of the Company), of Lux Parent or of the Polish Guarantor which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Company, Lux Parent or the Polish Guarantor, as provided below); and
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Company, Lux Parent and the Polish Guarantor may designate any of their Subsidiaries (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Company, Lux Parent, the Polish Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that:
(1) such designation is not prohibited by Section 4.07 hereof; and
(2) each of (a) the Subsidiary to be so designated and (b) its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of any Restricted Party except for guarantees by any Restricted Party incurred in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a Restricted Party shall only be permitted to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (x) if such Restricted Party constitutes or will substantially concurrently constitute an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under the Intercompany Loan and (y) in connection with the creation of a bona fide joint venture with third parties.
Any such designation by the Company shall be notified by the Company to the Trustee by promptly delivering to the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the board of directors (or a similar governing body) of the Company or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
“U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
“U.S. Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors (or a similar governing body) of such Person.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by
(2) the sum of all such payments.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
| term |
Defined in Section |
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| “Acceptable Commitment” |
4.10 | |||
| “Affiliate Transaction” |
4.11 | |||
| “Asset Sale Offer” |
3.09 | |||
| “Authentication Order” |
2.02 | |||
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| “Change of Control Offer” |
4.15 | |||
| “Change of Control Payment” |
4.15 | |||
| “Change of Control Payment Date” |
4.15 | |||
| “Covenant Defeasance” |
8.03 | |||
| “DTC” |
2.03 | |||
| “Event of Default” |
6.01 | |||
| “Excess Proceeds” |
4.10 | |||
| “Guarantor Coverage Test” |
4.16 | |||
| “incur” |
4.09 | |||
| “Intercompany Actions” |
7.10 | |||
| “Legal Defeasance” |
8.02 | |||
| “Offer Amount” |
3.09 | |||
| “Offer Period” |
3.09 | |||
| “Paying Agent” |
2.03 | |||
| “Payment Default” |
6.01 | |||
| “Pari Passu Indebtedness” |
3.09 | |||
| “Post-Closing Assumption Date” |
4.17 | |||
| “Purchase Date” |
3.09 | |||
| “Refinancing Indebtedness” |
4.09 | |||
| “Refunding Capital Stock” |
4.07 | |||
| “Registrar” |
2.03 | |||
| “Restricted Group” |
4.16 | |||
| “Restricted Payments” |
4.07 | |||
| “Second Commitment” |
4.10 | |||
| “Successor Company” |
5.01 | |||
| “Successor Guarantor” |
11.04 | |||
| “Treasury Capital Stock” |
4.07 |
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) “or” is not exclusive;
(4) “including” is not limiting;
(5) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(6) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
(7) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(8) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
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Section 1.04 Luxembourg Terms
In each Security Document, where it relates to a person (i) incorporated, (ii) established, (iii) constituted or (iv) formed in Luxembourg, a reference to:
(a) director, manager or officer includes a gérant or an administrateur;
(b) a winding-up, administration, reorganisation, liquidation, insolvency or dissolution, administration or reorganisation, composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement includes, without limitation, bankruptcy (faillite), insolvency, voluntary or judicial liquidation (liquidation volontaire ou judiciaire), administrative dissolution without liquidation procedure (procédure de dissolution administrative sans liquidation), amicable (out-of-court) reorganisation proceedings (including any request to appoint a conciliator) or judicial reorganisation proceedings (including by way of mutual or collective agreement or transfer of assets or activities by court order) within the meaning of the Luxembourg law of 7 August 2023 on business continuity, restructuring and the modernisation of the bankruptcy regime (the “2023 Law”), moratorium or reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), general settlement with creditors, reorganisation or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally;
(c) an agent includes, without limitation, a mandataire;
(d) an attachment includes a saisie;
(e) a liquidator, administrative receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator, compulsory manager, receiver, administrator or similar officer includes, without any limitation, any:
1. juge-commissaire and/or insolvency receiver (curateur) appointed under the Luxembourg act of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies as amended;
2. liquidateur appointed under Articles 1100-1 to 1100-15 (inclusive) of the Luxembourg act of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended;
3. juge-commissaire and/or liquidateur appointed under Article 1200-1 of the Luxembourg act of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended;
4. commissaire appointed under the Grand-Ducal decree of 24 May 1935 on the controlled management regime or under Articles 593 to 614 (inclusive) of the Luxembourg Commercial Code; and
5. Juge délégué appointed under the Luxembourg act of 14 April 1886 on the composition to avoid bankruptcy, as amended; and
6. conciliateur d’entreprise, mandataire ad hoc, mandataire de justice, juge délégué or administrateur provisoire, curateur or similar officer pursuant to any voluntary or judicial insolvency, winding up, liquidation or similar proceedings or similar officer appointed under the 2023 Law.
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(f) a security, a lien or a security interest includes, without limitation, any hypothèque, nantissement, gage, privilège, accord de transfert de propriété á titre de garantie, gage sur fonds de commerce, mise en pension, droit de retention or sureté réelle and any type of real security (sûreté réelle) or agreement or arrangement having a similar effect whatsoever whether granted or arising by operation of law;
(g) a person being unable to pay its debts or a person admitting inability to pay its debts includes that person being a state of cessation de paiement;
(h) gross negligence means faute lourde and willful misconduct means dol or faute dolosive; and
(i) a set-off includes, for purposes of Luxembourg law, legal set-off;
(j) a guarantee includes any guarantee which is independent from the debt to which it relates and excludes any suretyship (cautionnement) within the meaning of Articles 2011 and seq of the Luxembourg Civil Code;
(k) commencing negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness includes any negotiations with that purpose conducted in order to reach an amicable agreement (accord amiable); and
(l) by-laws or constitutional documents includes its up-to-date (restated) articles of association (statuts coordonnés).
Section 1.05 Australian Terms.
(a) Banking Code of Practice (Australia). The parties agree that the Australian Banking Association Banking Code of Practice does not apply to this Indenture nor the transactions under it.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibits A1 and A2 hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
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(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibits A1 or A2 hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S will be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which will be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Following the termination of the applicable Restricted Period, the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend shall be deemed removed from the Regulation S Temporary Global Note for the Notes, following which temporary beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall automatically become beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note of the Notes pursuant to the Applicable Procedures.
The aggregate principal amount of a Regulation S Temporary Global Note for the Notes and a Regulation S Permanent Global Note of the Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and/or the Paying Agent and the Depositary or their respective nominees, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
(d) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
At least one Officer must sign the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual, electronic or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
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A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
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Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes.
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
(2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act.
Beneficial interests in Global Notes may be exchanged in whole or in part for Definitive Notes upon request of the Holders if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of either of the events in clauses (1) or (2) of this Section 2.06(a), Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a). However, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
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(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).
(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) hereof, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(A) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
(B) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in clause (1) above;
provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903 under the Securities Act.
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Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (4), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
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If any such transfer is effected at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
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the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(1)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
(3) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (3), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(4) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.
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Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(4) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(4) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clauses (B), (D), (E) or (F) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.
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(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(B) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
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(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(B) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
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(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(1) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
“THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC (THE “COMPANY”) THAT PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY),] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S], IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC, SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC OR ANY WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) IN THE UNITED STATES, SO LONG AS THE NEW NOTES REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON WHO IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ACQUIRING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ONE OR MORE OTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT SUCH RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.”
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(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), or (e)(3) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK)
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(“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
(3) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). THIS LEGEND WILL BE DEEMED REMOVED AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (i) THE DATE ON WHICH THESE NOTES WERE FIRST OFFERED AND (ii) THE DATE OF ISSUE OF THESE NOTES.”
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
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(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing;
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Members of, or participants in, DTC shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by DTC or by the Custodian as the custodian of DTC or under such Global Note, and DTC may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and any agent of the Issuer, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any agent of the Issuer, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC and its participants, the operation of customary practices of DTC governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
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(9) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
(10) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in, DTC or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of DTC or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than DTC) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or purchase) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other security or property) under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders in respect of the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be DTC or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through DTC subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by DTC with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(11) In connection with any proposed transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes, the Holder that is the transferor of the Note and the Company, to the extent that the information is reasonably available to the Company, shall use commercially reasonably efforts to provide the Trustee with all information as is reasonably requested by the Trustee and necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Section 6045 of the Code. The Trustee may rely on information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. An indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note, including Trustee’s expenses.
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Every replacement note is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a Redemption Date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in conclusively relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
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Section 2.11 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) in accordance with its customary procedures. Certification of the disposition of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company upon its written request. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers and ISINs.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers and ISINs (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that the Trustee shall have no liability for any defect in the “CUSIP” numbers or ISINs as they appear on any Note, notice or elsewhere, and, provided further that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers or ISINs.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth:
(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
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(2) the Redemption Date;
(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
(4) the redemption price.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or purchase (1) in compliance with customary DTC procedures or (2) by lot or on a pro rata basis or by such other method as most nearly approximates a pro rata basis subject to customary DTC procedures.
If any Notes are listed on an exchange, and the rules of such exchange so require, the Company will notify the exchange of any such notice of redemption. In addition, the Company will notify the exchange of the principal amount of any Notes outstanding following any partial redemption of Notes.
In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.
The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 12 hereof.
The notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the redemption price;
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(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Company’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the redemption price, subject to the following sentence. Notice of any redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.
One Business Day prior to the redemption date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption is not so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
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Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) At any time prior to June 15, 2027, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
(b) At any time, in connection with any tender offer or other offer to purchase any series of Notes (including pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer), if not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such offer, all of the holders of such series of Notes will be deemed to have consented to such tender or other offer and accordingly, the Company or any third party purchasing or acquiring the Notes in lieu of the Company will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 60 days following such purchase, to redeem all Notes of such series that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to the price paid to holders in such purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the Redemption Date).
(c) At any time and from time to time on or prior to June 15, 2027, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds of one or more Subsequent Equity Offerings (1) by Sabre GLBL or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of Sabre GLBL to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of Sabre GLBL or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) (in each case, as defined in the Intercompany Loan) of Sabre GLBL from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 111.125%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that
(1) at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes must remain outstanding after each such redemption; and (d) Except pursuant to the preceding paragraphs (a) through (c), the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to June 15, 2027.
(2) that such redemption shall occur within 180 days after the date on which any such Subsequent Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture.
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(e) On and after June 15, 2027, the Company may, at its option, on one or more occasions, redeem all or a portion of the Notes at redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the aggregate principal amount thereof) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on June 15 of the years indicated below:
| Year |
Percentage | |||
| 2027 |
105.563 | % | ||
| 2028 and thereafter |
100.000 | % | ||
(f) If the Company receives any voluntary or mandatory prepayment of principal under the Intercompany Loan, the Company shall retain such amount and promptly use such amount to redeem the maximum principal amount of Notes that can be redeemed with such amount (after taking into account accrued and unpaid interest and any applicable redemption premium required to be paid in connection therewith).
(g) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
(h) Notice of any redemption (including with net cash proceeds of a Subsequent Equity Offering) may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control. If any Notes are listed on an exchange, and the rules of such exchange so require, the Company will notify the exchange of any such notice of redemption. In addition, the Company will notify the exchange of the principal amount of any Notes outstanding following any partial redemption of Notes. If any condition precedent has not been satisfied, the Company shall, provide written notice to the Trustee and Holders by 10 A.M., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, stating that such condition has not been satisfied, the notice of redemption is rescinded or delayed and the redemption shall not occur or shall be delayed.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
The Company is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. However, under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to offer to purchase Notes as described under Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof. The Company may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise.
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an “Asset Sale Offer”), it will follow the procedures specified below.
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The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”) to the Holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;
(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(6) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
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(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company will select the Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased); and
(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due.
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The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in the contiguous United States, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee; provided that no office of the Trustee shall be an office or agency of the Company or any Guarantor for purpose of service of legal process on the Company or any Guarantor.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the contiguous United States for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.
Section 4.03 Reports and Other Information.
(a) So long as any Notes are outstanding, unless Sabre Holdings is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise complies with such reporting requirements, the Company will furnish without cost to the Trustee:
(1) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Sabre Holdings (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025):
| (w) | audited year-end consolidated financial statements of Sabre Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows, prepared in accordance with GAAP; |
| (x) | a discussion and analysis in reasonable detail of Sabre Holdings’ consolidated results of operations for the period referred to in clause (1)(w) of this Section 4.03(a) and the most recent comparable prior period and liquidity and capital resources; |
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| (y) | a presentation of EBITDA of Sabre Holdings derived from such financial statements referred to in clause (1)(w) of this Section 4.03(a); and |
| (z) | all pro forma and historical information in respect of any significant transaction (as determined in accordance with Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) consummated more than 75 days prior to the date such information is furnished to the extent not previously provided and for the time periods for which such financial information would be required (if Sabre Holdings were subject to the filing requirements of the Exchange Act) in a filing on Form 8-K with the SEC at such time; |
(2) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Sabre Holdings (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2026):
| (w) | unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements of Sabre Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows, prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end adjustments; |
| (x) | a discussion and analysis in reasonable detail of the consolidated results of operations of Sabre Holdings for the period referred to in clause (2)(w) of this Section 4.03(a) and the most recent comparable prior period and liquidity and capital resources; |
| (y) | a presentation of EBITDA of Sabre Holdings derived from such financial statements referred to in clause (2)(w) of this Section 4.03(a); and |
| (z) | all pro forma and historical financial information in respect of any significant transaction (as determined in accordance with Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) consummated more than 75 days prior to the date such information is furnished to the extent not previously provided and for the time periods such financial information would be required (if Sabre Holdings were subject to the filing requirements of the Exchange Act) in a filing on Form 8-K with the SEC at such time; and |
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(3) within five Business Days following the occurrence of any of the following events, a description in reasonable detail of such event: (i) any change in the executive officers or directors of Sabre Holdings, (ii) any incurrence of any material long-term debt obligation or capital lease obligation (each as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) of or relating to Sabre Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) the acceleration of any material Indebtedness of Sabre Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) any issuance or sale by Sabre Holdings of Equity Interests of Sabre Holdings (excluding any issuance or sale pursuant to any stock option or similar compensation plan in the ordinary course of business), (v) the entry into of any agreement by Sabre Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries relating to a transaction that has resulted or may result in a Change of Control (as defined under this Indenture, or under the Intercompany Loan), (vi) any resignation or termination of the independent accountants of Sabre Holdings or any engagement of any new independent accountants of Sabre Holdings, (vii) any determination by Sabre Holdings or the receipt of advice or notice by Sabre Holdings from its independent accountants, in either case, relating to non-reliance on previously issued financial statements, a related audit opinion or a completed interim review and (viii) the completion by Sabre Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of the acquisition or disposition of a significant amount of assets, otherwise than in the ordinary course of business, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (viii), only to the extent any such event would be required to be reported by a company subject to reporting under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on Form 8-K.
For purposes of the references to Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X in clauses (1)(z) and (2)(z) of this Section 4.03(a) and notwithstanding any contrary provisions of such Rule 3-05, Sabre Holdings may elect to determine whether pro forma and historical financial information is required, and the time periods, if any, therefor, with reference to the proportion of the total EBITDA of Sabre Holdings and its Subsidiaries attributable to the relevant acquired business or businesses in lieu of using the conditions specified in Rule 1- 02(w) of Regulation S-X. For the avoidance of doubt, this covenant shall not require the provision of any information required by Rules 3-09, 3-10 or 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
(b) Sabre Holdings shall provide S&P and Moody’s (and their respective successors) with information on a periodic basis as S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, shall reasonably require in order to maintain public ratings of the Notes. In addition, Sabre Holdings has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding and Sabre Holdings is not subject to reporting under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors that certify that they are qualified institutional buyers, upon their request, the information, to the extent not previously satisfied, required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(c) Sabre Holdings will make the reports and other information required by Section 4.03(a) hereof not filed with the SEC available to any Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes, any prospective investor in the Notes that certifies that it is a qualified institutional buyer or non-U.S. person, any securities analyst or any market maker affiliated with any Initial Purchaser by posting them on its website or Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online system; provided that Sabre Holdings will not be required to make available any password or other login information to any such person unless it establishes its qualification as such to the reasonable satisfaction of Sabre Holdings. The Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such reports and other information have been posted.
(d) Within 15 Business Days of furnishing the information specified in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 4.03(a) hereof to the Trustee, Sabre Holdings will hold a conference call for Holders, prospective investors in the Notes that certify that they are qualified institutional buyers, securities analysts or any market maker affiliated with any Initial Purchaser to discuss the results of operations for the relevant period, following advance notice to such parties by commercially reasonable means expected to reach them (which may be by posting such notice on its website or Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online system; provided that the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether any such posting has occurred).
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(e) In addition, the Company will include in its annual and quarterly disclosures set forth under Section 4.03(a)(1) and (2) hereof (or otherwise provide subject to the same deadlines) such financial information relating to the assets, liabilities, indebtedness, revenues and EBITDA of the Restricted Group as is consistent with that included in the Company’s Offering Memorandum, dated November 20, 2025, relating to the offering of the Notes.
(f) In addition, if at any time (i) any direct or indirect parent company of Sabre Holdings becomes a guarantor of the Indebtedness of Sabre GLBL or Sabre Holdings (there being no obligation of any such parent company to do so) or (ii) Sabre Corporation (or a successor thereto) is the direct or indirect parent company of Sabre Holdings, then, in each case, the reports, information and other documents required to be furnished to Holders of the Notes, and actions required to be taken, pursuant to this covenant may, at the option of the Company, be furnished by and be those of, or taken by, as the case may be, such parent or Sabre Corporation (or its successor), as applicable, rather than Sabre Holdings; provided that in the case of (i) and (ii) above, a reasonably detailed description of any material differences between Sabre Corporation’s financial information and Sabre Holdings’ financial information will be provided within five Business Days after the furnishing of each annual and quarterly report pursuant to this covenant. Any report required to be furnished under this covenant will be deemed furnished upon public filing with the SEC; provided that the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether any such filing has occurred.
(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Sabre Holdings will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations hereunder for purposes of clause (3) of Section 6.01 hereof until 90 days after the date any report hereunder is due.
(h) The delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates), nor shall the Trustee have any responsibility or liability for the content, filing or timeliness of any report required under this Section 4.03 or any other reports, information and documents required under this Indenture (aside from any report that is expressly the responsibility of the Trustee subject to the terms hereof).
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026), an Officer’s Certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of the Restricted Parties during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and the Security Documents, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and the Security Documents, and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture or the Security Documents (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
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(b) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within five Business Days of any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05 Taxes.
The Restricted Parties will pay or discharge, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to pay or discharge, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, lawful assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants (to the extent it may lawfully do so) that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Restricted Parties will not, and will not permit any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(I) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Restricted Parties’ Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation other than:
(A) dividends or distributions by Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent payable solely in its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock); or
(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Party, other than Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent, so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Party other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent, the Restricted Party receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;
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(II) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent or any direct or indirect parent company of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent, including in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(III) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than:
(A) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (7) and (8) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; or
(B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or
(IV) make any Restricted Investment;
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (I) through (IV) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”).
(b) The limitations of Section 4.07(a) hereof will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or other distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or other distribution or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or other distribution or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any (i) Equity Interests (“Treasury Capital Stock”) of the Restricted Parties or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor or (ii) Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to any Restricted Party) of, Equity Interests of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent or any direct or indirect parent company of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent to the extent contributed to the capital of any Restricted Party (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding Capital Stock”), (b) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Treasury Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to any Restricted Party) of Refunding Capital Stock, and
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(c) if immediately prior to the retirement of Treasury Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this paragraph, the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Treasury Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase, exchange or other acquisition or retirement of (i) Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor or (ii) Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Guarantor, that, in each case, is incurred in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof so long as:
(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of such new Disqualified Stock does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends on, the Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired, defeasance costs and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock;
(b) such new Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(c) such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(d) such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired; and
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(e) (i) if the Subordinated Indebtedness being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired is not secured by any Liens, such new Subordinated Indebtedness is not secured by any Liens, and (ii) if the Subordinated Indebtedness being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired is secured by any Liens, the Liens securing such new Subordinated Indebtedness have the same priority as, and are limited to the same property and assets (including additional future assets and proceeds) subject to, the Liens securing such Subordinated Indebtedness being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(4) the Restricted Parties may pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent company thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of Sabre GLBL (or of any such direct or indirect parent company of Sabre GLBL) or another Restricted Party held by any future, present or former employee, director, consultant or distributor (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of any Restricted Party or any of its Subsidiaries so long as such purchase is pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of any employee or director equity plan, employee or director stock option plan or any other employee or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement and including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the applicable Restricted Party or any direct or indirect parent company of the applicable Restricted Party in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition) with any employee, director, consultant or distributor of the applicable Restricted Party (or any direct or indirect parent company of the applicable Restricted Party) or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the applicable Restricted Party from any future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants of the applicable Restricted Party (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), any direct or indirect parent company of the applicable Restricted Party in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the applicable Restricted Party or any of the applicable Restricted Party’s direct or indirect parent companies will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Indenture;
(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent or any class or series of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Party issued in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;
(6) (a) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Restricted Parties after the Issue Date; or
(b) the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the capital of the Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; (7) Restricted Payments made by any Restricted Party to any of its Affiliates (a) in the ordinary course of its business, (b) in connection with intercompany cash management or similar arrangements or (c) in connection with any Permitted Reorganization;
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(8) payments made or expected to be made by the Restricted Parties in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) and any repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or required withholding or similar taxes;
(9) distributions of the proceeds of any Asset Sale (which are not reinvested in the Restricted Group) to any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, which proceeds are required to be applied to the repayment of indebtedness of Sabre GLBL in accordance with the terms thereof;
(10) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(11) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (11) not to exceed $20,000,000;
(12) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees;
(13) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to provisions similar to those described under Section 4.10 and Section 4.15 hereof; provided that a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been made and all Notes validly tendered by Holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired for value;
(14) the declaration and payment of dividends or the payment of other distributions by a Restricted Party to, or the making of loans or advances to, any of their respective direct or indirect parent companies in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent companies to pay, in each case without duplication:
(a) franchise and excise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence;
(b) tax liability to each foreign, federal, state or local jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns (including in respect of disregarded entities) for such jurisdiction of any direct or indirect parent company of the applicable Restricted Party attributable to such Restricted Party or its Subsidiaries determined as if such Restricted Party and its Subsidiaries filed separately; (c) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to employees, directors, officers and managers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Restricted Party to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Restricted Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(d) operating costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, attributable to the ownership or operations of the Restricted Party and its Subsidiaries;
(e) fees and expenses other than to Affiliates of the Company related to any equity or debt offering of such parent company (whether or not successful);
(f) to finance Investments otherwise permitted to be made pursuant to this covenant if made by the Company; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) such direct or indirect parent company shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the capital of one of the Restricted Parties or (2) the merger or amalgamation of the Person formed or acquired into one of the Restricted Parties (to the extent not prohibited by Section 5.01 hereof) in order to consummate such Investment;
(15) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Party by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are Cash Equivalents); and
(16) the Company or any of the Restricted Parties may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms.
(c) The Restricted Parties will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the penultimate sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Restricted Parties (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments and/or Permitted Investments in an amount determined as set forth in the penultimate sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment and/or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time under clause (10) or (11) of Section 4.07(b) hereof, or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Indenture.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, none of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors nor any of their Subsidiaries may transfer (through an Investment, disposition, Restricted Payment or otherwise) or exclusively license intellectual property material to the business of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to (a) any Unrestricted Subsidiary of a Restricted Party or (b) Sabre GLBL or any of its Subsidiaries that is not a Sabre Foreign Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, in any case, for the primary purpose (as determined by the Company in good faith) of obtaining third party financing secured by such intellectual property; provided that this paragraph shall not prohibit the transfers or licenses among Restricted Subsidiaries of Sabre Foreign Guarantors that are not Sabre Foreign Guarantors.
(e) For purposes of determining compliance with the provisions set forth above, in the event that a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments described in the above clauses or the definitions thereof, the Company, in its sole discretion, may order and classify, and from time to time may reorder and reclassify (based on circumstances existing at the time of such reclassification), such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment if it would have been permitted at the time such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment was made and at the time of any such reclassification.
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Restricted Parties will not, and will not permit any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries that is not a Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Party to:
(1) (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Restricted Parties on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or
(b) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Party that is a Guarantor;
(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted Party that is a Guarantor; or
(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of the Restricted Parties that is not a Guarantor; except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
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(b) this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Notes and the guarantees thereof; (c) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of
(c) business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (3) above on the property so acquired;
(d) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;
(a) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including Hedging Obligations; (e) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Parties in existence at the time of such acquisition or at the time it merges with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Parties or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person (but, in any such case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries or the property or assets so acquired;
(f) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of a Restricted Party pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;
(g) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(h) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(j) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements relating solely to such joint venture;
(k) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, including with respect to intellectual property and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(l) restrictions created in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing that, in the good faith determination of the Company are necessary or advisable to effect such Qualified Securitization Financing;
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(i) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof; (m) restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which a Restricted Party is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of such Restricted Party that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of such Restricted Party or the assets or property of another Restricted Party;
(n) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof; provided that, in the judgment of the Company, such incurrence will not materially impair the Company’s ability to make payments under the Notes when due;
(o) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (n) of Section 4.08(a) hereof; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing;
(p) restrictions created in connection with any Securitization Financing that, in the good faith determination of the Company, are necessary or advisable to effect such Securitization Financing; and
(q) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Party or Securitization Subsidiary which was previously an non-Restricted Party pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that it is a party to or entered into before the date on which it became a Restricted Party or Securitization Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an non-Restricted Party becoming a Restricted Party or Securitization Subsidiary and any such encumbrance or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Company or any other Restricted Party other than the assets and property of such Restricted Party or Securitization Subsidiary.
Section 4.09 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.
(a) The Restricted Parties will not, and will not permit any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor and Lux Parent will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit the Company or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock.
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(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof will not apply to:
(1) [reserved];
(2) [reserved];
(3) (i) Indebtedness of a Restricted Party in existence on the Issue Date, including the Notes issued on the Issue Date and (ii) any Guarantees of the Notes (whether on or after the Issue Date);
(4) (i) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) and Disqualified Stock incurred or issued by the Restricted Parties and Preferred Stock issued by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent, to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other assets that in each case are used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and (ii) Indebtedness arising under Capitalized Leases other than those in effect on the Issue Date or entered into pursuant to subclause (i) of this clause (4), in each case of clauses (i), and (ii), incurred in the ordinary course of business, in an aggregate principal amount, together with any refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred or issued and outstanding under this clause (4), not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(5) Indebtedness incurred by the Restricted Parties constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s acceptances, warehouse receipts, or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance; provided that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;
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(6) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Restricted Parties providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; (7) Indebtedness of the Company to a Restricted Party other than the Company; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Party that is not a Guarantor is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; provided further that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Party ceasing to be a Restricted Party or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Party or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (7);
(8) Indebtedness of a Restricted Party to the Company or another Restricted Party; provided that if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Party that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of the Notes of such Guarantor; provided further that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Party or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (8);
(9) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Party issued to the Company or another Restricted Party; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Party ceasing to be a Restricted Party or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Company or another of its Restricted Party) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (9);
(10) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes) for the purpose of limiting interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture, exchange rate risk or commodity pricing risk;
(11) obligations in respect of self-insurance and obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Restricted Parties or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(12) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any other Restricted Party not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (12) does not at any one time outstanding exceed $20,000,000;
(13) the incurrence by the Restricted Parties of Indebtedness, the issuance by Restricted Parties of Disqualified Stock or the issuance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent of Preferred Stock which serves to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under clauses (3), (4), (12) of this Section 4.09(b) and this clause (13) or any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay accrued and unpaid interest, dividends on such aforementioned Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, premiums (including premiums and consideration in excess of the face amount, in each case in connection with tenders or exchanges), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, fees, costs and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
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(a) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased;
(b) if such Indebtedness is Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of such Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(c) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or defeases (i) Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or the Guarantee thereof at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively;
(d) if the Indebtedness extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased is secured by any Liens, the Liens securing such Indebtedness have the same priority as, and are limited to the same property and assets (including additional future assets and proceeds) subject to, the Liens securing such Indebtedness being so extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased; and
(e) shall not include:
(i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of a Restricted Party that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Restricted Party;
(ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of a Restricted Party that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Guarantor; or
(iii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Party that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; (17) (a) any guarantee by a Restricted Party of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Party so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Party is permitted under the terms of this Indenture or (b) any guarantee by a Restricted Party of Indebtedness of the Company;
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(14) [reserved];
(15) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(16) [reserved];
(18) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by a Restricted Party to future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers and consultants thereof, their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the applicable Restricted Party or any direct or indirect parent company of the applicable Restricted Party to the extent described in clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof;
(19) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods purchased in the ordinary course of business;
(20) Indebtedness in respect of Bank Products provided by banks or other financial institutions to the Restricted Parties in the ordinary course of business;
(21) Indebtedness incurred by a Restricted Party in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business on arm’s length commercial terms on a recourse basis;
(22) Indebtedness of a Restricted Party consisting of (a) the financing of insurance premiums or (b) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(23) [reserved];
(24) [reserved];
(25) Indebtedness of a Restricted Party incurred in connection with cash management, netting services, automatic clearinghouse payments, overdraft protection, employee credit card programs and similar and related activities in the ordinary course of business;
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(26) Indebtedness of a Restricted Party undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business; (27) Indebtedness of a Restricted Party to Sabre GLBL and its Subsidiaries (other than any Restricted Party or any of its Subsidiaries), provided that (x) the amount of such loan is first netted against Indebtedness and other Obligations owed by Sabre GLBL and its Subsidiaries (other than any Restricted Party or any of its Subsidiaries) to the Restricted Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and (y) such intercompany loan is (a) permitted under the Sabre GLBL Notes, the Sabre GLBL Senior Credit Facilities and Sabre GLBL Exchangeable Notes, and (b) subordinated, by its express terms, in right of payment to the Notes or such Sabre Foreign Guarantor’s Guarantee, and such subordination shall permit repayments and prepayments so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(28) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (1) through (27) of this Section 4.09(b).
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:
(1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (28) of Section 4.09(b) hereof, the Company, in its sole discretion, will classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in one of the clauses of Section 4.09(b); and
(2) at the time of incurrence or reclassification, the Company will be entitled to divide and classify or reclassify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.09(a) and Section 4.09(b) hereof.
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, of the same class will not be deemed to be an incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09.
For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.
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The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
The Company, Sabre Financing and the Sabre Foreign Guarantors will not, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company, Sabre Financing or a Sabre Foreign Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantee to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be. This Indenture will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same Collateral.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
(a) Subject to the Specified Asset Sale Limitation (as defined in clause (c)(1) of this Section 4.10), from and after the Issue Date, Sabre Financing, the Company and the Sabre Foreign Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:
(1) the applicable Restricted Party receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (such fair market value to be determined in good faith by the Company, including its board of directors (or a similar governing body) if such fair market value is in excess of $75,000,000, at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the applicable Restricted Party is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:
(A) any liabilities (as shown on the applicable Restricted Party’s most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto) of the applicable Restricted Party, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or that are owed to the applicable Restricted Party, that (x) are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or (y) are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee (other than intercompany debt owed to the applicable Restricted Party) and, in each case, for which the applicable Restricted Party has been validly released by all creditors in writing,
(B) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the applicable Restricted Party from such transferee that are converted by the applicable Restricted Party into Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale,
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(C) Indebtedness of any Restricted Party that ceases to be a Restricted Party as a result of such Asset Sale (other than intercompany debt owed to the Company or another Restricted Party), to the extent that the Restricted Parties are released from any guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale, and (D) any (i) Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the applicable Restricted Party in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, as determined by the Company in good faith, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (D)(i) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed 2.5% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration or (ii) any Investment (not constituting a Permitted Asset Swap) received by the applicable Restricted Party that is treated by the Company as a Restricted Payment under Section 4.07(a) or Section 4.07(b) hereof or a Permitted Investment under clause (8), (13) or (26) of the definition thereof, with the fair market value of each such item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration, Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment being measured pursuant to this clause (D) at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for purposes of this provision and for no other purpose.
(b) Within 450 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the applicable Restricted Party, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(1) to permanently reduce Indebtedness of a Restricted Party that is not a Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or another Restricted Party;
(2) to make Restricted Payments to any of its Affiliates (a) in the ordinary course of its business, (b) in connection with intercompany cash management or similar arrangements or (c) in connection with any Permitted Reorganization;
(3) to make (a) an Investment in any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock that results in a Restricted Party owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Party or increases the Restricted Parties’ direct or indirect percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Party, (b) capital expenditures or (c) acquisitions of other assets, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that the assets (including Capital Stock) acquired with the Net Proceeds of a disposition of Collateral are pledged as Collateral to the extent required under the Security Documents; or
(4) to make an Investment in (a) any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock that results in the applicable Restricted Party owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Party or increases the Restricted Parties’ direct or indirect percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Party, (b) properties or (c) acquisitions of other assets that, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), replace the businesses, properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; provided that the assets (including Capital Stock) acquired with the Net Proceeds of a disposition of Collateral are pledged as Collateral to the extent required under the Security Documents; provided that, in the case of clauses (2) and (3) above, a binding commitment entered into not later than such 450th day shall extend the period for such Investment or other payment for an additional 180 days after the end of such 450-day period so long as the applicable Restricted Party enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the applicable Restricted Party enters into another Acceptable Commitment (a “Second Commitment”) within such 180-day period.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(1) the Restricted Parties may not consummate any Asset Sale that would result in the sale of assets (in the aggregate since the Issue Date) contributing in excess of 17.5% of EBITDA of the Restricted Group (measured at the time of the consummation of any Asset Sale) to Persons that are not Affiliates of Sabre (the “Specified Asset Sale Limitation”). The Specified Asset Sale Limitation shall not apply to any Permitted Asset Swap or any Asset Sale the proceeds of which are initially reinvested in the Restricted Group; and
(2) to the extent that the terms of any Indebtedness of Sabre GLBL requires that such Indebtedness be prepaid with the Net Proceeds of Asset Sales, the Restricted Parties shall be entitled to distribute the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale so required to prepay such Indebtedness to Sabre GLBL, which Net Proceeds shall promptly be used to repay such other Indebtedness.
(d) If and to the extent the Intercompany Loan requires Sabre GLBL to offer to prepay any loans thereunder, the Company shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes that is in an amount equal to at least $2,000 that may be purchased with such Excess Proceeds (as defined in the Intercompany Loan) at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or accreted value thereof, if less), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture and the Intercompany Loan. The Company will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to such Excess Proceeds within two Business Days after the date that the corresponding offer is required to be commenced under the Intercompany Loan by delivering the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. The Company may satisfy the foregoing obligations by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to such Net Proceeds prior to the expiration of the relevant period.
(e) Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds that resulted in the Asset Sale Offer shall be reset to zero.
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(f) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the applicable Restricted Party may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise use or invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
The provisions under this Indenture relative to the Company’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of an Asset Sale may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Restricted Parties will not, and will not permit any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of related transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of such Restricted Party (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $10,000,000, unless:
(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Restricted Party than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Restricted Party with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $75,000,000, a resolution adopted by the majority of the board of directors (or by a similar governing body) of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.11(a) hereof will not apply to the following:
(1) transactions between or among any Restricted Parties or any entity that becomes a Restricted Party as a result of such transaction;
(2) Restricted Payments permitted by the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof and Permitted Investments;
(3) transactions between any Restricted Party to any of its Affiliates (a) in the ordinary course of its business, (b) in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or (c) in connection with any Permitted Reorganization;
(4) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of or for the benefit of, current or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants of the Restricted Parties (to the extent attributable to the ownership of the Restricted Parties and related activities); (5) transactions in which the applicable Restricted Party delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to such Restricted Party from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable to such Restricted Party than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by such Restricted Party with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis;
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(6) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof (so long as any such amendment or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors (or a similar governing body) of the Company to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date);
(7) the existence of, or the performance by a Restricted Party of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided that the existence of, or the performance by such Restricted Party of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (7) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders or otherwise customary, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors (or a similar governing body) of the Company when taken as a whole;
(8) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services that are Affiliates, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture which are fair to the Restricted Parties, in the reasonable determination of the board of directors (or a similar governing body) of the Company or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;
(9) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is an Affiliate of a Restricted Party solely because a Restricted Party owns, directly or indirectly through an Unrestricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in or controls such Person;
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(11) transfers of accounts receivable, or participations therein, or Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing;
(12) [reserved];
(10) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Sabre Financing, the Polish Guarantor or Lux Parent to any direct or indirect parent company thereof or to any Permitted Holder or to any employee, director, officer, manager, distributor or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Restricted Parties or any of their respective direct or indirect parent companies; (13) payments, Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of the Restricted Parties and Preferred Stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Restricted Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; and any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) that are, in each case, approved by the board of directors (or a similar governing body) of the Company in good faith;
(14) [reserved];
(15) payments to or from, and transactions with, any joint venture in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, any cash management activities related thereto);
(16) (a) tax sharing agreements among one or more of the Restricted Parties, their respective Subsidiaries, their direct or indirect parent and such parent’s other Subsidiaries and payments thereunder by one or more of the Restricted Parties and their respective Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership and operations of the Restricted Parties and their respective Subsidiaries and (b) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by the Company in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purposes of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Restricted Parties and their respective Subsidiaries;
(17) any lease or sublease entered into between any Restricted Party, as lessee or sublessee and any Affiliate of any Restricted Party, as lessor or sublessor, which is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors (or a similar governing body) of the Company in good faith;
(18) intellectual property licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open-source license) in the ordinary course of business; and
(19) any transition services arrangement, supply arrangement or similar arrangement entered into in connection with or in contemplation of the disposition of assets or Equity Interests in any Restricted Party permitted under Section 4.10 or entered into with any Business Successor, in each case, that the Company determines in good faith is either fair to the Restricted Parties, taken as a whole, or otherwise on customary terms for such type of arrangements in connection with similar transactions.
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Section 4.12 Liens.
Sabre Financing, the Company, the Polish Guarantor and Lux Parent will not, and will not permit any other Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures Obligations under any Indebtedness or any related guarantee of Indebtedness, upon any asset or property of the Company or any Guarantor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
Section 4.13 Passivity Requirements.
Each of the Company and Sabre Financing at all times shall comply in all respects with the passivity covenants and the requirements to follow the directions of the applicable requisite Holders of the Notes with respect to the Intercompany Loan and the Loan Documents (as defined in the Intercompany Loan).
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, each of the Restricted Parties shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:
(1) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of such Restricted Party or any such Subsidiary; and
(2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Restricted Parties and their respective Subsidiaries;
provided, however, in the case clauses (1) and (2) above, that none of the Restricted Parties shall be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of their Subsidiaries, if such Restricted Party shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Restricted Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Company has previously or concurrently delivered a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.07 hereof and all conditions precedent applicable to such redemption notice have been satisfied, the Company will make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will deliver notice of such Change of Control Offer by electronic transmission or by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with applicable procedures, with the following information:
(1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Company;
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(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 10 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);
(3) that any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;
(4) that unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the close of business on the expiration date of the Change of Control Offer, a facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. The unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to at least $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(8) if such notice is delivered prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control; and
(9) the other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.15, that a Holder must follow.
(b) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
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(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent permitted by law:
(1) accept for payment all Notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and
(3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Company.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail (but in any case not later than five days after the Change of Control Payment Date) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
(d) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
Section 4.16 Guarantor Coverage Test.
Sabre Financing, the Company and the Sabre Foreign Guarantors shall ensure that at all times the aggregate gross assets and aggregate revenues of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors must exceed at least 65.0% of the consolidated gross assets and 65.0% of the aggregate revenue of the combined group (the “Restricted Group”) consisting of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, but excluding from such consolidated group, joint ventures, Sabre International LLC and Restricted Subsidiaries organized in India, Sweden, Germany, Mexico and France (but calculated (x) with respect to revenue, on an unconsolidated basis and (y) with respect to gross assets, excluding intercompany balance sheet items among members of the Restricted Group and investments in Subsidiaries) (the “Guarantor Coverage Test”), as determined on an annual basis based on the most recent annual financial statements delivered to the Trustee, commencing with the first full twelve-month period ending December 31 after the Issue Date, and on the last day of each twelve-month period thereafter, based on the most recent annual financial statements delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03; provided that failure to comply with the Guarantor Coverage Test will not constitute an Event of Default if the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to procure that additional members of such combined group sufficient to satisfy the Guarantor Coverage Test become Sabre Foreign Guarantors in accordance with the Agreed Guarantee and Security Principles within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after delivery of such financial statements (or such later date as agreed by the Trustee).
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Sabre Financing, the Company and the Sabre Foreign Guarantors need only perform their obligations under this Section 4.16 if it is not unlawful for each relevant person to become a Guarantor and each person becoming a Guarantor would not result in personal liability for that person’s directors or other management. Each of Sabre Financing, the Company and the Sabre Foreign Guarantors must use, and must procure that the relevant person uses, all reasonable endeavors lawfully available to avoid any such unlawfulness or personal liability. This includes agreeing to a limit on the amount guaranteed.
Section 4.17 Future Guarantors.
(a) After the Issue Date, any existing, newly formed or acquired Restricted Subsidiary of Sabre Financing or the Company (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Excluded Subsidiary (as defined in the Security Documents)) shall, within 30 days from the date of its existence, formation or after such acquisition, as applicable, become a Guarantor of the Notes on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in this Indenture and applicable to the other Guarantors, execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereof (with such modifications as the Company may deem appropriate (including in respect of guarantee limitations)) and deliver an Officer’s Certificate.
(b) The Luxembourg Guarantors and each Person that becomes a Guarantor shall also become a party to the applicable Security Documents and shall as promptly as practicable execute and deliver such security instruments, financing statements, mortgages, deeds of trust and other related real estate deliverables (in substantially the same form as those executed and delivered with respect to the Collateral on the Issue Date or on the date first delivered in the case of Collateral delivered after the Issue Date (to the extent, and substantially in the form, delivered on the Issue Date or the date first delivered, as applicable (but no greater scope)) as may be necessary to vest in the Collateral Agent a perfected first-priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in properties and assets that constitute Collateral, as security for such Guarantor’s Guarantee and as may be necessary to have such property or assets added to the Collateral as required under the Security Documents and this Indenture in each case, subject to the Agreed Guarantee and Security Principles, foreign legal reservations, perfection requirements, customary exceptions and the exceptions and limitations set forth in this Indenture and the Security Documents (including exceptions with respect to Excluded Assets) (as defined in the Security Agreement), and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such properties and assets to the same extent and with the same force and effect.
(c) As promptly as practicable following the Issue Date, and in any event, no later than 120 days after the Issue Date (the “Post-Closing Assumption Date”), each Post-Closing Guarantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Post-Closing Guarantor to, execute and deliver a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D and become Guarantors under this Indenture.
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(d) On the Post-Closing Assumption Date, each Post-Closing Guarantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, and the Company shall cause each Post-Closing Guarantor to use commercially reasonable efforts to, (i) execute and deliver the Post-Closing Security Documents, (ii) complete all filings and other similar actions required in connection with the perfection of security interests in the Post-Closing Collateral as contemplated by this Indenture and the Security Documents, subject to the Agreed Guarantee and Security Principles, and (iii) take all actions necessary to maintain such security interests and to perfect security interests in any Post-Closing Collateral acquired after the Post-Closing Assumption Date, as applicable, in each case as contemplated by this Indenture and the Security Documents, in each case, subject to the Agreed Guarantee and Security Principles.
Section 4.18 Intercompany Loan Rights.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, the Company may not, directly or indirectly, transfer its rights (whether voting or economic) as the “Lender” under the Intercompany Loan to any other Person (whether through an assignment, a participation, or any derivative instrument) or terminate its rights as lender under the Intercompany Loan (other than in connection with the repayment in full thereof).
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.
(a) The Company may not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its consolidated properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(1) the Company is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made, is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;
(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Company, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Security Documents pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments;
(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;
(4) [reserved];
(5) each Guarantor shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents; and (b) The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for the Company under this Indenture and the Notes.
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(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may (a) consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to any of its Affiliates in connection with a Permitted Reorganization and/or (b) merge with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Parties are not increased thereby.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, interest, if any, on, the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of the Company’s assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:
(1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;
(2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Notes;
(3) failure by Sabre Financing, the Company or any of the Restricted Parties for 60 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in clause (1) or (2) of this Section 6.01) contained in this Indenture, the Notes or the Security Documents; (4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Restricted Parties or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Restricted Parties other than Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Party, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both:
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(A) such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity (a “Payment Default”); and;
(B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $20,000,000 or more at any one time outstanding;
(5) failure by Sabre Financing, the Company, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Restricted Parties that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of Sabre Holdings for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $20,000,000 (net of amounts covered by insurance policies issued by reputable insurance companies), which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;
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(6) the Guarantee of Sabre Financing, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Parties that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of Sabre Holdings for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of Sabre Holdings or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Restricted Parties that together (as of the most recent consolidated financial statement of Sabre Holdings for a fiscal quarter end) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), as the case may be, denies in writing that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives written notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture; (7) with respect to any Collateral constituting more than $25,000,000 individually or in the aggregate, or any Collateral consisting of the receivables under or otherwise relating to the Intercompany Loan, any of the Security Documents ceases to be in full force and effect, or any of the Security Documents ceases to give the Holders of the Notes the Liens purported to be created thereby, or any of the Security Documents is declared null and void or a Restricted Party denies in writing that it has any further liability under any Security Document or gives written notice to such effect (in each case (i) other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or the Security Documents, (ii) except to the extent that any such cessation of the Liens results from the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Security Documents, (iii) except as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied or failed to acknowledge coverage or (iv) unless waived by the requisite Holders of the Notes if, after that waiver, the Company and the Guarantors are in compliance with Article 10 hereof); provided that if a failure of the sort described in this clause (7) is susceptible of cure, no Event of Default shall arise under this clause (7) with respect thereto until 30 days after notice of such failure shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes issued under this Indenture;
(8) Sabre Financing, the Company, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Restricted Parties that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of Sabre Holdings for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
(9) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
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(A) is for relief against Sabre Financing, the Company, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Restricted Parties that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of Sabre Holdings for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) in an involuntary case; (B) appoints a custodian of Sabre Financing, the Company, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Restricted Parties that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of Sabre Holdings for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of the property of Sabre Financing, the Company, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Restricted Parties that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of Sabre Holdings for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); or
(C) orders the liquidation of Sabre Financing, the Company, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Restricted Parties that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of Sabre Holdings for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or
(10) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by Sabre Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Intercompany Loan) or the payment of which is guaranteed by Sabre Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness owed to Sabre Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both:
(A) such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; and
(B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $65,000,000 or more at any one time outstanding.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to Sabre Financing, the Company, the Sabre Foreign Guarantors or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries (or any group of Restricted Parties that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of Sabre Holdings for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately. The Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes if, in the best judgment of the Trustee, acceleration is not in the best interest of the Holders of the Notes.
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The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under this Indenture (except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or the principal of any Note held by a non-consenting Holder) and rescind any acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences (except if such rescission would conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) of Section 6.01 hereof, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose:
(1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or
(2) holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or
(3) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or Collateral Agent or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee and Collateral Agent may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes (it being understood that the Trustee has no duty to determine whether any action is prejudicial to any Holder) or that would involve the Trustee or Collateral Agent in personal liability.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
(2) Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes have offered, and if requested, provided, the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any fees, costs, damages, losses, liabilities or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses);
(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer or provision of security or indemnity; and
(5) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a written direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearance are prejudicial to any Holder).
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder; provided that a Holder shall not have the right to institute any such suit for the enforcement of payment if and to the extent that the institution or prosecution thereof or the entry of judgment therein would, under applicable law, result in the surrender, impairment, waiver or loss of the Lien of this Indenture upon any property subject to such Lien.
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Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, their agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to each of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under Section 7.06 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under Section 7.06 hereof 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 Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder or in connection herewith), the Collateral Agent), their agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.06 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent and the costs and expenses of collection;
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Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
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(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
(2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered, and if requested, provided to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any fees, costs, damages, losses, liabilities or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses).
(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
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(f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered, and if requested, provided to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against the fees, costs, damages, losses, liabilities or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, the Collateral Agent, each other Agent and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(j) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
(k) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
(l) The Company will not, nor will the Trustee (in any of its capacities hereunder), have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by DTC.
(m) The permissive rights of the Trustee under this Indenture and the Notes shall not be construed as duties.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee and the Collateral Agent in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or the Collateral Agent. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Section 7.09 hereof.
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Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.
The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Notes or the Security Documents, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within the later of 90 days after it occurs or 30 days after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge thereof. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The Company will pay to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder and under the Notes, Guarantees and Security Documents, as applicable, as mutually agreed to in writing. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse each of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, court costs, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s and the Collateral Agent’s agents and counsel.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors will indemnify, jointly and severally, each of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and the Security Documents, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and the Security Documents against the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder and thereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision. The Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, will cooperate in the defense. Each of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may have separate counsel of its choosing and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
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(c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.06 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable.
(d) To secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.07 Replacement of Trustee.
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07.
(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may, upon 30 days advance written notice, remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.06 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. The retiring Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for the action or inaction of any successor Trustee.
Section 7.08 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, sells or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or entity, the successor corporation or entity without any further act will be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.09 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation or other entity organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
Section 7.10 Intercompany Loan Agreement; Holder Direction Rights
(a) Subject to the terms of this Indenture, including Sections 7.02(f) and 7.06, the Holders shall have the right, through the Trustee, to cause notices, requests, consents, waivers, amendments, elections, directions, declarations, accelerations, rescissions of acceleration and other analogous actions and communications (collectively, the “Intercompany Actions”) to be delivered to, from and with the Administrative Agent under the Intercompany Loan, and to instruct the Trustee to take or refrain from taking Intercompany Actions on behalf of the Holders, in each case as provided in this Section 7.10.
(b) As among the Holders, each Holder shall be entitled to give directions to the Trustee with respect to Intercompany Actions in a voting amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Notes held by such Holder and then outstanding. Any Intercompany Action that, under the Intercompany Loan, would require or permit the consent, direction, vote, request or other action of “Lenders” (as defined therein) shall be authorized and effected hereunder if, and only if, the Trustee has received written directions from Holders representing not less than the same proportion (by principal amount) of Notes then outstanding as the proportion (by commitments, loans or other measure) of “Lenders” required under the Intercompany Loan to approve the analogous action; provided that, if the Intercompany Loan does not specify a required percentage for the analogous action, the requisite Holder direction shall be the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
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For the avoidance of doubt, where the Intercompany Loan requires the consent of all affected “Lenders” or of each “Lender” (or similar unanimity), the Trustee shall act only upon directions from each Holder (or from all affected Holders, as applicable) of the Notes then outstanding.
(c) The Trustee shall, upon receipt of written directions from the Holders in the requisite proportion pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 7.10, deliver to and receive from the Administrative Agent under the Intercompany Loan any notices, consents, waivers, amendments, elections, declarations or other communications relating to the Intercompany Loan, and shall transmit the same to the Administrative Agent under the Intercompany Loan or to the Holders, as applicable. The Trustee shall have no duty to prepare, originate or independently determine to send any such communication absent directions and indemnity as provided in this Indenture.
(d) Subject to clause (b) and to the limitations in this Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent under the Intercompany Loan any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of the Intercompany Loan that has been approved by the Holders in the requisite proportion, and to bind the Holders in respect thereof to the same extent as “Lenders” would be bound under the Intercompany Loan by the analogous action.
(e) To the extent the Intercompany Loan permits or requires “Lenders” to declare, accelerate, rescind or waive acceleration of obligations thereunder, to make or withdraw notices of default or event of default, or to deliver declarations or elections of rights or remedies, the Trustee shall deliver such declarations, notices, accelerations, rescissions or elections as, and only as, directed by the Holders in the requisite proportion determined in accordance with clause (b).
(f) The Trustee shall not be obligated to take any Intercompany Action unless (i) it has received written directions from the requisite Holders, (ii) it has received such documents, instruments and opinions as the Trustee may reasonably request, including an Officer’s Certificate and, if applicable, an Opinion of Counsel, and (iii) it has been provided security or indemnity satisfactory to it for any loss, liability or expense. The Trustee may conclusively rely upon and shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with any direction, notice, consent or other instrument that it reasonably believes to be genuine and signed by the requisite Holders. The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire into or monitor compliance by any Person with the Intercompany Loan, nor to determine whether any Intercompany Action is permitted thereby, and shall not be liable for any action or inaction taken in good faith in accordance with directions received hereunder.
(g) This Section 7.10 shall survive any satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture to the extent necessary to give effect to any Intercompany Action duly authorized prior thereto.
Section 7.11 Security Documents
By their acceptance of the Notes, the Holders hereby authorize and direct the Trustee and Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to execute and deliver any other Security Documents in which the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, is named as a party, including any Security Documents executed after the Issue Date.
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It is hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed that, in doing so, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent are (a) expressly authorized to make the representations attributed to Holders in any such agreements and (b) not responsible for the terms or contents of such agreements, or for the validity or enforceability thereof, or the sufficiency thereof for any purpose. Whether or not so expressly stated therein, in entering into, or taking (or forbearing from) any action under, any Security Document, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent each shall have all of the rights, privileges, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under this Indenture (in addition to those that may be granted to it under the terms of such other agreement or agreements).
ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (4) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments requested by the Company acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;
(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and
(4) this Article 8.
Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
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Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17 and 5.01 hereof and Article 10 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:
(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. dollar-denominated Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, on and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular Redemption Date;
(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions:
(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
(B) since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable U.S.
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in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
federal income tax law, (5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which, the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from any borrowing of funds to be applied to make the deposit required to effect such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);
(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and subject to customary assumptions and exclusions following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of Title 11 of the United States Code;
(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or any Guarantor or others; and
(8) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.
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Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company (subject to applicable escheatment laws) on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee, this Indenture, or the Security Documents to which it is a party) and the Trustee (or the Collateral Agent, as applicable) may amend or supplement this Indenture or any Guarantee, Note, or the Security Documents without the consent of any Holder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes of such series in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
(3) to comply with Section 5.01 hereof;
(4) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders;
(5) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not materially and adversely affect the legal rights of any such Holder under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Security Documents;
(6) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;
(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee or successor Collateral Agent hereunder pursuant to the requirements hereof;
(8) [reserved];
(9) to add a Guarantor under this Indenture, or the Security Documents;
(10) to conform the text of this Indenture, Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Company’s Offering Memorandum dated November 20, 2025, relating to the offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in the “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Notes as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate;
(11) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes, including, without limitation to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes and to comply with applicable securities laws; (12) to add or release Collateral from, or subordinate, the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents when permitted or required by the Security Documents, or this Indenture;
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(13) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant any other Lien in favor of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, as additional security for the payment and performance of all or any portion of the Notes Obligations, on any property or assets, including any which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or on which a Lien is required to be granted to, in favor of or for the benefit of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Holders of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, any of the Security Documents or otherwise; and
(14) [reserved].
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors authorizing the execution of any such amendment or supplement, and upon receipt by the Trustee and Collateral Agent, if applicable, of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee and Collateral Agent, if applicable, will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amendment or supplement authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent will be obligated to enter into such amendment or supplement that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, the Security Documents or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the case of the execution and delivery of any supplemental indenture, the sole purpose of which is to add one or more Guarantors (substantially in the form of Exhibit D) and/or address matters that are ancillary or incidental thereto, (i) the Guarantors that are Guarantors at the time of the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture need not be a party to such supplemental indenture and (ii) no Opinion of Counsel or board resolution shall be required in connection therewith.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent may amend or supplement this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof) and the Notes, the Guarantees and the Security Documents with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Guarantees or the Security Documents may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.
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Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors authorizing the execution of any such amendment or supplement, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, if applicable, of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, if applicable, will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amendment or supplement unless such amendment or supplement affects the Trustee’s or the Collateral Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, the Security Documents or otherwise, in which case the Trustee and Collateral Agent, as applicable, may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amendment or supplement.
It is not necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. Except as provided in this Section 9.02, and subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company or any Guarantor with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(1) reduce the principal amount of such Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed final maturity of any such Note or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of such Notes (except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);
(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(4) waive a Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders;
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;
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(7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions;
(8) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;
(9) make any change to, or modification of, the ranking of the Notes that would adversely affect the Holders; or
(10) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the Guarantees of Sabre Financing or any Sabre Foreign Guarantors in any manner materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes.
In addition, without the consent of each Holder of the Notes adversely affected thereby, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not modify any Security Document or the provisions of this Indenture dealing with the Security Documents or application of trust moneys in any manner, in each case, that would subordinate the Lien of the Collateral Agent with respect to all or substantially all of the value of the Collateral to the Liens securing any other Obligations constituting third-party Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than as contemplated under clause (13) under Section 9.01 or if such adversely affected Holder of the Notes is offered the opportunity to participate on a pro rata basis (excluding any bona fide market backstop fees and fees and expenses of counsel) in such other Indebtedness) or otherwise release all or substantially all of the Collateral, in each case other than in accordance with this Indenture and the Security Documents.
As provided in the Intercompany Loan, without the consent of (a) the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes, the Company and the Guarantors may not amend, supplement, modify or waive the provisions of the Intercompany Loan and the Loan Documents (as defined in the Intercompany Loan) and the related security agreements, or subordinate the liens regarding or release collateral securing the Intercompany Loan, that requires the consent of the holders of at least a majority of the loans thereunder and (b) each Holder of Notes then outstanding, including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes, the Company and the Guarantors may not amend, supplement or waive the provisions of the Intercompany Loan and the Loan Documents (as defined in the Intercompany Loan) and the related security agreements, or subordinate the lien regarding or release collateral securing the Intercompany Loan, that requires the consent of the each holder of the loans thereunder.
Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
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Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee and Collateral Agent, if applicable, will sign any amendment or supplement authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplement until the board of directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amendment or supplement, the Trustee and Collateral Agent, if applicable, shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.03 hereof, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) stating that the execution of such amendment or supplement is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment or supplement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantors enforceable against them in accordance with its terms; provided that, no Opinion of Counsel under this Section 9.05 or Section 13.03 shall be required in connection with a supplemental indenture to add Guarantors (substantially in the form of Exhibit D) and/or address matters that are ancillary or incidental thereto.
ARTICLE 10
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
Section 10.01 Security Interest.
The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any (to the extent permitted by law), on the Notes and performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under this Indenture and the Notes (including, without limitation, the Guarantees), according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, are secured as provided in the Security Documents. Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including, without limitation, the provisions providing for foreclosure and release of Collateral), as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, and authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent, acting on each Holder’s behalf, to enter into the Security Documents, as well as any amendment, restatement, novation and/or termination and release thereof, and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith.
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The Company will deliver to the Trustee copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be necessary or proper, or as may be required by the provisions of the Security Documents, to assure and confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Company and the Guarantors will take, and will cause their respective Subsidiaries to take any and all actions reasonably required to cause the Security Documents to create and maintain, as security for the Obligations, a valid and enforceable perfected first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in and on all the Collateral, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons (other than holders of Permitted Liens) and subject to no other Liens than Permitted Liens, in each case, subject to the Agreed Guarantee and Security Principles, foreign legal reservations, perfection requirements, customary exceptions and the exceptions and limitations set forth in this Indenture and the Security Documents (including Excluded Assets).
Section 10.02 Certain Collateral Matters.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or any Security Document to the contrary:
(a) no action shall be required to create or perfect a Lien in any asset in respect of which the creation or perfection of a security interest therein would (i) be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions set forth in any contract directly relating to such asset (at the time of acquisition thereof and not incurred in contemplation thereof (except if contemplated in connection with any licensing arrangement permitted hereunder)) that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture, (ii) violate the terms of any contract directly relating to such asset (at the time of acquisition thereof and not incurred in contemplation thereof (except if contemplated in connection with any licensing arrangement permitted hereunder)) that is permitted by the terms of the Indenture, in each case, after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law or (iii) trigger termination of any contract directly relating to such asset (at the time of acquisition thereof and not incurred in contemplation thereof (except if contemplated in connection with any licensing arrangement permitted hereunder)) that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture pursuant to any “change of control” or similar provision (in each case after giving effect to any applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law), it being understood that the Collateral shall include any proceeds and/or receivables arising out of any contract described in this clause (other than Excluded Assets (as defined in the Security Agreement) to the extent the assignment of such proceeds or receivables is expressly deemed effective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding the relevant prohibition, violation or termination right,
(b) neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor shall be required to create or perfect a security interest in any asset to the extent the creation or perfection of a security interest in such asset would (i) be prohibited under any applicable law, after giving effect to any applicable anti-assignment provision of the UCC or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof to the extent that the assignment of such proceeds is effective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such applicable law and/or (ii) require any governmental consent, approval, license or authorization (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained), after giving effect to any applicable anti-assignment provision of the UCC or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof to the extent that the assignment of such proceeds is effective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such consent or restriction,
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(c) any joinder or supplement to the Indenture, any Security Document, any intercreditor agreement and/or other document executed by any Restricted Party that is required to become a Guarantor may include such amendments as may be necessary to qualify any representation or warranty set forth in any such document to the extent necessary to ensure that such representation or warranty is true and correct to the extent required thereby or by the terms of any other such document and
(d) (i) none of the Issuer nor any Guarantor will be required to take any action required under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar law and (ii) no Person with a security interest in the Collateral will be permitted to exercise any right of setoff in respect of any account maintained solely for the purpose of receiving and holding government receivables.
Section 10.03 After-Acquired Property.
The Company and the Guarantors shall grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, a senior lien on assets or property (other than LC Assets) acquired by the Company or a Guarantor after the Issue Date, which would have constituted Collateral had such assets and property been owned by the Company or such Guarantor on the Issue Date, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Security Documents and subject to the Agreed Guarantee and Security Principles, in each case, solely to the extent required by the Security Documents.
Section 10.04 Release of Collateral.
(a) Liens securing the Notes will be released in certain circumstances as provided for in the Security Documents and upon the receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions precedent under this Indenture have been met, including under the following circumstances:
(1) upon payment in full of principal, interest and all other Obligations on the Notes issued under this Indenture or upon Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 hereof;
(2) upon release of a Guarantee (with respect to the Liens securing such Guarantee granted by such Guarantor); or
(3) in connection with any disposition of Collateral to any Person other than the Company or any Guarantor (but excluding any transaction subject to Section 5.01(a)) that is not prohibited by this Indenture (with respect to the Lien on such Collateral).
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(b) Each of these releases shall be effected by the Collateral Agent without the consent of the Holders. Upon receipt of such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, the Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge any instruments of termination, satisfaction or release requested by the Company to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall have any liability to any Person for any release delivered in reliance on the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel delivered to it.
(c) At any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee has delivered a notice of acceleration to the Collateral Agent, no release of Collateral pursuant to the provisions of the Security Documents will be effective as against the Holders of Notes.
(d) None of the Restricted Parties is permitted to assert that any security interest in the Collateral is not a valid and perfected security interest or to take any action, or knowingly or negligently omit to take any action, which action or omission would have the result of impairing the security interest with respect to a material portion of the Collateral. The release of any Collateral from the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents will not be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent the Collateral is released pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents thereof.
Section 10.05 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Security Documents.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders of Notes, direct, on behalf of the Holders of Notes, the Collateral Agent to, take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:
(1) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; and
(2) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations of the Company hereunder.
The Trustee will have power to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Notes in the Collateral (including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders of Notes, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent).
(b) The Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action but not omission to act on its part hereunder, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct (it being understood that the Collateral Agent has no duty to, and shall have no liability for any failure to, perfect, maintain the perfection of or enforce any security interest), for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of the Company to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral.
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Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall have responsibility for recording, filing, re-recording or refiling any financing statement, continuation statement, amendment, document, instrument or other notice in any public office at any time or times or to otherwise take any action to perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest granted to it under the Security Documents relating to the Notes or otherwise.
(c) Where any provision of the Security Documents relating to the Notes requires that additional property or assets be provided as Collateral, the Company shall, or shall cause the applicable Guarantors to, take any and all actions reasonably required to cause such additional property or assets to be provided as Collateral and to create and perfect a valid and enforceable first-priority security interest in such property or assets (subject to Permitted Liens and other exceptions in the Security Documents relating to the Notes) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes in accordance with and to the extent required under the Security Documents relating to the Notes.
(d) The Trustee, in giving any consent or approval under this Indenture or the Security Documents relating to the Notes, shall (unless it otherwise agrees) receive, as a condition to such consent or approval, an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) or both to the effect that the action or omission for which consent or approval is to be given does not violate this Indenture or the Security Documents relating to the Notes, and the Trustee shall be fully protected in giving such consent or approval on the basis of such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
Section 10.06 Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents.
The Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders of Notes distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 10.07 Termination of Security Interest.
Upon the full and final payment and performance of all Obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes or upon Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 hereof, the Trustee will, at the request of the Company and upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, deliver a certificate to the Collateral Agent stating that such Obligations have been paid in full, and instruct the Collateral Agent to release the Liens pursuant to this Indenture and the Security Documents.
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Section 10.08 The Collateral Agent
(a) The Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture and the Security Documents, and the Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents, and consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.08. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents, and the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture and the Security Documents, the duties of the Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, the Company or any Guarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture and the Security Documents, or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties under this Indenture and the Security Documents, by or through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith and with due care.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company or any other Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, judgment, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture and the Security Documents, unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee or the requisite Holders as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture and the Security Documents, in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
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(d) The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default. The Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article VI or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (subject to this Section 10.08).
(e) The Collateral Agent may resign at any time by 30 days’ written notice to the Trustee and the Company, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Collateral Agent. If the Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Company shall appoint a successor collateral agent acceptable to the Holders of a majority of aggregate principal amount of the Notes. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Trustee, at the direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, may appoint a successor collateral agent, subject to the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default). If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.08 (and Section 7.06 hereof) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Indenture.
(f) Wilmington Trust, National Association shall initially act as Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents, neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other Related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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(g) The Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof and promptly shall deliver such Collateral to the Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(h) Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Company or any Guarantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all or any of the Company’s or the Guarantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Security Document.
(i) No provision of this Indenture or any Security Document shall require the Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Collateral Agent) unless it shall have received indemnity satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee against potential costs and liabilities incurred by it relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture or the Security Documents, in the event the Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the mortgages or take any such other action if the Collateral Agent has determined that the Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances. The Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this clause (i) if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking from the Company or the Holders to be sufficient.
(j) The Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Indenture and the Security Documents or instrument referred to herein or therein, except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law) and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
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(k) The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (included but not limited to lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.
(l) The Collateral Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Company or any other Guarantor under this Indenture and the Security Documents. Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be responsible to the Holders or any other Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in this Indenture and the Security Documents, or in any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, or any Security Document; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any Security Documents of any other party thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any Notes Obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its Obligations under this Indenture and the Indenture Documents. The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Holder or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any obligor of any terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercompany Loan, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in this Indenture and the Security Documents. The Collateral Agent shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection or other proceeding under this Indenture and the Security Documents unless expressly set forth hereunder or thereunder. The Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions from the Holders with respect to the administration of this Indenture and the Security Documents.
(m) The parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including but not limited to, any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Indenture and the Security Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or thereto. Further, the parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that in the exercise of its rights under this Indenture and the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Collateral Agent shall not be construed as or otherwise constitute any participation in the management of such Collateral. In the event that the Collateral Agent or the Trustee 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 either of the Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s sole discretion may cause the Collateral Agent or the Trustee, as applicable, to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C.
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§ 9601, et seq., or otherwise cause the Collateral Agent or the Trustee to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, each of the Collateral Agent and the Trustee reserves the right, instead of taking such action, to either resign as the Collateral Agent or the Trustee or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court-appointed receiver. Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable to the Company, the Guarantors or any other Person for any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of either of the Collateral Agent’s or the Trustee’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment. If at any time it is necessary or advisable for property to be possessed, owned, operated or managed by any Person (including the Collateral Agent or the Trustee) other than the Company or the Guarantors, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall direct the Collateral Agent or the Trustee to appoint an appropriately qualified Person (excluding the Collateral Agent or the Trustee) who they shall designate to possess, own, operate or manage, as the case may be, the property.
(n) Each Holder, by acceptance of the Notes, agrees that the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver the Security Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the terms thereof, binding the Holders to the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to exercise any discretion under this Indenture or the Security Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Whether or not expressly stated therein, in executing, delivering and performing under any Security Document, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to each of the rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities granted to it under this Indenture.
(o) After the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee, acting at the direction of Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, may direct the Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture or the Security Documents.
(p) In each case that the Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder or under any Security Document to take any action (an “Action”), including without limitation to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder or under any Security Document, the Collateral Agent may seek direction from Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, accompanied by indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any Action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes. If the Collateral Agent shall request direction from Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes with respect to any Action, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such Action unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received direction from Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, accompanied by indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
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(q) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or in any Security Document, in no event shall the Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, or have any duty or obligation with respect to, the recording, filing, registering, perfection, protection or maintenance of the security interests or Liens intended to be created by this Indenture or the Security Documents (including without limitation the filing or continuation of any UCC financing or continuation statements or similar documents or instruments), nor shall the Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, and neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee makes any representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or priority of any of the Security Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be created thereby.
(r) Before the Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting in each case at the request or direction of the Company or the Guarantors, other than as set forth in this Indenture, it may require an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.
(s) The rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections given to the Trustee are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Collateral Agent under each Security Document, as if the Collateral Agent were named as the Trustee herein and the Security Documents were named as this Indenture herein. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to compensation, reimbursement and indemnity as set forth in Section 7.06.
Section 10.09 Australian Security Trustee
(a) Without limiting any other provision of this Indenture that authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into and perform under the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to enter into the Australian Security Documents, as security trustee, and the Collateral Agent hereby accepts its appointment, designation and authorization as such and agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Australian Security Documents and the Collateral granted to it thereunder, under and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture and the Australian Security Documents; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral in trust for the benefit of, amongst others, the First Lien Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Australian Security Documents, in each case upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
(b) It is acknowledged that the Collateral Agent when acting in its capacity as Australian security trustee shall have rights, protections, immunities, limits on liability and indemnities hereunder and under the Australian Security Documents.
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ARTICLE 11
GUARANTEES
Section 11.01 Guarantee.
(a) Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, and their successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1) the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest, if any, on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Notes, if lawful, and all other Obligations of the Company and each other Guarantor to the Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, shall not be affected by, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and hereby waives all rights, claims or defenses that it might otherwise have (now or in the future) with respect to each of the following (whether or not such Guarantor has knowledge thereof): (i) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes, this Indenture, or the Security Documents, any of the Obligations or any guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto, (ii) any renewal, extension or acceleration of, or any increase in the amount of the Obligations, or any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of, or any consent to or departure from, the Notes, this Indenture, or the Security Documents, and (iii) the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
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(c) If any Holder, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
Section 11.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 11, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 11.03 Guarantee Limitation - England.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Notes or any Security Document, with respect to each Guarantor incorporated or formed in England and Wales only, the Guarantee granted by that Guarantor under this Indenture shall not apply or extend to any liability to the extent it would result in the Guarantee granted by that Guarantor constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of sections 678 or 679 of the Companies Act 2006 of the United Kingdom.
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Section 11.04 Guarantee Limitation - Singapore.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Notes or any Security Document, with respect to each Guarantor incorporated or formed in Singapore only, the Guarantee granted by that Guarantor under this Indenture shall not apply or extend to any liability to the extent it would result in the Guarantee granted by that Guarantor constituting financial assistance within the meaning of section 76 of the Companies Act 1967 of Singapore.
Section 11.05 Guarantee Limitation - Australia.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Notes, or any Security Document, with respect to each Guarantor incorporated or formed in Australia only, the Guarantee granted by that Guarantor under this Indenture shall not apply or extend to any liability to the extent it would result in the Guarantee granted by that Guarantor constituting financial assistance within the meaning of Part 2J.3 of the Australian Corporations Act.
Section 11.06 Guarantee Limitation - Luxembourg.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and any other provision of the Security Documents and the Purchase Agreement, the maximum liability of a Luxembourg Guarantor for the obligations of any other Guarantor, Sabre GLBL and/or the Company which is not a direct or indirect subsidiary of such Luxembourg Guarantor shall be limited at any time to a recovery not exceeding 95 per cent (95%) of such Luxembourg Guarantor’s net assets calculated as (x) the value of the assets of such Luxembourg Guarantor decreased by (y) any liabilities owed by that Luxembourg Guarantor to any third-party creditor (excluding, for the avoidance of any doubts, any liabilities owed by such Luxembourg Guarantor to any other member of the group to which it is a party) (the “Net Assets”).
The Net Assets value shall be determined as the highest of the calculations made on the basis of:
(a) the latest annual accounts of such Luxembourg Guarantor available as at the Closing Date; and
(b) the latest annual accounts of such Luxembourg Guarantor available as at the date on which a demand for payment is made in respect of this Indenture and the Security Documents entered into by the Luxembourg Guarantor.
Where, for the purpose of the above determinations, no duly established annual accounts are available for the relevant reference period (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes a situation where, in respect of the determination to be made above, no final annual accounts have been established in due time in respect of the then most recently ended financial year), the relevant Luxembourg Guarantor shall, promptly establish unaudited interim accounts (as of the date of the end of the then most recent financial quarter) or annual accounts (as applicable) duly established in accordance with Luxembourg GAAP. If the Luxembourg Guarantor fails to provide such unaudited interim accounts or annual accounts (as applicable) within 30 (thirty) business days as from the request of the Collateral Agent, the Trustee or the Holders, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee may appoint an approved statutory auditor (réviseur d’entreprises agréé) or an independent reputable investment bank which shall make the determination of the Net Assets amounts based on such available elements and facts as deemed relevant by it at such time.
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The above limitation shall not apply to any amounts borrowed by, or made available to, in any form whatsoever, the Luxembourg Guarantor or any of its direct or indirect present or future subsidiaries under any Security Document and/or this Indenture.
Section 11.07 Guarantee Limitation – Poland.
The obligations of the Polish Guarantor incorporated in Poland shall be limited to the extent required so that such obligations do not and cannot result in:
| (a) | a payment leading to a reduction of the assets required for the coverage of the total nominal capital or a repayment of capital as prohibited under Article 189 of the Polish Companies Code; and |
| (b) | to the extent the obligations of a Polish Guarantor under this Indenture are considered a financial liability within the meaning of Article 11 section 2 of the Polish Insolvency Act, such obligations of a Polish Guarantor shall be limited to the extent required so that they do not result in the insolvency (niewypłacalność) of a Polish Guarantor within the meaning of Article 11 section 2 of the Polish Insolvency Act or in the insolvency within the meaning of Article 6 section 3 of the Polish Restructuring Act. |
The limitation in limb (b) above will not apply if one or more of the following circumstances occurs:
| (i) | any Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, irrespective of whether any of such events occurs before or after the Polish Guarantor becomes insolvent within the meaning of Article 11 section 2 of the Polish Insolvency Act or Article 6 section 3 of the Polish Restructuring Act; |
| (ii) | the amount of any liabilities of the Polish Guarantor (other than those under the Indenture, the Notes, or any Security Document) are of such value which results in its insolvency within the meaning of Article 11 section 2 of the Polish Insolvency Act or Article 6 section 3 of the Polish Restructuring Act; |
| (iii) | Polish law is amended in such a manner that over-indebtedness (stan nadmiernego zadłużenia) as provided for in Article 11 section 2 of the Polish Insolvency Act (as in force on the date of this Agreement) no longer gives grounds for declaration of bankruptcy or obliges the representatives of the Polish Guarantor to file for bankruptcy. |
Section 11.08 Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture or a supplemental indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
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If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
If required by Section 4.17 hereof, the Company will cause such Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.17 hereof and this Article 11, to the extent applicable.
Section 11.09 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05 hereof, no Guarantor will, and the Restricted Parties will not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its consolidated properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person (other than the Company or a Guarantor) unless:
(1) (a) such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under (a) the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor, as applicable, or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof or (b) other than in the case of Sabre Financial, the laws of (i) the same jurisdiction as such Guarantor, (ii) another jurisdiction in which a Guarantor has been formed or (iii) any other member country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof, provided, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), such jurisdiction is being used for legitimate business or tax saving purposes and the use of such jurisdiction does not have a material adverse effect on the enforceability of the applicable Guarantee or Liens on Collateral of such Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes (such surviving Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Guarantor”);
(b) the Successor Guarantor, if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments;
(c) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and
(d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; or
(2) with respect to the Guarantors, the transaction is not prohibited by Section 4.10(a) hereof.
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Subject to certain limitations described in this Indenture, the Successor Guarantor will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may (1) merge or consolidate with or into, wind up into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Guarantor or the Company, (2) merge with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Guarantor in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof or (3) convert into a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability corporation or trust organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the Successor Guarantor, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Guarantee set forth in this Article 11 and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such Successor Guarantor will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such Successor Guarantor thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses 1(a) and (b) of this Section 11.04, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
Section 11.10 Releases.
Each Guarantee by a Sabre Foreign Guarantor will provide by its terms that it will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged under its Guarantee upon:
(1) (a) any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise) of (i) the Capital Stock of such Sabre Foreign Guarantor, after which the applicable Sabre Foreign Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) all or substantially all the assets of such Sabre Foreign Guarantor, in each case if such sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;
(b) the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Sabre Foreign Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or (c) the exercise by the Company of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under Article 8 hereof or the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 hereof; and
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(2) delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.
The Guarantee by Sabre Financing will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon (1) the exercise by the Company of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under Article 8 hereof or the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 hereof and (2) the Company delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Guarantee as provided in this Section 11.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 11.
Section 11.11 Limitation on Guarantor Liability – Iceland.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Notes or any Security Document, with respect to each Guarantor incorporated in Iceland (each an “Icelandic Guarantor”) the Guarantee granted by an Icelandic Guarantor under this Indenture shall:
(1) be limited if and to the extent required to comply with Icelandic mandatory provisions on unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of article 104 of the public limited companies act number 2 from 1995 (Icelandic: lög um hlutafélög) and article 79 of the private limited companies act number 138 from 1994 (Icelandic: lög um einkahlutafélög) as amended and supplemented from time to time; and
(2) shall further be limited to an amount equivalent to the higher of:
(A) the equity (Icelandic: eigið fé) of such Icelandic Guarantor on the date of this Indenture calculated in accordance with applicable accounting principles (however, adjusted upwards to the extent market values are higher than book values); or
(B) the equity (Icelandic: eigið fé) of such Icelandic Guarantor at the time or times payment is requested from it calculated in accordance with applicable accounting principles (however, adjusted upwards to the extent market values are higher than book values) save that these limitations in this Section 11.11 shall not apply to any obligations and liabilities of such Icelandic Guarantor in respect of amounts relating to this Indenture (i) borrowed by such Icelandic Guarantor or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries and/or (ii) put at the disposal of such Icelandic Guarantor or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company by way of a loan, guarantee or otherwise.
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Section 11.12 Sabre Foreign Guarantor Aggregate Liability Cap.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture, the Notes or the Security Documents, the maximum aggregate liability of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to $400,000,000.
ARTICLE 12
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE SECTION
Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when either:
(1) all Notes that have been authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) (a) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company and the Company or any Guarantor have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. dollar-denominated Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient (as determined by the Company, and, if anything other than, or in combination with, cash in U.S. dollars is being deposited or provided, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants), without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
(b) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any other material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound (in each case, other than resulting from any borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);
(c) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture and the Security Documents; (d) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be; and
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(e) if U.S. dollar-denominated Government Obligations shall have been deposited in connection with such satisfaction and discharge, then as a further condition to such satisfaction and discharge, the Trustee shall have received a certificate from a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent accountants to the effect set forth in Section 8.04(1).
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (a) of clause (2) of this Section 12.01, the provisions of Sections 12.02 and 8.06 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 12.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.06 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC
3150 Sabre Drive,
Southlake, TX 76092
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
With a copy to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Facsimile:
Attention: Yasin Keshvargar
If to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent:
Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Facsimile:
Attention: Sabre Financial Notes Administrator
The Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile or e-mail in pdf format; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; provided that notices to the Trustee or Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have been given when actually received by the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as applicable.
Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, by email, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption or purchase) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to DTC (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from DTC or its designee.
Section 13.02 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes.
Section 13.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee or Collateral Agent (in the case of actions relating to the Security Documents or the Collateral) to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable:
(1) an Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.04 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture and the Security Documents, if applicable, relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.04 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Opinion of Counsel under this Section shall not be required in the case of the initial issuance of the Notes hereunder on the date hereof.
Section 13.04 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture and the Security Documents, if applicable, must include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied (and, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact); and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied; provided that with respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.
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Section 13.05 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 13.06 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Restricted Parties or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Restricted Parties), as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Restricted Parties under the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 13.07 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction
(a) THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE GUARANTEES AND, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN, THE SECURITY DOCUMENTS WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any Federal or State court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, New York in any suit, action or proceeding based on or arising out of or relating to this Indenture or any Securities and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be determined in any such court. The Company and each Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in an inconvenient forum.
(c) EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS, THE HOLDERS (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES), THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 13.08 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
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Section 13.09 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.04 hereof.
Section 13.10 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.11 Counterpart Originals.
This Indenture shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code/UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature on this Indenture and any document delivered in connection herewith shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
Section 13.12 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 13.13 Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee or the Collateral 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, without limitation, (i) any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, (ii) any act of God, (iii) natural disaster, (iv) war, (v) terrorism, (vi) civil unrest, (vii) accidents, (viii) labor dispute, (ix) disease, (x) epidemic or pandemic, (xi) quarantine, (xii) national emergency, (xiii) loss or malfunction of utility or computer software or hardware, (xiv) communications system failure, (xv) malware or ransomware or (xvi) unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex system or other wire or other funds transfer systems, or (xvii) unavailability of any securities clearing system; it being understood that the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
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Section 13.14 U.S.A. Patriot Act.
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee or the Collateral Agent. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Section 13.15 Copies of Transaction Documents.
Upon written request from a Holder, the Company shall provide copies of this Indenture or the Security Documents to such Holder.
ARTICLE 14
PARALLEL DEBT
Section 14.01 Purpose; Governing Law
This Article 14 is included in this Indenture solely for the purpose of ensuring the validity and effect of certain security rights governed by the laws of certain countries outside the U.S., granted pursuant to the applicable Security Documents and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not limit the rights and remedies provided to the First Lien Secured Parties by the other provisions of this Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents.
Section 14.02 Additional Parallel Debt Provisions
In the case of any Guarantor that becomes a Guarantor after the Issue Date and is located in a jurisdiction where Parallel Debt provisions are customary or required, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent are hereby authorized to provide for Parallel Debt, in customary form (as determined by the Company in its sole discretion) in the supplemental indenture with respect to such Guarantor’s guarantee. Subject to the rights of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Company, without the consent of any Holder, may also incorporate into this Indenture additional Parallel Debt provisions as necessary to address After-Acquired Property in any jurisdiction where no assets are pledged by a guarantor organized therein on the Issue Date. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Trustee or Collateral Agent be required to act outside of the United States or to enter into any foreign law governed document, in connection with any Parallel Debt or otherwise, under or pursuant to this Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents.
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(a) The Company and the Guarantors, by way of an independent payment obligation, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes to pay to the Collateral Agent, as creditor in its own right and not as representative of the other First Lien Secured Parties, any amounts owing from time to time by that the Company or Guarantor to any First Lien Secured Party (other than the Collateral Agent) under any of this Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents (its “Corresponding Debt”), as and when those amounts are due (the Company or such Guarantor’s payment and undertaking pursuant to this paragraph (a), its “Parallel Debt”).
(b) The Company, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent acknowledges that the Parallel Debt of the Company and each Guarantor is several and is separate and independent from, and shall not in any way limit or affect, the Corresponding Debt of that Company or Guarantor nor shall the amounts for which the Company or each Guarantor is liable under its Parallel Debt be limited or affected in any way by its Corresponding Debt; provided that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents:
(c) the Parallel Debt of the Company and each Guarantor shall be automatically decreased and discharged to the extent that its Corresponding Debt has been irrevocably paid or, in the case of guarantee obligations, discharged;
(d) the Corresponding Debt of the Company and each Guarantor shall be automatically decreased and discharged to the extent that its Parallel Debt has been irrevocably paid or, in the case of guarantee obligations, discharged;
(e) the amount of the Parallel Debt of each the Company and each Guarantor shall at all times be equal to the amount of its Corresponding Debt; and
(f) the aggregate amount outstanding owed by the Company and each Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes or any of the Security Documents at any time shall not exceed the amount of the Corresponding Debt at that time.
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of December 5, 2025
| Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz |
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| Title: Treasurer |
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| Sabre Financing Holdings LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz |
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| Title: Treasurer |
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| Sabre Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. |
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| By: | /s/ Emilie Guirimand | |
| Name: Emilie Guirimand |
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| Title: Class B Manager |
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| Sabre International (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. |
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| By: | /s/ Emilie Guirimand | |
| Name: Emilie Guirimand |
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| Title: Class B Manager |
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| Sabre Finance (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. |
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| By: | /s/ Emilie Guirimand | |
| Name: Emilie Guirimand |
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| Title: Class B Manager |
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| Sabre AS (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. |
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| By: | /s/ Emilie Guirimand | |
| Name: Emilie Guirimand |
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| Title: Class B Manager |
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| Wilmington Trust, National Association |
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| By: | /s/ Karen Ferry | |
| Name: Karen Ferry |
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| Title: Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A1
[Face of Note]
CUSIP NO.: [78573X AA8]]
ISIN NO.: [US78573XAA81]
11.125% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2029
| No. A-____ |
$________________ |
SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC
promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.] or registered assigns,
the principal sum of _____________________________________ [(as may be increased or decreased on the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interest in the Global Note)] on June 15, 2029.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15.
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
Dated:
| SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Global Note A-____________]
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee |
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| By: | ||
| Authorized Signatory | ||
| Date: | ||
[Signature Page to Global Note A-___________]
[BACK OF NOTE]
11.125% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2029
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S.
PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC (THE “COMPANY”) THAT PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC, SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC OR ANY WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) IN THE UNITED STATES, SO LONG AS THE NEW NOTES REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON WHO IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ACQUIRING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ONE OR MORE OTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT SUCH RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) INTEREST. Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), promises to pay or cause to be paid interest on the principal amount of this Note at 11.125% per annum from December 5, 2025 until maturity. The Company will pay interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be June 15, 2026. If any interest payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest), if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on June 1 and December 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the contiguous United States, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Wilmington Trust, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(4) INDENTURE AND SECURITY DOCUMENTS. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of December 5, 2025 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are secured obligations of the Company. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.
(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
At any time prior to June 15, 2027, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
At any time, in connection with any tender offer or other offer to purchase any series of Notes (including pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer), if not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such offer, all of the holders of such series of Notes will be deemed to have consented to such tender or other offer and accordingly, the Company or any third party purchasing or acquiring the Notes in lieu of the Company will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 60 days following such purchase, to redeem all Notes of such series that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to the price paid to holders in such purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes to (but not including) the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the Redemption Date).
At any time and from time to time on or prior to June 15, 2027, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds of one or more Subsequent Equity Offerings (1) by Sabre GLBL or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of Sabre GLBL to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of Sabre GLBL or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) (in each case, as defined in the Intercompany Loan) of Sabe GLBL from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 111.125%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that (1) at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes must remain outstanding after each such redemption; and (2) that such redemption shall occur within 180 days after the date on which any such Subsequent Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
Except pursuant to the three precedent paragraphs, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to June 15, 2027.
On and after June 15, 2027, the Company may, at its option, on one or more occasions, redeem all or a portion of the Notes at redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the aggregate principal amount thereof) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on June 15 of the years indicated below:
| Year |
Percentage | |||
| 2027 |
105.563 | % | ||
| 2028 and thereafter |
100.000 | % | ||
Any redemptions pursuant to this paragraph (5) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.
If the Company receives any voluntary or mandatory prepayment of principal under the Intercompany Loan, the Company shall retain such amount and promptly use such amount to redeem the maximum principal amount of Notes that can be redeemed with such amount (after taking into account accrued and unpaid interest and any applicable redemption premium required to be paid in connection therewith).
Notice of any redemption (including with net cash proceeds of a Subsequent Equity Offering) may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control. If any Notes are listed on an exchange, and the rules of such exchange so require, the Company will notify the exchange of any such notice of redemption. In addition, the Company will notify the exchange of the principal amount of any Notes outstanding following any partial redemption of Notes. If any condition precedent has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee and Holders by 10 A.M., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, stating that such condition has not been satisfied, the notice of redemption is rescinded or delayed and the redemption shall not occur or shall be delayed.
(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b) (i) The Restricted Parties may not consummate any Asset Sale that would result in the sale of assets (in the aggregate since the Issue Date) contributing in excess of 17.5% of EBITDA of the Restricted Group (measured at the time of the consummation of any Asset Sale) to Persons that are not Affiliates of Sabre (the “Specified Asset Sale Limitation”). The Specified Asset Sale Limitation shall not apply to any Permitted Asset Swap or any Asset Sale the proceeds of which are initially reinvested in the Restricted Group; and (ii) to the extent that the terms of any Indebtedness of Sabre GLBL requires that such Indebtedness be prepaid with the Net Proceeds of Asset Sales, the Restricted Parties shall be entitled to distribute the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale so required to prepay such Indebtedness to Sabre GLBL, which Net Proceeds shall promptly be used to repay such other Indebtedness.
If and to the extent the Intercompany Loan requires Sabre GLBL to offer to prepay any loans thereunder, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is in an amount equal to at least $2,000 that may be purchased with such Excess Proceeds (as defined in the Intercompany Loan) at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or accreted value thereof, if less), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture and the Intercompany Loan.
If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the other covenants contained in the Indenture. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes.
(8) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address or otherwise sent in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 12 thereof. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed or purchased.
(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered Holders have rights under the Indenture.
(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Guarantees or the Security Documents may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes and Guarantees by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not materially and adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder, to conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Company’s Offering Memorandum dated November 20, 2025, relating to the offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents, which intent may be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate to that effect, to enter into additional or supplemental Security Documents, to release Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents, or to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
(12) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Indenture contains provisions for certain Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to Sabre Holdings, the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice.
If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all the Holders of Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its respective consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase). The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, within five Business Days of becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
(13) TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee and Collateral Agent, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee or Collateral Agent.
(14) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Restricted Parties or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Restricted Parties), as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Restricted Parties under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
(15) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(16) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(17) CUSIP NUMBERS AND ISINS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
(18) GOVERNING LAW. THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC
3150 Sabre Drive,
Southlake, TX 76092
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignee’s legal name)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
| * | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
☐ SECTION 4.10 ☐ SECTION 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:
Signature Guarantee*:
| * | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
| Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee or Custodian |
EXHIBIT A2
[Face of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
CUSIP No.: U86042 AA3
ISIN No: USU86042AA34
11.125% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2029
| No. S-____ |
$________________ |
SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC
promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.] or registered assigns,
the principal sum of _____________________________________ [(as may be increased or decreased on the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note) ]on June 15, 2029.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15.
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
Dated:
| SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Global Note S-____]
| This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture: | ||
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Signatory | ||
| Date: | ||
[Signature Page to Global Note S-______]
[Back of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2029
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). THIS LEGEND WILL BE DEEMED REMOVED AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (i) THE DATE ON WHICH THESE NOTES WERE FIRST OFFERED AND (ii) THE DATE OF ISSUE OF THESE NOTES.
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A)
IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC (THE “COMPANY”) THAT PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S, IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC, SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC OR ANY WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) IN THE UNITED STATES, SO LONG AS THE NEW NOTES REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON WHO IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ACQUIRING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ONE OR MORE OTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT SUCH RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) INTEREST. Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), promises to pay or cause to be paid interest on the principal amount of this Note at 11.125% per annum from December 5, 2025 until maturity. The Company will pay interest, if any, semi annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be June 15, 2026. If any interest payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. The Company will pay interest (including post petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest), if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on June 1 and December 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the contiguous United States, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Wilmington Trust, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(4) INDENTURE AND SECURITY DOCUMENTS. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of December 5, 2025 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are secured obligations of the Company. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.
(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
At any time prior to June 15, 2027, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
At any time, in connection with any tender offer or other offer to purchase any series of Notes (including pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer), if not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such offer, all of the holders of such series of Notes will be deemed to have consented to such tender or other offer and accordingly, the Company or any third party purchasing or acquiring the Notes in lieu of the Company will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 60 days following such purchase, to redeem all Notes of such series that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to the price paid to holders in such purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes to (but not including) the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the Redemption Date).
At any time and from time to time on or prior to June 15, 2027, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds of one or more Subsequent Equity Offerings (1) by Sabre GLBL or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of Sabre GLBL to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of Sabre GLBL or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) (in each case, as defined in the Intercompany Loan) of Sabe GLBL from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 111.125%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that (1) at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes must remain outstanding after each such redemption; and (2) that such redemption shall occur within 180 days after the date on which any such Subsequent Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
Except pursuant to the three precedent paragraphs, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to June 15, 2027.
On and after June 15, 2027, the Company may, at its option, on one or more occasions, redeem all or a portion of the Notes at redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the aggregate principal amount thereof) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on June 15 of the years indicated below:
| Year |
Percentage | |||
| 2027 |
105.563 | % | ||
| 2028 and thereafter |
100.000 | % | ||
Any redemptions pursuant to this paragraph (5) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.
If the Company receives any voluntary or mandatory prepayment of principal under the Intercompany Loan, the Company shall retain such amount and promptly use such amount to redeem the maximum principal amount of Notes that can be redeemed with such amount (after taking into account accrued and unpaid interest and any applicable redemption premium required to be paid in connection therewith).
Notice of any redemption (including with net cash proceeds of a Subsequent Equity Offering) may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control. If any Notes are listed on an exchange, and the rules of such exchange so require, the Company will notify the exchange of any such notice of redemption. In addition, the Company will notify the exchange of the principal amount of any Notes outstanding following any partial redemption of Notes. If any condition precedent has not been satisfied, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee and Holders by 10 A.M., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, stating that such condition has not been satisfied, the notice of redemption is rescinded or delayed and the redemption shall not occur or shall be delayed.
(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b) (i) The Restricted Parties may not consummate any Asset Sale that would result in the sale of assets (in the aggregate since the Issue Date) contributing in excess of 17.5% of EBITDA of the Restricted Group (measured at the time of the consummation of any Asset Sale) to Persons that are not Affiliates of Sabre (the “Specified Asset Sale Limitation”). The Specified Asset Sale Limitation shall not apply to any Permitted Asset Swap or any Asset Sale the proceeds of which are initially reinvested in the Restricted Group; and (ii) to the extent that the terms of any Indebtedness of Sabre GLBL requires that such Indebtedness be prepaid with the Net Proceeds of Asset Sales, the Restricted Parties shall be entitled to distribute the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale so required to prepay such Indebtedness to Sabre GLBL, which Net Proceeds shall promptly be used to repay such other Indebtedness.
If and to the extent the Intercompany Loan requires Sabre GLBL to offer to prepay any loans thereunder, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is in an amount equal to at least $2,000 that may be purchased with such Excess Proceeds (as defined in the Intercompany Loan) at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or accreted value thereof, if less), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture and the Intercompany Loan.
If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the other covenants contained in the Indenture. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes.
(8) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address or otherwise sent in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 12 thereof. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed or purchased.
(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
This Regulation S Temporary Global Note is exchangeable in whole or in part for one or more Global Notes only (i) on or after the termination of the 40-day distribution compliance period (as defined in Regulation S) and (ii) upon presentation of certificates (accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel, if applicable) required by Article 2 of the Indenture. Upon exchange of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for one or more Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel this Regulation S Temporary Global Note
(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered Holders have rights under the Indenture.
(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Guarantees or the Security Documents may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or the Security Documents may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes and Guarantees by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not materially and adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder, to conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Company’s Offering Memorandum dated November 20, 2025, relating to the offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents, which intent may be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate to that effect, to enter into additional or supplemental Security Documents, to release Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents, or to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
(12) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Indenture contains provisions for certain Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to Sabre Holdings, the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all the Holders of Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its respective consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase). The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, within five Business Days of becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
(13) TRUSTEE AND COLLATERAL AGENT DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee and Collateral Agent, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee or the Collateral Agent.
(14) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Restricted Parties or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Restricted Parties), as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Restricted Parties under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
(15) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(16) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(17) CUSIP NUMBERS AND ISINS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
(18) GOVERNING LAW. THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC
3150 Sabre Drive,
Southlake, TX 76092
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignee’s legal name)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
| * | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
☐ SECTION 4.10 ☐ SECTION 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:
Signature Guarantee*:
| * | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or exchange of a part of another other Restricted Global Note for an interest in this Regulation S Temporary Global Note, have been made:
| Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee or Custodian |
A2-10
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC
3150 Sabre Drive
Southlake, TX 76092
Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Fax No.:
Re: 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”)
(CUSIP [ ])
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December 5, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC, as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
, (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
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2. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, the Regulation S Permanent Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. ☐ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a) ☐ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
(b) ☐ such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;
or
(c) ☐ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
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4. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) ☐ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) ☐ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) ☐ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
| [Insert Name of Transferor] | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Dated:
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
| 1. | The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following: |
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
| (a) | ☐ a beneficial interest in the: |
| (i) | ☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP ), or |
| (ii) | ☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ), or |
| (b) | ☐ a Restricted Definitive Note. |
| 2. | After the Transfer the Transferee will hold: |
[CHECK ONE]
| (a) | ☐ a beneficial interest in the: |
| (i) | ☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP ), or |
| (ii) | ☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ), or |
| (iii) | ☐ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP ); or |
| (b) | ☐ a Restricted Definitive Note; or |
| (c) | ☐ an Unrestricted Definitive Note, |
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC
3150 Sabre Drive
Southlake, TX 76092
Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Fax No.:
Re: 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”)
(CUSIP [ ])
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December 5, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC, as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
, (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
(a) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
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(b) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(c) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(d) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
(a) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
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(b) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ☐ 144A Global Note, ☐ Regulation S Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
| [Insert Name of Transferor] | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Dated:
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
[ ] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of [___________], among (the “Guaranteeing Entity”), Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC (the “Company”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), under the Indenture referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company and certain Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of December 5, 2025 providing for the issuance of the Company’s 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Entity shall execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Entity shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Entity, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Entity hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 11 thereof.
4. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Company and the Guarantors), as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
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5. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Supplemental Indenture shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code/UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
7. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
8. THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Entity and the Company.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
Dated:
| [GUARANTEEING ENTITY] | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and Collateral Agent |
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| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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ANNEX A
Agreed Guarantee and Security Principles
| 1 | Introduction |
The guarantees and security required to be provided under the Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents (together, the “Notes Documents”) will be given in accordance with the guarantee and security principles set out in this Annex A (the “Agreed Security Principles”). The parties agree that the scope and other terms of the guarantees and security proposed to be provided under the Notes Documents by any Sabre Foreign Guarantor shall be subject in all respects to the limitations and other provisions of this Annex A which shall be reflected in the limitations set out in the Notes Documents. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Indenture to which this Annex A is attached.
| 2 | General principles |
| 2.1 | The Agreed Security Principles embody a recognition by all parties that there may be certain legal, practical and commercial difficulties in obtaining effective or commercially reasonable guarantees and/or security in respect of Collateral from all relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor in each Guarantor Jurisdiction in which it has been agreed that guarantees and security will be granted. In particular (and without limitation): |
| (a) | general legal and statutory limitations (including the guarantee limitation language set out in the Notes Documents with respect to the jurisdictions to which they refer), regulatory restrictions, financial assistance, anti-trust and other competition authority restrictions, corporate benefit laws, fraudulent preference, equitable subordination, foreign exchange laws or regulations (or analogous restrictions), transfer pricing or thin capitalization, earnings stripping, controlled foreign corporation and other tax restrictions, exchange control restrictions, capital maintenance rules and liquidity impairment rules, usury law provisions, no compounded interest rules, tax restrictions, retention of title claims, employee consultation or approval requirements and similar principles under any applicable law may preclude or limit the ability of a Sabre Foreign Guarantor to provide a guarantee or security or may require that the guarantee or Collateral be limited as to amount or otherwise and, if so, the guarantee or any relevant asset may be excluded or may be so limited; provided that it is acknowledged and agreed that each Sabre Foreign Guarantor is providing guarantees and security on an “upstream” basis and, other than in the case of Sabre Iceland ehf., that there are no preclusions from the provision of guarantees and security by the Sabre Foreign Guarantors incorporated in the Guarantor Jurisdictions and the terms of any contractual limitations in respect of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors incorporated in the Guarantor Jurisdictions have been substantially agreed between counsel to the Initial Purchasers and the Company prior to the date of the Indenture and the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to overcome any such obstacle that is reasonably capable of being overcome by the applicable Sabre Foreign Guarantor for a period of not more than twenty (20) Business Days and without incurring material cost if: (1) the Trustee (acting at the direction of Holders holding a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes) notifies the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor that such relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor should seek to overcome such obstacle; and (2) the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor is satisfied that such endeavours would not reasonably be expected to adversely impact relationships with third parties (otherwise such guarantee or Security Document shall be subject to such obstacle in all respects); |
| (b) | a key factor in determining whether or not a guarantee or security will be taken (and in respect of the Collateral, the extent of its scope, perfection and/or registration) is the applicable time and cost (including, without limitation, adverse effects on taxes, interest deductibility, stamp duty, registration taxes, registration fees, legal fees, notarial costs or any other fees, costs, commissions or expenses directly associated with the granting of the guarantee or security) which will not be disproportionate to the benefit accruing to the Holders of obtaining (or in respect of the security, performing any registration or other perfection of) such guarantee or security; |
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| (c) | no Sabre Foreign Guarantor will be required to give guarantees or enter into Security Documents if it is not within the legal capacity of, or otherwise contrary to its constitutional documents, of the relevant person or if it would conflict with the fiduciary or statutory duties of their directors, officers, employees or managers or contravene any applicable legal, regulatory or any enforceable contractual or corporate prohibition or restriction or have the potential to result in a risk of personal, civil or criminal liability for any director, manager or officer of or for any Sabre Foreign Guarantor (in each case after giving effect to guarantee limitation language in the relevant Notes Document) as determined in good faith by the Company or the Sabre Foreign Guarantor; provided that it is acknowledged and agreed that each Sabre Foreign Guarantor is providing guarantees and security on an “upstream” basis and that there are no such restrictions or prohibitions which would restrict, prevent or inhibit the Sabre Foreign Guarantors incorporated in the Guarantor Jurisdictions from the provision of guarantees and security and, in relation to a contractual prohibition or restriction only, the relevant person, director, manager or officer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to overcome any such obstacle (for a period of not more than ten (10) Business Days and without incurring material cost if: (1) the Trustee (acting at the direction of Holders holding a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes) notifies the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor that such relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor should seek to overcome such obstacle; and (2) the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor is satisfied that such endeavours would not reasonably be expected to adversely impact relationships with third parties (otherwise such guarantee or security shall be subject to such prohibition or restriction); |
| (d) | Security interests and Guarantees provided by the Sabre Foreign Guarantors and other will be subject to customary local-law limitations, including financial assistance, corporate benefit and similar restrictions, and to any specific limitations set forth in the applicable guaranty, including, where applicable, caps on liability based on net assets or similar tests. The Security Documents provide for extensions of time and exceptions where perfection cannot be achieved without undue burden or expense, and for post-closing deliveries and actions within specified time periods; |
| (e) | any asset subject to a legal requirement, contract, lease, license, instrument, regulatory constraint (including, without limitation, any agreement with any government or regulatory body) or other third party arrangement, which may prevent or condition the asset from being subject to the applicable Security Document (including, without limitation, requiring a consent of any third party, supervisory board or works council (or equivalent or similar bodies)) and any asset where, if such asset were to be subject to the applicable Security Document, a third party would have the right to terminate or otherwise amend any rights, benefits and/or obligations of any Sabre Foreign Guarantor in respect of the asset or require any Sabre Foreign Guarantor to take any action materially adverse to the interests of the Sabre GLBL or such Sabre Foreign Guarantor, in each case will be excluded from any security and the applicable Security Document; provided that, in relation to a contractual prohibition or restriction only, commercially reasonable efforts (for a period of not more than ten (10) Business Days and without incurring material cost) to obtain consent to charging any asset (where otherwise prohibited) shall be used by the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor if: (1) the asset is material in the context of the business of the Sabre GLBL; and (2) the Sabre Foreign Guarantor is satisfied that such commercially reasonable efforts would not reasonably be expected to adversely impact relationships with third parties (otherwise no such consent shall be sought); |
| (f) | the granting, registration or the perfection of security interests will not be required in a manner such that it would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course or as otherwise not prohibited by the Notes Documents (including dealing with the secured assets and all contractual counterparties or amending, waiving or terminating (or allowing to lapse) any rights, benefits or obligations, in each case prior to (i) the Trustee taking any |
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| of the actions or exercising any of the remedies set out in Section 6.02 (Acceleration) of the Indenture (an “Acceleration Event“) or (ii) the application or petition for, or commencement of, judicial reorganisation (réorganisation judiciaire) proceedings, pursuant to the Luxembourg law dated 7 August 2023 on business preservation and modernisation of the bankruptcy regime, against any Luxembourg Guarantor and any requirement under the Agreed Security Principles to seek consent of any person or take or not take any other action shall be subject to this paragraph (f); |
| (g) | the maximum guaranteed and/or secured amount may be limited to minimize stamp duty, notarization, registration or other applicable fees, taxes and duties where the cost of increasing the guaranteed and/or secured amount is disproportionate in relation to the value afforded thereby, including the likely value of the asset in an enforcement process, taking into account the level of such taxes and duties; |
| (h) | where a class of assets to be secured includes material and immaterial assets, if the cost of granting security over the immaterial assets is disproportionate to the benefit of such security, security will be granted over the material assets only; |
| (i) | [Reserved]; |
| (j) | unless otherwise necessary under local law and so provided in the Notes Documents, there should be no action required to be taken in relation to the guarantees or security when any Holder assigns or transfers its Notes to a new Holder and no Sabre Foreign Guarantor shall bear or otherwise be liable for any taxes, any notarial, registration or perfection fees or any other costs, fees or expenses that result from any assignment or transfer by a Holder; |
| (k) | to the extent legally effective, all guarantees and all security will be given in favour of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Holders, and not the Holders individually (with the Collateral Agent to hold one set of Security Documents for all the Holders); customary “parallel debt”, security trust and/or other customary security agency provisions (or equivalent mechanisms in the Guarantor Jurisdiction, including without limitation, security agency provisions that provide that the security will be granted to the Collateral Agent acting as direct representative of the Holders) will be used where necessary; |
| (l) | subject to Section 9.1 below, no guarantees or security will be required from or over the shares or assets of any joint venture or similar arrangement; |
| (m) | it is expressly acknowledged that it may be impossible, impractical or not financially worthwhile to the Company or a Guarantor to create security over certain types of asset and/or over certain categories of assets in which event security will not be taken over such assets; |
| (n) | subject in all cases to the other provisions in these Agreed Security Principles, any Security Document will only be required to be notarized if required by applicable law in order for the relevant security interest to become enforceable or admissible in evidence, or if the Company determines that such action is advisable to permit enforcement or to establish or preserve its ranking; |
| (o) | no title insurance will be required; |
| (p) | no perfection, filing or other action will be required with respect to a type of Collateral not owned by the Company or a Guarantor; |
| (q) | (A) to the extent that a valid and enforceable security interest having the requisite priority can be taken on substantially all of the intended Collateral in any Guarantor Jurisdiction on a generic basis without listing any individual assets, no specific listing shall be required (other than in relation to bank accounts, details of which may be listed as customary) and (B) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Security Documents shall not include |
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| or require a listing of any assets unless the absence of such listing would render the security interest therein invalid, unenforceable, subject to a greater risk of challenge or would otherwise result in the inability to perfect and/or enforce the security interest created thereunder; |
| (r) | all guarantees and security shall also be limited by any other specific prohibitions or limitations of applicable local law as are customary as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith and set forth in the relevant Security Document; |
| (s) | in no event shall control agreements (or perfection by control or similar arrangements) be required with respect to any assets (including deposit or securities accounts) (unless the Notes Documents expressly provide for any specific account (by reference to its purpose) to be subject to specific restrictions on use), for the avoidance of doubt, no deposit account control agreement in relation to its deposit accounts shall be delivered by any Sabre Foreign Guarantor organized under the laws of Australia; and |
| (t) | unless otherwise expressly provided in these Agreed Security Principles, prior to an Acceleration Event, notices will not be required to be sent to contractual third parties unless required and customary under applicable local law to perfect, establish priority of or enforce a security interest in respect of receivables (including in respect of insurance and intercompany receivables), inventory, or bank accounts (but in no event shall acknowledgements, or similar, be required prior to an Acceleration Event (other than in respect of bank accounts to the extent such acknowledgement is required or customary under local law)). |
| 2.2 | Guarantees will only be provided by the Sabre Foreign Guarantors and security will be created over the shares (to the extent owned by another Guarantor) and all assets of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors. |
| 2.3 | Except as provided in this paragraph 2.3 or the Indenture, all Security Documents shall be governed by the law of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the applicable Sabre Foreign Guarantor and no action in relation to Collateral (including any perfection step, further assurance step, filing or registration) will be required in any other jurisdiction provided that security over the relevant material assets can validly be granted by such Security Documents. Security over the shares in any Sabre Foreign Guarantor shall be governed by the jurisdiction of the shares that are to be secured. |
| 2.4 | All guarantees shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, but for Sabre Foreign Guarantors all relevant local law corporate approvals (pre-approvals) for the issuance of guarantees and/or security will need to be obtained. |
| 2.5 | Subject to (or to the extent permitted by) applicable law, the terms of the Security Documents shall secure the Notes Obligations as such obligations (and/or the Indenture or other Notes Documents) may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced, renewed, restructured, extended, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including, without limitation, where such transactions result in any increases or decreases of the principal amount of the secured obligations, any extensions of maturity, any changes in interest rates or other economic terms, or any changes in the secured parties, Holders, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent) so as to minimize the need for any additional Security Documents, amendments, reaffirmations or other actions with respect to such Security Documents in connection with the foregoing. |
| 2.6 | Subject to the guarantee limitations set out in the Notes Documents and these Agreed Security Principles, each guarantee will be an upstream, cross-stream or downstream guarantee for all Notes Obligations in accordance with, and subject to, the requirements of the Agreed Security Principles in each Guarantor Jurisdiction. Security Documents will secure the guarantee obligations of the relevant grantor of such security or, if such security is provided on a third-party basis, all Notes Obligations, in each case in accordance with, and subject to, local law |
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| requirements and the requirements, specific guarantee limitations applicable thereto of these Agreed Security Principles, in each Guarantor Jurisdiction and shall not impose any obligation more onerous than those contained in the Indenture (subject to these Agreed Security Principles). |
| 2.7 | Guarantees and security granted by the Sabre Foreign Guarantors shall, to the extent possible under relevant local law, be enforceable only following an Acceleration Event which is continuing, in case of application or petition for, or commencement of, judicial reorganisation (réorganisation judiciaire) proceedings, pursuant to the Luxembourg law dated 7 August 2023 on business preservation and modernisation of the bankruptcy regime, against any Luxembourg Guarantors, or, in relation to guarantees, following non-payment of any amount under the Notes Documents in accordance with the terms thereof. |
| 2.8 | There shall be no rights for any Holder to exercise a power of attorney until the occurrence of an Acceleration Event or a failure by the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor to perform any further assurance, registration or perfection obligation under or relating to the Notes Documents within five Business Days of written notice from the Trustee or the Collateral Agent requiring such action. |
| 3 | Terms of Security Documents and Guarantees |
| 3.1 | The Security Documents shall not operate so as to prevent transactions which are permitted under the Indenture and shall not require additional consents or authorisations from the Holders and, in particular, shall permit disposals of assets where such disposal is permitted under the Indenture and will include authorisation for the Collateral Agent to do all things necessary or reasonably requested to release security in respect of the Collateral the subject of such disposal. |
| 3.2 | Unless required by local law, the circumstances in which the Collateral shall be released should not be dealt with in individual Security Documents but, if so required, shall provide that Collateral will be released in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Indenture, and such release shall be automatic, without prejudice to any actions that may be necessary under local law to effect or evidence such release and, where appropriate, shall entail a simultaneous release of any contractual obligations related to the released Collateral. |
| 3.3 | The Security Documents shall not contain representations, warranties, undertakings or other provisions to the extent similar or substantially equivalent warranties or undertakings are included in the Indenture, except to the extent expressly required by local law to create, preserve enforce or perfect such security and are the same (and no more onerous than) any equivalent provisions contained in the Indenture unless agreed that it is market in any jurisdiction to do so. |
| 3.4 | The Security Documents should only operate to create security rather than to impose new commercial obligations. Accordingly, they will not contain additional representations or undertakings (such as in respect of insurance, further security, information or the payment of costs) unless these are required for the creation or perfection of the security or are market standard in the Guarantor Jurisdiction unless agreed that it is market in any jurisdiction to do so. |
| 3.5 | Subject to any permitted security, the Security Documents will be first ranking over the Collateral. |
| 3.6 | The Security Documents will, where possible and practical, automatically create security over future assets of the same type as those already secured. Where local law or pledge registries require supplemental pledges or notices to be delivered in respect of future acquired assets in order for effective security to be created and/or perfected over that specific future asset, the Notes Documents may require such supplemental pledges or notices to be provided to the extent necessary for the creation, priority, perfection, or validity of security over the relevant Collateral. |
| 3.7 | Whenever a Security Document or these Agreed Security Principles require the performance of any action on a certain date or within a certain time period, such date or time period may be extended by the Trustee or Collateral Agent (in each case acting at the direction of Holders holding a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes). |
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| 3.8 | Any reference in a Security Document or guarantee to an action that is permitted pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be deemed to include any action that is not prohibited pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. |
| 3.9 | If any Security Document, pursuant to these Agreed Security Principles, restricts any Sabre Foreign Guarantor’s ability to be free to deal with any of its Collateral in the course of its business upon the occurrence of an Acceleration Event, such Sabre Foreign Guarantor may continue to deal with such Collateral (or portion thereof) in the course of its business if permitted by the Indenture. |
| 3.10 | Where appropriate and legally possible, defined terms in the Security Documents and guarantees should mirror those in the Indenture or be defined by reference thereto. |
| 4 | Scope of Collateral |
| 4.1 | Subject to any other provision of these Agreed Security Principles (or as otherwise agreed by the Company and the Trustee (acting at the direction of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes)), all assets of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors will be subject to the Security Documents, with limitations as may be agreed between the Company and the Trustee (acting at the direction of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes). |
| 4.2 | Save to the extent it can be covered by a floating charge, general security grant or equivalent security interest, no security shall be provided over any real estate or plant and machinery of a Sabre Foreign Guarantor. |
| 5 | Bank Accounts |
| 5.1 | Any Security over bank accounts shall be subject to any prior security interests in favour of the account bank which are created either by law or in the standard terms and conditions of the account bank provided that (save in respect of any permitted security) such prior security interests must only secure fees, costs and customary indemnities of such account bank or amounts due to such bank in providing banking services. Any prior security interests over bank accounts located in Luxembourg must be waived by the relevant Luxembourg account bank. |
| 5.2 | No Sabre Foreign Guarantor will be required to change its banking arrangements or standard terms and conditions in connection with the granting of bank account security. |
| 5.3 | To the extent a Sabre Foreign Guarantor has granted security over its bank account, such Sabre Foreign Guarantor shall be free to deal with those accounts and transfer, pay out and dispose of cash in the course of its business until the earlier of (i) an Acceleration Event which is continuing and (ii) the application or petition for, or commencement of, judicial reorganisation (réorganisation judiciaire) proceedings, pursuant to the Luxembourg law dated 7 August 2023 on business preservation and modernisation of the bankruptcy regime, against any Luxembourg Guarantor. |
| 5.4 | If required by local law to perfect or establish priority of the security or is customary practice in the Guarantor Jurisdiction and if possible without disrupting operation of the account, notice of the security will be served on the account bank in relation to applicable accounts within 10 Business Days of the date of the applicable Security Document (or accession thereto) (or earlier, only if perfection requires an earlier notice under the relevant local law, including obtaining prior consents under the relevant local law). |
| 5.5 | The applicable Sabre Foreign Guarantor shall not be obliged to obtain an acknowledgment of any notice required to be given to an account bank unless required as a matter of law for perfection, priority or enforcement purposes, and in such event (other than with regards to a Luxembourg account) the applicable Sabre Foreign Guarantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgement of that notice within 20 Business Days of service, and if the Sabre Foreign Guarantor has used its commercially reasonable efforts but has not been able to obtain acknowledgement or acceptance, its obligation to obtain acknowledgement shall cease on the |
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| expiry of that 20 Business Day period (or earlier, only if perfection or priority requires an earlier notice under the relevant local law) (it being understood that if an acknowledgement is necessary to establish perfection and such acknowledgement is not obtained, the Trustee or Collateral Agent may request the applicable Sabre Foreign Guarantor close such account within a reasonable time). |
| 5.6 | The applicable Sabre Foreign Guarantor will not be required to enter into deposit account control agreements or securities account control agreements except as expressly contemplated by the Security Documents. |
| 5.7 | With respect to any account held in Luxembourg, notice of that security will be served on the account bank within two (2) Business Days of the relevant security or pledge agreement being granted and the Luxembourg Guarantor shall obtain an acknowledgement of that notice within five (5) Business Days from the date on which the notice of pledge has been served to the account bank (or such other date as may be agreed by the Collateral Agent (acting reasonably)). |
| 5.8 | If required under local law or is customary practice in the Guarantor Jurisdiction, security over the bank accounts will be registered. |
| 6 | Insurance Policies |
| 6.1 | All insurance policies (a list of which shall be provided by the Company) in the name of the Sabre Foreign Guarantors shall be charged and/or assigned in favor of the Collateral Agent except for third liability insurance and insurance in favour of employees (to the extent permissible by applicable law). |
| 6.2 | Prior to an Event of Default which is continuing, no loss payee or other endorsement will be made on the insurance policy and neither the Trustee, the Collateral Agent nor any other Holder will be named as co-insured. |
| 7 | Receivables |
| 7.1 | To the extent a Sabre Foreign Guarantor grants security over any of its receivables (including intercompany receivables owing to it), it shall (subject to a subordination agreement) be free to receive payment for, deal with, amend, waive or terminate those receivables until the occurrence of an Acceleration Event which is continuing in accordance with the terms of the Notes Documents or until the application or petition for, or commencement of, judicial reorganisation (réorganisation judiciaire) proceedings, pursuant to the Luxembourg law dated 7 August 2023 on business preservation and modernisation of the bankruptcy regime, against any Luxembourg Guarantor. |
| 7.2 | With respect to any Luxembourg law receivables pledge agreement, each debtor hereby waives in favour of the pledgors and the pledgee any rights of set-off and any other defenses in connection with the receivables. |
| 7.3 | Subject to paragraph 2.1(e) above, no security will be granted over any receivables which is not permitted under the terms of the relevant contract, except to the extent (i) such prohibition is or may be unenforceable after giving effect to any anti-assignment provisions of applicable law or (ii) a different form of security could be taken without breaching such prohibition. |
| 7.4 | Prior to an Acceleration Event and or prior to the application or petition for, or commencement of, judicial reorganisation (réorganisation judiciaire) proceedings, pursuant to the Luxembourg law dated 7 August 2023 on business preservation and modernisation of the bankruptcy regime, against any Luxembourg Guarantor, and subject to paragraph 7.5 below, the Security Documents shall only require notices to be sent to account debtors if required and customary under applicable local law to perfect, establish priority of or enforce a security interest in respect of receivables, but in no event shall acknowledgements, or similar, be required (other than to the extent such acknowledgement is required under local law for the creation, perfection, validity or priority of the security). |
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| 7.5 | Unless the relevant debtor is party to a Security Document, and notice is provided through that document, if required by local law to perfect the security or if it is customary practice in the Guarantor Jurisdiction, notice of the security will be served on the relevant counterparty within 3 Business Days of the security being granted and the Sabre Foreign Guarantor shall obtain an acknowledgement of that notice from the relevant Restricted Group member within 20 Business Days of service; provided, further that the Restricted Group shall take any additional steps required or desirable to perfect such security. |
| 7.6 | Lists of receivables will only be required to the extent such listings are necessary for the creation, perfection, validity or priority of liens over such Collateral under applicable local law. Any such list will not include details of the underlying contracts (but may include non-sensitive generic information to the extent that would allow for the creation of such Collateral under local law) unless required to create or perfect security and to the extent such provision would not violate any privacy or other applicable laws. Lists will not be required to be updated more frequently than quarterly (or such shorter period as may be agreed), or upon request of the Trustee or Collateral Agent at any time an Event of Default is continuing. |
| 7.7 | If required under local law or is customary practice in the Guarantor Jurisdiction, security over receivables will be registered. |
| 8 | Intellectual Property |
| 8.1 | Without prejudice to any floating or general security granted, only security over material or registered intellectual property shall be granted, subject to the underlying principles agreed in these Agreed Security Principles. Material intellectual property is any intellectual property which is necessary to the carrying out of (x) any Sabre Foreign Guarantor, (y) its subsidiaries or (z) the Company and its subsidiaries, business. |
| 8.2 | To the extent a Sabre Foreign Guarantor grants security over its intellectual property, it shall be free to deal with those assets in the course of its business until the occurrence of an Acceleration Event which is continuing (including, without limitation, allowing its intellectual property to lapse if no longer material to its business) in accordance with the terms of the Notes Documents. |
| 8.3 | No notice shall be prepared or given to any third party from whom intellectual property is licensed until an Acceleration Event which is continuing. |
| 8.4 | No registrations shall be required at any intellectual property registry until an Acceleration Event. Subject to Section 2.1(b) above, if required for the validity, perfection and enforceability under local law, security over Intellectual Property will be registered under the law of the relevant Security Document and subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles. |
| 9 | Shares |
| 9.1 | No Sabre Foreign Guarantor shall be required to grant security over the shares it owns in any joint venture (x) in existence as of the Issue Date or (y) to the extent prohibited or that the consent of the other parties to the joint venture would be required; provided, solely with respect to clause (y), that the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to overcome any such obstacle that is reasonably capable of being overcome by the applicable Sabre Foreign Guarantor for a period of not more than twenty (20) Business Days and without incurring material cost. |
| 9.2 | Until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee has given notice to the Company, the Sabre Foreign Guarantor providing the relevant security will be permitted to retain and to exercise voting rights to any shares charged by it in a manner which does not adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the Transaction Security over those shares or cause an Event of Default to occur, and the company whose shares have been charged will be permitted to pay dividends to the Sabre Foreign Guarantor, subject to the terms of the Indenture. |
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| 9.3 | The Collateral Agent (and its designees) may only exercise the voting rights in any shares the subject of security after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing following giving of notice to the Company. |
| 9.4 | Where customary or required by law, at the time of execution of the share security, the share certificate and a stock transfer form executed in blank will be provided to the Collateral Agent and/or the creation of the security shall be noted on the share certificate, in the share register and/or in the shareholders’ register (as customary for the Guarantor Jurisdiction). In Luxembourg, the pledge under the Luxembourg law governed share pledge agreement shall be recorded in the shareholder register within 2 (two) Business Days from the date of that Luxembourg law governed share pledge agreement. |
| 9.5 | Unless the restriction is required by law, the constitutional documents of the company whose shares have been charged will be amended to remove or, as appropriate, disapply any restriction on the transfer or the registration of the transfer of the shares on enforcement of the security granted over them or the transfer or exercise of voting rights. |
| 9.6 | If required under local law, or if it is customary practice in the Guarantor Jurisdiction, security over shares will be registered subject to the general principles set out in these Agreed Security Principles. |
| 10 | Fixed Assets |
| 10.1 | To the extent a Sabre Foreign Guarantor grants security over its fixed assets, it shall be free to deal with those assets in the ordinary course of its business and as otherwise permitted by the Notes Documents. |
| 10.2 | Each Sabre Foreign Guarantor granting such security shall be free to deal with its fixed assets and inventory in the course of its business until an Acceleration Event has occurred and is continuing, in each case as permitted by the Notes Documents. |
| 10.3 | No fixed security will be granted over fixed assets that are not material. |
| 10.4 | There shall be no requirement to label, segregate, map, list, specify or to give notice to third parties or affix any notice to the fixed assets over which security is granted until the occurrence of an Acceleration Event which is continuing. |
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Foreign Security Documents
Part 1: Closing Date Security Documents
Luxembourg Security Agreements
| 1. | A Luxembourg law governed share pledge agreement entered into by the Lux Parent as Pledgor 1, Sabre International as Pledgor 2, or as the case may be, Company 1, Sabre Finance as Company 2, Sabre AS as Company 3 and the Collateral Agent as Pledgee. |
| 2. | A Luxembourg law governed account pledge agreement entered into by the Lux Parent as Pledgor 1, Sabre International as Pledgor 2, Sabre Finance as Pledgor 3, Sabre AS as Pledgor 4 and the Collateral Agent as Pledgee. |
| 3. | A Luxembourg law governed receivables pledge agreement entered into by the Lux Parent as Pledgor 1, Sabre International as Pledgor 2, Sabre Finance as Pledgor 3, Sabre AS as Pledgor 4, the Collateral Agent as Pledgee and Lux Parent and Sabre International as Debtors. |
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Part 2: Post-Close Security Documents
Australian Security Agreements
| 1. | A general security deed to be entered into between Sabre Australia Technologies I Pty Limited ACN 096 308 486, Sabre Travel Network (Australia) Pty Limited ACN 003 696 982 and the Collateral Agent, governed by the law of New South Wales, Australia. |
| 2. | A specific security deed to be entered into between Sabre Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. and the Collateral Agent, governed by the law of New South Wales, Australia. |
Icelandic Security Agreements
| 1. | An account pledge agreement over the bank accounts held by Sabre Iceland ehf. in Arion Bank hf. between Sabre Iceland ehf. and the Collateral Agent. |
| 2. | A general bond over intellectual property issued by Sabre Iceland ehf. to the Collateral Agent. |
| 3. | Any other security documents required by the Agreed Security Principles and agreed by the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor and the Trustee. |
Polish Security Agreements
| 1. | A Polish law agreement for Registered Pledge over Collection of Moveable Assets and Property Rights between Sabre Polska sp. z o.o. as pledgor and the Collateral Agent as pledgee. |
| 2. | A Polish law agreement for Registered Pledges and Ordinary Pledges over Bank Accounts between Sabre Polska sp. z o.o. as pledgor and the Collateral Agent as pledgee. |
| 3. | A Polish law power of attorney to lease the enterprise from Sabre Polska sp. z o.o. in favour of the Collateral Agent. |
| 4. | A Polish law power of attorney to bank accounts from Sabre Polska sp. z o.o. in favour of the Collateral Agent. |
| 5. | A Polish law statement of submission to enforcement of Sabre Polska sp. z o.o. in favour of the Collateral Agent. |
| 6. | Any other security documents required by the Agreed Security Principles and agreed by the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor and the Trustee. |
Singapore Security Agreement
| 1. | A Singapore law governed debenture entered into between Sabre Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Sabre Marketing Pte. Ltd. and Sabre Technology Holdings Pte. Ltd as chargors and the Collateral Agent. |
| 2. | A Singapore law governed share charge entered into between Sabre International as chargor and the Collateral Agent, in relation to the shares held in Sabre Technology Holdings Pte. Ltd. |
UK Security Agreements
| 1. | An English law governed debenture entered into between each of Sabre Global Technologies Limited (company number 03017786), Sabre EMEA Marketing Limited (company number 04204232) and Sabre UK Marketing Limited (company number 03017798) as chargors and the Collateral Agent. |
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| 2. | An English law governed account charge entered into between Sabre Iceland EHF. as chargor and the Collateral Agent. |
| 3. | An English law governed account charge entered into between Sabre Finance as chargor and the Collateral Agent. |
Uruguay Security Agreements
| 1. | Any security documents required by the Agreed Security Principles and agreed by the relevant Sabre Foreign Guarantor and the Trustee. |
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Exhibit 4.3
SABRE GLBL INC.
AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
10.750% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2030
INDENTURE
Dated as of December 8, 2025
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee and Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | ||||||
| ARTICLE 1 | ||||||
| DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | ||||||
| Section 1.01 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
| Section 1.02 |
Other Definitions | 46 | ||||
| Section 1.03 |
Rules of Construction | 46 | ||||
| ARTICLE 2 | ||||||
| THE NOTES | ||||||
| Section 2.01 |
Form and Dating | 47 | ||||
| Section 2.02 |
Execution and Authentication | 48 | ||||
| Section 2.03 |
Registrar and Paying Agent | 49 | ||||
| Section 2.04 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 49 | ||||
| Section 2.05 |
Holder Lists | 49 | ||||
| Section 2.06 |
Transfer and Exchange | 49 | ||||
| Section 2.07 |
Replacement Notes | 61 | ||||
| Section 2.08 |
Outstanding Notes | 62 | ||||
| Section 2.09 |
Treasury Notes | 62 | ||||
| Section 2.10 |
Temporary Notes | 62 | ||||
| Section 2.11 |
Cancellation | 63 | ||||
| Section 2.12 |
Defaulted Interest | 63 | ||||
| Section 2.13 |
CUSIP Numbers | 63 | ||||
| ARTICLE 3 | ||||||
| REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT | ||||||
| Section 3.01 |
Notices to Trustee | 63 | ||||
| Section 3.02 |
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased | 64 | ||||
| Section 3.03 |
Notice of Redemption | 64 | ||||
| Section 3.04 |
Effect of Notice of Redemption | 65 | ||||
| Section 3.05 |
Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price | 65 | ||||
| Section 3.06 |
Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part | 66 | ||||
| Section 3.07 |
Optional Redemption | 66 | ||||
| Section 3.08 |
Mandatory Redemption | 67 | ||||
| Section 3.09 |
Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds | 67 | ||||
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| ARTICLE 4 | ||||||
| COVENANTS | ||||||
| Section 4.01 |
Payment of Notes | 69 | ||||
| Section 4.02 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 70 | ||||
| Section 4.03 |
Reports and Other Information | 70 | ||||
| Section 4.04 |
Compliance Certificate | 73 | ||||
| Section 4.05 |
Taxes | 74 | ||||
| Section 4.06 |
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws | 74 | ||||
| Section 4.07 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments | 74 | ||||
| Section 4.08 |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries | 84 | ||||
| Section 4.09 |
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock | 86 | ||||
| Section 4.10 |
Asset Sales | 94 | ||||
| Section 4.11 |
Transactions with Affiliates | 98 | ||||
| Section 4.12 |
Liens | 100 | ||||
| Section 4.13 |
Limitation on Holdings | 100 | ||||
| Section 4.14 |
Corporate Existence | 102 | ||||
| Section 4.15 |
Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control | 102 | ||||
| Section 4.16 |
Covenant Suspension | 104 | ||||
| Section 4.17 |
Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries | 105 | ||||
| ARTICLE 5 | ||||||
| SUCCESSORS | ||||||
| Section 5.01 |
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets | 105 | ||||
| Section 5.02 |
Successor Corporation Substituted | 106 | ||||
| ARTICLE 6 | ||||||
| DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES | ||||||
| Section 6.01 |
Events of Default | 107 | ||||
| Section 6.02 |
Acceleration | 110 | ||||
| Section 6.03 |
Other Remedies | 110 | ||||
| Section 6.04 |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 110 | ||||
| Section 6.05 |
Control by Majority | 111 | ||||
| Section 6.06 |
Limitation on Suits | 111 | ||||
| Section 6.07 |
Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment | 112 | ||||
| Section 6.08 |
Collection Suit by Trustee | 112 | ||||
| Section 6.09 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 112 | ||||
| Section 6.10 |
Priorities | 113 | ||||
| Section 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs | 113 | ||||
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| ARTICLE 7 | ||||||
| TRUSTEE | ||||||
| Section 7.01 |
Duties of Trustee | 113 | ||||
| Section 7.02 |
Rights of Trustee | 114 | ||||
| Section 7.03 |
Individual Rights of Trustee | 115 | ||||
| Section 7.04 |
Trustee’s Disclaimer | 116 | ||||
| Section 7.05 |
Notice of Defaults | 116 | ||||
| Section 7.06 |
Compensation and Indemnity | 116 | ||||
| Section 7.07 |
Replacement of Trustee | 117 | ||||
| Section 7.08 |
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. | 118 | ||||
| Section 7.09 |
Eligibility; Disqualification | 118 | ||||
| ARTICLE 8 | ||||||
| LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE | ||||||
| Section 8.01 |
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 118 | ||||
| Section 8.02 |
Legal Defeasance and Discharge | 118 | ||||
| Section 8.03 |
Covenant Defeasance | 119 | ||||
| Section 8.04 |
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance | 119 | ||||
| Section 8.05 |
Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions | 121 | ||||
| Section 8.06 |
Repayment to Company | 121 | ||||
| Section 8.07 |
Reinstatement | 122 | ||||
| ARTICLE 9 | ||||||
| AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER | ||||||
| Section 9.01 |
Without Consent of Holders of Notes | 122 | ||||
| Section 9.02 |
With Consent of Holders of Notes | 124 | ||||
| Section 9.03 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents | 125 | ||||
| Section 9.04 |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes | 126 | ||||
| Section 9.05 |
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. | 126 | ||||
| ARTICLE 10 | ||||||
| COLLATERAL AND SECURITY | ||||||
| Section 10.01 |
Security Interest | 126 | ||||
| Section 10.02 |
[Reserved.] | 127 | ||||
| Section 10.03 |
After-Acquired Property | 127 | ||||
| Section 10.04 |
Release of Collateral | 127 | ||||
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| Section 10.05 |
Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Security Documents | 129 | ||||
| Section 10.06 |
Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents | 130 | ||||
| Section 10.07 |
Termination of Security Interest | 130 | ||||
| Section 10.08 |
Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement | 130 | ||||
| ARTICLE 11 | ||||||
| GUARANTEES | ||||||
| Section 11.01 | Guarantee | 130 | ||||
| Section 11.02 |
Limitation on Guarantor Liability | 132 | ||||
| Section 11.03 |
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee | 132 | ||||
| Section 11.04 |
Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms | 132 | ||||
| Section 11.05 |
Releases | 134 | ||||
| ARTICLE 12 | ||||||
| SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE SECTION | ||||||
| Section 12.01 | Satisfaction and Discharge | 135 | ||||
| Section 12.02 |
Application of Trust Money | 136 | ||||
| ARTICLE 13 | ||||||
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
| Section 13.01 | Notices | 136 | ||||
| Section 13.02 |
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes | 137 | ||||
| Section 13.03 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent | 138 | ||||
| Section 13.04 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion | 138 | ||||
| Section 13.05 |
Rules by Trustee and Agents | 138 | ||||
| Section 13.06 |
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders | 139 | ||||
| Section 13.07 |
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction | 139 | ||||
| Section 13.08 |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements | 139 | ||||
| Section 13.09 |
Successors | 139 | ||||
| Section 13.10 |
Severability | 140 | ||||
| Section 13.11 |
Counterpart Originals | 140 | ||||
| Section 13.12 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. | 140 | ||||
| Section 13.13 |
Force Majeure | 140 | ||||
| Section 13.14 |
U.S.A. Patriot Act | 141 | ||||
| Section 13.15 |
Copies of Transaction Documents | 141 | ||||
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EXHIBITS
| Exhibit A1 | FORM OF NOTE | |
| Exhibit A2 | FORM OF REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE | |
| Exhibit B | FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER | |
| Exhibit C | FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE | |
| Exhibit D | FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS | |
| Exhibit E | FORM OF JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT |
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INDENTURE dated as of December 8, 2025 among Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and collateral agent.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
“144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
“Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specific Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating or amalgamating with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
“Additional First Lien Secured Party” means the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations, including the Holders, and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto, including the Trustee and the Collateral Agent.
“Additional First Lien Obligations” means any Obligations under Additional Note issuances and any other First Lien Obligations (including the Notes Obligations, but excluding Senior Credit Facilities Obligations), in each case, that are incurred prior to or after the Issue Date and secured by Collateral on a first- priority basis pursuant to the Security Documents (in the case of any Notes Obligations) and the relevant security documents (in the case of other First Lien Obligations, including Obligations under Additional Notes issuances).
“Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes; provided that if any Additional Notes are not fungible with the existing notes for United States federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
“Applicable Authorized Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note being redeemed on any Redemption Date prior to March 15, 2027, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and
(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at March 15, 2027 (such redemption price being set forth in the applicable table appearing in Section 3.07(e) hereof), plus (ii) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through March 15, 2027 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to such Redemption Date), computed by the Company using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Note.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
“Asset Sale” means:
(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions of property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or
(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;
in each case, other than:
(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or obsolete or worn-out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other assets) held for sale or no longer used in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture; (e) any disposition (i) of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary constituting debt forgiveness;
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(c) the making of any Restricted Payment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 hereof including the making of any Permitted Investment;
(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than $75,000,000;
(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(g) the lease, sublease, license or sublicense (including the provision of software under an open-source license) of any real or personal property, or intellectual property or other intangible assets, in the ordinary course of business;
(h) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(i) foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation or any similar action with respect to assets or the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Indenture;
(j) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, or Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing;
(k) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations permitted by this Indenture; (q) failing to pursue or allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any intellectual property rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business if, in the reasonable determination of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(l) sales, discounts or forgiveness of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(m) the sale or discount of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
(n) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;
(o) the unwinding or voluntary termination of any Hedging Obligations;
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(p) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(r) the issuance by a Restricted Subsidiary of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock that is permitted by Section 4.09 hereof;
(s) the granting of a Lien that is permitted under Section 4.12 hereof;
(t) the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law; and
(u) dispositions of property by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.
“Authorized Representative” means (i) in the case of any Senior Credit Facilities Obligations or the First Lien Secured Parties under the Senior Credit Facilities, the administrative agent under the Senior Credit Facilities, (ii) in the case of the Notes Obligations or the Holders, the Trustee, (iii) in the case of any other Series of Additional First Lien Obligations or Additional First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Authorized Representative named for such Series in the applicable joinder agreement and (iv) in the case of any Series of Junior Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Authorized Representative named for such Series in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the applicable joinder agreement.
“Bank Products” means any facilities or services related to cash management, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchase card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“Business Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
“Business Successor” means (a) any former Subsidiary of the Company and (b) any Person that, after the Issue Date, has acquired, merged or consolidated with a Subsidiary of the Company (that results in such Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company), or acquired (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of a Subsidiary or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of a Subsidiary of the Company.
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“Capital Stock” means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares in the capital of such corporation;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP (after giving effect to the proviso in the definition thereof).
“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP (after giving effect to the proviso in the definition thereof), recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) of such Person during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are, or are required to be, reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(1) United States dollars;
(2) (a) Canadian dollars, Yen, pounds sterling, euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU; or (b) (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
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(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 24 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3), (4) or (7) entered into with any financial institution or recognized securities dealer meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
(6) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P or at least F2 by Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s or “A” or higher from Fitch with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2, A-2 or F2 from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);
(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s or AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency); and
(11) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (10) above.
In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (a) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (11) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (b) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1) through (11) and in this paragraph.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above or the immediately preceding paragraph; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above or the immediately preceding paragraph as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
For purposes of determining the maximum permissible maturity of any investments described in this definition, the maturity of any obligation is deemed to be the shortest of the following: (i) the stated maturity date; (ii) the weighted average life (for amortizing securities); (iii) the next interest rate reset for variable rate and auction-rate obligations; or (iv) the next put exercise date (for obligations with put features).
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition, in one or a series of related transactions (other than by merger, consolidation or amalgamation), of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of Holdings or the Company and their respective subsidiaries, in each case, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more Permitted Holders; or
(2) the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person (other than a Permitted Holder) or Persons (other than one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
“Collateral” means all assets and properties subject to Liens created pursuant to any Security Document to secure any Notes Obligations.
“Collateral Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., until a successor collateral agent replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
“Company” means Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.
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“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense for such period, including the amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and Capitalized Software Expenditures of such Person for such period (including such expense attributable to held-for-sale discontinued operations) determined on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of: (1) cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income, of such Person determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges payable in cash with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, net cash payments made under Hedging Obligations and (2) cash interest expense that is capitalized in accordance with GAAP, but, in the case of each of (1) and (2), excluding:
(a) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs and commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest;
(b) the accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities during such period;
(c) any interest expense in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in clause (c), or the proviso at the end, of the definition thereof;
(d) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” and all costs associated with Hedging Obligations;
(e) any one-time costs associated with the unwinding, termination or breakage in respect of Hedging Obligations;
(f) all non-recurring cash interest expense consisting of liquidated damages or additional interest for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations or financing and commitment fees; and
(g) cash payments made on account of accrued interest with respect to any Qualified Holding Company Debt to the extent such payments are required by the terms of such Indebtedness to be made before the close of any “accrual period” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1272-1(b)(1)(ii)) ending after five years from the date of original issuance of such Indebtedness (any such cash payments, “Catch-Up Payments”); provided that such Catch-Up Payments will be included in Consolidated Interest Expense solely for purposes of determining compliance with clause (20)(ii) of Section 4.07(b) hereof and not for any other purpose.
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“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of the date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) the Consolidated Total Indebtedness of Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date and (ii) the Reserved Indebtedness Amount applicable at such time to the calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio to (b) EBITDA of Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available. The Consolidated Leverage Ratio will be calculated on a pro forma basis with the same adjustments applicable to the calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication,
(1) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the Transaction Expenses or any multi-year strategic cost-saving initiatives), severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded;
(2) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded, in each case in accordance with GAAP;
(3) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of such other Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents to such other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such other Person by such Person in such period;
(4) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3)(B) of Section 4.07(a) hereof, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of such other Person will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to such other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such other Person thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein;
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(6) any net after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or conversion of (a) Indebtedness, (b) Hedging Obligations or (c) other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
(7) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to goodwill and other intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;
(8) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs shall be excluded;
(5) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt line items and other non-cash charges in such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of recapitalization, purchase or acquisition method accounting in relation to any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded; (9) any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, disposition, incurrence, amendment or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes, the Senior Credit Facilities, and the Exchangeable Notes), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of the Notes, the Secured Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities) and including, in each case, without limitation, any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful, shall be excluded;
(10) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the closing of any acquisition that are required to be established as a result of such acquisition in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;
(11) any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment, acquisition or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Indenture, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as Holdings has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier (without any right of appeal thereof) within 180 days and (ii) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days), shall be excluded;
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(12) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as Holdings has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;
(13) any net pension costs or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 712 “Compensation—Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits” and Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715 “Compensation—Retirement Benefits,” and any other non-cash items of a similar nature, shall be excluded;
(14) losses or gains on asset sales (other than asset sales made in the ordinary course of business) or in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing shall be excluded;
(15) the following items shall be excluded:
(a) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from obligations under any Hedging Obligations and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging;” and
(b) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation and transaction gains or losses including those related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net gain or loss resulting from obligations under Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk) and any other monetary assets and liabilities; and
(16) any adjustments resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 460, Guarantees, or any comparable regulation, shall be excluded.
In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Permitted Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07 hereof only (other than clause (3)(E) of Section 4.07(a) hereof), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to clause (3)(E) thereof.
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“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting in connection with any acquisition or investment permitted under this Indenture), consisting only of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization Financing, (ii) undrawn amounts under revolving credit facilities (except as otherwise provided in the definition of Senior Secured Leverage Ratio), (iii) all letters of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder, (iv) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (v) obligations under Hedging Obligations.
“continuing” means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
“Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;
(2) to advance or supply funds:
(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or
(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or
(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
“Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Company and/or other companies.
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“Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” means the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.01 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
“Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities, including the Senior Credit Facilities, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness, including any notes, securities, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures (including Additional Notes under this Indenture) or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, securities or other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof) or adds additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
“Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
“Dealer Manager” means the person named as dealer manager in the Offering Circular.
“December 2027 Notes” means the Company’s 11.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 issued on December 6, 2022.
“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.
“Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by a financial officer of the Company, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received within 180 days in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption or repurchase of or collection or payment on such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
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“Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company thereof (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Company or the applicable parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.
“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided that any Capital Stock held by any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any other entity in which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment and is designated in good faith as an “affiliate” by the board of directors of the Company (or the compensation committee thereof), in each case pursuant to any stock subscription or shareholders’ agreement, management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries or in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the terms of this Indenture. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(1) increased (without duplication) by the following, determined on a consolidated basis for such Person, in each case (other than clauses (h) and (k)) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including any future taxes or other levies which replace or are intended to be in lieu of such taxes and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to clauses (1) through (16) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”; plus
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(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (x) net losses or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations plus bank fees, (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities and (z) amounts excluded from Consolidated Interest Expense as set forth in clauses (a) through (g) in the definition thereof); plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; plus
(d) the amount of any restructuring charges, integration and facilities opening costs or other business optimization expenses, one-time restructuring costs incurred in connection with acquisitions made after the Issue Date, project start-up costs and costs related to the closure or consolidation of facilities; plus
(e) any other non-cash charges, including, without limitation, any write-offs or write-downs reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period; plus
(f) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary; plus
(g) [reserved]; plus
(h) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 12 months of such period (which cost savings shall be (i) added back to EBITDA until realized, (ii) subject only to certification by management of the Company and (iii) calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it is understood and agreed that “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken, provided that some portion of such benefit is expected to be realized within 12 months of taking such action) (which adjustments may be incremental to pro forma cost savings, operating improvements, synergies and operating expense reductions made pursuant to the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”); plus (i) any costs or expense incurred by Holdings, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Holdings or the Company or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of Holdings or the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof; plus
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(j) any net loss from discontinued operations; plus
(k) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of EBITDA pursuant to clause (2) below for any previous period and not added back; plus
(l) Initial Public Company Costs;
(2) decreased (without duplication) by the following, determined on a consolidated basis for such Person, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(a) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior period; plus
(b) any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase EBITDA in such prior period; plus
(c) any net income from discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations).
“EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
“euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Exchangeable Notes” means, the Company’s 7.320% Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2026 and any guarantees thereof.
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
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“Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Company from:
(1) contributions to its common equity capital; and
(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Company) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company;
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed by a financial officer of the Company within 30 days of the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.
“fair market value” means, with respect to any asset or liability, the fair market value of such asset or liability as determined by the Company in good faith.
“First Lien Obligations” means, collectively, (a) all Senior Credit Facilities Obligations, (b) the Notes Obligations and (c) any other Series of Additional First Lien Obligations.
“First Lien Secured Parties” means (a) the Collateral Agent, (b) the Trustee, (c) the “Secured Parties,” as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities, (d) the “Secured Parties,” as defined in the Security Documents and (e) any Additional First Lien Secured Parties.
“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that Holdings, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or such other Person for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated (together with its Restricted Subsidiaries, a “Specified Person”)) incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, repays, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility, unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated assuming the Reserved Indebtedness Amount as of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date were outstanding throughout the four-quarter reference period and calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that each Specified Transaction engaged in by Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or such other Specified Person) during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date assuming that each such Specified Transaction (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period.
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If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or such other Specified Person) since the beginning of such period shall have engaged in any Specified Transaction, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Specified Transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the election of the Company, pro forma effect need not be given to any Specified Transaction referred to in clause (a), (c), (d) or (e) of the definition thereof involving consideration of $50,000,000 or less or any Specified Transaction referred to in clause (b) or (f) of the definition thereof involving fair value of $50,000,000 or less as determined in good faith by the Company.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a Specified Transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of Holdings or the Company (or such other Specified Person) (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings, operating improvements, synergies and operating expense reductions resulting from such Specified Transaction that have been or are expected to be realized). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of Holdings or the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period except as set forth in the first paragraph of this definition. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate.
“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;
(2) all dividends or other distributions paid to any Person other than such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock of Holdings, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (or such other Specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) during such period, excluding distributions in the form of additional Preferred Stock of Holdings; and (3) all dividends or other distributions paid to any Person other than such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock of Holdings, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (or such other Specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) during such period, excluding distributions in the form of additional Preferred Stock of Holdings.
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“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.
“Former 2019 Notes” means the Company’s 8.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2019, issued pursuant to the Former 2019 Notes Indenture, in an original principal amount of $800,000,000, no amount of which is outstanding as of the Issue Date.
“Former 2019 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of May 9, 2012, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as modified by the first supplemental indenture dated as of December 31, 2012, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, and as the same may have been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time.
“Former April 2023 Notes” means the Company’s 5.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, issued pursuant to the Former April 2023 Notes Indenture, in an original principal amount of $530,000,000, no amount of which is outstanding as of the Issue Date.
“Former April 2023 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of April 14, 2015, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, as the same may have been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time.
“Former November 2023 Notes” means the Company’s 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, issued pursuant to the Former November 2023 Notes Indenture, in an original principal amount of $500,000,000, no amount of which is outstanding as of the Issue Date.
“Former November 2023 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of November 9, 2015, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, as the same may have been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time.
“Former September 2025 Notes” means the Company’s 7.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the Former September 2025 Notes Indenture, no amount of which is outstanding as of the Issue Date.
“Former September 2025 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of August 27, 2020, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, as the same may have been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, except for any change occurring after the Issue Date in GAAP, in the event the Company delivers notice to the Trustee within 30 days of entry into effect of such change that such change will not apply for any determinations under this Indenture; provided that all calculations and determinations by the Company (other than in financial statements and related information filed, furnished or posted pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof) related to leases and lease expenses under this Indenture shall be made by application of applicable accounting principles immediately prior to the entry into effect of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842, Leases.
“Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(f) hereof.
“Government Securities” means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or
(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.
“guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other monetary obligations.
“Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Company’s Obligations under this Indenture.
“Guarantor” means Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
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“Headquarters” means the properties (including buildings and real property) located in Southland, Texas and comprising Holdings’ corporate headquarters.
“Headquarters Financing” means any financing transaction principally secured by or involving a sale and leaseback of the Headquarters.
“Headquarters SPV” means Sabre Headquarters, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Hedging Obligations” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by, or subject to, any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the registrar’s books.
“Holdings” means Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation and the direct parent of the Company.
“Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:
(1) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(a) in respect of borrowed money;
(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
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(c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) due more than twelve months after such property is acquired, except (i) any such balance that constitutes an obligation in respect of a commercial letter of credit, a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after becoming due and payable and any purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller and (iii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business; or
(d) representing net obligations under any Hedging Obligation;
if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent of such Person appearing upon the balance sheet of such Person solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP shall be excluded;
(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and
(3) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person;
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (a) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or (b) obligations under or in respect of a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of Holdings, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
“Initial Notes” means the first $468,372,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.
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“Initial Public Company Costs” means, as to any Person, costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable to companies with equity securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees, in each case to the extent arising solely by virtue of the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities on a national securities exchange; provided that any such costs arising from the costs described above in respect of the ongoing operation of such Person as a listed equity or its listed debt securities following the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities or debt securities, respectively, on a national securities exchange shall not constitute Initial Public Company Costs.
“Intercompany Loan” means the first lien pari passu credit agreement dated as of December 5, 2025, among the Company, Holdings, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC, as lender, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures, guarantees, credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund, exchange or refinance (or successively replace, refund, exchange or refinance) any part of the loans, notes, guarantees, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture (or successive replacement, refunding, exchange or refinancing facility or indenture) that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof; provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 and Section 4.12 hereof.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement by and among, inter alia, the Company, the administrative agent under the Senior Credit Facilities, the trustee under the Former 2019 Notes Indenture, the collateral agent under the Former 2019 Notes Indenture and the other grantors party thereto, dated as of May 9, 2012, as supplemented as of the Issue Date, and as the same has been and may be further amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, including without limitation to add Additional First Lien Secured Parties.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or if the Notes are not then rated by Moody’s or S&P, an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
“Investment Grade Securities” means:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);
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(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and
(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
(2) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries; “Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, credit card and debit card receivables, trade credit, advances to customers and distributors, commission, travel and similar advances to employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors and consultants in each case made in the ordinary course of business and excluding, in the case of the Company and its Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of Holdings in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07 hereof:
(1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s direct or indirect equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:
(a) the Company’s direct or indirect “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less
(b) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s direct or indirect Equity Interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Company, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000.
The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash or other property by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.
“Issue Date” means December 8, 2025.
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“July 2030 Notes” means the Company’s 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 issued on June 4, 2025.
“June 2027 Notes” means the Company’s 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 issued on September 7, 2023 and March 7, 2024, as applicable.
“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto by and among the Company, the other grantors party thereto, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Authorized Representatives for any other First Lien Obligations (including the Senior Credit Facilities) and Junior Lien Obligations outstanding at the time it is executed, as the same may be further amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, including without limitation, to add Additional First Lien Secured Parties and Junior Lien Secured Parties.
“Junior Lien Obligations” means any Series of Indebtedness secured by Collateral on a second priority basis pursuant to the relevant security documents.
“Junior Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of any Junior Lien Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto.
“LC Assets” means all deposit and securities accounts (including all funds held in or credited to such accounts, interest, dividends or other property distributed in respect of such accounts and any proceeds thereof) that may be opened from time to time with one or more banks or other financial institutions (including with a foreign branch of such banks or other financial institutions) securing letters of credit, demand guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof, other than those provided under the Senior Credit Facilities.
“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York or place of payment.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge or other security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Management Stockholders” means the members of management (and their Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members) of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries who are investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof (other than any Management Stockholders (or their Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) who are not members of management as described in this definition on the Issue Date to the extent their beneficial ownership of Voting Stock (including that of their Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), individually or collectively, would constitute a Change of Control were they not considered Management Stockholders).
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“Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (i) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock or common equity interests of the Company or any applicable direct or indirect parent company of the Company on the date of the declaration of the relevant dividend multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common stock or common equity interests for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such dividend.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.
“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.
“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent or required by applicable law, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, other fees and expenses, including title and recordation expenses, taxes paid or estimated to be payable as a result thereof, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Indebtedness secured by a Lien (other than Liens on the Collateral securing the Senior Credit Facilities) on such assets and required (other than required by clause (1) of Section 4.10(b) hereof) to be paid as a result of such transaction (or in the case of Asset Sales of Collateral, which Senior Indebtedness shall be secured by a Lien on such Collateral that has priority over the Lien securing the Notes Obligations) and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction and of a pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds attributable to minority interests in a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a disposition by, or of Capital Stock of, a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly- Owned Subsidiary to the extent such Net Proceeds are not available for application by the Company.
“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
“Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
“Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Notes, including for the avoidance of doubt, Obligations in respect of guarantees thereof.
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“November 2029 Notes” means the Company’s 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 issued on November 25, 2024.
“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing on or subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“Offering Circular” means the Company’s offering circular, dated as of November 20, 2025, as amended or supplemented, relating to the sale of the Initial Notes.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the board of directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of a Person.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of a Person by an Officer of such Person, who must be an executive officer, a financial officer, the treasurer or an accounting officer of such Person that meets the requirements of Section 13.04 hereof.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 13.04 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
“Permitted Asset Swap” means the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and Cash Equivalents between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof; provided further that the assets received are pledged as Collateral to the extent required by the Security Documents (except to the extent the Lien thereon is released by the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities) to the extent that the assets disposed of constituted Collateral.
“Permitted Holders” means each of (i) the Management Stockholders and (ii) any direct or indirect holding company for Equity Interests of the Company, the beneficial owners of whose Voting Stock would not have caused a Change of Control if such beneficial owners had directly held the Voting Stock of the Company. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.
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“Permitted Investments” means:
(1) any Investment in Holdings, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
(3) any Investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person (including, to the extent constituting an Investment, in assets of a Person that represent substantially all of its assets or a division, business unit or product line, including research and development and related assets in respect of any product) that is engaged directly or through entities that will be Restricted Subsidiaries in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is amalgamated, merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets (or a division, business unit or product line, including any research and development and related assets in respect of any product), or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary,
and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or transfer;
(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 4.10(a) hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5) any Investment existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any such Investment or binding commitment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased in such extension, modification or renewal only (a) as required by the terms of such Investment or binding commitment as in existence on the Issue Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
(6) any Investment:
(a) consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the Company of such other Investment or accounts receivable (including any trade creditor or customer); or (d) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
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(c) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons; or
(7) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (10) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;
(8) any Investment in a Similar Business taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) 4.0% of Total Assets;
(9) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, or any of its direct or indirect parent companies; provided that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof;
(10) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 hereof and the creation of Liens on the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with Section 4.12 hereof;
(11) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11(b) hereof (except transactions described in clauses (2) and (5) of Section 4.11(b) hereof);
(12) Investments consisting of purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment or the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
(13) additional Investments, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or have not been subsequently sold or transferred for cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (a) $400,000,000 and (b) 5.0% of Total Assets;
(14) (a) Investments in or relating to a Securitization Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Company, are necessary or advisable to effect any Qualified Securitization Financing or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith and (b) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees and purchases of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(15) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of $15,000,000 outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;
(16) loans and advances to employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors and consultants of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for business-related travel, entertainment, moving and analogous ordinary business purposes or payroll advances, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company thereof; (17) advances, loans or extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(18) any Investment in any Subsidiary or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business;
(19) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business;
(20) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contacts and loans or advances made to distributors in the ordinary course of business;
(21) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course of business;
(22) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection of deposit and Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(23) any Investment in Headquarters SPV, the proceeds of which are applied to repay, redeem or repurchase a Headquarters Financing;
(24) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Equity Interests of the Company or Holdings or any other direct or indirect parent of the Company;
(25) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contracts; and
(26) Investments in any Subsidiary or joint venture having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (26) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed in the aggregate at any time outstanding the greater of $75,000,000 and 1.0% of Total Assets.
“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:
(1) pledges, deposits or security by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, and other social security laws or similar legislation or other insurance related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto) or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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(2) Liens imposed by law, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’, mechanics’ Liens or other like Liens, so long as, in each case, such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business;
(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or not yet payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case, issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business or consistent with past practice prior to the Issue Date;
(5) survey exceptions, encumbrances, ground leases, easements, covenants, encroachments, protrusions or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph, telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including defects and irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially and adversely impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(6) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (4), (12)(b), (13), (23) or (24) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; provided that (a) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (13) relate only to Obligations relating to Refinancing Indebtedness that (x) is secured by Liens on the same assets as the assets securing the Refinancing Indebtedness or (y) extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or defeases Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued under clause (4) or (12)(b) of Section 4.09(b) hereof, (b) Liens securing Obligations relating to Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (23) extend only to the assets of Foreign Subsidiaries, (c) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (24) are solely on acquired property or the assets of the acquired entity and (d) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock to be incurred pursuant to clause (4) of Section 4.09(b) hereof extend only to the assets so purchased, leased or improved;
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(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens securing the Senior Credit Facilities and the Secured Notes, but including Liens securing Indebtedness incurred on July 12, 2021, the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Former November 2023 Notes);
(8) Liens on property or shares of stock or other assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further that such Liens may not extend to any other property or other assets owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(9) Liens on property or other assets at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property or such other assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, amalgamation, merger or consolidation; provided further that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(10) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;
(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations; provided that, with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be under this Indenture, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations;
(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s accounts payable or similar trade obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or trade letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(13) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business (including the provision of software under an open-source license) which do not (a) materially interfere with the operation of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) secure any Indebtedness;
(14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(15) Liens in favor of the Company or any Guarantor;
(16) Liens on equipment of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business to the Company’s clients;
(17) Liens on accounts receivable, Securitization Assets and related assets incurred in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
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(18) Liens to secure any modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (7), (8) and (9); provided that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property) and proceeds and products thereof and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (7), (8) and (9) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
(19) deposits made or other security provided in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(20) other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) 3.0% of Total Assets determined as of the date of incurrence;
(21) Liens arising from judgments or orders for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (5) of Section 6.01 hereof;
(22) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(23) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under applicable law, including the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity or securities trading accounts or other commodity or securities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (c) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking or financial institution’s general terms and conditions;
(24) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 4.09 hereof; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(25) Liens encumbering reasonable customary deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(26) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (27) Liens securing obligations owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds;
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(28) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to capital stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(29) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale or purchase of goods entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(30) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted;
(31) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are located;
(32) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(33) Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(34) Liens on the assets of non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries that were permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(35) Liens arising solely from precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings;
(36) Liens (including Liens on cash collateral) securing letters of credit in a currency other than dollars permitted under clause (5) of Section 4.09(b) hereof in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000;
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(38) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;
(39) Liens on LC Assets securing letters of credit, demand guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof; and
(37) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof; (40) (a) Liens securing (x) Indebtedness and other Obligations permitted to be incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was incurred pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) hereof and (y) obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Bank Products provided by any lender party to any Senior Credit Facilities or any Affiliate of such lender (or any Person that was a lender or an Affiliate of a lender at the time the applicable agreements pursuant to which such Bank Products are provided were entered into);
(b) Liens securing the Secured Notes outstanding on the Issue Date and replacement notes therefor (including any guarantees related to the foregoing), other than Indebtedness secured pursuant to clause (a);
(d) Liens securing Additional First Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09 hereof; provided that, with respect to Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under this subclause (d), at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 5.0 to 1.0; and
(e) Liens securing Additional First Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations permitted to be incurred under clause (13) of Section 4.09(b) hereof, to the extent that such Additional First Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations serve to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease First Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations secured with a Lien incurred pursuant to subclause (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this clause (40);
provided that, in each case, on or before any such Indebtedness or other Obligations are incurred and secured with a Lien pursuant to this clause (40), such Indebtedness or other Obligations are designated, as the case may be, as “First Lien Obligations” under the Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable First Lien Secured Parties with respect to such First Lien Obligations enter into the Intercreditor Agreement or as “Junior Lien Obligations” and the applicable Junior Lien Secured Parties enter into the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement with respect to such Junior Lien Obligations.
For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.
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“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
“Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
(c) Liens securing the Notes issued pursuant to the Offering Circular and replacement notes therefor (including any guarantees related to the foregoing); “Qualified Holding Company Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation prior to the final maturity of the Notes (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) that does not require any payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the date that is five years from the date of the issuance or incurrence thereof and (ii) the date that is ninety one days after the final maturity of the Notes (it being understood that this clause (b) shall not prohibit Indebtedness, the terms of which permit the Company thereof to elect, at its option, to make payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the date determined in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (b)) and (c) that is not Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Qualified Proceeds” means the fair market value of assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.
“Qualified Securitization Financing” means any Securitization Financing of a Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) the board of directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Company and the Securitization Subsidiary, (b) all sales and/or contributions of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company) and (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof, including any Standard Securitization Undertakings, shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Company). The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness under this Indenture prior to engaging in any Securitization Financing shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s and S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.
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“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global Note” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as appropriate.
“Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of any Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period therefor.
“Regulation S Temporary Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A2 hereto deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business, provided that any assets received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Reserved Indebtedness Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09 hereof or in the definition of “Senior Secured Leverage Ratio,” as applicable.
“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee or Paying Agent, any officer within the corporate trust department of such Trustee or Paying Agent , as the case may be, including any vice president, assistant vice president, trust officer or any other officer of such Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture or any other officer of such Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject matter.
“Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.” Unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, a reference to a “Restricted Subsidiary” shall be a reference to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
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“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.
“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement providing for the leasing by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such leasing.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.
“Secured Notes” means the June 2027 Notes, the December 2027 Notes, the November 2029 Notes and the July 2030 Notes, and any guarantees of any of the foregoing.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Securitization Assets” means the accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams and other rights to payment subject to a Qualified Securitization Financing and the proceeds thereof.
“Securitization Facility” means, collectively, (a) the Receivables Financing Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2023, as amended as of March 29, 2024, by and among Sabre Securitization, LLC, Sabre GLBL Inc., Sabre Global Technologies Limited, Sabre Corporation, and PNC Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, PNC Capital Markets LLC, as structuring agent, and the lenders and other parties thereto, including entities advised by affiliates of Centerbridge Partners, L.P., (b) the Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2023, by and among Sabre Securitization, LLC, Sabre GLBL Inc., GetThere L.P., Radixx Solutions International, Inc. and Prism Group, Inc. and (c) the English Sale Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2023, by and among Sabre Securitization, LLC and Sabre Global Technologies Limited, in each case, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures, guarantees, credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund, exchange or refinance (or successively replace, refund, exchange or refinance) any part of the loans, notes, guarantees, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture (or successive replacement, refunding, exchange or refinancing facility or indenture) that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof.
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“Securitization Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Securitization Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Securitization Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such Securitization Assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Securitization Assets, proceeds of such Securitization Assets and other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Securitization Assets.
“Securitization Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a Standard Securitization Undertaking, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
“Securitization Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers Securitization Assets and related assets) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contingent and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by Holdings, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, other than another Securitization Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates Holdings, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of Holdings, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which none of Holdings, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Company reasonably believes to be no less favorable to Holdings, the Company or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company and (c) to which none of Holdings, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.
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“Security Documents” means collectively, the security agreement, the intellectual property security agreement, any mortgages, the security agreement supplements and each other agreement, instrument or other document entered into in favor of the Collateral Agent for purposes of securing the Notes Obligations, the Intercreditor Agreement and, upon its entry into effect, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Senior Credit Facilities” means the term and revolving credit facilities under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013, among the Company, Holdings, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer, Deutsche Bank, AG New York Branch, as an L/C Issuer, and the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures, guarantees, credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund, exchange or refinance (or successively replace, refund, exchange or refinance) any part of the loans, notes, guarantees, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture (or successive replacement, refunding, exchange or refinancing facility or indenture) that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof; provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof.
“Senior Credit Facilities Obligations” means “Obligations” as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities.
“Senior Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Notes or any related Guarantee.
“Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of the date of determination (the “Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date”), the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) the Consolidated Total Indebtedness of Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date that is secured by Liens (other than Liens permitted under this Indenture on assets not constituting Collateral) and (ii) the Reserved Indebtedness Amount (whether relating to existing revolving commitments or newly created commitments) described below as of such date to (b) EBITDA of Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available.
In the event that Holdings, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, repays, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is made, then the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred immediately prior to the end of such most recent fiscal quarter end.
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The Senior Secured Leverage Ratio will be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that each Specified Transaction engaged in by Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date (and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have engaged in any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Specified Transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a Specified Transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of Holdings or the Company (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings, operating improvements, synergies and operating expense reductions resulting from such Specified Transaction that have been or are expected to be realized). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the election of the Company, pro forma effect need not be given to any Specified Transaction referred to in clause (a), (c), (d) or (e) of the definition thereof involving consideration of $50,000,000 or less or any Specified Transaction referred to in clause (b) or (f) of the definition thereof involving fair value of $50,000,000 or less as determined in good faith by the Company.
In the event that Holdings, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into or increases commitments under a revolving credit facility for which it elects to incur the Liens securing such revolving credit facility under clause (40)(d) of the definition of “Permitted Liens,” the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for Liens securing borrowings and reborrowings thereunder (including the issuance of letters of credit) will be determined on the date of such revolving credit facility or such increase in commitments (assuming that the full amount thereof has been borrowed as of such date), and, if such Senior Secured Leverage Ratio test is satisfied with respect thereto at such time, any borrowing or reborrowing thereunder will be permitted irrespective of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at the time of any borrowing or reborrowing (the committed amount permitted to be borrowed or reborrowed on a date pursuant to the operation of this paragraph shall be the “Reserved Indebtedness Amount” as of such date for purposes of this definition of Senior Secured Leverage Ratio).
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“Series” means (a) with respect to the First Lien Secured Parties, each of (i) the Senior Credit Facilities Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (ii) the Holders and the Trustee (each in their capacity as such) and (iii) any other Additional First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the Intercreditor Agreement prior to or after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional First Lien Secured Parties), (b) with respect to any First Lien Obligations, each of (i) the Senior Credit Facilities Obligations, (ii) the Notes Obligations and (iii) any other Additional First Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any applicable agreement, which, pursuant to any joinder agreement, are to be represented under the Intercreditor Agreement by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional First Lien Obligations), (c) with respect to the Junior Lien Secured Parties, each Junior Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Junior Lien Secured Parties) and (d) with respect to any Junior Lien Obligations, the Junior Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any applicable agreement, which, pursuant to any joinder agreement, are to be represented under the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Junior Lien Obligations).
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.
“Similar Business” means (1) any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or (2) any business or other activities that are reasonably similar, incidental, ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Company and any of its Subsidiaries were engaged on the Issue Date.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any Person:
(a) any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person;
(b) any designation by such Person of any Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, in each case, in accordance with this Indenture;
(c) any issuance or disposition by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests such that any of such Person’s Restricted Subsidiaries ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(d) any acquisition or disposition by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of property or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division from or to any Person other than such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; “Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in a Securitization Financing.
(e) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than with or into such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); or
(f) any closure of a business unit, line of business or division by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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“Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Notes,
(1) any Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; and
(2) any Indebtedness of any Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.
“Subsequent Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:
(1) public offerings with respect to the Company’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;
(2) issuances to any Subsidiary of the Company;
(3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution or a Contributed Holdings Investment; and
(4) offerings or issuances by the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, whether or not such subsequent contribution or purchase occurs prior to or after the Issue Date) pursuant to agreements entered into prior to the Issue Date (including issuances directly or indirectly resulting from the issuances of common stock and 6.50% mandatory convertible preferred stock of Sabre Corporation that priced on August 19, 2020 (including the underwriters’ options to purchase additional shares with respect thereto)).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, charitable foundations) of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Company, if any, that Guarantees the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
“Total Assets” means the total assets of Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of Holdings or such other Person as may be expressly stated.
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“Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the issuance of the Notes pursuant to the Offering Circular and the use of proceeds therefrom.
“Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to March 15, 2027; provided that if the period from the Redemption Date to such date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
“Trustee” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., until a successor trustee replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
“Unrestricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Global Note” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:
(1) any Subsidiary of the Company which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Company, as provided below);
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(3) Headquarters SPV, Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC, Sabre Financing Holdings, LLC, Marlins Acquisition Corp, Sabre Securitization, LLC, Conferma US Inc., Sabre Travel Network Middle East W.L.L., Sabre Travel Network Egypt LLC, Sabre Seyahat Dagitim Sistemleri A.S., Sabre Bulgaria AD, FERMR Holdings Limited, Conferma Limited, Conferma PTY Limited, Conferma Singapore PTE Limited and Sabre Travel Network Jordan LLC. On the Issue Date, all of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Headquarters SPV, Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC, Sabre Financing Holdings, LLC, Marlins Acquisition Corp, Sabre Securitization, LLC and Conferma US Inc.) operate outside the United States and either are or were joint venture entities with third parties.
The Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that:
(1) such designation is not prohibited by Section 4.07 hereof; and
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(2) each of (a) the Subsidiary to be so designated and (b) its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary except for guarantees by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and either:
(1) the Company could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test; or
(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company would be equal to or greater than such ratio for the Company immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.
Any such designation by the Company shall be notified by the Company to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
“U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by
(2) the sum of all such payments.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
| term |
Defined in Section |
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| “Acceptable Commitment” |
4.10 | |||
| “Affiliate Transaction” |
4.11 | |||
| “Asset Sale Offer” |
3.09 | |||
| “Authentication Order” |
2.02 | |||
| “Change of Control Offer” |
4.15 | |||
| “Change of Control Payment” |
4.15 | |||
| “Change of Control Payment Date” |
4.15 | |||
| “Covenant Defeasance” |
8.03 | |||
| “Covenant Suspension Event” |
4.16 | |||
| “DTC” |
2.03 | |||
| “Event of Default” |
6.01 | |||
| “Excess Proceeds” |
4.10 | |||
| “Fixed Charge Coverage Test” |
4.07 | |||
| “incur” |
4.09 | |||
| “Legal Defeasance” |
8.02 | |||
| “Offer Amount” |
3.09 | |||
| “Offer Period” |
3.09 | |||
| “Other Guarantee” |
11.05 | |||
| “Paying Agent” |
2.03 | |||
| “Payment Default” |
6.01 | |||
| “Pari Passu Indebtedness” |
3.09 | |||
| “Purchase Date” |
3.09 | |||
| “Redemption Date” |
3.07 | |||
| “Refinancing Indebtedness” |
4.09 | |||
| “Refunding Capital Stock” |
4.07 | |||
| “Registrar” |
2.03 | |||
| “Restricted Payments” |
4.07 | |||
| “Reversion Date” |
4.16 | |||
| “Second Commitment” |
4.10 | |||
| “Successor Company” |
5.01 | |||
| “Successor Guarantor” |
11.04 | |||
| “Suspended Covenants” |
4.16 | |||
| “Suspension Period” |
4.16 | |||
| “Treasury Capital Stock” |
4.07 | |||
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) “or” is not exclusive;
(4) “including” is not limiting;
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(5) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(6) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
(7) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(8) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibits A1 and A2 hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form Exhibits A1 or A2 hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A1 hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S will be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which will be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, at its New York office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.
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Following the termination of the applicable Restricted Period, the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend shall be deemed removed from the Regulation S Temporary Global Note for the Notes, following which temporary beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall automatically become beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note of the Notes pursuant to the Applicable Procedures.
The aggregate principal amount of a Regulation S Temporary Global Note for the Notes and a Regulation S Permanent Global Note of the Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and/or the Paying Agent and the Depositary or their respective nominees, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
(d) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
At least one Officer must sign the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
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Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes.
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
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(2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act.
Beneficial interests in Global Notes may be exchanged in whole or in part for Definitive Notes upon request of the Holders if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of either of the events in clauses (1) or (2) of this Section 2.06(a), Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a). However, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than the Dealer Manager). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).
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(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) hereof, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(A) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
(B) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in clause (1) above;
provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903 under the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
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(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (4), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
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(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(1)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.
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(3) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (3), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(4) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(4) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(4) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
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(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clauses (B), (D), (E) or (F) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(B) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
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(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(B) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(1) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
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“THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SABRE GLBL (THE “COMPANY”) THAT PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY),] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S], IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO SABRE CORPORATION, SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, SABRE GLBL INC. OR ANY WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) IN THE UNITED STATES, SO LONG AS THE NEW NOTES REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON WHO IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ACQUIRING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ONE OR MORE OTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT SUCH RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.”
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(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), or (e)(3) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
(3) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). THIS LEGEND WILL BE DEEMED REMOVED AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (i) THE DATE ON WHICH THESE NOTES WERE FIRST OFFERED AND (ii) THE DATE OF ISSUE OF THESE NOTES.”
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(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing;
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(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
(9) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
(10) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
(11) In connection with any proposed transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes, the Holder that is the transferor of the Note and the Company, to the extent that the information is reasonably available to the Company, shall use commercially reasonably efforts to provide the Trustee with all information as is reasonably requested by the Trustee and necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Section 6045 of the Code. The Trustee may rely on information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. An indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note, including Trustee’s expenses.
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Every replacement note is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in conclusively relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
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Section 2.11 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) in accordance with its customary procedures. Certification of the disposition of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company upon its written request. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that the Trustee shall have no liability for any defect in the “CUSIP” numbers as they appear on any Note, notice or elsewhere, and, provided further that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth:
(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
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(2) the redemption date;
(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
(4) the redemption price.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select the Notes for redemption or purchase (1) if the Notes are listed on an exchange, in compliance with the requirements of such exchange or in accordance with customary DTC procedures or (2) on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable, or, if the pro rata basis is not practicable for any reason, by lot or by such other method as most nearly approximates a pro rata basis subject to customary DTC procedures.
If any Notes are listed on an exchange, and the rules of such exchange so require, the Company will notify the exchange of any such notice of redemption. In addition, the Company will notify the exchange of the principal amount of any Notes outstanding following any partial redemption of Notes.
In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.
The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 12 hereof.
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The notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Company’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price, subject to the following sentence. Notice of any redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.
One Business Day prior to the redemption or purchase date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
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Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) At any time prior to March 15, 2027, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the redemption date (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
(b) At any time, in connection with any tender offer or other offer to purchase any series of Notes (including pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer), if not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such offer, all of the holders of such series of Notes will be deemed to have consented to such tender or other offer and accordingly, the Company or any third party purchasing or acquiring the Notes in lieu of the Company will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 60 days following such purchase, to redeem all Notes of such series that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to the price paid to holders in such purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes to (but not including) the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the redemption date).
(c) At any time and from time to time on or prior to March 15, 2027, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Subsequent Equity Offerings (1) by the Company or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 110.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that
(1) at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; and (d) Except pursuant to the preceding paragraphs (a) through (c), the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to March 15, 2027.
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(2) that such redemption shall occur within 180 days after the date on which any such Subsequent Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture.
(e) On and after March 15, 2027, the Company may, at its option, on one or more occasions, redeem all or a portion of the Notes at redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the aggregate principal amount thereof) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on March 15 of the years indicated below:
| Year |
Percentage | |||
| 2027 |
105.375 | % | ||
| 2028 |
102.688 | % | ||
| 2029 and thereafter |
100.000 | % | ||
(f) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
(g) Notice of any redemption (including with net cash proceeds of a Subsequent Equity Offering) may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control. If any Notes are listed on an exchange, and the rules of such exchange so require, the Company will notify the exchange of any such notice of redemption. In addition, the Company will notify the exchange of the principal amount of any Notes outstanding following any partial redemption of Notes. If any condition precedent has not been satisfied, the Company shall, for informational purposes, provide written notice to the Trustee by 10 A.M., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, stating that such condition has not been satisfied, the notice of redemption is rescinded or delayed and the redemption shall not occur or shall be delayed.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
The Company is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. However, under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to offer to purchase Notes as described under Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof. The Company may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise.
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an “Asset Sale Offer”), it will follow the procedures specified below.
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The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”) to the Holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;
(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(6) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
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(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company will select the Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased); and
(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due.
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The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.
Section 4.03 Reports and Other Information.
(a) So long as any Notes are outstanding, unless Holdings is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise complies with such reporting requirements, Holdings will furnish without cost to the Trustee:
(1) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings:
| (w) | audited year-end consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows, prepared in accordance with GAAP; |
| (x) | a discussion and analysis in reasonable detail of Holdings’ consolidated results of operations for the period referred to in clause (1)(w) of this Section 4.03(a) and the most recent comparable prior period and liquidity and capital resources; |
| (y) | a presentation of EBITDA of Holdings derived from such financial statements referred to in clause (1)(w) of this Section 4.03(a); and |
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| (z) | all pro forma and historical information in respect of any significant transaction (as determined in accordance with Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) consummated more than 75 days prior to the date such information is furnished to the extent not previously provided and for the time periods for which such financial information would be required (if Holdings were subject to the filing requirements of the Exchange Act) in a filing on Form 8-K with the SEC at such time; |
(2) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Holdings:
| (w) | unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows, prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end adjustments; |
| (x) | a discussion and analysis in reasonable detail of the consolidated results of operations of Holdings for the period referred to in clause (2)(w) of this Section 4.03(a) and the most recent comparable prior period and liquidity and capital resources; |
| (y) | a presentation of EBITDA of Holdings derived from such financial statements referred to in clause (2)(w) of this Section 4.03(a); and |
| (z) | all pro forma and historical financial information in respect of any significant transaction (as determined in accordance with Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) consummated more than 75 days prior to the date such information is furnished to the extent not previously provided and for the time periods such financial information would be required (if Holdings were subject to the filing requirements of the Exchange Act) in a filing on Form 8-K with the SEC at such time; and |
(3) within five Business Days following the occurrence of any of the following events, a description in reasonable detail of such event: (i) any change in the executive officers or directors of Holdings, (ii) any incurrence of any material long-term debt obligation or capital lease obligation (each as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) of or relating to Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) the acceleration of any material Indebtedness of Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iv) any issuance or sale by Holdings of Equity Interests of Holdings (excluding any issuance or sale pursuant to any stock option or similar compensation plan in the ordinary course of business), (v) the entry into of any agreement by Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to a transaction that has resulted or may result in a Change of Control, (vi) any resignation or termination of the independent accountants of Holdings or any engagement of any new independent accountants of Holdings, (vii) any determination by Holdings or the receipt of advice or notice by Holdings from its independent accountants, in either case, relating to non-reliance on previously issued financial statements, a related audit opinion or a completed interim review and (viii) the completion by Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the acquisition or disposition of a significant amount of assets, otherwise than in the ordinary course of business, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (viii), only to the extent any such event would be required to be reported by a company subject to reporting under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on Form 8-K.
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For purposes of the references to Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X in clauses (1)(z) and (2)(z) of this Section 4.03(a) and notwithstanding any contrary provisions of such Rule 3-05, Holdings may elect to determine whether pro forma and historical financial information is required, and the time periods, if any, therefor, with reference to the proportion of the total EBITDA of Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable to the relevant acquired business or businesses in lieu of using the conditions specified in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X. For the avoidance of doubt, this covenant shall not require the provision of any information required by Rules 3-09, 3-10 or 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
(b) Holdings shall provide S&P and Moody’s (and their respective successors) with information on a periodic basis as S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, shall reasonably require in order to maintain public ratings of the Notes. In addition, Holdings has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding and Holdings is not subject to reporting under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors that certify that they are qualified institutional buyers, upon their request, the information, to the extent not previously satisfied, required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(c) Holdings will make the reports and other information required by Section 4.03(a) hereof not filed with the SEC available to any Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes, any prospective investor in the Notes that certifies that it is a qualified institutional buyer or non-U.S. person, any securities analyst or any market maker affiliated with the Dealer Manager by posting them on its website or Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online system; provided that Holdings will not be required to make available any password or other login information to any such person unless it establishes its qualification as such to the reasonable satisfaction of Holdings. The Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such reports and other information have been posted.
(d) Within 15 Business Days of furnishing the information specified in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 4.03(a) hereof to the Trustee, Holdings will hold a conference call for Holders, prospective investors in the Notes that certify that they are qualified institutional buyers, securities analysts or any market maker affiliated with the Dealer Manager to discuss the results of operations for the relevant period, following advance notice to such parties by commercially reasonable means expected to reach them (which may be by posting such notice on its website or Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online system; provided that the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether any such posting has occurred).
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(e) In addition, if at any time (i) any direct or indirect parent company becomes a Guarantor (there being no obligation of any such parent company to do so) or (ii) Sabre Corporation (or a successor thereto) is the direct or indirect parent company of Holdings, then, in each case, the reports, information and other documents required to be furnished to Holders of the Notes, and actions required to be taken, pursuant to this covenant may, at the option of Holdings, be furnished by and be those of, or taken by, as the case may be, such parent or Sabre Corporation (or its successor), as applicable, rather than Holdings; provided that in the case of (i) and (ii) above, a reasonably detailed description of any material differences between Sabre Corporation’s financial information and Holdings’ financial information will be provided within five Business Days after the furnishing of each annual and quarterly report pursuant to this covenant. Any report required to be furnished under this covenant will be deemed furnished upon public filing with the SEC; provided that the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether any such filing has occurred.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Holdings will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations hereunder for purposes of clause (3) of Section 6.01 hereof until 90 days after the date any report hereunder is due.
(g) The delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates), nor shall the Trustee have any responsibility or liability for the content, filing or timeliness of any report required under this Section 4.03 or any other reports, information and documents required under this Indenture (aside from any report that is expressly the responsibility of the Trustee subject to the terms hereof).
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and the Security Documents, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and the Security Documents, and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture or the Security Documents (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
(b) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within five Business Days of any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
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Section 4.05 Taxes.
The Company will pay or discharge, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay or discharge, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, lawful assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants (to the extent it may lawfully do so) that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(I) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation other than:
(A) dividends or distributions by the Company payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; or
(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;
(II) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, including in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation; (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, (i) the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Test”) and (ii) other than in the case of any Restricted Investment, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than 5.0 to 1.0; and
(III) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than:
(A) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (7) and (8) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; or
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(B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or
(IV) make any Restricted Investment;
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (I) through (IV) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after January 1, 2020 (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) pursuant to clause (c) thereof only), (6)(c), (9) and (13) of Section 4.07(b), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b) hereof), is less than the sum of (without duplication):
(A) (i) $2,820 million, less (ii) the amount of any net cash proceeds received by the Company prior to the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or from cash contributed to the capital of the Company to the extent there is any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock outstanding pursuant to clause (12)(a) of Section 4.09(b) hereof in reliance on such net cash proceeds; plus
(B) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on January 1, 2020 to the end of Holdings’ most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit (which amount shall not be less than zero); plus (C) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000, of marketable securities or other property received by the Company after April 17, 2020 (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (12)(a) of Section 4.09(b) hereof) from the issue or sale of:
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(i) (A) Equity Interests of the Company, including Treasury Capital Stock (as defined below), but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000, of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of:
(x) Equity Interests to any future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries after April 17, 2020 to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof; and
(y) Designated Preferred Stock; and
(B) to the extent such net cash proceeds or other property are actually contributed to the capital of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (without the issuance of additional Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary), Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company (excluding Contributed Holdings Investments (as defined below) and contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such company or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof); or
(ii) debt securities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Company or a direct or indirect parent company of the Company;
provided that this clause (C) shall not include the proceeds from
(w) Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below);
(y) Disqualified Stock or debt securities that have been converted into Disqualified Stock; or
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(z) Excluded Contributions and Contributed Holdings Investments; plus
(x) Equity Interests or convertible debt securities of the Company sold to a Restricted Subsidiary; (D) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000, of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Company after April 17, 2020 (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (12)(a) of Section 4.09(b) hereof) (other than by a Restricted Subsidiary and other than any Excluded Contributions and Contributed Holdings Investments); plus
(E) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000, of marketable securities or other property received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by means of:
(i) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) and repayments of loans or advances, which constitute Restricted Investments made by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after April 17, 2020; or
(ii) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than, in each case, to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) or (11) of Section 4.07(b) hereof or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after April 17, 2020; plus
(F) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after April 17, 2020, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (which, if the fair market value of such Investment shall exceed $100,000,000, shall be determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Company whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Trustee) at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) or (11) of Section 4.07(b) hereof or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment.
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(b) The limitations of Section 4.07(a) hereof will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or other distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or other distribution or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or other distribution or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any (i) Equity Interests (“Treasury Capital Stock”) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor or (ii) Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent contributed to the capital of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding Capital Stock”),
(b) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Treasury Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Refunding Capital Stock and
(c) if immediately prior to the retirement of Treasury Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this paragraph, the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Treasury Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase, exchange or other acquisition or retirement of (i) Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, that, in each case, is incurred in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof so long as:
(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of such new Disqualified Stock does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends on, the Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired, defeasance costs and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock;
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(b) such new Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(c) such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(d) such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired; and
(e) (i) if the Subordinated Indebtedness being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired is not secured by any Liens, such new Subordinated Indebtedness is not secured by any Liens, and (ii) if the Subordinated Indebtedness being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired is secured by any Liens, the Liens securing such new Subordinated Indebtedness have the same priority as, and are limited to the same property and assets (including additional future assets and proceeds) subject to, the Liens securing such Subordinated Indebtedness being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(4) the Company may pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent company thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Company (or of any such direct or indirect parent company of the Company) or its Restricted Subsidiaries held by any future, present or former employee, director, consultant or distributor (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company) or any of its Subsidiaries so long as such purchase is pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of any employee or director equity plan, employee or director stock option plan or any other employee or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement and including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition) with any employee, director, consultant or distributor of the Company (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company) or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company from any future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants of the Company (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Indenture;
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(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any class or series of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary issued in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of “Fixed Charges”;
(6) (a) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;
(b) the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the capital of the Company from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or
(c) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this paragraph;
provided that, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c) of this clause (6), for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a pro forma basis, the Company could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Test;
(7) Investments in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities, not to exceed the greater of (a) $75,000,000 and (b) 1.0% of Total Assets;
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(8) payments made or expected to be made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) and any repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or required withholding or similar taxes; (9) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Company’s common stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to fund a payment of dividends on such company’s common stock), in an amount not to exceed in any fiscal year the greater of (a) 6.0% of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to the Company in or from any public offering of the Company’s common stock or the common stock of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company occurring after May 9, 2012 other than public offerings with respect to the Company’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution and (b) following an initial public offering of the Company’s common stock or of any such direct or indirect parent company of the Company (whether occurring prior to or after the Issue Date), an amount equal to 6.0% of the Market Capitalization; provided that in the case of this clause (b), after giving pro forma effect to such dividends, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than 4.0 to 1.0;
(10) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(11) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (11) not to exceed the greater of (a) $175,000,000 and (b) so long as at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 6.0 to 1.0, 3.0% of Total Assets;
(12) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees;
(13) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to provisions similar to those described under Section 4.10 and Section 4.15 hereof; provided that a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been made and all Notes validly tendered by Holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired for value;
(14) the declaration and payment of dividends or the payment of other distributions by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to, or the making of loans or advances to, any of their respective direct or indirect parent companies in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent companies to pay, in each case without duplication:
(a) franchise and excise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence;
(b) tax liability to each foreign, federal, state or local jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for such jurisdiction of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company attributable to the Company or its Subsidiaries determined as if the Company and its Subsidiaries filed separately; (c) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to employees, directors, officers and managers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(d) operating costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, attributable to the ownership or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(e) fees and expenses other than to Affiliates of the Company related to any equity or debt offering of such parent company (whether or not successful);
(f) [reserved];
(g) to finance Investments otherwise permitted to be made pursuant to this covenant if made by the Company; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) such direct or indirect parent company shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the capital of the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (2) the merger or amalgamation of the Person formed or acquired into the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not prohibited by Section 5.01 hereof) in order to consummate such Investment (any such property or assets so contributed, merged or amalgamated shall constitute “Contributed Holdings Investments” and shall be disregarded for purposes of determining any amount calculated under this Indenture with respect to contributions to the capital of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); and
(h) amounts that would be permitted to be paid by the Company under clauses (4), (7), (12) and (13) (but, in the case of clause (13), only in respect of indemnities and expenses) of Section 4.11 hereof; provided that the amount of any dividend or distribution under this clause (14)(h) to permit such payment shall reduce Consolidated Net Income of the Company to the extent, if any, that such payment would have reduced Consolidated Net Income of the Company if such payment had been made directly by the Company and increase (or, without duplication of any reduction of Consolidated Net Income, decrease) EBITDA to the extent, if any, that Consolidated Net Income is reduced under this clause (14)(h) and such payment would have been added back to (or, to the extent excluded from Consolidated Net Income, would have been deducted from) EBITDA if such payment had been made directly by the Company, in each case, in the period such payment is made;
(15) cash payments (or the declaration and payment of dividends or the payment of other distributions to any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to permit cash payments) in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company; (16) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are Cash Equivalents);
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(17) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies Section 5.01 hereof; provided that as a result of such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, the Company shall have made a Change of Control Offer and that all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;
(18) the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(19) [Reserved]; and
(20) beginning on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance of any Qualified Holding Company Debt, the Company may pay dividends to Holdings, the proceeds of which are promptly applied by Holdings to fund cash interest payments on Qualified Holding Company Debt, so long as after giving effect to the payment of such dividends (i) the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio would not be greater than 4.5 to 1.0 and (ii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would not be less than 1.75 to 1.0;
provided that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clause (16) of this Section 4.07(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.
(c) The Company will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the penultimate sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments and/or Permitted Investments in an amount determined as set forth in the penultimate sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment and/or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time, whether pursuant to Section 4.07(a) hereof or under clause (7), (10) or (11) of Section 4.07(b) hereof, or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Indenture.
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(d) For purposes of determining compliance with the provisions set forth above, in the event that a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments described in the above clauses or the definitions thereof, Holdings, in its sole discretion, may order and classify, and from time to time may reorder and reclassify (based on circumstances existing at the time of such reclassification), such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment if it would have been permitted at the time such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment was made and at the time of any such reclassification.
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not a Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or
(b) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor;
(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor; or
(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not a Guarantor;
except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(a) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities, the Intercompany Loan, the Secured Notes and the related documentation and Hedging Obligations;
(b) this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Notes and the guarantees thereof; (c) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of
(c) business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (3) above on the property so acquired;
(d) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;
(e) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such acquisition or at the time it merges with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person (but, in any such case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries or the property or assets so acquired;
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(f) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;
(g) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(h) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(i) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof;
(j) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements relating solely to such joint venture;
(k) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, including with respect to intellectual property and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(l) restrictions created in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing that, in the good faith determination of the Company are necessary or advisable to effect such Qualified Securitization Financing;
(m) restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of another Restricted Subsidiary; (q) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary or Securitization Subsidiary which was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such encumbrance or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary.
(n) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof; provided that, in the judgment of the Company, such incurrence will not materially impair the Company’s ability to make payments under the Notes when due;
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(o) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (n) of Section 4.08(a) hereof; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing;
(p) restrictions created in connection with any Securitization Financing that, in the good faith determination of the Company, are necessary or advisable to effect such Securitization Financing; and
Section 4.09 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Company will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and, subject to clause (c) of this Section 4.09, any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for Holdings, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for Holdings’ most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
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(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof will not apply to:
(1) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor of Indebtedness (including the December 2027 Notes, the Former September 2025 Notes (other than any such Former September 2025 Notes the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any of the Former April 2023 Notes), and any replacement notes therefor) pursuant to Credit Facilities and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate principal amount of $4,265,000,000;
(2) the portion of the Former September 2025 Notes, the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any of the Former April 2023 Notes, in each case together with any replacement notes therefor;
(3) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date, including the Notes issued pursuant to the Offering Circular, the Secured Notes and the Exchangeable Notes (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 4.09(b), but including such Indebtedness incurred on July 12, 2021, the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Former November 2023 Notes);
(4) (i) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) and Disqualified Stock incurred or issued by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other assets that in each case are used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and (ii) Indebtedness arising under Capitalized Leases other than those in effect on the Issue Date or entered into pursuant to subclause (i) of this clause (4), in an aggregate principal amount, together with any refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred or issued and outstanding under this clause (4), not to exceed the greater of (a) $150,000,000 and (b) 3.0% of Total Assets (in each case, determined at the date of incurrence) at any time outstanding;
(5) Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s acceptances, warehouse receipts, or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance; provided that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence; (6) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
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(7) Indebtedness of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; provided further that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (7);
(8) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Subsidiary Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of the Notes of such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided further that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (8);
(9) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Company or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (9);
(10) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes) for the purpose of limiting interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture, exchange rate risk or commodity pricing risk;
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(11) obligations in respect of self-insurance and obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business; (12) (a) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference up to 200% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company since May 9, 2012 from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case, other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (3)(C) and (3)(D) of Section 4.07(a) hereof to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses or, in the case of proceeds received prior to the Issue Date, clause (3)(A) of Section 4.07(a) hereof to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.07(b) hereof or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof); and
(b) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b), does not at any one time outstanding exceed the greater of (i) $350,000,000 and (ii) 5.0% of Total Assets; provided that no more than the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 4.5% of Total Assets may be incurred by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor pursuant to this clause (12)(b) (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (12)(b) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (12)(b));
(13) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, the issuance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Disqualified Stock or the issuance by any Restricted Subsidiary of Preferred Stock which serves to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.09(a) hereof and clauses (2), (3), (4), (12)(a) of this Section 4.09(b), this clause (13) and clauses (14) and (24) of this Section 4.09(b) or any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay accrued and unpaid interest, dividends on such aforementioned Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, premiums (including premiums and consideration in excess of the face amount, in each case in connection with tenders or exchanges), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, fees, costs and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
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(a) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased;
(b) if such Indebtedness is Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of such Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(c) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or defeases (i) Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or the Guarantee thereof at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively;
(d) if the Indebtedness extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased is secured by any Liens, the Liens securing such Indebtedness have the same priority as, and are limited to the same property and assets (including additional future assets and proceeds) subject to, the Liens securing such Indebtedness being so extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased; and
(e) shall not include:
(i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company;
(ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor; or
(iii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(14) (a) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or, subject to the third paragraph of this covenant, Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition or (b) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Persons that are acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that in the case of clauses (a) and (b), after giving effect to such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, either (x) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test or (y) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company is equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation; (16) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to the Credit Facilities that is incurred under clause (1) of this Section 4.09(b), in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;
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(15) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(17) (a) any guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture or (b) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company; provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with Section 4.17 hereof;
(18) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers and consultants thereof, their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent described in clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof;
(19) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods purchased in the ordinary course of business;
(20) Indebtedness in respect of Bank Products provided by banks or other financial institutions to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(21) Indebtedness incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business on arm’s length commercial terms on a recourse basis;
(22) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (a) the financing of insurance premiums or (b) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(23) the incurrence of Indebtedness by Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company in an amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding and together with any other Indebtedness incurred under this clause (23), $100,000,000; (25) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in connection with cash management, netting services, automatic clearinghouse payments, overdraft protection, employee credit card programs and similar and related activities in the ordinary course of business;
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(24) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance or assumed in connection with an acquisition in a principal amount not to exceed the greater of (a) $125,000,000 and (b) 2.5% of Total Assets in the aggregate at any one time outstanding together with all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred or issued under this clause (24) (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (24) shall cease to be deemed incurred, issued or outstanding for purposes of this clause (24) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (24));
(26) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business; and
(27) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (1) through (26) of this Section 4.09(b).
(c) Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that are not Guarantors may not incur Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test under Section 4.09(a) or clause (14)(a) of Section 4.09(b) hereof if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors incurred or issued pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test under the first paragraph of this covenant and clause (14)(a) of Section 4.09(b) would exceed $250,000,000.
(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:
(1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (27) of Section 4.09(b) hereof or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company, in its sole discretion, will classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in one of the clauses of Section 4.09(b) or in Section 4.09(a) hereof; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities on the Issue Date (other than any such Indebtedness incurred on July 12, 2021, the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Former November 2023 Notes), the Former September 2025 Notes (other than any such notes the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any of the Former April 2023 Notes), the December 2027 Notes, or, in each case, any refinancing thereof that is secured by Liens on Collateral will at all times be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;
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(2) at the time of incurrence or reclassification, the Company will be entitled to divide and classify or reclassify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.09(a) and Section 4.09(b) hereof; and
(3) in the event that the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into or increases commitments under a revolving credit facility that it elects to incur under Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for borrowings and reborrowings (including the issuance of letters of credit) thereunder will be determined on the date of such revolving credit facility or such increase in commitments (assuming that the full amount thereof has been borrowed as of such date), and, if such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test is satisfied with respect thereto at such time, any borrowing or reborrowing thereunder will be permitted under Section 4.09(a) irrespective of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio at the time of any borrowing or reborrowing (the committed amount permitted to be borrowed or reborrowed on a date pursuant to the operation of this paragraph shall be the “Reserved Indebtedness Amount” as of such date for purposes of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio).
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, of the same class will not be deemed to be an incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09.
For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.
The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be. This Indenture will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same Collateral.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:
(1) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (such fair market value to be determined in good faith by the Company, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000, at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:
(A) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or that are owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, that (x) are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or (y) are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee (other than intercompany debt owed to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries) and, in each case, for which the Company and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all creditors in writing,
(B) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale,
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(C) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale (other than intercompany debt owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), to the extent that the Company and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale, and (D) any (i) Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, as determined by the Company in good faith, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (D)(i) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, or (ii) any Investment (not constituting a Permitted Asset Swap) received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is treated by the Company as a Restricted Payment under Section 4.07(a) or 4.07(b) hereof or a Permitted Investment under clause (8), (13) or (26) of the definition thereof, with the fair market value of each such item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration, Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment being measured pursuant to this clause (D) at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,
shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for purposes of this provision and for no other purpose.
(b) Within 450 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(1) to permanently reduce:
(A) Obligations constituting First Lien Obligations and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit facilities or other similar Indebtedness, to correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto (other than Obligations owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that (x) to the extent that the terms of First Lien Obligations (other than Obligations under the Notes) require that such First Lien Obligations be repaid with the Net Proceeds of Asset Sales prior to repayment of other Indebtedness (including the Notes), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be entitled to repay such other First Lien Obligations prior to repaying the Obligations under the Notes and (y) except as provided in the foregoing clause (x), if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall so reduce First Lien Obligations, the Company will equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided in Section 3.07 hereof through open-market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth herein for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of Notes so purchased; (B) Obligations ranking pari passu with the Notes other than First Lien Obligations so long as the relevant Net Proceeds are received with respect to non-Collateral; provided that if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall so reduce any such pari passu Obligations, the Company will equally and ratably reduce or offer to reduce Obligations under the Notes in any manner set forth in clause (A) above; or
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(C) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) to make (a) an Investment in any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock that results in the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or increases the Company’s direct or indirect percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) capital expenditures or (c) acquisitions of other assets, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that the assets (including Capital Stock) acquired with the Net Proceeds of a disposition of Collateral are pledged as Collateral to the extent required under the Security Documents (except to the extent the Lien thereon is released by the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities); or
(3) to make an Investment in (a) any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock that results in the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or increases the Company’s direct or indirect percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) properties or (c) acquisitions of other assets that, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), replace the businesses, properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; provided that the assets (including Capital Stock) acquired with the Net Proceeds of a disposition of Collateral are pledged as Collateral to the extent required under the Security Documents (except to the extent the Lien thereon is released by the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities);
provided that, in the case of clauses (2) and (3) of this Section 4.10, a binding commitment entered into not later than such 450th day shall extend the period for such Investment or other payment for an additional 180 days after the end of such 450-day period so long as the Company or such other Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Commitment (a “Second Commitment”) within such 180-day period; provided further that (x) if any Second Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied or (y) such Net Proceeds are not actually so invested or paid in accordance with clauses (2) or (3) of this Section 4.10 by the end of such 180-day period, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds on the date of such cancellation or termination, or such 180th day, as applicable.
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(c) Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the preceding paragraph will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $100,000,000, the Company shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer” in accordance with Section 3.09 hereof), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is in an amount equal to at least $2,000, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or accreted value thereof, if less), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Company will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $100,000,000 by delivering the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. The Company may satisfy the foregoing obligations with respect to any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to such Net Proceeds prior to the expiration of the relevant 450 days (or such longer period provided above) or with respect to Excess Proceeds of $100,000,000 or less in accordance with Section 3.09 hereof.
(d) To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the other covenants contained in this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and the Company shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds that resulted in the Asset Sale Offer shall be reset to zero.
(e) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise use or invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
The provisions under this Indenture relative to the Company’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of an Asset Sale may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
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Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of related transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $35,000,000, unless:
(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $75,000,000, a resolution adopted by the majority of the board of directors of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.11(a) hereof will not apply to the following:
(1) transactions between or among Holdings, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;
(2) Restricted Payments permitted by the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof and Permitted Investments;
(3) [reserved];
(4) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of or for the benefit of, current or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent attributable to the ownership of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and related activities);
(5) transactions in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable to the Company or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis;
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(6) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof (so long as any such amendment or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Company to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date) and any agreement with Headquarters SPV similar to the one in effect on the Issue Date entered into in connection with the refinancing or replacement of the Headquarters Financing; (7) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (7) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders or otherwise customary, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Company when taken as a whole;
(8) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services that are Affiliates, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture which are fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the board of directors of the Company or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;
(9) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or indirectly through an Unrestricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in or controls such Person;
(10) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to any direct or indirect parent company of the Company or to any Permitted Holder or to any employee, director, officer, manager, distributor or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(11) transfers of accounts receivable, or participations therein, or Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing;
(12) [reserved];
(13) payments, Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and Preferred Stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of any Restricted Subsidiary to any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; and any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) that are, in each case, approved by the board of directors of the Company in good faith; (16) (a) tax sharing agreements among one or more of the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, the Company’s direct or indirect parent and such parent’s other Subsidiaries and payments thereunder by the Company and its Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (b) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by the Company in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purposes of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
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(14) [reserved];
(15) payments to or from, and transactions with, any joint venture in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, any cash management activities related thereto);
(17) any lease or sublease entered into between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee or sublessee and any Affiliate of the Company, as lessor or sublessor, which is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Company in good faith;
(18) intellectual property licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open-source license) in the ordinary course of business; and
(19) any transition services arrangement, supply arrangement or similar arrangement entered into in connection with or in contemplation of the disposition of assets or Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 4.10 or entered into with any Business Successor, in each case, that the Company determines in good faith is either fair to the Company or otherwise on customary terms for such type of arrangements in connection with similar transactions.
Section 4.12 Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures Obligations under any Indebtedness or any related guarantee of Indebtedness, upon any asset or property of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
Section 4.13 Limitation on Holdings.
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Holdings shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) those incidental to its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Company, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence and general operating (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues), (iii) the performance of its obligations, including the incurrence, and performance in respect, of guarantees and other liabilities, with respect to the Notes, the Secured Notes, the Intercompany Loan, the Senior Credit Facilities, any subordinated notes or any Qualified Holding Company Debt, (iv) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance of its Equity Interests or any corporate transaction permitted under this Indenture, (v) financing activities, including, without limitation, Credit Facilities, the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and guaranteeing any Indebtedness, liabilities or other obligations of its Subsidiaries or its direct or indirect parent companies and the performance of its obligations with respect thereto, (vi) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Company or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, (vii) holding any cash or property received in connection with Restricted Payments made by the Company in accordance with under Section 4.07 hereof pending application thereof by Holdings, (viii) providing indemnification to officers and directors, (ix) conducting, transacting or otherwise engaging in any business or operations of the type that it conducts, transacts or engages in on the Issue Date, (x) any transaction that Holdings is permitted to enter into or consummate under this Indenture and any transaction between Holdings and the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under this Indenture, including: (1) making any dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment not prohibited under Section 4.07 hereof (or the making of a loan to any direct or indirect parent of Holdings in lieu of any such dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment) or holding any cash received in connection with Restricted Payments made by the Company permitted under this Indenture pending application thereof by Holdings, (2) making any Investment to the extent (A) payment therefor is made solely with the Equity Interests of Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock), the proceeds of Restricted Payments received from the Company and/or proceeds of the issuance of, or contribution in respect of the, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings and (B) any property (including Equity Interests ) acquired in connection therewith is contributed to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or, if otherwise permitted by this Indenture, a Restricted Subsidiary) or the Person formed or acquired in connection therewith is merged with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (3) the (A) incurrence of Indebtedness of Holdings representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors of Holdings and unsecured Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) to finance the retirement, acquisition, repurchase, purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings, and (B) granting of Liens to the extent the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted to be secured under clauses (20) and (40) under the definition of “Permitted Liens”, and (4) engaging in any consolidation, amalgamation or merger or sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its consolidated properties or assets to the extent permitted under Article V hereof and (xi) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (x); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings shall not create or acquire (by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) any material direct Subsidiaries, other than the Company or any holding company for the Company.
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Section 4.14 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, Holdings and the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:
(1) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of Holdings, the Company or any such Subsidiary; and
(2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of Holdings, the Company and its Subsidiaries;
provided, however, in the case clauses (1) and (2) above, that neither Holdings nor the Company shall be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if Holdings or the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of Holdings, the Company and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Company has previously or concurrently delivered a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.07 hereof and all conditions precedent applicable to such redemption notice have been satisfied, the Company will make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will deliver notice of such Change of Control Offer by electronic transmission or by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with applicable procedures, with the following information:
(1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Company;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 10 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);
(3) that any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;
(4) that unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
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(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the close of business on the expiration date of the Change of Control Offer, a facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. The unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to at least $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(8) if such notice is delivered prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control; and
(9) the other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.15, that a Holder must follow.
(b) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent permitted by law:
(1) accept for payment all Notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and
(3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Company.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail (but in any case not later than five days after the Change of Control Payment Date) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
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(d) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
Section 4.16 Covenant Suspension.
(a) If on any date following the Issue Date (i) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from two Rating Agencies and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Section 4.07, Section 4.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.10, Section 4.11, Section 4.17 and clause (4) of Section 5.01(a) hereof (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).
(b) In the event that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) two or more Rating Agencies have withdrawn their Investment Grade Rating or assigned to the Notes a rating below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture with respect to future events.
(c) The period of time between the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event and the Reversion Date is referred to in this description as the “Suspension Period.” Additionally, upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the amount of Excess Proceeds from Net Proceeds shall be reset to zero. In the event of any such reinstatement, no action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to such reinstatement will give rise to a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture with respect to Notes; provided that (1) with respect to Restricted Payments made after any such reinstatement, the amount of Restricted Payments made will be calculated as though Section 4.07 hereof had been in effect prior to, but not during the Suspension Period provided that any Subsidiaries designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period shall automatically become Restricted Subsidiaries on the Reversion Date (subject to the Company’s right to subsequently designate them as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in compliance with Article 4 hereof) and (2) all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been incurred or issued pursuant to clause (3) of Section 4.09(b) hereof.
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(d) The Company shall provide a written notice to the Trustee upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event or a Reversion Date.
Section 4.17 Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than a Subsidiary Guarantor, or a Securitization Subsidiary, to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of the Company or any other Guarantor under the Senior Credit Facilities, any Additional First Lien Obligations, any Junior Lien Obligations or, if the Senior Credit Facilities cease to be outstanding, any capital markets debt securities of the Company or any Guarantor, unless such Restricted Subsidiary within 30 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary. The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the 30 day period described above.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.
(a) The Company may not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its consolidated properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(1) the Company is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made, is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;
(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Company, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Security Documents pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments;
(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;
(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,
(A) the Successor Company or the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test, or (B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company would be greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company immediately prior to such transaction;
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(5) each Guarantor, unless it is a Subsidiary Guarantor that is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case clause (1) of Section 5.01(b) hereof shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents; and
(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture.
(b) The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for the Company under this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(1) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(2) any Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or to a Restricted Subsidiary if that Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor); and
(3) the Company may transfer all or part of its property or assets to a Subsidiary Guarantor.
Notwithstanding clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a) hereof,
(1) the Company may merge with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby; and
(2) Holdings may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into the Company; provided that if the Company has a new direct holding company parent following such consolidation, amalgamation or consolidation that guarantees the Senior Credit Facilities, such parent company will, within 30 days of such guarantee, become a guarantor of the Notes on the same terms as Holdings.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
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Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, interest, if any, on, the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of the Company’s assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:
(1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;
(2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Notes;
(3) failure by Holdings, the Company or any Guarantor for 60 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in clause (1) or (2) of this Section 6.01) contained in this Indenture, the Notes or the Security Documents;
(4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by Holdings, the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the payment of which is guaranteed by Holdings, the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both:
(A) such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity (a “Payment Default”); and;
(B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $65,000,000 or more at any one time outstanding;
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(5) failure by Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $65,000,000 (net of amounts covered by insurance policies issued by reputable insurance companies), which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;
(6) the Guarantee of Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (as of the most recent consolidated financial statement of the Company for a fiscal quarter end) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), as the case may be, denies in writing that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives written notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture; or
(7) with respect to any Collateral constituting more than $80,000,000 individually or in the aggregate, any of the Security Documents ceases to be in full force and effect, or any of the Security Documents ceases to give the Holders of the Notes the Liens purported to be created thereby, or any of the Security Documents is declared null and void or Holdings, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary denies in writing that it has any further liability under any Security Document or gives written notice to such effect (in each case (i) other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or the terms of the Senior Credit Facilities or the Security Documents, (ii) except to the extent that any such cessation of the Liens results from the failure of the administrative agent under the Senior Credit Facilities or the Applicable Authorized Representative, as the case may be, to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Security Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements, (iii) except as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied or failed to acknowledge coverage or (iv) unless waived by the requisite lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities if, after that waiver, the Company is in compliance with Article 10 hereof); provided that if a failure of the sort described in this clause (7) is susceptible of cure, no Event of Default shall arise under this clause (7) with respect thereto until 30 days after notice of such failure shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes issued under this Indenture; (8) Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
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(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(9) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a custodian of Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); or
(C) orders the liquidation of Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
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Section 6.02 Acceleration.
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to Holdings, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately. The Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes if, in the best judgment of the Trustee, acceleration is not in the best interest of the Holders of the Notes.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under this Indenture (except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or the principal of any Note held by a non-consenting Holder) and rescind any acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences (except if such rescission would conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) of Section 6.01 hereof, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose:
(1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or
(2) holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or
(3) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration.
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Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
(2) Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any fees, costs, damages, losses, liabilities or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses);
(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a written direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.
A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearance are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).
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Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder; provided that a Holder shall not have the right to institute any such suit for the enforcement of payment if and to the extent that the institution or prosecution thereof or the entry of judgment therein would, under applicable law, result in the surrender, impairment, waiver or loss of the Lien of this Indenture upon any property subject to such Lien.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof 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 Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
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Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder or in connection herewith, including, without limitation, in its capacity as Collateral Agent), its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.06 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
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(2) in the absence of willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
(2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any fees, costs, damages, losses, liabilities, or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses).
(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
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(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any fees, costs, damages, losses, liabilities or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, the Collateral Agent and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(j) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
(k) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
(l) The Company will not, nor will the Trustee (in any of its capacities hereunder), have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by DTC.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Section 7.09 hereof.
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Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.
The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.
Section 7.06 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as mutually agreed to in writing. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, court costs, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel of its choosing and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.06 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
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(d) To secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.07 Replacement of Trustee.
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07.
(b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may, upon 30 days advance written notice, remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction at the expense of the Company for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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(f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.06 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. The retiring Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for the action or inaction of any successor Trustee.
Section 7.08 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, sells or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.09 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (4) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
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(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;
(2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and
(4) this Article 8.
Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17 and 5.01 hereof and Article 10 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:
(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. dollar-denominated Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, on and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date;
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(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions:
(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
(B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities, or any other material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which, the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from any borrowing of funds to be applied to make the deposit required to effect such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);
(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and subject to customary assumptions and exclusions following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of Title 11 of the United States Code;
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(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or any Guarantor or others; and
(8) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company (subject to applicable escheatment laws) on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease.
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Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee, this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents to which it is a party) and the Trustee (or the Collateral Agent, as applicable) may amend or supplement this Indenture or any Guarantee, Note, Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of any Holder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes of such series in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
(3) to comply with Section 5.01 hereof;
(4) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders;
(5) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not materially and adversely affect the legal rights of any such Holder under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(6) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;
(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee hereunder pursuant to the requirements hereof;
(8) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with this Indenture or exchange notes or private exchange notes with respect hereof; (9) to add a Guarantor under this Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
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(10) to conform the text of this Indenture, Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Security Documents or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Circular, to the extent that such provision in the “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, Guarantees, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Security Documents or the Notes as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate;
(11) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes, including, without limitation to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes and to comply with applicable securities laws, including in connection with the issuance of Additional Notes;
(12) to add or release Collateral from, or subordinate, the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents when permitted or required by the Security Documents, this Indenture the Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(13) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant any other Lien in favor of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, as additional security for the payment and performance of all or any portion of the Notes Obligations, on any property or assets, including any which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or on which a Lien is required to be granted to, in favor of or for the benefit of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent or the Holders of the Notes pursuant to this Indenture, any of the Security Documents or otherwise; and
(14) to add Additional First Lien Secured Parties or Junior Lien Secured Parties to any Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the case of the execution and delivery of any supplemental indenture, the sole purpose of which is to add one or more Guarantors, (i) the Guarantors that are Guarantors at the time of the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture need not be a party to such supplemental indenture and (ii) no Opinion of Counsel or board resolution shall be required in connection therewith.
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Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
Except as provided in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof) and the Notes and the Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It is not necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
(1) reduce the principal amount of such Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
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(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed final maturity of any such Note or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of such Notes (except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);
(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(4) waive a Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders;
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;
(7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions;
(8) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;
(9) make any change to, or modification of, the ranking of the Notes that would adversely affect the Holders; or
(10) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the Guarantees of Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary in any manner materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes.
In addition, without the consent of at least two-thirds in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not modify any Security Document or the provisions of this Indenture dealing with the Security Documents or application of trust moneys in any manner, in each case, that would subordinate the Lien of the Collateral Agent to the Liens securing any other Obligations (other than as contemplated under clause (13) of Section 9.01 hereof) or otherwise release all or substantially all of the Collateral, in each case other than in accordance with this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 9.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
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Section 9.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.05 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until the board of directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.03 hereof, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amended or supplemental indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantors enforceable against them in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE 10
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
Section 10.01 Security Interest.
The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any (to the extent permitted by law), on the Notes and performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes or the Trustee under this Indenture and the Notes (including, without limitation, the Guarantees), according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, are secured as provided in the Security Documents. Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including, without limitation, the provisions providing for foreclosure and release of Collateral), the Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, in each case as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, and authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents and the Trustee and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and, when effective, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to perform their respective obligations and exercise their respective rights thereunder in accordance therewith.
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The Trustee and the Collateral Agent, each in its capacity as an Additional Senior Class Debt Representative (under and as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) and each Holder of the Notes acknowledges and agrees that upon the Additional Senior Class Debt Representatives’ entry into the Intercreditor Joinder Agreement, the Additional Senior Class Debt Representatives and each Holder of the Notes, by its acceptance thereof, will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as Additional First-Lien Secured Parties (as defined therein). The Company will deliver to the Trustee copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or, when effective, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be necessary or proper, or as may be required by the provisions of the Security Documents, to assure and confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Company will take, and will cause its Subsidiaries to take any and all actions reasonably required to cause the Security Documents to create and maintain, as security for the Obligations of the Company hereunder, a valid and enforceable perfected first priority Lien in and on all the Collateral, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders of Notes, equally and ratably with all Indebtedness owing under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Intercompany Loan and the Secured Notes, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons and subject to no other Liens than Permitted Liens.
Section 10.02 [Reserved.]
Section 10.03 After-Acquired Property
(a) As long as the Senior Credit Facilities have not been repaid and all commitments terminated, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Security Documents, the Company and the Guarantors shall grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, a lien equally and ratably with any lien granted on additional assets (other than LC Assets) to secure the holders of Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities subsequent to the Issue Date, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Security Documents.
(b) Following termination of the Senior Credit Facilities, the Company and the Guarantors shall grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, a senior lien, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, on assets or property (other than LC Assets) acquired by the Company or a Guarantor after the Issue Date, which would have constituted Collateral had such assets and property been owned by the Company or such Guarantor on the Issue Date, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Security Documents.
Section 10.04 Release of Collateral.
(a) As long as the Senior Credit Facilities have not been repaid and all commitments terminated, the Notes will automatically cease to be secured by Liens on the Collateral if and when those liens no longer secure the Senior Credit Facilities as provided below:
(1) the liens on any particular Collateral (but not all or substantially all of the Collateral) will be released if a release of the liens on such Collateral that secure the Senior Credit Facilities were approved by the requisite lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities (except in the context of the repayment and termination of the Senior Credit Facilities), and the consent of the Holders would not be required for such a release; and (b) If the Senior Credit Facilities are repaid in full and the related commitments terminated thereunder without being replaced, the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes will not be released at such time, except to the extent the Collateral or any portion thereof was disposed of in order to repay the Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities secured by the Collateral in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.
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(2) the liens on any particular Collateral (but not all or substantially all of the Collateral) will be released automatically if the lien on such Collateral that secures the Senior Credit Facilities is released pursuant to the terms of the Senior Credit Facilities (except in the context of the repayment and termination of the Senior Credit Facilities).
Thereafter, until any new Senior Credit Facilities are entered into, the following provisions will apply:
(1) Liens securing the Notes will be released in certain circumstances as provided for in the Security Documents and upon the receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and, at the reasonable request of the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent, an Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions precedent under this Indenture have been met, including under the following circumstances:
(A) upon payment in full of principal, interest and all other Obligations on the Notes issued under this Indenture or upon Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 hereof;
(B) upon release of a Subsidiary Guarantee (with respect to the Liens securing such Guarantee granted by such Guarantor); or
(C) in connection with any disposition of Collateral to any Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (but excluding any transaction subject to Section 5.01(a)) that is not prohibited by this Indenture (with respect to the Lien on such Collateral).
(2) Each of these releases shall be effected by the Collateral Agent at the direction of the Trustee without the consent of the Holders. Upon receipt of such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel the Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents.
(c) At any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise) and the Trustee has delivered a notice of acceleration to the Collateral Agent, no release of Collateral pursuant to the provisions of the Security Documents will be effective as against the Holders of Notes.
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(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is permitted to assert that any security interest in the Collateral is not a valid and perfected security interest or to take any action, or knowingly or negligently omit to take any action, which action or omission would have the result of impairing the security interest with respect to a material portion of the Collateral. The release of any Collateral from the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents will not be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent the Collateral is released pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents thereof.
Section 10.05 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Security Documents.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders of Notes, direct, on behalf of the Holders of Notes, the Collateral Agent to, take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:
(1) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; and
(2) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations of the Company hereunder.
The Trustee will have power to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts that may be unlawful or in violation of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders of Notes in the Collateral (including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders of Notes or of the Trustee).
(b) The Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes negligence (or gross negligence in the case of the Collateral Agent) or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of the Company to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall have responsibility for recording, filing, re-recording or refiling any financing statement, continuation statement, document, instrument or other notice in any public office at any time or times or to otherwise take any action to perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest granted to it under the Security Documents relating to the Notes or otherwise.
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(c) Where any provision of the Security Documents relating to the Notes requires that additional property or assets be provided as Collateral, the Company shall, or shall cause the applicable Guarantors to, take any and all actions reasonably required to cause such additional property or assets to be provided as Collateral and to create and perfect a valid and enforceable first-priority security interest in such property or assets (subject to Permitted Liens and other exceptions in the Security Documents relating to the Notes) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes in accordance with and to the extent required under the Security Documents relating to the Notes.
(d) The Trustee, in giving any consent or approval under this Indenture or the Security Documents relating to the Notes, shall (unless it otherwise agrees) receive, as a condition to such consent or approval, an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) or both to the effect that the action or omission for which consent or approval is to be given does not violate this Indenture or the Security Documents relating to the Notes, and the Trustee shall be fully protected in giving such consent or approval on the basis of such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
Section 10.06 Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents.
The Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders of Notes distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of Notes according to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 10.07 Termination of Security Interest.
Upon the full and final payment and performance of all Obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes or upon Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 hereof, the Trustee will, at the request of the Company, deliver a certificate to the Collateral Agent stating that such Obligations have been paid in full, and instruct the Collateral Agent to release the Liens pursuant to this Indenture and the Security Documents.
Section 10.08 Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Upon the written request of the Company in connection with the incurrence of any Liens securing Junior Lien Obligations permitted to be incurred under Sections 4.09 and 4.12 hereof, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall, upon being provided with an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 13.03 hereof, enter into the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
ARTICLE 11
GUARANTEES
Section 11.01 Guarantee.
(a) Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
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(1) the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest, if any, on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Notes, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
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Section 11.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 11, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 11.03 Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
If required by Section 4.17 hereof, the Company will cause such Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.17 hereof and this Article 11, to the extent applicable.
Section 11.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05 hereof, no Guarantor will, and the Company will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its consolidated properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person (other than the Company or a Guarantor) unless:
(1) (a) such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor, as applicable, or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such surviving Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Guarantor”);
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(b) the Successor Guarantor, if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments;
(c) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and
(d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; or
(2) with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantors, the transaction is not prohibited by Section 4.10(a) hereof.
Subject to certain limitations described in this Indenture, the Successor Guarantor will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantor may (1) merge or consolidate with or into, wind up into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Subsidiary Guarantor or the Company, (2) merge with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Subsidiary Guarantor in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof or (3) convert into a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability corporation or trust organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the Successor Guarantor, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Guarantee set forth in this Article 11 and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such Successor Guarantor will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such Successor Guarantor thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses 1(a) and (b) of this Section 11.04, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
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Section 11.05 Releases.
Each Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor will provide by its terms that it will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged under its Guarantee upon:
(1) (a) any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise) of (i) the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor, after which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) all or substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case if such sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with this applicable provisions of this Indenture;
(b) the release or discharge by such Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness under (i) the Senior Credit Facilities, except a discharge or release in connection with the repayment in full and termination of commitments under the Senior Credit Facilities without being replaced with another Senior Credit Facility or (ii) in the case of a Guarantee made by a Subsidiary Guarantor (each, an “Other Guarantee”) as a result of its guarantee of Additional First Lien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations, or capital markets debt securities of the Company or a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.17 hereof, the relevant Additional First Lien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations, or capital markets debt securities, except, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), a discharge or release by or as a result of payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indebtedness specified in such clause (i) or (ii) (it being understood that a release subject to a contingent reinstatement is still a release, and if any such Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Senior Credit Facilities or any Other Guarantee is so reinstated, such Guarantee shall also be reinstated);
(c) the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or
(d) the exercise by the Company of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under Article 8 hereof or the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 hereof; and
(2) delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.
The Guarantee by Holdings will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon (1) the exercise by the Company of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under Article 8 hereof or the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture in accordance with Article 12 hereof and (2) Holdings delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.
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Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Guarantee as provided in this Section 11.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 11.
ARTICLE 12
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE SECTION
Section 12.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when either:
(1) all Notes that have been authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) (a) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company and the Company or any Guarantor have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. dollar-denominated Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient (as determined by the Company, and, if anything other than, or in combination with, cash in U.S. dollars is being deposited or provided, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants), without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
(b) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities, or any other material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound (other than resulting from any borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);
(c) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; (d) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be; and
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(e) if U.S. dollar-denominated Government Obligations shall have been deposited in connection with such satisfaction and discharge, then as a further condition to such satisfaction and discharge, the Trustee shall have received a certificate from a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent accountants to the effect set forth in Section 8.04(1).
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (a) of clause (2) of this Section 12.01, the provisions of Sections 12.02 and 8.06 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 12.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.06 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 12.02 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:
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If to the Company and/or any Guarantor: Sabre GLBL Inc.
3150 Sabre Drive,
Southlake, TX 76092
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
With a copy to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Facsimile:
Attention: Yasin Keshvargar
If to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
1505 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, MN 55108
Attention: CTSO Mail Operations – Sabre GLBL Inc. Administrator
The Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile or e-mail in pdf format; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, by email, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 13.02 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
Holders may communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes.
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Section 13.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.04 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.04 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required in the case of the initial issuance of the Notes hereunder on the date hereof.
Section 13.04 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture must include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied (and, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact); and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied; provided that with respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.
Section 13.05 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
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Section 13.06 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Company and the Guarantors), as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 13.07 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction
(a) THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE GUARANTEES AND, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN, THE SECURITY DOCUMENTS WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any Federal or State court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, New York in any suit, action or proceeding based on or arising out of or relating to this Indenture or any Securities and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be determined in any such court. The Company and each Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in an inconvenient forum.
(c) EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS, THE HOLDERS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 13.08 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 13.09 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.04 hereof.
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Section 13.10 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.11 Counterpart Originals.
This Indenture shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code/UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
Section 13.12 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 13.13 Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee 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, without limitation, (i) any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, (ii) any act of God, (iii) natural disaster, (iv) war, (v) terrorism, (vi) civil unrest, (vii) accidents, (viii) labor dispute, (ix) disease, (x) epidemic or pandemic, (xi) quarantine, (xii) national emergency, (xiii) loss or malfunction of utility or computer software or hardware, (xiv) communications system failure, (xv) malware or ransomware or (xvi) unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex system or other wire or other funds transfer systems, or (xvii) unavailability of any securities clearing system; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
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Section 13.14 U.S.A. Patriot Act.
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Section 13.15 Copies of Transaction Documents.
Upon written request from a Holder, the Company shall provide copies of this Indenture or the Security Documents to such Holder.
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of December 8, 2025
| Sabre GLBL Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| Sabre Holdings Corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| lastminute.com LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| PRISM Group, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| PRISM Technologies, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| Radixx Solutions International, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to the Indenture]
| RSI Midco, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| Sabre GDC, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| Sabre International Newco, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SabreMark G.P., LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Steven W. Milton | |
| Name: Steven W. Milton | ||
| Title: Corporate Secretary | ||
| SabreMark Limited Partnership | ||
| By: SabreMark G.P., LLC, its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Steven W. Milton | |
| Name: Steven W. Milton | ||
| Title: Corporate Secretary | ||
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| TVL HOLDINGS, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL HOLDINGS I, LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL COMMON, Inc. |
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| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL LP |
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| By: TVL LLC, its General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
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| Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee and Collateral Agent |
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| By: | /s/ Belinda Coleman | |
| Name: Belinda Coleman | ||
| Title: Vice President | ||
[Signature Page to the Indenture]
EXHIBIT A1
[Face of Note]
1CUSIP No.: __________
ISIN No.: __________
10.750% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2030
| No. | $ |
SABRE GLBL INC.
promises to pay to or registered assigns,
the principal sum of DOLLARS on March 15, 2030
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15
Record Dates: March 1 and September 1
Dated:
| SABRE GLBL INC. |
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| This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture: |
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| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee | ||
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| Authorized Signatory | ||
| 1 | 144A Note: CUSIP No.: 78573N AN2; ISIN No.: US78573NAN21 |
[BACK OF NOTE]
10.750% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2030
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) INTEREST. Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay or cause to be paid interest on the principal amount of this Note at 10.750% per annum from December 8, 2025 until maturity. The Company will pay interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be March 15, 2026. If any interest payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest), if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on March 1 and September 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
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(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(4) INDENTURE AND SECURITY DOCUMENTS. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of December 8, 2025 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are secured obligations of the Company. The Notes are secured by a lien equally and ratably with all indebtedness owing under the Senior Credit Facilities and the Secured Notes pursuant to the Security Documents referred to in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.
(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
At any time prior to March 15, 2027, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the redemption date (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
At any time, in connection with any tender offer or other offer to purchase any series of Notes (including pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer), if not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such offer, all of the holders of such series of Notes will be deemed to have consented to such tender or other offer and accordingly, the Company or any third party purchasing or acquiring the Notes in lieu of the Company will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 60 days following such purchase, to redeem all Notes of such series that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to the price paid to holders in such purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes to (but not including) the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the redemption date).
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At any time and from time to time on or prior to March 15, 2027, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Subsequent Equity Offerings (1) by the Company or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 110.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that (1) at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; and that such redemption shall occur within 180 days after the date on which any such Subsequent Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
Except pursuant to the three precedent paragraphs, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to March 15, 2027.
On and after March 15, 2027, the Company may, at its option, on one or more occasions, redeem all or a portion of the Notes at redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the aggregate principal amount thereof) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on March 15 of the years indicated below:
| Year |
Percentage | |||
| 2027 |
105.375 | % | ||
| 2028 |
102.688 | % | ||
| 2029 and thereafter |
100.000 | % | ||
Any redemptions pursuant to this clause (5) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.
Notice of any redemption (including with net cash proceeds of a Subsequent Equity Offering) may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control. If any Notes are listed on an exchange, and the rules of such exchange so require, the Company will notify the exchange of any such notice of redemption. In addition, the Company will notify the exchange of the principal amount of any Notes outstanding following any partial redemption of Notes. If any condition precedent has not been satisfied, the Company shall, for informational purposes, provide written notice to the Trustee by 10 A.M., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, stating that such condition has not been satisfied, the notice of redemption is rescinded or delayed and the redemption shall not occur or shall be delayed.
(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.
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(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b) If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company consummates any Asset Sales, within ten Business Days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $100,000,000, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes, to holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is in an amount equal to at least $2,000, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or accreted value thereof, if less), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the other covenants contained in the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and the Company shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes.
(8) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 12 thereof. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed or purchased.
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(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered Holders have rights under the Indenture.
(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes and Guarantees by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not materially and adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder, to conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Circular, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents, which intent may be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate to that effect, to enter into additional or supplemental Security Documents, to release Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents, to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture, or to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
(12) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.
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Events of Default include: (i) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium on, if any, the Notes, (ii) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest, if any, on, the Notes; (iii) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after receipt of notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements in the Indenture or the Security Documents; (iv) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness of Holdings, the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries which default is a Payment Default or results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity, the principal amount of such Indebtedness aggregating in excess of $65,000,000; (v) failure by Holdings, the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to pay certain final judgments aggregating in excess of $65,000,000, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed, for a period of 60 days; (vi) any Guarantee of Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect or to be declared null and void or the repudiation in writing by any responsible officer of Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary; (vii) with respect to any Collateral constituting more than $80,000,000 individually or in the aggregate, any Security Document ceases to be in full force and effect, or the repudiation in writing by Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any of its material obligations under the Security Documents; and (viii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary. In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to Holdings, the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all the Holders of Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its respective consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase). The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, within five Business Days of becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
(13) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
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(14) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Company and any Guarantor), as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
(15) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(16) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(17) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
(18) GOVERNING LAW. THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(19) ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. This Note was issued with “original issue discount” as defined in section 1273 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Holders may obtain information regarding the amount of original issue discount, the issue price, the issue date and the yield to maturity by contacting Roushan Zenooz at .
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Sabre GLBL Inc.
3150 Sabre Drive,
Southlake, TX 76092
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignee’s legal name)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this
Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
| * | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
☐ SECTION 4.10 ☐ SECTION 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this
Note)
Tax Identification No.:
Signature Guarantee*:
| * | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
| Date of Exchange |
Amount of |
Amount of |
Principal |
Signature of |
| * | This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form. |
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EXHIBIT A2
[Face of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
2CUSIP No.: _____________
ISIN No: _____________
10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2030
| No. | $ |
SABRE GLBL INC.
promises to pay to or registered assigns,
the principal sum of DOLLARS on March 15, 2030.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15
Record Dates: March 1 and September 1
Dated:
| SABRE GLBL INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture: |
||
| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Signatory | ||
| 2 | Reg S Note: CUSIP No.: U86043 AL7; ISIN No: USU86043AL71 |
[Back of Regulation S Temporary Global Note]
10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2030
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). THIS LEGEND WILL BE DEEMED REMOVED AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF FORTY DAYS FROM THE LATER OF (i) THE DATE ON WHICH THESE NOTES WERE FIRST OFFERED AND (ii) THE DATE OF ISSUE OF THESE NOTES.
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A)
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IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SABRE GLBL (THE “COMPANY”) THAT PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S, IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO SABRE CORPORATION, SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, SABRE GLBL INC. OR ANY WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) IN THE UNITED STATES, SO LONG AS THE NEW NOTES REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A PERSON WHO IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER ACQUIRING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ONE OR MORE OTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT SUCH RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) INTEREST. Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay or cause to be paid interest on the principal amount of this Note at 10.750% per annum from December 8, 2025 until maturity. The Company will pay interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”).
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Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be March 15, 2026. If any interest payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any, (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest), if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on March 1 and September 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the Notes. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(4) INDENTURE AND SECURITY DOCUMENTS. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of December 8, 2025 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
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The Notes are secured obligations of the Company. The Notes are secured by a lien equally and ratably with all indebtedness owing under the Senior Credit Facilities and the Secured Notes pursuant to the Security Documents referred to in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.
(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
At any time prior to March 15, 2027, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the redemption date (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
At any time, in connection with any tender offer or other offer to purchase any series of Notes (including pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer), if not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such offer, all of the holders of such series of Notes will be deemed to have consented to such tender or other offer and accordingly, the Company or any third party purchasing or acquiring the Notes in lieu of the Company will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 60 days following such purchase, to redeem all Notes of such series that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to the price paid to holders in such purchase, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such Notes to (but not including) the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the redemption date).
At any time and from time to time on or prior to March 15, 2027, the Company may redeem in the aggregate up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Subsequent Equity Offerings (1) by the Company or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 110.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that (1) at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; and that such redemption shall occur within 180 days after the date on which any such Subsequent Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
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Except pursuant to the three precedent paragraphs, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to March 15, 2027.
On and after March 15, 2027, the Company may, at its option, on one or more occasions, redeem all or a portion of the Notes at redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the aggregate principal amount thereof) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on March 15 of the years indicated below:
| Year |
Percentage | |||
| 2027 |
105.375 | % | ||
| 2028 |
102.688 | % | ||
| 2029 and thereafter |
100.000 | % | ||
Any redemptions pursuant to this clause (5) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.
Notice of any redemption (including with net cash proceeds of a Subsequent Equity Offering) may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control. If any Notes are listed on an exchange, and the rules of such exchange so require, the Company will notify the exchange of any such notice of redemption. In addition, the Company will notify the exchange of the principal amount of any Notes outstanding following any partial redemption of Notes. If any condition precedent has not been satisfied, the Company shall, for informational purposes, provide written notice to the Trustee by 10 A.M., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, stating that such condition has not been satisfied, the notice of redemption is rescinded or delayed and the redemption shall not occur or shall be delayed.
(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
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(b) If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company consummates any Asset Sales, within ten Business Days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $100,000,000, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes, to holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is in an amount equal to at least $2,000, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or accreted value thereof, if less), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the other covenants contained in the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and the Company shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes.
(8) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 12 thereof. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed or purchased.
(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
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This Regulation S Temporary Global Note is exchangeable in whole or in part for one or more Global Notes only (i) on or after the termination of the 40-day distribution compliance period (as defined in Regulation S) and (ii) upon presentation of certificates (accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel, if applicable) required by Article 2 of the Indenture. Upon exchange of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for one or more Global Notes, the Trustee shall cancel this Regulation S Temporary Global Note
(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered Holders have rights under the Indenture.
(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes and Guarantees by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not materially and adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder, to conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Circular, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Notes, or the Guarantees or the Security Documents, which intent may be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate to that effect, to enter into additional or supplemental Security Documents, to release Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents, to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture, or to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
(12) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.
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Events of Default include: (i) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium on, if any, the Notes, (ii) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest, if any, on, the Notes; (iii) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after receipt of notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements in the Indenture or the Security Documents; (iv) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness of Holdings, the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries which default is a Payment Default or results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity, the principal amount of such Indebtedness aggregating in excess of $65,000,000; (v) failure by Holdings, the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to pay certain final judgments aggregating in excess of $65,000,000, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed, for a period of 60 days; (vi) any Guarantee of Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect or to be declared null and void or the repudiation in writing by any responsible officer of Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary; (vii) with respect to any Collateral constituting more than $80,000,000 individually or in the aggregate, any Security Document ceases to be in full force and effect, or the repudiation in writing by Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any of its material obligations under the Security Documents; and (viii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to Holdings, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary. In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to Holdings, the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all the Holders of Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its respective consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase). The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, within five Business Days of becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
(13) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
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(14) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Company and any Guarantor), as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
(15) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(16) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(17) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
(18) GOVERNING LAW. THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(19) ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. This Note was issued with “original issue discount” as defined in section 1273 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Holders may obtain information regarding the amount of original issue discount, the issue price, the issue date and the yield to maturity by contacting Roushan Zenooz at .
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Sabre GLBL Inc.
3150 Sabre Drive,
Southlake, TX 76092
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignee’s legal name)
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
| and irrevocably appoint |
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this
Note)
Signature Guarantee*:
| * | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
☐ SECTION 4.10 ☐ SECTION 4.15
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this
Note)
Tax Identification No.:
Signature Guarantee*:
| * | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Regulation S Temporary Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or exchange of a part of another other Restricted Global Note for an interest in this Regulation S Temporary Global Note, have been made:
| Date of Exchange |
Amount of |
Amount of |
Principal |
Signature of |
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Sabre GLBL Inc.
3150 Sabre Drive
Southlake, TX 76092
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.– DAPS Reorg.
1505 Energy Park Drive
St Paul, MN 55108
Telephone No.:
Email:
Re: 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”)
(CUSIP [ ])
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December 8, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Sabre GLBL Inc., as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
, (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
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2. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, the Regulation S Permanent Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than the Dealer Manager). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. ☐ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a) ☐ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
(b) ☐ such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;
or
(c) ☐ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
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4. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) ☐ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) ☐ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) ☐ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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| [Insert Name of Transferor] | ||
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Dated:
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
| 1. | The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following: |
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
| (a) | ☐ a beneficial interest in the: |
| (i) | ☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP ), or |
| (ii) | ☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ), or |
| (b) | ☐ a Restricted Definitive Note. |
| 2. | After the Transfer the Transferee will hold: |
[CHECK ONE]
| (a) | ☐ a beneficial interest in the: |
| (i) | ☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP ), or |
| (ii) | ☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ), or |
| (iii) | ☐ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP ); or |
| (b) | ☐ a Restricted Definitive Note; or |
| (c) | ☐ an Unrestricted Definitive Note, |
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Sabre GLBL Inc.
3150 Sabre Drive
Southlake, TX 76092
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. – DAPS Reorg.
1505 Energy Park Drive
St Paul, MN 55108
Telephone No.:
Email:
Re: 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”)
(CUSIP [ ])
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December 8, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Sabre GLBL Inc., as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
, (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
(a) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
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(b) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(c) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(d) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
(a) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
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(b) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ☐ 144A Global Note, ☐ Regulation S Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Dated:
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of [___________], among (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of Sabre GLBL Inc. (or its permitted successor), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Company, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company and certain Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of December 8, 2025 providing for the issuance of 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 11 thereof.
4. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Company and the Guarantors), as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
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5. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Supplemental Indenture shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code/UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
7. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
8. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
Dated:
| [GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY] | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| SABRE GLBL INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee |
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| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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EXHIBIT E
TO THE INDENTURE
[FORM OF]
JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT1
among
SABRE GLBL INC.,
SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
THE GRANTORS,
[ ],
as Credit Agreement Administrative Agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and as
Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties
[ ],
as Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent for the Initial Additional First-Lien Secured
Parties and as Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative for the Initial Additional
First-Lien Secured Parties
[ ]
as Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent for the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties and as Initial
Junior-Lien Authorized Representative for the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties
and
each additional Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent from time to time party hereto
dated as of [ ], 20[ ]
| 1 | This form shall be modified, as necessary, to properly reflect the Authorized Representatives and the Collateral Agents of the then-outstanding First-Lien Obligations, at the time this Agreement is entered into. |
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Table of Contents
| Page | ||||||
| ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS | 2 | |||||
| Section 1.1 |
Certain Defined Terms |
2 | ||||
| Section 1.2 |
Terms Generally |
11 | ||||
| ARTICLE II PRIORITIES AND AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SHARED COLLATERAL | 11 | |||||
| Section 2.1 |
Subordination of Liens |
11 | ||||
| Section 2.2 |
Nature of First-Lien Lender Claims |
12 | ||||
| Section 2.3 |
Prohibition on Contesting Liens |
12 | ||||
| Section 2.4 |
No New Liens |
13 | ||||
| Section 2.5 |
Perfection of Liens |
14 | ||||
| Section 2.6 |
Waiver of Marshalling |
14 | ||||
| ARTICLE III ENFORCEMENT | 14 | |||||
| Section 3.1 |
Exclusive Enforcement |
14 | ||||
| Section 3.2 |
Standstill and Waivers |
15 | ||||
| Section 3.3 |
Judgment Creditors |
16 | ||||
| Section 3.4 |
Cooperation |
16 | ||||
| Section 3.5 |
No Additional Rights for the Grantors Hereunder |
17 | ||||
| Section 3.6 |
Actions upon Breach |
17 | ||||
| Section 3.7 |
Option to Purchase |
17 | ||||
| ARTICLE IV PAYMENTS | 19 | |||||
| Section 4.1 |
Application of Proceeds |
19 | ||||
| Section 4.2 |
Payments Over |
20 | ||||
| ARTICLE V OTHER AGREEMENTS | 20 | |||||
| Section 5.1 |
Releases |
20 | ||||
| Section 5.2 |
Inspection; Insurance and Condemnation Awards |
23 | ||||
| Section 5.3 |
Junior-Lien Collateral Documents |
24 | ||||
| Section 5.4 |
Amendments to First-Lien Debt Documents; First-Lien Obligations |
25 | ||||
| Section 5.5 |
Amendments to Junior-Lien Debt Documents |
25 | ||||
| Section 5.6 |
Copies of Amendment Documentation |
26 | ||||
| Section 5.7 |
Rights as Unsecured Creditors |
26 | ||||
| Section 5.8 |
Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection |
26 | ||||
| Section 5.9 |
When Discharge of First-Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred |
28 | ||||
(i)
| ARTICLE VI INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS | 29 | |||||
| Section 6.1 |
Filing of Motions |
29 | ||||
| Section 6.2 |
Financing Issues |
29 | ||||
| Section 6.3 |
Relief from the Automatic Stay |
30 | ||||
| Section 6.4 |
Adequate Protection |
30 | ||||
| Section 6.5 |
Avoidance Issues |
31 | ||||
| Section 6.6 |
Application |
31 | ||||
| Section 6.7 |
Waivers |
32 | ||||
| Section 6.8 |
Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency Proceeding |
32 | ||||
| Section 6.9 |
Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classifications |
32 | ||||
| Section 6.10 |
No Waivers of Rights of First-Lien Secured Parties |
33 | ||||
| Section 6.11 |
Plans of Reorganization |
33 | ||||
| Section 6.12 |
Other Matters |
33 | ||||
| Section 6.13 |
Reorganization Securities |
34 | ||||
| Section 6.14 |
Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceeding |
34 | ||||
| ARTICLE VII RELIANCE; ETC. | 34 | |||||
| Section 7.1 |
Reliance |
34 | ||||
| Section 7.2 |
No Warranties or Liability |
34 | ||||
| Section 7.3 |
Obligations Unconditional |
35 | ||||
| ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS | 36 | |||||
| Section 8.1 |
Conflicts |
36 | ||||
| Section 8.2 |
Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability |
36 | ||||
| Section 8.3 |
Amendments; Waivers |
36 | ||||
| Section 8.4 |
Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries |
37 | ||||
| Section 8.5 |
Subrogation |
37 | ||||
| Section 8.6 |
Application of Payments |
38 | ||||
| Section 8.7 |
Additional Grantors |
38 | ||||
| Section 8.8 |
Additional Debt Facilities |
38 | ||||
| Section 8.9 |
Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
40 | ||||
| Section 8.10 |
Notices |
40 | ||||
| Section 8.11 |
Further Assurances |
41 | ||||
| Section 8.12 |
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial |
41 | ||||
| Section 8.13 |
Binding on Successors and Assigns |
42 | ||||
| Section 8.14 |
Specific Performance |
42 | ||||
| Section 8.15 |
Section Titles |
42 | ||||
| Section 8.16 |
Counterparts |
42 | ||||
| Section 8.17 |
Authorization |
43 | ||||
| Section 8.18 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns |
43 | ||||
| Section 8.19 |
Effectiveness |
43 | ||||
| Section 8.20 |
First-Lien Collateral Agent and Trustee |
43 | ||||
| Section 8.21 |
Relative Rights |
44 | ||||
| Section 8.22 |
Intercreditor Agreements |
44 | ||||
| Section 8.23 |
Acknowledgement |
44 | ||||
| Section 8.24 |
Survival of Agreement |
44 |
JUNIOR-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among SABRE GLBL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the Grantors (as defined below), [ ], as administrative agent and collateral agent for itself and on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (as defined below) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity the “Credit Agreement Administrative Agent”), [ ], as Authorized Representative for itself and on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (as each such term is defined below), [ ], as collateral agent for the Initial Additional First-Lien Secured Parties (as defined below) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent”), [ ], as Authorized Representative for itself and on behalf of the Initial Additional First- Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative”), [ ], as collateral agent for the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties (as defined below) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent”), [ ], as Authorized Representative for the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative”), and each additional Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent that from time to time becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.8. 4
[WHEREAS, Holdings and the Company (i) are party to the [insert description of Credit Agreement], as the same has been, or may from time to time in the future be, further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, among Holdings, the Company, the other parties thereto, the lenders from time to time parties thereto and the Credit Agreement Administrative Agent (which agreement, on the date hereof, is the Credit Agreement as hereinafter defined), (ii) are party to that certain [insert description of Initial Additional First-Lien Agreement], as the same has been or may from time to time in the future be, amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Initial Additional First-Lien Agreement”), and (iii) may from time to time become (or may have already become) a party to Additional First-Lien Documents;]5
WHEREAS, Holdings and the Company (i) are party to the [insert description of Initial Junior-Lien Debt Document], and (ii) may become a party to other Junior-Lien Debt Documents governing future Junior-Lien Debt.
Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
| 4 | To be modified, as necessary, to properly reflect the Debt Facilities in existence at the time this Agreement is entered into. |
| 5 | To be modified, as necessary, to properly reflect the Debt Facilities in existence at the time this Agreement is entered into. |
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement or the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as specified herein, or, if defined in the UCC, the meanings specified therein. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Additional First-Lien Debt” means any Indebtedness of the Company (including Indebtedness constituting Initial Additional First-Lien Obligations but excluding Indebtedness constituting Credit Agreement Obligations) incurred by Holdings, the Company or any other Grantor and secured by the First-Lien Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies) with the Credit Agreement Obligations and any other outstanding First-Lien Obligations; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is permitted (at the time of incurrence thereof) to be incurred and secured on such basis by each First-Lien Debt Document and Junior-Lien Debt Document and (ii) the Authorized Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof. Additional First-Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange therefor.
“Additional First-Lien Debt Facility” means each indenture or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional First-Lien Debt, including, without limitation, the Initial Additional First-Lien Agreement.
“Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations” means all amounts owing to any Additional First-Lien Secured Party (as defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement) (including the Initial Additional First-Lien Secured Parties) pursuant to the terms of any Additional First-Lien Document (including the Initial Additional First-Lien Documents (as defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement)), including, without limitation, all amounts in respect of any principal, premium, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of a Bankruptcy Case at the rate provided for in the respective Additional First- Lien Document), penalties, fees, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of the foregoing amounts and any amounts reinstated pursuant to Section 2.06 of the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional First-Lien Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8(b).
“Additional First-Lien Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional First-Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of any Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto, and shall include the Initial Additional First-Lien Secured Parties.
“Additional First-Lien Security Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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“Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent” means, at any time, (i) in the case of the Initial Junior-Lien Obligations or the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties, the Initial Junior- Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of any other additional class or series of Additional Junior-Lien Debt or Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the collateral agent named for such class or series in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
“Additional Junior-Lien Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8(a).
“Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8(a).
“Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8(a).
“Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative” means “Applicable Authorized Representative”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent” means “Applicable Collateral Agent”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Authorized Representatives” means the First-Lien Authorized Representatives and the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives.
“Bankruptcy Case” means a case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any successor statute.
“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized required by law to close.
“Collateral” means the First-Lien Collateral and the Junior-Lien Collateral.
“Collateral Agent” means (i) in the case of any First-Lien Obligations, each (or the respective) First-Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of Junior-Lien Obligations, each (or the respective) Junior-Lien Collateral Agent.
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“Collateral Documents” means the First-Lien Collateral Documents and the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents.
“Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlling First-Lien Parties” means “Controlling Secured Parties” as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Credit Agreement” means “Credit Agreement” as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Credit Agreement Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Credit Agreement Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Credit Agreement Obligations” means all “Obligations” as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any interest accruing on or subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, and any amounts reinstated pursuant to Section 2.06 of the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement).
“Credit Agreement Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Debt Facility” means any First-Lien Facility and any Junior-Lien Debt Facility.
“Deposit Account Collateral” means that part of the Shared Collateral comprised of or contained in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts.
“Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative” means (i) the Initial Junior- Lien Authorized Representative, until such time as the Junior-Lien Debt Facility under the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents ceases to be the only Junior-Lien Debt Facility under this Agreement and (ii) thereafter, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representative designated from time to time by the Junior-Lien Instructing Group, in a notice to the First-Lien Collateral Agents and the Company hereunder, as the “Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative” for purposes hereof.
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“Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent” means (i) the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, until such time as the Junior-Lien Debt Facility under the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents ceases to be the only Junior-Lien Debt Facility under this Agreement and (ii) thereafter, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agent designated from time to time by the Junior-Lien Instructing Group, in a notice to the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Collateral Agents and the Company hereunder, as the “Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent” for purposes hereof.
“DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.2.
“Discharge of First-Lien Obligations” means the payment in full in cash of all First-Lien Obligations and the termination or cash collateralization (to the satisfaction of the respective issuers or counterparties, as the case may be) of all letters of credit and Secured Hedge Agreements issued or entered into, as the case may be, by a First-Lien Secured Party and the termination of all other commitments of the First-Lien Secured Parties under the First-Lien Debt Documents.
“Disposition” shall mean any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition. “Dispose” shall have a correlative meaning.
“Enforcement Action” means, with respect to the First-Lien Obligations or the Junior-Lien Obligations, the exercise of any rights and remedies with respect to any Shared Collateral or the commencement or prosecution of enforcement of any of the rights and remedies with respect to any Shared Collateral under, as applicable, the First-Lien Debt Documents or the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, or applicable law, including without limitation the exercise of any rights of set-off or recoupment, and the exercise of any rights or remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Enforcement Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(a).
“Event of Default” means an “Event of Default” as such term is defined in any First-Lien Debt Document.
“First-Lien” means the Liens on the First-Lien Collateral in favor of the First-Lien Secured Parties under the First-Lien Collateral Documents.
“First-Lien Authorized Representative” means “Authorized Representative”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“First-Lien Collateral” means any “Collateral” as such term is defined in any Credit Agreement Document, any Initial Additional First-Lien Document (as defined in the First- Lien Intercreditor Agreement) or any other First-Lien Debt Document or any other assets of the Company or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a First-Lien Collateral Document as security for any First-Lien Obligation.
“First-Lien Collateral Agent” means “Collateral Agent”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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“First-Lien Collateral Documents” means “First-Lien Security Documents”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“First-Lien Debt Documents” means (a) the Credit Agreement Documents and (b) any Additional First-Lien Documents.
“First-Lien Facilities” means the Credit Agreement Documents (and the facilities and Credit Agreement Obligations pursuant thereto) and the Additional First-Lien Debt Facilities.
“First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain [intercreditor agreement dated as of May 9, 2012 among Holdings, the Company, [describe applicable parties], as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time]6.
“First-Lien Obligations” means “First-Lien Obligations”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“First-Lien Secured Parties” means the “First-Lien Secured Parties”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Grantors” shall mean the Company, Holdings, each other Loan Party (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries and each other direct or indirect parent company or subsidiary of the Company which has granted a security interest pursuant to any Collateral Document to secure any Secured Obligations. The Grantors existing on the date hereof are set forth in Annex I hereto.
“Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Initial Additional First-Lien Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereof.
“Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Initial Additional First-Lien Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Initial Additional First-Lien Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
| 6 | To be modified, as necessary, to properly reflect the parties to such agreement at the time this Agreement is entered into. |
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“Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Documents” means any collateral agreements, security agreements and any other documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure the Initial Junior-Lien Obligations.
“Initial Junior-Lien Debt” means the Junior-Lien Debt incurred pursuant to the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents.
“Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents” means the [ ] and any notes, guaranties, security documents and other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness, including the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Documents.
“Initial Junior-Lien Obligations” means the Junior-Lien Obligations arising pursuant to the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents.
“Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of any Initial Junior-Lien Obligations, the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and the Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, in each case, solely in such party’s capacity as a holder of, or agent, trustee or similar representative for the holders of, Initial Junior-Lien Debt.
“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means: (a) any case commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary; (b) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or (c) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Company or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
“Intellectual Property” means trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, technology, software, know-how database rights, design rights, license rights with respect to the foregoing and other intellectual property rights.
“Joinder Agreement” means, as applicable, (a) a joinder to this Agreement in the form of Annex III hereto required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.8(a) hereof in order to include an Junior-Lien Debt Facility hereunder and add Authorized Representatives hereunder for the Junior-Lien Secured Parties under such Junior-Lien Debt Facility and (b) a joinder to this Agreement in the form of Annex IV hereto delivered pursuant to Section 8.8(b) hereof to add Authorized Representatives hereunder for the First-Lien Secured Parties under any Additional First-Lien Debt.
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“Junior-Lien” means the Liens on the Junior-Lien Collateral in favor of Junior- Lien Secured Parties under Junior-Lien Collateral Documents.
“Junior-Lien Authorized Representative” means (i) in the case of any Junior-Lien Obligations or the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties, the Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and (ii) in the case of any other additional class or series of Junior-Lien Obligations or Junior-Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the Authorized Representative named for such additional class or series in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
“Junior-Lien Collateral” means any “Collateral” as such term is defined in any Junior-Lien Debt Document or any other assets of the Company or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Junior-Lien Collateral Document as security for any Junior-Lien Obligation.
“Junior-Lien Collateral Agent” means (i) in the case of the Initial Junior-Lien Obligations, the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of Additional Junior-Lien Debt, the Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent for such class or series. If at any time, the Authorized Representative for a given class or series of Junior-Lien Debt is also acting as the Collateral Agent for such class or series, then any reference to a Collateral Agent contained herein will be deemed to include such Authorized Representative acting as such.
“Junior-Lien Collateral Documents” means the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Documents and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by the Company or any other Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Junior-Lien Obligation.
“Junior-Lien Debt” means the Initial Junior-Lien Debt and any other Indebtedness of the Company, which is secured by the Junior-Lien Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies, other than as provided by the terms of the applicable Junior-Lien Debt Documents) with any other Junior-Lien Obligations (if any other Junior-Lien Debt Obligations are then outstanding) and the applicable Junior-Lien Debt Documents of which provide that such Indebtedness is to be secured by such Junior-Lien Collateral on a junior and subordinate basis to the Liens securing the First-Lien Obligations (and which is not secured by Liens on any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or other Grantor which are not included in the First-Lien Collateral); provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, and secured on such basis by each First-Lien Debt Document and Junior-Lien Debt Document and (ii) except in the case of the Initial Junior-Lien Debt hereunder, the Authorized Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.8(a). Junior-Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange therefor.
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“Junior-Lien Debt Documents” means the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents and, with respect to any series, issue or class of Junior-Lien Debt, the promissory notes, indentures, Collateral Documents or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness, including the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents.
“Junior-Lien Debt Facility” means each indenture, credit agreement or other governing agreement with respect to any Junior-Lien Debt.
“Junior-Lien Instructing Group” means holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Junior-Lien Obligations then outstanding.
“Junior-Lien Obligations” means all amounts owing to any Junior-Lien Secured Party (including the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties) pursuant to the terms of any Junior-Lien Debt Document (including the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents), including, without limitation, all amounts in respect of any principal, premium, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of a Bankruptcy Case at the rate provided for in the respective Junior-Lien Debt Document, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) payable with respect to, such Junior-Lien Debt), penalties, fees, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of the foregoing amounts.
“Junior-Lien Secured Parties” means the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties and, with respect to any series, issue or class of Junior-Lien Debt, the holders of such Indebtedness, the Authorized Representative and the Collateral Agent with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Junior-Lien Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Company or any Grantor under any related Junior- Lien Debt Documents, in each case, solely in such party’s capacity as a holder of, or agent, trustee or similar representative for holders of, Junior-Lien Secured Debt.
“LC Cash Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(c).
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing), any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof.
“Payment Discharge” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1(a).
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other entity.
“Pledged or Controlled Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.8(a).
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“Proceeds” means the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of Shared Collateral, any payment or distribution made in respect of Shared Collateral in a Bankruptcy Case and any amounts received by any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Secured Party from a Junior-Lien Secured Party in respect of Shared Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement.
“Purchase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(b).
“Purchase Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(a).
“Purchase Price” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(c).
“Purchasing Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(b).
“Recovery” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.5.
“Refinance” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other indebtedness or enter into alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a private placement transaction pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A or another rule or regulation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, substantially identical notes (having the same Guarantees) issued in a dollar for dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor agency thereto.
“Secured Obligations” means the First-Lien Obligations and the Junior-Lien Obligations.
“Secured Parties” means the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties.
“Shared Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of First- Lien Obligations under at least one First-Lien Facility and the holders of Junior-Lien Obligations under at least one Junior-Lien Debt Facility (or, in each case, their Authorized Representatives) hold a security interest at such time, including, without limitation, any assets in which the First- Lien Collateral Agents are automatically deemed to have a Lien pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.4. If, at any time, any portion of the First-Lien Collateral under one or more First-Lien Facilities does not constitute Junior-Lien Collateral under one or more Junior-Lien Debt Facilities, then such portion of such First-Lien Collateral shall constitute Shared Collateral only with respect to the Junior-Lien Debt Facilities for which it constitutes Junior-Lien Collateral and shall not constitute Shared Collateral for any Junior-Lien Debt Facility which does not have a security interest in such Collateral at such time.
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“Standstill Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise Controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Surviving Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(b).
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means, unless otherwise specified, the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Section 1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (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 and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, and (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, 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.
ARTICLE II
Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral
Section 2.1 Subordination of Liens. Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens granted to any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral or of any Liens granted to the First-Lien Collateral Agents or the First-Lien Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral (or any actual or alleged defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing) and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, any Bankruptcy Law, any other applicable law, any Junior-Lien Debt Document or any First-Lien Debt Document, whether any First-Lien Collateral Agent, either directly or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or any part of the Shared Collateral, the fact that any such Liens may be subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed or any other circumstance whatsoever, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby agrees that (i) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any First-Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Secured Parties or any First-Lien Authorized Representative or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Junior-Lien Obligations and (ii) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Junior-Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Parties or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any First- Lien Obligations.
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All Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any First-Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Junior-Lien Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any First-Lien Obligations are (x) subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person or (y) otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed. Notwithstanding any failure by any First-Lien Secured Party or Junior-Lien Secured Party to perfect its security interests in the Shared Collateral or any avoidance, invalidation or subordination by any third party or court of competent jurisdiction of the security interests in the Shared Collateral granted to the First-Lien Secured Parties or the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, the priority and rights as between the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Shared Collateral shall be as set forth herein.
Section 2.2 Nature of First-Lien Lender Claims. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, acknowledges that (a) a portion of the First- Lien Obligations is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, (b) the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents and the First-Lien Obligations may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, and the First-Lien Obligations, or a portion thereof, may be Refinanced from time to time and (c) the aggregate amount of the First-Lien Obligations may be increased, in each case, without notice to or consent by the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents or the Junior-Lien Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof. The Lien priorities provided for in Section 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any amendment, supplement or other modification, or any Refinancing, of any of the First-Lien Obligations or any of the Junior-Lien Obligations, or any portion thereof. As between the Company and the other Grantors and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, the foregoing provisions will not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Company and the other Grantors contained in any Junior-Lien Debt Document with respect to the incurrence of Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations.
Section 2.3 Prohibition on Contesting Liens.
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Each of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives and each of the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take any action to challenge, contest or support any other Person in contesting or challenging, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Lien securing any First-Lien Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any First- Lien Collateral Agent or any of the First-Lien Secured Parties or any First-Lien Authorized Representative or other agent or trustee therefor in any First-Lien Collateral, and each First-Lien Collateral Agent and each First-Lien Authorized Representative, for itself and on behalf of each First-Lien Secured Party under its First-Lien Facility, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Lien securing any Junior-Lien Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties in the Junior-Lien Collateral; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Authorized Representative to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the First-Lien Obligations as provided in Section 2.1) or any of the First-Lien Debt Documents.
Section 2.4 No New Liens. The parties hereto agree that, so long as the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, (a) none of the Grantors shall grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property of any Grantor to secure any Junior-Lien Obligation unless it has granted, or concurrently therewith grants, a Lien on such asset or property of such Grantor to secure the First-Lien Obligations; and (b) each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent agrees, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Junior-Lien Secured Party, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, that it shall not acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Junior-Lien Obligations that are not also subject to the first-priority Lien in respect of the First- Lien Obligations under the First-Lien Debt Documents (other than with respect to Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations that, by their terms, are not intended to be secured by all of the First- Lien Collateral and, in particular, are not intended to be secured by such assets). If any Junior- Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any Collateral that is not also subject to the first-priority Lien in respect of the First-Lien Obligations under the First- Lien Debt Documents, then such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or Junior-Lien Secured Party shall, without the need for any further consent of any party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other document, be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the First-Lien Collateral Agents as security for the applicable First-Lien Obligations (subject to the lien priority and other terms hereof) and shall promptly notify the First-Lien Collateral Agents in writing of the existence of such Lien and in any event take such actions as may be requested by the First-Lien Collateral Agents to assign or release such Liens to the First-Lien Collateral Agents (and/or its designees) as security for the applicable First-Lien Obligations (but may retain a Junior-Lien on such assets or property subject to the terms hereof) and until such release or assignment, shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the First-Lien Collateral Agents as security for the First-Lien Obligations. To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the other Junior- Lien Secured Parties agree that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.4 shall be subject to Section 4.2.
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Section 2.5 Perfection of Liens. Except for the agreements of the First-Lien Collateral Agents pursuant to Section 5.8, none of the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives or the First-Lien Secured Parties shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Shared Collateral for the benefit of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents or the Junior-Lien Secured Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties and such provisions shall not impose on the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, the Junior- Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of Proceeds of any Shared Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable law.
Section 2.6 Waiver of Marshalling. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, on behalf of itself and the applicable Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the Shared Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.
ARTICLE III
Enforcement
Section 3.1 Exclusive Enforcement. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, the First-Lien Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to take and continue any Enforcement Action with respect to the Shared Collateral, without any consultation with or consent of any Junior-Lien Secured Party, but subject to the provisos set forth in Section 3.2 and Section 6.1. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a default or an event of default under the First-Lien Debt Documents, the First-Lien Collateral Agents and the other First-Lien Secured Parties shall control all decisions related to the exercise and continuance of any Enforcement Action with respect to the First-Lien Obligations and the Shared Collateral and shall do so in such order and manner as they may determine in their sole discretion without any consultation with, or the consent of any of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties.
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Section 3.2 Standstill and Waivers. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agrees that, until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, subject to the proviso set forth in this Section 3.2:
(a) they will not take or cause to be taken any Enforcement Action with respect to the Shared Collateral;
(b) they will not take or cause to be taken any action, the purpose or effect of which is to make any Lien in respect of any Junior-Lien Obligation pari passu with or senior to, or to give any Junior-Lien Secured Party any preference or priority relative to, the Liens with respect to the First-Lien Obligations or the First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to any of the Shared Collateral;
(c) they will not contest, oppose, object to, interfere with, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings (including without limitation the filing (including on the basis of a deficiency claim, unsecured claim or otherwise) of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) or otherwise, any foreclosure, sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Shared Collateral by any First-Lien Secured Party or any other Enforcement Action taken with respect to the Shared Collateral (or any forbearance from taking any Enforcement Action with respect to the Shared Collateral) by or on behalf of any First-Lien Secured Party;
(d) they have no right to (i) direct either any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any other First-Lien Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to the Shared Collateral or pursuant to the First-Lien Collateral Documents or (ii) consent or object to the exercise by any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any other First-Lien Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to the Shared Collateral or pursuant to the First-Lien Collateral Documents or to the timing or manner in which any such right is exercised or not exercised (or, to the extent they may have any such right described in this clause (d), whether as a Junior-Lien creditor or otherwise, they hereby irrevocably waive such right);
(e) they will not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit, Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or other proceeding any claim against any First- Lien Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, injunction or otherwise, with respect to, and no First-Lien Secured Party shall be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by any First-Lien Secured Party with respect to the Shared Collateral or pursuant to the First-Lien Debt Documents;
(f) they will not make any judicial or nonjudicial claim or demand or commence any judicial or non-judicial proceedings against any Grantor or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates under or with respect to any Junior-Lien Collateral Document seeking payment or damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise under or with respect to any Junior-Lien Collateral Document (other than filing a proof of claim) or exercise any right, remedy or power under or with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce, other than filing a proof of claim, any Junior-Lien Collateral Document; and
(g) they will not commence judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of any Shared Collateral, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce their interest in or realize upon, the Shared Collateral or pursuant to the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents;
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provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Junior-Lien Secured Parties may exercise their rights and remedies in respect of the Shared Collateral under the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents or applicable law after the passage of a period of 180 days (the “Standstill Period”) from the date of delivery of a notice in writing to the First-Lien Collateral Agents certifying that an acceleration of the Junior-Lien Obligations has occurred (and so long as such acceleration has not been rescinded); provided, further, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Junior-Lien Secured Party exercise or continue to exercise any such rights or remedies if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, (i) any First-Lien Secured Party shall have commenced the exercise of any of its rights and remedies with respect to any material portion of the Shared Collateral (or attempted to commence such exercise and are stayed by an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) or (ii) an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of any Grantor shall have been commenced; and provided, further, that in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against any Grantor, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties may take any action expressly permitted by Section 6.1. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in Section 6.1, the sole right of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior- Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Shared Collateral or any other Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Shared Collateral or such other Collateral in respect of the applicable Junior-Lien Obligations pursuant to the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, as applicable, for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement prohibits the acceleration of the Junior-Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents.
Section 3.3 Judgment Creditors. In the event that any Junior-Lien Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Shared Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor, any such judgment lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the First-Lien and the First-Lien Obligations) to the same extent as other Liens securing the Junior-Lien Obligations are subject to the terms of this Agreement.
Section 3.4 Cooperation. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Junior-Lien Secured Parties under the Junior-Lien Debt Facility to which it is a party, agrees that each of them shall take such actions as any First-Lien Authorized Representative or First-Lien Collateral Agent shall request in connection with the exercise by the First-Lien Secured Parties of their rights set forth herein. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Junior-Lien Debt Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, First-Lien Collateral Agents or First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to the First-Lien Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the First-Lien Debt Documents.
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Section 3.5 No Additional Rights for the Grantors Hereunder. Except as provided in Section 3.6, if any First-Lien Secured Party or Junior-Lien Secured Party shall enforce its rights or remedies in violation of the terms of this Agreement, no Grantor shall be entitled to use such violation as a defense to any action by any First-Lien Secured Party or Junior-Lien Secured Party, nor to assert such violation as a counterclaim or basis for set off or recoupment against any First-Lien Secured Party or Junior-Lien Secured Party.
Section 3.6 Actions upon Breach. (a) If any Junior-Lien Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, commences, participates or supports any Person commencing or participating in any action or proceeding against or with respect to any Grantor or the Shared Collateral, such Grantor, with the prior written consent of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, may interpose as a defense or dilatory plea the making of this Agreement, and any First-Lien Secured Party may intervene and interpose such defense or plea in its or their name or in the name of such Grantor.
(b) Should any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, attempt to take or threaten to take any action with respect to the Shared Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement) or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Authorized Representative or other First-Lien Secured Party (in its or their own name or in the name of the Company or any other Grantor) or the Company or any other Grantor may obtain relief against such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or such Junior- Lien Secured Party by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby (i) agrees that the First-Lien Secured Parties’ damages from the actions of any Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable and waives any defense that the Company, any other Grantor or the First-Lien Secured Parties cannot demonstrate damage or be made whole by the awarding of damages and (ii) irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Authorized Representative or and First-Lien Secured Party.
Section 3.7 Option to Purchase. (a) The Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent agrees that it will give the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent written notice (the “Enforcement Notice”) promptly following (i) its commencement of any Enforcement Action with respect to Shared Collateral (which notice shall be effective for all Enforcement Actions taken after the date of such notice so long as the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent is diligently pursuing in good faith the exercise of its default or enforcement rights or remedies against, or diligently attempting in good faith to vacate any stay of enforcement rights of its First-Liens on a material portion of the Shared Collateral, including, without limitation, all Enforcement Actions identified in such notice), (ii) its acceleration of the First-Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents; or (iii) its commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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Any Junior-Lien Secured Party shall have the option, by irrevocable written notice (the “Purchase Notice”) delivered by the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent to each First-Lien Collateral Agent no later than thirty days after the earlier to occur of (a) the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent’s receipt of the Enforcement Notice and (b) the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent becoming aware of the Enforcement Action, to purchase all (but not less than all) of the First-Lien Obligations from the First-Lien Secured Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Applicable First- Lien Collateral Agent nor any other First-Lien Secured Party shall have any liability to any party hereto for any failure or delay on the part of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent in delivering any Enforcement Notice or terminating any existing Enforcement Action.
(b) On the date specified by the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent in the Purchase Notice (which shall be a Business Day not less than five days, nor more than ten days, after receipt by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent of the Purchase Notice), the First-Lien Secured Parties shall, subject to any required approval of any court or other governmental authority then in effect, sell to the Junior-Lien Secured Parties electing to purchase pursuant to Section 3.7(a) (the “Purchasing Parties”), and the Purchasing Parties shall purchase (the “Purchase”) from the First-Lien Secured Parties, all the First-Lien Obligations; provided that the First-Lien Obligations purchased shall not include any rights of First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to indemnification and other obligations of the Grantors under the First-Lien Debt Documents that are expressly stated to survive the termination of the First-Lien Debt Documents (the “Surviving Obligations”).
(c) Without limiting the obligations of the Grantors under the First-Lien Debt Documents to the First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Surviving Obligations (which shall not be transferred in connection with the Purchase), on the date of the Purchase, the Purchasing Parties shall (i) pay in cash to the First-Lien Secured Parties as the purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) therefor the full amount of all First-Lien Obligations then outstanding and unpaid at par (including principal, any prepayment premiums, accrued but unpaid interest and fees and any other unpaid amounts, including, breakage costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses, and, in the case of any Secured Hedge Agreement, the amount that would be payable by the relevant Grantors thereunder if it were to terminate such Secured Hedge Agreement on the date of the Purchase or, if not terminated, an amount determined by the relevant First-Lien Secured Party to be necessary to collateralize its credit risk arising out of such Secured Hedge Agreement), (ii) furnish cash collateral (the “LC Cash Collateral”) to the First-Lien Secured Parties in such amounts as the relevant First-Lien Secured Parties determine is reasonably necessary to secure such First-Lien Secured Parties in connection with any outstanding Letters of Credit, (iii) agree in writing in form and substance satisfactory to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent to reimburse the First-Lien Secured Parties for any loss, cost, damage or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with any fees, costs or expenses related to any checks or other payments provisionally credited to the First-Lien Obligations and/or as to which the First-Lien Secured Parties have not yet received final payment and (iv) agree in writing in form and substance satisfactory to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, after written request from the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, to reimburse the First-Lien Secured Parties in respect of indemnification obligations of the Grantors under the First-Lien Debt Documents as to matters or circumstances known to the Purchasing Parties at the time of the Purchase which could reasonably be expected to result in any loss, cost, damage or expense to any of the First-Lien Secured Parties; provided that in no event shall any Purchasing Party have any liability for such amounts in excess of proceeds of Shared Collateral received by the Purchasing Parties.
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(d) The Purchase Price and LC Cash Collateral shall be remitted by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such account of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent as it shall designate to the Purchasing Parties. The Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, distribute the amounts received by it in respect of the Purchase Price to the First-Lien Secured Parties in accordance with the First-Lien Debt Documents. Interest shall be calculated to but excluding the day on which the Purchase occurs if the amounts so paid by the Purchasing Parties to the account designated by the Applicable First- Lien Collateral Agent are received in such account prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, and interest shall be calculated to and including such day if the amounts so paid by the Purchasing Parties to the account designated by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent are received in such account later than 12:00 noon, New York City time.
(e) The Purchase shall be made without representation or warranty of any kind by the First-Lien Secured Parties as to the First-Lien Obligations, the Shared Collateral or otherwise and without recourse to the First-Lien Secured Parties, except that the First-Lien Secured Parties shall represent and warrant: (i) the amount of the First-Lien Obligations being purchased, (ii) that the First-Lien Secured Parties own the First-Lien Obligations free and clear of any liens or encumbrances and (iii) that the First-Lien Secured Parties have the right to assign the First-Lien Obligations and the assignment is duly authorized.
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that in no event shall the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent (i) be deemed to be a Purchasing Party for purposes of this Section 3.7, (ii) be subject to or liable for any obligations of a Purchasing Party pursuant to this Section 3.7 or (iii) incur any liability to any First-Lien Secured Party or any other Person in connection with any Purchase pursuant to this Section 3.7.
ARTICLE IV
Payments
Section 4.1 Application of Proceeds. All Shared Collateral and Proceeds thereof received in connection with the Disposition or collection of the Shared Collateral in connection with an Enforcement Action, whether or not pursuant to an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, shall be distributed as follows: FIRST, to the First-Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents and the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if and to the extent the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement is applicable in accordance with its terms) until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred; SECOND, to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent for application in accordance with the Junior-Lien Debt Documents until the discharge of the Junior-Lien Obligations has occurred; and THIRD, the balance, if any, to the Grantors, their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as writ of competent jurisdiction may direct.
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Upon the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver promptly to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent any Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied by the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent to the Junior-Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Junior-Lien Debt Documents.
Section 4.2 Payments Over. So long as the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, any Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof received by any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First-Lien Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements and each Junior-Lien Secured Party hereby authorizes the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent to make any such endorsements as agent for each of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties (which authorization, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable).
ARTICLE V
Other Agreements
Section 5.1 Releases. (a) If, at any time any Grantor or any First-Lien Secured Party delivers notice to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent with respect to any specified Shared Collateral (including for such purpose, in the case of the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests in any Subsidiary, any Shared Collateral held by such Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary thereof) that:
(i) such specified Shared Collateral has been or is being sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in connection with a Disposition by the owner of such Shared Collateral in a transaction permitted under the First-Lien Debt Documents; or
(ii) the First-Liens thereon have been or are being released in connection with a Subsidiary that is released from its guarantee under the First-Lien Debt Documents; or
(iii) the First-Liens thereon have been or are being otherwise released as permitted by the First-Lien Debt Documents or by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the First-Lien Secured Parties (unless, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) of this Section 5.1(a) such release occurs in connection with, and after giving effect to, a Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, which discharge is not in connection with a foreclosure of, or other exercise of remedies with respect to, Shared Collateral by the First-Lien Secured Parties (such discharge not in connection with any such foreclosure or exercise of remedies or a sale or other disposition generating sufficient proceeds to cause the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, a “Payment Discharge”)),
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then the Junior-Lien upon such Shared Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Shared Collateral securing First-Lien Obligations are released and discharged (provided that in the case of a Payment Discharge, the Liens on any Shared Collateral disposed of in connection with the satisfaction in whole or in part of First-Lien Obligations shall be automatically released but any proceeds thereof not used for purposes of the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations or otherwise in accordance with the Junior- Lien Debt Documents shall be subject to Junior-Liens and shall be applied pursuant to Section 4.1). Upon delivery to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent of a notice from the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent stating that any such release of Liens securing or supporting the First-Lien Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective upon the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent’s release), the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent will promptly, at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents confirming such release on customary terms, which instruments, releases and termination statements shall be substantially identical to the comparable instruments, releases and termination statements executed by the Applicable First- Lien Collateral Agent in connection with such release (and shall be prepared by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent). In the case of the sale of capital stock of a Subsidiary or any other transaction resulting in the release of such Subsidiary’s guarantee under the First-Lien Debt Documents in accordance with the Credit Agreement, the guarantee in favor of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, if any, made by such Subsidiary will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, the guarantee by such Subsidiary of First-Lien Obligations is released and discharged.
(b) If, at any time any Grantor or any First-Lien Secured Party delivers notice to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent with respect to any Grantor that is a Subsidiary that:
(i) all or substantially all of the equity interests in such Grantor have been or are being sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in connection with a Disposition by the owner of such Grantor in a transaction permitted under the First-Lien Debt Documents; or
(ii) such Grantor is released from its guarantee under the First-Lien Debt Documents (unless, such release occurs in connection with, and after giving effect to, a Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, which discharge is a Payment Discharge),
then such Grantor will automatically be released and discharged under its guaranty of the Junior- Lien Obligations as and when, but only to the extent, such Grantor is also released and discharged under its guaranty of the First-Lien Obligations. Upon delivery to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent of a notice from the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent stating that any such release of Subsidiary that is a Grantor guarantying the First-Lien Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective upon the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent’s release), the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent will promptly, at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents confirming such release on customary terms, which instruments, releases and termination statements shall be substantially identical to the comparable instruments, releases and termination statements executed by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent in connection with such release (and shall be prepared by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent).
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(c) Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or such Junior-Lien Secured Party or in the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time in the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable); provided that such appointment shall terminate automatically, without any action by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party, upon the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, and provided, further, that the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent shall notify such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or such Junior-Lien Secured Party of any action taken by such Applicable First- Lien Collateral Agent as attorney-in-fact for such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or such Junior-Lien Secured Party pursuant to this clause (c).
(d) Unless and until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after an Event of Default under any First-Lien Debt Document, of Deposit Account Collateral or proceeds of Shared Collateral to the repayment of First-Lien Obligations pursuant to the First-Lien Debt Documents.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Junior-Lien Collateral Document, in the event the terms of a First-Lien Collateral Document and a Junior-Lien Collateral Document each require any Grantor to (i) make payment in respect of any item of Shared Collateral to, (ii) deliver or afford control over any item of Shared Collateral to, or deposit any item of Shared Collateral with, (iii) register ownership of any item of Shared Collateral in the name of or make an assignment of ownership of any Shared Collateral or the rights thereunder to, (iv) cause any securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or other Person acting in a similar capacity to agree to comply, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, with instructions or orders from, or to treat, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, as the entitlement holder, (v) hold any item of Shared Collateral in trust for (to the extent such item of Shared Collateral cannot be held in trust for multiple parties under applicable law), (vi) obtain the agreement of a bailee or other third party to hold any item of Shared Collateral for the benefit of or subject to the control of or, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, to follow the instructions of, or (vii) obtain the agreement of a landlord with respect to access to leased premises where any item of Shared Collateral is located or waivers or subordination of rights with respect to any item of Shared Collateral in favor of, in any case, both any First-Lien Collateral Agent and any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or Junior-Lien Secured Party, such Grantor may, until the applicable Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, comply with such requirement under the Junior-Lien Collateral Document as it relates to such Shared Collateral by taking any of the actions set forth above only with respect to, or in favor of, the First-Lien Collateral Agents (or the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, subject to the terms of the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement).
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Section 5.2 Inspection; Insurance and Condemnation Awards. (a) Any First- Lien Secured Party and its Authorized Representatives and invitees may at any time inspect, repossess, remove and otherwise deal with the Shared Collateral, and any First-Lien Collateral Agent may advertise and conduct public auctions or private sales of the Shared Collateral, in each case without notice to, the involvement of or interference by any Junior-Lien Secured Party or liability to any Junior-Lien Secured Party.
(b) Unless and until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, the First-Lien Collateral Agents and the First-Lien Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First-Lien Debt Documents, (i) to be named as additional insured and loss payee under any insurance policies maintained from time to time by any Grantor (except that to the extent provided for in the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents shall have the right to be named as additional insureds and loss payees so long as their Junior-Lien status is identified in a manner satisfactory to the First-Lien Collateral Agents), (ii) to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Shared Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder, and to make, adjust or settle any claim under any title insurance policy covering any Shared Collateral (including any such policy issued in favor of any Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or any Junior-Lien Secured Party (and each Junior-Lien Secured Party hereby authorizes the First-Lien Collateral Agents to make, adjust or settle any such claim with respect thereto as agent for each of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, Junior-Lien Collateral Agents or Junior-Lien Secured Parties, which authorization, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable) and (iii) to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Shared Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award, if in respect of the Shared Collateral, shall be paid (A) first, prior to the occurrence of the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, to the First-Lien Collateral Agents for the benefit of First-Lien Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents (and subject to the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement to the extent applicable), (B) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, to the Designated Junior- Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the applicable Junior-Lien Debt Documents and (C) third, if no Junior-Lien Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. So long as the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, if any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.
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Section 5.3 Junior-Lien Collateral Documents. (a) Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior- Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, agrees that, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the First-Lien Collateral Agents, each Junior-Lien Collateral Document under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility shall include the following language (or language to a similar effect reasonably approved by the First-Lien Collateral Agents):
“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the [Junior-Lien Collateral Agent] pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted in favor of the First-Lien Secured Parties (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement referred to below), including, without limitation, [describe applicable First-Lien Debt Documents] and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the [Junior-Lien Collateral Agent] hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among the Company, Holdings, the other Grantors party thereto, [describe applicable parties] and each additional Authorized Representative that becomes party thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.”
In addition, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agree that each mortgage, if applicable, covering any Shared Collateral shall contain such other language as the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to reflect the subordination of such mortgage to the First-Liens in respect of such Shared Collateral.
(b) In the event any First-Lien Collateral Agent enters into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the First-Lien Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any First-Lien Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties thereunder, in each case solely with respect to any Shared Collateral, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the Junior-Lien Collateral Document without the consent of or action by any Junior-Lien Secured Party; provided that notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall be given to the Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative no later than 30 days after its effectiveness and, provided, further, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof.
(a) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, no Junior-Lien Collateral Document shall be entered into unless the Collateral covered thereby is also subject to a perfected first-priority interest in favor of each First-Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First-Lien Secured Parties pursuant to the First-Lien Collateral Documents (other than with respect to Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations that, by their terms, are not intended to be secured by all of the First- Lien Collateral and, in particular, are not intended to be secured by such Collateral).
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Section 5.4 Amendments to First-Lien Debt Documents; First-Lien Obligations. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agrees that, without affecting the obligations of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties hereunder, the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives and the First-Lien Secured Parties represented thereby may, at any time and from time to time, in their sole discretion without the consent of or notice to any such Junior-Lien Secured Party, and without incurring any liability to such Junior-Lien Secured Party or impairing or releasing the subordination provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure or otherwise modify any of the First-Lien Debt Documents in any manner whatsoever, including to (i) change the manner, place, time or terms of payment, or renew, alter or increase, all or any of the First-Lien Obligations, or otherwise amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the First-Lien Obligations or any of the First-Lien Debt Documents, (ii) retain or obtain a Lien on any Property of any Person to secure any of the First- Lien Obligations, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional First-Lien Debt Documents, (iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligation of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the First-Lien Obligations, (iv) release its Lien on any Shared Collateral or other Property, (v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any Grantor or any other Person, (vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the First-Lien Obligations, and (vii) otherwise manage and supervise the First-Lien Obligations as the applicable First-Lien Collateral Agents or First-Lien Authorized Representatives shall deem appropriate.
Section 5.5 Amendments to Junior-Lien Debt Documents. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of themselves and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agree that they shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment or other modification to any of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents inconsistent with or in violation of this Agreement or any then effective First-Lien Debt Document. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, each First-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First-Lien Secured Parties represented thereby, agrees that, without affecting the obligations of the First-Lien Secured Parties hereunder, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior- Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties may, at any time and from time to time, in their sole discretion without the consent of or notice to any First-Lien Secured Party (except to the extent such notice or consent is required pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement), and without incurring any liability to such First-Lien Secured Party or impairing or releasing the priority provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure or otherwise modify any of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents in any manner whatsoever, including to (i) change the manner, place, time or terms of payment, or renew, alter or increase, all or any of the Junior-Lien Obligations, or otherwise amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the Junior-Lien Obligations or any of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, (ii) retain or obtain a Lien on any Property of any Person to secure any of the Junior-Lien Obligations, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional Junior-Lien Debt Documents, (iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligation of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the Junior-Lien Obligations, (iv) release its Lien on any Shared Collateral or other Property, (v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any Grantor or any other Person, (vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the Junior-Lien Obligations, and (vii) otherwise manage and supervise the Junior-Lien Obligations as the relevant Junior-Lien Authorized Representative shall deem appropriate.
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Section 5.6 Copies of Amendment Documentation. The Company agrees to promptly deliver to the First-Lien Collateral Agents copies of (i) any amendments, supplements or other modifications to the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents and (ii) any new Junior-Lien Collateral Documents promptly after effectiveness thereof.
Section 5.7 Rights as Unsecured Creditors. Subject to Section 3.2 and Articles VI and VIII, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the Company and any other Grantor in accordance with the terms of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, applicable law and this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party of the required payments of interest and principal so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of (a) the exercise in contravention of this Agreement by any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of Shared Collateral or other Collateral or (b) enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien in respect of Junior-Lien Obligations held by any of them. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair or otherwise adversely affect any rights or remedies the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives or the First-Lien Secured Parties may have with respect to the First- Lien Collateral.
Section 5.8 Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection. (a) Each First-Lien Collateral Agent acknowledges and agrees that if it shall at any time hold a Lien securing any First-Lien Obligations on any Shared Collateral that can be perfected by the possession or control of such Shared Collateral or of any account in which such Shared Collateral is held, and if such Shared Collateral or any such account is in fact in the possession or under the control of such First-Lien Collateral Agent, or of agents or bailees of such First-Lien Collateral Agent (such Shared Collateral being referred to herein as the “Pledged or Controlled Collateral”), or if it shall any time obtain any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, such First-Lien Collateral Agent shall also hold such Pledged or Controlled Collateral, or take such actions with respect to such landlord waiver, bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement, as sub-agent or gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, in each case solely for the purpose of perfecting the Liens granted under the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Documents and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.8.
(b) In the event that any First-Lien Collateral Agent (or its agents or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property that is part of the Shared Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Shared Collateral, such First-Lien Collateral Agent agrees to hold such Liens as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and any assignee thereof, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.8 (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC).
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(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, the First-Lien Collateral Agents shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged or Controlled Collateral in accordance with the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents as if the Liens under the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior- Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Pledged or Controlled Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) No First-Lien Collateral Agent shall have any obligation whatsoever to any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party to assure that any of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Shared Collateral, except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.8. The duties or responsibilities of the First-Lien Collateral Agents under this Section 5.8 shall be limited solely to holding or controlling the Shared Collateral and the related Liens referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.8 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Agent for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent.
(e) No First-Lien Collateral Agent shall have by reason of the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents or this Agreement, or any other document, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party, and each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior- Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby waives and releases each First-Lien Collateral Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to such First-Lien Collateral Agent’s role under this Section 5.8 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee with respect to the Shared Collateral.
(f) Upon the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent shall, at the Grantors’ sole cost and expense, (A) deliver to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent all Shared Collateral, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements and notices to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral (including pursuant to the delivery of change of agent notices under deposit account control agreements and similar agreements) or (B) if the Junior-Lien Obligations are not outstanding at such time, direct and deliver such Shared Collateral to the respective Grantors or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company and the other Grantors shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each First-Lien Collateral Agent for loss or damage suffered by such First-Lien Collateral Agent as a result of such transfer, except to the extent such loss or damage is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment to have been suffered by such First-Lien Collateral Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. No First-Lien Collateral Agent has any obligation to follow instructions from the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent in contravention of this Agreement.
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(g) None of the First-Lien Collateral Agents nor any of the First-Lien Authorized Representatives or First-Lien Secured Parties shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary or other Grantor to any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Authorized Representative or any First-Lien Secured Party under the First-Lien Debt Documents or any assurance of payment in respect thereof, or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of their rights in respect of such collateral security or any assurance of payment in respect thereof shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.
Section 5.9 When Discharge of First-Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred. If, in connection with the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, the Company or any other Grantor enters into any substantially concurrent Refinancing of any First-Lien Obligations, then such Discharge of First-Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement and the applicable agreement governing such First- Lien Obligations shall automatically be treated as a First-Lien Debt Document for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Shared Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder and the agent, representative or trustee for the holders of such First-Lien Obligations shall be a First-Lien Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of notice that the Company has entered into a new First-Lien Debt Document (which notice shall include the identity of a new First-Lien Collateral Agent), each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (at the expense of the Company), including amendments or supplements to this Agreement, as the Company or such new First-Lien Collateral Agent shall reasonably request in writing in order to provide the new First-Lien Collateral Agent the rights of a First-Lien Collateral Agent contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with this Agreement, (b) to the extent required pursuant to the terms of the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, deliver to the new First-Lien Collateral Agent all Shared Collateral, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements and notices to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, (c) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer entitled to be a loss payee or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such insurance carrier and (d) notify any governmental authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving a Grantor that the new First-Lien Collateral Agent is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding.
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ARTICLE VI
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings
Section 6.1 Filing of Motions. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent agrees on behalf of itself and the other Junior-Lien Secured Parties that no Junior-Lien Secured Party shall, in or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, file any pleadings or motions, take any position at any hearing or proceeding of any nature, join with or support any other Person doing so, or otherwise take any action whatsoever, including without limitation any such action that (a) violates, or is prohibited by, this Article VI (or, in the absence of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, otherwise would violate or be prohibited by this Agreement), (b) asserts any right, benefit or privilege that arises in favor of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents or Junior-Lien Secured Parties, in whole or in part, as a result of their interest in the Shared Collateral (unless the assertion of such right is expressly permitted by this Agreement) or (c) challenges the validity, priority, enforceability or voidability of any Liens or claims held by any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any other First-Lien Secured Party with respect to the Shared Collateral, or the extent to which the First-Lien Obligations constitute secured claims or the value thereof under Section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; provided that the Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent may (i) file a proof of claim in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and (ii) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition of any motion or other pleadings made by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral, subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement and only if consistent with the terms and the limitations on the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives and Junior-Lien Collateral Agents imposed hereby.
Section 6.2 Financing Issues. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, if the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, and if any First-Lien Secured Parties (or their respective Authorized Representative) or the Controlling First-Lien Parties (or the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative), shall desire to consent (or not object) to the sale, use or lease of collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or to provide financing to any Grantor under the Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or not object) to the provision of such debtor-in-possession financing to any Grantor by any third party (any such financing, “DIP Financing”), then each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Junior-Lien Secured Parties, that each Junior-Lien Secured Party (a) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any other Person objecting to, and will not otherwise contest, the sale, use or lease of such collateral or to such DIP Financing, (b) will not request or accept adequate protection or any other relief in connection with the use of such cash collateral or such DIP Financing except as set forth in Section 6.4 and (c) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) the Junior-Liens on any Shared Collateral (i) to such DIP Financing on the same terms as the First-Liens are subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), (ii) to any adequate protection provided to the First-Lien Secured Parties, (iii) to any “carve- out” for professional and United States Trustee fees agreed to by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Secured Parties, and (iv) agrees that notice received two (2) calendar days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash collateral or approving such financing shall be adequate notice.
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Nothing herein shall prohibit the Junior-Lien Secured Parties from (A) exercising their rights to vote in favor of or against a plan of reorganization, (B) proposing any post-petition financing so long as the First-Lien Secured Parties are receiving post-petition interest in at least the same form being requested by the Junior-Lien Secured Parties or (C) other than with respect to any DIP Financing, objecting to any provision in any post-petition financing.7
Section 6.3 Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, agrees that (a) none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case in respect of any Shared Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent and (b) it will raise no objection to, and will not support any objection to, and will not otherwise contest any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of First-Lien Obligations made by any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any holder of First-Lien Obligations.
Section 6.4 Adequate Protection. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall object, contest, support or join with any other Person objecting to or contesting (a) any request by any First-Lien Collateral Agent, First-Lien Authorized Representative or First-Lien Secured Party for adequate protection, (b) any objection by any First-Lien Collateral Agent, First-Lien Authorized Representative or First-Lien Secured Party to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on any First-Lien Collateral Agent’s or any First-Lien Authorized Representative’s or First-Lien Secured Party’s claiming a lack of adequate protection or (c) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts of any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Authorized Representative or any other First-Lien Secured Party. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Junior-Lien Secured Parties, further agrees that, prior to the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, none of them shall (i) assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise that is senior to or on a parity with the First-Liens for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Shared Collateral or (ii) seek or accept any form of adequate protection under any of Sections 362, 363 and/or 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.4 or Section 6.2, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (i) the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties may seek, support, accept or retain adequate protection (A) only if the First-Lien Secured Parties are granted adequate protection that includes replacement liens on additional collateral and superpriority claims and the First-Lien Collateral Agents do not object to the adequate protection being provided to the First-Lien Secured Parties and (B) solely in the form of (1) a replacement Lien on such additional collateral, subordinated to the Liens securing the First-Lien Obligations and such DIP Financing on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Junior- Lien Obligations are so subordinated to the First-Lien Obligations under this Agreement
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and (2) superpriority claims junior in all respects to the superpriority claims granted to the First-Lien Secured Parties; provided, however, that the relevant Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall have irrevocably agreed, pursuant to Section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, on behalf of itself and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties for which it is acting, in any stipulation and/or order granting such adequate protection, that such junior superpriority claims may be paid, under any plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code that the First-Lien Secured Parties and First-Lien Agent support, in any combination of cash, debt, equity or other property, and (ii) in the event any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, receives adequate protection, including in the form of additional collateral, then such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agrees that the First-Lien Secured Parties shall have a senior Lien and claim on such adequate protection as security for the First- Lien Obligations and that any Lien on any additional collateral securing the Junior-Lien Obligations shall be subordinated to the Liens on such Collateral securing the First-Lien Obligations and any DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to the First-Lien Secured Parties as adequate protection, with such subordination to be on the same terms that the other Liens securing the Junior-Lien Obligations are subordinated to such First-Lien Obligations under this Agreement.
Section 6.5 Avoidance Issues. If any First-Lien Secured Party is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of any Grantor, because such amount was avoided or ordered to be paid or disgorged for any reason, including without limitation because it was found to be a fraudulent or preferential transfer, any amount (a “Recovery”), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of set-off or otherwise, then the First-Lien Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto. The Junior-Lien Secured Parties agree that none of them shall be entitled to benefit from any avoidance action affecting or otherwise relating to any distribution or allocation made in accordance with this Agreement, whether by preference or otherwise, it being understood and agreed that the benefit of such avoidance action otherwise allocable to them shall instead be allocated and turned over for application in accordance with the priorities set forth in this Agreement. Any Shared Collateral or proceeds thereof received by any Junior-Lien Secured Party prior to the time of such Recovery shall be deemed to have been received prior to the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations and subject to the provisions of Section 4.2.
Section 6.6 Application. This Agreement shall be applicable prior to and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references herein to any Grantor shall apply to any trustee for such Person and such Person as debtor in possession. The relative rights as to the Shared Collateral and other Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the filing thereof on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor.
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Section 6.7 Waivers. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Junior-Lien Secured Party, (a) will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or seek to recover any amounts that any Grantor may obtain by virtue of any claim under such Section 506(c) for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Shared Collateral or other Collateral, and (b) will not seek to exercise any rights under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and waives any claim it may now or hereafter have against any First-Lien Secured Party arising out of the election by any First-Lien Secured Parties of the application to the claims of any First-Lien Secured Party of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 6.8 Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency Proceeding. In an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, neither the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents nor any other Junior-Lien Secured Party shall oppose any sale or disposition of any Shared Collateral that is consented to or supported by the requisite First-Lien Secured Parties (or their respective Authorized Representative), and each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and each other Junior-Lien Secured Party will be deemed to have consented under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) to any sale supported by the requisite First-Lien Secured Parties and to have released their Liens on such assets.
Section 6.9 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classifications. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the First-Lien Collateral Documents and the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Shared Collateral, the Junior-Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the First-Lien Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, and the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior- Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to vote as separate classes on any plan of reorganization. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the Shared Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Shared Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Junior-Lien Secured Parties), the First-Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest (whether or not allowed or allowable) before any distribution is made in respect of the Junior-Lien Obligations, with each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this Section 6.9, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or Recovery of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties.
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Neither any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent nor any Junior-Lien Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of First-Lien Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the First-Lien Secured Party’s Lien, without regard to the existence of the Lien of any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral.
Section 6.10 No Waivers of Rights of First-Lien Secured Parties. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First- Lien Authorized Representative or any other First-Lien Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Junior-Lien Secured Party, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, including the seeking by any Junior-Lien Secured Party of adequate protection or the assertion by any Junior-Lien Secured Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Junior-Lien Debt Documents or otherwise.
Section 6.11 Plans of Reorganization. No Junior-Lien Secured Party shall file, propose, support or vote in favor of any plan of reorganization (and each shall vote and shall be deemed to have voted to reject any plan of reorganization) that is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. To the extent that any Junior-Lien Secured Party attempts to vote or votes in favor of any plan of reorganization in a manner inconsistent with this Section 6.11, such Junior- Lien Secured Party irrevocably agrees that the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent may be, and may be deemed, an “authorized agent” of such party under Bankruptcy Rules 3018(c) and 9010, and that the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent shall be authorized and entitled to submit a superseding ballot on behalf of such Junior-Lien Secured Party that is consistent herewith.
Section 6.12 Other Matters. Except as set forth in Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.4 and 6.8 hereof, to the extent that any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law with respect to any of the Shared Collateral, such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, agrees not to assert any such rights without the prior written consent of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent; provided that if requested by the First-Lien Collateral Agent, such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, including any rights to payments in respect of such rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.12 shall be interpreted to broaden or expand the rights provided in, or waive any limitations, restrictions or prohibitions contained in, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.4 or 6.8 hereof.
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Section 6.13 Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of any reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of such reorganized debtor are distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, on account of both the First-Lien Obligations and the Junior-Lien Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the First-Lien Obligations and on account of the Junior-Lien Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same assets or property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.
Section 6.14 Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceeding. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
ARTICLE VII
Reliance; etc.
Section 7.1 Reliance. All loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after the date hereof by the First-Lien Secured Parties to Holdings, the Company or any other Grantor shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, acknowledges that it and such Junior-Lien Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance on any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Authorized Representative or other First-Lien Secured Party, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Junior-Lien Debt Documents to which they are party or by which they are bound, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Junior-Lien Debt Documents or this Agreement.
Section 7.2 No Warranties or Liability. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that neither any First-Lien Collateral Agent nor any First-Lien Authorized Representative or other First-Lien Secured Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the First-Lien Debt Documents, the ownership of any Shared Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The First-Lien Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the First-Lien Debt Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and the First-Lien Secured Parties may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties have in the Shared Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither any First-Lien Collateral Agent nor any First- Lien Authorized Representative or other First-Lien Secured Party shall have any duty to any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or Junior-Lien Secured Party to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreement with the Company or any other Grantor (including the Junior-Lien Debt Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with.
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Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectibility of any of the First-Lien Obligations, the Junior- Lien Obligations or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) any Grantor’s title to or right to transfer any of the Shared Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
Section 7.3 Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First-Lien Debt Document or any Junior-Lien Debt Document;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the First-Lien Obligations or Junior-Lien Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other First-Lien Debt Document or of the terms of any Junior-Lien Debt Document;
(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Shared Collateral or any other Collateral or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the First-Lien Obligations or Junior-Lien Obligations or any guarantee thereof;
(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, (i) the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the First-Lien Obligations or (ii) any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
Section 8.1 Conflicts. Subject to Section 8.17, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any First-Lien Debt Document or any Junior-Lien Debt Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
Section 8.2 Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. Subject to Section 6.5, this Agreement shall continue to be effective until Discharge of First-Lien Obligations and the indefeasible payment in full of the Junior-Lien Obligations shall have occurred. This is a continuing agreement of Lien subordination, and the First-Lien Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents or any Junior-Lien Secured Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Grantor constituting First-Lien Obligations in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive and continue in full force and effect in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 8.3 Amendments; Waivers. (a) No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder 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 parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 8.3, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Each First-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative may from time to time amend, modify, supplement or waive any provision hereof. Any such amendment, modification supplement or waiver shall be in writing and shall be binding upon the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns; provided that (x) the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative may, without the written consent of any other First-Lien Authorized Representative or any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, modify this Agreement for the purpose of securing Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations and (y) additional Grantors may be added as parties to this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.7 hereof without the consent of any First-Lien Authorized Representative or Junior-Lien Authorized Representative; provided further that such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver (other than as provided in the immediately preceding proviso) will require the Company’s consent if it amends, modifies, supplements or waives the rights, interests or liabilities, or directly affects the privileges of, any Grantor.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Secured Party, any Authorized Representative may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 8.8 and upon such execution and delivery, such Authorized Representative and the Secured Parties and First-Lien Obligations or Junior-Lien Obligations of the Debt Facility for which such Authorized Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof. The parties hereto agree that, notwithstanding any failure by any First-Lien Authorized Representative to take the actions described in the immediately preceding sentence, each Person which becomes a New Credit Agreement Agent or an Additional Senior Class Debt Representative, as applicable, under, and as defined in, the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall automatically benefit from the provisions hereof as fully as if same constituted an Additional First-Lien Debt Representative party hereto and had complied with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence.
Section 8.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries. Neither any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Authorized Representative nor any other First-Lien Secured Party shall have any obligation to any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any other Junior-Lien Secured Party to keep the Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party informed of, and the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties shall not be entitled to rely on the First- Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives or the First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to, (a) the financial condition of the Grantors or any endorsers or guarantors of the First-Lien Obligations or the Junior-Lien Obligations or (b) any other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First-Lien Obligations or the Junior-Lien Obligations. The First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Authorized Representative, any First-Lien Secured Party, any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party, it shall be under no obligation to (i) make, and the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties shall not make or be deemed to have made, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (ii) provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (iii) undertake any investigation or (iv) disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.
Section 8.5 Subrogation. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred.
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Section 8.6 Application of Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the First-Lien Secured Parties may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the First-Lien Obligations as the First-Lien Secured Parties, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents and Section 4.1. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Junior-Lien Secured Party, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the First-Lien Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the First-Lien Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
Section 8.7 Additional Grantors. It is understood and agreed that Holdings, the Company and each other Grantor on the date of this Agreement shall constitute the original Grantors party hereto. The original Grantors hereby covenant and agree to cause each Subsidiary of the Company which becomes a Loan Party after the date hereof to contemporaneously become a party hereto (as a Grantor) by executing and delivering to the then Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative and Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative an assumption agreement substantially in the form of Annex II hereto (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by then Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative, Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and the Company). The parties hereto further agree that, notwithstanding any failure to take the actions required by the immediately preceding sentence, each Person which becomes a Grantor at any time (and any security granted by any such Person) shall be subject to the provisions hereof as fully as if same constituted a Grantor party hereto and had complied with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence.
Section 8.8 Additional Debt Facilities. (a) To the extent, but only to the extent, permitted by the provisions of the First-Lien Debt Documents and the Junior-Lien Debt Documents which are then in effect, the Company may incur or issue and sell one or more series or classes of Junior-Lien Debt after the date hereof. Any such additional class or series of Junior-Lien Debt (the “Additional Junior-Lien Debt”) may be secured by a junior Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Documents for such Additional Junior-Lien Debt, if and subject to the condition that the Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and the Junior-Lien Collateral Agent of any such Additional Junior-Lien Debt (such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, each an “Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Additional Junior-Lien Debt (such Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representatives and holders in respect of any Additional Junior-Lien Debt being referred to as the “Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying conditions (i) through (iii), of the immediately succeeding paragraph.
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In order for an Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative to become a party to this Agreement:
(i) each Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative of the respective class or series of Additional Junior-Lien Debt and each Grantor then party hereto shall have executed and delivered to the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Annex III hereto (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative and such Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative) pursuant to which such Additional Junior- Lien Debt Representative (or each such Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative, as appropriate) becomes an Authorized Representative hereunder, and the Additional Junior-Lien Debt in respect of which such Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative is the Authorized Representative and the related Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties become subject hereto and bound hereby;
(ii) the Company shall have delivered to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent (x) true and complete copies of each of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents relating to such Additional Junior-Lien Debt (which shall be secured by all or any portion of Shared Collateral), certified as being true and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Company, and (y) a certificate of an authorized officer (A) identifying the obligations to be designated as additional Junior-Lien Obligations and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof and (B) certifying that the incurrence of such Junior-Lien Obligations, the creation of the Liens securing such Junior-Lien Obligations and the designation of such Junior-Lien Obligations as “Junior-Lien Obligations” hereunder do not violate or result in a default under any provision of any First-Lien Debt Document or Junior-Lien Debt Document in effect at such time; and
(iii) the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Additional Junior-Lien Debt shall provide, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative, that each Additional Junior-Lien Secured Party with respect to such Additional Junior-Lien Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Additional Junior-Lien Debt.
(b) Any class or series of Additional First-Lien Debt or any replacement Credit Agreement (and the related First-Lien Obligations) may be secured by a senior Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant First-Lien Collateral Documents and the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The First-Lien Authorized Representative and the First-Lien Collateral Agent of any such First-Lien Facilities (such First-Lien Authorized Representative and such First-Lien Collateral Agent, each an “Additional First-Lien Debt Representative”), acting on behalf of the holders of such First-Lien Facilities, may become a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in the immediately succeeding sentence. In order for an Additional First-Lien Debt Representative to become a party to this Agreement, such Additional First-Lien Debt Representative shall have executed and delivered to the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Annex IV hereto (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative and such Additional First-Lien Debt Representative) pursuant to which such Additional First-Lien Debt Representative becomes a First-Lien Authorized Representative and/or First-Lien Collateral Agent hereunder.
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NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED ABOVE IN THIS SECTION 8.8(b) OR ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGREEMENT, EACH FIRST- LIEN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE WHICH AT ANY TIME IS AN “AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE” UNDER, AND AS DEFINED IN, THE FIRST-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, AND ALL “FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTIES” AS DEFINED IN THE FIRST-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST LIEN OBLIGATIONS HELD BY THEM FROM TIME TO TIME), SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT (AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES HEREOF) WHETHER OR NOT THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES (AS DEFINED IN THE FIRST- LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT) SHALL HAVE BECOME PARTY HERETO OR TAKEN THE ACTIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE IN THIS SECTION 8.8(b). THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH) ARE ENTERED INTO FOR THE EXPRESS BENEFIT OF THE FIRST-LIEN SECURED PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE MODIFIED TO THEIR DETRIMENT WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES FOR EACH CLASS OF FIRST-LIEN OBLIGATIONS THEN OUTSTANDING.
Section 8.9 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each First-Lien Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at the address referred to in Section 8.10;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto (or any Secured Party) to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 8.9 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
Section 8.10 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent:
(i) if to the Company or any other Grantor, to the Company, at its address at HDQ Campus-Bldg. A, 3150 Sabre Drive, Southlake, TX 76092 Attention of: General Counsel, facsimile no. (682) 605-7820;
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(ii) if to the Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative to it at [ ], Attention of: [ ], facsimile no. [ ];
(iii) if to the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent to it at [ ], Attention of:[ ], facsimile no. [ ];
(iv) if to the Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, to it at [ ], USA Attention of: [ ], facsimile no. [ ];
(v) if to the Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative, to it at [ ], [•], Attention of: [•], facsimile no. [•];
(vi) if to the Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent, to it at [ ], [•], Attention of: [•], facsimile no. [•];
(vii) [to include any additional applicable parties at the time this agreement is entered into] and
(viii) if to any other Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, First-Lien Authorized Representative or First-Lien Collateral Agent to it at the address specified by it in the Joinder Agreement delivered by it pursuant to Section 8.8.
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and, may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth above or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties. As agreed to in writing among each First-Lien Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.
Section 8.11 Further Assurances. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent agrees that it will take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of, and the Lien priorities contemplated by, this Agreement.
Section 8.12 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. (A) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(B) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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Section 8.13 Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, the Company, the other Grantors party hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Any successor of any Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative will automatically succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of a Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative hereunder, as applicable. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, any successor of any Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative will execute and deliver any documents and instruments as shall be reasonably requested by the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative to evidence its succession as a Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative, as applicable, and its becoming party to this Agreement.
Section 8.14 Specific Performance. The First-Lien Collateral Agents may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any First-Lien Collateral Agent.
Section 8.15 Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.
Section 8.16 Counterparts. This Agreement shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code/UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings
Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement. Each of the Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, the Initial Junior- Lien Collateral Agent and the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties.
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Section 8.17 No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. The lien priorities set forth in this Agreement and the rights and benefits hereunder in respect of such lien priorities shall inure solely to the benefit of the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and no other Person (including the Grantors, or any trustee, receiver, debtor in possession or bankruptcy estate in a bankruptcy or like proceeding) shall have or be entitled to assert such rights.
Section 8.18 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the original parties hereto listed in the introductory paragraph hereto. This Agreement shall be effective both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or any other Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Section 8.19 First-Lien Collateral Agent and Trustee. It is understood and agreed that (a) the Credit Agreement Administrative Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Credit Agreement and the provisions of [Article X] of the Credit Agreement applicable to it as administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to it as a First-Lien Collateral Agent hereunder, (b) the Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacities as [trustee and collateral agent] under the Initial Additional First-Lien Agreement and the provisions of [Sections 7 and 10] thereunder shall also apply to it as a First-Lien Collateral Agent hereunder, [to include reference to any additional applicable Debt Documents] and [(c)] the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as [trustee and collateral agent] under the indenture referred to the definition of “Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents” and the provisions of [________] of such indenture applicable to such [trustee] thereunder shall also apply to such [trustee] hereunder.
Section 8.20 Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (except to the extent contemplated by Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(d)), nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) permit the Company or any other Grantor to take any action, or fail to take any action, to the extent such action or failure would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Credit Agreement or any other First-Lien Debt Document or any Junior-Lien Debt Documents, (b) change the relative priorities of the First-Lien Obligations or the Liens granted under the First-Lien Collateral Documents on the Shared Collateral (or any other assets) as among the First-Lien Secured Parties, (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the First-Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral as among such First-Lien Secured Parties or (d) obligate the Company or any other Grantor to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Credit Agreement or any other First-Lien Debt Document or any Junior-Lien Debt Document.
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Section 8.21 Intercreditor Agreements. Each party hereto agrees that the First- Lien Secured Parties (as among themselves) and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties (as among themselves) may each enter into intercreditor agreements (or similar arrangements) with (x) in the case of First-Lien Obligations, the applicable First-Lien Collateral Agents and applicable First-Lien Authorized Representatives, or (y) in the case of Junior-Lien Obligations, the applicable Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives and applicable Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, governing the rights, benefits and privileges as among the First-Lien Secured Parties or the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, in respect of all or a portion of the Shared Collateral, this Agreement and the other First-Lien Collateral Documents or Junior-Lien Collateral Documents, as the case may be, including as to application of proceeds of the Shared Collateral, voting rights, control of the Shared Collateral and waivers with respect to the Shared Collateral, in each case so long as the terms thereof do not violate or conflict with the provisions of this Agreement or the other First-Lien Collateral Documents or Junior-Lien Collateral Documents, as the case may be. In any event, if a respective intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) exists (except for the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement), the provisions thereof shall not be (or be construed to be) an amendment, modification or other change to this Agreement or any other First-Lien Collateral Document or Junior-Lien Collateral Document, and the provisions of this Agreement and the other First-Lien Collateral Documents and Junior-Lien Collateral Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (as such provisions may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, including to give effect to any intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement))
Section 8.22 Acknowledgement. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges that there are assets of the Company, the other Grantors and their Subsidiaries which are subject to Liens in favor of the First-Lien Secured Parties or other creditors but which do not constitute Shared Collateral, and nothing in this Agreement shall grant or imply the grant of any Lien or other security interest in such assets in favor of any Junior-Lien Secured Party to secure any Junior-Lien Obligations.
Section 8.23 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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ANNEX I
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Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement
GRANTORS
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ANNEX II
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Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT TO THE JUNIOR-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
The undersigned, [ ], a [ ], hereby agrees to become party as a Grantor under the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation, the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, [ ], as Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, [ ], as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior- Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and each additional Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent from time to time a party thereto, for all purposes thereof on the terms set forth therein, and to be bound by the terms of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement as fully as if the undersigned had executed and delivered the Junior- Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the date thereof. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. 1
The provisions of Article VIII of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this Assumption Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assumption Agreement to be executed by their respective officers or representatives as of , 20 .
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ANNEX III
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ADDITIONAL JUNIOR-LIEN DEBT JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. [ ] dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (the “Joinder Agreement”) to the JUNIOR-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as defined below), among Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), certain subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company (together with Holdings and the Company, each a “Grantor”) and each New Representative (as defined below) party hereto.
A. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among Holdings, the Company, each other Grantor from time to time party thereto, [ ], as Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, [ ], as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, and each additional Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent from time to time a party thereto. 1
B. As a condition to the ability of the Company to incur or issue Additional Junior-Lien Debt and to secure such Additional Junior-Lien Debt with the liens and security interests created by the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents for such Additional Junior-Lien Debt, each Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative in respect of such Additional Junior-Lien Debt is required to become a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or an Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, and such Additional Junior-Lien Debt and the Additional Junior- Lien Secured Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.8(a) of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that each such Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative may become a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or an Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, and such Additional Junior-Lien Debt and such Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties may become subject to and bound by the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, upon the execution and delivery by each Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Joinder Agreement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.8(a) of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Each undersigned Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative (each, a “New Representative”) is executing this Joinder Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents.
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ANNEX III
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Accordingly, each New Representative party hereto agrees as follows:
Section 1. Accession to the Intercreditor Agreement. In accordance with Section 8.8(a) of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, each New Representative by its signature below becomes a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or an Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, under, and the related Additional Junior-Lien Debt and Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties become subject to and bound by, the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if such New Representative had originally been named therein as a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or an Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, and each New Representative on its behalf and on behalf of such Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, and to the Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties that it represents as Junior-Lien Secured Parties. Each reference to a “Junior-Lien Authorized Representative” in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Representative executing this Joinder Agreement as a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each reference to an “Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent” in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Representative executing this Joinder Agreement as an Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent. The Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment of each New Representative. Each New Representative represents and warrants to each First-Lien Secured Party and each Junior-Lien Secured Party, individually, that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Joinder Agreement, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee], (ii) this Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, and (iii) the Junior-Lien Debt Documents relating to such Additional Junior-Lien Debt provide that, upon such New Representative’s entry into this Joinder Agreement, each Additional Junior-Lien Secured Party with respect to such Additional Junior-Lien Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties.
Section 3. Counterparts. This Joinder Agreement shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code/UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof.
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This Joinder Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings
Section 4. Benefit of Agreement. The agreements set forth herein or undertaken pursuant hereto are for the benefit of, and may be enforced by, any party to the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. Governing Law. THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 6. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Joinder Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 7. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.10 of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each New Representative shall be given to it at its address set forth below its signature hereto.
Section 8. Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse each Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Joinder Agreement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each undersigned New Representative has duly executed this Joinder Agreement to the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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SCHEDULE I to ANNEX III
to the
Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement
GRANTORS
ANNEX IV
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Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement
ADDITIONAL FIRST-LIEN DEBT JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. [ ] TO THE JUNIOR-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
The undersigned, [ ], hereby agrees to become party as a [First-Lien Authorized Representative][and][First-Lien Collateral Agent] under the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation, the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, [ ], as Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, [ ], as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and each additional Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent from time to time a party thereto, for all purposes thereof on the terms set forth therein, and to be bound by the terms of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement as fully as if the undersigned had executed and delivered the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the date thereof. The undersigned is a [“New Credit Agreement Agent”][“Additional Senior Class Debt Representative”] under, and as defined in, the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. 1
The provisions of Article VIII of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this Assumption Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Joinder Agreement to be executed by their respective officers or representatives as of _____, 20 .
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Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of
December 5, 2025
among
SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC,
as the Company
SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC,
as Holdings
and
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| DEFINITIONS |
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Indenture | 1 | ||||
| SECTION 1.02. |
Other Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
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| PLEDGE OF SECURITIES |
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| SECTION 2.01. |
Pledge | 7 | ||||
| SECTION 2.02. |
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral | 7 | ||||
| SECTION 2.03. |
Representations, Warranties and Covenants | 8 | ||||
| SECTION 2.04. |
Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests | 9 | ||||
| SECTION 2.05. |
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations | 10 | ||||
| SECTION 2.06. |
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest | 10 | ||||
| SECTION 2.07. |
Collateral Agent Not a Partner or Limited Liability Company Member | 12 | ||||
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| SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY |
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| SECTION 3.01. |
Security Interest | 12 | ||||
| SECTION 3.02. |
Representations and Warranties | 14 | ||||
| SECTION 3.03. |
Covenants | 16 | ||||
| SECTION 3.04. |
Other Actions | 20 | ||||
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| REMEDIES |
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| SECTION 4.01. |
Remedies upon Default | 21 | ||||
| SECTION 4.02. |
Application of Proceeds | 23 | ||||
| SECTION 4.03. |
Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property; Power of Attorney | 24 | ||||
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| INDEMNITY, SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION |
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Indemnity | 24 | ||||
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Contribution and Subrogation | 24 | ||||
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Subordination | 25 | ||||
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Notices | 25 | ||||
| SECTION 6.02. |
Waivers; Amendment | 25 | ||||
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Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses | 26 | ||||
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Successors and Assigns | 26 | ||||
| SECTION 6.05. |
Survival of Agreement | 27 | ||||
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Counterparts; Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns; Several Agreement | 27 | ||||
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Severability | 27 | ||||
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[Reserved] | 27 | ||||
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | 28 | ||||
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WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY | 28 | ||||
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Headings | 28 | ||||
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Security Interest Absolute | 29 | ||||
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[Reserved] | 29 | ||||
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Termination or Release | 29 | ||||
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Additional Grantors | 30 | ||||
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Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact | 30 | ||||
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General Authority of the Collateral Agent | 31 | ||||
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Recourse; Limited Obligations | 31 | ||||
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| Schedules | ||
| SCHEDULE I | Pledged Equity; Pledged Debt | |
| SCHEDULE II | Commercial Tort Claims | |
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| EXHIBIT I | Form of Security Agreement Supplement | |
| EXHIBIT II | Form of Perfection Certificate | |
| EXHIBIT III | Form of Patent Security Agreement | |
| EXHIBIT IV | Form of Trademark Security Agreement | |
| EXHIBIT V | Form of Copyright Security Agreement | |
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PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of December 5, 2025, among SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent under the Indenture for the Secured Parties (each as defined below) (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns, the “Collateral Agent”).
Reference is made to the Indenture dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, and together with its successors and assigns, the “Trustee”) pursuant to which the Company’s 11.125% senior secured notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) were issued. Each of Holdings and each Subsidiary party hereto is an affiliate of the Company and will derive substantial benefits from the issuance of the Notes by the Company pursuant to the Indenture. In order to secure the payment of all principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes, and the payment and performance of all other Obligations under the Indenture and all of the Grantors’ obligations and liabilities hereunder and in connection herewith, each Grantor is willing to execute and deliver this Agreement. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Indenture.
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Indenture. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified therein; the term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
(b) The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Account Debtor” means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
“Accounts” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
“Agreement” means this Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Article 9 Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).
“Claiming Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02.
“Collateral” means the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral.
“Commercial Tort Claim” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
“Copyright License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any third party under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that such Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to any Grantor under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of such Grantor under any such agreement.
“Copyrights” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all copyrights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyrights in the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the USCO or any foreign equivalent office.
“Contributing Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02.
“Dollar Amount” means, with respect to any Indebtedness denominated in United States dollars, the principal amount thereof then outstanding.
“Excluded Assets” means:
(a) any letter-of-credit rights;
(b) any Securitization Assets;
(c) any motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(d) any real property that is not a Material Real Property;
(e) any leasehold interests;
(f) any assets or properties that are acquired in a transaction not prohibited by the Indenture, so long as such assets or properties are subject to a Lien permitted by under paragraphs 8 or 9 of the definition of Permitted Liens in the Indenture, which Liens secure Indebtedness that is permitted by the Indenture to be incurred or assumed in connection with such transaction; (g) any Intellectual Property whose pledge would result in the forfeiture of the Grantors’ rights in such property including, without limitation, any Trademark applications filed in the USPTO on the basis of such Grantor’s “intent-to-use” such Trademark, unless and until acceptable evidence of use of such Trademark has been filed with the USPTO pursuant to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C.
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1051, et seq.), to the extent that granting a lien in such Trademark application prior to such filing would adversely affect the enforceability or validity of such Trademark application or any registration issuing therefrom;
(h) any General Intangible, Investment Property or other rights of a Grantor arising under any contract, lease, instrument, license or other document or any assets subject thereto if but only to the extent that and so long as the grant of a security interest therein would (x) constitute a violation or abandonment of, or render unenforceable, a valid and enforceable restriction in respect of such General Intangible, Investment Property or other such rights in favor of a third party or under any law, regulation, permit, order or decree of any Governmental Authority (for the avoidance of doubt, the restrictions described herein shall not include negative pledges or similar undertakings in favor of a lender or other financial counterparty), or (y) expressly give any other party in respect of any such contract, lease, instrument, license or other document, the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, provided, however, that the limitation set forth in this clause (i) shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such Collateral to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law or principles of equity and provided, further, that, at such time as the condition causing the conditions in subclauses (x) and (y) of this clause (i) shall be remedied, whether by contract, change of law or otherwise, the contract, lease, instrument, license or other documents shall immediately cease to be an Excluded Asset, and any security interest that would otherwise be granted herein shall attach immediately to such contract, lease, instrument, license or other document, or to the extent severable, to any portion thereof that does not result in any of the conditions in (x) or (y) above;
(i) any assets the pledge of which is prohibited by law or by agreements containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law;
(j) any asset with respect to which the Company has reasonably determined in writing that the costs of providing a security interest in such asset or perfection thereof is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Collateral Agent (but only to the extent that and for so long as any such asset is not subject to a Lien securing any other First Lien Obligations); and “Grantor” means each of Holdings, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors that are required to execute and deliver a Security Agreement Supplement pursuant to the terms hereof.
(i) any LC Assets.
“General Intangibles” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC and includes for the avoidance of doubt corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Hedging Obligations and other agreements), goodwill, Intellectual Property, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Grantor, as the case may be, to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.
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“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions pertaining to government.
“Indemnitee” means each Secured Party and each director, officer or employee thereof.
“Indenture” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
“Intellectual Property” means (i) all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information, the intellectual property rights in software and databases and related documentation, domain names and all additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing any of the foregoing, (ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including all income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements, misappropriations, dilutions or other violations thereof, (iii) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements, misappropriations, dilutions, or other violations thereof, and (iv) all other rights, priorities and privileges arising thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” means the short-form Patent Security Agreement, short-form Trademark Security Agreement, and short-form Copyright Security Agreement, each substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibits III, IV and V, respectively.
“Intercompany Note” means the Intercompany Note dated as of December 5, 2025, among the Borrower, Holdings and each entity listed as a Payor (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto and each entity listed as a Payee (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto.
“Investment Property” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC, but shall not include any Pledged Collateral.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
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“LC Assets” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
“License” means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other Intellectual Property license or sublicense agreement to which any Grantor is a party, together with any and all (i) renewals, extensions, supplements and continuations thereof, (ii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or violations thereof, and (iii) rights to sue for past, present and future violations thereof.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a circumstance or condition affecting the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would materially adversely affect (a) the ability of the Company and Holdings (taken as a whole) to perform their respective obligations under the Indenture or (b) the rights and remedies of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under the Indenture or any Security Document.
“Material Real Property” means any fee-owned parcel of real property (including fixtures) located in the United States owned by any Grantor (x) that is not located in a “special flood hazard zone” and (y) with a fair market value in excess of $20,000,000.
“New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
“Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement. For all purposes hereunder, the Notes shall include the Initial Notes (as defined in the Indenture).
“Obligations” means “Notes Obligations” as defined in the Indenture.
“Patent License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or granting to any Grantor any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
“Patents” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all letters Patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country in or to which any Grantor now or hereafter has any right, title or interest therein, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters Patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the USPTO or any similar offices in any other country, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals, or extensions thereof, and the inventions claimed therein.
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“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit II, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and as amended, updated, modified or supplemented from time to time, and duly executed as of the date hereof, and as of any subsequent delivery date as required pursuant to the Security Documents, by the chief financial officer or the chief legal officer of each of Holdings and the Company.
“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Equity” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Securities” means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Trustee, Collateral Agent, and the Holders of the Notes.
“Security Agreement Supplement” means an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto.
“Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).
“Term Note” means that certain promissory note issued from SABRE GLBL INC. payable to SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC, in the amount of $1,000,000,000, dated as of December 5, 2025.
“Trademark License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
“Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, trade dress, logos, fictitious business names, or other source or business identifiers, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the USPTO or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof, as well as any unregistered trademarks and service marks used by a Grantor and (b) all goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized thereby.
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“USCO” means the United States Copyright Office.
“USPTO” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
ARTICLE II
Pledge of Securities
SECTION 2.01. Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, including the Guarantee, each Grantor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under (i) all Equity Interests held by it, including without limitation those Equity Interests listed on Schedule I and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Grantor and, to the extent certificated, the certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the “Pledged Equity”); (ii) the promissory notes, including the Term Note, the Intercompany Note, and debt securities now owned by any Grantor, including without limitation those promissory notes and debt securities listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule I, any promissory notes and debt securities obtained in the future by such Grantor and any other instruments evidencing any debt (the “Pledged Debt”); (iii) subject to Section 2.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt; (iv) subject to Section 2.06, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) above; and (v) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”); provided, however, for that in no event shall Pledged Collateral include any property with respect to which a Grantor is treated as having a “security entitlement” within the meaning of Article 8 of any applicable Uniform Commercial Code.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever, subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral. (a) Each Grantor agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered as promptly as practicable to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities (other than any uncertificated securities, but only for so long as such securities remain uncertificated) to the extent such Pledged Securities, in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02.
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(b) Each Grantor will deliver the original executed Term Note and Intercompany Note, together with an allonge or instruments of transfer in a form satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and will in any event, additionally cause (i) any Indebtedness for borrowed money owed to such Grantor by any Person (other than intercompany Indebtedness between Grantors and intercompany Indebtedness referred to in the following clause (ii)) having an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Dollar Amount of $5,000,000, to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note, and (ii) any intercompany Indebtedness made by such Grantor to a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Grantor to be evidenced by (x) a duly executed global promissory note to which such Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Grantor is a signatory, or (y) at the option of the Grantor, to the extent such Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Dollar Amount of $15,000,000, a duly executed promissory note; in each case (i) and (ii) that is delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof.
(c) Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by stock or security powers duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer as are necessary to grant to the Collateral Agent control over the Pledged Securities and by such other instruments and documents as may be necessary to maintain perfection of the Pledged Collateral or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by proper instruments of assignment or transfer duly executed by the applicable Grantor and such other instruments or documents as may be necessary to grant the Collateral Agent control over the Pledged Securities or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule I and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Holdings and the Company jointly and severally represent, warrant and covenant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to and with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
(a) Schedule I correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Equity and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes required to be pledged hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Indenture which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes the Term Note and the Intercompany Note;
(b) the Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, to the best of Holdings’ and the Company’s knowledge) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Equity, are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, to the best of Holdings’ and the Company’s knowledge), are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof;
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(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder, each of the Grantors (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Indenture, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule I as owned by such Grantors, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than (A) Liens created by the Security Documents and (B) Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than (A) Liens created by the Security Documents and (B) Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture, and (iv) will defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;
(d) except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Indenture or the Security Documents or securities laws generally and except as described in the Perfection Certificate, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect in any manner material and adverse to the Secured Parties the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;
(e) each of the Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(f) no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect);
(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Collateral Agent will obtain a legal, valid and perfected first priority lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, to the extent such perfection is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code subject to Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture; and
(h) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Collateral Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein.
SECTION 2.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests. Any limited liability company and any limited partnership controlled by any Grantor shall either (a) not have in its operative documents any provision that any Equity Interests in such limited liability company or such limited partnership be a “security” as defined under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or (b) certificate any Equity Interests in any such limited liability company or such limited partnership. To the extent an interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by any Grantor and pledged under Section 2.01 is certificated or becomes certificated, each such certificate shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent, pursuant to Section 2.02(a) and such Grantor shall fulfill all other requirements under Section 2.02 applicable in respect thereof.
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SECTION 2.05. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (a) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (but not the obligation) to hold the Pledged Securities in its own name as pledgee, the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent, and each Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor and (b) the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement; provided, that the Collateral Agent shall give the Company prior notice of its intent to exercise such rights unless an Event of Default under paragraphs 8 or 9 of Section 6.01 of the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing in which case no notice shall be required.
SECTION 2.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest. (a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Company that the rights of the Grantors under this Section 2.06 are being suspended:
(i) Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of the Indenture, this Agreement and the other Security Documents; provided that such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner, except as may be expressly permitted under the Indenture, this Agreement or the other Security Documents, that would materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Securities or the rights and remedies of any of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties under the Indenture, this Agreement or any other Security Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.
(ii) The Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to each Grantor, at the cost and expense of such Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as each Grantor may reasonably request in writing for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.
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(iii) Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Security Documents and applicable Laws; provided that any non-cash (and non-cash equivalent) dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Company of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an non-interest bearing account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02 hereof. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 and that remain in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Company of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (but not the obligation) to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, each Grantor shall have the exclusive right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Grantor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06.
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(d) Any notice given by the Collateral Agent to the Company suspending the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a) of this Section 2.06 (i) shall be given in writing, (ii) may be given with respect to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Collateral Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 2.07. Collateral Agent Not a Partner or Limited Liability Company Member. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to make the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party liable as a member of any limited liability company or as a partner of any partnership and neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise (except as referred to in the following sentence) shall have any of the duties, obligations or liabilities of a member of any limited liability company or as a partner in any partnership. The parties hereto expressly agree that, this Agreement shall not be construed as creating a partnership or joint venture among the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party, any Grantor and/or any other Person.
ARTICLE III
Security Interests in Personal Property
SECTION 3.01. Security Interest. (a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, including the Guarantees, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all right, title or interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all Commercial Tort Claims listed on Schedule II hereto;
(iv) all Deposit Accounts;
(v) all Documents;
(vi) all Equipment;
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(vii) all General Intangibles;
(viii) all Goods;
(ix) all Instruments, including without limitation the Term Note and the Intercompany Note;
(x) all Inventory;
(xi) all Investment Property;
(xii) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(xiii) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all supporting obligations, collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;
provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in any Excluded Asset (which Excluded Assets, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not constitute “Article 9 Collateral”).
(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof, continuations thereof and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or the analogous legislation of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and, if required, any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates; provided, however, that the grant of authority to the Collateral Agent to file financing statements hereunder shall not impose any duty on the Collateral Agent to do so. Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon any reasonable request. Each Grantor shall file on behalf of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any financing statements, amendments and continuation statements in the relevant jurisdiction necessary to perfect and maintain the perfection of the security interests in the Article 9 Collateral granted hereunder.
(c) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.
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(d) The Collateral Agent is authorized to file with the USPTO or the USCO (or any successor office in the United States or any applicable office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest in United States issued, registered or applied-for Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral granted by each Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantor as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party; provided, however, that the grant of authority to the Collateral Agent to file such documents hereunder shall not be impose any duty on the Collateral Agent to do so.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, none of the Grantors shall be required to enter into any deposit account control agreement or securities account control agreement with respect to any deposit account or securities account.
SECTION 3.02. Representations and Warranties. Holdings and the Company jointly and severally represent and warrant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that:
(a) Each Grantor has good and valid rights in and title to the material Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained.
(b) The information set forth in the Perfection Certificate, including the exact legal name of each Grantor, is correct and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof. The Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations prepared based upon the information provided to the Collateral Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Company to the Collateral Agent after the date hereof in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 10.03 of the Indenture), are all the filings, recordings and registrations that are necessary to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, in each case, except (i) as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements, and (ii) filings required to be made by the USPTO and the USCO in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property.
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(c) Each Grantor represents and warrants that short-form Intellectual Property Security Agreements containing a description of all Article 9 Collateral as of the date hereof consisting of United States Patents, United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending, unless it constitutes an Excluded Asset) and United States registered Copyrights, respectively, have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for recording by the USPTO and the USCO pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, as may be necessary to establish a valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the USPTO and the USCO, as applicable, in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions under the Federal intellectual property laws, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than (i) such filings and actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed by any Grantor after the date hereof, (ii) as may be required under the laws of jurisdictions outside the United States with respect to Article 9 Collateral created under such laws, and (iii) the UCC financing and continuation statements contemplated in Section 3.02(b)).
(d) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Obligations; (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in the relevant jurisdiction and (iii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(c), a perfected security interest in all Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of fully executed short-form Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the USPTO and the USCO, as applicable. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than (i) any nonconsensual Lien that is expressly permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture and has priority as a matter of law and (ii) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture.
(e) The material Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture. None of the Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the New York UCC or any other applicable United States laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the USPTO or the USCO or (iii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture.
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SECTION 3.03. Covenants. The Company agrees promptly (and in any event within 60 days of such change) to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change in the legal name, the identity or type of organization or corporate structure, the jurisdiction of organization, the chief executive office or the organizational identification number, of any Grantor. In addition, if any Grantor does not have an organizational identification number on the date hereof (or the date such Grantor becomes a party to this Agreement) and later obtains one, the Company shall promptly (and in any event within 60 days of such change) thereafter notify the Collateral Agent of such organizational identification number and shall take all actions necessary, or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, to maintain the security interests (and the priority thereof) of the Collateral Agent in the Article 9 Collateral intended to be granted hereby fully perfected and in full force and effect.
(a) Upon becoming aware of any defect in the security interests (and the priority thereof, except as expressly permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture) of the Collateral Agent in the Article 9 Collateral intended to be granted hereby, the Company agrees promptly (and in any event within 60 days of such knowledge) to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of such defect.
(b) Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent an updated Perfection Certificate executed by the chief financial officer or the chief legal officer of each of Holdings and the Company, setting forth any information required therein that has changed or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of such certificate or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 3.03(c) and certifying that all UCC financing statements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction necessary to protect and perfect the Security Interests and Liens in the United States under this Agreement.
(c) The Company agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of each other Grantor, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions required from time to time to assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith.
(d) At its option, the Collateral Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Indenture or this Agreement, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent within 10 Business Days after demand for any payment made or any reasonable expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, Grantors shall not be obligated to reimburse the Collateral Agent with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property which any Grantor has failed to maintain or pursue, or otherwise allowed to lapse, terminate or be put into the public domain, in accordance with Section 3.03(i)(ix).
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Nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein, in the Indenture or in any other Security Document.
(e) If at any time any Grantor shall take a security interest in any property of an Account Debtor or any other Person, the value of which is in excess of $10,000,000, to secure payment and performance of an Account, such Grantor shall promptly assign such security interest to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Such assignment need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the Account Debtor or other Person granting the security interest.
(f) Each Grantor (rather than the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable (as between itself and any relevant counterparty) to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.
(g) If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim with a value in excess of $10,000,000 and for which such Grantor (or predecessor in interest) has filed a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing signed by such Grantor of the brief details thereof and grant to the Collateral Agent a security interest therein and in the Proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement pursuant to a document necessary to grant control to the Collateral Agent.
(h) Intellectual Property Covenants, Representations and Warranties:
(i) Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Indenture or with respect to registration and applications no longer used, and except to the extent failure to act would not, as deemed by the applicable Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each Patent, Trademark or Copyright registration, issuance or pending application now or hereafter included in the Article 9 Collateral for which such Grantor has standing to do so, each Grantor agrees to (A) take, at its expense, all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, in the USPTO, the USCO and any other governmental authority located in the United States, to diligently pursue the registration and maintenance of each such Patent, Trademark, or Copyright registration or application and (B) not abandon any such application prior to exhaustion of all administrative and judicial remedies where reasonable to do so. Each Grantor shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its trade secrets under applicable law and to preserve the secrecy of its confidential information.
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(ii) Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Indenture, or with respect to registration and applications no longer used, or except as would not, as deemed by the applicable Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property may lapse, be terminated, or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain (or in the case of a trade secret, becomes publicly known).
(iii) Other than as excluded or as permitted herein or in the Indenture, or with respect to Patents, Copyrights or Trademarks which are no longer used or useful in the Grantor’s business operations, or except where failure to do so would not, as deemed by the applicable Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Grantor shall take all reasonable steps to preserve and protect each item of its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, maintaining the quality of any and all products or services used or provided in connection with any of the Trademarks included in the Article 9 Collateral, consistent with the quality of the products and services as of the date hereof, taking all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks included in the Article 9 Collateral abide by the applicable license’s terms with respect to the standards of quality, using the Trademarks included in the Article 9 Collateral which are material to such Grantor’s business in interstate commerce during the time in which this Agreement is in effect and taking all reasonable steps to preserve such Trademarks under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Other than as excluded or as permitted herein or in the Indenture, each Grantor agrees to renew those of its domain name registrations that are material to such Grantor’s business.
(iv) Each Grantor represents and warrants that it is the lawful owner of all material Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Intellectual Property covered by Licenses granted to a Grantor by any third party), including (A) the Patents listed in the Perfection Certificate for such Grantor and that said Patents include all the material United States issued patents and pending United States patent applications that such Grantor owns as of the date hereof, and (B) the Copyrights listed in the Perfection Certificate for such Grantor and that said Copyrights include all the United States copyrights registered with the USCO for material United States copyrights that such Grantor owns as of the date hereof.
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(v) Each Grantor further represents and warrants that the Trademarks and domain names listed in the Perfection Certificate include all material United States registered marks and applications for United States registered marks in the USPTO and all material domain names that such Grantor owns in connection with its business as of the date hereof. Each Grantor represents and warrants that it is the lawful owner of all U.S. trademark registrations and applications and domain name registrations listed in the Perfection Certificate and that said registrations are subsisting and have not been canceled, and that such Grantor has not received any written third-party claim that any of said registrations is invalid or unenforceable, other than as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, in the Grantor’s reasonable opinion, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) Each Grantor agrees, promptly upon learning thereof, to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of the name and address of, and to furnish such pertinent information that may be available with respect to, any party who such Grantor learns is likely to be infringing, contributorily infringing, actively inducing infringement, misappropriating or otherwise violating any of such Grantor’s rights in and to any Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral in any manner that would, in the Grantor’s reasonable opinion, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or with respect to any party claiming that such Grantor’s use of any Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral and material to such Grantor’s business violates in any material respect any property right of such party. Each Grantor further agrees to take appropriate actions diligently against, including, but not limited to, the prosecution of, in accordance with reasonable business practices, any Person infringing any Intellectual Property right included in the Article 9 Collateral in any manner that would, in the Grantor’s reasonable opinion, reasonably be expected to, either individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) If after the date hereof (A) any Grantor acquires, makes an application for, or is issued a registration for Intellectual Property before the USPTO, the USCO, or an equivalent thereof in any state of the United States, other than any Intellectual Property constituting an Excluded Asset for so long as such Intellectual Property constitutes an Excluded Asset, or (B) any Grantor files acceptable evidence of use with respect to an intent-to-use Trademark application of such Grantor, which as a result, is no longer an Excluded Asset, such Grantor shall, at its own expense, concurrently with the delivery of the updated Perfection Certificate pursuant to Section 3.03(c), deliver to the Collateral Agent an Intellectual Property Security Agreement confirming the grant of a security interest in such Intellectual Property to the Collateral Agent hereunder, which must be substantially in the form of Exhibit III hereto in the case of Patents, Exhibit IV hereto in the case of Trademarks, or Exhibit V hereto in the case of Copyrights.
(viii) If a United States Patent or an application for a United States Patent or a registered Copyright, is issued to or acquired by a Grantor, the relevant Grantor shall, including upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent (but in any event, not more than three times per fiscal year), deliver to the Collateral Agent a copy of said Copyright or Patent, or certificate or registration of, or application therefor, as the case may be.
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(ix) Nothing in this Agreement, in the Indenture or any other Security Document prevents any Grantor from disposing of, discontinuing the use or maintenance of, failing to pursue, or otherwise allowing to lapse, terminate or be put into the public domain, any of its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property to the extent permitted by the Indenture if such Grantor determines in its reasonable business judgment that such action is desirable in the conduct of its business.
SECTION 3.04. Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the Security Interest, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:
(a) Instruments. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments constituting Article 9 Collateral and evidencing an amount in excess of $10,000,000, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as are required under this Agreement or necessary to perfect a Security Interest or that as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(b) Investment Property. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article II, if any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as are necessary to grant the Collateral Agent control over such securities or as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request. If any securities now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are uncertificated and are issued to such Grantor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, following the occurrence of an Event of Default such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance as is necessary to grant control to the Collateral Agent, either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Collateral Agent as to such securities, without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the registered owner of such securities. If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property are held by any Grantor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Collateral Agent thereof, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance as is necessary to grant control to the Collateral Agent shall either (i) cause such securities intermediary or (as the case may be) commodity intermediary to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Collateral Agent to such securities intermediary as to such security entitlements, or (as the case may be) to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract to such commodity intermediary, in each case without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) in the case of financial assets or other Investment Property held through a securities intermediary, arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the entitlement holder with respect to such Investment Property, with the Grantor being permitted, only with the consent of the Collateral Agent (as directed by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes), to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such Investment Property.
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The Collateral Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Collateral Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by any Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any financial assets credited to a securities account for which the Collateral Agent is the securities intermediary.
ARTICLE IV
Remedies
SECTION 4.01. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party with respect to the Obligations under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and also may (but shall not be obligated to) (i) require each Grantor to, and each Grantor agrees that it will at its expense and upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place and time to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties; (ii) occupy any premises owned or, to the extent lawful and permitted, leased by any of the Grantors where the Collateral or any part thereof is assembled or located for a reasonable period in order to effectuate its rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to such Grantor in respect of such occupation; provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to or promptly after such occupancy; (iii) declare the entire right, title, and interest of such Grantor in each of the Patents, Trademarks, domain names and Copyrights included in the Article 9 Collateral vested in the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (in which event such right, title, and interest shall immediately vest in the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to exercise the power of attorney referred to below in Section 4.03 hereof to execute, cause to be acknowledged and notarized and to record said absolute assignment with the applicable agency); (iv) exercise any and all rights and remedies of any of the Grantors under or in connection with the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Collateral; provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to or promptly after such exercise; and (v) subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law and the notice requirements described below, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral securing the Obligations at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale of securities (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold.
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Each such purchaser at any sale of Collateral shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Grantors agree to execute such further documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to transfer ownership of the Patents, Trademarks, domain names and Copyrights included in the Article 9 Collateral to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
The Collateral Agent shall give the applicable Grantors 10 days’ written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Agreement, any Secured Party may (but shall not be obligated to) bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to such Secured Party from any Grantor as a credit against the purchase price, and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Grantor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court appointed receiver.
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Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.
Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Grantor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice to the Company of its intent to exercise such rights, for the purpose of (i) making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance, and (ii) making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.02. Application of Proceeds. The Collateral Agent shall transfer the proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, to the Trustee for further application in accordance with Section 6.10 of the Indenture.
(a) The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
(b) In making the determinations and allocations required by this Section 4.02, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied by the Trustee as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Obligations, and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information, provided that nothing in this sentence shall prevent any Grantor from contesting any amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any information so supplied. All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 4.02 shall be (subject to any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final (absent manifest error), and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application of any amounts distributed to it. It is understood and agreed that the Grantors shall remain jointly and severally liable to the extent of any deficiency between the amount of the proceeds of the Collateral and the aggregate amount of the Obligations.
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SECTION 4.03. Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property; Power of Attorney. For the exclusive purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, effective upon the occurrence of, and at all times during the continuance of, an Event of Default, a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, limited license (until the termination or cure of the Event of Default) to use, license or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property now or hereafter owned or licensed by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.03 shall require the Grantors to grant any license that is prohibited by any rule of law, statute or regulation, 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, to the extent permitted by the Indenture, with respect to such property or otherwise unreasonably prejudices the value thereof to the relevant Grantor; provided, further, that (a) such licenses to be granted hereunder with respect to Trademarks shall be subject to the maintenance of quality standards with respect to the goods and services on which such Trademarks are used sufficient to preserve the validity of such Trademarks, and (b) such licenses to be granted hereunder with respect to trade secrets shall be subject to the Secured Parties taking reasonable steps to maintain such trade secrets under applicable law and to preserve the secrecy thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the use of such license by the Collateral Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Collateral Agent, only during the continuation of an Event of Default. Furthermore, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an absolute power of attorney to sign, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, any document which may be required by the USPTO or the USCO in order to effect an absolute assignment of all right, title and interest in each Patent, Trademark or Copyright included in the Article 9 Collateral, and to record the same. Notwithstanding the grant of rights and licenses to the Collateral Agent under this Section 4.03, the Collateral Agent has no duty to exercise such rights or utilize such licenses.
ARTICLE V
Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination
SECTION 5.01. Indemnity. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Grantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 5.03), the Company agrees that, in the event any assets of any Grantor shall be sold pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document to satisfy in whole or in part an Obligation owed to any Secured Party, the Company shall indemnify such Grantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.
SECTION 5.02. Contribution and Subrogation. Each Grantor (a “Contributing Party”) agrees (subject to Section 5.03) that, in the event assets of any other Grantor shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to satisfy any Obligation owed to any Secured Party, and such other Grantor (the “Claiming Party”) shall not have been fully indemnified by the Company as provided in Section 5.01, the Contributing Party shall indemnify the Claiming Party in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of the Contributing Party on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Contributing Parties together with the net worth of the Claiming Party on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Grantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 6.15, the date of the Security Agreement Supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Grantor).
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Any Contributing Party making any payment to a Claiming Party pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Party to the extent of such payment.
SECTION 5.03. Subordination. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Grantors under Sections 5.01 and 5.02 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations, provided that if any amount shall be paid to such Grantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the irrevocable payment in full in cash of all the Obligations, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Collateral Agent to be credited and applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with Section 6.10 of the Indenture. No failure on the part of the Company or any Grantor to make the payments required by Sections 5.01 and 5.02 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Grantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Grantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Grantor hereunder.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 6.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 13.01 of the Indenture. All communications and notices hereunder to any Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Company as provided in Section 13.01 of the Indenture.
SECTION 6.02. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party in exercising any right or power hereunder or under the Indenture 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 Collateral Agent and any other Secured Party hereunder and under the Indenture are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 6.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle any Grantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
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(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Article 9 of the Indenture.
SECTION 6.03. Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses. (a) The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to payment of its fees and reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 7.06 of the Indenture.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the Indenture, the Company and the Grantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify the Collateral Agent and the other Indemnitees against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to the Indenture or this Agreement or any of the foregoing agreements or instruments contemplated hereby, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any director, officer or employee thereof.
(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 6.03 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement, the discharge of the Indenture or termination of any other Security Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement, the Indenture or any other Security Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 6.03 shall be payable within 10 days of written demand therefor.
SECTION 6.04. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Collateral Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, to the extent permitted under Article 5 of the Indenture.
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SECTION 6.05. Survival of Agreement. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in the Indenture or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party, regardless of any investigation made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Obligation under the Indenture or any Security Document shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.
SECTION 6.06. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns; Several Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the UCC; notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral Agent is not under any obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Collateral Agent pursuant to reasonable procedures approved by the Collateral Agent. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Grantor shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Collateral Agent and their respective successors and assigns permitted thereby, and shall inure to the benefit of such Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns permitted thereby, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.
SECTION 6.07. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, any other Security Document or the Indenture is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Security Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 6.08. [Reserved].
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SECTION 6.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE COMPANY, HOLDINGS, EACH GRANTOR, AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE COMPANY, HOLDINGS, EACH GRANTOR, AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 6.01. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Indenture will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 6.10. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 6.10 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
SECTION 6.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
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SECTION 6.12. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Collateral and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Indenture, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) 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 any departure from the Indenture or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement.
SECTION 6.13. [Reserved].
SECTION 6.14. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all Obligations and any Liens arising therefrom shall be automatically released when all the outstanding Obligations have been indefeasibly satisfied and discharged in accordance with Section 12.01 of the Indenture.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) Upon any disposition by any Grantor of any Collateral that is not prohibited by the Indenture or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Indenture, the security interest of such Grantor in such Collateral shall be automatically released.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 6.14, upon receipt of the documents required by paragraph (f) of this Section 6.14 and the Indenture, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 6.14 shall be without recourse to or representation or warranty by the Collateral Agent.
(f) At any time that the respective Grantor desires that the Collateral Agent take any action described in the immediately preceding paragraph (e), it shall, upon request of the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the release of the respective Collateral is permitted pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d). The Collateral Agent shall have no liability whatsoever to any Secured Party or any other Person as a result of any release of Collateral in reliance on such certificate.
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SECTION 6.15. Additional Grantors. If at any time a Subsidiary of the Company executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to the Indenture to become a Guarantor in accordance with Section 4.17 of the Indenture, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture, such Subsidiary shall execute and deliver a Security Agreement Supplement in the form of Exhibit I hereto by the Collateral Agent and such Subsidiary; provided that, any Foreign Guarantor shall only be required to deliver a Security Agreement Supplement if it (i) holds or acquires (including by formation) Equity Interests in any U.S. Subsidiary of a Restricted Party or (ii) acquires or maintains any material assets located in the United States in accordance with Section 4.17 of the Indenture. Upon such execution and delivery, such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.
SECTION 6.16. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof at any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, which appointment is irrevocable (until termination of the Indenture) and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, but not the obligation, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and notice by the Collateral Agent to the Company of its intent to exercise such rights, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent; (h) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, to make, settle and adjust claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, including endorsing the name of any Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance, making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto and obtaining or maintaining the policies of insurance or paying any premium in whole or in part relating thereto; and (i) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby.
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The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct or that of any of their Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents or attorneys-in-fact, in each case as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment. All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this paragraph, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, within 10 days of demand, by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent and shall be additional Obligations secured hereby.
SECTION 6.17. General Authority of the Collateral Agent. By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other Security Documents, each Secured Party (whether or not a signatory hereto) shall be deemed irrevocably (a) to consent to the appointment of the Collateral Agent as its agent hereunder and under such other Security Documents, (b) to confirm that the Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for the enforcement of any provisions of this Agreement and such other Security Documents against any Grantor, the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder and the giving or withholding of any consent or approval hereunder or thereunder relating to any Collateral or any Grantor’s obligations with respect thereto, (c) to agree that it shall not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any other Security Document against any Grantor, to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder or to give any consents or approvals hereunder or thereunder except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any other Security Document and (d) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and any other Security Documents.
SECTION 6.18. Recourse; Limited Obligations. This Agreement is made with full recourse to each Grantor and pursuant to and upon all the warranties, representations, covenants and agreements on the part of such Grantor contained herein, in the Indenture and otherwise in writing in connection herewith or therewith. It is the desire and intent of each Grantor and the Secured Parties that this Agreement shall be enforced against each Grantor to the fullest extent permissible under the laws applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, and in furtherance of the foregoing, it is noted that the obligations of each Grantor that is a Guarantor have been limited as expressly provided in the Guarantee and are limited hereunder as and to the same extent provided therein.
SECTION 6.19. Collateral Agent. Wilmington Trust, National Association is entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Indenture. In acting hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have the rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities granted to the Collateral Agent under the Indenture as if such rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities were set forth herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent |
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| By: | /s/ Karen Ferry |
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| Name: Karen Ferry | ||
| Title: Vice President | ||
SCHEDULE I
Pledged Equity
| Issuer |
Interest Issued (if not stock) |
Record and Beneficial Owner |
Total Shares Outstanding |
Voting or Non-Voting Interests? |
Total Shares Pledged |
%age Owner- ship |
Certificated |
SCHEDULE I-1
Pledged Debt
| 1. | Intercompany Note dated as of December 5, 2025, among the Borrower, Holdings and each entity listed as a Payor (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto and each entity listed as a Payee (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto. |
| 2. | The Term Note issued from SABRE GLBL INC. payable to SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC, in the amount of $1,000,000,000, dated as of December 5, 2025. |
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SCHEDULE II
Commercial Tort Claims
None
SCHEDULE II-1
Exhibit I
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of [__], to the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 among SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC (“Holdings”), SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent under the Indenture (as defined below) for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
A. Reference is made to the Indenture dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.
B. Reference is made to the Pledge and Security Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among the Company, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Collateral Agent.
C. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture and the Security Agreement, as applicable.
D. The Grantors have entered into a supplemental indenture to the Indenture. Section 6.15 of the Security Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries of the Company may become Grantors under the Security Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Subsidiary”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture to become a Grantor under the Security Agreement.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 6.15 of the Security Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Security Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor and Grantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations does hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and lien on all of the New Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Security Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. The Security Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity.
Exhibit I-1
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary, and the Collateral Agent has executed a counterpart hereof. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed signature in ink or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as applicable, to the fullest 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 and any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format except for facsimile and PDF unless expressly agreed to by the Trustee, pursuant to reasonable procedures approved by the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of the location of any and all Collateral of the New Subsidiary and (b) set forth under its signature hereto is the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of formation and the location of its chief executive office. Schedule I shall be incorporated into, and after the date hereof be deemed part of, the Perfection Certificate.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7. If any provision of this Supplement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Supplement, the Security Agreement or the Indenture shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 6.01 of the Security Agreement.
SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the execution and delivery of this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 10. Collateral Agent. Wilmington Trust, National Association is entering into this Supplement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Indenture. In acting hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have the rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities granted to the Collateral Agent under the Indenture and the Security Agreement as if such rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities were set forth herein.
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Exhibit I-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| [NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY] | ||
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| Jurisdiction of Formation: | ||
| Address of Chief Executive Office: | ||
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | ||
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SCHEDULE I
TO SUPPLEMENT NO ___ TO THE
SECURITY AGREEMENT
LOCATION OF COLLATERAL
| Description | Location |
Pledged Equity
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Interest Issued |
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Pledgor Percentage Ownership |
Amount Pledged |
Pledged Debt
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Exhibit II
FORM OF
PERFECTION CERTIFICATE
[On file]
Exhibit II-1
Exhibit III
FORM OF
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__], among SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC (“Holdings”), SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC (the “Company”) (each of the foregoing, a “Grantor”) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Collateral Agent under the Indenture for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
Reference is made to (i) the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Collateral Agent and (ii) the Indenture dated as of December 5, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and Wilmington Trust, National Association as trustee. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.
Section 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Grantor, pursuant to and in accordance with the Security Agreement, did and hereby does grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Patent Collateral”):
(i) All letters Patent of the United States, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters Patent of the United States in or to which any Grantor now or hereafter has any right, title or interest therein, including those registrations, recordings and pending applications in the USPTO referenced on Schedule I, and all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals, improvements or extensions thereof, and the inventions claimed therein;
(ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including all income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof;
(iii) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements or other violations thereof; and
(iv) all other rights, priorities and privileges arising thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
Section 3. Termination. This Agreement is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of the Obligations. This Patent Security Agreement and the security interest granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all of a Grantor’s Obligations and any Lien arising therefrom shall be automatically released upon termination of the Security Agreement or release of such Grantor’s obligations thereunder in accordance with the Indenture. The Collateral Agent shall, in connection with any termination or release herein or under the Security Agreement, execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense and as such Grantor may request, an instrument in writing releasing the security interest in the Patent Collateral acquired under this Agreement. Additionally, upon such satisfactory performance or payment, the Collateral Agent shall reasonably cooperate, at the cost and expense of such Grantor, with any efforts made by a Grantor to make of record or otherwise confirm such satisfaction including, but not limited to, the release and/or termination of this Agreement and any security interest in, to or under the Patent Collateral.
Section 4. Supplement to the Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Patent Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
Section 5. Concerning the Collateral Agent. Wilmington Trust, National Association is entering into this Patent Security Agreement solely in its capacity as the Collateral Agent under the Indenture and shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities granted to the Collateral Agent under the Indenture and the Security Agreement as if such rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities were set forth herein.
Section 6. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article VI of the Security Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC, as Holdings |
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[Signature Page to Patent Security Agreement]
| Acknowledged and accepted. | ||
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent | ||
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SCHEDULE I
UNITED STATES PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
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Schedule I-1
Short Particulars of U.S. Patent Collateral
Exhibit IV
FORM OF
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [__],among SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC (“Holdings”), SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC (the “Company”) (each of the foregoing, a “Grantor”) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent under the Indenture for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
Reference is made to (i) the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Collateral Agent and (ii) the Indenture dated as of December 5, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and Wilmington Trust, National Association as trustee. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.
Section 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Grantor, pursuant to and in accordance with the Security Agreement, did and hereby does grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest, except for any Excluded Assets (collectively, the “Trademark Collateral”):
(i) (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, trade dress, logos, fictitious business names, or other source or business identifiers, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including those registrations and registration applications in the USPTO referred to on Schedule I hereto, and all extensions or renewals thereof, as well as any unregistered trademarks and service marks used by a Grantor, and (b) all goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized thereby;
(ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including all income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements, dilutions or other violations thereof;
(iii) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements, dilutions, or other violations thereof; and
(iv) all other rights, priorities and privileges arising thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world .
Section 3. Termination. This Agreement is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of the Obligations. This Trademark Security Agreement and the security interest granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all of a Grantor’s Obligations and any Lien arising therefrom shall be automatically released upon termination of the Security Agreement or release of such Grantor’s obligations thereunder in accordance with the Indenture. The Collateral Agent shall, in connection with any termination or release herein or under the Security Agreement, execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense and as such Grantor may request, an instrument in writing releasing the security interest in the Trademark Collateral acquired under this Agreement. Additionally, upon such satisfactory performance or payment, the Collateral Agent shall reasonably cooperate, at the cost and expense of such Grantor, with any efforts made by a Grantor to make of record or otherwise confirm such satisfaction including, but not limited to, the release and/or termination of this Agreement and any security interest in, to or under the Trademark Collateral.
Section 4. Supplement to the Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Trademark Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
Section 5. Concerning the Collateral Agent. Wilmington Trust, National Association is entering into this Trademark Security Agreement solely in its capacity as the Collateral Agent under the Indenture and shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities granted to the Collateral Agent under the Indenture and the Security Agreement as if such rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities were set forth herein.
Section 6. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article VI of the Security Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC, as Holdings |
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[Signature Page to Trademark Security Agreement]
| Acknowledged and accepted. | ||
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent |
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[Signature Page to Trademark Security Agreement]
Schedule I
UNITED STATES TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
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FILE DT |
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Schedule I to
Exhibit V
FORM OF
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [__], among SABRE FINANCING HOLDINGS LLC (“Holdings”), SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC (the “Company”) (each of the foregoing, a “Grantor”) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent under the Indenture for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
Reference is made to (i) the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Collateral Agent and (ii) the Indenture dated as of December 5, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and Wilmington Trust, National Association as trustee. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement, or the Indenture, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.
Section 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Grantor, pursuant to and in accordance with the Security Agreement, did and hereby does grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Copyright Collateral”):
(i) (a) all copyrights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (b) all registrations of any such copyright in the United States, including those registrations, recordings and supplemental registrations in the USCO referred to on Schedule I hereto;
(ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including all income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof;
(iii) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements or other violations thereof; and
(iv) all other rights, priorities and privileges arising thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
Section 3. Termination. This Agreement is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of the Obligations. This Copyright Security Agreement and the security interest granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all of a Grantor’s Obligations and any Lien arising therefrom shall be automatically released upon termination of the Security Agreement or release of such Grantor’s obligations thereunder in accordance with the Indenture. The Collateral Agent shall, in connection with any termination or release herein or under the Security Agreement, execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense and as such Grantor may request, an instrument in writing releasing the security interest in the Copyright Collateral acquired under this Agreement. Additionally, upon such satisfactory performance or payment, the Collateral Agent shall reasonably cooperate, at the cost and expenses of such Grantor, with any efforts made by a Grantor to make of record or otherwise confirm such satisfaction including, but not limited to, the release and/or termination of this Agreement and any security interest in, to or under the Copyright Collateral.
Section 4. Supplement to the Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Copyright Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
Section 5. Concerning the Collateral Agent. Wilmington Trust, National Association is entering into this Copyright Security Agreement solely in its capacity as the Collateral Agent under the Indenture and shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities granted to the Collateral Agent under the Indenture and the Security Agreement as if such rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities were set forth herein.
Section 6. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article VI of the Security Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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[Signature Page to Copyright Security Agreement]
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[Signature Page to Copyright Security Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
UNITED STATES REGISTERED COPYRIGHTS
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Schedule I - 1
Short Particulars of U.S. Copyright Collateral
Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
$1,000,000,000
FIRST LIEN PARI PASSU CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 5, 2025
among
SABRE GLBL INC.,
as Borrower,
SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
as Holdings,
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
and
SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC,
as Lender
Execution Version
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1 |
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| DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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| Section 1.01 |
Definitions. | 1 | ||||
| Section 1.02 |
Other Definitions. | 48 | ||||
| Section 1.03 |
Rules of Construction. | 48 | ||||
| Section 1.04 |
Times of Day. | 49 | ||||
| Section 1.05 |
Lender Notes Deemed Outstanding. | 49 | ||||
| ARTICLE 2 |
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| THE COMMITMENT AND CREDIT EXTENSION |
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| Section 2.01 |
The Term Loan. | 49 | ||||
| ARTICLE 3 |
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| REPAYMENTS |
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| Section 3.01 |
Notices to Administrative Agent. | 50 | ||||
| Section 3.02 |
[Reserved.] | 50 | ||||
| Section 3.03 |
Notice of Repayment. | 50 | ||||
| Section 3.04 |
Reduction of Commitment and Repayment of Term Loan. | 50 | ||||
| Section 3.05 |
Interest and Fees. | 51 | ||||
| Section 3.06 |
Payments Generally. | 52 | ||||
| Section 3.07 |
Optional Repayment. | 53 | ||||
| Section 3.08 |
Mandatory Repayment. | 54 | ||||
| Section 3.09 |
Offer to Repay by Application of Excess Proceeds. | 54 | ||||
| ARTICLE 4 |
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| COVENANTS |
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| Section 4.01 |
[Reserved]. | 56 | ||||
| Section 4.02 |
[Reserved]. | 56 | ||||
| Section 4.03 |
Reports and Other Information. | 56 | ||||
| Section 4.04 |
Compliance Certificate. | 58 | ||||
| Section 4.05 |
Taxes. | 59 | ||||
| Section 4.06 |
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. | 59 | ||||
| Section 4.07 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments. | 59 | ||||
| Section 4.08 |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. | 69 | ||||
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| Section 4.09 |
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock. | 71 | ||||
| Section 4.10 |
Asset Sales. | 79 | ||||
| Section 4.11 |
Transactions with Affiliates. | 83 | ||||
| Section 4.12 |
Liens. | 85 | ||||
| Section 4.13 |
Limitation on Holdings. | 86 | ||||
| Section 4.14 |
Corporate Existence. | 87 | ||||
| Section 4.15 |
Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control. | 87 | ||||
| Section 4.16 |
[Reserved]. | 89 | ||||
| Section 4.17 |
Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries. | 89 | ||||
| ARTICLE 5 |
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| SUCCESSORS |
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| Section 5.01 |
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets. | 89 | ||||
| Section 5.02 |
Successor Corporation Substituted. | 91 | ||||
| ARTICLE 6 |
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| DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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| Section 6.01 |
Events of Default. | 91 | ||||
| Section 6.02 |
Acceleration. | 95 | ||||
| Section 6.03 |
Other Remedies. | 95 | ||||
| Section 6.04 |
Waiver of Past Defaults. | 96 | ||||
| Section 6.05 |
Control by Majority. | 96 | ||||
| Section 6.06 |
[Reserved]. | 96 | ||||
| Section 6.07 |
[Reserved]. | 96 | ||||
| Section 6.08 |
[Reserved]. | 96 | ||||
| Section 6.09 |
[Reserved]. | 96 | ||||
| Section 6.10 |
Priorities. | 96 | ||||
| Section 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs. | 96 | ||||
| ARTICLE 7 |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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| Section 7.01 |
Appointment and Authorization of The Administrative Agent. | 97 | ||||
| Section 7.02 |
Delegation of Duties. | 98 | ||||
| Section 7.03 |
Liability of The Administrative Agent. | 98 | ||||
| Section 7.04 |
Reliance by The Administrative Agent. | 100 | ||||
| Section 7.05 |
Notice of Defaults. | 100 | ||||
| Section 7.06 |
Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by The Administrative Agent. | 101 | ||||
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| Section 7.07 |
Indemnification of the Administrative Agent. | 101 | ||||
| Section 7.08 |
The Administrative Agent in their Individual Capacities. | 102 | ||||
| Section 7.09 |
Successor Administrative Agent. | 102 | ||||
| Section 7.10 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | 103 | ||||
| Section 7.11 |
Withholding Tax | 104 | ||||
| Section 7.12 |
Erroneous Payments | 105 | ||||
| Section 7.13 |
Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents | 107 | ||||
| ARTICLE 8 |
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| [RESERVED] |
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| ARTICLE 9 |
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| AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER |
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| Section 9.01 |
Without Consent of the Lender. | 108 | ||||
| Section 9.02 |
With Consent of the Lender. | 109 | ||||
| ARTICLE 10 |
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| COLLATERAL AND SECURITY |
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| Section 10.01 |
Security Interest. | 111 | ||||
| Section 10.02 |
[Reserved.] | 112 | ||||
| Section 10.03 |
After-Acquired Property | 112 | ||||
| Section 10.04 |
Release of Collateral. | 112 | ||||
| Section 10.05 |
[Reserved]. | 114 | ||||
| Section 10.06 |
Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent Under the Security Documents. | 114 | ||||
| Section 10.07 |
Termination of Security Interest. | 114 | ||||
| Section 10.08 |
Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. | 114 | ||||
| ARTICLE 11 |
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| GUARANTEES |
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| Section 11.01 |
Guarantee. | 114 | ||||
| Section 11.02 |
Limitation on Guarantor Liability. | 116 | ||||
| Section 11.03 |
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee. | 116 | ||||
| Section 11.04 |
Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. | 116 | ||||
| Section 11.05 |
Releases. | 117 | ||||
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| ARTICLE 12 |
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| CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS. |
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| Section 12.01 |
Conditions to Initial Credit Extension | 118 | ||||
| ARTICLE 13 |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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| Section 13.01 |
Notices. | 120 | ||||
| Section 13.02 |
[Reserved]. | 121 | ||||
| Section 13.03 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. | 121 | ||||
| Section 13.04 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. | 122 | ||||
| Section 13.05 |
[Reserved]. | 122 | ||||
| Section 13.06 |
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. | 122 | ||||
| Section 13.07 |
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction | 122 | ||||
| Section 13.08 |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. | 123 | ||||
| Section 13.09 |
Successors; Register. | 123 | ||||
| Section 13.10 |
Attorney Costs and Expenses. | 123 | ||||
| Section 13.11 |
Payments Set Aside. | 124 | ||||
| Section 13.12 |
Indemnification by the Borrower. | 124 | ||||
| Section 13.13 |
Severability. | 126 | ||||
| Section 13.14 |
Counterpart Originals. | 126 | ||||
| Section 13.15 |
Integration. | 126 | ||||
| Section 13.16 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. | 126 | ||||
| Section 13.17 |
Force Majeure. | 127 | ||||
| Section 13.18 |
Binding Effect. | 127 | ||||
| Section 13.19 |
Lender Action. | 127 | ||||
| Section 13.20 |
U.S.A. Patriot Act. | 128 | ||||
| Section 13.21 |
Copies of Transaction Documents. | 128 | ||||
| Section 13.22 |
Intercreditor Agreements | 128 | ||||
| Section 13.23 |
Taxes. | 129 | ||||
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EXHIBITS
| A | Committed Loan Notice | |
| B | Term Note | |
| C | Compliance Certificate | |
| D | Assignment and Assumption | |
| E | [Reserved] | |
| F | Security Agreement | |
| G-1 | Intercompany Note (Loan Party / Loan Party) | |
| G-2 | Intercompany Note (Loan Party Payor / Non-Loan Party Payee) | |
| G-3 | Intercompany Note (Loan Party Payee / Non-Loan Party Payor) | |
| H-1 | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Lender – Non-Partnership) | |
| H-2 | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Participant – Non-Partnership) | |
| H-3 | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Lender – Partnership) | |
| H-4 | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Participant – Partnership) | |
| I | Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
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Execution Version
FIRST LIEN PARI PASSU CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FIRST LIEN PARI PASSU CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is effective as of December 5, 2025, among SABRE GLBL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the other guarantors from time to time party hereto, SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the lender (the “Lender”), and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
The Lender is party to that certain indenture, dated as of December 5, 2025, by and among the Lender, as issuer, each of the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Lender Indenture”), in connection with the issuance thereunder of $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Lender’s 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Lender Notes”)
The Borrower has requested that the Lender extend credit to the Borrower in the form of a Term Loan in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000,000.
The proceeds of the Term Loan are being used by the Borrower, together with cash on hand, to prepay, redeem, repurchase or extend certain of the Borrower’s existing Indebtedness, as well as to pay related accrued and unpaid interest, premium, fees and expenses.
The Lender has indicated its willingness to lend on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
“Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specific Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating or amalgamating with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
“Additional First Lien Obligations” means any Obligations under any First Lien Obligations (including the Loan Obligations, but excluding Senior Credit Facilities Obligations), in each case, that are incurred prior to or after the Closing Date and secured by Collateral on a first- priority basis pursuant to the Security Documents (in the case of any Loan Obligations) and the relevant security documents (in the case of other First Lien Obligations).
“Additional First Lien Secured Party” means the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations, including the Lender, and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto, including the Lender Notes Trustee and the Lender Notes Collateral Agent.
“Administrative Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent and collateral agent appointed pursuant to Section 7.09.
“Administrative Agent Fee Letter” means the fee letter, dated the Closing Date, by and between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Administrative Agent’s Account” means the Administrative Agent’s account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time provide in writing to the Borrower and the Lender.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
“Agent-Related Persons” means the Agents, together with their respective Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, partners, trustees and advisors of such Persons and of such Persons’ Affiliates.
“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the Supplemental Administrative Agents (if any).
“Agreement” means this First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Applicable Authorized Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
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“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to all or any portion of the Term Loan being repaid on any date prior to June 15, 2027, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Term Loan being repaid; and
(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at the date of such event of (i) the repayment price of the Term Loan being repaid at June 15, 2027 (such repayment price being set forth in the applicable table appearing in Section 3.07(e) hereof), plus (ii) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on the Term Loan being repaid through June 15, 2027 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the date of such event), computed by the Borrower using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the then outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan being repaid.
“Asset Sale” means:
(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions of property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or
(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;
in each case, other than:
(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or obsolete or worn-out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other assets) held for sale or no longer used in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Agreement;
(c) the making of any Restricted Payment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 hereof including the making of any Permitted Investment;
(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than $75,000,000;
(e) any disposition (i) of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary constituting debt forgiveness; (i) foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation or any similar action with respect to assets or the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Agreement;
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(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(g) the lease, sublease, license or sublicense (including the provision of software under an open-source license) of any real or personal property, or intellectual property or other intangible assets, in the ordinary course of business;
(h) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(j) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, or Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing;
(k) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations permitted by this Agreement;
(l) sales, discounts or forgiveness of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(m) the sale or discount of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
(n) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;
(o) the unwinding or voluntary termination of any Hedging Obligations;
(p) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(q) failing to pursue or allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any intellectual property rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business if, in the reasonable determination of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (u) dispositions of property by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.
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(r) the issuance by a Restricted Subsidiary of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock that is permitted by Section 4.09 hereof;
(s) the granting of a Lien that is permitted under Section 4.12 hereof;
(t) the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law; and
“Attorney Costs” means all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel, to the extent documented in reasonable detail and invoiced.
“Authorized Representative” means (i) in the case of any Senior Credit Facilities Obligations or the First Lien Secured Parties under the Senior Credit Facilities, the administrative agent under the Senior Credit Facilities, (ii) in the case of the Loan Obligations or the Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, (iii) in the case of any other Series of Additional First Lien Obligations or Additional First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Authorized Representative named for such Series in the applicable joinder agreement and (iv) in the case of any Series of Junior Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Authorized Representative named for such Series in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or the applicable joinder agreement.
“Bank Products” means any facilities or services related to cash management, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchase card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“Borrower” means Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Term Loan made on the Closing Date.
“Business Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
“Business Successor” means (a) any former Subsidiary of the Borrower and (b) any Person that, after the Closing Date, has acquired, merged or consolidated with a Subsidiary of the Borrower (that results in such Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower), or acquired (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of a Subsidiary or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
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“Capital Stock” means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares in the capital of such corporation;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP (after giving effect to the proviso in the definition thereof).
“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP (after giving effect to the proviso in the definition thereof), recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) of such Person during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are, or are required to be, reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(1) U.S. dollars;
(2) (a) Canadian dollars, Yen, pounds sterling, euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU; or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 24 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
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(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3), (4) or (7) entered into with any financial institution or recognized securities dealer meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
(6) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P or at least F2 by Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s or “A” or higher from Fitch with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2, A-2 or F2 from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);
(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s or AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Fitch (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P nor Fitch shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency); and
(11) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (10) above.
In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (a) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (11) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (b) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1) through (11) and in this paragraph.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above or the immediately preceding paragraph; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above or the immediately preceding paragraph as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
For purposes of determining the maximum permissible maturity of any investments described in this definition, the maturity of any obligation is deemed to be the shortest of the following: (i) the stated maturity date; (ii) the weighted average life (for amortizing securities); (iii) the next interest rate reset for variable rate and auction-rate obligations; or (iv) the next put exercise date (for obligations with put features).
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition, in one or a series of related transactions (other than by merger, consolidation or amalgamation), of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of Holdings or the Borrower and their respective subsidiaries, in each case, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more Permitted Holders;
(2) the Borrower becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person (other than a Permitted Holder) or Persons (other than one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower; or
(3) any Change of Control (as defined in the Lender Indenture) under the Lender Indenture as in existence on the Closing Date.
“Closing Date” means December 5, 2025.
“Closing Date Commitment” means the Lender’s obligation to make a Term Loan, in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000, on the Closing Date to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations thereunder.
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“Collateral” means all assets and properties subject to Liens created pursuant to any Security Document to secure any Loan Obligations.
“Commitment” means the Closing Date Commitment.
“Committed Loan Notice” means the written notice of the Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.01(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense for such period, including the amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and Capitalized Software Expenditures of such Person for such period (including such expense attributable to held-for-sale discontinued operations) determined on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of: (1) cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income, of such Person determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges payable in cash with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, net cash payments made under Hedging Obligations and (2) cash interest expense that is capitalized in accordance with GAAP, but, in the case of each of (1) and (2), excluding:
(a) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs and commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest;
(b) the accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities during such period;
(c) any interest expense in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in clause (c), or the proviso at the end, of the definition thereof;
(d) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” and all costs associated with Hedging Obligations;
(e) any one-time costs associated with the unwinding, termination or breakage in respect of Hedging Obligations;
(f) all non-recurring cash interest expense consisting of liquidated damages or additional interest for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations or financing and commitment fees; and
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(g) cash payments made on account of accrued interest with respect to any Qualified Holding Company Debt to the extent such payments are required by the terms of such Indebtedness to be made before the close of any “accrual period” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1272-1(b)(1)(ii)) ending after five years from the date of original issuance of such Indebtedness (any such cash payments, “Catch-Up Payments”); provided that such Catch-Up Payments will be included in Consolidated Interest Expense solely for purposes of determining compliance with clause (20)(ii) of Section 4.07(b) hereof and not for any other purpose.
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of the date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) the Consolidated Total Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date and (ii) the Reserved Indebtedness Amount applicable at such time to the calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio to (b) EBITDA of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available. The Consolidated Leverage Ratio will be calculated on a pro forma basis with the same adjustments applicable to the calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, without duplication,
(1) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the Transaction Expenses or any multi-year strategic cost-saving initiatives), severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded;
(2) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded, in each case in accordance with GAAP;
(3) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of such other Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents to such other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such other Person by such Person in such period;
(4) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3)(B) of Section 4.07(a) hereof, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of such other Person will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to such other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such other Person thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein;
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(5) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt line items and other non-cash charges in such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of recapitalization, purchase or acquisition method accounting in relation to any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;
(6) any net after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or conversion of (a) Indebtedness, (b) Hedging Obligations or (c) other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
(7) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to goodwill and other intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;
(8) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge or expense arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs shall be excluded;
(9) any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, disposition, incurrence, amendment or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents, the Term Loan, the offering of the Lender Notes, the Senior Credit Facilities, and the Exchangeable Notes), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents and the Term Loan, the Secured Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities) and including, in each case, without limitation, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful, shall be excluded; (11) any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment, acquisition or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as Holdings has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier (without any right of appeal thereof) within 180 days and (ii) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days), shall be excluded;
(10) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the closing of any acquisition that are required to be established as a result of such acquisition in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;
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(12) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as Holdings has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;
(13) any net pension costs or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 712 “Compensation—Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits” and Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715 “Compensation—Retirement Benefits,” and any other non-cash items of a similar nature, shall be excluded;
(14) losses or gains on asset sales (other than asset sales made in the ordinary course of business) or in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing shall be excluded;
(15) the following items shall be excluded:
(a) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from obligations under any Hedging Obligations and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging;” and
(b) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation and transaction gains or losses including those related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net gain or loss resulting from obligations under Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk) and any other monetary assets and liabilities; and
(16) any adjustments resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 460, Guarantees, or any comparable regulation, shall be excluded.
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In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Permitted Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07 hereof only (other than clause (3)(E) of Section 4.07(a) hereof), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to clause (3)(E) thereof.
“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting in connection with any acquisition or investment permitted under this Agreement), consisting only of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization Financing, (ii) undrawn amounts under revolving credit facilities (except as otherwise provided in the definition of Senior Secured Leverage Ratio), (iii) all letters of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder, (iv) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (v) obligations under Hedging Obligations.
“Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;
(2) to advance or supply funds:
(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or
(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or
(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
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“continuing” means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
“Contributed Holdings Investment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07.
“Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Borrower and/or other companies.
“Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities, including the Senior Credit Facilities, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness, including any notes, securities, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, securities or other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof) or adds additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
“December 2027 Notes” means the Borrower’s 11.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 issued on December 6, 2022.
“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by a financial officer of the Borrower, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received within 180 days in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption or repurchase of or collection or payment on such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
“Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company thereof (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Borrower or the applicable parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.
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“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Term Loan or the date the Term Loan is no longer outstanding; provided that any Capital Stock held by any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any other entity in which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment and is designated in good faith as an “affiliate” by the board of directors of the Borrower (or the compensation committee thereof), in each case pursuant to any stock subscription or shareholders’ agreement, management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Borrower to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Borrower may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the terms of this Agreement. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(1) increased (without duplication) by the following, determined on a consolidated basis for such Person, in each case (other than clauses (h) and (k)) to the extent deducted (and not added back) in determining Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including any future taxes or other levies which replace or are intended to be in lieu of such taxes and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to clauses (1) through (16) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”; plus
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(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (x) net losses or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations plus bank fees, (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities and (z) amounts excluded from Consolidated Interest Expense as set forth in clauses (a) through (g) in the definition thereof); plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; plus
(d) the amount of any restructuring charges, integration and facilities opening costs or other business optimization expenses, one-time restructuring costs incurred in connection with acquisitions made after the Closing Date, project start-up costs and costs related to the closure or consolidation of facilities; plus
(e) any other non-cash charges, including, without limitation, any write-offs or write-downs reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period; plus
(f) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary; plus
(g) [reserved]; plus
(h) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 12 months of such period (which cost savings shall be (i) added back to EBITDA until realized, (ii) subject only to certification by management of the Borrower and (iii) calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it is understood and agreed that “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken, provided that some portion of such benefit is expected to be realized within 12 months of taking such action) (which adjustments may be incremental to pro forma cost savings, operating improvements, synergies and operating expense reductions made pursuant to the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”); plus
(i) any costs or expense incurred by Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Holdings or the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of Holdings or the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof; plus
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(j) any net loss from discontinued operations; plus
(k) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of EBITDA pursuant to clause (2) below for any previous period and not added back; plus
(l) Initial Public Company Costs;
(2) decreased (without duplication) by the following, determined on a consolidated basis for such Person, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:
(a) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior period; plus
(b) any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period unless such cash did not increase EBITDA in such prior period; plus
(c) any net income from discontinued operations (excluding held-for-sale discontinued operations).
“EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Laws (including common law) relating to the protection of the environment or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities) of any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) human exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other binding consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.
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“euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Exchangeable Notes” means the Borrower’s 7.320% Senior Exchangeable Notes due 2026 and any related guarantees.
“Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Borrower from:
(1) contributions to its common equity capital; and
(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Borrower) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower;
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed by a financial officer of the Borrower within 30 days of the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.
“fair market value” means, with respect to any asset or liability, the fair market value of such asset or liability as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“FATCA” means sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, 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 rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotations (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three commercial of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.
“First Lien Obligations” means, collectively, (a) all Senior Credit Facilities Obligations, (b) the Notes Obligations, (c) the Loan Obligations and (d) any other Series of Additional First Lien Obligations.
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“First Lien Secured Parties” means (a) the Administrative Agent and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 7.02, (b) the Lender, (c) the “Secured Parties,” as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities, (d) the “Secured Parties,” as defined in the Security Documents and (e) any Additional First Lien Secured Parties.
“Fiscal Year” means a fiscal year of Borrower or Holdings (as the context may require), ending on December 31 of each calendar year.
“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (or such other Person for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated (together with its Restricted Subsidiaries, a “Specified Person”)) incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, repays, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility, unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated assuming the Reserved Indebtedness Amount as of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date were outstanding throughout the four-quarter reference period and calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that each Specified Transaction engaged in by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or such other Specified Person) during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date assuming that each such Specified Transaction (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or such other Specified Person) since the beginning of such period shall have engaged in any Specified Transaction, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Specified Transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the election of the Borrower, pro forma effect need not be given to any Specified Transaction referred to in clause (a), (c), (d) or (e) of the definition thereof involving consideration of $50,000,000 or less or any Specified Transaction referred to in clause (b) or (f) of the definition thereof involving fair value of $50,000,000 or less as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
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For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a Specified Transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of Holdings or the Borrower (or such other Specified Person) (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings, operating improvements, synergies and operating expense reductions resulting from such Specified Transaction that have been or are expected to be realized). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of Holdings or the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period except as set forth in the first paragraph of this definition. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate.
“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;
(2) all dividends or other distributions paid to any Person other than such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock of Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (or such other Specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) during such period, excluding distributions in the form of additional Preferred Stock of Holdings; and
(3) all dividends or other distributions paid to any Person other than such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock of Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (or such other Specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) during such period, excluding distributions in the form of additional Preferred Stock of Holdings.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.
“Former 2019 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of May 9, 2012, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as modified by the first supplemental indenture dated as of December 31, 2012, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, and as the same may have been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time.
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“Former April 2023 Notes” means the Borrower’s 5.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, issued pursuant to the Former April 2023 Notes Indenture, in an original principal amount of $530,000,000, no amount of which is outstanding as of the Closing Date.
“Former April 2023 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of April 14, 2015, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, as the same may have been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time.
“Former November 2023 Notes” means the Borrower’s 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, issued pursuant to the Former November 2023 Notes Indenture, in an original principal amount of $500,000,000, no amount of which is outstanding as of the Closing Date.
“Former November 2023 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of November 9, 2015, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, as the same may have been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time.
“Former September 2025 Notes” means the Borrower’s 7.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the Former September 2025 Notes Indenture, no amount of which is outstanding as of the Closing Date.
“Former September 2025 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of August 27, 2020, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, as the same may have been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, except for any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP, in the event the Borrower delivers notice to the Administrative Agent within 30 days of entry into effect of such change that such change will not apply for any determinations under this Agreement; provided that all calculations and determinations by the Borrower (other than in financial statements and related information filed, furnished or posted pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof) related to leases and lease expenses under this Agreement shall be made by application of applicable accounting principles immediately prior to the entry into effect of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842, Leases.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Government Securities” means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or
(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
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which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.
“guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other monetary obligations.
“Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Borrower’s Obligations under this Agreement as evidenced by the guaranty (the “Guaranty”) made by each Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties pursuant to Article 11 hereof.
“Guarantor” means Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes, all hazardous or toxic substances, and all wastes or pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and infectious or medical wastes regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Headquarters” means the properties (including buildings and real property) located in Southland, Texas and comprising Holdings’ corporate headquarters.
“Headquarters Financing” means any financing transaction principally secured by or involving a sale and leaseback of the Headquarters.
“Headquarters SPV” means Sabre Headquarters, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Hedging Obligations” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by, or subject to, any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
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“Holders of the Lender Notes” means each Person in whose name a Lender Note is registered on the Lender’s registrar’s books.
“Holdings” means Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation and the direct parent of the Borrower.
“Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:
(1) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(a) in respect of borrowed money;
(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) due more than twelve months after such property is acquired, except (i) any such balance that constitutes an obligation in respect of a commercial letter of credit, a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after becoming due and payable and any purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller and (iii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business; or
(d) representing net obligations under any Hedging Obligation;
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if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent of such Person appearing upon the balance sheet of such Person solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP shall be excluded;
(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and
(3) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person;
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (a) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or (b) obligations under or in respect of a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of Holdings, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
“Initial Public Company Costs” means, as to any Person, costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable to companies with equity securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees, in each case to the extent arising solely by virtue of the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities on a national securities exchange; provided that any such costs arising from the costs described above in respect of the ongoing operation of such Person as a listed equity or its listed debt securities following the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities or debt securities, respectively, on a national securities exchange shall not constitute Initial Public Company Costs.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement by and among, inter alia, the Borrower, the administrative agent under the Senior Credit Facilities, the trustee under the Former 2019 Notes Indenture, the collateral agent under the Former 2019 Notes Indenture and the other grantors party thereto, dated as of May 9, 2012, as supplemented as of the Closing Date, and as the same has been and may be further amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, including without limitation to add Additional First Lien Secured Parties.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or if the Term Loan is not then rated by Moody’s or S&P, an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
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“Investment Grade Securities” means:
(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);
(2) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and
(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, credit card and debit card receivables, trade credit, advances to customers and distributors, commission, travel and similar advances to employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors and consultants in each case made in the ordinary course of business and excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of Holdings in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07 hereof:
(1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s direct or indirect equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:
(a) the Borrower’s direct or indirect “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less
(b) the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s direct or indirect Equity Interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Borrower, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000.
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The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash or other property by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.
“July 2030 Notes” means the Borrower’s 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 issued on June 4, 2025.
“July 2030 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of June 4, 2025, by and among the Borrower, as issuer, each of the guarantors party thereto and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.
“June 2027 Notes” means the Borrower’s 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 issued on September 7, 2023 and March 7, 2024, as applicable.
“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto by and among the Borrower, the other grantors party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Authorized Representatives for any other First Lien Obligations (including the Senior Credit Facilities) and Junior Lien Obligations outstanding at the time it is executed, as the same may be further amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, including without limitation, to add Additional First Lien Secured Parties and Junior Lien Secured Parties.
“Junior Lien Obligations” means any Series of Indebtedness secured by Collateral on a second priority basis pursuant to the relevant security documents.
“Junior Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of any Junior Lien Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“LC Assets” means all deposit and securities accounts (including all funds held in or credited to such accounts, interest, dividends or other property distributed in respect of such accounts and any proceeds thereof) that may be opened from time to time with one or more banks or other financial institutions (including with a foreign branch of such banks or other financial institutions) securing letters of credit, demand guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof, other than those provided under the Senior Credit Facilities.
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“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and its successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “Lender”.
“Lender Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of December 5, 2025, by and among the Lender, as issuer, each of the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Lender Notes” means the $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Lender’s 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 issued under the Lender Indenture on December 5, 2025.
“Lender Notes Collateral Agent” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Lender Indenture, until a successor collateral agent replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Lender Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving in such capacity thereunder.
“Lender Notes Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as trustee under the Lender Indenture, until a successor trustee replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Lender Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving in such capacity thereunder.
“Lender Notes Trustee Direction” means, in respect of any agreement, document, instrument, matter or other item that (1) is required under the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to be consented or agreed to or approved by any of the Lender Notes Trustee, any Holders of the Lender Notes, and/or the Lender Notes Collateral Agent, or (2) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, may be directed by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Lender Notes, through the Lender Notes Trustee (any of the foregoing, a “Lender Notes Direction Item”), in each case, a written direction in respect of such Lender Notes Direction Item from the Lender Notes Trustee (x) certifying that (i) it is the Lender Notes Trustee and (ii) providing such direction at the direction and with the consent of Holders of the Lender Notes that hold of a majority in principal amount of the Lender Notes then outstanding (or such other number or percentage of the Holders of the Lender Notes as shall be provided for herein or in the other applicable Loan Documents) (and, if expressly required hereby, at the direction and with the consent of the Lender Notes Collateral Agent), (y) providing its and the applicable Holders of the Lender Notes’ consent, agreement or approval (and, if applicable, the Lender Notes Collateral Agent’s consent, agreement or approval) to such Lender Notes Direction Item and (z) directing the Administrative Agent to (i) if applicable, consent or agree to or approve, such Lender Notes Direction Item and (y) if applicable, take any other applicable action with respect to such Lender Notes Direction Item.
“Lending Office” means, as to the Lender, the office or offices of the Lender described as such in the Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as the Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
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“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge or other security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Intercreditor Joinder Agreement, (iii) the Term Notes, (iv) the Guaranty, (v) the Security Documents, (vi) the Administrative Agent Fee Letter, and (vii) on and after the execution and delivery thereof, each Intercreditor Agreement, and any amendments to, and/or amendments and restatements of, any of the foregoing and any other document designated as such by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender) and the Borrower.
“Loan Obligations” means Obligations arising under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including for the avoidance of doubt, Obligations in respect of guarantees thereof.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, (i) the Borrower, (ii) Holdings and (iii) each other Person that is or is required to become a Guarantor under this Agreement, the Loan Documents or the Security Documents.
“Management Stockholders” means the members of management (and their Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members) of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries who are investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof (other than any Management Stockholders (or their Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) who are not members of management as described in this definition on the Closing Date to the extent their beneficial ownership of Voting Stock (including that of their Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), individually or collectively, would constitute a Change of Control were they not considered Management Stockholders).
“Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (i) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock or common equity interests of the Borrower or any applicable direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower on the date of the declaration of the relevant dividend multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common stock or common equity interests for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such dividend.
“Maturity Date” means June 15, 2029.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.
“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.
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“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent or required by applicable law, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, other fees and expenses, including title and recordation expenses, taxes paid or estimated to be payable as a result thereof, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Indebtedness secured by a Lien (other than Liens on the Collateral securing the Senior Credit Facilities) on such assets and required (other than required by clause (1) of Section 4.10(b) hereof) to be paid as a result of such transaction (or in the case of Asset Sales of Collateral, which Senior Indebtedness shall be secured by a Lien on such Collateral that has priority over the Lien securing the Loan Obligations) and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction and of a pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds attributable to minority interests in a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a disposition by, or of Capital Stock of, a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to the extent such Net Proceeds are not available for application by the Borrower.
“Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Secured Notes, including for the avoidance of doubt, Obligations in respect of guarantees thereof.
“November 2029 Notes” means the Borrower’s 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 issued on November 25, 2024.
“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing on or subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the board of directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of a Person.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of a Person by an Officer of such Person, who must be an executive officer, a financial officer, the treasurer or an accounting officer of such Person that meets the requirements of Section 13.04 hereof.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender), that meets the requirements of Section 13.04 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Borrower.
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“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Specified Transaction.
“Permitted Asset Swap” means the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and Cash Equivalents between the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof; provided further that the assets received are pledged as Collateral to the extent required by the Security Documents (except to the extent the Lien thereon is released by the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities) to the extent that the assets disposed of constituted Collateral.
“Permitted Holders” means each of (i) the Management Stockholders and (ii) any direct or indirect holding company for Equity Interests of the Borrower, the beneficial owners of whose Voting Stock would not have caused a Change of Control if such beneficial owners had directly held the Voting Stock of the Borrower. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(1) any Investment in Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
(3) any Investment by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person (including, to the extent constituting an Investment, in assets of a Person that represent substantially all of its assets or a division, business unit or product line, including research and development and related assets in respect of any product) that is engaged directly or through entities that will be Restricted Subsidiaries in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or
and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or transfer;
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(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 4.10(a) hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is amalgamated, merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets (or a division, business unit or product line, including any research and development and related assets in respect of any product), or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, (5) any Investment existing on the Closing Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Closing Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any such Investment or binding commitment existing on the Closing Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased in such extension, modification or renewal only (a) as required by the terms of such Investment or binding commitment as in existence on the Closing Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(6) any Investment:
(a) consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the Borrower of such other Investment or accounts receivable (including any trade creditor or customer); or
(c) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons; or
(d) as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(7) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (10) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;
(8) any Investment in a Similar Business taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) 4.0% of Total Assets;
(9) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower, or any of its direct or indirect parent companies; provided that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof;
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(11) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11(b) hereof (except transactions described in clauses (2) and (5) of Section 4.11(b) hereof);
(12) Investments consisting of purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment or the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
(13) additional Investments, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or have not been subsequently sold or transferred for cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (a) $400,000,000 and (b) 5.0% of Total Assets;
(10) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 hereof and the creation of Liens on the assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with Section 4.12 hereof; (14) (a) Investments in or relating to a Securitization Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect any Qualified Securitization Financing or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith and (b) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees and purchases of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(15) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of $15,000,000 outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;
(16) loans and advances to employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors and consultants of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for business-related travel, entertainment, moving and analogous ordinary business purposes or payroll advances, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company thereof;
(17) advances, loans or extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (24) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Equity Interests of the Borrower or Holdings or any other direct or indirect parent of the Borrower;
(18) any Investment in any Subsidiary or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business;
(19) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business;
(20) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contacts and loans or advances made to distributors in the ordinary course of business;
(21) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course of business;
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(22) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection of deposit and Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(23) any Investment in Headquarters SPV, the proceeds of which are applied to repay, redeem or repurchase a Headquarters Financing;
(25) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contracts; and
(26) Investments in any Subsidiary or joint venture having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (26) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed in the aggregate at any time outstanding the greater of $75,000,000 and 1.0% of Total Assets.
“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:
(1) pledges, deposits or security by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, and other social security laws or similar legislation or other insurance related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto) or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(2) Liens imposed by law, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’, mechanics’ Liens or other like Liens, so long as, in each case, such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business;
(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or not yet payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case, issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business or consistent with past practice prior to the Closing Date; (7) Liens existing on the Closing Date (other than Liens securing the Senior Credit Facilities and the Secured Notes, but including Liens securing Indebtedness incurred on July 12, 2021, the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Former November 2023 Notes);
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(5) survey exceptions, encumbrances, ground leases, easements, covenants, encroachments, protrusions or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph, telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including defects and irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially and adversely impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(6) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (4), (12)(b), (13), (23) or (24) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; provided that (a) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (13) relate only to Obligations relating to Refinancing Indebtedness that (x) is secured by Liens on the same assets as the assets securing the Refinancing Indebtedness or (y) extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or defeases Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued under clause (4) or (12)(b) of Section 4.09(b) hereof, (b) Liens securing Obligations relating to Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (23) extend only to the assets of Foreign Subsidiaries, (c) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (24) are solely on acquired property or the assets of the acquired entity and (d) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock to be incurred pursuant to clause (4) of Section 4.09(b) hereof extend only to the assets so purchased, leased or improved;
(8) Liens on property or shares of stock or other assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further that such Liens may not extend to any other property or other assets owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(9) Liens on property or other assets at the time the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property or such other assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, amalgamation, merger or consolidation; provided further that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(10) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof; (11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations; provided that, with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be under this Agreement, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations;
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(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s accounts payable or similar trade obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or trade letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(13) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business (including the provision of software under an open-source license) which do not (a) materially interfere with the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) secure any Indebtedness;
(14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(15) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any Guarantor;
(16) Liens on equipment of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business to the Borrower’s clients;
(17) Liens on accounts receivable, Securitization Assets and related assets incurred in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(18) Liens to secure any modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (7), (8) and (9); provided that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property) and proceeds and products thereof and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (7), (8) and (9) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement; (26) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(19) deposits made or other security provided in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(20) other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) 3.0% of Total Assets determined as of the date of incurrence;
(21) Liens arising from judgments or orders for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (5) of Section 6.01 hereof;
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(22) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(23) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under applicable law, including the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity or securities trading accounts or other commodity or securities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (c) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking or financial institution’s general terms and conditions;
(24) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 4.09 hereof; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(25) Liens encumbering reasonable customary deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(27) Liens securing obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds;
(28) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to capital stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(29) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale or purchase of goods entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(30) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted; (31) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;
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(32) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(33) Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(34) Liens on the assets of non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries that were permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be incurred;
(35) Liens arising solely from precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings;
(36) Liens (including Liens on cash collateral) securing letters of credit in a currency other than dollars permitted under clause (5) of Section 4.09(b) hereof in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000;
(37) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(38) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;
(39) Liens on LC Assets securing letters of credit, demand guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof; and
(40) (a) Liens securing (x) Indebtedness and other Obligations permitted to be incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was incurred pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) hereof and (y) obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Bank Products provided by any lender party to any Senior Credit Facilities or any Affiliate of such lender (or any Person that was a lender or an Affiliate of a lender at the time the applicable agreements pursuant to which such Bank Products are provided were entered into);
(b) Liens securing the Secured Notes outstanding on the Closing Date and replacement notes therefor (including any guarantees related to the foregoing), other than Indebtedness secured pursuant to clause (a);
(c) Liens securing the Term Loan on the Closing Date and replacement notes therefor (including any guarantees related to the foregoing);
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(d) Liens securing Additional First Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09 hereof; provided that, with respect to Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under this subclause (d), at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 5.0 to 1.0; and
(e) Liens securing Additional First Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations permitted to be incurred under clause (13) of Section 4.09(b) hereof, to the extent that such Additional First Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations serve to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease First Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations secured with a Lien incurred pursuant to subclause (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this clause (40);
provided that, in each case, on or before any such Indebtedness or other Obligations are incurred and secured with a Lien pursuant to this clause (40), such Indebtedness or other Obligations are designated, as the case may be, as “First Lien Obligations” under the Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable First Lien Secured Parties with respect to such First Lien Obligations enter into the Intercreditor Agreement or as “Junior Lien Obligations” and the applicable Junior Lien Secured Parties enter into the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement with respect to such Junior Lien Obligations.
For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
“Qualified Holding Company Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory prepayment or sinking fund obligation prior to the final maturity of Term Loan (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) that does not require any payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the date that is five years from the date of the issuance or incurrence thereof and (ii) the date that is ninety one days after the final maturity of the Term Loan (it being understood that this clause (b) shall not prohibit Indebtedness, the terms of which permit the Borrower thereof to elect, at its option, to make payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the date determined in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (b)) and (c) that is not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Qualified Proceeds” means the fair market value of assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business.
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“Qualified Securitization Financing” means (a) the Securitization Facility and (b) any other Securitization Financing of a Securitization Subsidiary that in the case of this clause (b) meets the following conditions: (a) the board of directors of the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Securitization Subsidiary, (b) all sales and/or contributions of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof, including any Standard Securitization Undertakings, shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower). The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness under this Agreement prior to engaging in any Securitization Financing shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P, or if Moody’s and S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Term Loan publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Borrower which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.
“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business, provided that any assets received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Related Indemnified Person” means, with respect to an Indemnitee, (i) any controlling person or controlled affiliate of such Indemnitee, (ii) the respective partners, directors, officers, employees or other representatives of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates and (iii) the respective agents, counsel and advisors of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates, in the case of this clause (iii), acting in its capacity as such; provided that each reference to a controlled affiliate or controlling person in this sentence pertains to a controlled affiliate or controlling person involved in the negotiation of this Agreement.
“Reserved Indebtedness Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09 hereof or in the definition of “Senior Secured Leverage Ratio,” as applicable.
“Responsible Officer” means with respect to any Loan Party, the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer or other similar officer or Person performing similar functions of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given under Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
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“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.” Unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, a reference to a “Restricted Subsidiary” shall be a reference to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.
“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such leasing.
“Same Day Funds” means payments in U.S. dollars immediately available funds.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.
“Secured Notes” means the June 2027 Notes, the December 2027 Notes, the November 2029 Notes, the June 2025 Notes and the July 2030 Notes, and any guarantees of any of the foregoing.
“Secured Obligation” has the meaning specified in the Security Documents.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lender and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 7.02.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“Securitization Assets” means the accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams and other rights to payment subject to a Qualified Securitization Financing and the proceeds thereof.
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“Securitization Facility” means, collectively, (a) the Receivables Financing Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2023, as amended as of March 29, 2024, by and among Sabre Securitization, LLC, Sabre GLBL Inc., Sabre Global Technologies Limited, Sabre Corporation, and PNC Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, PNC Capital Markets LLC, as structuring agent, and the lenders and other parties thereto, including entities advised by affiliates of Centerbridge Partners, L.P., (b) the Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2023, by and among Sabre Securitization, LLC, Sabre GLBL Inc., GetThere L.P., Radixx Solutions International, Inc. and Prism Group, Inc. and (c) the English Sale Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2023, by and among Sabre Securitization, LLC and Sabre Global Technologies Limited, in each case, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures, guarantees, credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund, exchange or refinance (or successively replace, refund, exchange or refinance) any part of the loans, notes, guarantees, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture (or successive replacement, refunding, exchange or refinancing facility or indenture) that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof.
“Securitization Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Securitization Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Securitization Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such Securitization Assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Securitization Assets, proceeds of such Securitization Assets and other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Securitization Assets.
“Securitization Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a Standard Securitization Undertaking, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
“Securitization Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower transfers Securitization Assets and related assets) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contingent and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower and (c) to which none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.
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“Security Documents” means collectively, the security agreement, the intellectual property security agreement, any mortgages, the security agreement supplements and each other agreement, instrument or other document entered into in favor of the Administrative Agent for purposes of securing the Loan Obligations, the Intercreditor Agreement and, upon its entry into effect, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Senior Credit Facilities” means the term and revolving credit facilities under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013, among the Borrower, Holdings, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and a letter of credit issuer, Deutsche Bank, AG New York Branch, as a letter of credit issuer, and the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures, guarantees, credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund, exchange or refinance (or successively replace, refund, exchange or refinance) any part of the loans, notes, guarantees, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture (or successive replacement, refunding, exchange or refinancing facility or indenture) that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof; provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof.
“Senior Credit Facilities Obligations” means “Obligations” as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities.
“Senior Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Notes or any related Guarantee.
“Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of the date of determination (the “Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date”), the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) the Consolidated Total Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date that is secured by Liens (other than Liens permitted under this Agreement on assets not constituting Collateral) and (ii) the Reserved Indebtedness Amount (whether relating to existing revolving commitments or newly created commitments) described below as of such date to (b) EBITDA of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available.
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In the event that Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, repays, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is made, then the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred immediately prior to the end of such most recent fiscal quarter end.
The Senior Secured Leverage Ratio will be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that each Specified Transaction engaged in by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date (and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have engaged in any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Specified Transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a Specified Transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of Holdings or the Borrower (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings, operating improvements, synergies and operating expense reductions resulting from such Specified Transaction that have been or are expected to be realized). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the election of the Borrower, pro forma effect need not be given to any Specified Transaction referred to in clause (a), (c), (d) or (e) of the definition thereof involving consideration of $50,000,000 or less or any Specified Transaction referred to in clause (b) or (f) of the definition thereof involving fair value of $50,000,000 or less as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
In the event that Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into or increases commitments under a revolving credit facility for which it elects to incur the Liens securing such revolving credit facility under clause (40)(d) of the definition of “Permitted Liens,” the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for Liens securing borrowings and reborrowings thereunder (including the issuance of letters of credit) will be determined on the date of such revolving credit facility or such increase in commitments (assuming that the full amount thereof has been borrowed as of such date), and, if such Senior Secured Leverage Ratio test is satisfied with respect thereto at such time, any borrowing or reborrowing thereunder will be permitted irrespective of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at the time of any borrowing or reborrowing (the committed amount permitted to be borrowed or reborrowed on a date pursuant to the operation of this paragraph shall be the “Reserved Indebtedness Amount” as of such date for purposes of this definition of Senior Secured Leverage Ratio).
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“Series” means (a) with respect to the First Lien Secured Parties, each of (i) the Senior Credit Facilities Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Lender (each in their capacity as such) and (iii) any other Additional First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the Intercreditor Agreement prior to or after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional First Lien Secured Parties), (b) with respect to any First Lien Obligations, each of (i) the Senior Credit Facilities Obligations, (ii) the Notes Obligations, (iii) the Loan Obligations and (iv) any other Additional First Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any applicable agreement, which, pursuant to any joinder agreement, are to be represented under the Intercreditor Agreement by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional First Lien Obligations), (c) with respect to the Junior Lien Secured Parties, each Junior Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Junior Lien Secured Parties) and (d) with respect to any Junior Lien Obligations, the Junior Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any applicable agreement, which, pursuant to any joinder agreement, are to be represented under the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Junior Lien Obligations).
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Closing Date.
“Similar Business” means (1) any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or (2) any business or other activities that are reasonably similar, incidental, ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries were engaged on the Closing Date.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any Person:
(a) any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person;
(b) any designation by such Person of any Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, in each case, in accordance with this Agreement; “Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Term Loan,
(c) any issuance or disposition by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests such that any of such Person’s Restricted Subsidiaries ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
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(d) any acquisition or disposition by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of property or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division from or to any Person other than such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each, a “Permitted Acquisition”);
(e) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than with or into such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); or
(f) any closure of a business unit, line of business or division by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in a Securitization Financing.
(1) any Indebtedness of the Borrower which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Term Loan; and
(2) any Indebtedness of any Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Term Loan.
“Subsequent Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:
(1) public offerings with respect to the Borrower’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;
(2) issuances to any Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution or a Contributed Holdings Investment; and
(4) offerings or issuances by the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (to the extent cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Borrower or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower from it, whether or not such subsequent contribution or purchase occurs prior to or after the Closing Date) pursuant to agreements entered into prior to the Closing Date (including issuances directly or indirectly resulting from the issuances of common stock and 6.50% mandatory convertible preferred stock of Sabre Corporation that priced on August 19, 2020 (including the underwriters’ options to purchase additional shares with respect thereto)).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, charitable foundations) of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
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“Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower, if any, that Guarantees the Term Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Term Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to Lender resulting from the Term Loans.
“Total Assets” means the total assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of Holdings or such other Person as may be expressly stated.
“Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, the Loan Documents, the Lender Notes, the Term Loan and the use of proceeds therefrom.
“Treasury Rate” means, as of any date of an applicable repayment of the Term Loan, the yield to maturity as of such date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such date to June 15, 2027; provided that if the period from such date to June 15, 2027 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:
(1) any Subsidiary of the Borrower which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Borrower, as provided below);
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(3) Headquarters SPV, Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC, Sabre Financing Holdings, LLC, Marlins Acquisition Corp, Sabre Securitization, LLC, Conferma US Inc., Sabre Travel Network Middle East W.L.L., Sabre Travel Network Egypt LLC, Sabre Seyahat Dagitim Sistemleri A.S., Sabre Bulgaria AD, FERMR Holdings Limited, Conferma Limited, Conferma PTY Limited, Conferma Singapore PTE Limited and Sabre Travel Network Jordan LLC.
The Borrower may designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that:
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(1) such designation is not prohibited by Section 4.07 hereof; and
(2) each of (a) the Subsidiary to be so designated and (b) its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary except for guarantees by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and either:
(1) the Borrower could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test; or
(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Borrower would be equal to or greater than such ratio for the Borrower immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.
Any such designation by the Borrower shall be notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by promptly filing with the Administrative Agent a copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Borrower or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
“U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by
(2) the sum of all such payments.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
| Term |
Defined in Section | |
| “Acceptable Commitment” |
4.10 | |
| “Affiliate Transaction” |
4.11 | |
| “Asset Sale Offer” |
3.09 | |
| “Change of Control Offer” |
4.15 | |
| “Change of Control Payment” |
4.15 | |
| “Change of Control Payment Date” |
4.15 | |
| “Compensation Period” |
3.06 | |
| “Event of Default” |
6.01 | |
| “Excess Proceeds” |
4.10 | |
| “Fixed Charge Coverage Test” |
4.07 | |
| “incur” |
4.09 | |
| “Indemnified Liabilities” |
13.12 | |
| “Indemnitees” |
13.12 | |
| “Interest Payment Date” |
3.05 | |
| “Offer Amount”. |
3.09 | |
| “Offer Period” |
3.09 | |
| “Other Guarantee” |
11.05 | |
| “Other Taxes” |
13.23 | |
| “Pari Passu Indebtedness” |
3.09 | |
| “Purchase Date” |
3.09 | |
| “Refinancing Indebtedness” |
4.09 | |
| “Refunding Capital Stock” |
4.07 | |
| “Restricted Payments” |
4.07 | |
| “Second Commitment” |
4.10 | |
| “Successor Company” |
5.01 | |
| “Successor Guarantor” |
11.04 | |
| “Term Loan” |
2.01 | |
| “Taxes” |
13.23 | |
| “Treasury Capital Stock” |
4.07 |
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) “or” is not exclusive;
(4) “including” is not limiting;
(5) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
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(6) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
(7) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(8) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time
Section 1.04 Times of Day.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York time (daylight savings or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.05 Lender Notes Deemed Outstanding.
In determining whether the Holders of the Lender Notes of the required principal amount of Lender Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Lender Notes owned by the Borrower or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Borrower or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding. The Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to determine whether or not such Lender Notes shall be deemed outstanding or otherwise make any determination described in the foregoing sentence.
ARTICLE 2
THE COMMITMENT AND CREDIT EXTENSION
Section 2.01 The Term Loan.
(a) Subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Lender agrees to make to the Borrower a single term loan on the Closing Date denominated in U.S. dollars in a principal amount equal to the Closing Date Commitment (the “Term Loan”).
(b) Amounts borrowed under Section 2.01(a) and repaid may not be reborrowed.
(c) The Term Loan shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which shall be given by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Committed Loan Notice on the Closing Date. The Committed Loan Notice shall specify:
(1) the requested date of the Borrowing (which shall be the Closing Date), and
(2) the principal amount of the Term Loan to be borrowed (which shall be an amount equivalent to the Closing Date Commitment), and
(3) the wiring instructions of the account of the Borrower to which the proceeds of such Borrowing are to be disbursed.
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(d) The Lender shall make (or cause to be made) the amount of the Term Loan available directly to the Borrower in Same Day Funds to the account of the Borrower specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Closing Date (and the Borrower (or its counsel) shall provide the Administrative Agent with written notice (which may be by email) of the Borrower’s receipt thereof, which the Administrative Agent may rely upon in updating the Register to reflect such Term Loan being made on the Closing Date).
ARTICLE 3
REPAYMENTS
Section 3.01 Notices to Administrative Agent.
If the Borrower elects to repay all or a portion of the Term Loan pursuant to the voluntary repayment provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Administrative Agent, at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a repayment date, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth:
(1) the clause of this Agreement pursuant to which the repayment shall occur;
(2) the repayment date;
(3) the principal amount of Term Loan to be repaid; and
(4) the repayment price (together with a reasonably detailed calculation thereof).
Section 3.02 [Reserved.]
Section 3.03 Notice of Repayment.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a repayment date, the Borrower will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of repayment to the Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Lender Notes Trustee.
The notice will identify the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan to be repaid and will state:
(1) the repayment date;
(2) the repayment price (together with a reasonably detailed calculation thereof); and
(3) the Section of this Agreement pursuant to which the Term Loan is being repaid.
Section 3.04 Reduction of Commitment and Repayment of Term Loan.
(a) The Commitment of the Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the making by the Lender of the Term Loan in an amount equal to the Closing Date Commitment.
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(b) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to the Lender, on the Maturity Date, the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding on such date.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, the Term Loan shall be repaid, whether pursuant to this Section 3.04 or otherwise, in U.S. dollars.
Section 3.05 Interest and Fees.
(a) The Borrower will pay interest on the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan at a rate per annum equal 11.125% from December 5, 2025 until the Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrower will pay interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Term Loans will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Closing Date; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be June 15, 2026. If any interest payment date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. The Borrower will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the then applicable interest rate on the Term Loans to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.
(c) If the Borrower defaults in a payment of interest on the Term Loan, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest at the rate specified in Section 3.05(a), to the Lender. The Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of defaulted interest and interest thereon proposed to be paid on the Term Loan (together with a reasonably detailed calculation thereof) and the date of the proposed payment at least three (3) Business Days prior to such payment date. The Borrower will fix or cause to be fixed such payment date.
(d) Interest on the Term Loan or any portion thereof shall be payable in U.S. dollars.
(e) The Borrower shall pay to the Agents such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing (including, in the case of fees payable to the Administrative Agent, as set forth in the Administrative Agent Fee Letter) in the amounts and at the times so specified therein. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever (except as expressly agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Agent).
(f) All computations of fees and interest for the Term Loan shall be made on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on the Term Loan for the day on which the Term Loan is made, and shall not accrue on the Term Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Term Loan or such portion is paid. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
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Section 3.06 Payments Generally.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lender to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Account for payment in U.S. dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to the Lender such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to the Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 1:00 p.m., New York City time shall, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. All payments under each Loan Document of principal or interest in respect of any Loan shall be made in U.S. dollars.
(b) If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of the Term Loan to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(c) Unless the Borrower or the Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or the Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or the Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds, then:
(1) if the Borrower failed to make such payment, the Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to the Lender in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect; and
(2) (ii) if the Lender failed to make such payment, the Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. If the Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve the Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights that the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against the Lender as a result of any default by the Lender hereunder.
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A notice of the Administrative Agent to the Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 3.06(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lender under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lender in the order of priority set forth in Section 6.10. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Loan Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to the Lender in repayment of the outstanding amount of the Term Loan or other Obligations then owing to the Lender.
Section 3.07 Optional Repayment.
(a) At any time prior to June 15, 2027, the Borrower may repay all or a part of the Term Loan, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the amount repaid plus the Applicable Premium as of, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the amount repaid, to the repayment date.
(b) [Reserved.]
(c) At any time and from time to time on or prior to June 15, 2027, the Borrower may repay in the aggregate up to 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan with the net cash proceeds of one or more Subsequent Equity Offerings (1) by the Borrower or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Borrower or used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower from it, at a repayment price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 111.125%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the repayment date; provided, however, that
(1) at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan must remain outstanding after each such repayment; and
(2) that such repayment shall occur within 180 days after the date on which any such Subsequent Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed by first-class mail (with a contemporaneous copy sent via email in accordance with Section 13.01) to the Administrative Agent and the Lender and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Agreement.
(d) Except pursuant to the preceding paragraphs (a) through (c), the Term Loan will not be repayable at the Borrower’s option prior to June 15, 2027.
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(e) On and after June 15, 2027, the Borrower may, at its option, on one or more occasions, repay all or a portion of the Term Loan at repayment prices (expressed as percentages of the aggregate principal amount thereof) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the amount of the Term Loan repaid, to the repayment date, if repaid during the 12-month period beginning on June 15 of the years indicated below:
| Year |
Percentage | |||
| 2027 |
105.563 | % | ||
| 2028 and thereafter |
100.000 | % | ||
(f) Any repayment pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
(g) Notice of any repayment (including with net cash proceeds of a Subsequent Equity Offering) may, at the Borrower’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control. If any condition precedent has not been satisfied, the Borrower shall, for informational purposes, provide written notice to the Administrative Agent and Lender by 10 A.M., New York City time, on the repayment date, stating that such condition has not been satisfied, the notice of repayment is rescinded or delayed and the repayment shall not occur or shall be delayed.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Repayment.
The Borrower is not required to make any mandatory repayments or sinking fund payments with respect to the Term Loan. However, under certain circumstances, the Borrower may be required to offer to repay the Term Loan or a portion thereof as described under Sections 4.10 and 4.15 hereof.
Section 3.09 Offer to Repay by Application of Excess Proceeds.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Borrower is required to commence an offer to the Lender to repay the Term Loan or a portion thereof (an “Asset Sale Offer”), it will follow the procedures specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to the Lender (for provision to the Holders of the Lender Notes) and if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Term Loan (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”) to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Borrower will apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the repayment of the Term Loan and such Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Term Loan (based on the tendered amounts of Lender Notes) and such Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, the Term Loan and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Repayment under this clause will be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
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Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Borrower will send, by first class mail (with a contemporaneous copy sent via email in accordance with Section 13.01), a notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lender, with a copy to the Lender Notes Trustee. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;
(2) the Offer Amount, the repayment price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any portion of the Term Loan not repaid pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;
(4) that unless the Borrower defaults in making such payment, the portion of Term Loan accepted for repayment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(5) [reserved];
(6) [reserved];
(7) [reserved]; and
(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of the Term Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Borrower will select a portion of the Term Loan and Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Term Loan and such Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered.
On or before the Purchase Date, the Borrower will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of the Term Loan (based on the tendered amounts of the Lender Notes) or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all the Term Loan tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Term Loan or portions thereof were accepted for repayment by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Borrower will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) pay by wire transfer in Same Day Funds to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lender, an amount equal to the repayment price. The Borrower will (i) publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date and (ii) provide written notice to the Administrative Agent of such repayment of the Term Loans by no later than 12:00 p.m., New York City, two (2) Business Days prior to the repayment date, which notice shall set forth the repayment date and the principal amount of the Term Loans to be repaid.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any repayment pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 [Reserved].
Section 4.02 [Reserved].
Section 4.03 Reports and Other Information.
(a) So long as the Term Loan or portions thereof are outstanding, unless Holdings is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise complies with such reporting requirements, Holdings will furnish without cost to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to the Lender):
(1) within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year:
| (w) | audited year-end consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows, prepared in accordance with GAAP; |
| (x) | a discussion and analysis in reasonable detail of Holdings’ consolidated results of operations for the period referred to in clause (1)(w) of this Section 4.03(a) and the most recent comparable prior period and liquidity and capital resources; |
| (y) | a presentation of EBITDA of Holdings derived from such financial statements referred to in clause (1)(w) of this Section 4.03(a); and |
| (z) | all pro forma and historical information in respect of any significant transaction (as determined in accordance with Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) consummated more than 75 days prior to the date such information is furnished to the extent not previously provided and for the time periods for which such financial information would be required (if Holdings were subject to the filing requirements of the Exchange Act) in a filing on Form 8-K with the SEC at such time; |
(2) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year:
| (w) | unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows, prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end adjustments; |
| (x) | a discussion and analysis in reasonable detail of the consolidated results of operations of Holdings for the period referred to in clause (2)(w) of this Section 4.03(a) and the most recent comparable prior period and liquidity and capital resources; |
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| (y) | a presentation of EBITDA of Holdings derived from such financial statements referred to in clause (2)(w) of this Section 4.03(a); and |
| (z) | all pro forma and historical financial information in respect of any significant transaction (as determined in accordance with Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) consummated more than 75 days prior to the date such information is furnished to the extent not previously provided and for the time periods such financial information would be required (if Holdings were subject to the filing requirements of the Exchange Act) in a filing on Form 8-K with the SEC at such time; and |
(3) within five Business Days following the occurrence of any of the following events, a description in reasonable detail of such event: (i) any change in the executive officers or directors of Holdings, (ii) any incurrence of any material long-term debt obligation or capital lease obligation (each as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) of or relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) the acceleration of any material Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iv) any issuance or sale by Holdings of Equity Interests of Holdings (excluding any issuance or sale pursuant to any stock option or similar compensation plan in the ordinary course of business), (v) the entry into of any agreement by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to a transaction that has resulted or may result in a Change of Control, (vi) any resignation or termination of the independent accountants of Holdings or any engagement of any new independent accountants of Holdings, (vii) any determination by Holdings or the receipt of advice or notice by Holdings from its independent accountants, in either case, relating to non-reliance on previously issued financial statements, a related audit opinion or a completed interim review and (viii) the completion by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the acquisition or disposition of a significant amount of assets, otherwise than in the ordinary course of business, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (viii), only to the extent any such event would be required to be reported by a company subject to reporting under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on Form 8-K.
For purposes of the references to Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X in clauses (1)(z) and (2)(z) of this Section 4.03(a) and notwithstanding any contrary provisions of such Rule 3-05, Holdings may elect to determine whether pro forma and historical financial information is required, and the time periods, if any, therefor, with reference to the proportion of the total EBITDA of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable to the relevant acquired business or businesses in lieu of using the conditions specified in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X. For the avoidance of doubt, this covenant shall not require the provision of any information required by Rules 3-09, 3-10 or 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
(b) [Reserved].
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(c) [Reserved].
(d) [Reserved].
(e) In addition, if at any time (i) any direct or indirect parent company becomes a Guarantor (there being no obligation of any such parent company to do so) or (ii) Sabre Corporation (or a successor thereto) is the direct or indirect parent company of Holdings, then, in each case, the reports, information and other documents required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent, and actions required to be taken, pursuant to this covenant may, at the option of Holdings, be furnished by and be those of, or taken by, as the case may be, such parent or Sabre Corporation (or its successor), as applicable, rather than Holdings; provided that in the case of (i) and (ii) above, a reasonably detailed description of any material differences between Sabre Corporation’s financial information and Holdings’ financial information will be provided within five Business Days after the furnishing of each annual and quarterly report pursuant to this covenant. Any report required to be furnished under this covenant will be deemed furnished upon public filing with the SEC; provided that the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether any such filing has occurred.
(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Holdings will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations hereunder for purposes of clause (3) of Section 6.01 hereof until 90 days after the date any report hereunder is due.
(g) The delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Administrative Agent is for informational purposes only and the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Borrower’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Administrative Agent is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates), nor shall the Administrative Agent have any responsibility or liability for the content, filing or timeliness of any report required under this Section 4.03 or any other reports, information and documents required under this Agreement.
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Borrower and each Guarantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to the Lender), within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year (commencing with, the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2026), an Officer’s Certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the preceding Fiscal Year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Borrower has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Agreement and the Security Documents, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Borrower has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Agreement and the Security Documents, and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement or the Security Documents (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
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(b) So long as any portion of the Term Loan is outstanding, the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to the Lender), within five Business Days of any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05 Taxes.
The Borrower will pay or discharge, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay or discharge, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, lawful assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Lender.
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Borrower and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Agreement; and the Borrower and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants (to the extent it may lawfully do so) that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Administrative Agent, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(I) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Borrower’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation other than:
(A) dividends or distributions by the Borrower payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower; or
(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;
(II) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, including in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
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(III) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than:
(A) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (7) and (8) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; or
(B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or
(IV) make any Restricted Investment;
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (I) through (IV) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, (i) the Borrower could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Test”) and (ii) other than in the case of any Restricted Investment, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than 5.0 to 1.0; and
(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after January 1, 2020 (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) pursuant to clause (c) thereof only), (6)(c), (9) and (13) of Section 4.07(b), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b) hereof), is less than the sum of (without duplication):
(A) (i) $2,820 million, less (ii) the amount of any net cash proceeds received by the Borrower prior to the Closing Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or from cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower to the extent there is any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock outstanding pursuant to clause (12)(a) of Section 4.09(b) hereof in reliance on such net cash proceeds; plus
(B) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on January 1, 2020 to the end of Holdings’ most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit (which amount shall not be less than zero); plus (C) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000, of marketable securities or other property received by the Borrower after April 17, 2020 (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (12)(a) of Section 4.09(b) hereof) from the issue or sale of:
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(i) (A) Equity Interests of the Borrower, including Treasury Capital Stock (as defined below), but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000, of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of:
(x) Equity Interests to any future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries after April 17, 2020 to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof; and
(y) Designated Preferred Stock; and
(B) to the extent such net cash proceeds or other property are actually contributed to the capital of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (without the issuance of additional Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary), Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (excluding Contributed Holdings Investments (as defined below) and contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such company or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof); or
(ii) debt securities of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Borrower or a direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower;
provided that this clause (C) shall not include the proceeds from
(w) Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below);
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(y) Disqualified Stock or debt securities that have been converted into Disqualified Stock; or
(z) Excluded Contributions and Contributed Holdings Investments; plus
(x) Equity Interests or convertible debt securities of the Borrower sold to a Restricted Subsidiary; (D) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000, of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Borrower after April 17, 2020 (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (12)(a) of Section 4.09(b) hereof) (other than by a Restricted Subsidiary and other than any Excluded Contributions and Contributed Holdings Investments); plus
(E) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000, of marketable securities or other property received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary by means of:
(i) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) and repayments of loans or advances, which constitute Restricted Investments made by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after April 17, 2020; or
(ii) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than, in each case, to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) or (11) of Section 4.07(b) hereof or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after April 17, 2020; plus
(F) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after April 17, 2020, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (which, if the fair market value of such Investment shall exceed $100,000,000, shall be determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Administrative Agent) at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) or (11) of Section 4.07(b) hereof or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment.
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(b) The limitations of Section 4.07(a) hereof will not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend or other distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or other distribution or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or other distribution or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any (i) Equity Interests (“Treasury Capital Stock”) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor or (ii) Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent contributed to the capital of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding Capital Stock”),
(b) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Treasury Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Refunding Capital Stock and
(c) if immediately prior to the retirement of Treasury Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this paragraph, the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Treasury Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase, exchange or other acquisition or retirement of (i) Subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, that, in each case, is incurred in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof so long as:
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(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of such new Disqualified Stock does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends on, the Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired, defeasance costs and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock;
(b) such new Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the Term Loan or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(c) such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(d) such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired; and
(e) (i) if the Subordinated Indebtedness being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired is not secured by any Liens, such new Subordinated Indebtedness is not secured by any Liens, and (ii) if the Subordinated Indebtedness being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired is secured by any Liens, the Liens securing such new Subordinated Indebtedness have the same priority as, and are limited to the same property and assets (including additional future assets and proceeds) subject to, the Liens securing such Subordinated Indebtedness being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(4) the Borrower may pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent company thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Borrower (or of any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) or its Restricted Subsidiaries held by any future, present or former employee, director, consultant or distributor (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) or any of its Subsidiaries so long as such purchase is pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of any employee or director equity plan, employee or director stock option plan or any other employee or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement and including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition) with any employee, director, consultant or distributor of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower from any future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants of the Borrower (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Agreement;
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(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any class or series of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary issued in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of “Fixed Charges”;
(6) (a) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date;
(b) the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Closing Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the capital of the Borrower from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or
(c) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this paragraph;
provided that, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c) of this clause (6), for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a pro forma basis, the Borrower could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Test;
(7) Investments in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (6) that are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities, not to exceed the greater of (a) $75,000,000 and (b) 1.0% of Total Assets; (8) payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable upon exercise of Equity Interests by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) and any repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or required withholding or similar taxes;
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(9) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrower’s common stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to fund a payment of dividends on such company’s common stock), in an amount not to exceed in any Fiscal Year the greater of (a) 6.0% of the net cash proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or from any public offering of the Borrower’s common stock or the common stock of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower occurring after May 9, 2012 other than public offerings with respect to the Borrower’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution and (b) following an initial public offering of the Borrower’s common stock or of any such direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (whether occurring prior to or after the Closing Date), an amount equal to 6.0% of the Market Capitalization; provided that in the case of this clause (b), after giving pro forma effect to such dividends, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than 4.0 to 1.0;
(10) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(11) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (11) not to exceed the greater of (a) $175,000,000 and (b) so long as at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 6.0 to 1.0, 3.0% of Total Assets;
(12) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees;
(13) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to provisions similar to those described under Section 4.10 and Section 4.15 hereof; provided that a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been made and the Term Loan (or a portion thereof) has been repaid pursuant to such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer;
(14) the declaration and payment of dividends or the payment of other distributions by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to, or the making of loans or advances to, any of their respective direct or indirect parent companies in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent companies to pay, in each case without duplication:
(a) franchise and excise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence;
(b) tax liability to each foreign, federal, state or local jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for such jurisdiction of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower attributable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries determined as if the Borrower and its Subsidiaries filed separately; (c) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to employees, directors, officers and managers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(d) operating costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(e) fees and expenses other than to Affiliates of the Borrower related to any equity or debt offering of such parent company (whether or not successful);
(f) [reserved];
(g) to finance Investments otherwise permitted to be made pursuant to this covenant if made by the Borrower; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) such direct or indirect parent company shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the capital of the Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (2) the merger or amalgamation of the Person formed or acquired into the Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not prohibited by Section 5.01 hereof) in order to consummate such Investment (any such property or assets so contributed, merged or amalgamated shall constitute “Contributed Holdings Investments” and shall be disregarded for purposes of determining any amount calculated under this Agreement with respect to contributions to the capital of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); and
(h) amounts that would be permitted to be paid by the Borrower under clauses (4), (7), (12) and (13) (but, in the case of clause (13), only in respect of indemnities and expenses) of Section 4.11 hereof; provided that the amount of any dividend or distribution under this clause (14)(h) to permit such payment shall reduce Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower to the extent, if any, that such payment would have reduced Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower if such payment had been made directly by the Borrower and increase (or, without duplication of any reduction of Consolidated Net Income, decrease) EBITDA to the extent, if any, that Consolidated Net Income is reduced under this clause (14)(h) and such payment would have been added back to (or, to the extent excluded from Consolidated Net Income, would have been deducted from) EBITDA if such payment had been made directly by the Borrower, in each case, in the period such payment is made; (15) cash payments (or the declaration and payment of dividends or the payment of other distributions to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to permit cash payments) in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower;
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(16) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are Cash Equivalents);
(17) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies Section 5.01 hereof; provided that as a result of such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, the Borrower shall have made a Change of Control Offer and that Term Loan (or a portion thereof) has been repaid in connection with such Change of Control Offer;
(18) the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(19) [Reserved]; and
(20) beginning on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance of any Qualified Holding Company Debt, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings, the proceeds of which are promptly applied by Holdings to fund cash interest payments on Qualified Holding Company Debt, so long as after giving effect to the payment of such dividends (i) the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio would not be greater than 4.5 to 1.0 and (ii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would not be less than 1.75 to 1.0;
provided that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clause (16) of this Section 4.07(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.
(c) The Borrower will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the penultimate sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments and/or Permitted Investments in an amount determined as set forth in the penultimate sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation will be permitted only if a Restricted Payment and/or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time, whether pursuant to Section 4.07(a) hereof or under clause (7), (10) or (11) of Section 4.07(b) hereof, or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Agreement.
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(d) For purposes of determining compliance with the provisions set forth above, in the event that a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments described in the above clauses or the definitions thereof, Holdings, in its sole discretion, may order and classify, and from time to time may reorder and reclassify (based on circumstances existing at the time of such reclassification), such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment if it would have been permitted at the time such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment was made and at the time of any such reclassification.
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
(g) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not a Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
(4) (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or
(b) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor;
(5) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor; or
(6) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not a Guarantor;
except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(a) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date, including pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities, the Secured Notes and the related documentation and Hedging Obligations;
(b) this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Loan Documents, the Term Loan and the guarantees thereof;
(d) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;
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(c) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (3) above on the property so acquired; (e) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such acquisition or at the time it merges with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person (but, in any such case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries or the property or assets so acquired;
(f) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;
(g) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(h) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(i) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof;
(j) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements relating solely to such joint venture;
(k) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, including with respect to intellectual property and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(l) restrictions created in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing that, in the good faith determination of the Borrower are necessary or advisable to effect such Qualified Securitization Financing;
(m) restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of another Restricted Subsidiary; (n) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09 hereof; provided that, in the judgment of the Borrower, such incurrence will not materially impair the Borrower’s ability to make payments under the Term Loan when due;
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(o) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (n) of Section 4.08(a) hereof; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing;
(p) restrictions created in connection with any Securitization Financing that, in the good faith determination of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Securitization Financing; and
(q) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary or Securitization Subsidiary which was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such encumbrance or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary.
Section 4.09 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.
(g) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Borrower will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided that the Borrower may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and, subject to clause (c) of this Section 4.09, any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for Holdings’ most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
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(h) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof will not apply to:
(1) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor of Indebtedness (including the December 2027 Notes, the Former September 2025 Notes (other than any such Former September 2025 Notes the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any of the Former April 2023 Notes), and any replacement notes thereof, pursuant to Credit Facilities and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate principal amount of $4,265,000,000;
(2) the portion of the Former September 2025 Notes, the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any of the Former April 2023 Notes, in each case together with any replacement notes therefor;
(3) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Closing Date, including the Term Loan, the Secured Notes and the Exchangeable Notes (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 4.09(b), but including such Indebtedness incurred on July 12, 2021, the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Former November 2023 Notes);
(4) (i) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) and Disqualified Stock incurred or issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other assets that in each case are used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets and (ii) Indebtedness arising under Capitalized Leases other than those in effect on the Closing Date or entered into pursuant to subclause (i) of this clause (4), in an aggregate principal amount, together with any refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred or issued and outstanding under this clause (4), not to exceed the greater of (a) $150,000,000 and (b) 3.0% of Total Assets (in each case, determined at the date of incurrence) at any time outstanding;
(5) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s acceptances, warehouse receipts, or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance; provided that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence; (6) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
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(7) Indebtedness of the Borrower to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Term Loan; provided further that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (7);
(8) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Subsidiary Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of the Term Loan of such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided further that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (8);
(9) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Borrower or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (9);
(10) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes) for the purpose of limiting interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, exchange rate risk or commodity pricing risk;
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(11) obligations in respect of self-insurance and obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business; (12) (a) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Borrower and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference up to 200% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower since May 9, 2012 from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower (in each case, other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (3)(C) and (3)(D) of Section 4.07(a) hereof to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses or, in the case of proceeds received prior to the Closing Date, clause (3)(A) of Section 4.07(a) hereof to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.07(b) hereof or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof); and
(b) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Borrower and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder (but including guarantees of the Lender Notes) in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b), does not at any one time outstanding exceed the greater of (i) $350,000,000 and (ii) 5.0% of Total Assets; provided that no more than the greater of (x) $300,000,000 and (y) 4.5% of Total Assets may be incurred by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor pursuant to this clause (12)(b) (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (12)(b) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (12)(b));
(13) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, the issuance by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Disqualified Stock or the issuance by any Restricted Subsidiary of Preferred Stock which serves to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.09(a) hereof and clauses (2), (3), (4), (12)(a) of this Section 4.09(b), this clause (13) and clauses (14) and (24) of this Section 4.09(b) or any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay accrued and unpaid interest, dividends on such aforementioned Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, premiums (including premiums and consideration in excess of the face amount, in each case in connection with tenders or exchanges), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, fees, costs and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
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(a) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased;
(b) if such Indebtedness is Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of such Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;
(c) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or defeases (i) Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the Term Loan or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Term Loan or the Guarantee thereof at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively;
(d) if the Indebtedness extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased is secured by any Liens, the Liens securing such Indebtedness have the same priority as, and are limited to the same property and assets (including additional future assets and proceeds) subject to, the Liens securing such Indebtedness being so extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased; and
(e) shall not include:
(i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Borrower;
(ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor; or
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(iii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; (14) (a) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or, subject to the third paragraph of this covenant, Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition or (b) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Persons that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided that in the case of clauses (a) and (b), after giving effect to such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, either (x) the Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test or (y) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Borrower is equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(15) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(16) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to the Credit Facilities that is incurred under clause (1) of this Section 4.09(b), in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;
(17) (a) any guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Agreement or (b) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower; provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with Section 4.17 hereof;
(18) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers and consultants thereof, their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent described in clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof;
(19) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods purchased in the ordinary course of business;
(20) Indebtedness in respect of Bank Products provided by banks or other financial institutions to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(21) Indebtedness incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business on arm’s length commercial terms on a recourse basis;
(22) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (a) the financing of insurance premiums or (b) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business; (23) the incurrence of Indebtedness by Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower (including guarantees of the Lender Notes) in an amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding and together with any other Indebtedness incurred under this clause (23), $100,000,000;
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(24) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance or assumed in connection with an acquisition in a principal amount not to exceed the greater of (a) $125,000,000 and (b) 2.5% of Total Assets in the aggregate at any one time outstanding together with all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred or issued under this clause (24) (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (24) shall cease to be deemed incurred, issued or outstanding for purposes of this clause (24) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (24));
(25) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in connection with cash management, netting services, automatic clearinghouse payments, overdraft protection, employee credit card programs and similar and related activities in the ordinary course of business;
(26) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business; and
(27) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (1) through (26) of this Section 4.09(b).
(i) Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Guarantors may not incur Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test under Section 4.09(a) or clause (14)(a) of Section 4.09(b) hereof if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors incurred or issued pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test under the first paragraph of this covenant and clause (14)(a) of Section 4.09(b) would exceed $250,000,000.
(j) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:
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(1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (27) of Section 4.09(b) hereof or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, will classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in one of the clauses of Section 4.09(b) or in Section 4.09(a) hereof; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities on the Closing Date (other than any such Indebtedness incurred on July 12, 2021, the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Former November 2023 Notes), the Former September 2025 Notes (other than any such notes the net proceeds of which were used to repurchase, redeem or refinance any of the Former April 2023 Notes), the December 2027 Notes, or, in each case, any refinancing thereof that is secured by Liens on Collateral will at all times be treated as incurred on the Closing Date under clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;
(2) at the time of incurrence or reclassification, the Borrower will be entitled to divide and classify or reclassify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.09(a) and Section 4.09(b) hereof; and
(3) in the event that the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into or increases commitments under a revolving credit facility that it elects to incur under Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for borrowings and reborrowings (including the issuance of letters of credit) thereunder will be determined on the date of such revolving credit facility or such increase in commitments (assuming that the full amount thereof has been borrowed as of such date), and, if such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test is satisfied with respect thereto at such time, any borrowing or reborrowing thereunder will be permitted under Section 4.09(a) irrespective of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio at the time of any borrowing or reborrowing (the committed amount permitted to be borrowed or reborrowed on a date pursuant to the operation of this paragraph shall be the “Reserved Indebtedness Amount” as of such date for purposes of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio).
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, of the same class will not be deemed to be an incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09.
For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.
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The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Term Loan or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be. This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same Collateral.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
(h) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:
(1) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (such fair market value to be determined in good faith by the Borrower, including its board of directors if such fair market value is in excess of $100,000,000, at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:
(A) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Term Loan or that are owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, that (x) are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or (y) are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee (other than intercompany debt owed to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries) and, in each case, for which the Borrower and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all creditors in writing,
(B) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale, and (C) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale (other than intercompany debt owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), to the extent that the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale, and
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(D) any (i) Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, as determined by the Borrower in good faith, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (D)(i) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, or (ii) any Investment (not constituting a Permitted Asset Swap) received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that is treated by the Borrower as a Restricted Payment under Section 4.07(a) or 4.07(b) hereof or a Permitted Investment under clause (8), (13) or (26) of the definition thereof, with the fair market value of each such item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration, Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment being measured pursuant to this clause (D) at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,
shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for purposes of this provision and for no other purpose.
(i) Within 450 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(1) to permanently reduce:
(A) Obligations constituting First Lien Obligations and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit facilities or other similar Indebtedness, to correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto (other than Obligations owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that (x) to the extent that the terms of First Lien Obligations (other than Loan Obligations) require that such First Lien Obligations be repaid with the Net Proceeds of Asset Sales prior to repayment of other Indebtedness (including the Term Loan), the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be entitled to repay such other First Lien Obligations prior to repaying the Obligations under the Term Loan and (y) except as provided in the foregoing clause (x), if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall so reduce First Lien Obligations, the Borrower will equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Term Loan as provided in Section 3.07 hereof by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth herein for an Asset Sale Offer) to the Lender to repay the Term Loan at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of Term Loan so repaid; (B) Obligations ranking pari passu with the Term Loan other than First Lien Obligations so long as the relevant Net Proceeds are received with respect to non-Collateral; provided that if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall so reduce any such pari passu Obligations, the Borrower will equally and ratably reduce or offer to reduce Obligations under the Term Loan in any manner set forth in clause (A) above; or
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(C) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) to make (a) an Investment in any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock that results in the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or increases the Borrower’s direct or indirect percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) capital expenditures or (c) acquisitions of other assets, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that the assets (including Capital Stock) acquired with the Net Proceeds of a disposition of Collateral are pledged as Collateral to the extent required under the Security Documents (except to the extent the Lien thereon is released by the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities); or
(3) to make an Investment in (a) any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock that results in the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or increases the Borrower’s direct or indirect percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) properties or (c) acquisitions of other assets that, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), replace the businesses, properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; provided that the assets (including Capital Stock) acquired with the Net Proceeds of a disposition of Collateral are pledged as Collateral to the extent required under the Security Documents (except to the extent the Lien thereon is released by the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities);
provided that, in the case of clauses (2) and (3) of this Section 4.10, a binding commitment entered into not later than such 450th day shall extend the period for such Investment or other payment for an additional 180 days after the end of such 450-day period so long as the Borrower or such other Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Commitment (a “Second Commitment”) within such 180-day period; provided further that (x) if any Second Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied or (y) such Net Proceeds are not actually so invested or paid in accordance with clauses (2) or (3) of this Section 4.10 by the end of such 180-day period, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds on the date of such cancellation or termination, or such 180th day, as applicable.
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(j) Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the preceding paragraph will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $100,000,000, the Borrower shall make an offer to the Lender (for provision to the Holders of the Lender Notes) and, if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Term Loan (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer” in accordance with Section 3.09 hereof), to repay or purchase, as applicable, the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is in an amount equal to at least $2,000, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or accreted value thereof, if less), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Agreement. The Borrower will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $100,000,000 by delivering the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower may satisfy the foregoing obligations with respect to any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to such Net Proceeds prior to the expiration of the relevant 450 days (or such longer period provided above) or with respect to Excess Proceeds of $100,000,000 or less in accordance with Section 3.09 hereof.
(k) To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Term Loan and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Borrower may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the other covenants contained in this Agreement. If the aggregate principal amount of Term Loan (based on the tendered amounts of Lender Notes) or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender) shall select the portion of the Term Loan (based on the tendered amounts of Lender Notes) and the Borrower shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be repaid or purchased, as applicable, on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Term Loan or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds that resulted in the Asset Sale Offer shall be reset to zero.
(l) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise use or invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Agreement.
(m) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any repayment of Term Loans being made pursuant to this Section 4.10 by no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of such repayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such repayment and the amount of such repayment.
The provisions under this Agreement relative to the Borrower’s obligation to make an offer to repay the Term Loan as a result of an Asset Sale may be waived or modified with the written consent of a majority in principal amount of the Lender Notes then outstanding (which shall be given via a Lender Notes Trustee Direction).
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Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
(h) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of related transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Borrower (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $35,000,000, unless:
(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Borrower or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis; and
(2) the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $75,000,000, a resolution adopted by the majority of the board of directors of the Borrower approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above.
(i) The provisions of Section 4.11(a) hereof will not apply to the following:
(1) transactions between or among Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;
(2) Restricted Payments permitted by the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof and Permitted Investments;
(3) [reserved];
(4) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of or for the benefit of, current or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants of the Borrower, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent attributable to the ownership of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and related activities);
(5) transactions in which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable to the Borrower or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis; (6) any agreement as in effect as of the Closing Date, or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof (so long as any such amendment or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Borrower to the Lender when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Closing Date) and any agreement with Headquarters SPV similar to the one in effect on the Closing Date entered into in connection with the refinancing or replacement of the Headquarters Financing;
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(7) the existence of, or the performance by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Closing Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided that the existence of, or the performance by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date shall only be permitted by this clause (7) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lender or otherwise customary, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Borrower when taken as a whole;
(8) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services that are Affiliates, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement which are fair to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the board of directors of the Borrower or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;
(9) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is an Affiliate of the Borrower solely because the Borrower owns, directly or indirectly through an Unrestricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in or controls such Person;
(11) transfers of accounts receivable, or participations therein, or Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing;
(12) [reserved];
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(10) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower or to any Permitted Holder or to any employee, director, officer, manager, distributor or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Borrower, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (13) payments, Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and Preferred Stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of any Restricted Subsidiary to any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; and any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) that are, in each case, approved by the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith;
(14) [reserved];
(15) payments to or from, and transactions with, any joint venture in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, any cash management activities related thereto);
(16) (a) tax sharing agreements among one or more of the Borrower, the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent and such parent’s other Subsidiaries and payments thereunder by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by the Borrower in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purposes of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(17) any lease or sublease entered into between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee or sublessee and any Affiliate of the Borrower, as lessor or sublessor, which is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith;
(18) intellectual property licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open-source license) in the ordinary course of business; and
(19) any transition services arrangement, supply arrangement or similar arrangement entered into in connection with or in contemplation of the disposition of assets or Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 4.10 or entered into with any Business Successor, in each case, that the Borrower determines in good faith is either fair to the Borrower or otherwise on customary terms for such type of arrangements in connection with similar transactions.
Section 4.12 Liens.
The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures Obligations under any Indebtedness or any related guarantee of Indebtedness, upon any asset or property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
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Section 4.13 Limitation on Holdings.
Holdings shall not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) those incidental to its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence and general operating (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues), (iii) the performance of its obligations, including the incurrence, and performance in respect, of guarantees and other liabilities, with respect to the Term Loan, the Secured Notes, the Senior Credit Facilities, any subordinated notes or any Qualified Holding Company Debt, (iv) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance of its Equity Interests or any corporate transaction permitted under this Agreement, (v) financing activities, including, without limitation, Credit Facilities, the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and guaranteeing any Indebtedness, liabilities or other obligations of its Subsidiaries or its direct or indirect parent companies and the performance of its obligations with respect thereto, (vi) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, (vii) holding any cash or property received in connection with Restricted Payments made by the Borrower in accordance with under Section 4.07 hereof pending application thereof by Holdings, (viii) providing indemnification to officers and directors, (ix) conducting, transacting or otherwise engaging in any business or operations of the type that it conducts, transacts or engages in on the Closing Date, (x) any transaction that Holdings is permitted to enter into or consummate under this Agreement and any transaction between Holdings and the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under this Agreement, including: (1) making any dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment not prohibited under Section 4.07 hereof (or the making of a loan to any direct or indirect parent of Holdings in lieu of any such dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment) or holding any cash received in connection with Restricted Payments made by the Borrower permitted under this Agreement pending application thereof by Holdings, (2) making any Investment to the extent (A) payment therefor is made solely with the Equity Interests of Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock), the proceeds of Restricted Payments received from the Borrower and/or proceeds of the issuance of, or contribution in respect of the, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings and (B) any property (including Equity Interests ) acquired in connection therewith is contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or, if otherwise permitted by this Agreement, a Restricted Subsidiary) or the Person formed or acquired in connection therewith is merged with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, (3) the (A) incurrence of Indebtedness of Holdings representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors of Holdings and unsecured Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) to finance the retirement, acquisition, repurchase, purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings, and (B) granting of Liens to the extent the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted to be secured under clauses (20) and (40) under the definition of “Permitted Liens”, and (4) engaging in any consolidation, amalgamation or merger or sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its consolidated properties or assets to the extent permitted under Article V hereof and (xi) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (x); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings shall not create or acquire (by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) any material direct Subsidiaries, other than the Borrower or any holding company for the Borrower.
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Section 4.14 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article V hereof, Holdings and the Borrower shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:
(1) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary; and
(2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
provided, however, in the case clauses (1) and (2) above, that neither Holdings nor the Borrower shall be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if Holdings or the Borrower shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of Holdings, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
(h) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Borrower has previously or concurrently delivered a repayment notice with respect to all the outstanding Term Loan as described under Section 3.07 hereof and all conditions precedent applicable to such repayment notice have been satisfied, the Borrower will make an offer to repay the entire outstanding amount of the Term Loan pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repayment. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Borrower will deliver notice of such Change of Control Offer by electronic transmission or by first-class mail (provided that any such first-class mail shall be supplemented with a contemporaneous copy sent via email in accordance with Section 13.01), with a copy to the Administrative Agent, to the Lender’ Lending Office or otherwise in accordance with applicable procedures, with the following information:
(1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that the Borrower offers to repay the full then outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 10 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);
(3) that any portion of the Term Loan not repaid pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest; (4) that unless the Borrower defaults in making such payment of the Change of Control Payment, the portion of the Term Loan accepted for repayment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
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(5) [reserved];
(6) [reserved];
(7) [reserved];
(8) if such notice is delivered prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control; and
(9) the other instructions, as determined by the Borrower, consistent with this Section 4.15, that the Lender must follow.
(i) [Reserved].
(j) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Borrower will, to the extent permitted by law, repay the Term Loan or portions thereof (based on the tendered amounts of the Lender Notes) accepted for repayment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer.
The Borrower will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Change of Control Payment Date) pay the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lender, the Change of Control Payment. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any repayment of Term Loans being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 by no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, at least one Business Day prior to the date of such repayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such repayment and provide the amount of such repayment. The Borrower will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
(k) The Borrower will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Agreement applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Borrower and repay the Term Loan or portions thereof accepted for repayment.
(l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
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Section 4.16 [Reserved].
Section 4.17 Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Borrower will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than a Subsidiary Guarantor, or a Securitization Subsidiary, to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Guarantor under the Senior Credit Facilities, any Additional First Lien Obligations, any Junior Lien Obligations or, if the Senior Credit Facilities cease to be outstanding, any capital markets debt securities of the Borrower or any Guarantor, unless such Restricted Subsidiary within 30 days executes and delivers a joinder or supplement to this Agreement (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lender) providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary (and any corresponding joinders to the Security Documents or new Security Documents as may be required by the terms hereof and thereof). The Borrower may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the 30 day period described above.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.
(a) The Borrower may not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Borrower is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its consolidated properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(1) the Borrower is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Borrower) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made, is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Term Loan is a corporation;
(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Borrower, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Borrower under the Term Loan and the Security Documents pursuant to joinders or other documents or instruments (in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lender); (A) the Successor Company or the Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test, or
(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;
(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,
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(B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Borrower would be greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Borrower immediately prior to such transaction;
(5) each Guarantor, unless it is a Subsidiary Guarantor that is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case clause (1) of Section 5.01(b) hereof shall apply, shall have by joinder or supplement to this Agreement (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lender) confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Term Loan and the Security Documents; and
(6) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such joinders, if any, comply with this Agreement.
(b) The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for the Borrower under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Term Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(1) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(2) any Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or to a Restricted Subsidiary if that Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor); and
(3) the Borrower may transfer all or part of its property or assets to a Subsidiary Guarantor.
Notwithstanding clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a) hereof,
(4) the Borrower may merge with an Affiliate of the Borrower solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Borrower in the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby; and
(5) Holdings may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into the Borrower; provided that if the Borrower has a new direct holding company parent following such consolidation, amalgamation or consolidation that guarantees the Senior Credit Facilities, such parent company will, within 30 days of such guarantee, become a guarantor of the Term Loan on the same terms as Holdings.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any transaction under this Section 5.01 in which the Successor Company is not the Borrower, prior to the effectiveness thereof, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information with respect to such Successor Company required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act, reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Borrower in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Borrower is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Agreement referring to the “Borrower” shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Borrower), and may exercise every right and power of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Borrower herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Borrower shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, interest, if any, on, the Term Loan except in the case of a sale of all of the Borrower’s assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any transaction under this Section 5.02 in which the Borrower ceases to be the “Borrower” hereunder, prior to the effectiveness thereof, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information with respect to such successor Borrower required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act, reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:
(1) default in payment when due and payable, upon maturity, repayment, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Term Loan;
(2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Term Loan;
(3) failure by Holdings, the Borrower or any Guarantor for 60 days after receipt of written notice given by the Administrative Agent, the Lender or the holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the then outstanding Lender Notes, through the Lender Notes Trustee, to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in clause (1) or (2) of this Section 6.01) contained in this Agreement, the Loan Documents or the Security Documents; (4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the payment of which is guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the Closing Date, if both:
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(A) such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; and;
(B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $65,000,000 or more at any one time outstanding;
(5) failure by Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $65,000,000 (net of amounts covered by insurance policies issued by reputable insurance companies), which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;
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(6) the Guarantee of Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (as of the most recent consolidated financial statement of the Borrower for a fiscal quarter end) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), as the case may be, denies in writing that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives written notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of this Agreement or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this Agreement; (7) with respect to any Collateral constituting more than $80,000,000 individually or in the aggregate, any of the Security Documents ceases to be in full force and effect, or any of the Security Documents ceases to give the Lender the Liens purported to be created thereby, or any of the Security Documents is declared null and void or Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary denies in writing that it has any further liability under any Security Document or gives written notice to such effect (in each case (i) other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the terms of the Senior Credit Facilities or the Security Documents, (ii) except to the extent that any such cessation of the Liens results from the failure of the administrative agent under the Senior Credit Facilities or the Applicable Authorized Representative, as the case may be, to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Security Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements, (iii) except as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied or failed to acknowledge coverage or (iv) unless waived by the requisite lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities if, after that waiver, the Borrower is in compliance with Article 10 hereof); provided that if a failure of the sort described in this clause (7) is susceptible of cure, no Event of Default shall arise under this clause (7) with respect thereto until 30 days after notice of such failure shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the then outstanding Lender Notes, through the Lender Notes Trustee, issued under this Lender Indenture;
(8) Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
(9) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
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(A) is for relief against Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) in an involuntary case; (B) appoints a custodian of Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); or
(C) orders the liquidation of Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or
(10) the Lender or the guarantors under the Lender Indenture fail to make any payment beyond the applicable grace period, if any, whether by scheduled maturity, required repayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise, in respect of the Lender Notes or fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to the Lender Notes or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause the Lender Notes to become due or to be repurchased, repaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, repay, defease or redeem the Lender Notes to be made, prior to their stated maturity; provided that such failure is unremedied and is not waived by the Holders of the Lender Notes; provide further that the Event of Default specified in this clause (10) (including all consequences thereof) shall not be waived without the written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Lender Notes then outstanding (via a Lender Notes Trustee Direction), provided that in the event of any Event of Default specified in this clause (10), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Lender Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Administrative Agent or the Lender, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose:
(A) the Lender Notes or related guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or
(B) Holders of the Lender Notes thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or
(C) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.
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Section 6.02 Acceleration.
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03 hereof) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), the entire outstanding amount of the Term Loan will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent, the Lender or the holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Lender Notes, through the Lender Notes Trustee, may (and at the written direction of the Lender, shall) declare all outstanding amount of the Term Loan to be due and payable immediately. Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, the Term Loan shall become due and payable immediately.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Lender Notes, through the Lender Notes Trustee, by written notice to the Administrative Agent may on behalf of the holders of all of the Lender Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under this Agreement (except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or principal of the Term Loan) and rescind any acceleration with respect to the Term Loan and its consequences (except if such rescission would conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) of Section 6.01 hereof, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Term Loan) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Administrative Agent or the Lender, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose:
(1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or
(2) holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or
(3) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent (acting at the written direction of the Lender) may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on the Term Loan or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Term Loan, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
A delay or omission by the Administrative Agent, the Lender or any holder of the Lender Notes (through the Lender Notes Trustee) in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
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Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of the Lender Notes holding a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Lender Notes by written notice to the Lender, through the Lender Notes Trustee, may, on behalf of the Holders of the Lender Notes direct the Lender to provide a direction to the Administrative Agent to waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, if any, on, the Term Loan (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of the Lender Notes holding a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Lender Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Agreement; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Lender Notes, through the Lender Notes Trustee, may direct the Lender (who shall in turn direct the Administrative Agent) with respect to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to follow any direction provided by a Person that is not a Lender other than pursuant to a Lender Notes Trustee Direction. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any Lender Notes Trustee Direction received by it.
Section 6.06 [Reserved].
Section 6.07 [Reserved].
Section 6.08 [Reserved].
Section 6.09 [Reserved].
Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Administrative Agent collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, or if the Term Loans are accelerated, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to payment of that portion of the Loan Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second: to Lender for amounts due and unpaid on the Term Loan for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any (with amount being applied first to any premium on the Term Loan, second to accrued and unpaid interest and third to principal); and
Third: to the Borrower or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Agreement or in any suit against the Administrative Agent for any action taken or omitted by it as an Administrative Agent, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Administrative Agent.
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ARTICLE 7
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section 7.01 Appointment and Authorization of The Administrative Agent.
(a) The Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and designates Wilmington Trust, National Association to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Lender or any participant or any of the Lender Notes Trustee, Lender Notes Collateral Agent, or any Holders of the Lender Notes, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “Collateral Agent” under the Loan Documents, and the Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of (and to hold any security interest created by the Security Documents for and on behalf of or on trust for) the Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing (if then in effect, subject to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement) any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Loan Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “Collateral Agent” (and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.02 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article 7 (including Section 7.07, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto, and all references to “Administrative Agent” in this Article 7 shall be read as including a reference to the Administrative Agent acting as “Collateral Agent”. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lender hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent 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 acknowledge and agree that any such action by the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lender.
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(c) Any corporation or association into which the Administrative Agent may be converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any corporation or association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which the Administrative Agent is a party, will be and become the successor Administrative Agent, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and will have and succeed to the rights, powers, duties, immunities and privileges as its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any instrument or paper or the performance of any further act.
Section 7.02 Delegation of Duties.
The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents or of exercising any rights and remedies thereunder) by or through its agents, sub-agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent and any such sub agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through its Agent-Related Persons. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub agent and to any Agent-Related Person, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or sub-agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects, except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such agent, sub-agent or attorney-in-fact.
Section 7.03 Liability of The Administrative Agent.
(a) No Agent-Related Person shall (x) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (y) be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Lender or pursuant to a Lender Notes Trustee Direction or (z) be responsible in any manner to the Lender or participant for, or have any duty to inquire into, (i) any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Security Documents, (iii) the existence, value, sufficiency or collectability of the Collateral, any failure to monitor or maintain any part of the Collateral, any loss or diminution in the value of the Collateral, or (iv) for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
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(b) No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to the Lender or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof.
(c) No Agent-Related Person shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Lender or pursuant to a Lender Notes Trustee Direction, provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Bankruptcy Law.
(d) No Agent-Related Person shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any of the Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(e) No Agent-Related Person shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing.
(f) No Agent-Related Person shall be responsible for (i) perfecting, maintaining, monitoring, preserving or protecting the security interest or Lien granted under this Agreement, the Security Documents, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the filing, re-filing, recording, re-recording or continuing or any document, financing statement, mortgage, assignment, notice, instrument of further assurance or other instrument in any public office at any time or times or (iii) providing, maintaining, monitoring or preserving insurance on or the payment of taxes with respect to any of the Collateral.
(g) In no event shall any Agent-Related Person be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement or any related documents because of circumstances beyond such Agent’s control, including, but not limited to, a failure, termination, or suspension of a clearing house, securities depositary, settlement system or central payment system in any applicable part of the world or acts of God, flood, war (whether declared or undeclared), civil or military disturbances or hostilities, nuclear or natural catastrophes, political unrest, explosion, severe weather or accident, earthquake, terrorism, fire, riot, labor disturbances, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like (whether domestic, federal, state, county or municipal or foreign) which delay, restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Agreement or any related documents, or the unavailability of communications or computer facilities, the failure of equipment or interruption of communications or computer facilities, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire or communication facility, or any other causes beyond such Agent’s control whether or not of the same class or kind as specified above.
(h) [Reserved].
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(i) No Agent-Related Person shall be responsible for, nor chargeable with, knowledge of the terms and conditions of any other agreement, instrument, or document other than this Agreement and any other Loan Document to which the Administrative Agent is a party, whether or not an original or a copy of such agreement has been provided to the Administrative Agent.
(j) Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall require any Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers under the Loan Documents.
(k) The Administrative 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 competitors of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries.
(l) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or obligation to calculate the Applicable Premium.
Section 7.04 Reliance by The Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement, order from any court or Governmental Authority or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Agent, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Lender as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lender against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Lender or in accordance with a Lender Notes Trustee Direction and such request, consent, or Lender Notes Trustee Direction and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the Lender.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from the Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Administrative Agent will notify the Lender of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to any Event of Default as may be directed by the Lender in accordance with Article 6; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lender.
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Section 7.06 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by The Administrative Agent.
The Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Agent-Related Person to the Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. The Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereunder. The Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lender by the Administrative Agent herein, such Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide the Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of the Agent-Related Person.
Section 7.07 Indemnification of the Administrative Agent.
Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lender shall indemnify upon demand the Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), and hold harmless the Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to the Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Lender or in accordance with a Lender Notes Trustee Direction shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 7.07. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Liabilities, this Section 7.07 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower, provided that such reimbursement by the Lender shall not affect the Borrower’s continuing reimbursement obligations with respect thereto. The undertaking in this Section 7.07 shall survive termination of the Commitment, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.
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Section 7.08 The Administrative Agent in their Individual Capacities.
Wilmington Trust, National Association and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire Equity Interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan Parties, the Guarantors and their respective Affiliates as though Wilmington Trust, National Association were not the Administrative Agent and without notice to or consent of the Lender. The Lender acknowledges that, pursuant to such activities, Wilmington Trust, National Association or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any of their Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party, such Guarantor or such Affiliate) and acknowledges that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them.
Section 7.09 Successor Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent may resign as the Administrative Agent upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Lender and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent is in material breach of its obligations hereunder as Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may be removed as the Administrative Agent at the request of the Lender.
Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation or upon such removal, the Lender shall appoint a successor agent for the Lender, which successor agent shall be (a) a bank with an office in the United States or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States, and (b) consented to by the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 6.01(8) or (9) (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be required to) appoint, after consulting with the Lender and with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided that the Borrower’s consent shall not be required during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 6.01(8) or (9)), a successor agent, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States.
Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent (except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent) and the term “Administrative Agent,” shall mean such successor administrative agent and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent or the removal of the Administrative Agent as provided herein, the provisions of this Article 7 and Sections 13.10 and 13.11 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in performing its duties and obligations specified in the parenthetical in the immediately succeeding paragraph).
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If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30) Business Days following the retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lender and the other Secured Parties under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and the Lender shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Lender appoint a successor agent as provided for above.
Upon the acceptance of any successor’s appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Lender may request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents, such successor shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges, and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, to the extent not previously discharged, shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents.
The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article 7 shall continue in effect for its benefit, its sub-agents and their respective Agent-Related Persons in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent (including in performing its duties and obligations specified in the parenthetical in the fifth paragraph of this Section 7.09).
Section 7.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Loan 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 Lender and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lender and the Administrative Agent under Section 13.10) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by the Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lender, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 13.10.
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
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Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of the Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Loan Obligations or the rights of the Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of the Lender in any such proceeding.
Section 7.11 Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may deduct or withhold from any payment to the Lender under any Loan Document an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of the Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because the Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective), the Lender and the Borrower jointly and severally shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 30 days after demand therefor, including any penalties, additions to Tax or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred, whether or not such Tax was correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any amounts at any time owing to the Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 7.11. The agreements in this Section 7.11 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of this Agreement and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
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Section 7.12 Erroneous Payments.
(a) If the Administrative Agent (x) notifies the Lender or a Secured Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of the Lender or a Secured Party (the Lender, Secured Party or other recipient (and each of their respective successors and assigns), a “Payment Recipient”) that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds (as set forth in such notice from the Administrative Agent) received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to the Lender, such Secured Party or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether transmitted or received as a payment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and (y) demands in writing the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent pending its return or repayment as contemplated below in this Section 7.12 and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Payment Recipient shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in Same Day Funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) Without limiting the immediately preceding clause (a), the Lender or any Secured Party or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or Secured Party (and each of their respective successors and assigns) agrees that if it (or a Payment Recipient on its behalf) receives a payment or repayment (whether received as a payment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in this Agreement or in a notice of payment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that the Lender or such Secured Party, or other such recipient, otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each such case:
(i) it acknowledges and agrees that (A) in the case of immediately preceding clause (x) or (y), an error and mistake shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error and mistake has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment or repayment; and
(ii) the Lender or such Secured Party shall (and shall cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one Business Day of its knowledge of the occurrence of any circumstances described in the immediately preceding clauses (x), (y) and (z)) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 7.12(b).
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For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 7.12(b) shall not have any effect on a Payment Recipient’s obligations pursuant to Section 7.12(a) or on whether or not an Erroneous Payment has been made.
(c) The Lender or each Secured Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to the Lender or such Secured Party under any Loan Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender or such Secured Party under any Loan Document or from any other source against any amount that the Administrative Agent has demanded to be returned under the immediately preceding clause (a).
(d) The parties hereto agree that (x) in the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights and interests of such Payment Recipient (and, in the case of any Payment Recipient who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or Secured Party, to the rights and interests of the Lender or such Secured Party, as the case may be) under the Loan Documents with respect to such amount (the “Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights”), (y) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party and (z) to the extent that an Erroneous Payment was in any way or at any time credited as payment or satisfaction of any of the Secured Obligations, the Secured Obligations or any part thereof that was so credited, and all rights of the Payment Recipient, as the case may be, shall be reinstated and continue in full force and effect as if such payment or satisfaction had never been received; provided that this Section 7.12 shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Secured Obligations of the Borrower relative to the amount (and/or timing for payment) of the Secured Obligations that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, the immediately preceding clauses (x), (y) and (z) shall not apply to the extent any such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower for the purpose of making a payment of the Loan Obligations.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, and for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the occurrence of an Erroneous Payment (or the existence of any Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights or other rights of the Administrative Agent in respect of an Erroneous Payment) result in the Administrative Agent becoming, or being deemed to be, a Lender hereunder or the holder of the Term Loan hereunder.
(f) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including, without limitation, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.
(g) Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 7.12 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitment and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Secured Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
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Section 7.13 Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents.
(a) It is the purpose of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that there shall be no violation of any Law of any jurisdiction denying or restricting the right of banking corporations or associations to transact business as agent or trustee in such jurisdiction. It is recognized that in case of litigation under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and in particular in case of the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, or in case the Administrative Agent deems that by reason of any present or future Law of any jurisdiction it may not exercise any of the rights, powers or remedies granted herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or take any other action which may be desirable or necessary in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to appoint an additional individual or institution selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion as a separate trustee, co-trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, administrative sub-agent or administrative co-agent (any such additional individual or institution being referred to herein individually as a “Supplemental Administrative Agent” and collectively as “Supplemental Administrative Agents”).
(b) In the event that the Administrative Agent appoints a Supplemental Administrative Agent with respect to any Collateral, (i) each and every right, power, privilege or duty expressed or intended by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to be exercised by or vested in or conveyed to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Collateral shall be exercisable by and vest in such Supplemental Administrative Agent to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to enable such Supplemental Administrative Agent to exercise such rights, powers and privileges with respect to such Collateral and to perform such duties with respect to such Collateral, and every covenant and obligation contained in the Loan Documents and necessary to the exercise or performance thereof by such Supplemental Administrative Agent shall run to and be enforceable by either the Administrative Agent or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, and (ii) the provisions of this Article X and of Sections 11.04 and 11.05 that refer to the Administrative Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Supplemental Administrative Agent and all references therein to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to the Administrative Agent and/or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, as the context may require.
(c) Should any instrument in writing from any Loan Party be required by any Supplemental Administrative Agent so appointed by the Administrative Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to him or it such rights, powers, privileges and duties, the Borrower or Holdings, as applicable, shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent. In case any Supplemental Administrative Agent, or a successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Supplemental Administrative Agent, to the extent permitted by Law, shall vest in and be exercised by the Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new Supplemental Administrative Agent.
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(d) No Secured Party not party to this Agreement shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral or any Guaranty (including the release or impairment of any Collateral or Guaranty) (or to notice of or to consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of any Guaranty or any Security Document) other than in its capacity as Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral and/or any Guaranty, each Secured Party not party to this Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article X to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made to a Secured Party not party to this Agreement unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Secured Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable holder of such Secured Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made to a Secured Party not party to this Agreement in the case of a release of liens and guarantees in connection with the payment in full in cash of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) and the termination of the Commitment.
ARTICLE 8
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of the Lender.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Agreement, the Borrower, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee, this Agreement, the other Loan Document, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents to which it is a party) and the Administrative Agent may amend or supplement this Agreement, or any Guarantee, Loan Document, Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the Lender:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(2) [reserved];
(3) to comply with Section 5.01 hereof;
(4) [reserved];
(5) [reserved];
(6) [reserved];
(7) [reserved];
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(8) [reserved];
(9) to add a Guarantor under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(10) to conform the text of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Security Documents to (a) the July 2030 Notes Indenture and the related security documents to the extent that such provision was intended to be substantively identical to the corresponding provision of the July 2030 Notes Indenture and the related security documents as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate and (b) to any provision of the “Description of Intercompany Loan” section of Sabre Financial Borrower, LLC’s Offering Memorandum dated November 20, 2025, relating to the offering of the Borrower Notes, to the extent that such provision in the “Description of Intercompany Loan” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Security Documents as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate;
(11) [reserved];
(12) to add or release Collateral from, or subordinate, the Lien of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Security Documents when permitted or required by the Security Documents, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(13) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant any other Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as additional security for the payment and performance of all or any portion of the Loan Obligations, on any property or assets, including any which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or on which a Lien is required to be granted to, in favor of or for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or the Lender pursuant to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any of the Security Documents or otherwise; and
(14) to add Additional First Lien Secured Parties or Junior Lien Secured Parties to any Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 9.02 With Consent of the Lender.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Lender (or, with the written consent of the Lender, the Administrative Agent) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent and each such waiver, amendment, modification, supplement or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that, no such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent shall:
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(a) extend or increase the Commitment of the Lender without the written consent of the Lender; (b) postpone any date scheduled for, or reduce the amount of, any payment of principal or interest to the Lender without the written consent of the Lender, it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory repayment of the Term Loan shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest;
(c) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest on, the Term Loan, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Lender without the written consent of the Lender;
(d) [Reserved].
(e) other than in a transaction permitted under Section 4.10 or as permitted under Section 10.04 or any Security Document, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of the Lender;
(f) other than in a transaction permitted under Section 4.10 or as permitted under Section 11.05 or any Security Document, release all or substantially all of the aggregate value of the Guarantees without the written consent of the Lender;
(g) change the currency in which the Term Loan is denominated without the written consent of the Lender; or
(h) [reserved].
and provided further that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent and the Lender, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (it being agreed that any amendment or modification to the Administrative Agent Fee Letter, or waiver of any rights or privileges thereunder, shall only require the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).Any such waiver and any such amendment, modification or supplement in accordance with the terms of this Section 9.02 shall apply equally to the Lender and shall be binding on the Loan Parties, the Lender, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans and Commitment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 9.02, guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender) and may be, together with this Agreement, amended and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender) at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure ambiguities or defects, (iii) to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) to include “parallel debt” or similar provisions, and any authorizations or granting of powers by the Lenders and the other Secured Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent, in each case required to create in favor of the Administrative Agent any security interest contemplated to be created under this Agreement, or to perfect any such security interest, where the Administrative Agent shall have been advised by its counsel that such provisions are necessary or advisable under local law for such purpose.
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In addition, without the consent of each Holder of the Lender Notes adversely affected thereby (which consent shall be given and deemed satisfied via a Lender Notes Trustee Direction in respect thereof), an amendment, supplement or waiver may not modify any Security Document or the provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents dealing with the Security Documents in any manner, in each case, that would subordinate the Lien of the Administrative Agent with respect to all or substantially all of the value of the Collateral to the Liens securing any other Obligations constituting third-party Indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (a) as permitted under Section 9.01(12) hereof or (b) if such adversely affected Holder of the Lender Notes is offered the opportunity to participate (including through a corresponding intercompany loan) on a pro rata basis (excluding any bona fide market backstop fees and fees and expenses of counsel) in such other Indebtedness) or otherwise release all or substantially all of the Collateral, in each case other than in accordance with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Security Documents.
ARTICLE 10
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
Section 10.01 Security Interest.
The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Term Loan when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repayment or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any (to the extent permitted by law), on the Term Loan and performance of all other obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors to the Lender or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the Guarantees), according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, are secured as provided in the Security Documents. The Lender consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including, without limitation, the provisions providing for foreclosure and release of Collateral), the Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, in each case as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, and authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to enter into the Security Documents and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and, when effective, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to perform their respective obligations and exercise their respective rights thereunder in accordance therewith. The Administrative Agent, in its capacity as an Additional Senior Class Debt Representative (under and as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) and the Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon the Additional Senior Class Debt Representatives’ entry into the Intercreditor Joinder Agreement, the Additional Senior Class Debt Representatives and the Lender, by its acceptance thereof, will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as Additional First-Lien Secured Parties (as defined therein). The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of all documents required to be delivered to it pursuant to the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or, when effective, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be necessary or proper, or as may be required by the provisions of the Security Documents, to assure and confirm to the Administrative Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Agreement and of the other Loan Documents secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed.
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The Borrower will take, and will cause its Subsidiaries to take any and all actions reasonably required to cause the Security Documents to create and maintain, as security for the Loan Obligations of the Borrower hereunder, a valid and enforceable perfected first priority Lien in and on all the Collateral, in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, equally and ratably with all Indebtedness owing under the Senior Credit Facilities and the Secured Notes, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons and subject to no other Liens than Permitted Liens.
Section 10.02 [Reserved.]
Section 10.03 After-Acquired Property
(a) As long as the Senior Credit Facilities have not been repaid and all commitments terminated, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Security Documents, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties a lien equally and ratably with any lien granted on additional assets (other than LC Assets) to secure the holders of Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities subsequent to the Closing Date, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Security Documents.
(b) Following termination of the Senior Credit Facilities, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a senior lien, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, on assets or property (other than LC Assets) acquired by the Borrower or a Guarantor after the Closing Date, which would have constituted Collateral had such assets and property been owned by the Borrower or such Guarantor on the Closing Date, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Security Documents.
Section 10.04 Release of Collateral.
(a) As long as the Senior Credit Facilities have not been repaid and all commitments terminated, the Term Loan will automatically cease to be secured by Liens on the Collateral if and when those liens no longer secure the Senior Credit Facilities as provided below:
(1) the liens on any particular Collateral (but not all or substantially all of the Collateral) will be released if a release of the liens on such Collateral that secure the Senior Credit Facilities were approved by the requisite lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities (except in the context of the repayment and termination of the Senior Credit Facilities), and the consent of the Lender would not be required for such a release; and (b) If the Senior Credit Facilities are repaid in full and the related commitments terminated thereunder without being replaced, the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, will not be released at such time, except to the extent the Collateral or any portion thereof was disposed of in order to repay the Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities secured by the Collateral in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.
(2) the liens on any particular Collateral (but not all or substantially all of the Collateral) will be released automatically if the lien on such Collateral that secures the Senior Credit Facilities is released pursuant to the terms of the Senior Credit Facilities (except in the context of the repayment and termination of the Senior Credit Facilities).
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Thereafter, until any new Senior Credit Facilities are entered into, the following provisions will apply:
(1) Liens securing the Term Loan will be released in certain circumstances as provided for in the Security Documents and upon the receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and, at the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, an Opinion of Counsel certifying that all conditions precedent under this Agreement have been met, including under the following circumstances:
(A) upon payment in full of principal, interest and all other Obligations on the Term Loan under this Agreement;
(B) upon release of a Subsidiary Guarantee (with respect to the Liens securing such Guarantee granted by such Guarantor); or
(C) in connection with any disposition of Collateral to any Person other than the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (but excluding any transaction subject to Section 5.01(a)) that is not prohibited by this Agreement (with respect to the Lien on such Collateral).
(2) Each of these releases shall be effected by the Administrative Agent without the consent of the Lender but at the sole expense of the Borrower. Upon receipt of such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel the Administrative Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Agreement or the Security Documents. The Lender authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to rely on an Officer’s Certificate stating the transaction giving rise to the requested release is permitted under the Loan Documents in providing the requested releases.
(c) At any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of the Term Loan has been accelerated (whether by declaration or otherwise), no release of Collateral pursuant to the provisions of the Security Documents will be effective as against the Lender.
(d) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is permitted to assert that any security interest in the Collateral is not a valid and perfected security interest or to take any action, or knowingly or negligently omit to take any action, which action or omission would have the result of impairing the security interest with respect to a material portion of the Collateral. The release of any Collateral from the terms of this Agreement and the Security Documents will not be deemed to impair the security under this Agreement in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent the Collateral is released pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents thereof.
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Section 10.05 [Reserved].
Section 10.06 Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent Under the Security Documents.
The Administrative Agent is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Lender distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Lender according to the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 10.07 Termination of Security Interest.
Upon the full and final payment and performance of all Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent will, at the request and at the expense of the Borrower, release the Liens pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Documents.
Section 10.08 Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
Upon the written request of the Borrower in connection with the incurrence of any Liens securing Junior Lien Obligations permitted to be incurred under Sections 4.09 and 4.12 hereof, the Administrative Agent shall, upon being provided with an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 13.03 hereof, enter into the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (and the Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to rely on such Officer’s Certificate certifying that entering in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement is permitted under the Loan Documents in entering into the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement).
ARTICLE 11
GUARANTEES
Section 11.01 Guarantee.
(a) Subject to this Article 11, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to the Lender and the Administrative Agent and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1) the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest, if any, on the Term Loan will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, repayment or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Term Loan, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Borrower to the Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of the Term Loan or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
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Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder are unconditional, shall not be affected by, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and hereby waives all rights, claims or defenses that it might otherwise have (now or in the future) with respect to each of the following (whether or not such Guarantor has knowledge thereof): (i) the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, any of the Obligations or any guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto, (ii) any renewal, extension or acceleration of, or any increase in the amount of the Obligations, or any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of, or any consent to or departure from, the Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Lender with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Borrower, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Borrower, any right to require a proceeding first against the Borrower, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in this Agreement and the Loan Documents.
(c) If the Lender or the Administrative Agent is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Borrower, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Borrower or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Lender or the Administrative Agent, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Lender in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Lender and the Administrative Agent, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Lenders under the Guarantee.
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Section 11.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor and the Lender, hereby confirm that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Administrative Agent, the Lender and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 11, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 11.03 Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 11.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.
If required by Section 4.17 hereof, the Borrower will cause such Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.17 hereof and this Article 11, to the extent applicable.
Section 11.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.05 hereof, no Guarantor will, and the Borrower will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its consolidated properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor) unless:
(1) (a) such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor, as applicable, or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such surviving Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Guarantor”);
(b) the Successor Guarantor, if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Agreement and such Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to a joinder to this Agreement and a new Guaranty, joinder or other documents or instruments (each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lender) evidencing its joinder to the Loan Documents (including the Security Documents) as Successor Guarantor; (d) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such Guaranty, joinder and/or other documents or instruments, if any, comply with this Agreement; or
(c) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and
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(2) with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantors, the transaction is not prohibited by Section 4.10(a) hereof.
Subject to certain limitations described in this Agreement, the Successor Guarantor will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Agreement and such Guarantor’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantor may (1) merge or consolidate with or into, wind up into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Subsidiary Guarantor or the Borrower, (2) merge with an Affiliate of the Borrower solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Subsidiary Guarantor in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof or (3) convert into a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability corporation or trust organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the Successor Guarantor, by joinder to this Agreement and a new Guaranty, joinder or other documents or instruments, executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent and satisfactory in form to the Administrative Agent and the Lender, of the Guarantee set forth in this Article 11 and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be performed by the Guarantor, such Successor Guarantor will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. All the Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses 1(a) and (b) of this Section 11.04, nothing contained in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Borrower or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Borrower or another Guarantor.
Section 11.05 Releases.
Each Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor will provide by its terms that it will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged under its Guarantee upon:
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(1) (a) any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise) of (i) the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor, after which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) all or substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case if such sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with this applicable provisions of this Agreement; (b) the release or discharge by such Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness under (i) the Senior Credit Facilities, except a discharge or release in connection with the repayment in full and termination of commitments under the Senior Credit Facilities without being replaced with another Senior Credit Facility or (ii) in the case of a Guarantee made by a Subsidiary Guarantor (each, an “Other Guarantee”) as a result of its guarantee of Additional First Lien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations, or capital markets debt securities of the Borrower or a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.17 hereof, the relevant Additional First Lien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations, or capital markets debt securities, except, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), a discharge or release by or as a result of payment by such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indebtedness specified in such clause (i) or (ii) (it being understood that a release subject to a contingent reinstatement is still a release, and if any such Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Senior Credit Facilities or any Other Guarantee is so reinstated, such Guarantee shall also be reinstated);
(c) the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; or
(d) [reserved]; and
(2) delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and that the requested release is permitted under this Agreement (and the Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to rely on such Officer’s Certificate in providing the requested release).
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Guarantee as provided in this Section 11.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on, the Term Loan and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Agreement as provided in this Article 11.
ARTICLE 12
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS.
Section 12.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the Lender to make a Credit Extension hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction (or waiver by the Lender in its sole discretion, which waiver of any unsatisfied condition will be determined to have been granted by the Lender upon its funding of the Term Loan on the Closing Date) of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s and the Lender’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender:
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(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement and the Guaranty;
(ii) a Term Note executed by the Borrower in favor of the Lender;
(iii) each Security Document required to be executed on the Closing Date, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto:
(iv) such certificates of good standing from the applicable secretary of the state of organization of each Loan Party, such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Lender may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to be a party on the Closing Date;
(v) an opinion from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York counsel to the Loan Parties, (ii) an opinion from Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Delaware counsel to the Loan Parties and (iii) an opinion from Gordon Rees Scully Manuskhani, LLP, New Mexico and Maryland counsel to the Loan Parties;
(vi) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower;
(vii) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect and that the Administrative Agent has been named as lender’s loss payee and/or additional insured, as applicable, under each insurance policy with respect to such insurance as to which the Lender shall have requested the Administrative Agent to be so named;
(viii) a Committed Loan Notice relating to the Credit Extensions in an amount equal to the Closing Date Commitment;
(ix) copies of a recent Lien and judgment search in each jurisdiction reasonably requested by the Lender with respect to the Loan Parties; and
(x) an Intercompany Note duly executed by each Loan Party.
(b) All fees and expenses required to be paid to the Lender and the Administrative Agent hereunder and pursuant to the Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and/or the Administrative Agent Fee Letter and invoiced on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full in cash or directed by the Borrower to be paid with the proceeds of the Term Loans made on the Closing Date. The Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed copy of the Administrative Agent Fee Letter.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
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(f) [Reserved].
(g) (i) the Borrower, Holdings, each of the other Grantors (as defined in the Existing Intercreditor Agreement) and Lender in its capacity as sole lender and representative under the Term Facility (or the Administrative Agent on its behalf) shall have executed and delivered the Intercreditor Joinder Agreement, (ii) the Borrower shall have satisfied all other conditions required to validly join the Lender (or the administrative Agent on its behalf) in accordance with Section 5.13 of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement, and the Applicable Authorized Representative (as defined in the Existing Intercreditor Agreement) shall have confirmed in writing (including via email) that the Intercreditor Joinder Agreement and the Loan Documents satisfy the requirements of Section 5.13 of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement, and (iii) the Obligations hereunder shall be pari passu with the Existing First Lien Obligations.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.01, this Agreement shall not impair the availability of the Term Facility on the Closing Date if the conditions set forth in this Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived (it being understood that, to the extent any security interest in the intended Collateral or any deliverable related to the perfection of security interests in the intended collateral under the Term Facility (other than any Collateral the security interest in which may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement or the possession of the stock certificate of the Borrower) is not or cannot be provided and/or perfected on the Closing Date after your use of reasonable best efforts to do so, then the provision and/or perfection of such security interest(s) or deliverable shall not constitute a condition precedent to the availability of the Term Facility on the Closing Date but shall be required to be delivered sixty (60) days after the Closing Date.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Borrower, any Guarantor or the Administrative Agent to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), email or facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:
If to the Borrower and/or any Guarantor: Sabre GLBL Inc.
3150 Sabre Drive,
Southlake, TX 76092
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
Email:
With a copy to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Facsimile:
Attention: Yasin Keshvargar
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If to the Administrative Agent:
Wilmington Trust, National Association
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attn: Annmarie Warren
Phone:
Email:
With a copy to:
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Alan Glantz
Phone:
Email:
The Borrower, any Guarantor or the Administrative Agent, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile or e-mail in pdf format; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Section 13.02 [Reserved].
Section 13.03 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to take any action under this Agreement, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent:
(1) an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.04 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.04 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
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Section 13.04 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement must include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied (and, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact); and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied; provided that with respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.
Section 13.05 [Reserved].
Section 13.06 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Borrower and the Guarantors), as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Borrower or the Guarantors under the Term Loan, this Agreement, the Loan Documents or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Section 13.07 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction
(a) THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERM LOAN, THE GUARANTEES AND, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN, THE SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any Federal or State court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, New York in any suit, action or proceeding based on or arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Term Loan and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be determined in any such court. The Borrower and each Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in an inconvenient forum.
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(c) EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE GUARANTORS, THE LENDER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TERM LOAN OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 13.08 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Agreement may not be used to interpret any other credit agreement, indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such credit agreement, indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Agreement.
Section 13.09 Successors; Register.
All agreements of the Borrower in this Agreement will bind its successors. All agreements of the Administrative Agent in this Agreement will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Agreement will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.04 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lender shall not (and shall not be permitted to) assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents without (i) a written agreement evidencing such assignment being entered into in writing among (and being in form and substance satisfactory to) the Borrower, the Lender and the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Administrative Agent receiving such tax forms, Administrative Questionnaires, assignment fees, and documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, in each case as requested by the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States a register for the recordation of the name and address of the Lender, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Term Loans (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as the Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Agent and, with respect to its own Term Loans, the Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
Section 13.10 Attorney Costs and Expenses.
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The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lender for all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, syndication and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs of (x) one primary counsel to the Administrative Agent and, if reasonably necessary, one local and foreign counsel to the Administrative Agent in each relevant jurisdiction and (y) one primary counsel to the Lender and one local and foreign counsel to the Lender in each relevant jurisdiction, in the case of an actual conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected parties taken as a whole, and (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, each other Agent and the Lender for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, and including all Attorney Costs of (x) one primary counsel to the Administrative Agent and, if reasonably necessary, one local and foreign counsel to the Administrative Agent in each relevant jurisdiction and (y) one primary counsel to the Lender and, if reasonably necessary, one local and foreign counsel to the Lender in each relevant jurisdiction). The foregoing costs shall include all reasonable search, filing, recording and title insurance charges and fees related thereto, and other documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section 13.10 shall survive the termination of the Commitment and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 13.10 shall be paid promptly following receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party or such Guarantor by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
Section 13.11 Payments Set Aside.
To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent or the Lender, or the Administrative Agent or the Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or the Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) the Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
Section 13.12 Indemnification by the Borrower.
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The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees or advisors (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses, and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (but limited, in the case of Attorney Costs, to the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of (x) one counsel to the Administrative Agent and its Agent-Related Persons taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, a single local counsel for the Administrative Agent and its Agent-Related Persons taken as a whole in each relevant jurisdiction and (y) one counsel to all other Indemnitees taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, a single local counsel for all other Indemnitees taken as a whole in each relevant jurisdiction, and solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to each group of affected Indemnitees similarly situated taken as a whole) (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment, Term Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (c) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability arising out of the activities or operations of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith (other than in the case of the Administrative Agent and its Agent-Related Persons) or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or Related Indemnified Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment, (y) other than in the case of the Administrative Agent and its Agent-Related Persons, a material breach of any obligations under any Loan Document by such Indemnitee or Related Indemnified Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment, or (z) any dispute that is among Indemnitees (other than any dispute involving claims against the Administrative Agent, or any other Agent, in each case in their respective capacities as such) that a court of competent jurisdiction has determined in a final and non-appealable judgment did not involve actions or omissions of any direct or indirect parent or controlling person of the Borrower or their Subsidiaries. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith (other than in the case of the Administrative Agent and its Agent-Related Persons) or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, nor shall any Indemnitee or any Loan Party have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 13.12 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Loan Party, its directors, stockholders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents is consummated. All amounts due under this Section 13.12 shall be paid within 30 days after written demand therefor; provided, however, that such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such amount to the extent that there is a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification or contribution rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 13.12. The agreements in this Section 13.10 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of the Lender, the termination of the Commitment and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Loan Obligations.
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Section 13.13 Severability.
In case any provision in this Agreement or any other Loan Document is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.14 Counterpart Originals.
This Agreement shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code/UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
Section 13.15 Integration.
This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lender in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement.
Section 13.16 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Agreement and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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Section 13.17 Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Administrative 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, without limitation, (i) any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, (ii) any act of God, (iii) natural disaster, (iv) war, (v) terrorism, (vi) civil unrest, (vii) accidents, (viii) labor dispute, (ix) disease, (x) epidemic or pandemic, (xi) quarantine, (xii) national emergency, (xiii) loss or malfunction of utility or computer software or hardware, (xiv) communications system failure, (xv) malware or ransomware or (xvi) unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex system or other wire or other funds transfer systems, or (xvii) unavailability of any securities clearing system; it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
Section 13.18 Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and Holdings and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by the Lender (or counsel to the Lender) that the Lender has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the Lender and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto agree that (a) the Lender Notes Trustee, the Lender Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders of the Lender Notes are express third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, the provisions in this Agreement that are expressly in their favor, and (b) that the provisions in this Agreement that are expressly in favor of the Lender Notes Trustee, the Lender Notes Collateral Agent and/or the Holders of the Lender Notes and the definitions “Lender Notes,” “Lender Notes Trustee,” “Lender Notes Collateral Agent” and “Holders of the Lender Notes” (and any other provisions of this Agreement to the extent a modification thereof would adversely modify the substance of any of the foregoing as it affects the Lender Notes Trustee, the Lender Notes Collateral Agent and/or the Holders of the Lender Notes) shall not be materially amended, waived or otherwise modified, in each case, in any way adverse to the Lender Notes Trustee, the Lender Notes Collateral Agent and/or the Holders of the Lender Notes without the prior written consent of the Lender Notes Trustee, the Lender Notes Collateral Agent (each acting at the direction of the Holders of the Lender Notes holding a majority of Lender Notes) and the Holders of the Lender Notes holding a majority of Lender Notes (which consent shall be given and deemed satisfied by receipt of a Lender Notes Trustee Direction in respect thereof).
Section 13.19 Lender Action.
The Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy against any Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents (including the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral or any other property of any such Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. The provision of this Section 13.19 are for the sole benefit of the Lender and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party.
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Section 13.20 U.S.A. Patriot Act.
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Administrative Agent, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Administrative Agent. The parties to this Agreement agree that they will provide the Administrative Agent with such information as it may request in order for the Administrative Agent to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Section 13.21 Copies of Transaction Documents.
Upon written request from the Lender, the Borrower shall provide copies of this Agreement or the Security Documents to the Lender.
Section 13.22 Intercreditor Agreements.
(a) THE LENDER AUTHORIZES AND INSTRUCTS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO ENTER INTO ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE LENDER, AND TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS (AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS) REQUIRED (OR DEEMED ADVISABLE) BY IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
(b) THE LENDER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE SECURITY DOCUMENTS, THE RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND REMEDIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE SECURED PARTIES UNDER SUCH SECURITY DOCUMENTS WILL BE, UPON EXECUTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF EACH INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND (B) IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL. THE LENDER HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AS APPLICABLE, TO TAKE SUCH ACTIONS, INCLUDING MAKING FILINGS AND ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS AND ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO ANY SECURITY DOCUMENT, AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO REFLECT THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION 13.22.
(c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 13.22 ARE NOT INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE ALL RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL BE IN THE FORM APPROVED BY AND REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE LENDER AND THE BORROWER AS PERMITTED BY THIS AGREEMENT. REFERENCE MUST BE MADE TO ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ITSELF TO UNDERSTAND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF. THE LENDER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ITS OWN ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND NO AGENT (AND NONE OF ITS AFFILIATES) MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE LENDER AS TO THE SUFFICIENCY OR ADVISABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
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To the extent that the Lender Notes Trustee or Lender Notes Collateral Agent takes any action or provides any direction under this Agreement, each of the Lender Notes Trustee and Lender Notes Collateral Agent shall do so solely at the direction of Holders of the Lender Notes holding the requisite amount of Lender Notes under and as determined in accordance with the Lender Indenture and each of the Lender Notes Trustee and Lender Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities granted to it under the Lender Indenture. Notwithstanding the fact that the entity serving as Lender Notes Trustee and Lender Notes Collateral Agent may be the same or an affiliate of the entity serving as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, neither the Lender Notes Trustee nor the Lender Notes Collateral Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for the actions or inactions of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the related Loan Documents, and shall not be charged with knowledge of any event, fact or circumstance under this Agreement, any Loan Document or otherwise known to the Administrative Agent.
Section 13.23 Taxes.
(a) Except as required by law, any and all payments by the Borrower or any Guarantor to or for the account of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding (including backup withholding) for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities (including additions to tax, penalties and interest) imposed by any Governmental Authority with respect thereto, (all taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If a Loan Party is required by any laws to deduct or withhold any Taxes or Other Taxes (as defined below) from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to any Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions or withholdings (including deductions or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 13.23(a)), each of such Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) that Loan Party shall make such deductions or withholdings, (iii) the Loan Party shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxing authority, and (iv) within thirty (30) days after the date of such payment (or, if receipts or evidence are not available within thirty (30) days, as soon as practicable thereafter), that Loan Party shall furnish to such Agent or Lender (as the case may be) the original or a facsimile copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof to the extent such a receipt has been made available to that Loan Party, or such other evidence of payment as is reasonably acceptable to such Agent or Lender. If a Loan Party fails to pay any Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to any Agent or any Lender the required receipts or other required documentary evidence that has been made available to that Loan Party, that Loan Party shall indemnify such Agent and such Lender for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by such Agent or such Lender arising out of such failure.
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(b) Each Agent or Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (each a “Foreign Lender”) agrees to complete and deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent prior to the date on which the first payment is due to it hereunder, unless it is unable to do so solely as a result of a change in applicable Law after the initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date, an accurate, complete and executed copy of (i) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or successor form, as applicable, certifying that it is entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party that provides an exemption from or a reduction of the rate of U.S. federal withholding tax on payments of interest; (ii) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor form certifying that the income receivable pursuant to any Loan Document is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States; (iii) if the Foreign Lender is claiming the benefits of the exemption for “portfolio interest” under Section 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, “a 10-percent shareholder” of the Borrower described in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or “a controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (B) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or successor form, as applicable, or (iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 or H-3, Internal Revenue Service 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 certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner.
(c) Thereafter and from time to time, each such Foreign Lender shall, unless it is unable to do so solely as a result of a change in applicable law after the Closing Date, other than in the case of clause (B) below, (i) promptly submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one or more of such forms or certificates (or such successor forms or certificates as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available to secure an exemption from or reduction in the rate of U.S. withholding tax (A) on or before the date that any such form, certificate or other evidence expires or becomes obsolete, (B) after the occurrence of a change in the Foreign Lender’s circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form, certificate or evidence previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (C) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and (ii) promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in the Foreign Lender’s circumstances which would modify or render invalid or inaccurate any claimed exemption or reduction.
(d) Each Agent and Lender (including, for the avoidance of doubt, “U.S. Lenders,” as defined below) agrees to all reasonable requests of the Borrower that each comply with any certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement if such compliance is required by Law, regulation, administrative practice or an applicable treaty as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of any Taxes or Other Taxes for which a Lender or Agent receives indemnity payments or additional amounts pursuant to this Section 13.23; provided that no such Agent or Lender shall be required to comply unless (i) it is not prohibited by any applicable Law from complying, (ii) such compliance will not result in any prejudice to its interest (other than any de minimis prejudice), (iii) Borrower has provided the required forms or documentation to such Agent or Lender reasonably in advance of the deadline for the filing or submission of such forms or other documentation with such forms duly completed by the Borrower with such information available to the Borrower, and (iv) Borrower shall be responsible for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such Agent or Lender in connection with such compliance.
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(e) Each Agent or Lender that is a “United States person” (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code) (each a “U.S. Lender”) agrees to complete and deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent an accurate, complete and executed copy of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or successor form certifying that such Agent or Lender is not subject to United States federal backup withholding tax (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before the date on which such form expires or becomes obsolete, (iii) after the occurrence of a change in the Agent’s or Lender’s circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.
(f) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal 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 and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower 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 or the Agent as may be necessary for the each relevant Loan Party 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 Section 13.23(g), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(g) The Loan Parties agree to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise, property, intangible, filing or mortgage recording taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document (all such taxes described in this Section 13.23(g) being hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
(h) If any Taxes or Other Taxes (including any amount paid or withheld by the Administrative Agent and indemnified by the Lender pursuant to Section 7.11) are directly asserted against any Agent or Lender with respect to any payment received by such Agent or Lender in respect of any Loan Document, such Agent or Lender may pay such Taxes or Other Taxes and each Loan Party will promptly pay such additional amounts (including any amount paid or withheld by the Administrative Agent and indemnified by the Lender pursuant to Section 7.11, but without duplication) so that each of such Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum that it would have received had no such Taxes or Other Taxes been asserted. Payments under this Section 13.23(h) shall be made within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date on which the any Loan Party receives written demand for payment from such Agent or Lender, such written demand shall include a copy of the notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to pay such amount received from the relevant taxing authority.
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(i) [Reserved].
(j) Each Loan Party and the Administrative Agent may deduct and withhold any taxes required by any Laws to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan Documents.
(k) Any gross-up obligations of any Loan Party pursuant to this Section 13.23 shall be deemed an accrual of interest for purposes of determining the Obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents, but which shall for the avoidance of doubt be due and payable by the Loan Parties in accordance with this Section 13.23.
(o) The agreements in this Section 13.23 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
[Signatures on following page]
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of December 5, 2025
| SABRE GLBL INC., | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| LASTMINUTE.COM LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| LASTMINUTE.COM HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
|
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| PRISM GROUP, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
|
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement]
| SABRE INTERNATIONAL NEWCO, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SABREMARK G.P., LLC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SABREMARK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||
| By: SabreMark G.P., LLC, its General Partner | ||
| By: |
/s/ Roushan Zenooz |
|
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL HOLDINGS I, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
|
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
|
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
|
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL LP | ||
| By: TVL LLC, its General Partner | ||
| By: |
/s/ Roushan Zenooz |
|
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement]
| TVL COMMON, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| RSI MIDCO, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| RADIXX SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SABRE GDC, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
|
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement]
| Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent |
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| By: | /s/ Annmarie Warren |
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| Name: Annmarie Warren | ||
| Title: Assistant Vice President | ||
[Signature Page to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement]
| SABRE FINANCIAL BORROWER, LLC as the Lender |
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| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
COMMITTED LOAN NOTICE
| To: | Wilmington Trust, National Association, |
as Administrative Agent
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention: Annmarie Warren
Telephone:
Email:
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among SABRE GLBL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each Lender from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower hereby gives you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.02(c) of the Credit Agreement that it hereby requests a Borrowing of new Loans to be made on the terms
| set forth below: |
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| (A) | Date of Borrowing (which is a Business Day): | |||
| (B) | Principal amount | |||
| (C) | Borrower Wire Instructions: 1 | |||
[Bank Name: [__]
Bank Address: [__]
ABA/Routing Number: [__]
Beneficiary Name: [__]
Beneficiary Address: [__]
Beneficiary Account Number: [__]]
| 1 | Insert wire instructions or reference attached funds flow or direction letter |
| SABRE GLBL INC., | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
EXHIBIT B
LENDER: [•]
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $[•]
FORM OF
TERM NOTE
New York, New York
[Date]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SABRE GLBL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the Lender set forth above (the “Lender”) or its registered assigns, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office (such term, and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein, having the meaning assigned to it in the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Sabre Holdings Corporation, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto (i) on the dates set forth in the Credit Agreement, the principal amounts set forth in the Credit Agreement with respect to Term Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) on each Interest Payment Date, interest at the rate or rates per annum as provided in the Credit Agreement on the unpaid principal amount of all Term Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at the rate or rates provided in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind whatsoever. The nonexercise by the holder hereof of any of its rights hereunder in any particular instance shall not constitute a waiver thereof in that or any subsequent instance.
All borrowings evidenced by this note and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and interest hereon and the respective dates thereof shall be endorsed by the holder hereof on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, or otherwise recorded by such holder in its internal records; provided, however, that the failure of the holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such notation shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower under this note.
This note is one of the Term Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement that, among other things, contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for optional and mandatory prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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LOANS AND PAYMENTS
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Reference is made to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among SABRE GLBL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, and each Lender from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to Section 4.04(a) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned, in his/her capacity as a Responsible Officer of Holdings, certifies as follows:
| [1. | Pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(1) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of [insert Fiscal Year], and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case 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 any independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any going concern or like qualification or exception (other than with respect to or resulting from the fact that the final maturity date of any Loan or Commitment under the Credit Agreement is less than one year after the date of such opinion) or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit. |
| 2. | Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a report setting forth the information required by Section [3.03(c)] of the Security Agreement or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the last such report. |
| 3. | Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a description of each event, condition or circumstance during the last fiscal quarter covered by this Compliance Certificate requiring a mandatory prepayment under Section 3.08 of the Credit Agreement. |
| 4. | Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a list of each Subsidiary of the Borrower that identifies each Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of delivery of this Compliance Certificate or a confirmation that there is no change in such information since the later of the Closing Date or the date of the last such list delivered to the Administrative Agent.] |
| [1. | Pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(2) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent (A) the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of [insert fiscal quarter], and the related (1) consolidated statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Fiscal Year then ended and (ii) consolidated statements of cash flows for the portion of |
| the fiscal year then ended, 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 and (B) a certification by a Responsible Officer of Holdings that such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP applicable to unaudited interim financial statements, subject only to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.] |
| [5.][2.] | To my knowledge, except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing pursuant to the Credit Agreement, at no time during the period between [ ] and [ ] (the “Certificate Period”) did a Default or an Event of Default exist. [If unable to provide the foregoing certification, fully describe the reasons therefor and circumstances thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.] |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, solely in his/her capacity as a Responsible Officer of Holdings, has executed this certificate for and on behalf of Holdings and has caused this certificate to be delivered this _____ day of ________.
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor (as defined below) and the Assignee (as defined below) pursuant to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among SABRE GLBL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, and each Lender from time to time party thereto, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. Capitalized terms used in this Assignment and Assumption and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Documents and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the facility identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or the transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1. Assignor (the “Assignor”):
2. Assignee (the “Assignee”):
Assignee is an Affiliate of: [Name of Lender]
Assignee is an Approved Fund of: [Name of Lender]
[Assignee is an Affiliated Lender]
3. Borrower:
4. Administrative Agent: Wilmington Trust, National Association
5. Assigned Interest:
| Facility |
Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans of all Lenders |
Amount of Commitment/Loans Assigned |
Percentage Assigned of Commitment/ Loans2 |
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| Term Loans |
$ | $ | 100 | % | ||||||||
Effective Date:
| 2 | Set forth, to at least 8 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder. |
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
| [NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor, | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| [NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor, | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| [Consented to and]3 Accepted: | ||
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, |
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| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| 3 | No consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund. |
| SABRE GLBL INC., |
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| By: |
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| Name: |
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| Title:4 |
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| 4 | No consent of the Borrower shall be required (i) for an assignment of the Term Loans to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or (ii) if an Event of Default under Section 6.01(1) or, solely with respect to the Borrower, Section 6.01(5) or (8)] of the Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing, any Assignee. |
Annex 1
CREDIT AGREEMENT5
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, (iii) the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower, or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of the Credit Agreement or (iv) the performance or observance by Holdings, the Borrower, or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their obligations under the Credit Agreement.
1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on any Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to this Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Assignor, any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
| 5 | Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement dated December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented, restated and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Sabre GLBL Inc. (the “Borrower”), Sabre Holdings Corporation (“Holdings”), the subsidiary guarantors from time to time party thereto, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and each lender from time to time party thereto. |
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or payable in kind (including PIK Interest) from and after the Effective Date to the Assignee.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
EXHIBIT E
[RESERVED]
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF
SECURITY AGREEMENT
[Attached]
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of
December 5, 2025
among
SABRE GLBL INC.,
as the Borrower
SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
as Holdings
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF SABRE INC.
IDENTIFIED HEREIN
and
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||||||
| ARTICLE I | ||||||
| DEFINITIONS | ||||||
| SECTION 1.01. |
Credit Agreement | 1 | ||||
| SECTION 1.02. |
Other Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
| ARTICLE II | ||||||
| PLEDGE OF SECURITIES | ||||||
| SECTION 2.01. |
Pledge | 7 | ||||
| SECTION 2.02. |
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral | 8 | ||||
| SECTION 2.03. |
Representations, Warranties and Covenants | 8 | ||||
| SECTION 2.04. | Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests | 9 | ||||
| SECTION 2.05. |
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations | 10 | ||||
| SECTION 2.06. |
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest | 10 | ||||
| SECTION 2.07. | Administrative Agent Not a Partner or Limited Liability Company Member | 11 | ||||
| ARTICLE III | ||||||
| SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY | ||||||
| SECTION 3.01. |
Security Interest | 12 | ||||
| SECTION 3.02. |
Representations and Warranties | 13 | ||||
| SECTION 3.03. |
Covenants | 15 | ||||
| SECTION 3.04. |
Other Actions | 19 | ||||
| ARTICLE IV | ||||||
| REMEDIES | ||||||
| SECTION 4.01. |
Remedies upon Default | 20 | ||||
| SECTION 4.02. |
Application of Proceeds | 21 | ||||
| SECTION 4.03. |
Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property; Power of Attorney | 22 | ||||
| ARTICLE V | ||||||
| INDEMNITY, SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION | ||||||
| SECTION 5.01. |
Indemnity | 22 | ||||
| SECTION 5.02. |
Contribution and Subrogation | 23 | ||||
| SECTION 5.03. |
Subordination | 23 | ||||
| ARTICLE VI | ||||||
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
| SECTION 6.01. |
Notices | 23 | ||||
| SECTION 6.02. |
Waivers; Amendment | 23 | ||||
| SECTION 6.03. |
Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses | 24 | ||||
| SECTION 6.04. |
Successors and Assigns | 24 | ||||
| SECTION 6.05. |
Survival of Agreement | 24 | ||||
| SECTION 6.06. |
Counterparts; Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns; Several Agreement | 25 | ||||
| SECTION 6.07. |
Severability | 25 | ||||
| SECTION 6.08. |
Right of Set-Off | 25 | ||||
| SECTION 6.09. |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | 26 | ||||
| SECTION 6.10. |
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY | 26 | ||||
| SECTION 6.11. |
Headings | 26 | ||||
| SECTION 6.12. |
Security Interest Absolute | 27 | ||||
| SECTION 6.13. |
[Reserved] | 27 | ||||
| SECTION 6.14. |
Termination or Release | 27 | ||||
| SECTION 6.15. |
Additional Restricted Subsidiaries | 28 | ||||
| SECTION 6.16. |
Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact | 28 | ||||
| SECTION 6.17. |
General Authority of the Administrative Agent | 29 | ||||
| SECTION 6.18. |
Recourse; Limited Obligations | 29 | ||||
| ARTICLE VII | ||||||
| INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT | ||||||
| SECTION 7.01. |
Intercreditor Agreement | 29 | ||||
| SECTION 7.02. |
Obligations of Grantors | 30 | ||||
| SECTION 7.03. |
Delivery of Collateral | 30 | ||||
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annex a
List of Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties
| 1. | lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. |
| 2. | lastminute.com LLC |
| 3. | Sabre International Newco, Inc. |
| 4. | SabreMark G.P., LLC |
| 5. | SabreMark Limited Partnership |
| 6. | TVL Common, Inc. |
| 7. | Sabre GDC, LLC |
| 8. | PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
| 9. | PRISM Group, Inc. |
| 10. | RSI Midco, Inc. |
| 11. | Radixx Solutions International, Inc. |
| 12. | TVL Holdings, Inc. |
| 13. | TVL LLC |
| 14. | TVL Holdings I, LLC |
| 15. | TVL LP |
| SCHEDULE I | Short Particulars of U.S. Copyright Collateral | 1 |
| ANNEX A | List of Loan Parties |
Schedules
annex a
List of Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties
| 1. | lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. |
| 2. | lastminute.com LLC |
| 3. | Sabre International Newco, Inc. |
| 4. | SabreMark G.P., LLC |
| 5. | SabreMark Limited Partnership |
| 6. | TVL Common, Inc. |
| 7. | Sabre GDC, LLC |
| 8. | PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
| 9. | PRISM Group, Inc. |
| 10. | RSI Midco, Inc. |
| 11. | Radixx Solutions International, Inc. |
| 12. | TVL Holdings, Inc. |
| 13. | TVL LLC |
| 14. | TVL Holdings I, LLC |
| 15. | TVL LP |
| SCHEDULE I | Pledged Equity; Pledged Debt | |
| SCHEDULE II | Commercial Tort Claims |
| Exhibits
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| EXHIBIT I | Form of Security Agreement Supplement | |
| EXHIBIT II | Form of Perfection Certificate | |
| EXHIBIT III | Form of Patent Security Agreement | |
| EXHIBIT IV | Form of Trademark Security Agreement | |
| EXHIBIT V | Form of Copyright Security Agreement |
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PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of December 5, 2025, among SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), SABRE GLBL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party hereto and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference is made to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Holdings, the other Guarantors from time to time party thereto, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and the lender from time to time party thereto (the “Lender”) pursuant to which the Lender has agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. Each of Holdings and each Subsidiary party hereto is an affiliate of the Borrower and will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement. In order to secure the payment of all principal of and interest on the Term Loans, and the payment and performance of all other Obligations under the Credit Agreement and all of the Grantors’ obligations and liabilities hereunder and in connection herewith, each Grantor is willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lender to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Credit Agreement.
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified therein; the term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
(b) The rules of construction specified in Article 1 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Account Debtor” means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
“Accounts” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
“Administrative Agent” means WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, or any successor Administrative Agent thereof.
“Agreement” means this Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Article 9 Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).
“Claiming Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02.
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“Collateral” means the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral.
“Commercial Tort Claim” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
“Contributing Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02.
“Copyright License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any third party under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that such Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to any Grantor under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of such Grantor under any such agreement.
“Copyrights” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (b) all registrations of any such copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings and supplemental registrations in the USCO or any foreign equivalent office.
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of Holdings which owns a Principal Domestic Property and transacts substantially all of its business or maintains substantially all of its property within the United States, excluding its territories, possessions and Puerto Rico, but in any case excluding any Subsidiary which is engaged primarily in financing operations outside of the United States or in leasing personal property or financing inventory receivables or other property.
“Excluded Assets” means:
(a) any Principal Domestic Property;
(b) any letter-of-credit rights;
(c) any Securitization Assets;
(d) any L/C Assets;
(e) any motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(f) any real property that is not a Material Real Property;
(g) any leasehold interests;
(h) any assets or properties that are acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition (or that are owned by a Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition), so long as such assets or properties are subject to a Lien permitted by Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement, which secured Indebtedness is incurred or assumed in connection with such Permitted Acquisition; (i) any Intellectual Property whose pledge would result in the forfeiture of the Grantors’ rights in such property including, without limitation, any Trademark applications filed in the USPTO on the basis of such Grantor’s “intent-to-use” such Trademark, unless and until acceptable evidence of use of such Trademark has been filed with the USPTO pursuant to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C.
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1051, et seq.), to the extent that granting a lien in such Trademark application prior to such filing would adversely affect the enforceability or validity of such Trademark application;
(j) any General Intangible, Investment Property or other rights of a Grantor arising under any contract, lease, instrument, license or other document or any assets subject thereto if but only to the extent that and so long as the grant of a security interest therein would (x) constitute a violation or abandonment of, or render unenforceable, a valid and enforceable restriction in respect of such General Intangible, Investment Property or other such rights in favor of a third party or under any law, regulation, permit, order or decree of any Governmental Authority (for the avoidance of doubt, the restrictions described herein shall not include negative pledges or similar undertakings in favor of a lender or other financial counterparty), or (y) expressly give any other party in respect of any such contract, lease, instrument, license or other document, the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, provided, however, that the limitation set forth in this clause (i) shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such Collateral to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law or principles of equity and provided, further, that, at such time as the condition causing the conditions in subclauses (x) and (y) of this clause (i) shall be remedied, whether by contract, change of law or otherwise, the contract, lease, instrument, license or other documents shall immediately cease to be an Excluded Asset, and any security interest that would otherwise be granted herein shall attach immediately to such contract, lease, instrument, license or other document, or to the extent severable, to any portion thereof that does not result in any of the conditions in (x) or (y) above;
(k) any assets the pledge of which is prohibited by law or by agreements containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law; and
(l) any asset with respect to which the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender) and the Borrower have reasonably determined in writing that the costs of providing a security interest in such asset or perfection thereof is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lender.
“Excluded Security” means
(a) any shares of stock or debt of any Domestic Subsidiary (but only to the extent that and for so long as any such stock or debt is not pledged to secure any other Permitted First Lien Debt);
(b) more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Material Foreign Subsidiary that is a direct Subsidiary of a Loan Party;
(c) any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Material Foreign Subsidiary;
(d) any Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (until such time as any Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the Credit Agreement); (e) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that are not directly held by a Loan Party;
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(f) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition that are subject to a Lien permitted by Section 7.01(v) the Credit Agreement, which secured Indebtedness is incurred or assumed in connection with such Permitted Acquisition;
(g) any shares of stock or debt whose pledge is prohibited by law or by agreements containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by applicable law; and
(h) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary with respect to which the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender) and the Borrower have reasonably determined in writing that the costs of providing a pledge of such Equity Interests or perfection thereof is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lender.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (b) any Securitization Subsidiary, (c) [reserved], (d) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by contractual requirements existing on the date of the acquisition of such Subsidiary (other than contractual requirement entered into by such Subsidiary in contemplation of such acquisition) or applicable Law from guaranteeing the Obligations, (e) any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (f) [reserved], (g) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, (x) in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender, and following such direction, confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the burden or cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee shall be outweigh the benefits to be obtained by the Lender therefrom or (y) providing such a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower and (h) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (i) not-for-profit subsidiaries, (j) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (k) each Immaterial Subsidiary; provided that the Borrower may at any time and in its sole discretion, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, deem that any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“General Intangibles” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC and includes for the avoidance of doubt corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Swap Contracts and other agreements), goodwill, Intellectual Property, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Grantor, as the case may be, to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.
“Grantor” means each of Holdings, the Borrower, and each Guarantor.
“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information, the intellectual property rights in software and databases and related documentation, domain names and all additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing any of the foregoing, together with all causes of action arising prior to or after the date hereof for infringement of any of the foregoing, or unfair competition claims regarding the same.
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“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” means the short-form Patent Security Agreement, short-form Trademark Security Agreement, and short-form Copyright Security Agreement, each substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibits III, IV and V, respectively.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Existing Intercreditor Agreement.
“Investment Property” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC, but shall not include any Pledged Collateral.
“L/C Assets” means all deposit and securities accounts (including all funds held in or credited to such accounts, interest, dividends or other property distributed in respect of such accounts and any proceeds thereof) that may be opened from time to time with one or more banks or other financial institutions (including with a foreign branch of such banks or other financial institutions) securing letters of credit, demand guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations and reimbursement obligations in respect thereof, other than those provided under the Credit Agreement.
“License” means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other intellectual property license or sublicense agreement to which any Grantor is a party, together with any and all (i) renewals, extensions, supplements and continuations thereof, (ii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or violations thereof, and (iii) rights to sue for past, present and future violations thereof.
“Loan Documents” means each Loan Document as defined under the Credit Agreement.
“Material Foreign Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the Total Assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Material Real Property” means any fee-owned parcel of real property (including fixtures) located in the United States owned by any Loan Party (x) that is not located in a “special flood hazard zone” and (y) with a Fair Market Value in excess of $20,000,000 (on the Closing Date or at time of acquisition or, in the case of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary and becomes a Loan Party, at the time of designation).
“New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
“Patent License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or granting to any Grantor any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
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“Patents” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all letters Patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country in or to which any Grantor now or hereafter has any right, title or interest therein, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters Patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the USPTO or any similar offices in any other country, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals, improvements or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit II, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and as amended, updated, modified or supplemented from time to time, and duly executed as of the Closing Date, and as of any subsequent delivery date as required pursuant to the Loan Documents, by the chief financial officer or the chief legal officer of each of Holdings and the Borrower.
“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Equity” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Securities” means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
“Principal Domestic Property” means any building, structure or other facility, together with the land on which it is erected and fixtures comprising a part of it, used primarily for information processing, research or housing hardware or software required for information processing, located in the United States, excluding its territories, possessions and Puerto Rico, owned or leased by Holdings or one of Holdings’ Subsidiaries and having a net book value in excess of 1% of Holdings’ net assets, other than any such building, structure or other facility or a portion which the Company’s principal executive officer, president and principal financial officer determine in good faith is not of material importance to the total business conducted or assets owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety.
“Secured Obligations” means the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lender, the Supplemental Administrative Agent and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Sections 7.01(b) and 7.02 of the Credit Agreement.
“Security Agreement Supplement” means an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto.
“Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).
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“Test Period” means the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(a); provided that, prior to the first date that financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended September 30, 2025.
“Trademark License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
“Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, trade dress, logos, designs, fictitious business names, or other source or business identifiers, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the USPTO or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof, as well as any unregistered trademarks and service marks used by a Grantor and (b) all goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized thereby.
“USCO” means the United States Copyright Office.
“USPTO” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
ARTICLE II
Pledge of Securities
SECTION 2.01. Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, including the Guaranty, each Grantor hereby pledges to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under (i) all Equity Interests held by it, including without limitation those Equity Interests listed on Schedule I and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Grantor and, to the extent certificated, the certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the “Pledged Equity”); provided that the Pledged Equity shall not include any Excluded Security; (ii) the debt securities owned by it, including without limitation those debt securities listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule I, any debt securities obtained in the future by such Grantor and the promissory notes and any other instruments evidencing any debt (the “Pledged Debt”); provided that the Pledged Debt shall not include any Excluded Security; (iii) subject to Section 2.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt; (iv) subject to Section 2.06, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) above; and (v) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”); provided, however, that in no event shall Pledged Collateral include any property with respect to which a Grantor is treated as having a “security entitlement” within the meaning of Article 8 of any applicable Uniform Commercial Code.
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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever, subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral. (a) Each Grantor agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered as promptly as practicable to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities (other than any uncertificated securities, but only for so long as such securities remain uncertificated) to the extent such Pledged Securities, in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02.
(b) Each Grantor will cause (i) any Indebtedness for borrowed money owed to such Grantor by any Person (other than intercompany Indebtedness between Credit Parties and intercompany Indebtedness referred to in the following clause (ii)) having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000, to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note, and (ii) any intercompany Indebtedness made by such Grantor to a non-Loan Party to be evidenced by (x) a duly executed global promissory note to which such Non-Loan Party is a signatory, or (y) at the option of the Grantor, to the extent such Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $15,000,000, a duly executed promissory note; in each case (i) and (ii) that is delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof.
(c) Upon delivery to the Administrative Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by stock or security powers duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by proper instruments of assignment or transfer duly executed by the applicable Grantor and such other instruments or documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule I and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Holdings and the Borrower jointly and severally represent, warrant and covenant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to and with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
(a) Schedule I correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Equity and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes required to be pledged hereunder 1;
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(b) the Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than the Borrower or a subsidiary of the Borrower, to the best of Holdings’ and the Borrower’s knowledge) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Equity, are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than the Borrower or a subsidiary of the Borrower, to the best of Holdings’ and the Borrower’s knowledge), are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof; (c) except for the security interests granted hereunder, each of the Grantors (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule I as owned by such Grantors, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than (A) Liens created by the Security Documents and (B) Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than (A) Liens created by the Security Documents and (B) Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement, and (iv) will defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;
(d) except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents or securities laws generally and except as described in the Perfection Certificate, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect in any manner material and adverse to the Secured Parties the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Administrative Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;
(e) each of the Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(f) no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect);
(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Administrative Agent will obtain a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, to the extent such perfection is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code; and
(h) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Administrative Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein.
SECTION 2.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests. Any limited liability company and any limited partnership controlled by any Grantor shall either (a) not have in its operative documents any provision that any Equity Interests in such limited liability company or such limited partnership be a “security” as defined under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or (b) certificate any Equity Interests in any such limited liability company or such limited partnership. To the extent an interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by any Grantor and pledged under Section 2.01 is certificated or becomes certificated, each such certificate shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to Section 2.02(a) and such Grantor shall fulfill all other requirements under Section 2.02 applicable in respect thereof.
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SECTION 2.05. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (a) the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in its own name as pledgee, the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Administrative Agent, and each Grantor will promptly give to the Administrative Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor and (b) the Administrative Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement; provided, that the Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower prior notice of its intent to exercise such rights unless an Event of Default under Section 6.01(8) or (9) of the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing in which case no notice shall be required.
SECTION 2.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest. (a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower that the rights of the Grantors under this Section 2.06 are being suspended:
(i) Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner, except as may be expressly permitted under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, that would materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Securities or the rights and remedies of any of the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.
(ii) The Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to each Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as each Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.
(iii) Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable Laws; provided that any non-cash (and non-cash equivalent) dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties and shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent).
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(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Administrative Agent in a non-interest bearing account to be established by the Administrative Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02 hereof. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Administrative Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 and that remain in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, and the obligations of the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender) shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights at the discretion of the Lender. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, each Grantor shall have the exclusive right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Grantor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06.
(d) Any notice given by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower suspending the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a) of this Section 2.06 (i) shall be given in writing, (ii) may be given with respect to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Administrative Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 2.07. Administrative Agent Not a Partner or Limited Liability Company Member. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to make the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party liable as a member of any limited liability company or as a partner of any partnership and neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise (except as referred to in the following sentence) shall have any of the duties, obligations or liabilities of a member of any limited liability company or as a partner in any partnership.
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The parties hereto expressly agree that, unless the Administrative Agent shall become the absolute owner of Pledged Equity consisting of a limited liability company interest or a partnership interest pursuant hereto or to any other Loan Document, this Agreement shall not be construed as creating a partnership or joint venture among the Administrative Agent, any other Secured Party, any Grantor and/or any other Person.
ARTICLE III
Security Interests in Personal Property
SECTION 3.01. Security Interest. (a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, including the Guaranteed Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all right, title or interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all Commercial Tort Claims listed on Schedule II hereto;
(iv) all Deposit Accounts;
(v) all Documents;
(vi) all Equipment;
(vii) all General Intangibles;
(viii) all Goods;
(ix) all Instruments;
(x) all Inventory;
(xi) all Investment Property;
(xii) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(xiii) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all supporting obligations, collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;
provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in any Excluded Asset.
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(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent (or its designee) for the benefit of the Secured Parties at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or the analogous legislation of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and, if required, any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Administrative Agent promptly upon any reasonable request.
(c) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.
(d) The Administrative Agent (or its designee) is authorized to file with the USPTO or the USCO (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest in United States registered or applied-for Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral granted by each Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantor as debtors and the Administrative Agent as secured party.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, none of the Grantors shall be required to enter into any deposit account control agreement or securities account control agreement with respect to any deposit account or securities account.
SECTION 3.02. Representations and Warranties. Holdings and the Borrower jointly and severally represent and warrant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties that:
(a) Each Grantor has good and valid rights in and title to the material Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Administrative Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained.
(b) The information set forth in the Perfection Certificate, including the exact legal name of each Grantor, is correct and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date. The Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations prepared based upon the information provided in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent after the Closing Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by the Credit Agreement), are all the filings, recordings and registrations that are necessary to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, in each case, except (i) as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements, and (ii) filings required to be made in the USPTO and the USCO in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property.
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(c) Each Grantor represents and warrants that short-form Intellectual Property Security Agreements containing a description of all Article 9 Collateral as of the date hereof consisting of United States Patents, United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending, unless it constitutes an Excluded Asset) and United States registered Copyrights, respectively, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording by the USPTO and the USCO pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, as may be necessary to establish a valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions under the Federal intellectual property laws, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than (i) such filings and actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed by any Grantor after the date hereof, (ii) as may be required under the laws of jurisdictions outside the United States with respect to Article 9 Collateral created under such laws, and (iii) the UCC financing and continuation statements contemplated in Section 3.02(b)).
(d) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations; (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in the relevant jurisdiction and (iii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(c), a perfected security interest in all Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of fully executed short-form Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the USPTO and the USCO, as applicable. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than (i) any nonconsensual Lien that is expressly permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement and has priority as a matter of law and (ii) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement.
(e) The material Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement. None of the Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the New York UCC or any other applicable United States laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the USPTO or the USCO or (iii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement.
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SECTION 3.03. Covenants. (a) The Borrower agrees promptly (and in any event within 60 days of such change) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any change in (i) the legal name, (ii) the identity or type of organization or corporate structure, (iii) the jurisdiction of organization, (iv) the chief executive office or (v) the organizational identification number, of any Grantor. In addition, if any Grantor does not have an organizational identification number on the Closing Date (or the date such Grantor becomes a party to this Agreement) and later obtains one, the Borrower shall promptly (and in any event within 60 days of such change) thereafter notify the Administrative Agent of such organizational identification number and shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Lender to the extent necessary to maintain the security interests (and the priority thereof) of the Administrative Agent in the Article 9 Collateral intended to be granted hereby fully perfected and in full force and effect.
(b) Upon becoming aware of any defect in the security interests (and the priority thereof, except as expressly permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement) of the Administrative Agent in the Article 9 Collateral intended to be granted hereby, the Borrower agrees promptly (and in any event within 60 days of such knowledge) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such defect.
(c) Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an updated Perfection Certificate executed by the chief financial officer or the chief legal officer of each of Holdings and the Borrower, setting forth any information required therein that has changed or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of such certificate or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 3.03(c) and certifying that all UCC financing statements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction necessary to protect and perfect the Security Interests and Liens in the United States under this Agreement.
(d) The Borrower agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of each other Grantor, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Administrative Agent or the Lender may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith.
(e) At its option, the Administrative Agent or the Lender may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement or this Agreement and within a reasonable period of time after the Administrative Agent or the Lender has requested that it do so, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent or the Lender, as applicable, within 10 Business Days after demand for any payment made or any reasonable expense incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Lender pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, Grantors shall not be obligated to reimburse the Administrative Agent or the Lender with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property which any Grantor has failed to maintain or pursue, or otherwise allowed to lapse, terminate or be put into the public domain, in accordance with Section 3.03(i)(ix).
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Nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein, in the other Loan Documents.
(f) If at any time any Grantor shall take a security interest in any property of an Account Debtor or any other Person, the value of which is in excess of $10,000,000, to secure payment and performance of an Account, such Grantor shall promptly assign such security interest to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Such assignment need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the Account Debtor or other Person granting the security interest.
(g) Each Grantor (rather than the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable (as between itself and any relevant counterparty) to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.
(h) If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim with a value in excess of $10,000,000 and for which such Grantor (or predecessor in interest) has filed a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing signed by such Grantor of the brief details thereof and grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest therein and in the Proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement pursuant to a document in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender).
(i) Intellectual Property Covenants, Representations and Warranties:
(i) Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement or with respect to registration and applications no longer used, and except to the extent failure to act would not, as deemed by the applicable Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect, with respect to each Patent, Trademark or Copyright registration, issuance or pending application now or hereafter included in the Article 9 Collateral for which such Grantor has standing to do so, each Grantor agrees to (A) take, at its expense, all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, in the USPTO, the USCO and any other governmental authority located in the United States, to diligently pursue the registration and maintenance of each such Patent, Trademark, or Copyright registration or application and (B) not abandon any such application prior to exhaustion of all administrative and judicial remedies where reasonable to do so. Each Grantor shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its trade secrets under applicable law and to preserve the secrecy of its confidential information.
(ii) Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement, or with respect to registration and applications no longer used, or except as would not, as deemed by the applicable Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect, no Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property may lapse, be terminated, or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain (or in the case of a trade secret, becomes publicly known).
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(iii) Other than as excluded or as permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement, or with respect to Patents, Copyrights or Trademarks which are no longer used or useful in the Grantor’s business operations, or except where failure to do so would not, as deemed by the applicable Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect, each Grantor shall take all reasonable steps to preserve and protect each item of its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, maintaining the quality of any and all products or services used or provided in connection with any of the Trademarks included in the Article 9 Collateral, consistent with the quality of the products and services as of the date hereof, and taking all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks included in the Article 9 Collateral abide by the applicable license’s terms with respect to the standards of quality and using the Trademarks included in the Article 9 Collateral which are material to such Grantor’s business in interstate commerce during the time in which this Agreement is in effect and to take all reasonable steps to preserve such Trademarks under the laws of relevant jurisdiction. Other than as excluded or as permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement, each Grantor agrees to renew those of its domain name registrations that are material to such Grantor’s business.
(iv) Each Grantor represents and warrants that it is the lawful owner of all material Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Intellectual Property covered by Licenses granted to a Grantor by any third party), including (A) the Patents listed in the Perfection Certificate for such Grantor and that said Patents include all the material United States issued patents and pending United States patent applications that such Grantor owns as of the date hereof, and (B) the Copyrights listed in the Perfection Certificate for such Grantor and that said Copyrights include all the United States copyrights registered with the USCO for material United States copyrights that such Grantor owns as of the date hereof.
(v) Each Grantor further represents and warrants that the Trademarks and domain names listed in the Perfection Certificate include all material United States registered marks and applications for United States registered marks in the USPTO and all material domain names that such Grantor owns in connection with its business as of the date hereof. Each Grantor represents and warrants that it is the lawful owner of all U.S. trademark registrations and applications and domain name registrations listed in the Perfection Certificate and that said registrations are subsisting and have not been canceled, and that such Grantor has not received any written third-party claim that any of said registrations is invalid or unenforceable, other than as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, in the Grantor’s reasonable opinion, be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect.
(vi) Each Grantor agrees, promptly upon learning thereof, to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the name and address of, and to furnish such pertinent information that may be available with respect to, any party who such Grantor learns is likely to be infringing, contributorily infringing, actively inducing infringement, misappropriating or otherwise violating any of such Grantor’s rights in and to any Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral in any manner that would, in the Grantor’s reasonable opinion, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, or with respect to any party claiming that such Grantor’s use of any Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral and material to such Grantor’s business violates in any material respect any property right of such party.
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Each Grantor further agrees to take appropriate actions diligently against, including, but not limited to, the prosecution of, in accordance with reasonable business practices, any Person infringing any Intellectual Property right included in the Article 9 Collateral in any manner that would, in the Grantor’s reasonable opinion, reasonably be expected to, either individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect.
(vii) If any Grantor acquires, makes an application for, or is issued a registration for Intellectual Property before the USPTO, the USCO, or an equivalent thereof in any state of the United States, other than any Intellectual Property constituting an Excluded Asset for so long as such Intellectual Property constitutes an Excluded Asset, after the date hereof, such Grantor shall, at its own expense, concurrently with the delivery of the updated Perfection Certificate pursuant to Section 3.03(c), deliver to the Administrative Agent an Intellectual Property Security Agreement confirming the grant of a security interest in such Intellectual Property to the Administrative Agent hereunder, which must be substantially in the form of Exhibit III hereto in the case of Patents, Exhibit IV hereto in the case of Trademarks, or Exhibit V hereto in the case of Copyrights, or in such other form as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender).
(viii) Upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent or the Lender (but in any event, not more than three times per fiscal year), if a United States Patent or an application for a United States Patent or a registered Copyright, is issued or acquired by a Grantor, the relevant Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a copy of said Copyright or Patent, or certificate or registration of, or application therefor, as the case may be, and shall update, through amendment or by other written document executed by and reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender) and such Grantor, the relevant schedules of any Intellectual Property Security Agreement filed with the USPTO pursuant to this Agreement, such that any such update may be filed with the USPTO.
(ix) Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document prevents any Grantor from disposing of, discontinuing the use or maintenance of, failing to pursue, or otherwise allowing to lapse, terminate or be put into the public domain, any of its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement if such Grantor determines in its reasonable business judgment that such action is desirable in the conduct of its business.
(x) Subject to Sections 3.02 and 3.03(i) above, the Grantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to correct all currently known chain of title issues regarding the Article 9 Collateral constituting Intellectual Property collateral listed on Schedule 12 of the Perfection Certificate within sixty (60) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as agreed by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender in its sole discretion)) and; provided, however, that if despite such efforts, Grantors cannot correct these issues within sixty (60) days, they shall remain obligated to continue such efforts until the issues are resolved or it is reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent that it is no longer commercially reasonable to continue such efforts.
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SECTION 3.04. Other Actions. In order to further insure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Administrative Agent to enforce, the Security Interest, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:
(a) Instruments. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments constituting Article 9 Collateral and evidencing an amount in excess of $10,000,000, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(b) Investment Property. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article II, if any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request. If any securities now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are uncertificated and are issued to such Grantor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, following the occurrence of an Event of Default such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender), either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Administrative Agent as to such securities, without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the registered owner of such securities. If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property are held by any Grantor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Administrative Agent thereof and at the Administrative Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Lender) shall either (i) cause such securities intermediary or (as the case may be) commodity intermediary to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Administrative Agent to such securities intermediary as to such security entitlements, or (as the case may be) to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by the Administrative Agent to such commodity intermediary, in each case without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) in the case of financial assets or other Investment Property held through a securities intermediary, arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the entitlement holder with respect to such Investment Property, with the Grantor being permitted, only with the consent of the Administrative Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such Investment Property. The Administrative Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Administrative Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by any Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any financial assets credited to a securities account for which the Administrative Agent is the securities intermediary.
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ARTICLE IV
Remedies
SECTION 4.01. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, it is agreed that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party with respect to the Secured Obligations under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and also may (i) require each Grantor to, and each Grantor agrees that it will at its expense and upon request of the Administrative Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Administrative Agent and make it available to the Administrative Agent at a place and time to be designated by the Administrative Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties; (ii) occupy any premises owned or, to the extent lawful and permitted, leased by any of the Grantors where the Collateral or any part thereof is assembled or located for a reasonable period in order to effectuate its rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to such Grantor in respect of such occupation; provided that the Administrative Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to or promptly after such occupancy; (iii) declare the entire right, title, and interest of such Grantor in each of the Patents, Trademarks, domain names and Copyrights included in the Article 9 Collateral vested in the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (in which event such right, title, and interest shall immediately vest in the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to exercise the power of attorney referred to below in Section 4.03 hereof to execute, cause to be acknowledged and notarized and to record said absolute assignment with the applicable agency); (iv) exercise any and all rights and remedies of any of the Grantors under or in connection with the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Collateral; provided that the Administrative Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to or promptly after such exercise; and (v) subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law and the notice requirements described below, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate. The Administrative Agent shall be authorized at any such sale of securities (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Administrative Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any sale of Collateral shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Grantors agree to execute such further documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to transfer ownership of the Patents, Trademarks, domain names and Copyrights included in the Article 9 Collateral to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
The Administrative Agent shall give the applicable Grantors 10 days’ written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Administrative Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Administrative Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Administrative Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Administrative Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned.
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In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Administrative Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Agreement, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to such Secured Party from any Grantor as a credit against the purchase price, and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Grantor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Administrative Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Administrative Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Administrative Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.
Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Administrative Agent) as such Grantor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice to the Borrower of its intent to exercise such rights, for the purpose of (i) making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance, (ii) making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto and (iii) [obtaining or maintaining the policies of insurance required by Section 6.07 of the Credit Agreement or paying any premium in whole or in part relating thereto.
SECTION 4.02. Application of Proceeds. The Administrative Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, in accordance with Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Administrative Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Administrative Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Administrative Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
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(b) In making the determinations and allocations required by this Section 4.02, the Administrative Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied by the Administrative Agent as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Secured Obligations, and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information, provided that nothing in this sentence shall prevent any Grantor from contesting any amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any information so supplied. All distributions made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 4.02 shall be (subject to any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final (absent manifest error), and the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by the Administrative Agent of any amounts distributed to it. It is understood and agreed that the Grantors shall remain jointly and severally liable to the extent of any deficiency between the amount of the proceeds of the Collateral and the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations.
SECTION 4.03. Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property; Power of Attorney. For the exclusive purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Administrative Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor shall, upon prior written request by the Administrative Agent upon the occurrence of, or at any time during the continuance of, an Event of Default, grant to the Administrative Agent a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, limited license (until the termination or cure of the Event of Default) to use, license or sublicense any of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.03 shall require Grantors to grant any license that is prohibited by any rule of law, statute or regulation, 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, to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, with respect to such property or otherwise unreasonably prejudices the value thereof to the relevant Grantor; provided, further, that (a) such licenses to be granted hereunder with respect to Trademarks shall be subject to the maintenance of quality standards with respect to the goods and services on which such Trademarks are used sufficient to preserve the validity of such Trademarks, and (b) such licenses to be granted hereunder with respect to trade secrets shall be subject to the Administrative Agent taking reasonable steps to maintain such trade secrets under applicable law and to preserve the secrecy thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the use of such license by the Administrative Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Administrative Agent, only during the continuation of an Event of Default. Furthermore, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an absolute power of attorney to sign, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, any document which may be required by the USPTO or the USCO in order to effect an absolute assignment of all right, title and interest in each Patent, Trademark or Copyright included in the Article 9 Collateral, and to record the same.
ARTICLE V
Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination
SECTION 5.01. Indemnity. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Grantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 5.03), the Borrower agrees that, in the event any assets of any Grantor shall be sold pursuant to this Agreement or any other Collateral Document to satisfy in whole or in part a Secured Obligation owed to any Secured Party, the Borrower shall indemnify such Grantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.
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SECTION 5.02. Contribution and Subrogation. Each Grantor (a “Contributing Party”) agrees (subject to Section 5.03) that, in the event assets of any other Grantor shall be sold pursuant to any Collateral Document to satisfy any Secured Obligation owed to any Secured Party, and such other Grantor (the “Claiming Party”) shall not have been fully indemnified by the Borrower as provided in Section 5.01, the Contributing Party shall indemnify the Claiming Party in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of the Contributing Party on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Contributing Parties together with the net worth of the Claiming Party on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Grantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 6.15, the date of the Security Agreement Supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Grantor). Any Contributing Party making any payment to a Claiming Party pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Party to the extent of such payment.
SECTION 5.03. Subordination. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Grantors under Sections 5.01 and 5.02 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations, provided that if any amount shall be paid to such Grantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the irrevocable payment in full in cash of all the Secured Obligations, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied against the Secured Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement. No failure on the part of the Borrower or any Grantor to make the payments required by Sections 5.01 and 5.02 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Grantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Grantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Grantor hereunder.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 6.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 13.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as provided in Section 13.01 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.02. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent 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 Administrative Agent and the Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 6.02, 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 shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
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No notice or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle any Grantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.03. Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses. (a) The parties hereto agree that the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 13.10 of the Credit Agreement.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents, the Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the other Indemnitees (as defined in Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing agreements or instruments contemplated hereby, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee or Related Indemnified Person of such Indemnitee.
(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 6.03 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 6.03 shall be payable within 10 days of written demand therefor.
SECTION 6.04. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Administrative Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, to the extent permitted under Section 13.09 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.05. Survival of Agreement. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Secured Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.
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SECTION 6.06. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns; Several Agreement. This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Grantor shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns permitted thereby, and shall inure to the benefit of such Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns permitted thereby, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.
SECTION 6.07. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 6.08. Right of Set-Off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lender provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to any Grantor, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Grantor and its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries against any and all Secured Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Secured Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender or its Affiliates shall have a right to set off and apply any deposits held or other Indebtedness owing by such Lender or its Affiliates, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the account of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party which is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code unless such Subsidiary is not a direct or indirect subsidiary of Holdings. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender, as the case may be; provided, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
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The rights of the Administrative Agent, each Lender under this Section 6.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent, such Lender may have.
SECTION 6.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH GRANTOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH GRANTOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 6.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 6.10. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 6.10 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
SECTION 6.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
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SECTION 6.12. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Collateral and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Secured Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Secured Obligations or this Agreement.
SECTION 6.13. Collateral Sharing. Pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent acknowledges and agrees that it shall (to the extent provided in Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement) execute and deliver any collateral sharing agreements with one or more of the Grantors and other secured parties that may extend indebtedness thereunder to such Grantor or Grantors. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of any collateral sharing agreement executed in furtherance of Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between a provision of such collateral sharing agreement and this Agreement relating to the foregoing in this Section 6.13, the provisions of such collateral sharing agreement shall control.
SECTION 6.14. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all Secured Obligations and any Liens arising therefrom shall be automatically released when all the outstanding Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Lender has no further commitment to lend under the Credit Agreement.
(b) A Grantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Grantor shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement as a result of which such Grantor ceases to be a Subsidiary or is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary of Borrower.
(c) Upon any disposition by any Grantor of any Collateral that is not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, the security interest of such Grantor in such Collateral shall be automatically released.
(d) A Grantor (other than Holdings and the Borrower) shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Grantor shall be automatically released if such Grantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.
(e) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 6.14, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 6.14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.
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(f) At any time that the respective Grantor desires that the Administrative Agent take any action described in the immediately preceding paragraph (e), it shall, upon request of the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate certifying that the release of the respective Collateral is permitted pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d). The Administrative Agent shall have no liability whatsoever to any Secured Party or any other Person as a result of any release of Collateral in reliance on such certificate.
SECTION 6.15. Additional Restricted Subsidiaries. Pursuant to Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement, certain Restricted Subsidiaries of Borrower that were not in existence, were not Restricted Subsidiaries or were Excluded Subsidiaries on the date of the Credit Agreement are required to enter in this Agreement as Grantors upon becoming Restricted Subsidiaries or upon ceasing to be Excluded Subsidiaries by execution and delivery of a Security Agreement Supplement in the form of Exhibit I hereto by the Administrative Agent and such Restricted Subsidiary. Upon such execution and delivery, such Restricted Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.
SECTION 6.16. Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby appoints the Administrative Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof at any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, which appointment is irrevocable (until termination of the Credit Agreement) and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and notice by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower of its intent to exercise such rights, with full power of substitution either in the Administrative Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Administrative Agent; (h) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, to make, settle and adjust claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, including endorsing the name of any Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance, making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto and obtaining or maintaining the policies of insurance required by Section 6.07 of the Credit Agreement or paying any premium in whole or in part relating thereto; and (i) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Administrative Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Administrative Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby.
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The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct or that of any of their Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents or attorneys-in-fact, in each case as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment. All sums disbursed by the Administrative Agent in connection with this paragraph, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, within 10 days of demand, by the Grantors to the Administrative Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.
SECTION 6.17. General Authority of the Administrative Agent. By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other Security Documents, each Secured Party (whether or not a signatory hereto) shall be deemed irrevocably (a) to consent to the appointment of the Administrative Agent as its agent hereunder and under such other Security Documents, (b) to confirm that the Administrative Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for the enforcement of any provisions of this Agreement and such other Security Documents against any Grantor, the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder and the giving or withholding of any consent or approval hereunder or thereunder relating to any Collateral or any Grantor’s obligations with respect thereto, (c) to agree that it shall not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any other Collateral Document against any Grantor, to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder or to give any consents or approvals hereunder or thereunder except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any other Collateral Document and (d) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and any other Security Documents.
SECTION 6.18. Recourse; Limited Obligations. This Agreement is made with full recourse to each Grantor and pursuant to and upon all the warranties, representations, covenants and agreements on the part of such Grantor contained herein, in the Loan Documents and otherwise in writing in connection herewith or therewith. It is the desire and intent of each Grantor and the Secured Parties that this Agreement shall be enforced against each Grantor to the fullest extent permissible under the laws applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, and in furtherance of the foregoing, it is noted that the obligations of each Grantor that is a Guarantor have been limited as expressly provided in the Guaranty and are limited hereunder as and to the same extent provided therein.
ARTICLE VII
Intercreditor Agreement
SECTION 7.01. Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Administrative Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Administrative Agent, in its capacity as an Additional Senior Class Debt Representative (under and as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), and each Lender, by its acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees that upon the Additional Senior Class Debt Representative’s entry into the Intercreditor Joinder Agreement, the Additional Senior Class Debt Representative and each Lender will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as Additional First-Lien Secured Parties (as defined therein).
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SECTION 7.02. Obligations of Grantors. To the extent that the obligations of any Grantor hereunder shall conflict, or shall be inconsistent, with the obligations of such Grantor under the Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
SECTION 7.03. Delivery of Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, prior to the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), to the extent any Grantor is required hereunder to indorse, assign or deliver Collateral to the Administrative Agent for any purpose and is unable to do so as a result of having previously indorsed, assigned or delivered such Collateral to the Applicable Administrative Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, such Grantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such indorsement, assignment or delivery shall be deemed satisfied by the indorsement, assignment or delivery in favor of or to the Applicable Administrative Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), acting as a gratuitous bailee of the Administrative Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, LLC, as Holdings |
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| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| SABRE GLBL, INC. as the Borrower, | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES LISTED ON ANNEX A HERETO, | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
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[Signature Page to Pledge and Security Agreement (Intercompany)]
ANNEX A
List of Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties
| 16. | lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. | |
| 17. | lastminute.com LLC | |
| 18. | Sabre International Newco, Inc. | |
| 19. | SabreMark G.P., LLC | |
| 20. | SabreMark Limited Partnership | |
| 21. | TVL Common, Inc. | |
| 22. | Sabre GDC, LLC | |
| 23. | PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | |
| 24. | PRISM Group, Inc. | |
| 25. | RSI Midco, Inc. | |
| 26. | Radixx Solutions International, Inc. | |
| 27. | TVL Holdings, Inc. | |
| 28. | TVL LLC | |
| 29. | TVL Holdings I, LLC | |
| 30. | TVL LP | |
ANNEX A-1
SCHEDULE I
Pledged Equity
| Issuer |
Interest Issued |
Record and |
Total Shares |
Voting or |
Total Shares |
%age |
Certificated |
SCHEDULE I-1
| Issuer |
Interest Issued |
Record and |
Total Shares |
Voting or |
Total Shares |
%age |
Certificated |
SCHEDULE I-2
| Issuer |
Interest Issued |
Record and |
Total Shares |
Voting or |
Total Shares |
%age |
Certificated |
SCHEDULE I-3
Pledged Debt
| Grantor |
Loan |
Debtor |
Principal 12/05/2025 |
Interest at |
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| Total | ||||||||
A global note evidencing intercompany debt owed by a Grantor to a Grantor.
A global note evidencing intercompany debt owed by a Non-Loan Party to a Grantor.
Non-Loan Parties as Payors and Loan Parties as Payees Intercompany Note dated as of December 5, 2025, among the Borrower, Holdings and each entity listed as a Payor (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto and each entity listed as a Payee (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto.
Loan Parties as Payors and Non-Loan Parties as Payees Intercompany Note dated as of December 5, 2025, among the Borrower, Holdings and each entity listed as a Payor (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto and each entity listed as a Payee (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto
Non-Loan Parties as Payors and Loan Parties as Payees Intercompany Note dated as of December 5, 2025, among the Borrower, Holdings and each entity listed as a Payor (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto and each entity listed as a Payee (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto The following list includes all commercial tort claims of each Grantor, with a value in excess of $10,000,000 and for which such Grantor has filed a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction:
SCHEDULE I-4
SCHEDULE II
Commercial Tort Claims
None.
SCHEDULE II-1
Exhibit I
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of [ ], to the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 among SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION (“Holdings”), SABRE GLBL INC. (the “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties.
A. Reference is made to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Holdings, the other grantors from time to time party thereto, and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and the lender from time to time party thereto (the “Lender”).
B. Reference is made to the Pledge and Security Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among the Borrower, Holdings, the other guarantors from time to time party thereto, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties, and certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto.
C. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement, as applicable.
D. The Grantors have entered into the Security Agreement in order to induce the Lender to make Loans. Section 6.15 of the Security Agreement provides that additional Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become Grantors under the Security Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Restricted Subsidiary (the “New Subsidiary”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Grantor under the Security Agreement and as consideration Loans previously made.
Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 6.15 of the Security Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Security Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor and Grantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations does hereby create and grant to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and lien on all of the New Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Security Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. The Security Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity.
Exhibit I-1
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary, and the Administrative Agent has executed a counterpart hereof. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of the location of any and all Collateral of the New Subsidiary and (b) set forth under its signature hereto is the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of formation and the location of its chief executive office. Schedule I shall be incorporated into, and after the date hereof be deemed part of, the Perfection Certificate.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7. If any provision of this Supplement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Supplement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 6.01 of the Security Agreement.
SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the execution and delivery of this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
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Exhibit I-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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| Title: |
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| Jurisdiction of Formation: |
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| Address Of Chief Executive Office: |
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| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent |
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SCHEDULE I
TO SUPPLEMENTAL NO ___ TO THE
SECURITY AGREEMENT
LOCATION OF COLLATERAL
| Description | Location |
| EQUITY INTERESTS | ||||||||
| Issuer |
Number of Certificate |
Registered Owner |
Number and |
Percentage of |
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| DEBT SECURITIES |
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| Issuer |
Principal Amount |
Date of Note |
Maturity Date |
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Exhibit II
FORM OF
PERFECTION CERTIFICATE
[On file]
Exhibit II-1
Exhibit III
FORM OF
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 5, 2025 among SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION (“Holdings”), SABRE GLBL INC. (the “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party hereto and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference is made to the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. The Secured Parties’ agreements in respect of extensions of credit to the Borrower are set forth in the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Holdings, the other grantors from time to time party thereto, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, and the lender from time to time party thereto (the “Lender”). Each of Holdings and the Subsidiaries party hereto is an affiliate of the Borrower and will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and is willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lender to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Article 1 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
Section 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor, pursuant to and in accordance with the Security Agreement, did and hereby does grant to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Patent Collateral”):
(i) All letters Patent of the United States, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters Patent of the United States in or to which any Grantor now or hereafter has any right, title or interest therein, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the USPTO, and all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals, improvements or extensions thereof; Section 3.
(ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto; and
(iii) all causes of action arising prior to or after the date hereof for infringement of any of the foregoing, or unfair competition claims regarding the same.
Termination. This Agreement is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of the Secured Obligations. This Patent Security Agreement and the security interest granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all of a Grantor’s Secured Obligations and any Lien arising therefrom shall be automatically released upon termination of the Security Agreement or release of such Grantor’s obligations thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall, in connection with any termination or release herein or under the Security Agreement, execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense and as such Grantor may request, an instrument in writing releasing the security interest in the Patent Collateral acquired under this Agreement. Additionally, upon such satisfactory performance or payment, the Administrative Agent shall reasonably cooperate with any efforts made by a Grantor to make of record or otherwise confirm such satisfaction including, but not limited to, the release and/or termination of this Agreement and any security interest in, to or under the Patent Collateral.
Section 4. Supplement to the Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Administrative Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Patent Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
Section 5. Representations and Warranties. Holdings and the Borrower jointly and severally represent and warrant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, that a true and correct list of all of the existing material Patent Collateral consisting of U.S. Patent registrations or applications owned by the Grantor, in whole or in part, as of the date hereof, is set forth in Schedule I.
Section 6. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article VI of the Security Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
[Signatures on following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, as Holdings | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Roshan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||
| SABRE GLBL, INC., as the Borrower | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Roshan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||
| EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES LISTED ON ANNEX A HERETO, | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Roshan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to Patent Security Agreement]
| Acknowledged and accepted. |
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| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL |
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| ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: |
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| Title: |
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SCHEDULE I
Short Particulars of U.S. Patent Collateral2
| Title |
Owner | (Application Number)/Patent Number |
(Filing Date)/Issuance Date |
|||||
| 1. |
Schedule I-1
Short Particulars of U.S. Patent Collateral
| Title |
Owner | (Application Number)/Patent Number |
(Filing Date)/ Issuance Date |
Schedule I-2
Short Particulars of U.S. Patent Collateral
ANNEX A
List of Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties
| 1. | lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. |
| 2. | lastminute.com LLC |
| 3. | Sabre International Newco, Inc. |
| 4. | SabreMark G.P., LLC |
| 5. | SabreMark Limited Partnership |
| 6. | TVL Common, Inc. |
| 7. | Sabre GDC, LLC |
| 8. | PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
| 9. | PRISM Group, Inc. |
| 10. | RSI Midco, Inc. |
| 11. | Radixx Solutions International, Inc. |
| 12. | TVL Holdings, Inc. |
| 13. | TVL LLC |
| 14. | TVL Holdings I, LLC |
| 15. | TVL LP |
Schedule I-3
Short Particulars of U.S. Patent Collateral
Exhibit IV
FORM OF
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 5, 2025 among SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION (“Holdings”), SABRE GLBL, INC. (the “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party hereto and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference is made to the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. The Secured Parties’ agreements in respect of extensions of credit to the Borrower are set forth in the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Holdings, the other grantors from time to time party thereto, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, and the lender from time to time party thereto (the “Lender”). Each of Holdings and the Subsidiaries party hereto is an affiliate of the Borrower and will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and is willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lender to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Article 1 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
Section 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor, pursuant to and in accordance with the Security Agreement, did and hereby does grant to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest, except for any Excluded Assets (collectively, the “Trademark Collateral”):
(i) (a) all registrations and registration applications in the USPTO or any similar offices in any State of the United States for trademarks or service marks now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, and all extensions or renewals thereof, and (b) all goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized thereby;
(ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto; and
(iii) all causes of action arising prior to or after the date hereof for infringement of any of the foregoing, or unfair competition claims regarding the same.
Section 3. Termination. This Agreement is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of the Secured Obligations. This Trademark Security Agreement and the security interest granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all of a Grantor’s Secured Obligations and any Lien arising therefrom shall be automatically released upon termination of the Security Agreement or release of such Grantor’s obligations thereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall, in connection with any termination or release herein or under the Security Agreement, execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense and as such Grantor may request, an instrument in writing releasing the security interest in the Trademark Collateral acquired under this Agreement. Additionally, upon such satisfactory performance or payment, the Administrative Agent shall reasonably cooperate with any efforts made by a Grantor to make of record or otherwise confirm such satisfaction including, but not limited to, the release and/or termination of this Agreement and any security interest in, to or under the Trademark Collateral.
Section 4. Supplement to the Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Administrative Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Trademark Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
Section 5. Representations and Warranties. Holdings and the Borrower jointly and severally represent and warrant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, that a true and correct list of all of the existing material Trademark Collateral consisting of U.S. Trademark registrations or applications owned by the Grantor, in whole or in part, as of the date hereof, excluding any Excluded Assets, is set forth in Schedule I.
Section 6. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article VI of the Security Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, as Holdings |
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| By: |
||
| Name: Roushan Zenooz |
||
| Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
||
| SABRE GLBL INC. as the Borrower |
||
| By: |
||
| Name: Roushan Zenooz |
||
| Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
||
| EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES LISTED ON ANNEX A HERETO, |
||
| By: |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz |
||
| Title: Treasurer |
||
[Signature Page to Trademark Security Agreement]
| Acknowledged and accepted. |
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| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent |
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| By: |
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| Name: |
||
| Title: |
||
[Signature Page to Trademark Security Agreement]
ANNEX A
List of Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties
| 1. | lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. |
| 2. | lastminute.com LLC |
| 3. | Sabre International Newco, Inc. |
| 4. | SabreMark G.P., LLC |
| 5. | SabreMark Limited Partnership |
| 6. | TVL Common, Inc. |
| 7. | Sabre GDC, LLC |
| 8. | PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC |
| 9. | PRISM Group, Inc. |
| 10. | RSI Midco, Inc. |
| 11. | Radixx Solutions International, Inc. |
| 12. | TVL Holdings, Inc. |
| 13. | TVL LLC |
| 14. | TVL Holdings I, LLC |
| 15. | TVL LP |
Schedule I
United States Trademarks, Service Marks and Trademark Applications
| No. |
MARK |
SERIAL NO |
REG NO |
FILE DT |
REG DT |
OWNER |
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| 1. |
Schedule I to
| No. |
MARK |
SERIAL NO |
REG NO |
FILE DT |
REG DT |
OWNER |
||||||
| 17. |
| No. |
MARK |
SERIAL NO |
REG NO |
FILE DT |
REG DT |
OWNER |
||||||
| 41. |
Exhibit V
FORM OF
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 5, 2025 among SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION (“Holdings”), SABRE GLBL INC. (the “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party hereto and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference is made to the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. The Secured Parties’ agreements in respect of extensions of credit to the Borrower are set forth in the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Holdings, the other grantors from time to time party thereto, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, and the lender from time to time party thereto (the “Lender”). Each of Holdings and the Subsidiaries party hereto is an affiliate of the Borrower and will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and is willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lender to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement, or the Credit Agreement, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Article 1 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
Section 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor, pursuant to and in accordance with the Security Agreement, did and hereby does grant to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the
“Copyright Collateral”):
(i) all registrations of any copyright in the United States, including registrations, recordings and supplemental registrations in the USCO;
(ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto; and
(iii) all causes of action arising prior to or after the date hereof for infringement of any of the foregoing, or unfair competition claims regarding the same.
Section 3. Termination. This Agreement is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of the Secured Obligations. This Copyright Security Agreement and the security interest granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all of a Grantor’s Secured Obligations and any Lien arising therefrom shall be automatically released upon termination of the Security Agreement or release of such Grantor’s obligations thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall, in connection with any termination or release herein or under the Security Agreement, execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense and as such Grantor may request, an instrument in writing releasing the security interest in the Copyright Collateral acquired under this Agreement.
Additionally, upon such satisfactory performance or payment, the Administrative Agent shall reasonably cooperate with any efforts made by a Grantor to make of record or otherwise confirm such satisfaction including, but not limited to, the release and/or termination of this Agreement and any security interest in, to or under the Copyright Collateral.
Section 4. Supplement to the Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Administrative Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent with respect to the Copyright Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
Section 5. Representations and Warranties. Holdings and the Borrower jointly and severally represent and warrant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, that a true and correct list of all of the existing material Copyright Collateral consisting of U.S. Copyright registrations or applications owned by the Grantor, in whole or in part, as of the date hereof, is set forth in Schedule I.
Section 6. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article VI of the Security Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
[Signatures on following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, as Holdings | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||
| SABRE GLBL INC., as the Borrower | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||
| EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES LISTED ON ANNEX A HERETO, | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to Copyright Security Agreement]
| Acknowledged and accepted. | ||
| WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Administrative Agent |
||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Copyright Security Agreement]
ANNEX A
List of Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties
| 16. | lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. | |
| 17. | lastminute.com LLC | |
| 18. | Sabre International Newco, Inc. | |
| 19. | SabreMark G.P., LLC | |
| 20. | SabreMark Limited Partnership | |
| 21. | TVL Common, Inc. | |
| 22. | Sabre GDC, LLC | |
| 23. | PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | |
| 24. | PRISM Group, Inc. | |
| 25. | RSI Midco, Inc. | |
| 26. | Radixx Solutions International, Inc. | |
| 27. | TVL Holdings, Inc. | |
| 28. | TVL LLC | |
| 29. | TVL Holdings I, LLC | |
| 30. | TVL LP | |
Schedule I - 1
Short Particulars of U.S. Copyright Collateral
SCHEDULE I
SHORT PARTICULARS OF U.S. COPYRIGHT COLLATERAL
| No. |
TITLE |
REG NO |
REG DATE |
OWNER |
||||
| 1. |
Schedule I - 1
Short Particulars of U.S. Copyright Collateral
EXHIBIT G-1
FORM OF
INTERCOMPANY NOTE
LOAN PARTY PAYORS
LOAN PARTY PAYEES
New York, New York
December [•], 2025
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each Person set forth on Schedule A hereto from time to time, in its capacity as Payor (individually or collectively, as the context may require, a “Payor”), hereby promises to pay on demand to the order of each other Person set forth on Schedule A hereto or its assigns (individually or collectively, as the context may require, a “Payee”), in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, at such location in the United States of America as the applicable Payee shall from time to time designate, the unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances made by the applicable Payee to the applicable Payor.
The applicable Payor also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof in like money at said location from the date hereof until paid at such rate per annum as shall be agreed upon from time to time by the applicable Payor and the applicable Payee.
Upon the earlier to occur of (x) the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar proceeding of any jurisdiction relating to the applicable Payor or (y) any exercise of remedies (including the termination of the Commitments) pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement referred to below, the unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances evidenced by this Note shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with this Note. This Note is one of the Intercompany Notes referred to in the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented, restated and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Sabre GLBL Inc. (the “Borrower”), Sabre Holdings Corporation, (“Holdings”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and each lender from time to time party thereto (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) and is subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, and shall be pledged by the applicable Payee pursuant to the Security Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The applicable Payor hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement) may, pursuant to the Security Agreement as in effect from time to time, exercise all rights provided therein with respect to this Note.
The applicable Payee is hereby authorized (but shall not be required) to record all loans and advances made by it to the applicable Payor (all of which shall be evidenced by this Note), and all repayments or prepayments thereof, in its books and records, such books and records constituting prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information contained therein.
All payments under this Note shall be made without offset, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
The applicable Payor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with this Note.
Any Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Borrower that wishes to become, or is required pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement to become, a party to this Note after the date hereof shall become a Payor or Payee, as applicable, hereunder by executing a counterpart hereof or a joinder agreement (which joinder agreement is in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement)) and delivering same to the Administrative Agent. Each party to this Note on the date hereof agrees that any such Subsidiary shall, at the time it becomes a Payor or Payee pursuant to the foregoing provisions, be treated as if it were an original party hereto.
[Signatures on following page]
2
THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
| [______________], as Payor | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
3
| Pay to the order of | ||
| [______________], as Payee | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
4
| NAME OF PAYOR/PAYEE |
JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION |
5
EXHIBIT G-2
FORM OF
INTERCOMPANY NOTE
NON-LOAN PARTY PAYORS
LOAN PARTY PAYEES
New York, New York
December [•], 2025
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each Person set forth on Schedule A hereto from time to time, in its capacity as Payor (individually or collectively, as the context may require, a “Payor”), hereby promises to pay on demand to the order of each other Person set forth on Schedule A hereto or its assigns (individually or collectively, as the context may require, a “Payee”), in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, at such location in the United States of America as the applicable Payee shall from time to time designate, the unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances made by the applicable Payee to the applicable Payor.
The applicable Payor also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof in like money at said location from the date hereof until paid at such rate per annum as shall be agreed upon from time to time by the applicable Payor and the applicable Payee.
Upon the earlier to occur of (x) the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar proceeding of any jurisdiction relating to the applicable Payor or (y) any exercise of remedies (including the termination of the commitments) pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement referred to below, the unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances evidenced by this Note shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with this Note. This Note is one of the Intercompany Notes referred to in the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented, restated and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Sabre GLBL Inc. (the “Borrower”), Sabre Holdings Corporation, (“Holdings”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and each lender from time to time party thereto (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) and is subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, and shall be pledged by the applicable Payee pursuant to the Security Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The applicable Payor hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement) may, pursuant to the Security Agreement as in effect from time to time, exercise all rights provided therein with respect to this Note.
The applicable Payee is hereby authorized (but shall not be required) to record all loans and advances made by it to the applicable Payor (all of which shall be evidenced by this Note), and all repayments or prepayments thereof, in its books and records, such books and records constituting prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information contained therein.
All payments under this Note shall be made without offset, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
The applicable Payor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with this Note.
Any Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Borrower that wishes to become, or is required pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement to become, a party to this Note after the date hereof shall become a Payor or Payee, as applicable, hereunder by executing a counterpart hereof or a joinder agreement (which joinder agreement is in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement)) and delivering same to the Administrative Agent. Each party to this Note on the date hereof agrees that any such Subsidiary shall, at the time it becomes a Payor or Payee pursuant to the foregoing provisions, be treated as if it were an original party hereto.
FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, OBGLIGATIONS TO REPAY LOANS AND ADVANCES ARE LIMITED TO THOSE ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO BY EACH APPLICABLE PAYOR AND PAYEE AND IN NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL ANY PAYOR OR PAYEE BE LIABLE FOR THE DEBTS OF ANY OTHER PAYOR OR PAYEE UNDER THIS NOTE.
[Signatures on following page]
2
THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
| [______________], as Payor | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
3
| Pay to the order of | ||
| [______________], as Payee | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
4
| NAME OF PAYOR/PAYEE |
JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION |
5
EXHIBIT G-3
FORM OF
INTERCOMPANY NOTE
LOAN PARTY PAYORS
NON-LOAN PARTY PAYEES
This Note, and the obligations of each Person set forth on Schedule A hereto, in its capacity as Payor (collectively, the “Payor”) hereunder, shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in Section 1.07 of Annex A hereto) on the terms and conditions set forth in Annex A hereto, which Annex A is herein incorporated by reference and made a part hereof as if set forth herein in its entirety. Annex A shall not be amended, modified or supplemented without the written consent of the Required Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) (or, after the Credit Agreement has been terminated and all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in Annex A hereto) under the Credit Agreement shall have been paid in full, the other holders holding a majority of the outstanding other Senior Indebtedness) .1
New York, New York
December [•], 2025
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each Person set forth on Schedule A hereto from time to time, in its capacity as Payor (individually or collectively, as the context may require, a “Payor”), hereby promises to pay on demand to the order of each other Person set forth on Schedule A hereto or its assigns (individually or collectively, as the context may require, a “Payee”), in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, at such location in the United States of America as the applicable Payee shall from time to time designate, the unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances made by the applicable Payee to the applicable Payor.
The applicable Payor also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof in like money at said location from the date hereof until paid at such rate per annum as shall be agreed upon from time to time by the applicable Payor and the applicable Payee.
Upon the earlier to occur of (x) the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar proceeding of any jurisdiction relating to the applicable Payor or (y) any exercise of remedies (including the termination of the Commitments) pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement referred to below, the unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances evidenced by this Note shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with this Note. This Note is one of the Intercompany Notes
1 THIS NOTE, TO THE EXTENT EVIDENCING AN INTERCOMPANY LOAN INCURRED BY ANY LOAN PARTY (AS DEFINED IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT) OWING TO ANY SUBSIDIARY OF THE BORROWER THAT IS NOT A CREDIT PARTY, SHALL HAVE INCLUDED ON ITS FACE THIS BRACKETED LEGEND AND SHALL HAVE “ANNEX A TO NOTE” ATTACHED THERETO AND MADE A PART THEREOF.
referred to in the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented, restated and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Sabre GLBL Inc. (the “Borrower”), Sabre Holdings Corporation, (“Holdings”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and each lender from time to time party thereto (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) and is subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, and shall be pledged by the applicable Payee pursuant to the Security Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The applicable Payor hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement) may, pursuant to the Security Agreement as in effect from time to time, exercise all rights provided therein with respect to this Note.
The applicable Payee is hereby authorized (but shall not be required) to record all loans and advances made by it to the applicable Payor (all of which shall be evidenced by this Note), and all repayments or prepayments thereof, in its books and records, such books and records constituting prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information contained therein.
All payments under this Note shall be made without offset, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
The applicable Payor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with this Note.
Any Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Borrower that wishes to become, or is required pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement to become, a party to this Note after the date hereof shall become a Payor or Payee, as applicable, hereunder by executing a counterpart hereof or a joinder agreement (which joinder agreement is in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders) (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement)) and delivering same to the Administrative Agent. Each party to this Note on the date hereof agrees that any such Subsidiary shall, at the time it becomes a Payor or Payee pursuant to the foregoing provisions, be treated as if it were an original party hereto.
FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, OBGLIGATIONS TO REPAY LOANS AND ADVANCES ARE LIMITED TO THOSE ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO BY EACH APPLICABLE PAYOR AND PAYEE AND IN NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL ANY PAYOR OR PAYEE BE LIABLE FOR THE DEBTS OF ANY OTHER PAYOR OR PAYEE UNDER THIS NOTE.
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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ANNEX A
TO
INTERCOMPANY NOTE
Section 1.01. Subordination of Liabilities. Each Person set forth on Schedule A to the promissory note (the “Note”) to which this Annex A is attached in its capacity as a payor (each such party a “Payor”), for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each holder of the Note by its acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of, and interest on, and all other amounts owing in respect of, the Note is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in Section 1.07 of this Annex A). The provisions of this Annex A shall constitute a continuing offer to all Persons or other entities who, in reliance upon such provisions, become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Indebtedness, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and such holders are hereby made obligees hereunder the same as if their names were written herein as such, and they and/or each of them may proceed to enforce such provisions.
Section 1.02. Payors Not to Make Payments with Respect to Note in Certain Circumstances. (a) Upon the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness (including interest thereon or fees or any other amounts owing in respect thereof), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, all Obligations (as defined in Section 1.07 of this Annex A) due and owing in respect thereof shall first be paid in full in cash before any payment of any kind or character (whether in cash, property, securities or otherwise) is made on account of the principal of (including installments thereof), or interest on, or any other amount otherwise owing in respect of, the Note. No Payor may, directly or indirectly (and no Person or other entity on behalf of any Payor may), make any payment of any principal of, and interest on, or any other amount owing in respect of, the Note and may not acquire all or any part of the Note for cash, property or securities until all Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash if any Default or Event of Default (each as defined below) is then in existence or would result therefrom. Each holder of the Note hereby agrees that, so long as any Default or Event of Default in respect of any Senior Indebtedness exists, it will not ask, demand, sue for, or otherwise take, accept or receive, any amounts owing in respect of the Note. As used herein, the terms “Default” and “Event of Default” shall mean any Default or Event of Default (or similar term), respectively, under and as defined in, the relevant documentation governing any Senior Indebtedness and in any event shall include any payment default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness.
(b) In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding subsection (a) of this Section 1.02, any payment shall be made (or any holder of the Note shall receive any payment) on account of the principal of, or interest on, or other amounts otherwise owing in respect of, the Note, at a time when payment is not permitted by the terms of the Note or by said subsection (a), such payment shall be held by such holder of the Note, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives under the agreements pursuant to which the Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application pro rata to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash in accordance with the terms of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Without in any way modifying the provisions of this Annex A or affecting the subordination effected hereby if such notice is not given, each Payor shall give each holder of the Note prompt written notice of any maturity of Senior Indebtedness after which such Senior Indebtedness remains unsatisfied.
Section 1.03. Note Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior Indebtedness on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of any Payor. Upon any distribution of assets of any Payor upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of such Payor (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise), except as otherwise permitted or provided under the Credit Agreement:
(a) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, post-petition interest at the rate provided in the documentation with respect to the respective Senior Indebtedness, whether or not such post-petition interest is an allowed claim against the debtor in any bankruptcy or similar proceeding) before any holder of the Note is entitled to receive any payment of any kind or character on account of the principal of or interest on or any other amount owing in respect of the Note;
(b) any payment or distribution of assets of any Payor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which any holder of the Note would be entitled except for the provisions of this Annex A, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or other trustee or agent, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives under the agreements pursuant to which the Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, to the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and
(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.03, any payment or distribution of assets of any Payor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, shall be received by any holder of the Note on account of principal of, or interest or other amounts due on, the Note before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash, such payment or distribution shall be received and held in trust for and shall forthwith be paid over to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid or their representative or representatives under the agreements pursuant to which the Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, for application to the payment of such Senior Indebtedness until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full in cash, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
If any holder of the Note does not file a proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding or other action referred to in the introduction paragraph of this Section 1.03 prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then any of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or their representative is hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of any holder of the Note.
Without in any way modifying the provisions of this Annex A or affecting the subordination effected hereby if such notice is not given, each Payor shall give prompt written notice to each holder of the Note of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of such Payor (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise).
Section 1.04. Subrogation. Subject to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness, each holder of the Note shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of each Payor applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until all amounts owing on the Note shall be paid in full, and for the purpose of such subrogation no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness by or on behalf of any Payor or by or on behalf of any holder of the Note by virtue of this Annex A which otherwise would have been made to any holder of the Note shall, as between each Payor, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and each holder of the Note, be deemed to be payment by such Payor to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Annex A are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of each holder of the Note, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
Section 1.05. Obligation of the Payor Unconditional. Nothing contained in this Annex A or in the Note is intended to or shall impair, as between each Payor and each holder of the Note, the obligation of such Payor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to such holder of the Note the principal of and interest on the Note as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of any holder of the Note and creditors of each Payor, other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein, except as expressly provided herein, prevent any holder of the Note from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law, subject to the rights, if any, under this Annex A of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property, or securities of any Payor received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any distribution of assets of any Payor referred to in this Annex A, each holder of the Note shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to any holder of the Note, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of each Payor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Annex A.
Section 1.06. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of any Payor or Holders of Senior Indebtedness. No right of any present or future holders of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Payor or by any act or failure to act by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by any Payor with the terms and provisions of the Note, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with. The holders of the Senior Indebtedness may, without in any way affecting the obligations of any holder of the Note with respect hereto, at any time or from time to time and in their absolute discretion, change the manner, place or terms of payment of, change or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, any Senior Indebtedness, or amend, modify or supplement any agreement or instrument governing or evidencing such Senior Indebtedness or any other document referred to therein, or exercise or refrain from exercising any other of their rights under the Senior Indebtedness including, without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder and the release of any collateral securing such Senior Indebtedness, all without notice to or assent from any holder of the Note.
Section 1.07. Definitions. As used in this Annex, the terms set forth below shall have the respective meanings provided below:
“Obligation” shall mean any principal, interest, premium, penalties, fees, indemnities and other liabilities and obligations (including any guaranty of the foregoing) payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness (including, without limitation, all interest on or after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the rate provided in the governing documentation, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding).
“Senior Indebtedness” shall mean all Obligations of a Payor under, or in respect of, (i) the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to which such Payor is a party, and any renewal, extension, restatement, refinancing or refunding of any thereof and (ii) each Secured Hedge Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement), in each case including any guaranty thereof under the Guaranty (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of any Payor that is a Guarantor (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
Section 1.08. Miscellaneous. If, at any time, all or part of any payment with respect to Senior Indebtedness theretofore made by any Payor or any other Person or entity is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the holders of Senior Indebtedness for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Payor or such other Person or entity), the subordination provisions set forth herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, all as though such payment had not been made.
EXHIBIT H-1
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.23 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that it shall (1) promptly submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent additional duly completed and signed copies of such forms or certificates (a) on or before the date that any such form or certificate expires or becomes obsolete, (b) after the occurrence of a change in the circumstances of the undersigned requiring a change in the most recent form or certificate previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (c) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and (2) promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in the undersigned’s circumstances which would modify or render invalid or inaccurate any information provided on this certificate.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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EXHIBIT H-2
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.23 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that it shall (1) promptly submit to such Lender additional duly completed and signed copies of such forms or certificates (a) on or before the date that any such form or certificate expires or becomes obsolete, (b) after the occurrence of a change in the circumstances of the undersigned requiring a change in the most recent form or certificate previously delivered by it to such Lender, and (c) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by such Lender, and (2) promptly notify such Lender of any change in the undersigned’s circumstances which would modify or render invalid or inaccurate any information provided on this certificate.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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EXHIBIT H-3
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.23 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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EXHIBIT H-4
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the First Lien Pari Passu Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.23 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN- E, as applicable from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that it shall (1) promptly submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent additional duly completed and signed copies of such forms or certificates (a) on or before the date that any such form or certificate expires or becomes obsolete, (b) after the occurrence of a change in the circumstances of the undersigned requiring a change in the most recent form or certificate previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (c) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and (2) promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in the undersigned’s circumstances which would modify or render invalid or inaccurate any information provided on this certificate.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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EXHIBIT I
[FORM OF]
JUNIOR LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT 1
among
SABRE GLBL INC.,
SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
THE GRANTORS,
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as Credit Agreement Administrative Agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and as
Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties
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as Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent for the Initial Additional First-Lien Secured
Parties and as Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative for the Initial Additional
First-Lien Secured Parties
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as Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent for the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties and as Initial|
Junior-Lien Authorized Representative for the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties
and
each additional Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent from time to time party hereto
dated as of [ ], 20[ ]
1 This form shall be modified, as necessary, to properly reflect the Authorized Representatives and the Collateral
Agents of the then-outstanding First-Lien Obligations, at the time this Agreement is entered into.
Table of Contents
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| Article I Definitions |
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| Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms |
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| Section 1.2 Terms Generally |
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| Article II Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral |
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| Section 2.1 Subordination of Liens |
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| Section 2.2 Nature of First-Lien Lender Claims |
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| Section 2.3 Prohibition on Contesting Liens |
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| Section 2.4 No New Liens |
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| Section 2.5 Perfection of Liens |
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| Section 2.6 Waiver of Marshalling |
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| Article III Enforcement |
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| Section 3.1 Exclusive Enforcement |
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| Section 3.2 Standstill and Waivers |
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| Section 3.3 Judgment Creditors |
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| Section 3.4 Cooperation |
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| Section 3.5 No Additional Rights for the Grantors Hereunder |
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| Section 3.6 Actions upon Breach |
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| Section 3.7 Option to Purchase |
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| Article IV Payments |
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| Section 4.1 Application of Proceeds |
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| Section 4.2 Payments Over |
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| Article V Other Agreements |
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| Section 5.1 Releases |
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| Section 5.2 Inspection; Insurance and Condemnation Awards |
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| Section 5.3 Junior-Lien Collateral Documents |
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| Section 5.4 Amendments to First-Lien Debt Documents; First-Lien Obligations |
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| Section 5.5 Amendments to Junior-Lien Debt Documents |
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| Section 5.6 Copies of Amendment Documentation |
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| Section 5.7 Rights as Unsecured Creditors |
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| Section 5.8 Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection |
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| Section 5.9 When Discharge of First-Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred |
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| Article VI Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings |
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| Section 6.1 Filing of Motions |
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| Section 6.2 Financing Issues |
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| Section 6.3 Relief from the Automatic Stay |
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| Section 6.4 Adequate Protection |
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| Section 6.5 Avoidance Issues |
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| Section 6.6 Application |
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| Section 6.7 Waivers |
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| Section 6.8 Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency Proceeding |
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| Section 6.9 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classifications |
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| Section 6.10 No Waivers of Rights of First-Lien Secured Parties |
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| Section 6.11 Plans of Reorganization |
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| Section 6.12 Other Matters |
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| Section 6.13 Reorganization Securities |
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| Section 6.14 Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceeding |
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| Article VII Reliance; etc. |
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| Section 7.1 Reliance |
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| Section 7.2 No Warranties or Liability |
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| Section 7.3 Obligations Unconditional |
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| Article VIII Miscellaneous |
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| Section 8.1 Conflicts |
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| Section 8.2 Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability |
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| Section 8.3 Amendments; Waivers |
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| Section 8.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries |
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| Section 8.5 Subrogation |
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| Section 8.6 Application of Payments |
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| Section 8.7 Additional Grantors |
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| Section 8.8 Additional Debt Facilities |
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| Section 8.9 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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| Section 8.10 Notices |
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| Section 8.11 Further Assurances |
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| Section 8.12 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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| Section 8.13 Binding on Successors and Assigns |
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| Section 8.14 Specific Performance |
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| Section 8.15 Section Titles |
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| Section 8.16 Counterparts |
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| Section 8.17 Authorization |
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| Section 8.18 No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns |
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| Section 8.19 Effectiveness |
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| Section 8.20 First-Lien Collateral Agent and Trustee |
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| Section 8.21 Relative Rights |
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| Section 8.22 Intercreditor Agreements |
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| Section 8.23 Acknowledgement |
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| Section 8.24 Survival of Agreement |
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JUNIOR-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among SABRE GLBL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), the Grantors (as defined below), [ ], as administrative agent and collateral agent for itself and on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (as defined below) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity the “Credit Agreement Administrative Agent”), [ ], as Authorized Representative for itself and on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (as each such term is defined below), [ ], as collateral agent for the Initial Additional First-Lien Secured Parties (as defined below) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent”), [ ], as Authorized Representative for itself and on behalf of the Initial Additional First- Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative”), [ ], as collateral agent for the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties (as defined below) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent”), [ ], as Authorized Representative for the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative”), and each additional Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent that from time to time becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.8. 2
[WHEREAS, Holdings and the Company (i) are party to the [insert description of Credit Agreement], as the same has been, or may from time to time in the future be, further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, among Holdings, the Company, the other parties thereto, the lenders from time to time parties thereto and the Credit Agreement Administrative Agent (which agreement, on the date hereof, is the Credit Agreement as hereinafter defined), (ii) are party to that certain [insert description of Initial Additional First-Lien Agreement], as the same has been or may from time to time in the future be, amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Initial Additional First-Lien Agreement”), and (iii) may from time to time become (or may have already become) a party to Additional First-Lien Documents;] 3
WHEREAS, Holdings and the Company (i) are party to the [insert description of Initial Junior-Lien Debt Document], and (ii) may become a party to other Junior-Lien Debt Documents governing future Junior-Lien Debt.
| 2 | To be modified, as necessary, to properly reflect the Debt Facilities in existence at the time this Agreement is entered into. |
| 3 | To be modified, as necessary, to properly reflect the Debt Facilities in existence at the time this Agreement is entered into. |
Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement or the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as specified herein, or, if defined in the UCC, the meanings specified therein. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Additional First-Lien Debt” means any Indebtedness of the Company (including Indebtedness constituting Initial Additional First-Lien Obligations but excluding Indebtedness constituting Credit Agreement Obligations) incurred by Holdings, the Company or any other Grantor and secured by the First-Lien Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies) with the Credit Agreement Obligations and any other outstanding First-Lien Obligations; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is permitted (at the time of incurrence thereof) to be incurred and secured on such basis by each First-Lien Debt Document and Junior-Lien Debt Document and (ii) the Authorized Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof. Additional First-Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange therefor.
“Additional First-Lien Debt Facility” means each indenture or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional First-Lien Debt, including, without limitation, the Initial Additional First-Lien Agreement.
“Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations” means all amounts owing to any Additional First-Lien Secured Party (as defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement) (including the Initial Additional First-Lien Secured Parties) pursuant to the terms of any Additional First-Lien Document (including the Initial Additional First-Lien Documents (as defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement)), including, without limitation, all amounts in respect of any principal, premium, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of a Bankruptcy Case at the rate provided for in the respective Additional First- Lien Document), penalties, fees, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of the foregoing amounts and any amounts reinstated pursuant to Section 2.06 of the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional First-Lien Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8(b).
“Additional First-Lien Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Additional First-Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of any Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto, and shall include the Initial Additional First-Lien Secured Parties.
“Additional First-Lien Security Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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“Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent” means, at any time, (i) in the case of the Initial Junior-Lien Obligations or the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties, the Initial Junior- Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of any other additional class or series of Additional Junior-Lien Debt or Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the collateral agent named for such class or series in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
“Additional Junior-Lien Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8(a).
“Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8(a).
“Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8(a).
“Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative” means “Applicable Authorized Representative”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent” means “Applicable Collateral Agent”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Authorized Representatives” means the First-Lien Authorized Representatives and the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives.
“Bankruptcy Case” means a case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any successor statute.
“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized required by law to close.
“Collateral” means the First-Lien Collateral and the Junior-Lien Collateral.
“Collateral Agent” means (i) in the case of any First-Lien Obligations, each (or the respective) First-Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of Junior-Lien Obligations, each (or the respective) Junior-Lien Collateral Agent.
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“Collateral Documents” means the First-Lien Collateral Documents and the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents.
“Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlling First-Lien Parties” means “Controlling Secured Parties” as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Credit Agreement” means “Credit Agreement” as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Credit Agreement Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Credit Agreement Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Credit Agreement Obligations” means all “Obligations” as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any interest accruing on or subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, and any amounts reinstated pursuant to Section 2.06 of the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement).
“Credit Agreement Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Debt Facility” means any First-Lien Facility and any Junior-Lien Debt Facility.
“Deposit Account Collateral” means that part of the Shared Collateral comprised of or contained in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts.
“Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative” means (i) the Initial Junior- Lien Authorized Representative, until such time as the Junior-Lien Debt Facility under the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents ceases to be the only Junior-Lien Debt Facility under this Agreement and (ii) thereafter, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representative designated from time to time by the Junior-Lien Instructing Group, in a notice to the First-Lien Collateral Agents and the Company hereunder, as the “Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative” for purposes hereof.
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“Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent ” means (i) the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, until such time as the Junior-Lien Debt Facility under the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents ceases to be the only Junior-Lien Debt Facility under this Agreement and (ii) thereafter, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agent designated from time to time by the Junior-Lien Instructing Group, in a notice to the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Collateral Agents and the Company hereunder, as the “Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent” for purposes hereof.
“DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.2.
“Discharge of First-Lien Obligations ” means the payment in full in cash of all First-Lien Obligations and the termination or cash collateralization (to the satisfaction of the respective issuers or counterparties, as the case may be) of all letters of credit and Secured Hedge Agreements issued or entered into, as the case may be, by a First-Lien Secured Party and the termination of all other commitments of the First-Lien Secured Parties under the First-Lien Debt Documents.
“Disposition” shall mean any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition. “Dispose” shall have a correlative meaning.
“Enforcement Action” means, with respect to the First-Lien Obligations or the Junior-Lien Obligations, the exercise of any rights and remedies with respect to any Shared Collateral or the commencement or prosecution of enforcement of any of the rights and remedies with respect to any Shared Collateral under, as applicable, the First-Lien Debt Documents or the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, or applicable law, including without limitation the exercise of any rights of set-off or recoupment, and the exercise of any rights or remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Enforcement Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(a).
“Event of Default” means an “Event of Default” as such term is defined in any First-Lien Debt Document.
“First-Lien” means the Liens on the First-Lien Collateral in favor of the First-Lien Secured Parties under the First-Lien Collateral Documents.
“First-Lien Authorized Representative” means “Authorized Representative”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“First-Lien Collateral” means any “Collateral” as such term is defined in any Credit Agreement Document, any Initial Additional First-Lien Document (as defined in the First- Lien Intercreditor Agreement) or any other First-Lien Debt Document or any other assets of the Company or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a First-Lien Collateral Document as security for any First-Lien Obligation.
“First-Lien Collateral Agent” means “Collateral Agent”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“First-Lien Collateral Documents” means “First-Lien Security Documents”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
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“First-Lien Debt Documents” means (a) the Credit Agreement Documents and (b) any Additional First-Lien Documents.
“First-Lien Facilities” means the Credit Agreement Documents (and the facilities and Credit Agreement Obligations pursuant thereto) and the Additional First-Lien Debt Facilities.
“First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain [intercreditor agreement dated as of May 9, 2012 among Holdings, the Company, [describe applicable parties], as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time] 4.
“First-Lien Obligations” means “First-Lien Obligations”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“First-Lien Secured Parties” means the “First-Lien Secured Parties”, as such term is defined in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Grantors” shall mean the Company, Holdings, each other Loan Party (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries and each other direct or indirect parent company or subsidiary of the Company which has granted a security interest pursuant to any Collateral Document to secure any Secured Obligations. The Grantors existing on the date hereof are set forth in Annex I hereto.
“Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Initial Additional First-Lien Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereof.
“Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Initial Additional First-Lien Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Initial Additional First-Lien Secured Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
“Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
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“Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Documents” means any collateral agreements, security agreements and any other documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure the Initial Junior-Lien Obligations.
“Initial Junior-Lien Debt” means the Junior-Lien Debt incurred pursuant to the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents.
“Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents” means the [ ] and any notes, guaranties, security documents and other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness, including the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Documents.
“Initial Junior-Lien Obligations” means the Junior-Lien Obligations arising pursuant to the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents.
“Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of any Initial Junior-Lien Obligations, the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and the Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, in each case, solely in such party’s capacity as a holder of, or agent, trustee or similar representative for the holders of, Initial Junior-Lien Debt.
“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means: (a) any case commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary; (b) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or (c) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Company or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
“Intellectual Property” means trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, technology, software, know-how database rights, design rights, license rights with respect to the foregoing and other intellectual property rights.
“Joinder Agreement ” means, as applicable, (a) a joinder to this Agreement in the form of Annex III hereto required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.8(a) hereof in order to include an Junior-Lien Debt Facility hereunder and add Authorized Representatives hereunder for the Junior-Lien Secured Parties under such Junior-Lien Debt Facility and (b) a joinder to this Agreement in the form of Annex IV hereto delivered pursuant to Section 8.8(b) hereof to add Authorized Representatives hereunder for the First-Lien Secured Parties under any Additional First-Lien Debt.
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“Junior-Lien” means the Liens on the Junior-Lien Collateral in favor of Junior- Lien Secured Parties under Junior-Lien Collateral Documents.
“Junior-Lien Authorized Representative” means (i) in the case of any Junior-Lien Obligations or the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties, the Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and (ii) in the case of any other additional class or series of Junior-Lien Obligations or Junior-Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the Authorized Representative named for such additional class or series in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
“Junior-Lien Collateral” means any “Collateral” as such term is defined in any Junior-Lien Debt Document or any other assets of the Company or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Junior-Lien Collateral Document as security for any Junior-Lien Obligation.
“Junior-Lien Collateral Agent ” means (i) in the case of the Initial Junior-Lien Obligations, the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of Additional Junior-Lien Debt, the Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent for such class or series. If at any time, the Authorized Representative for a given class or series of Junior-Lien Debt is also acting as the Collateral Agent for such class or series, then any reference to a Collateral Agent contained herein will be deemed to include such Authorized Representative acting as such.
“Junior-Lien Collateral Documents” means the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Documents and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by the Company or any other Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Junior-Lien Obligation.
“Junior-Lien Debt” means the Initial Junior-Lien Debt and any other Indebtedness of the Company, which is secured by the Junior-Lien Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies, other than as provided by the terms of the applicable Junior-Lien Debt Documents) with any other Junior-Lien Obligations (if any other Junior-Lien Debt Obligations are then outstanding) and the applicable Junior-Lien Debt Documents of which provide that such Indebtedness is to be secured by such Junior-Lien Collateral on a junior and subordinate basis to the Liens securing the First-Lien Obligations (and which is not secured by Liens on any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or other Grantor which are not included in the First-Lien Collateral); provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, and secured on such basis by each First-Lien Debt Document and Junior-Lien Debt Document and (ii) except in the case of the Initial Junior-Lien Debt hereunder, the Authorized Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.8(a). Junior-Lien Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange therefor.
“Junior-Lien Debt Documents” means the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents and, with respect to any series, issue or class of Junior-Lien Debt, the promissory notes, indentures, Collateral Documents or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness, including the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents.
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“Junior-Lien Debt Facility” means each indenture, credit agreement or other governing agreement with respect to any Junior-Lien Debt.
“Junior-Lien Instructing Group” means holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Junior-Lien Obligations then outstanding.
“Junior-Lien Obligations” means all amounts owing to any Junior-Lien Secured Party (including the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties) pursuant to the terms of any Junior-Lien Debt Document (including the Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents), including, without limitation, all amounts in respect of any principal, premium, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of a Bankruptcy Case at the rate provided for in the respective Junior-Lien Debt Document, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) payable with respect to, such Junior-Lien Debt), penalties, fees, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of the foregoing amounts.
“Junior-Lien Secured Parties” means the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties and, with respect to any series, issue or class of Junior-Lien Debt, the holders of such Indebtedness, the Authorized Representative and the Collateral Agent with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Junior-Lien Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Company or any Grantor under any related Junior- Lien Debt Documents, in each case, solely in such party’s capacity as a holder of, or agent, trustee or similar representative for holders of, Junior-Lien Secured Debt.
“LC Cash Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(c).
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing), any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof.
“Payment Discharge” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1(a).
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other entity.
“Pledged or Controlled Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.8(a).
“Proceeds” means the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of Shared Collateral, any payment or distribution made in respect of Shared Collateral in a Bankruptcy Case and any amounts received by any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Secured Party from a Junior-Lien Secured Party in respect of Shared Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement.
“Purchase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(b).
“Purchase Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(a).
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“Purchase Price” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(c).
“Purchasing Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(b).
“Recovery” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.5.
“Refinance ” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other indebtedness or enter into alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a private placement transaction pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A or another rule or regulation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, substantially identical notes (having the same Guarantees) issued in a dollar for dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor agency thereto.
“Secured Obligations” means the First-Lien Obligations and the Junior-Lien Obligations.
“Secured Parties” means the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties.
“Shared Collateral ” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of First- Lien Obligations under at least one First-Lien Facility and the holders of Junior-Lien Obligations under at least one Junior-Lien Debt Facility (or, in each case, their Authorized Representatives) hold a security interest at such time, including, without limitation, any assets in which the First- Lien Collateral Agents are automatically deemed to have a Lien pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.4. If, at any time, any portion of the First-Lien Collateral under one or more First-Lien Facilities does not constitute Junior-Lien Collateral under one or more Junior-Lien Debt Facilities, then such portion of such First-Lien Collateral shall constitute Shared Collateral only with respect to the Junior-Lien Debt Facilities for which it constitutes Junio-Lien Collateral and shall not constitute Shared Collateral for any Junior-Lien Debt Facility which does not have a security interest in such Collateral at such time.
“Standstill Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2.
“Subsidiary ” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise Controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
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“Surviving Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.7(b).
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means, unless otherwise specified, the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Section 1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (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 and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, and (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, 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.
ARTICLE II
Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral
Section 2.1 Subordination of Liens. Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens granted to any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral or of any Liens granted to the First-Lien Collateral Agents or the First-Lien Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral (or any actual or alleged defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing) and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, any Bankruptcy Law, any other applicable law, any Junior-Lien Debt Document or any First-Lien Debt Document, whether any First-Lien Collateral Agent, either directly or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or any part of the Shared Collateral, the fact that any such Liens may be subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed or any other circumstance whatsoever, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby agrees that (i) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any First-Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Secured Parties or any First-Lien Authorized Representative or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Junior-Lien Obligations and (ii) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Junior-Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Parties or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any First—Lien Obligations.
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All Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any First-Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Junior-Lien Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any First-Lien Obligations are (x) subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person or (y) otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed. Notwithstanding any failure by any First-Lien Secured Party or Junior-Lien Secured Party to perfect its security interests in the Shared Collateral or any avoidance, invalidation or subordination by any third party or court of competent jurisdiction of the security interests in the Shared Collateral granted to the First-Lien Secured Parties or the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, the priority and rights as between the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Shared Collateral shall be as set forth herein.
Section 2.2 Nature of First-Lien Lender Claims. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior- Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, acknowledges that (a) a portion of the First- Lien Obligations is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, (b) the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents and the First-Lien Obligations may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, and the First-Lien Obligations, or a portion thereof, may be Refinanced from time to time and (c) the aggregate amount of the First-Lien Obligations may be increased, in each case, without notice to or consent by the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents or the Junior-Lien Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof. The Lien priorities provided for in Section 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any amendment, supplement or other modification, or any Refinancing, of any of the First-Lien Obligations or any of the Junior-Lien Obligations, or any portion thereof. As between the Company and the other Grantors and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, the foregoing provisions will not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Company and the other Grantors contained in any Junior-Lien Debt Document with respect to the incurrence of Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations.
Section 2.3 Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives and each of the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, for itself and on behalf of each Junior- Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take any action to challenge, contest or support any other Person in contesting or challenging, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Lien securing any First-Lien Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any First- Lien Collateral Agent or any of the First-Lien Secured Parties or any First-Lien Authorized Representative or other agent or trustee therefor in any First-Lien Collateral, and each First-Lien Collateral Agent and each First-Lien Authorized Representative, for itself and on behalf of each First-Lien Secured Party under its First-Lien Facility, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Lien securing any Junior-Lien Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties in the Junior-Lien Collateral; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Authorized Representative to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the First-Lien Obligations as provided in Section 2.1) or any of the First-Lien Debt Documents.
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Section 2.4 No New Liens. The parties hereto agree that, so long as the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, (a) none of the Grantors shall grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property of any Grantor to secure any Junior-Lien Obligation unless it has granted, or concurrently therewith grants, a Lien on such asset or property of such Grantor to secure the First-Lien Obligations; and (b) each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent agrees, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Junior-Lien Secured Party, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, that it shall not acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Junior-Lien Obligations that are not also subject to the first-priority Lien in respect of the First- Lien Obligations under the First-Lien Debt Documents (other than with respect to Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations that, by their terms, are not intended to be secured by all of the First-Lien Collateral and, in particular, are not intended to be secured by such assets). If any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any Collateral that is not also subject to the first-priority Lien in respect of the First-Lien Obligations under the First- Lien Debt Documents, then such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or Junior-Lien Secured Party shall, without the need for any further consent of any party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other document, be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the First-Lien Collateral Agents as security for the applicable First-Lien Obligations (subject to the lien priority and other terms hereof) and shall promptly notify the First-Lien Collateral Agents in writing of the existence of such Lien and in any event take such actions as may be requested by the First-Lien Collateral Agents to assign or release such Liens to the First-Lien Collateral Agents (and/or its designees) as security for the applicable First-Lien Obligations (but may retain a Junior-Lien on such assets or property subject to the terms hereof) and until such release or assignment, shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the First-Lien Collateral Agents as security for the First-Lien Obligations. To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the other Junior-Lien Secured Parties agree that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.4 shall be subject to Section 4.2.
Section 2.5 Perfection of Liens. Except for the agreements of the First-Lien Collateral Agents pursuant to Section 5.8, none of the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives or the First -Lien Secured Parties shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Shared Collateral for the benefit of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents or the Junior-Lien Secured Parties.
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The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties and such provisions shall not impose on the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of Proceeds of any Shared Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable law.
Section 2.6 Waiver of Marshalling. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, on behalf of itself and the applicable Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the Shared Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.
ARTICLE III
Enforcement
Section 3.1 Exclusive Enforcement. Until the Discharge of First -Lien Obligations has occurred, whether or not an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Grantor, the First-Lien Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to take and continue any Enforcement Action with respect to the Shared Collateral, without any consultation with or consent of any Junior-Lien Secured Party, but subject to the provisos set forth in Section 3.2 and Section 6.1. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a default or an event of default under the First-Lien Debt Documents, the First-Lien Collateral Agents and the other First-Lien Secured Parties shall control all decisions related to the exercise and continuance of any Enforcement Action with respect to the First-Lien Obligations and the Shared Collateral and shall do so in such order and manner as they may determine in their sole discretion without any consultation with, or the consent of any of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties.
Section 3.2 Standstill and Waivers. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agrees that, until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, subject to the proviso set forth in this Section 3.2:
(a) they will not take or cause to be taken any Enforcement Action with respect to the Shared Collateral;
(b) they will not take or cause to be taken any action, the purpose or effect of which is to make any Lien in respect of any Junior-Lien Obligation pari passu with or senior to, or to give any Junior-Lien Secured Party any preference or priority relative to, the Liens with respect to the First-Lien Obligations or the First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to any of the Shared Collateral;
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(c) they will not contest, oppose, object to, interfere with, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings (including without limitation the filing (including on the basis of a deficiency claim, unsecured claim or otherwise) of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) or otherwise, any foreclosure, sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Shared Collateral by any First-Lien Secured Party or any other Enforcement Action taken with respect to the Shared Collateral (or any forbearance from taking any Enforcement Action with respect to the Shared Collateral) by or on behalf of any First-Lien Secured Party;
(d) they have no right to (i) direct either any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any other First-Lien Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to the Shared Collateral or pursuant to the First-Lien Collateral Documents or (ii) consent or object to the exercise by any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any other First-Lien Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to the Shared Collateral or pursuant to the First-Lien Collateral Documents or to the timing or manner in which any such right is exercised or not exercised (or, to the extent they may have any such right described in this clause (d), whether as a Junior-Lien creditor or otherwise, they hereby irrevocably waive such right);
(e) they will not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit, Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or other proceeding any claim against any First- Lien Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, injunction or otherwise, with respect to, and no First-Lien Secured Party shall be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by any First-Lien Secured Party with respect to the Shared Collateral or pursuant to the First-Lien Debt Documents;
(f) they will not make any judicial or nonjudicial claim or demand or commence any judicial or non-judicial proceedings against any Grantor or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates under or with respect to any Junior-Lien Collateral Document seeking payment or damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise under or with respect to any Junior-Lien Collateral Document (other than filing a proof of claim) or exercise any right, remedy or power under or with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce, other than filing a proof of claim, any Junior-Lien Collateral Document; and
(g) they will not commence judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of any Shared Collateral, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce their interest in or realize upon, the Shared Collateral or pursuant to the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents;
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provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Junior-Lien Secured Parties may exercise their rights and remedies in respect of the Shared Collateral under the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents or applicable law after the passage of a period of 180 days (the “Standstill Period”) from the date of delivery of a notice in writing to the First-Lien Collateral Agents certifying that an acceleration of the Junior-Lien Obligations has occurred (and so long as such acceleration has not been rescinded); provided, further, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Junior-Lien Secured Party exercise or continue to exercise any such rights or remedies if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, (i) any First-Lien Secured Party shall have commenced the exercise of any of its rights and remedies with respect to any material portion of the Shared Collateral (or attempted to commence such exercise and are stayed by an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) or (ii) an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of any Grantor shall have been commenced; and provided, further, that in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against any Grantor, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties may take any action expressly permitted by Section 6.1. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in Section 6.1, the sole right of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior- Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Shared Collateral or any other Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Shared Collateral or such other Collateral in respect of the applicable Junior-Lien Obligations pursuant to the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, as applicable, for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement prohibits the acceleration of the Junior-Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents.
Section 3.3 Judgment Creditors. In the event that any Junior- Lien Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Shared Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor, any such judgment lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the First-Lien and the First-Lien Obligations) to the same extent as other Liens securing the Junior-Lien Obligations are subject to the terms of this Agreement.
Section 3.4 Cooperation. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Junior-Lien Secured Parties under the Junior-Lien Debt Facility to which it is a party, agrees that each of them shall take such actions as any First-Lien Authorized Representative or First-Lien Collateral Agent shall request in connection with the exercise by the First-Lien Secured Parties of their rights set forth herein. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Junior-Lien Debt Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, First-Lien Collateral Agents or First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to the First-Lien Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the First-Lien Debt Documents.
Section 3.5 No Additional Rights for the Grantors Hereunder. Except as provided in Section 3.6, if any First-Lien Secured Party or Junior-Lien Secured Party shall enforce its rights or remedies in violation of the terms of this Agreement, no Grantor shall be entitled to use such violation as a defense to any action by any First-Lien Secured Party or Junior-Lien Secured Party, nor to assert such violation as a counterclaim or basis for set off or recoupment against any First-Lien Secured Party or Junior-Lien Secured Party.
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Section 3.6 Actions upon Breach. (a) If any Junior-Lien Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, commences, participates or supports any Person commencing or participating in any action or proceeding against or with respect to any Grantor or the Shared Collateral, such Grantor, with the prior written consent of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, may interpose as a defense or dilatory plea the making of this Agreement, and any First-Lien Secured Party may intervene and interpose such defense or plea in its or their name or in the name of such Grantor.
(b) Should any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, attempt to take or threaten to take any action with respect to the Shared Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement) or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Authorized Representative or other First-Lien Secured Party (in its or their own name or in the name of the Company or any other Grantor) or the Company or any other Grantor may obtain relief against such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or such Junior- Lien Secured Party by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby (i) agrees that the First-Lien Secured Parties’ damages from the actions of any Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable and waives any defense that the Company, any other Grantor or the First-Lien Secured Parties cannot demonstrate damage or be made whole by the awarding of damages and (ii) irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Authorized Representative or and First-Lien Secured Party.
Section 3.7 Option to Purchase. (a) The Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent agrees that it will give the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent written notice (the “Enforcement Notice”) promptly following (i) its commencement of any Enforcement Action with respect to Shared Collateral (which notice shall be effective for all Enforcement Actions taken after the date of such notice so long as the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent is diligently pursuing in good faith the exercise of its default or enforcement rights or remedies against, or diligently attempting in good faith to vacate any stay of enforcement rights of its First-Liens on a material portion of the Shared Collateral, including, without limitation, all Enforcement Actions identified in such notice), (ii) its acceleration of the First-Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents; or (iii) its commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any Junior-Lien Secured Party shall have the option, by irrevocable written notice (the “Purchase Notice”) delivered by the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent to each First-Lien Collateral Agent no later than thirty days after the earlier to occur of (a) the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent’s receipt of the Enforcement Notice and (b) the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent becoming aware of the Enforcement Action, to purchase all (but not less than all) of the First-Lien Obligations from the First-Lien Secured Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Applicable First- Lien Collateral Agent nor any other First-Lien Secured Party shall have any liability to any party hereto for any failure or delay on the part of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent in delivering any Enforcement Notice or terminating any existing Enforcement Action.
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(b) On the date specified by the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent in the Purchase Notice (which shall be a Business Day not less than five days, nor more than ten days, after receipt by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent of the Purchase Notice), the First-Lien Secured Parties shall, subject to any required approval of any court or other governmental authority then in effect, sell to the Junior-Lien Secured Parties electing to purchase pursuant to Section 3.7(a) (the “Purchasing Parties”), and the Purchasing Parties shall purchase (the “Purchase”) from the First-Lien Secured Parties, all the First-Lien Obligations; provided that the First-Lien Obligations purchased shall not include any rights of First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to indemnification and other obligations of the Grantors under the First-Lien Debt Documents that are expressly stated to survive the termination of the First-Lien Debt Documents (the “Surviving Obligations”).
(c) Without limiting the obligations of the Grantors under the First-Lien Debt Documents to the First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Surviving Obligations (which shall not be transferred in connection with the Purchase), on the date of the Purchase, the Purchasing Parties shall (i) pay in cash to the First-Lien Secured Parties as the purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) therefor the full amount of all First-Lien Obligations then outstanding and unpaid at par (including principal, any prepayment premiums, accrued but unpaid interest and fees and any other unpaid amounts, including, breakage costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses, and, in the case of any Secured Hedge Agreement, the amount that would be payable by the relevant Grantors thereunder if it were to terminate such Secured Hedge Agreement on the date of the Purchase or, if not terminated, an amount determined by the relevant First-Lien Secured Party to be necessary to collateralize its credit risk arising out of such Secured Hedge Agreement), (ii) furnish cash collateral (the “LC Cash Collateral”) to the First-Lien Secured Parties in such amounts as the relevant First-Lien Secured Parties determine is reasonably necessary to secure such First-Lien Secured Parties in connection with any outstanding Letters of Credit, (iii) agree in writing in form and substance satisfactory to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent to reimburse the First-Lien Secured Parties for any loss, cost, damage or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with any fees, costs or expenses related to any checks or other payments provisionally credited to the First-Lien Obligations and/or as to which the First-Lien Secured Parties have not yet received final payment and (iv) agree in writing in form and substance satisfactory to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, after written request from the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, to reimburse the First-Lien Secured Parties in respect of indemnification obligations of the Grantors under the First-Lien Debt Documents as to matters or circumstances known to the Purchasing Parties at the time of the Purchase which could reasonably be expected to result in any loss, cost, damage or expense to any of the First-Lien Secured Parties; provided that in no event shall any Purchasing Party have any liability for such amounts in excess of proceeds of Shared Collateral received by the Purchasing Parties.
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(d) The Purchase Price and LC Cash Collateral shall be remitted by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such account of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent as it shall designate to the Purchasing Parties. The Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, distribute the amounts received by it in respect of the Purchase Price to the First-Lien Secured Parties in accordance with the First-Lien Debt Documents. Interest shall be calculated to but excluding the day on which the Purchase occurs if the amounts so paid by the Purchasing Parties to the account designated by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent are received in such account prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, and interest shall be calculated to and including such day if the amounts so paid by the Purchasing Parties to the account designated by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent are received in such account later than 12:00 noon, New York City time.
(e) The Purchase shall be made without representation or warranty of any kind by the First-Lien Secured Parties as to the First-Lien Obligations, the Shared Collateral or otherwise and without recourse to the First-Lien Secured Parties, except that the First-Lien Secured Parties shall represent and warrant: (i) the amount of the First-Lien Obligations being purchased, (ii) that the First-Lien Secured Parties own the First-Lien Obligations free and clear of any liens or encumbrances and (iii) that the First-Lien Secured Parties have the right to assign the First-Lien Obligations and the assignment is duly authorized.
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that in no event shall the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent (i) be deemed to be a Purchasing Party for purposes of this Section 3.7, (ii) be subject to or liable for any obligations of a Purchasing Party pursuant to this Section 3.7 or (iii) incur any liability to any First-Lien Secured Party or any other Person in connection with any Purchase pursuant to this Section 3.7.
ARTICLE IV
Payments
Section 4.1 Application of Proceeds. All Shared Collateral and Proceeds thereof received in connection with the Disposition or collection of the Shared Collateral in connection with an Enforcement Action, whether or not pursuant to an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, shall be distributed as follows: FIRST, to the First-Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents and the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if and to the extent the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement is applicable in accordance with its terms) until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred; SECOND, to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent for application in accordance with the Junior-Lien Debt Documents until the discharge of the Junior-Lien Obligations has occurred; and THIRD, the balance, if any, to the Grantors, their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as writ of competent jurisdiction may direct. Upon the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent shall deliver promptly to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent any Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied by the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent to the Junior-Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Junior-Lien Debt Documents.
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Section 4.2 Payments Over. So long as the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, any Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof received by any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First-Lien Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements and each Junior-Lien Secured Party hereby authorizes the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent to make any such endorsements as agent for each of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties (which authorization, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable).
ARTICLE V
Other Agreements
Section 5.1 Releases. (a) If, at any time any Grantor or any First-Lien Secured Party delivers notice to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent with respect to any specified Shared Collateral (including for such purpose, in the case of the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests in any Subsidiary, any Shared Collateral held by such Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary thereof) that:
(i) such specified Shared Collateral has been or is being sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in connection with a Disposition by the owner of such Shared Collateral in a transaction permitted under the First-Lien Debt Documents; or
(ii) the First-Liens thereon have been or are being released in connection with a Subsidiary that is released from its guarantee under the First-Lien Debt Documents; or
(iii) the First-Liens thereon have been or are being otherwise released as permitted by the First-Lien Debt Documents or by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the First-Lien Secured Parties (unless, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) of this Section 5.1(a) such release occurs in connection with, and after giving effect to, a Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, which discharge is not in connection with a foreclosure of, or other exercise of remedies with respect to, Shared Collateral by the First-Lien Secured Parties (such discharge not in connection with any such foreclosure or exercise of remedies or a sale or other disposition generating sufficient proceeds to cause the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, a “Payment Discharge”)),
then the Junior-Lien upon such Shared Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Shared Collateral securing First-Lien Obligations are released and discharged (provided that in the case of a Payment Discharge, the Liens on any Shared Collateral disposed of in connection with the satisfaction in whole or in part of First-Lien Obligations shall be automatically released but any proceeds thereof not used for purposes of the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations or otherwise in accordance with the Junior- Lien Debt Documents shall be subject to Junior-Liens and shall be applied pursuant to Section 4.1). Upon delivery to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent of a notice from the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent stating that any such release of Liens securing or supporting the First-Lien Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective upon the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent’s release), the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent will promptly, at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents confirming such release on customary terms, which instruments, releases and termination statements shall be substantially identical to the comparable instruments, releases and termination statements executed by the Applicable First- Lien Collateral Agent in connection with such release (and shall be prepared by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent).
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In the case of the sale of capital stock of a Subsidiary or any other transaction resulting in the release of such Subsidiary’s guarantee under the First-Lien Debt Documents in accordance with the Credit Agreement, the guarantee in favor of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, if any, made by such Subsidiary will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, the guarantee by such Subsidiary of First-Lien Obligations is released and discharged.
(b) If, at any time any Grantor or any First-Lien Secured Party delivers notice to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent with respect to any Grantor that is a Subsidiary that:
(i) all or substantially all of the equity interests in such Grantor have been or are being sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in connection with a Disposition by the owner of such Grantor in a transaction permitted under the First-Lien Debt Documents; or
(ii) such Grantor is released from its guarantee under the First-Lien Debt Documents (unless, such release occurs in connection with, and after giving effect to, a Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, which discharge is a Payment Discharge),
then such Grantor will automatically be released and discharged under its guaranty of the Junior- Lien Obligations as and when, but only to the extent, such Grantor is also released and discharged under its guaranty of the First-Lien Obligations. Upon delivery to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent of a notice from the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent stating that any such release of Subsidiary that is a Grantor guarantying the First-Lien Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective upon the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent’s release), the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent will promptly, at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents confirming such release on customary terms, which instruments, releases and termination statements shall be substantially identical to the comparable instruments, releases and termination statements executed by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent in connection with such release (and shall be prepared by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent).
(c) Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or such Junior-Lien Secured Party or in the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time in the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable); provided that such appointment shall terminate automatically, without any action by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party, upon the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, and provided, further, that the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent shall notify such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or such Junior-Lien Secured Party of any action taken by such Applicable First- Lien Collateral Agent as attorney-in-fact for such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or such Junior-Lien Secured Party pursuant to this clause (c).
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(d) Unless and until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after an Event of Default under any First-Lien Debt Document, of Deposit Account Collateral or proceeds of Shared Collateral to the repayment of First-Lien Obligations pursuant to the First-Lien Debt Documents.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Junior-Lien Collateral Document, in the event the terms of a First-Lien Collateral Document and a Junior-Lien Collateral Document each require any Grantor to (i) make payment in respect of any item of Shared Collateral to, (ii) deliver or afford control over any item of Shared Collateral to, or deposit any item of Shared Collateral with, (iii) register ownership of any item of Shared Collateral in the name of or make an assignment of ownership of any Shared Collateral or the rights thereunder to, (iv) cause any securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or other Person acting in a similar capacity to agree to comply, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, with instructions or orders from, or to treat, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, as the entitlement holder, (v) hold any item of Shared Collateral in trust for (to the extent such item of Shared Collateral cannot be held in trust for multiple parties under applicable law), (vi) obtain the agreement of a bailee or other third party to hold any item of Shared Collateral for the benefit of or subject to the control of or, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, to follow the instructions of, or (vii) obtain the agreement of a landlord with respect to access to leased premises where any item of Shared Collateral is located or waivers or subordination of rights with respect to any item of Shared Collateral in favor of, in any case, both any First-Lien Collateral Agent and any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or Junior-Lien Secured Party, such Grantor may, until the applicable Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, comply with such requirement under the Junior-Lien Collateral Document as it relates to such Shared Collateral by taking any of the actions set forth above only with respect to, or in favor of, the First-Lien Collateral Agents (or the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, subject to the terms of the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement).
Section 5.2 Inspection; Insurance and Condemnation Awards. (a) Any First- Lien Secured Party and its Authorized Representatives and invitees may at any time inspect, repossess, remove and otherwise deal with the Shared Collateral, and any First-Lien Collateral Agent may advertise and conduct public auctions or private sales of the Shared Collateral, in each case without notice to, the involvement of or interference by any Junior-Lien Secured Party or liability to any Junior-Lien Secured Party.
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(b) Unless and until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, the First-Lien Collateral Agents and the First-Lien Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First-Lien Debt Documents, (i) to be named as additional insured and loss payee under any insurance policies maintained from time to time by any Grantor (except that to the extent provided for in the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents shall have the right to be named as additional insureds and loss payees so long as their Junior-Lien status is identified in a manner satisfactory to the First-Lien Collateral Agents), (ii) to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Shared Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder, and to make, adjust or settle any claim under any title insurance policy covering any Shared Collateral (including any such policy issued in favor of any Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or any Junior-Lien Secured Party (and each Junior-Lien Secured Party hereby authorizes the First-Lien Collateral Agents to make, adjust or settle any such claim with respect thereto as agent for each of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, Junior-Lien Collateral Agents or Junior-Lien Secured Parties, which authorization, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable) and (iii) to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Shared Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award, if in respect of the Shared Collateral, shall be paid (A) first, prior to the occurrence of the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, to the First-Lien Collateral Agents for the benefit of First-Lien Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents (and subject to the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement to the extent applicable), (B) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the applicable Junior-Lien Debt Documents and (C) third, if no Junior-Lien Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. So long as the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, if any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.
Section 5.3 Junior-Lien Collateral Documents. (a) Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, agrees that, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the First-Lien Collateral Agents, each Junior-Lien Collateral Document under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility shall include the following language (or language to a similar effect reasonably approved by the First-Lien Collateral Agents):
“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the [Junior-Lien Collateral Agent] pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted in favor of the First-Lien Secured Parties (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement referred to below), including, without limitation, [describe applicable First-Lien Debt Documents] and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the [Junior-Lien Collateral Agent] hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among the Company, Holdings, the other Grantors party thereto, [describe applicable parties] and each additional Authorized Representative that becomes party thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.”
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In addition, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agree that each mortgage, if applicable, covering any Shared Collateral shall contain such other language as the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to reflect the subordination of such mortgage to the First-Liens in respect of such Shared Collateral.
(b) In the event any First-Lien Collateral Agent enters into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the First-Lien Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any First-Lien Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties thereunder, in each case solely with respect to any Shared Collateral, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the Junior-Lien Collateral Document without the consent of or action by any Junior-Lien Secured Party; provided that notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall be given to the Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative no later than 30 days after its effectiveness and, provided, further, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof.
(a) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, until the Discharge of First -Lien Obligations has occurred, no Junior-Lien Collateral Document shall be entered into unless the Collateral covered thereby is also subject to a perfected first-priority interest in favor of each First-Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First-Lien Secured Parties pursuant to the First-Lien Collateral Documents (other than with respect to Additional First -Lien Debt Obligations that, by their terms, are not intended to be secured by all of the First- Lien Collateral and, in particular, are not intended to be secured by such Collateral).
Section 5.4 Amendments to First-Lien Debt Documents; First-Lien Obligations. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Junior -Lien Secured Parties, agrees that, without affecting the obligations of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties hereunder, the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives and the First-Lien Secured Parties represented thereby may, at any time and from time to time, in their sole discretion without the consent of or notice to any such Junior-Lien Secured Party, and without incurring any liability to such Junior-Lien Secured Party or impairing or releasing the subordination provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure or otherwise modify any of the First-Lien Debt Documents in any manner whatsoever, including to (i) change the manner, place, time or terms of payment, or renew, alter or increase, all or any of the First-Lien Obligations, or otherwise amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the First-Lien Obligations or any of the First-Lien Debt Documents, (ii) retain or obtain a Lien on any Property of any Person to secure any of the First- Lien Obligations, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional First-Lien Debt Documents, (iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligation of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the First-Lien Obligations, (iv) release its Lien on any Shared Collateral or other Property, (v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any Grantor or any other Person, (vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the First-Lien Obligations, and (vii) otherwise manage and supervise the First-Lien Obligations as the applicable First-Lien Collateral Agents or First-Lien Authorized Representatives shall deem appropriate.
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Section 5.5 Amendments to Junior-Lien Debt Documents. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of themselves and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agree that they shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment or other modification to any of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents inconsistent with or in violation of this Agreement or any then effective First -Lien Debt Document. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, each First-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the First-Lien Secured Parties represented thereby, agrees that, without affecting the obligations of the First-Lien Secured Parties hereunder, the Junior -Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior- Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties may, at any time and from time to time, in their sole discretion without the consent of or notice to any First-Lien Secured Party (except to the extent such notice or consent is required pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement), and without incurring any liability to such First-Lien Secured Party or impairing or releasing the priority provided for herein, amend, restate, supplement, replace, refinance, extend, consolidate, restructure or otherwise modify any of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents in any manner whatsoever, including to (i) change the manner, place, time or terms of payment, or renew, alter or increase, all or any of the Junior-Lien Obligations, or otherwise amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify in any manner, or grant any waiver or release with respect to, all or any part of the Junior-Lien Obligations or any of the Junior -Lien Debt Documents, (ii) retain or obtain a Lien on any Property of any Person to secure any of the Junior-Lien Obligations, and in connection therewith to enter into any additional Junior-Lien Debt Documents, (iii) amend, or grant any waiver, compromise or release with respect to, or consent to any departure from, any guaranty or other obligation of any Person obligated in any manner under or in respect of the Junior-Lien Obligations, (iv) release its Lien on any Shared Collateral or other Property, (v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any Grantor or any other Person, (vi) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any other Person with respect to any of the Junior-Lien Obligations, and (vii) otherwise manage and supervise the Junior-Lien Obligations as the relevant Junior-Lien Authorized Representative shall deem appropriate.
Section 5.6 Copies of Amendment Documentation. The Company agrees to promptly deliver to the First -Lien Collateral Agents copies of (i) any amendments, supplements or other modifications to the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents and (ii) any new Junior-Lien Collateral Documents promptly after effectiveness thereof.
Section 5.7 Rights as Unsecured Creditors. Subject to Section 3.2 and Articles VI and VIII, the Junior- Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the Company and any other Grantor in accordance with the terms of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, applicable law and this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party of the required payments of interest and principal so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of (a) the exercise in contravention of this Agreement by any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior -Lien Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of Shared Collateral or other Collateral or (b) enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien in respect of Junior-Lien Obligations held by any of them.
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Nothing in this Agreement shall impair or otherwise adversely affect any rights or remedies the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives or the First-Lien Secured Parties may have with respect to the First- Lien Collateral.
Section 5.8 Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection. (a) Each First-Lien Collateral Agent acknowledges and agrees that if it shall at any time hold a Lien securing any First -Lien Obligations on any Shared Collateral that can be perfected by the possession or control of such Shared Collateral or of any account in which such Shared Collateral is held, and if such Shared Collateral or any such account is in fact in the possession or under the control of such First-Lien Collateral Agent, or of agents or bailees of such First-Lien Collateral Agent (such Shared Collateral being referred to herein as the “Pledged or Controlled Collateral”), or if it shall any time obtain any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, such First-Lien Collateral Agent shall also hold such Pledged or Controlled Collateral, or take such actions with respect to such landlord waiver, bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement, as sub-agent or gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, in each case solely for the purpose of perfecting the Liens granted under the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Documents and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.8.
(b) In the event that any First-Lien Collateral Agent (or its agents or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property that is part of the Shared Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Shared Collateral, such First-Lien Collateral Agent agrees to hold such Liens as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and any assignee thereof, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.8 (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC).
(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, the First-Lien Collateral Agents shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged or Controlled Collateral in accordance with the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents as if the Liens under the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior- Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Pledged or Controlled Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) No First-Lien Collateral Agent shall have any obligation whatsoever to any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party to assure that any of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Shared Collateral, except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.8. The duties or responsibilities of the First-Lien Collateral Agents under this Section 5.8 shall be limited solely to holding or controlling the Shared Collateral and the related Liens referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.8 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Agent for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent.
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(e) No First-Lien Collateral Agent shall have by reason of the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents or this Agreement, or any other document, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party, and each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior- Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby waives and releases each First-Lien Collateral Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to such First-Lien Collateral Agent’s role under this Section 5.8 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee with respect to the Shared Collateral.
(f) Upon the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent shall, at the Grantors’ sole cost and expense, (A) deliver to the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent all Shared Collateral, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements and notices to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral (including pursuant to the delivery of change of agent notices under deposit account control agreements and similar agreements) or (B) if the Junior-Lien Obligations are not outstanding at such time, direct and deliver such Shared Collateral to the respective Grantors or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company and the other Grantors shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each First-Lien Collateral Agent for loss or damage suffered by such First-Lien Collateral Agent as a result of such transfer, except to the extent such loss or damage is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment to have been suffered by such First-Lien Collateral Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. No First-Lien Collateral Agent has any obligation to follow instructions from the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent in contravention of this Agreement.
(g) None of the First-Lien Collateral Agents nor any of the First-Lien Authorized Representatives or First-Lien Secured Parties shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary or other Grantor to any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Authorized Representative or any First-Lien Secured Party under the First-Lien Debt Documents or any assurance of payment in respect thereof, or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of their rights in respect of such collateral security or any assurance of payment in respect thereof shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.
Section 5.9 When Discharge of First-Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred. If, in connection with the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, the Company or any other Grantor enters into any substantially concurrent Refinancing of any First-Lien Obligations, then such Discharge of First-Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement and the applicable agreement governing such First—Lien Obligations shall automatically be treated as a First-Lien Debt Document for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Shared Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder and the agent, representative or trustee for the holders of such First-Lien Obligations shall be a First-Lien Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement.
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Upon receipt of notice that the Company has entered into a new First-Lien Debt Document (which notice shall include the identity of a new First-Lien Collateral Agent), each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (at the expense of the Company), including amendments or supplements to this Agreement, as the Company or such new First-Lien Collateral Agent shall reasonably request in writing in order to provide the new First-Lien Collateral Agent the rights of a First-Lien Collateral Agent contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with this Agreement, (b) to the extent required pursuant to the terms of the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, deliver to the new First -Lien Collateral Agent all Shared Collateral, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements and notices to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, (c) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer entitled to be a loss payee or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such insurance carrier and (d) notify any governmental authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving a Grantor that the new First-Lien Collateral Agent is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding.
ARTICLE VI
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings
Section 6.1 Filing of Motions. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent agrees on behalf of itself and the other Junior-Lien Secured Parties that no Junior -Lien Secured Party shall, in or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, file any pleadings or motions, take any position at any hearing or proceeding of any nature, join with or support any other Person doing so, or otherwise take any action whatsoever, including without limitation any such action that (a) violates, or is prohibited by, this Article VI (or, in the absence of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, otherwise would violate or be prohibited by this Agreement), (b) asserts any right, benefit or privilege that arises in favor of the Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents or Junior-Lien Secured Parties, in whole or in part, as a result of their interest in the Shared Collateral (unless the assertion of such right is expressly permitted by this Agreement) or (c) challenges the validity, priority, enforceability or voidability of any Liens or claims held by any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any other First-Lien Secured Party with respect to the Shared Collateral, or the extent to which the First-Lien Obligations constitute secured claims or the value thereof under Section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; provided that the Designated Junior -Lien Authorized Representative or the Designated Junior-Lien Collateral Agent may (i) file a proof of claim in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and (ii) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition of any motion or other pleadings made by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral, subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement and only if consistent with the terms and the limitations on the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives and Junior-Lien Collateral Agents imposed hereby.
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Section 6.2 Financing Issues. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, if the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, and if any First-Lien Secured Parties (or their respective Authorized Representative) or the Controlling First-Lien Parties (or the Applicable First -Lien Authorized Representative), shall desire to consent (or not object) to the sale, use or lease of collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or to provide financing to any Grantor under the Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or not object) to the provision of such debtor-in-possession financing to any Grantor by any third party (any such financing, “DIP Financing”), then each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Junior -Lien Secured Parties, that each Junior-Lien Secured Party (a) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any other Person objecting to, and will not otherwise contest, the sale, use or lease of such collateral or to such DIP Financing, (b) will not request or accept adequate protection or any other relief in connection with the use of such cash collateral or such DIP Financing except as set forth in Section 6.4 and (c) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) the Junior-Liens on any Shared Collateral (i) to such DIP Financing on the same terms as the First -Liens are subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), (ii) to any adequate protection provided to the First-Lien Secured Parties, (iii) to any “carve- out” for professional and United States Trustee fees agreed to by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent or the other First-Lien Secured Parties, and (iv) agrees that notice received two (2) calendar days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash collateral or approving such financing shall be adequate notice. Nothing herein shall prohibit the Junior-Lien Secured Parties from (A) exercising their rights to vote in favor of or against a plan of reorganization, (B) proposing any post-petition financing so long as the First-Lien Secured Parties are receiving post-petition interest in at least the same form being requested by the Junior-Lien Secured Parties or (C) other than with respect to any DIP Financing, objecting to any provision in any post-petition financing.
Section 6.3 Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior -Lien Debt Facility, agrees that (a) none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case in respect of any Shared Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent and (b) it will raise no objection to, and will not support any objection to, and will not otherwise contest any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of First-Lien Obligations made by any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any holder of First-Lien Obligations.
Section 6.4 Adequate Protection. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall object, contest, support or join with any other Person objecting to or contesting (a) any request by any First-Lien Collateral Agent, First-Lien Authorized Representative or First-Lien Secured Party for adequate protection, (b) any objection by any First-Lien Collateral Agent, First-Lien Authorized Representative or First-Lien Secured Party to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on any First-Lien Collateral Agent’s or any First-Lien Authorized Representative’s or First-Lien Secured Party’s claiming a lack of adequate protection or (c) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts of any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Authorized Representative or any other First-Lien Secured Party.
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Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Junior-Lien Secured Parties, further agrees that, prior to the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations, none of them shall (i) assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise that is senior to or on a parity with the First-Liens for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Shared Collateral or (ii) seek or accept any form of adequate protection under any of Sections 362, 363 and/or 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.4 or Section 6.2, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (i) the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior -Lien Secured Parties may seek, support, accept or retain adequate protection (A) only if the First-Lien Secured Parties are granted adequate protection that includes replacement liens on additional collateral and superpriority claims and the First-Lien Collateral Agents do not object to the adequate protection being provided to the First-Lien Secured Parties and (B) solely in the form of (1) a replacement Lien on such additional collateral, subordinated to the Liens securing the First-Lien Obligations and such DIP Financing on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Junior—Lien Obligations are so subordinated to the First-Lien Obligations under this Agreement and (2) superpriority claims junior in all respects to the superpriority claims granted to the First-Lien Secured Parties; provided, however, that the relevant Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or relevant Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall have irrevocably agreed, pursuant to Section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, on behalf of itself and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties for which it is acting, in any stipulation and/or order granting such adequate protection, that such junior superpriority claims may be paid, under any plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code that the First -Lien Secured Parties and First -Lien Agent support, in any combination of cash, debt, equity or other property, and (ii) in the event any Junior -Lien Authorized Representative or any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, receives adequate protection, including in the form of additional collateral, then such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, agrees that the First-Lien Secured Parties shall have a senior Lien and claim on such adequate protection as security for the First- Lien Obligations and that any Lien on any additional collateral securing the Junior-Lien Obligations shall be subordinated to the Liens on such Collateral securing the First-Lien Obligations and any DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to the First-Lien Secured Parties as adequate protection, with such subordination to be on the same terms that the other Liens securing the Junior-Lien Obligations are subordinated to such First-Lien Obligations under this Agreement.
Section 6.5 Avoidance Issues. If any First-Lien Secured Party is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of any Grantor, because such amount was avoided or ordered to be paid or disgorged for any reason, including without limitation because it was found to be a fraudulent or preferential transfer, any amount (a “Recovery”), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of set-off or otherwise, then the First-Lien Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred.
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If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto. The Junior-Lien Secured Parties agree that none of them shall be entitled to benefit from any avoidance action affecting or otherwise relating to any distribution or allocation made in accordance with this Agreement, whether by preference or otherwise, it being understood and agreed that the benefit of such avoidance action otherwise allocable to them shall instead be allocated and turned over for application in accordance with the priorities set forth in this Agreement. Any Shared Collateral or proceeds thereof received by any Junior-Lien Secured Party prior to the time of such Recovery shall be deemed to have been received prior to the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations and subject to the provisions of Section 4.2.
Section 6.6 Application. This Agreement shall be applicable prior to and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references herein to any Grantor shall apply to any trustee for such Person and such Person as debtor in possession. The relative rights as to the Shared Collateral and other Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the filing thereof on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor.
Section 6.7 Waivers. Until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred, each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Junior-Lien Secured Party, (a) will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or seek to recover any amounts that any Grantor may obtain by virtue of any claim under such Section 506(c) for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Shared Collateral or other Collateral, and (b) will not seek to exercise any rights under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and waives any claim it may now or hereafter have against any First-Lien Secured Party arising out of the election by any First-Lien Secured Parties of the application to the claims of any First-Lien Secured Party of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 6.8 Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency Proceeding. In an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, neither the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents nor any other Junior-Lien Secured Party shall oppose any sale or disposition of any Shared Collateral that is consented to or supported by the requisite First-Lien Secured Parties (or their respective Authorized Representative), and each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and each other Junior-Lien Secured Party will be deemed to have consented under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) to any sale supported by the requisite First-Lien Secured Parties and to have released their Liens on such assets.
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Section 6.9 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classifications. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the First-Lien Collateral Documents and the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Shared Collateral, the Junior-Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the First-Lien Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, and the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior- Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to vote as separate classes on any plan of reorganization. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each Junior -Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the Shared Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Shared Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Junior-Lien Secured Parties), the First-Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest (whether or not allowed or allowable) before any distribution is made in respect of the Junior-Lien Obligations, with each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this Section 6.9, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or Recovery of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties. Neither any Junior -Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent nor any Junior-Lien Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of First -Lien Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the First-Lien Secured Party’s Lien, without regard to the existence of the Lien of any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Junior-Lien Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral.
Section 6.10 No Waivers of Rights of First-Lien Secured Parties. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First- Lien Authorized Representative or any other First-Lien Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Junior-Lien Secured Party, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, including the seeking by any Junior-Lien Secured Party of adequate protection or the assertion by any Junior-Lien Secured Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Junior-Lien Debt Documents or otherwise.
Section 6.11 Plans of Reorganization. No Junior-Lien Secured Party shall file, propose, support or vote in favor of any plan of reorganization (and each shall vote and shall be deemed to have voted to reject any plan of reorganization) that is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. To the extent that any Junior-Lien Secured Party attempts to vote or votes in favor of any plan of reorganization in a manner inconsistent with this Section 6.11, such Junior- Lien Secured Party irrevocably agrees that the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent may be, and may be deemed, an “authorized agent” of such party under Bankruptcy Rules 3018(c) and 9010, and that the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent shall be authorized and entitled to submit a superseding ballot on behalf of such Junior-Lien Secured Party that is consistent herewith.
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Section 6.12 Other Matters. Except as set forth in Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.4 and 6.8 hereof, to the extent that any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law with respect to any of the Shared Collateral, such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, agrees not to assert any such rights without the prior written consent of the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent; provided that if requested by the First-Lien Collateral Agent, such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative or such Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent, including any rights to payments in respect of such rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.12 shall be interpreted to broaden or expand the rights provided in, or waive any limitations, restrictions or prohibitions contained in, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.4 or 6.8 hereof.
Section 6.13 Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of any reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of such reorganized debtor are distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, on account of both the First-Lien Obligations and the Junior-Lien Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the First-Lien Obligations and on account of the Junior-Lien Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same assets or property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.
Section 6.14 Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceeding. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
ARTICLE VII
Reliance; etc.
Section 7.1 Reliance. All loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after the date hereof by the First-Lien Secured Parties to Holdings, the Company or any other Grantor shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, acknowledges that it and such Junior -Lien Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance on any First-Lien Collateral Agent or any First-Lien Authorized Representative or other First-Lien Secured Party, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Junior-Lien Debt Documents to which they are party or by which they are bound, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Junior-Lien Debt Documents or this Agreement.
Section 7.2 No Warranties or Liability. Each Junior- Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior- Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that neither any First-Lien Collateral Agent nor any First-Lien Authorized Representative or other First-Lien Secured Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the First-Lien Debt Documents, the ownership of any Shared Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon.
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The First-Lien Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the First-Lien Debt Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and the First-Lien Secured Parties may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that the Junior- Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties have in the Shared Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither any First-Lien Collateral Agent nor any First- Lien Authorized Representative or other First-Lien Secured Party shall have any duty to any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or Junior-Lien Secured Party to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreement with the Company or any other Grantor (including the Junior-Lien Debt Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with.
Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectibility of any of the First-Lien Obligations, the Junior- Lien Obligations or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) any Grantor’s title to or right to transfer any of the Shared Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
Section 7.3 Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First-Lien Debt Document or any Junior-Lien Debt Document;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the First-Lien Obligations or Junior-Lien Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other First-Lien Debt Document or of the terms of any Junior-Lien Debt Document;
(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Shared Collateral or any other Collateral or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the First-Lien Obligations or Junior-Lien Obligations or any guarantee thereof;
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(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, (i) the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the First-Lien Obligations or (ii) any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
Section 8.1 Conflicts. Subject to Section 8.17, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any First -Lien Debt Document or any Junior-Lien Debt Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
Section 8.2 Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. Subject to Section 6.5, this Agreement shall continue to be effective until Discharge of First-Lien Obligations and the indefeasible payment in full of the Junior-Lien Obligations shall have occurred. This is a continuing agreement of Lien subordination, and the First-Lien Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents or any Junior-Lien Secured Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Grantor constituting First-Lien Obligations in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive and continue in full force and effect in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 8.3 Amendments; Waivers. (a) No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder 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 parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 8.3, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
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(b) Each First-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative may from time to time amend, modify, supplement or waive any provision hereof. Any such amendment, modification supplement or waiver shall be in writing and shall be binding upon the First-Lien Secured Parties and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns; provided that (x) the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative may, without the written consent of any other First-Lien Authorized Representative or any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, modify this Agreement for the purpose of securing Additional First-Lien Debt Obligations and (y) additional Grantors may be added as parties to this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.7 hereof without the consent of any First-Lien Authorized Representative or Junior-Lien Authorized Representative; provided further that such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver (other than as provided in the immediately preceding proviso) will require the Company’s consent if it amends, modifies, supplements or waives the rights, interests or liabilities, or directly affects the privileges of, any Grantor.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Secured Party, any Authorized Representative may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 8.8 and upon such execution and delivery, such Authorized Representative and the Secured Parties and First-Lien Obligations or Junior-Lien Obligations of the Debt Facility for which such Authorized Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof. The parties hereto agree that, notwithstanding any failure by any First-Lien Authorized Representative to take the actions described in the immediately preceding sentence, each Person which becomes a New Credit Agreement Agent or an Additional Senior Class Debt Representative, as applicable, under, and as defined in, the First -Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall automatically benefit from the provisions hereof as fully as if same constituted an Additional First-Lien Debt Representative party hereto and had complied with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence.
Section 8.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries. Neither any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First -Lien Authorized Representative nor any other First-Lien Secured Party shall have any obligation to any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any other Junior-Lien Secured Party to keep the Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party informed of, and the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties shall not be entitled to rely on the First- Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives or the First-Lien Secured Parties with respect to, (a) the financial condition of the Grantors or any endorsers or guarantors of the First-Lien Obligations or the Junior-Lien Obligations or (b) any other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First-Lien Obligations or the Junior-Lien Obligations. The First -Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that any First-Lien Collateral Agent, any First-Lien Authorized Representative, any First-Lien Secured Party, any Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, any Junior-Lien Collateral Agent or any Junior-Lien Secured Party, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party, it shall be under no obligation to (i) make, and the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties shall not make or be deemed to have made, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (ii) provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (iii) undertake any investigation or (iv) disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.
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Section 8.5 Subrogation. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Junior-Lien Secured Party under its Junior-Lien Debt Facility, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has occurred.
Section 8.6 Application of Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the First-Lien Secured Parties may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the First-Lien Obligations as the First-Lien Secured Parties, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the First-Lien Debt Documents and Section 4.1. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Junior-Lien Secured Party, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the First-Lien Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the First-Lien Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
Section 8.7 Additional Grantors. It is understood and agreed that Holdings, the Company and each other Grantor on the date of this Agreement shall constitute the original Grantors party hereto. The original Grantors hereby covenant and agree to cause each Subsidiary of the Company which becomes a Loan Party after the date hereof to contemporaneously become a party hereto (as a Grantor) by executing and delivering to the then Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative and Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative an assumption agreement substantially in the form of Annex II hereto (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by then Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative, Designated Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and the Company). The parties hereto further agree that, notwithstanding any failure to take the actions required by the immediately preceding sentence, each Person which becomes a Grantor at any time (and any security granted by any such Person) shall be subject to the provisions hereof as fully as if same constituted a Grantor party hereto and had complied with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence.
Section 8.8 Additional Debt Facilities. (a) To the extent, but only to the extent, permitted by the provisions of the First-Lien Debt Documents and the Junior -Lien Debt Documents which are then in effect, the Company may incur or issue and sell one or more series or classes of Junior-Lien Debt after the date hereof. Any such additional class or series of Junior-Lien Debt (the “Additional Junior-Lien Debt”) may be secured by a junior Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Junior -Lien Collateral Documents for such Additional Junior-Lien Debt, if and subject to the condition that the Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and the Junior -Lien Collateral Agent of any such Additional Junior-Lien Debt (such Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and such Junior -Lien Collateral Agent, each an “Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Additional Junior-Lien Debt (such Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representatives and holders in respect of any Additional Junior-Lien Debt being referred to as the “Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying conditions (i) through (iii), of the immediately succeeding paragraph.
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In order for an Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative to become a party to this Agreement:
(i) each Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative of the respective class or series of Additional Junior-Lien Debt and each Grantor then party hereto shall have executed and delivered to the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Annex III hereto (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative and such Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative) pursuant to which such Additional Junior- Lien Debt Representative (or each such Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative, as appropriate) becomes an Authorized Representative hereunder, and the Additional Junior-Lien Debt in respect of which such Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative is the Authorized Representative and the related Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties become subject hereto and bound hereby;
(ii) the Company shall have delivered to the Applicable First-Lien Collateral Agent (x) true and complete copies of each of the Junior-Lien Debt Documents relating to such Additional Junior-Lien Debt (which shall be secured by all or any portion of Shared Collateral), certified as being true and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Company, and (y) a certificate of an authorized officer (A) identifying the obligations to be designated as additional Junior-Lien Obligations and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof and (B) certifying that the incurrence of such Junior-Lien Obligations, the creation of the Liens securing such Junior-Lien Obligations and the designation of such Junior-Lien Obligations as “Junior-Lien Obligations” hereunder do not violate or result in a default under any provision of any First-Lien Debt Document or Junior-Lien Debt Document in effect at such time; and
(iii) the Junior-Lien Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Additional Junior-Lien Debt shall provide, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative, that each Additional Junior-Lien Secured Party with respect to such Additional Junior-Lien Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Additional Junior-Lien Debt.
(b) Any class or series of Additional First-Lien Debt or any replacement Credit Agreement (and the related First-Lien Obligations) may be secured by a senior Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant First-Lien Collateral Documents and the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The First-Lien Authorized Representative and the First-Lien Collateral Agent of any such First-Lien Facilities (such First-Lien Authorized Representative and such First-Lien Collateral Agent, each an “Additional First-Lien Debt Representative”), acting on behalf of the holders of such First-Lien Facilities, may become a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in the immediately succeeding sentence.
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In order for an Additional First-Lien Debt Representative to become a party to this Agreement, such Additional First-Lien Debt Representative shall have executed and delivered to the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Annex IV hereto (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative and such Additional First-Lien Debt Representative) pursuant to which such Additional First-Lien Debt Representative becomes a First-Lien Authorized Representative and/or First-Lien Collateral Agent hereunder.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED ABOVE IN THIS SECTION 8.8(b) OR ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGREEMENT, EACH FIRST- LIEN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE WHICH AT ANY TIME IS AN “AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE” UNDER, AND AS DEFINED IN, THE FIRST-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, AND ALL “FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTIES” AS DEFINED IN THE FIRST-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST LIEN OBLIGATIONS HELD BY THEM FROM TIME TO TIME), SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT (AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES HEREOF) WHETHER OR NOT THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES (AS DEFINED IN THE FIRST- LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT) SHALL HAVE BECOME PARTY HERETO OR TAKEN THE ACTIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE IN THIS SECTION 8.8(b). THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH) ARE ENTERED INTO FOR THE EXPRESS BENEFIT OF THE FIRST-LIEN SECURED PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE MODIFIED TO THEIR DETRIMENT WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES FOR EACH CLASS OF FIRST-LIEN OBLIGATIONS THEN OUTSTANDING.
Section 8.9 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each First-Lien Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at the address referred to in Section 8.10;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto (or any Secured Party) to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and
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(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 8.9 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
Section 8.10 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent:
(i) if to the Company or any other Grantor, to the Company, at its address at HDQ Campus-Bldg. A, 3150 Sabre Drive, Southlake, TX 76092 Attention of: General Counsel, facsimile no. (682) 605-7820;
(ii) if to the Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative to it at [_______], Attention of: [_______], facsimile no. [ ];
(iii) if to the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent to it at [_______], Attention of:[_______], facsimile no. [_____];
(iv) if to the Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, to it at [_______], USA Attention of: [_______], facsimile no. [_______];
(v) if to the Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative, to it at [_______], [ • ], Attention of: [ • ], facsimile no. [ • ];
(vi) if to the Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent, to it at [ ], [ • ], Attention of: [ • ], facsimile no. [ • ]; Section 8.11 Further Assurances.
(vii) [to include any additional applicable parties at the time this agreement is entered into] and
(viii) if to any other Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, First-Lien Authorized Representative or First-Lien Collateral Agent to it at the address specified by it in the Joinder Agreement delivered by it pursuant to Section 8.8.
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and, may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth above or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties. As agreed to in writing among each First-Lien Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.
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Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent agrees that it will take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the Applicable First -Lien Authorized Representative may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of, and the Lien priorities contemplated by, this Agreement.
Section 8.12 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. (A) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(B) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
Section 8.13 Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the First-Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, the Company, the other Grantors party hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Any successor of any Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative will automatically succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of a Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative hereunder, as applicable. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, any successor of any Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative will execute and deliver any documents and instruments as shall be reasonably requested by the Applicable First-Lien Authorized Representative to evidence its succession as a Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative, as applicable, and its becoming party to this Agreement.
Section 8.14 Specific Performance. The First-Lien Collateral Agents may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any First-Lien Collateral Agent.
Section 8.15 Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.
Section 8.16 Counterparts. This Agreement shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code/UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof.
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This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
Section 8.17 Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement. Each of the Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, the Initial Junior- Lien Collateral Agent and the Initial Junior-Lien Secured Parties.
Section 8.18 No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. The lien priorities set forth in this Agreement and the rights and benefits hereunder in respect of such lien priorities shall inure solely to the benefit of the First -Lien Collateral Agents, the First-Lien Authorized Representatives, the First-Lien Secured Parties, the Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives, the Junior-Lien Collateral Agents and the Junior -Lien Secured Parties, and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and no other Person (including the Grantors, or any trustee, receiver, debtor in possession or bankruptcy estate in a bankruptcy or like proceeding) shall have or be entitled to assert such rights.
Section 8.19 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the original parties hereto listed in the introductory paragraph hereto. This Agreement shall be effective both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or any other Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Section 8.20 First-Lien Collateral Agent and Trustee. It is understood and agreed that (a) the Credit Agreement Administrative Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacities as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Credit Agreement and the provisions of [Article X] of the Credit Agreement applicable to it as administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to it as a First-Lien Collateral Agent hereunder, (b) the Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacities as [trustee and collateral agent] under the Initial Additional First-Lien Agreement and the provisions of [Sections 7 and 10] thereunder shall also apply to it as a First-Lien Collateral Agent hereunder, [to include reference to any additional applicable Debt Documents] and [(c)] the Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as [trustee and collateral agent] under the indenture referred to the definition of “Initial Junior-Lien Debt Documents” and the provisions of [________] of such indenture applicable to such [trustee] thereunder shall also apply to such [trustee] hereunder.
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Section 8.21 Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (except to the extent contemplated by Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(d)), nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) permit the Company or any other Grantor to take any action, or fail to take any action, to the extent such action or failure would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Credit Agreement or any other First-Lien Debt Document or any Junior-Lien Debt Documents, (b) change the relative priorities of the First-Lien Obligations or the Liens granted under the First-Lien Collateral Documents on the Shared Collateral (or any other assets) as among the First -Lien Secured Parties, (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the First-Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral as among such First-Lien Secured Parties or (d) obligate the Company or any other Grantor to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Credit Agreement or any other First-Lien Debt Document or any Junior-Lien Debt Document.
Section 8.22 Intercreditor Agreements. Each party hereto agrees that the First- Lien Secured Parties (as among themselves) and the Junior-Lien Secured Parties (as among themselves) may each enter into intercreditor agreements (or similar arrangements) with (x) in the case of First-Lien Obligations, the applicable First-Lien Collateral Agents and applicable First-Lien Authorized Representatives, or (y) in the case of Junior-Lien Obligations, the applicable Junior-Lien Authorized Representatives and applicable Junior-Lien Collateral Agents, governing the rights, benefits and privileges as among the First-Lien Secured Parties or the Junior-Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, in respect of all or a portion of the Shared Collateral, this Agreement and the other First-Lien Collateral Documents or Junior-Lien Collateral Documents, as the case may be, including as to application of proceeds of the Shared Collateral, voting rights, control of the Shared Collateral and waivers with respect to the Shared Collateral, in each case so long as the terms thereof do not violate or conflict with the provisions of this Agreement or the other First-Lien Collateral Documents or Junior-Lien Collateral Documents, as the case may be. In any event, if a respective intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) exists (except for the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement), the provisions thereof shall not be (or be construed to be) an amendment, modification or other change to this Agreement or any other First-Lien Collateral Document or Junior-Lien Collateral Document, and the provisions of this Agreement and the other First-Lien Collateral Documents and Junior-Lien Collateral Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (as such provisions may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, including to give effect to any intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement))
Section 8.23 Acknowledgement. Each Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each Junior-Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges that there are assets of the Company, the other Grantors and their Subsidiaries which are subject to Liens in favor of the First-Lien Secured Parties or other creditors but which do not constitute Shared Collateral, and nothing in this Agreement shall grant or imply the grant of any Lien or other security interest in such assets in favor of any Junior-Lien Secured Party to secure any Junior-Lien Obligations.
Section 8.24 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE GLBL INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| [GRANTORS] | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| [ ] | ||
| as Credit Agreement Administrative Agent and as Authorized Representative for the Credit | ||
| Agreement Secured Parties | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent and as Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| [to include any additional applicable parties at the time this Agreement is entered into] | ||
| [ ], |
| as Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative |
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: |
| [ ], |
| as Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent |
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: |
ANNEX I
to the
Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement
GRANTORS
[Insert Grantors existing on the date of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement]
ANNEX II
to the
Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT TO THE JUNIOR-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
The undersigned, [ ], a [ ], hereby agrees to become party as a Grantor under the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation, the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, [ ], as Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, [ ], as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior- Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and each additional Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent from time to time a party thereto, for all purposes thereof on the terms set forth therein, and to be bound by the terms of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement as fully as if the undersigned had executed and delivered the Junior- Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the date thereof. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. 1
The provisions of Article VIII of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this Assumption Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assumption Agreement to be executed by their respective officers or representatives as of , 20 .
| [ ] | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| ( | ) | |
| Title: | ||
| 1 | To be modified, as necessary, to properly reflect the Debt Facilities in existence at the time this Agreement is entered into. |
ANNEX III
to the
Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement
ADDITIONAL JUNIOR-LIEN DEBT JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. [ ] dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (the “Joinder Agreement”) to the JUNIOR-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as defined below), among Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), certain subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company (together with Holdings and the Company, each a “Grantor”) and each New Representative (as defined below) party hereto.
A. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among Holdings, the Company, each other Grantor from time to time party thereto, [ ], as Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, [ ], as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, and each additional Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent from time to time a party thereto. 1
B. As a condition to the ability of the Company to incur or issue Additional Junior-Lien Debt and to secure such Additional Junior-Lien Debt with the liens and security interests created by the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents for such Additional Junior-Lien Debt, each Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative in respect of such Additional Junior-Lien Debt is required to become a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or an Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, and such Additional Junior-Lien Debt and the Additional Junior- Lien Secured Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.8(a) of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that each such Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative may become a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or an Additional Junior -Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, and such Additional Junior-Lien Debt and such Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties may become subject to and bound by the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, upon the execution and delivery by each Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Joinder Agreement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.8(a) of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Each undersigned Additional Junior-Lien Debt Representative (each, a “New Representative”) is executing this Joinder Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior-Lien Collateral Documents.
| 1 | To be modified, as necessary, to properly reflect the Debt Facilities in existence at the time this Agreement is entered into. |
ANNEX III
to
the Junior-Lien Intercreditor
Agreement Page 2
Accordingly, each New Representative party hereto agrees as follows:
Section 1. Accession to the Intercreditor Agreement. In accordance with Section 8.8(a) of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, each New Representative by its signature below becomes a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or an Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, under, and the related Additional Junior-Lien Debt and Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties become subject to and bound by, the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if such New Representative had originally been named therein as a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or an Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, and each New Representative on its behalf and on behalf of such Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and/or Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, and to the Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties that it represents as Junior-Lien Secured Parties. Each reference to a “Junior-Lien Authorized Representative” in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Representative executing this Joinder Agreement as a Junior-Lien Authorized Representative and each reference to an “Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent” in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Representative executing this Joinder Agreement as an Additional Junior -Lien Collateral Agent. The Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment of each New Representative. Each New Representative represents and warrants to each First-Lien Secured Party and each Junior-Lien Secured Party, individually, that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Joinder Agreement, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee], (ii) this Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, and (iii) the Junior-Lien Debt Documents relating to such Additional Junior-Lien Debt provide that, upon such New Representative’s entry into this Joinder Agreement, each Additional Junior-Lien Secured Party with respect to such Additional Junior-Lien Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Junior-Lien Secured Parties.
Section 3. Counterparts. This Joinder Agreement shall be valid, binding, and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (i) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code/UCC (collectively, “Signature Law”); (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. This Joinder Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings when required under the UCC or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
ANNEX III
to
the Junior-Lien Intercreditor
Agreement Page 3
Section 4. Benefit of Agreement. The agreements set forth herein or undertaken pursuant hereto are for the benefit of, and may be enforced by, any party to the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. Governing Law. THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 6. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Joinder Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 7. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.10 of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each New Representative shall be given to it at its address set forth below its signature hereto.
Section 8. Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse each Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Joinder Agreement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each undersigned New Representative has duly executed this Joinder Agreement to the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| [[NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], as Authorized Representative for the holders of [ ], | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Address for notices: | ||
| attention of: | ||
| Facsimile: |
| [NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], as | ||
| Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent, | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Address for notices: | ||
| attention of: | ||
| Facsimile: | 1 |
| 1 | Appropriate signature blocks if the Authorized Representative of the relevant Additional Junior-Lien Debt is a different entity from the Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent of such Additional Junior-Lien Debt. |
| [[NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], as Authorized Representative and Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent for the holders of [ ], | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Address for notices: | ||
| attention of: | ||
| Facsimile: | 2 |
| 2 | Appropriate signature block if the Authorized Representative of the relevant Additional Junior-Lien Debt is also acting as the Additional Junior-Lien Collateral Agent of such Additional Junior-Lien Debt. |
| Acknowledged by: | ||
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, as Holdings |
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| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| SABRE GLBL INC., as Company | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| THE OTHER GRANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO, | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
SCHEDULE I to ANNEX III
to the
Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement
GRANTORS
ANNEX IV
to the
Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement
ADDITIONAL FIRST-LIEN DEBT JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. [ ] TO THE JUNIOR-LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
The undersigned, [ ], hereby agrees to become party as a [First-Lien Authorized Representative][and][First-Lien Collateral Agent] under the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation, the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, [ ], as Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, [ ], as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Collateral Agent, [ ], as Initial Additional First-Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior-Lien Authorized Representative, [ ], as Initial Junior-Lien Collateral Agent and each additional Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent from time to time a party thereto, for all purposes thereof on the terms set forth therein, and to be bound by the terms of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement as fully as if the undersigned had executed and delivered the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the date thereof. The undersigned is a [“New Credit Agreement Agent”][“Additional Senior Class Debt Representative”] under, and as defined in, the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement. 9
The provisions of Article VIII of the Junior-Lien Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this Assumption Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Joinder Agreement to be executed by their respective officers or representatives as of _____, 20 .
[Signature page follows]
| 9 | To be modified, as necessary, to properly reflect the Debt Facilities in existence at the time this Agreement is entered into. |
| [ ], as a [First-Lien Authorized Representative] [and] [First-Lien Collateral Agent] for the holders of [ ] | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Address for notices: | ||
| attention of: | ||
| Facsimile: | ||
Exhibit 10.3
Execution Version
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of
December 8, 2025
among
SABRE GLBL INC.,
as the Company
SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
as Holdings
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
AS IDENTIFIED IN THE INDENTURE
and
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I | ||||||
| DEFINITIONS | ||||||
| SECTION 1.01. |
Indenture | 1 | ||||
| SECTION 1.02. |
Other Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
| ARTICLE II | ||||||
| PLEDGE OF SECURITIES | ||||||
| SECTION 2.01. |
Pledge | 8 | ||||
| SECTION 2.02. |
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral | 9 | ||||
| SECTION 2.03. |
Representations, Warranties and Covenants | 9 | ||||
| SECTION 2.04. |
Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests | 11 | ||||
| SECTION 2.05. |
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations | 11 | ||||
| SECTION 2.06. |
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest | 11 | ||||
| SECTION 2.07. |
Collateral Agent Not a Partner or Limited Liability Company Member | 13 | ||||
| ARTICLE III |
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| SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY |
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| SECTION 3.01. |
Security Interest | 13 | ||||
| SECTION 3.02. |
Representations and Warranties | 15 | ||||
| SECTION 3.03. |
Covenants | 17 | ||||
| SECTION 3.04. |
Other Actions | 21 | ||||
| ARTICLE IV |
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| REMEDIES |
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| SECTION 4.01. |
Remedies upon Default | 22 | ||||
| SECTION 4.02. |
Application of Proceeds | 24 | ||||
| SECTION 4.03. |
Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property; Power of Attorney | 25 | ||||
| ARTICLE V |
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| INDEMNITY, SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION |
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| SECTION 5.01. |
Indemnity | 26 | ||||
| SECTION 5.02. |
Contribution and Subrogation | 26 | ||||
| SECTION 5.03. |
Subordination | 26 | ||||
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| ARTICLE VI |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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| SECTION 6.01. |
Notices | 26 | ||||
| SECTION 6.02. |
Waivers; Amendment | 27 | ||||
| SECTION 6.03. |
Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses | 27 | ||||
| SECTION 6.04. |
Successors and Assigns | 28 | ||||
| SECTION 6.05. |
Survival of Agreement | 28 | ||||
| SECTION 6.06. |
Counterparts; Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns; Several Agreement | 28 | ||||
| SECTION 6.07. |
Severability | 28 | ||||
| SECTION 6.08. |
[Reserved] | 29 | ||||
| SECTION 6.09. |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | 29 | ||||
| SECTION 6.10. |
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY | 29 | ||||
| SECTION 6.11. |
Headings | 30 | ||||
| SECTION 6.12. |
Security Interest Absolute | 30 | ||||
| SECTION 6.13. |
[Reserved] | 30 | ||||
| SECTION 6.14. |
Termination or Release | 30 | ||||
| SECTION 6.15. |
Additional Grantors | 31 | ||||
| SECTION 6.16. |
Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact | 31 | ||||
| SECTION 6.17. |
General Authority of the Collateral Agent | 32 | ||||
| SECTION 6.18. |
Recourse; Limited Obligations | 33 | ||||
| ARTICLE VII |
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| INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT |
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| SECTION 7.01. |
Intercreditor Agreement | 33 | ||||
| SECTION 7.02. |
Obligations of Grantors | 33 | ||||
| SECTION 7.03. |
Delivery of Collateral | 33 | ||||
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| ANNEX A |
List of Subsidiary Guarantors | |
| Schedules |
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| SCHEDULE I |
Pledged Equity; Pledged Debt | |
| SCHEDULE II |
Commercial Tort Claims | |
| Exhibits |
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| EXHIBIT I |
Form of Security Agreement Supplement | |
| EXHIBIT II |
Form of Perfection Certificate | |
| EXHIBIT III |
Form of Patent Security Agreement | |
| EXHIBIT IV |
Form of Trademark Security Agreement | |
| EXHIBIT V |
Form of Copyright Security Agreement | |
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PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of December 8, 2025, among SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), SABRE GLBL INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference is made to the Indenture dated as of December 8, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Company has agreed to issue 10.750% senior secured notes due 2030 (the “Notes”). Each of Holdings and each Subsidiary party hereto is an affiliate of the Company and will derive substantial benefits from the issuance of the Notes by the Company pursuant to the Indenture. In order to secure the payment of all principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes, and the payment and performance of all other Obligations under the Indenture and all of the Grantors’ obligations and liabilities hereunder and in connection herewith, each Grantor is willing to execute and deliver this Agreement. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Indenture.
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Indenture. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified therein; the term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
(b) The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Account Debtor” means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
“Accounts” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
“Agreement” means this Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Article 9 Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).
“Claiming Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02.
“Collateral” means the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral.
“Commercial Tort Claim” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
“Copyright License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any third party under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that such Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to any Grantor under any copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of such Grantor under any such agreement.
“Copyrights” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all copyrights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyrights in the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the USCO or any foreign equivalent office.
“Contributing Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02.
“Dollar Amount” means, with respect to any Indebtedness denominated in United States dollars, the principal amount thereof then outstanding.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of Holdings which owns a Principal Domestic Property and transacts substantially all of its business or maintains substantially all of its property within the United States, excluding its territories, possessions and Puerto Rico, but in any case excluding any Subsidiary which is engaged primarily in financing operations outside of the United States or in leasing personal property or financing inventory receivables or other property.
“Excluded Assets” means:
(a) any Principal Domestic Property (but only to the extent that and for so long as any such Principal Domestic Property is not subject to a Lien securing other First Lien Obligations);
(b) any letter-of-credit rights;
(c) any Securitization Assets;
(d) any motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;
(f) any leasehold interests;
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(e) any real property that is not a Material Real Property; (g) any assets or properties that are acquired in a transaction not prohibited by the Indenture, so long as such assets or properties are subject to a Lien permitted by under paragraphs 8 or 9 of the definition of Permitted Liens in the Indenture, which Liens secure Indebtedness that is permitted by the Indenture to be incurred or assumed in connection with such transaction;
(h) any Intellectual Property whose pledge would result in the forfeiture of the Grantors’ rights in such property including, without limitation, any Trademark applications filed in the USPTO on the basis of such Grantor’s “intent-to-use” such Trademark, unless and until acceptable evidence of use of such Trademark has been filed with the USPTO pursuant to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. 1051, et seq.), to the extent that granting a lien in such Trademark application prior to such filing would adversely affect the enforceability or validity of such Trademark application or any registration issuing therefrom;
(i) any General Intangible, Investment Property or other rights of a Grantor arising under any contract, lease, instrument, license or other document or any assets subject thereto if but only to the extent that and so long as the grant of a security interest therein would (x) constitute a violation or abandonment of, or render unenforceable, a valid and enforceable restriction in respect of such General Intangible, Investment Property or other such rights in favor of a third party or under any law, regulation, permit, order or decree of any Governmental Authority (for the avoidance of doubt, the restrictions described herein shall not include negative pledges or similar undertakings in favor of a lender or other financial counterparty), or (y) expressly give any other party in respect of any such contract, lease, instrument, license or other document, the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, provided, however, that the limitation set forth in this clause (i) shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such Collateral to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law or principles of equity and provided, further, that, at such time as the condition causing the conditions in subclauses (x) and (y) of this clause (i) shall be remedied, whether by contract, change of law or otherwise, the contract, lease, instrument, license or other documents shall immediately cease to be an Excluded Asset, and any security interest that would otherwise be granted herein shall attach immediately to such contract, lease, instrument, license or other document, or to the extent severable, to any portion thereof that does not result in any of the conditions in (x) or (y) above;
(j) any assets the pledge of which is prohibited by law or by agreements containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law;
(k) any asset with respect to which the Company has reasonably determined in writing that the costs of providing a security interest in such asset or perfection thereof is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Collateral Agent (but only to the extent that and for so long as any such asset is not subject to a Lien securing any other First Lien Obligations); and (a) any shares of stock or debt of any Domestic Subsidiary (but only to the extent that and for so long as any such stock or debt is not pledged to secure any other First Lien Obligations);
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(i) any LC Assets.
“Excluded Security” means
(b) more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Material Foreign Subsidiary that is a direct Subsidiary of the Company or a Guarantor;
(c) any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Material Foreign Subsidiary;
(d) any Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (until such time as any Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the Indenture);
(e) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that are not directly held by the Company or a Guarantor;
(f) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that are acquired in a transaction not prohibited by the Indenture, so long as such Equity Interests are subject to a Lien permitted under paragraphs 8 or 9 of the definition of Permitted Liens in the Indenture, which Liens secure Indebtedness that is permitted by the Indenture to be incurred or assumed in connection with such transaction;
(g) any shares of stock or debt whose pledge is prohibited by law or by agreements containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by applicable law; and
(h) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary with respect to which the Company has reasonably determined in writing that the costs of providing a pledge of such Equity Interests or perfection thereof is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Collateral Agent (but only to the extent that and for so long as any such Equity Interests are not pledged to secure any other First Lien Obligations).
“General Intangibles” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC and includes for the avoidance of doubt corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Hedging Obligations and other agreements), goodwill, Intellectual Property, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Grantor, as the case may be, to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions pertaining to government.
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“Grantor” means each of Holdings, the Company, and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Holdings’ Consolidated Net Assets” means the aggregate amount of assets, less reserves and other deductible items, after deducting current liabilities, as shown on Holdings’ most recent consolidated balance sheet and prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
“Indemnitee” means each Secured Party and each director, officer or employee thereof.
“Indenture” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
“Intellectual Property” means (i) all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information, the intellectual property rights in software and databases and related documentation, domain names and all additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing any of the foregoing, (ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including all income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements, misappropriations, dilutions or other violations thereof, (iii) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements, misappropriations, dilutions, or other violations thereof, and (iv) all other rights, priorities and privileges arising thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” means the short-form Patent Security Agreement, short-form Trademark Security Agreement, and short-form Copyright Security Agreement, each substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibits III, IV and V, respectively.
“Investment Property” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC, but shall not include any Pledged Collateral.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“LC Assets” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
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“License” means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other Intellectual Property license or sublicense agreement to which any Grantor is a party, together with any and all (i) renewals, extensions, supplements and continuations thereof, (ii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or violations thereof, and (iii) rights to sue for past, present and future violations thereof.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a circumstance or condition affecting the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would materially adversely affect (a) the ability of the Company, Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors (taken as a whole) to perform their respective obligations under the Indenture or (b) the rights and remedies of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent under the Indenture or any Security Document.
“Material Foreign Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Company’s Foreign Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets as at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the Total Assets of Holdings, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Material Real Property” means any fee-owned parcel of real property (including fixtures) located in the United States owned by any Grantor (x) that is not located in a “special flood hazard zone” and (y) with a fair market value in excess of $20,000,000; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Headquarters will not constitute a Material Real Property for so long as the Headquarters Financing remains outstanding.
“New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
“Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement. For all purposes hereunder, the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes (each as defined in the Indenture).
“Obligations” means “Notes Obligations” as defined in the Indenture.
“Patent License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or granting to any Grantor any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
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“Patents” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all letters Patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country in or to which any Grantor now or hereafter has any right, title or interest therein, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters Patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the USPTO or any similar offices in any other country, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals, or extensions thereof, and the inventions claimed therein.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit II, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and as amended, updated, modified or supplemented from time to time, and duly executed as of the date hereof, and as of any subsequent delivery date as required pursuant to the Security Documents, by the chief financial officer or the chief legal officer of each of Holdings and the Company.
“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Equity” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
“Pledged Securities” means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
“Principal Domestic Property” means any building, structure or other facility, together with the land on which it is erected and fixtures comprising a part of it, used primarily for information processing, research or housing hardware or software required for information processing, located in the United States, excluding its territories, possessions and Puerto Rico, owned or leased by Holdings or one of Holdings’ Subsidiaries and having a net book value in excess of 1% of Holdings’ Consolidated Net Assets, other than any such building, structure or other facility or a portion which the Company’s principal executive officer, president and principal financial officer determine in good faith is not of material importance to the total business conducted or assets owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Trustee, Collateral Agent, and the Holders of the Notes.
“Security Agreement Supplement” means an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto.
“Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).
“Test Period” in effect at any time shall mean the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or are required to be delivered.
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“Trademark License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
“Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, trade dress, logos, fictitious business names, or other source or business identifiers, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the USPTO or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof, as well as any unregistered trademarks and service marks used by a Grantor and (b) all goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized thereby.
“USCO” means the United States Copyright Office.
“USPTO” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
ARTICLE II
Pledge of Securities
SECTION 2.01. Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, including the Guarantee, each Grantor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under (i) all Equity Interests held by it, including without limitation those Equity Interests listed on Schedule I and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Grantor and, to the extent certificated, the certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the “Pledged Equity”); provided that the Pledged Equity shall not include any Excluded Security; (ii) the debt securities owned by it, including without limitation those debt securities listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule I, any debt securities obtained in the future by such Grantor and the promissory notes and any other instruments evidencing any debt (the “Pledged Debt”); provided that the Pledged Debt shall not include any Excluded Security; (iii) subject to Section 2.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt; (iv) subject to Section 2.06, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) above; and (v) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”); provided, however, that in no event shall Pledged Collateral include any property with respect to which a Grantor is treated as having a “security entitlement” within the meaning of Article 8 of any applicable Uniform Commercial Code.
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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever, subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral. (a) Each Grantor agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered as promptly as practicable to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities (other than any uncertificated securities, but only for so long as such securities remain uncertificated) to the extent such Pledged Securities, in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02.
(b) Each Grantor will cause (i) any Indebtedness for borrowed money owed to such Grantor by any Person (other than intercompany Indebtedness between Grantors and intercompany Indebtedness referred to in the following clause (ii)) having an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Dollar Amount of $5,000,000, to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note, and (ii) any intercompany Indebtedness made by such Grantor to a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Grantor to be evidenced by (x) a duly executed global promissory note to which such Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Grantor is a signatory, or (y) at the option of the Grantor, to the extent such Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Dollar Amount of $15,000,000, a duly executed promissory note; in each case (i) and (ii) that is delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof.
(c) Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by stock or security powers duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by proper instruments of assignment or transfer duly executed by the applicable Grantor and such other instruments or documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule I and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Holdings and the Company jointly and severally represent, warrant and covenant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to and with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
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(a) Schedule I correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Equity and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes required to be pledged hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;
(b) the Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, to the best of Holdings’ and the Company’s knowledge) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Equity, are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, to the best of Holdings’ and the Company’s knowledge), are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof;
(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder, each of the Grantors (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Indenture, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule I as owned by such Grantors, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than (A) Liens created by the Security Documents and (B) Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than (A) Liens created by the Security Documents and (B) Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture, and (iv) will defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;
(d) except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Indenture or the Security Documents or securities laws generally and except as described in the Perfection Certificate, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect in any manner material and adverse to the Secured Parties the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;
(e) each of the Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(f) no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect);
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(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Collateral Agent will obtain a legal, valid and perfected first priority lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, to the extent such perfection is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code subject to Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture; and
(h) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Collateral Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein.
SECTION 2.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests. Any limited liability company and any limited partnership controlled by any Grantor shall either (a) not have in its operative documents any provision that any Equity Interests in such limited liability company or such limited partnership be a “security” as defined under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or (b) certificate any Equity Interests in any such limited liability company or such limited partnership. To the extent an interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by any Grantor and pledged under Section 2.01 is certificated or becomes certificated, each such certificate shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent, pursuant to Section 2.02(a) and such Grantor shall fulfill all other requirements under Section 2.02 applicable in respect thereof.
SECTION 2.05. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (a) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in its own name as pledgee, the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent, and each Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor and (b) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement; provided, that the Collateral Agent shall give the Company prior notice of its intent to exercise such rights unless an Event of Default under paragraphs 8 or 9 of Section 6.01 of the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing in which case no notice shall be required.
SECTION 2.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest. (a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Company that the rights of the Grantors under this Section 2.06 are being suspended:
(i) Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of the Indenture, this Agreement and the other Security Documents; provided that such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner, except as may be expressly permitted under the Indenture, this Agreement or the other Security Documents, that would materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Securities or the rights and remedies of any of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties under the Indenture, this Agreement or any other Security Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.
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(ii) The Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to each Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as each Grantor may reasonably request in writing for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.
(iii) Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Security Documents and applicable Laws; provided that any non-cash (and non-cash equivalent) dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Company of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an non-interest bearing account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02 hereof. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 and that remain in such account.
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(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Company of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights at the discretion of the Collateral Agent. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, each Grantor shall have the exclusive right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Grantor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06.
(d) Any notice given by the Collateral Agent to the Company suspending the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a) of this Section 2.06 (i) shall be given in writing, (ii) may be given with respect to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Collateral Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 2.07. Collateral Agent Not a Partner or Limited Liability Company Member. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to make the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party liable as a member of any limited liability company or as a partner of any partnership and neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise (except as referred to in the following sentence) shall have any of the duties, obligations or liabilities of a member of any limited liability company or as a partner in any partnership. The parties hereto expressly agree that, this Agreement shall not be construed as creating a partnership or joint venture among the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party, any Grantor and/or any other Person.
ARTICLE III
Security Interests in Personal Property
SECTION 3.01. Security Interest. (a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, including the Guarantees, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all right, title or interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):
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(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all Commercial Tort Claims listed on Schedule II hereto;
(iv) all Deposit Accounts;
(v) all Documents;
(vi) all Equipment;
(vii) all General Intangibles;
(viii) all Goods;
(ix) all Instruments;
(x) all Inventory;
(xi) all Investment Property;
(xii) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(xiii) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all supporting obligations, collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;
provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in any Excluded Asset (which Excluded Assets, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not constitute “Article 9 Collateral”).
(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or the analogous legislation of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and, if required, any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates; provided, however, that the right of the Collateral Agent to file financing statements hereunder shall not be construed as a duty to do so.
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Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon any reasonable request. Each Grantor shall file on behalf of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any financing statements in the relevant jurisdiction necessary to perfect the security interests in the Article 9 Collateral granted hereunder.
(c) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.
(d) The Collateral Agent is authorized to file with the USPTO or the USCO (or any successor office in the United States or any applicable office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest in United States issued, registered or applied-for Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral granted by each Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantor as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party; provided, however, that such authorization shall not be construed as a duty on the part of the Collateral Agent to file such documents.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, none of the Grantors shall be required to enter into any deposit account control agreement or securities account control agreement with respect to any deposit account or securities account.
SECTION 3.02. Representations and Warranties. Holdings and the Company jointly and severally represent and warrant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that:
(a) Each Grantor has good and valid rights in and title to the material Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained.
(b) The information set forth in the Perfection Certificate, including the exact legal name of each Grantor, is correct and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof. The Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations prepared based upon the information provided to the Collateral Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Company to the Collateral Agent after the date hereof in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 10.03 of the Indenture), are all the filings, recordings and registrations that are necessary to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, in each case, except (i) as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements, and (ii) filings required to be made by the USPTO and the USCO in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property.
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(c) Each Grantor represents and warrants that short-form Intellectual Property Security Agreements containing a description of all Article 9 Collateral as of the date hereof consisting of United States Patents, United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending, unless it constitutes an Excluded Asset) and United States registered Copyrights, respectively, have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for recording by the USPTO and the USCO pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, as may be necessary to establish a valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the USPTO and the USCO, as applicable, in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions under the Federal intellectual property laws, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than (i) such filings and actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed by any Grantor after the date hereof, (ii) as may be required under the laws of jurisdictions outside the United States with respect to Article 9 Collateral created under such laws, and (iii) the UCC financing and continuation statements contemplated in Section 3.02(b)).
(d) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Obligations; (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in the relevant jurisdiction and (iii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(c), a perfected security interest in all Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of fully executed short-form Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the USPTO and the USCO, as applicable. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than (i) any nonconsensual Lien that is expressly permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture and has priority as a matter of law and (ii) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture.
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(e) The material Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture. None of the Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the New York UCC or any other applicable United States laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the USPTO or the USCO or (iii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture.
SECTION 3.03. Covenants. (a) The Company agrees promptly (and in any event within 60 days of such change) to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change in (i) the legal name, (ii) the identity or type of organization or corporate structure, (iii) the jurisdiction of organization, (iv) the chief executive office or (v) the organizational identification number, of any Grantor. In addition, if any Grantor does not have an organizational identification number on the date hereof (or the date such Grantor becomes a party to this Agreement) and later obtains one, the Company shall promptly (and in any event within 60 days of such change) thereafter notify the Collateral Agent of such organizational identification number and shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to the extent necessary to maintain the security interests (and the priority thereof) of the Collateral Agent in the Article 9 Collateral intended to be granted hereby fully perfected and in full force and effect.
(b) Upon becoming aware of any defect in the security interests (and the priority thereof, except as expressly permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture) of the Collateral Agent in the Article 9 Collateral intended to be granted hereby, the Company agrees promptly (and in any event within 60 days of such knowledge) to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of such defect.
(c) Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent an updated Perfection Certificate executed by the chief financial officer or the chief legal officer of each of Holdings and the Company, setting forth any information required therein that has changed or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of such certificate or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 3.03(c) and certifying that all UCC financing statements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction necessary to protect and perfect the Security Interests and Liens in the United States under this Agreement.
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(d) The Company agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of each other Grantor, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions required from time to time to assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith.
(e) At its option, the Collateral Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Indenture or this Agreement and within a reasonable period of time after the Collateral Agent has requested that it do so, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent within 10 Business Days after demand for any payment made or any reasonable expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, Grantors shall not be obligated to reimburse the Collateral Agent with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property which any Grantor has failed to maintain or pursue, or otherwise allowed to lapse, terminate or be put into the public domain, in accordance with Section 3.03(i)(ix). Nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein, in the Indenture or in any other Security Document.
(f) If at any time any Grantor shall take a security interest in any property of an Account Debtor or any other Person, the value of which is in excess of $10,000,000, to secure payment and performance of an Account, such Grantor shall promptly assign such security interest to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Such assignment need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the Account Debtor or other Person granting the security interest.
(g) Each Grantor (rather than the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable (as between itself and any relevant counterparty) to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.
(h) If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim with a value in excess of $10,000,000 and for which such Grantor (or predecessor in interest) has filed a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing signed by such Grantor of the brief details thereof and grant to the Collateral Agent a security interest therein and in the Proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement pursuant to a document in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
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(i) Intellectual Property Covenants, Representations and Warranties:
(i) Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Indenture or with respect to registration and applications no longer used, and except to the extent failure to act would not, as deemed by the applicable Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each Patent, Trademark or Copyright registration, issuance or pending application now or hereafter included in the Article 9 Collateral for which such Grantor has standing to do so, each Grantor agrees to (A) take, at its expense, all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, in the USPTO, the USCO and any other governmental authority located in the United States, to diligently pursue the registration and maintenance of each such Patent, Trademark, or Copyright registration or application and (B) not abandon any such application prior to exhaustion of all administrative and judicial remedies where reasonable to do so. Each Grantor shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its trade secrets under applicable law and to preserve the secrecy of its confidential information.
(ii) Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Indenture, or with respect to registration and applications no longer used, or except as would not, as deemed by the applicable Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property may lapse, be terminated, or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain (or in the case of a trade secret, becomes publicly known).
(iii) Other than as excluded or as permitted herein or in the Indenture, or with respect to Patents, Copyrights or Trademarks which are no longer used or useful in the Grantor’s business operations, or except where failure to do so would not, as deemed by the applicable Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Grantor shall take all reasonable steps to preserve and protect each item of its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, maintaining the quality of any and all products or services used or provided in connection with any of the Trademarks included in the Article 9 Collateral, consistent with the quality of the products and services as of the date hereof, taking all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks included in the Article 9 Collateral abide by the applicable license’s terms with respect to the standards of quality, using the Trademarks included in the Article 9 Collateral which are material to such Grantor’s business in interstate commerce during the time in which this Agreement is in effect and taking all reasonable steps to preserve such Trademarks under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. Other than as excluded or as permitted herein or in the Indenture, each Grantor agrees to renew those of its domain name registrations that are material to such Grantor’s business.
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(iv) Each Grantor represents and warrants that it is the lawful owner of all material Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Intellectual Property covered by Licenses granted to a Grantor by any third party), including (A) the Patents listed in the Perfection Certificate for such Grantor and that said Patents include all the material United States issued patents and pending United States patent applications that such Grantor owns as of the date hereof, and (B) the Copyrights listed in the Perfection Certificate for such Grantor and that said Copyrights include all the United States copyrights registered with the USCO for material United States copyrights that such Grantor owns as of the date hereof.
(v) Each Grantor further represents and warrants that the Trademarks and domain names listed in the Perfection Certificate include all material United States registered marks and applications for United States registered marks in the USPTO and all material domain names that such Grantor owns in connection with its business as of the date hereof. Each Grantor represents and warrants that it is the lawful owner of all U.S. trademark registrations and applications and domain name registrations listed in the Perfection Certificate and that said registrations are subsisting and have not been canceled, and that such Grantor has not received any written third-party claim that any of said registrations is invalid or unenforceable, other than as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, in the Grantor’s reasonable opinion, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) Each Grantor agrees, promptly upon learning thereof, to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of the name and address of, and to furnish such pertinent information that may be available with respect to, any party who such Grantor learns is likely to be infringing, contributorily infringing, actively inducing infringement, misappropriating or otherwise violating any of such Grantor’s rights in and to any Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral in any manner that would, in the Grantor’s reasonable opinion, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or with respect to any party claiming that such Grantor’s use of any Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral and material to such Grantor’s business violates in any material respect any property right of such party. Each Grantor further agrees to take appropriate actions diligently against, including, but not limited to, the prosecution of, in accordance with reasonable business practices, any Person infringing any Intellectual Property right included in the Article 9 Collateral in any manner that would, in the Grantor’s reasonable opinion, reasonably be expected to, either individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(vii) If after the date hereof (A) any Grantor acquires, makes an application for, or is issued a registration for Intellectual Property before the USPTO, the USCO, or an equivalent thereof in any state of the United States, other than any Intellectual Property constituting an Excluded Asset for so long as such Intellectual Property constitutes an Excluded Asset, or (B) any Grantor files acceptable evidence of use with respect to an intent-to-use Trademark application of such Grantor, which as a result, is no longer an Excluded Asset, such Grantor shall, at its own expense, concurrently with the delivery of the updated Perfection Certificate pursuant to Section 3.03(c), deliver to the Collateral Agent an Intellectual Property Security Agreement confirming the grant of a security interest in such Intellectual Property to the Collateral Agent hereunder, which must be substantially in the form of Exhibit III hereto in the case of Patents, Exhibit IV hereto in the case of Trademarks, or Exhibit V hereto in the case of Copyrights, or in such other form as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
(viii) If a United States Patent or an application for a United States Patent or a registered Copyright, is issued to or acquired by a Grantor, the relevant Grantor shall, including upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent (but in any event, not more than three times per fiscal year), deliver to the Collateral Agent a copy of said Copyright or Patent, or certificate or registration of, or application therefor, as the case may be.
(ix) Nothing in this Agreement, in the Indenture or any other Security Document prevents any Grantor from disposing of, discontinuing the use or maintenance of, failing to pursue, or otherwise allowing to lapse, terminate or be put into the public domain, any of its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property to the extent permitted by the Indenture if such Grantor determines in its reasonable business judgment that such action is desirable in the conduct of its business.
SECTION 3.04. Other Actions. In order to further insure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the Security Interest, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:
(a) Instruments. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments constituting Article 9 Collateral and evidencing an amount in excess of $10,000,000, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(b) Investment Property. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article II, if any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request. If any securities now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are uncertificated and are issued to such Grantor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, following the occurrence of an Event of Default such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, at the Collateral Agent’s reasonable request, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Collateral Agent as to such securities, without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the registered owner of such securities.
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If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property are held by any Grantor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Collateral Agent thereof and at the Collateral Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent shall either (i) cause such securities intermediary or (as the case may be) commodity intermediary to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Collateral Agent to such securities intermediary as to such security entitlements, or (as the case may be) to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by the Collateral Agent to such commodity intermediary, in each case without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) in the case of financial assets or other Investment Property held through a securities intermediary, arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the entitlement holder with respect to such Investment Property, with the Grantor being permitted, only with the consent of the Collateral Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such Investment Property. The Collateral Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Collateral Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by any Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any financial assets credited to a securities account for which the Collateral Agent is the securities intermediary.
ARTICLE IV
Remedies
SECTION 4.01. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party with respect to the Obligations under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and also may (i) require each Grantor to, and each Grantor agrees that it will at its expense and upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place and time to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties; (ii) occupy any premises owned or, to the extent lawful and permitted, leased by any of the Grantors where the Collateral or any part thereof is assembled or located for a reasonable period in order to effectuate its rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to such Grantor in respect of such occupation; provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to or promptly after such occupancy; (iii) declare the entire right, title, and interest of such Grantor in each of the Patents, Trademarks, domain names and Copyrights included in the Article 9 Collateral vested in the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (in which event such right, title, and interest shall immediately vest in the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to exercise the power of attorney referred to below in Section 4.03 hereof to execute, cause to be acknowledged and notarized and to record said absolute assignment with the applicable agency); (iv) exercise any and all rights and remedies of any of the Grantors under or in connection with the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Collateral; provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to or promptly after such exercise; and (v) subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law and the notice requirements described below, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral securing the Obligations at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate.
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The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale of securities (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any sale of Collateral shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Grantors agree to execute such further documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to transfer ownership of the Patents, Trademarks, domain names and Copyrights included in the Article 9 Collateral to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
The Collateral Agent shall give the applicable Grantors 10 days’ written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice.
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At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Agreement, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to such Secured Party from any Grantor as a credit against the purchase price, and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Grantor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.
Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Grantor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice to the Company of its intent to exercise such rights, for the purpose of (i) making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance, and (ii) making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.02. Application of Proceeds. The Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, in accordance with Section 6.10 of the Indenture.
(a) The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
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(b) In making the determinations and allocations required by this Section 4.02, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied by the Collateral Agent as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Obligations, and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information, provided that nothing in this sentence shall prevent any Grantor from contesting any amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any information so supplied. All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 4.02 shall be (subject to any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final (absent manifest error), and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by the Collateral Agent of any amounts distributed to it. It is understood and agreed that the Grantors shall remain jointly and severally liable to the extent of any deficiency between the amount of the proceeds of the Collateral and the aggregate amount of the Obligations.
SECTION 4.03. Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property; Power of Attorney. For the exclusive purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, effective upon the occurrence of, and at all times during the continuance of, an Event of Default, a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, limited license (until the termination or cure of the Event of Default) to use, license or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property now or hereafter owned or licensed by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.03 shall require Grantors to grant any license that is prohibited by any rule of law, statute or regulation, 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, to the extent permitted by the Indenture, with respect to such property or otherwise unreasonably prejudices the value thereof to the relevant Grantor; provided, further, that (a) such licenses to be granted hereunder with respect to Trademarks shall be subject to the maintenance of quality standards with respect to the goods and services on which such Trademarks are used sufficient to preserve the validity of such Trademarks, and (b) such licenses to be granted hereunder with respect to trade secrets shall be subject to the Secured Parties taking reasonable steps to maintain such trade secrets under applicable law and to preserve the secrecy thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the use of such license by the Collateral Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Collateral Agent, only during the continuation of an Event of Default. Furthermore, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an absolute power of attorney to sign, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, any document which may be required by the USPTO or the USCO in order to effect an absolute assignment of all right, title and interest in each Patent, Trademark or Copyright included in the Article 9 Collateral, and to record the same.
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ARTICLE V
Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination
SECTION 5.01. Indemnity. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Grantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 5.03), the Company agrees that, in the event any assets of any Grantor shall be sold pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document to satisfy in whole or in part an Obligation owed to any Secured Party, the Company shall indemnify such Grantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.
SECTION 5.02. Contribution and Subrogation. Each Grantor (a “Contributing Party”) agrees (subject to Section 5.03) that, in the event assets of any other Grantor shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to satisfy any Obligation owed to any Secured Party, and such other Grantor (the “Claiming Party”) shall not have been fully indemnified by the Company as provided in Section 5.01, the Contributing Party shall indemnify the Claiming Party in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of the Contributing Party on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Contributing Parties together with the net worth of the Claiming Party on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Grantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 6.15, the date of the Security Agreement Supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Grantor). Any Contributing Party making any payment to a Claiming Party pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Party to the extent of such payment.
SECTION 5.03. Subordination. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Grantors under Sections 5.01 and 5.02 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations, provided that if any amount shall be paid to such Grantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the irrevocable payment in full in cash of all the Obligations, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Collateral Agent to be credited and applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with Section 6.10 of the Indenture. No failure on the part of the Company or any Grantor to make the payments required by Sections 5.01 and 5.02 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Grantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Grantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Grantor hereunder.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 6.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 13.01 of the Indenture. All communications and notices hereunder to any Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Company as provided in Section 13.01 of the Indenture.
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SECTION 6.02. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party in exercising any right or power hereunder or under the Indenture 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 Collateral Agent and any other Secured Party hereunder and under the Indenture are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 6.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle any Grantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Article 9 of the Indenture.
SECTION 6.03. Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses. (a) The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 7.06 of the Indenture if named therein.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Indenture, the Company agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and the other Indemnitees against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to the Indenture or this Agreement or any of the foregoing agreements or instruments contemplated hereby, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any director, officer or employee thereof.
(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 6.03 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement, the Indenture or any other Security Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement, the Indenture or any other Security Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 6.03 shall be payable within 10 days of written demand therefor.
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SECTION 6.04. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Collateral Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, to the extent permitted under Article 5 of the Indenture.
SECTION 6.05. Survival of Agreement. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in the Indenture or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party, regardless of any investigation made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Obligation under the Indenture or any Security Document shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.
SECTION 6.06. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns; Several Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. The Collateral Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Grantor shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Collateral Agent and their respective successors and assigns permitted thereby, and shall inure to the benefit of such Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns permitted thereby, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.
SECTION 6.07. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, any other Security Document or the Indenture is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Security Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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SECTION 6.08. [Reserved].
SECTION 6.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) THIS AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE AND EACH OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY SECURITY DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE COMPANY, HOLDINGS, EACH GRANTOR, THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE COMPANY, HOLDINGS, EACH GRANTOR, THE TRUSTEE AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE INDENTURE OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 6.01. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Indenture will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 6.10. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER THE INDENTURE OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE INDENTURE, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 6.10 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
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SECTION 6.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 6.12. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Collateral and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Indenture, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) 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 any departure from the Indenture or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement.
SECTION 6.13. [Reserved].
SECTION 6.14. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all Obligations and any Liens arising therefrom shall be automatically released when all the outstanding Obligations have been indefeasibly satisfied and discharged in accordance with Section 12.01 of the Indenture.
(b) A Grantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Grantor shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Indenture as a result of which such Grantor ceases to be a Subsidiary or is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary of Company in accordance with the Indenture.
(c) Upon any disposition by any Grantor of any Collateral that is not prohibited by the Indenture or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Indenture, the security interest of such Grantor in such Collateral shall be automatically released.
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(d) A Grantor (other than Holdings and the Company) shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Grantor shall be automatically released if such Grantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
(e) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 6.14, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 6.14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.
(f) At any time that the respective Grantor desires that the Collateral Agent take any action described in the immediately preceding paragraph (e), it shall, upon request of the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent an officer’s certificate certifying that the release of the respective Collateral is permitted pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d). The Collateral Agent shall have no liability whatsoever to any Secured Party or any other Person as a result of any release of Collateral in reliance on such certificate.
SECTION 6.15. Additional Grantors. If at any time a Subsidiary of the Company executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to the Indenture to become a Guarantor in accordance with Section 4.17 of the Indenture, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture, such Subsidiary shall execute and deliver a Security Agreement Supplement in the form of Exhibit I hereto by the Collateral Agent and such Subsidiary. Upon such execution and delivery, such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.
SECTION 6.16. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof at any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, which appointment is irrevocable (until termination of the Indenture) and coupled with an interest.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and notice by the Collateral Agent to the Company of its intent to exercise such rights, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent; (h) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, to make, settle and adjust claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, including endorsing the name of any Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance, making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto and obtaining or maintaining the policies of insurance or paying any premium in whole or in part relating thereto; and (i) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct or that of any of their Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents or attorneys-in-fact, in each case as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment. All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this paragraph, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, within 10 days of demand, by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent and shall be additional Obligations secured hereby.
SECTION 6.17. General Authority of the Collateral Agent. By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other Security Documents, each Secured Party (whether or not a signatory hereto) shall be deemed irrevocably (a) to consent to the appointment of the Collateral Agent as its agent hereunder and under such other Security Documents, (b) to confirm that the Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for the enforcement of any provisions of this Agreement and such other Security Documents against any Grantor, the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder and the giving or withholding of any consent or approval hereunder or thereunder relating to any Collateral or any Grantor’s obligations with respect thereto, (c) to agree that it shall not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any other Security Document against any Grantor, to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder or to give any consents or approvals hereunder or thereunder except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any other Security Document and (d) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and any other Security Documents.
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SECTION 6.18. Recourse; Limited Obligations. This Agreement is made with full recourse to each Grantor and pursuant to and upon all the warranties, representations, covenants and agreements on the part of such Grantor contained herein, in the Indenture and otherwise in writing in connection herewith or therewith. It is the desire and intent of each Grantor and the Secured Parties that this Agreement shall be enforced against each Grantor to the fullest extent permissible under the laws applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, and in furtherance of the foregoing, it is noted that the obligations of each Grantor that is a Guarantor have been limited as expressly provided in the Guarantee and are limited hereunder as and to the same extent provided therein.
ARTICLE VII
Intercreditor Agreement
SECTION 7.01. Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent, in its capacity as an Additional Senior Class Debt Representative (under and as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), and each Secured Party, by its acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees that upon the Additional Senior Class Debt Representative’s entry into the Intercreditor Joinder Agreement, the Additional Senior Class Debt Representative and each Secured Party will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as Additional First-Lien Secured Parties (as defined therein).
SECTION 7.02. Obligations of Grantors. To the extent that the obligations of any Grantor hereunder shall conflict, or shall be inconsistent, with the obligations of such Grantor under the Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
SECTION 7.03. Delivery of Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, prior to the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), to the extent any Grantor is required hereunder to indorse, assign or deliver Collateral to the Collateral Agent for any purpose and is unable to do so as a result of having previously indorsed, assigned or delivered such Collateral to the Applicable Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, such Grantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such indorsement, assignment or delivery shall be deemed satisfied by the indorsement, assignment or delivery in favor of or to the Applicable Collateral Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), acting as a gratuitous bailee of the Collateral Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SABRE GLBL, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS LISTED ON ANNEX A HERETO, | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent |
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| By: | /s/ Belinda Coleman |
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| Name: Belinda Coleman | ||
| Title: Vice President | ||
ANNEX A
List of Subsidiary Guarantors
| 1. | lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. | |
| 2. | lastminute.com LLC | |
| 3. | Sabre International Newco, Inc. | |
| 4. | SabreMark G.P., LLC | |
| 5. | SabreMark Limited Partnership | |
| 6. | TVL Common, Inc. | |
| 7. | Sabre GDC, LLC | |
| 8. | PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | |
| 9. | PRISM Group, Inc. | |
| 10. | RSI Midco, Inc. | |
| 11. | Radixx Solutions International, Inc. | |
| 12. | TVL Holdings, Inc. | |
| 13. | TVL LLC | |
| 14. | TVL Holdings I, LLC | |
| 15. | TVL LP | |
ANNEX A-1
SCHEDULE I
Pledged Equity
| Issuer |
Interest Issued (if not stock) |
Record and Beneficial Owner |
Total Shares Outstanding |
Voting or Non- Voting Interests? |
Total Shares Pledged |
%age Owner- ship |
Certificated |
SCHEDULE I-1
| Issuer |
Interest Issued (if not stock) |
Record and Beneficial Owner |
Total Shares Outstanding |
Voting or Non- Voting Interests? |
Total Shares Pledged |
%age Owner- ship |
Certificated |
2
| Issuer |
Interest Issued (if not stock) |
Record and Beneficial Owner |
Total Shares Outstanding |
Voting or Non- Voting Interests? |
Total Shares Pledged |
%age Owner- ship |
Certificated |
3
Pledged Debt
List of all intercompany promissory notes and other evidence of indebtedness in excess of $25 million USD in aggregate principal amount at December 5, 2025.
The debt instruments listed below are assets of the Grantor listed (debt that is owed to such Grantor).
| Grantor |
Loan |
Debtor |
Principal |
Interest at 11/30/2025 |
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| Total |
A global note evidencing intercompany debt owed by a Grantor to a Grantor.
A global note evidencing intercompany debt owed by a Non-Loan Party to a Grantor.
Non-Loan Parties as Payors and Loan Parties as Payees Intercompany Note dated as of December 5, 2025, among the Borrower, Holdings and each entity listed as a Payor (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto and each entity listed as a Payee (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto.
Loan Parties as Payors and Non-Loan Parties as Payees Intercompany Note dated as of December 5, 2025, among the Borrower, Holdings and each entity listed as a Payor (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto and each entity listed as a Payee (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto Non-Loan Parties as Payors and Loan Parties as Payees Intercompany Note dated as of December 5, 2025, among the Borrower, Holdings and each entity listed as a Payor (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto and each entity listed as a Payee (as defined in the Intercompany Note) thereto
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SCHEDULE II
Commercial Tort Claims
None.
SCHEDULE II-1
Exhibit I
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of [__], to the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 8, 2025 among SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION (“Holdings”), SABRE GLBL INC. (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties.
A. Reference is made to the Indenture dated as of December 8, 2025 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent.
B. Reference is made to the Pledge and Security Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among the Company, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties.
C. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture and the Security Agreement, as applicable.
D. The Grantors have entered into a supplemental indenture to the Indenture. Section 6.15 of the Security Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries of the Company may become Grantors under the Security Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Subsidiary”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture to become a Grantor under the Security Agreement.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 6.15 of the Security Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Security Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor and Grantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations does hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and lien on all of the New Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Security Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. The Security Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity.
Exhibit I-1
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary, and the Collateral Agent has executed a counterpart hereof. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of the location of any and all Collateral of the New Subsidiary and (b) set forth under its signature hereto is the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of formation and the location of its chief executive office. Schedule I shall be incorporated into, and after the date hereof be deemed part of, the Perfection Certificate.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7. If any provision of this Supplement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Supplement, the Security Agreement or the Indenture shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 6.01 of the Security Agreement.
SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the execution and delivery of this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
[Signatures on following page]
Exhibit I-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| [NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY] | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| Jurisdiction of Formation: | ||
| Address of Chief Executive Office: | ||
| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | ||
| as Collateral Agent | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
SCHEDULE I
TO SUPPLEMENT NO ___ TO THE
SECURITY AGREEMENT
LOCATION OF COLLATERAL
| Description | Location |
Pledged Equity
| Issuer |
Interest Issued |
Pledgor |
Pledgor Percentage Ownership |
Amount Pledged |
Pledged Debt
| Facility |
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| Lender |
Borrower |
Currency |
Amount |
Start |
End |
Amount |
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Exhibit II
FORM OF
PERFECTION CERTIFICATE
[On file]
Exhibit II-1
Exhibit III
FORM OF
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__], among SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION (“Holdings”), SABRE GLBL INC. (the “Company”), Subsidiary Guarantors (each of the foregoing, including the Company, a “Grantor”) and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference is made to (i) the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 8, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Collateral Agent and (ii) the Indenture dated as of December 8, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee and Collateral Agent. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.
Section 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Grantor, pursuant to and in accordance with the Security Agreement, did and hereby does grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Patent Collateral”):
(i) All letters Patent of the United States, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters Patent of the United States in or to which any Grantor now or hereafter has any right, title or interest therein, including those registrations, recordings and pending applications in the USPTO referenced on Schedule I, and all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals, improvements or extensions thereof, and the inventions claimed therein;
(ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including all income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof;
(iii) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements or other violations thereof; and
(iv) all other rights, priorities and privileges arising thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
Section 3. Termination. This Agreement is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of the Obligations. This Patent Security Agreement and the security interest granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all of a Grantor’s Obligations and any Lien arising therefrom shall be automatically released upon termination of the Security Agreement or release of such Grantor’s obligations thereunder. The Collateral Agent shall, in connection with any termination or release herein or under the Security Agreement, execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense and as such Grantor may request, an instrument in writing releasing the security interest in the Patent Collateral acquired under this Agreement. Additionally, upon such satisfactory performance or payment, the Collateral Agent shall reasonably cooperate with any efforts made by a Grantor to make of record or otherwise confirm such satisfaction including, but not limited to, the release and/or termination of this Agreement and any security interest in, to or under the Patent Collateral.
Section 4. Supplement to the Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Patent Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
Section 5. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article VI of the Security Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
[Signatures on following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, as Holdings |
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| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| SABRE GLBL, INC., as the Company |
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| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS LISTED ON ANNEX A HERETO, | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Patent Security Agreement]
| Acknowledged and accepted. | ||
| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
SCHEDULE I
UNITED STATES PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
| Title |
Owner |
(Application |
(Filing |
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| 1. | ||||||||
| 2. |
Schedule I-1
Short Particulars of U.S. Patent Collateral
ANNEX A
List of Subsidiary Guarantors
| 1. | lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. | |
| 2. | lastminute.com LLC | |
| 3. | Sabre International Newco, Inc. | |
| 4. | SabreMark G.P., LLC | |
| 5. | SabreMark Limited Partnership | |
| 6. | TVL Common, Inc. | |
| 7. | Sabre GDC, LLC | |
| 8. | PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | |
| 9. | PRISM Group, Inc. | |
| 10. | RSI Midco, Inc. | |
| 11. | Radixx Solutions International, Inc. | |
| 12. | TVL Holdings, Inc. | |
| 13. | TVL LLC | |
| 14. | TVL Holdings I, LLC | |
| 15. | TVL LP | |
Schedule I-2
Short Particulars of U.S. Patent Collateral
Exhibit IV
FORM OF
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [__],among SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION (“Holdings”), SABRE GLBL, INC. (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors (each of the foregoing, including the Company, a “Grantor”) and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference is made to (i) the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 8, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Collateral Agent and (ii) the Indenture dated as of December 8, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee and Collateral Agent. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement or the Indenture, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.
Section 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Grantor, pursuant to and in accordance with the Security Agreement, did and hereby does grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest, except for any Excluded Assets (collectively, the “Trademark Collateral”):
(i) (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, trade dress, logos, fictitious business names, or other source or business identifiers, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including those registrations and registration applications in the USPTO referred to on Schedule I hereto, and all extensions or renewals thereof, as well as any unregistered trademarks and service marks used by a Grantor, and (b) all goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized thereby;
(ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including all income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements, dilutions or other violations thereof;
(iii) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements, dilutions, or other violations thereof; and
(iv) all other rights, priorities and privileges arising thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world .
Section 3. Termination. This Agreement is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of the Obligations. This Trademark Security Agreement and the security interest granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all of a Grantor’s Obligations and any Lien arising therefrom shall be automatically released upon termination of the Security Agreement or release of such Grantor’s obligations thereunder. The Collateral Agent shall, in connection with any termination or release herein or under the Security Agreement, execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense and as such Grantor may request, an instrument in writing releasing the security interest in the Trademark Collateral acquired under this Agreement. Additionally, upon such satisfactory performance or payment, the Collateral Agent shall reasonably cooperate with any efforts made by a Grantor to make of record or otherwise confirm such satisfaction including, but not limited to, the release and/or termination of this Agreement and any security interest in, to or under the Trademark Collateral.
Section 4. Supplement to the Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Trademark Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
Section 5. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article VI of the Security Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, as Holdings |
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| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| SABRE GLBL INC., as the Company |
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| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS LISTED ON ANNEX A HERETO, | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Trademark Security Agreement]
| Acknowledged and accepted. | ||
| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent |
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| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Trademark Security Agreement]
ANNEX A
List of Subsidiary Guarantors
| 1. | lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. | |
| 2. | lastminute.com LLC | |
| 3. | Sabre International Newco, Inc. | |
| 4. | SabreMark G.P., LLC | |
| 5. | SabreMark Limited Partnership | |
| 6. | TVL Common, Inc. | |
| 7. | Sabre GDC, LLC | |
| 8. | PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | |
| 9. | PRISM Group, Inc. | |
| 10. | RSI Midco, Inc. | |
| 11. | Radixx Solutions International, Inc. | |
| 12. | TVL Holdings, Inc. | |
| 13. | TVL LLC | |
| 14. | TVL Holdings I, LLC | |
| 15. | TVL LP | |
Schedule I
UNITED STATES TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
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MARK | SERIAL NO | REG NO | FILE DT | REG DT | OWNER | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. |
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| 2. |
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Schedule I to
Exhibit V
FORM OF
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [__], among SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION (“Holdings”), SABRE GLBL INC. (the “Company”), certain Subsidiaries Guarantors (each of the foregoing, including the Company, a “Grantor”) and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference is made to (i) the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 8, 2025 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Collateral Agent and (ii) the Indenture dated as of December 8, 2025 (the “Indenture”), among Holdings, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee and Collateral Agent. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement, or the Indenture, as applicable. The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.
Section 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Grantor, pursuant to and in accordance with the Security Agreement, did and hereby does grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Copyright Collateral”):
(i) (a) all copyrights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (b) all registrations of any such copyright in the United States, including those registrations, recordings and supplemental registrations in the USCO referred to on Schedule I hereto;
(ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including all income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof;
(iii) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements or other violations thereof; and
(iv) all other rights, priorities and privileges arising thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
Section 3. Termination. This Agreement is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of the Obligations. This Copyright Security Agreement and the security interest granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all of a Grantor’s Obligations and any Lien arising therefrom shall be automatically released upon termination of the Security Agreement or release of such Grantor’s obligations thereunder. The Collateral Agent shall, in connection with any termination or release herein or under the Security Agreement, execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense and as such Grantor may request, an instrument in writing releasing the security interest in the Copyright Collateral acquired under this Agreement. Additionally, upon such satisfactory performance or payment, the Collateral Agent shall reasonably cooperate with any efforts made by a Grantor to make of record or otherwise confirm such satisfaction including, but not limited to, the release and/or termination of this Agreement and any security interest in, to or under the Copyright Collateral.
Section 4. Supplement to the Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Copyright Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
Section 5. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article VI of the Security Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
[Signatures on following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, as Holdings |
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| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| SABRE GLBL INC., as the Company |
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| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS LISTED ON ANNEX A HERETO, | ||
| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Copyright Security Agreement]
| Acknowledged and accepted. | ||
| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent |
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| By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Copyright Security Agreement]
ANNEX A
List of Subsidiary Guarantors
| 1. | lastminute.com Holdings, Inc. | |
| 2. | lastminute.com LLC | |
| 3. | Sabre International Newco, Inc. | |
| 4. | SabreMark G.P., LLC | |
| 5. | SabreMark Limited Partnership | |
| 6. | TVL Common, Inc. | |
| 7. | Sabre GDC, LLC | |
| 8. | PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | |
| 9. | PRISM Group, Inc. | |
| 10. | RSI Midco, Inc. | |
| 11. | Radixx Solutions International, Inc. | |
| 12. | TVL Holdings, Inc. | |
| 13. | TVL LLC | |
| 14. | TVL Holdings I, LLC | |
| 15. | TVL LP | |
Schedule I - 1
Short Particulars of U.S. Copyright Collateral
SCHEDULE I
UNITED STATES REGISTERED COPYRIGHTS
| No. |
TITLE |
REG NO |
REG DATE |
OWNER |
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| 1. | ||||||||
| 2. |
Schedule I - 1
Short Particulars of U.S. Copyright Collateral
Exhibit 10.4
Execution Version
TENTH TERM LOAN B REFINANCING AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 9, 2025 (this “Tenth Term Loan Amendment”), among Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), each of the other Loan Parties, Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and each Lender party hereto with 2025 Other Term B-1 Commitments (as defined below). The bookrunner for this Tenth Term Loan Amendment is BofA Securities Inc.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, modified and/or supplemented through the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have extended credit to the Borrower;
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent that it is requesting that the 2025 Other Term B-1 Lenders (as defined below) provide Other Term Loans in the aggregate principal amount of $288,239,832.82 on the terms and conditions set forth in this Tenth Term Loan Amendment, the proceeds of which will be used to refinance a portion of the outstanding 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans and 2022 Term B-2 Loans (such portion of the existing 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans and 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the “Existing Term B Loans”) and to pay related fees and expenses;
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement and the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower, Holdings, each of the other Loan Parties, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Lenders and the Administrative Agent wish to effect this Tenth Term Loan Amendment;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend certain other provisions of the Credit Agreement as hereinafter provided in connection with foregoing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2 Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
(a) For the avoidance of doubt, (i) this Tenth Term Loan Amendment constitutes a “Refinancing Amendment” pursuant to which a new Class of Other Term Loans is established pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement, (ii) the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Commitments constitute “Other Term Commitments” as defined in the Credit Agreement (as amended pursuant to Section 3 hereof), (iii) from and after the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans constitute “Other Term Loans” as defined in the Credit Agreement (as amended pursuant to Section 3 hereof) and (iv) from and after the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, each 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender shall constitute a “Lender” and a “Term Lender” as defined in the Credit Agreement (as amended pursuant to Section 3 hereof).
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and the occurrence of the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, each 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender agrees to make 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans to the Borrower on the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date in an amount equal to the amount of its 2025 Other Term B-1 Commitment. The full amount of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans shall be drawn by the Borrower in a single drawing on the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date and amounts paid or prepaid in respect of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans may not be reborrowed. For purposes hereof, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Commitments of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Lenders shall be $288,239,832.82.
(c) The Administrative Agent has prepared a schedule (as set forth on Appendix A hereto), in consultation with the Borrower, which sets forth the allocated commitments (with respect to each 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender, its “2025 Other Term B-1 Commitment” and, collectively, the “2025 Other Term B-1 Commitments”) of each 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender with respect to the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans. The Administrative Agent has notified each 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender of its allocated 2025 Other Term B-1 Commitment and each 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender, by providing its 2025 Other Term B-1 Commitment and/or agreeing to the Term Loan Conversion (as defined below), as applicable, has consented to the terms of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment. On the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Term B Loans shall be repaid in full as follows:
(i) the portion of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of each Class of Existing Term B Loans of each existing Term B Lender under the Credit Agreement with respect to such Class(es) of Existing Term B Loans immediately prior to giving effect to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment (each, an “Existing Term Lender”) which has executed this Tenth Term Loan Amendment by executing option A on its signature page in respect of all or such portion of such Class(es) and that has a 2025 Other Term B-1 Commitment (each, a “2025 Converting Other Term B-1 Lender”) shall automatically be converted into 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans (each, a “2025 Converted Other Term B-1 Loan”) in a principal amount equal to such 2025 Converting Other Term B-1 Lender’s 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Conversion Amount (as defined below) (the “Term Loan Conversion”);
(ii) Bank of America, N.A. (the “New 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender”) agrees to make to the Borrower a new Term Loan (each, a “New 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan” and, collectively, the “New 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans” and, together with the 2025 Converted Other Term B-1 Loans, the “2025 Other Term B-1 Loans”) in a principal amount equal to the New 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender’s 2025 Other Term B-1 Commitment on the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment;
(iii) to the extent any Existing Term Lender has a 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Conversion Amount that is less than the full outstanding principal amount of the Existing Term B Loans of such Existing Term Lender, such Existing Term Lender shall be repaid in cash with the proceeds of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans in an amount equal to the difference between the outstanding principal amount of the Existing Term B Loans of such Existing Term Lender and such Existing Term Lender’s 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Conversion Amount (the “Non-Converting Portion”). As used herein, “2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Conversion Amount” shall mean, as to any 2025 Converting Other Term B-1 Lender, the final amount of such 2025 Converting Other Term B-1 Lender’s 2025 Other Term B-1 Commitments on the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date. The 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Conversion Amount of any 2025 Converting Other Term B-1 Lender shall not exceed (but may be less than) the outstanding principal amount of the applicable Class(es) of Existing Term B Loans (determined immediately prior to the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date) that such 2025 Converting Other Term B-1 Lender elects to convert pursuant to clause (c)(i) above, subject to any premium payable as loans. All such determinations made by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have no liability to any Person with respect to such determination; and (iv) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of Existing Term B Loans of each Term B Lender which (i) is an Existing Term Lender and (ii) is not a 2025 Converting Other Term B-1 Lender (a Lender meeting the requirements of the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii), each, a “Non-Converting Lender”) shall be repaid in full in cash with respect to its Existing Term B Loans with the proceeds of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans.
(d) Each 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender hereby agrees to “fund” its 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender’s 2025 Other Term B-1 Commitment as follows:
(i) each 2025 Converting Other Term B-1 Lender shall fund its 2025 Converted Other Term B-1 Loan to the Borrower by converting all or a portion of its then outstanding principal amount of its applicable Class(es) of Existing Term B Loans into a 2025 Converted Other Term B-1 Loan in the principal amount set forth opposite its name on Appendix A hereto as provided in clause (c)(i) above; and
(ii) the New 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender shall fund in cash an amount equal to its 2025 Other Term B-1 Commitment (net of any original issue discount) to the Borrower.
(e) On the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, (i) the Existing Term B Loans shall be repaid with the proceeds of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and (ii) the Borrower shall pay in cash (x) all accrued but unpaid interest owing with respect to the Existing Term B Loans through the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date that have been refinanced pursuant to this Section 2 and (y) to each existing 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, 2022 Term B Lender and 2022 Term B-2 Lender, any loss, expense or liability due under Section 3.05 of the Credit Agreement.
(f) Promptly following the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, any 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender may request that its 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans be evidenced by a Note pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement.
(g) Each of the parties to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment hereby agrees (x) that the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans established pursuant to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment shall have the “Interest Rates”, “Maturity Date”, “Scheduled Amortization”, “Call Premium” and “Use of Proceeds” as set forth on Annex I hereto and (y) that all other terms and conditions applicable to such 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans shall be the same as the corresponding terms and conditions applicable to the “2021 Other Term B-2 Loans”, the “2022 Term B Loans” and the “2022 Term B-2 Loans” under the Credit Agreement.
(h) The Borrower hereby consents, for purposes of Section 11.07(b)(i)(A) of the Credit Agreement, to the assignment on or within ninety (90) days of the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date of any New 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans by the New 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender, to (A) any Person that was an existing Term B Lender on the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date (immediately prior to giving effect thereto) or (B) any Eligible Assignee separately identified, and acceptable, to the Borrower. Any such assignee shall thereafter shall constitute a “Lender” and a “Term Lender” as defined in the Credit Agreement (as amended pursuant to Section 3 hereof).
SECTION 3 Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 hereof, on and as of the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date (immediately after giving effect to incurrence of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans), the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: ), and (ii) adding the double underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the amended Credit Agreement attached hereto as Appendix B.
SECTION 4 Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Tenth Term Loan Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants to each of the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent that:
(a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company and/or partnership action, as applicable, of such Loan Party;
(b) this Tenth Term Loan Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party;
(c) each of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment, the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document to which each Loan Party is a party, after giving effect to the amendments pursuant to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to Debtor Relief Laws and to general principles of equity;
(d) 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, any Loan Party of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment or the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to the amendments pursuant to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(e) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the performance of the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to the amendments pursuant to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment, are within such Loan Party’s corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership powers, as applicable, and do not and will not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents or (ii) violate any applicable material Law; in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that such violations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(f) immediately before and after giving effect to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby (i) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language is true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates, and (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 5 Effectiveness. This Tenth Term Loan Amendment shall become effective as of the date (the “Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date”) on which each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received counterparts of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment that, when taken together, bear the signatures of (i) Holdings, (ii) the Borrower, (iii) each other Guarantor (iv) the Administrative Agent, (v) each 2025 Converting Other Term B-1 Lender and (vi) the New 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender; (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (A) certifying that the condition set forth in clause (f) below has been satisfied on or as of the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date and (B) certifying that the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans incurred pursuant to Section 2 above constitute Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (and meet the requirements of the definition thereof);
(c) the Existing Term B Loans of each Non-Converting Lender and the Non-Converting Portion of Existing Term Loans of each 2025 Converting Other Term B-1 Lender shall be repaid in cash with the proceeds received from the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans established pursuant to Section 2 above and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (if any) in connection with such Existing Term B Loans shall have been paid;
(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower substantially in the form of the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(vi) to the Credit Agreement (with appropriate modifications to reflect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Tenth Term Loan Amendment on the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date) attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) after giving effect to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Loan Party and the authorization of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and amendment of the Credit Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(f) all of the conditions specified in Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement with respect to the incurrence of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans shall have been satisfied;
(g) the Administrative Agent shall have received favorable customary legal opinions of (i) Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Delaware counsel to the Loan Parties and (ii) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case, as to any matter reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, addressed to each Lender party hereto and the Administrative Agent, dated the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which the Loan Parties hereby request such counsel to deliver;
(h) no Default exists as of the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, both before and immediately after giving effect to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(i) all of the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents (including this Tenth Term Loan Amendment) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language is true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates; and
(j) the Administrative Agent and the arranger of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment, as applicable, shall have received payment of all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender of the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 6 Reaffirmation of Guaranty and Security. The Borrower and each other Loan Party, by its signature below, hereby (a) agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment or the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, the Collateral Documents continue to be in full force and effect and (b) affirms and confirms all of its obligations and liabilities under the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document, in each case after giving effect to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, including its guarantee of the Obligations and the pledge of and/or grant of a security interest in its assets as Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents to secure such Obligations, all as provided in the Collateral Documents as originally executed, and acknowledges and agrees that such obligations, liabilities, guarantee, pledge and grant continue in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, such Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case after giving effect to this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 7 Reference to and effect on the Credit Agreement. From and after the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, the terms “Agreement”, “this Tenth Term Loan Amendment”, “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereto”, “hereof” and words of similar import, as used in the Credit Agreement, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and the term “Credit Agreement”, as used in the other Loan Documents, shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, any references to “the date hereof” in the Credit Agreement shall refer to February 19, 2013.
SECTION 8 Counterparts. This Tenth Term Loan Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Except to the extent applicable law would prohibit the same, make the same unenforceable or affirmatively requires a manually executed counterpart signature, the delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means approved by the Administrative Agent in writing (which may be via email) that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be as effective as the delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment. In furtherance of the foregoing, the words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries 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, physical delivery thereof 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. As used herein, “Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or other record. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Tenth Term Loan Amendment.
SECTION 9 Governing Law. THIS TENTH TERM LOAN AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 10 Jurisdiction. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER THIS TENTH TERM LOAN AMENDMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS TENTH TERM LOAN AMENDMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY (IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN) OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS TENTH TERM LOAN AMENDMENT, THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH OTHER GUARANTOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER PARTY HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS AND AGREES NOT TO COMMENCE ANY SUCH LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS TENTH TERM LOAN AMENDMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO.
SECTION 11 Headings. The headings of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
SECTION 12 No Novation. Other than with respect to the Existing Term B Loans as expressly set forth herein, this Tenth Term Loan Amendment shall not extinguish the Obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the lien or priority of any Loan Document or any other security therefor or any guarantee thereof, and the liens and security interests existing immediately prior to the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties securing payment of the Obligations are in all respects continuing and in full force and effect with respect to all Obligations. Other than with respect to the Existing Term B Loans as expressly set forth herein, nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation, or a payment and reborrowing, or a termination, of the Obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement or instruments guaranteeing or securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing expressed or implied in this Tenth Term Loan Amendment or any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement or the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document from any of its obligations and liabilities thereunder, and such obligations are in all respects continuing with only the terms being modified as provided in this Tenth Term Loan Amendment. The Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect, until and except as modified hereby. This Tenth Term Loan Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement. Each Guarantor further agrees that nothing in the Credit Agreement, this Tenth Term Loan Amendment or any other Loan Document shall be deemed to require the consent of such Guarantor to any future amendment to the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 13 Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be given as provided in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 14 Severability. If any provision of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 15 Successors. The terms of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment shall be binding upon, and shall inure for the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 16 No Waiver. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Tenth Term Loan Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or of any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrower to receive a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Tenth Term Loan Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the date and year first above written.
| SABRE GLBL INC., | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES LISTED BELOW, hereby consents to the entering into of this Tenth Term Loan Amendment and agrees to the provisions hereof: | ||||
| LASTMINUTE.COM LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| LASTMINUTE.COM HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| PRISM GROUP, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
[Signature Page to Tenth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
| PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz Title: Treasurer |
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| SABRE INTERNATIONAL NEWCO, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| SABREMARK G.P., LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| SABREMARK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||||
| By: | SabreMark G.P., LLC, its General Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| TVL HOLDINGS I, LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| TVL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
[Signature Page to Tenth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
| TVL LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| TVL LP | ||||
| By: | TVL LLC, its General Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| TVL COMMON, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| RSI MIDCO, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| RADIXX SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL, Inc. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
| SABRE GDC, LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz |
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| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||||
| Title: Treasurer | ||||
[Signature Page to Tenth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
| BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||||
| By: | /s/ Jennifer Toney |
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| Name: Jennifer Toney | ||||
| Title: Assistant Vice President | ||||
[Signature Page to Tenth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
| BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender | ||||
| By: | /s/ Dylan Honza |
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| Name: Dylan Honza | ||||
| Title: Director | ||||
[Signature Page to Tenth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
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ANNEX I
SUMMARY OF TERMS
Capitalized terms (and section references) used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Tenth Term Loan Amendment (including pursuant to Section 3 thereof).
| Interest Rates: |
The Applicable Rate with respect to any 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, (I) for Base Rate Loans, 5.25% and (II) for Term SOFR Loans, 6.25%: |
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit Agreement, (I) Term SOFR for the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans shall in no event be less than 0.50% per annum and (II) the Base Rate for the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans shall in no event be less than 1.50% per annum. |
| Maturity Date: |
July 30, 2029 (or, with respect to any 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender that has extended the maturity date of its 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans pursuant to Section 2.16, the extended maturity date set forth in the applicable Term Loan Extension Request delivered by the Borrower and such Term Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.16) (the “2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Maturity Date”). |
| Scheduled Amortization: |
The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Lenders: |
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(i) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the last Business Day of March 2026, an aggregate Dollar Amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate Dollar Amount of all 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans outstanding on the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date (as such repayment amount shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments as directed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05). |
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(ii) on the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Maturity Date, the aggregate principal amount of all such 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans outstanding on such date. |
| Call Premium: |
(I) Any prepayment or repayment of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i), Section 2.05(b)(iii) or Section 2.05(b)(viii) or (II) any Repricing Event (as defined below) (including any assignment of such 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans pursuant to the terms of Section 3.07, in each case, in connection with a Repricing Event), in each case, shall be accompanied by the payment of the Call Premium (as defined below), for the ratable account of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Lenders. |
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“Repricing Event” means any amendment to the Credit Agreement the primary purpose of which is the reduce the Effective Yield applicable to the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans. Any such determination by the Administrative Agent as contemplated by the preceding sentence shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and all Lenders holding such 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall not have any liability to any Person with respect to such determination. |
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“Call Premium” means a premium (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the applicable 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans to be prepaid, repaid, subject to the applicable amendment or assigned, as the case may be) equal to the amount set forth below: |
| (a) | 1.0% on or prior to the six month anniversary of the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date; and |
| (b) | 0% after such date described in clause (a) above. |
APPENDIX A
2025 Converted Other Term B-1 Loan Allocation Schedule
[on file with the Administrative Agent]
APPENDIX B
Amended Credit Agreement
[see attached]
THIS DOCUMENT IS A CONFORMED COPY OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT CREATED FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES IN RESPECT OF THE TENTH TERM LOAN REFINANCING AMENDMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE RELEVANT IN TEXT AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO:
First Incremental Term Facility Amendment, dated as of September 30, 2013
Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 20, 2014
First Revolver Extension Amendment, dated as of February 20, 2014
First Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment, dated as of February 20, 2014
Revolving Credit Refinancing Facility Amendment, dated as of July 18, 2016
Amendment No. 2, dated as of July 18, 2016
Second Incremental Term Facility Amendment, dated as of July 18, 2016
Third Incremental Term Facility Amendment, dated as of February 22, 2017
Fourth Incremental Term Facility Amendment, dated as of August 23, 2017
Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 23, 2017
Second Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 23, 2017
Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment, dated as of March 2, 2018
Third Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 27, 2020
First Term A Loan Extension Amendment, dated as of August 27, 2020
Amendment No. 3, dated as of December 17, 2020
Sixth Term Loan A Refinancing and Incremental Amendment, dated as of December 17, 2020
Amendment No. 4, dated as of July 12, 2021
Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of July 12, 2021
Seventh Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment, dated as of July 12, 2021
First Term Loan B Extension Amendment, dated as of March 9, 2022
Eighth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment, dated as of March 9, 2022
Second Term Loan B Extension Amendment, dated as of August 15, 2022
Ninth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 15, 2022
Amendment No. 5, dated as of May 16, 2023
Third Term Loan B Extension Amendment, dated as of November 25, 2024
Fourth Term Loan B Extension Amendment, dated as of November 25, 2024
Tenth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment, dated as of December 9, 2025
EXECUTION VERSIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
$2,552,000,000
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 19, 2013 among
SABRE GLBL INC.,
as Borrower,
SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
as Holdings,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender
and an L/C Issuer,
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as an L/C Issuer
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Syndication Agent,
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. AND
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH, AND
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | ||||||
| ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
1 | |||||
| SECTION 1.01 |
Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
| SECTION 1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 71 | ||||
| SECTION 1.03 |
Accounting Terms | 71 | ||||
| SECTION 1.04 |
Rounding | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.05 |
References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.06 |
Times of Day | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.07 |
Timing of Payment or Performance | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.08 |
Currency Equivalents Generally | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.09 |
Letters of Credit | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.10 |
Interest Rates | 73 | ||||
| ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
73 | |||||
| SECTION 2.01 |
The Loans | 73 | ||||
| SECTION 2.02 |
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans | 74 | ||||
| SECTION 2.03 |
Letters of Credit | 77 | ||||
| SECTION 2.04 |
Swing Line Loans | 86 | ||||
| SECTION 2.05 |
Prepayments | 89 | ||||
| SECTION 2.06 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments | 94 | ||||
| SECTION 2.07 |
Repayment of Loans | 95 | ||||
| SECTION 2.08 |
Interest | 96 | ||||
| SECTION 2.09 |
Fees | 97 | ||||
| SECTION 2.10 |
Computation of Interest and Fees | 97 | ||||
| SECTION 2.11 |
Evidence of Indebtedness | 97 | ||||
| SECTION 2.12 |
Payments Generally | 98 | ||||
| SECTION 2.13 |
Sharing of Payments | 100 | ||||
| SECTION 2.14 |
Incremental Credit Extensions | 100 | ||||
| SECTION 2.15 |
Refinancing Amendments | 104 | ||||
| SECTION 2.16 |
Extended Loans | 105 | ||||
| SECTION 2.17 |
Currency Equivalents | 109 | ||||
| SECTION 2.18 |
Defaulting Lenders | 109 | ||||
| ARTICLE III TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY |
111 | |||||
| SECTION 3.01 |
Taxes | 111 | ||||
| SECTION 3.02 |
Illegality | 115 | ||||
| SECTION 3.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates | 117 | ||||
| SECTION 3.04 |
Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans | 120 | ||||
| SECTION 3.05 |
Funding Losses | 122 | ||||
| SECTION 3.06 |
Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation | 123 | ||||
| SECTION 3.07 |
Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances | 124 | ||||
| SECTION 3.08 |
Survival | 125 | ||||
| ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
126 | |||||
| SECTION 4.01 |
Conditions to Initial Credit Extension | 126 | ||||
| SECTION 4.02 |
Conditions to All Credit Extensions | 127 | ||||
| ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
128 | |||||
| SECTION 5.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws | 128 | ||||
| SECTION 5.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention | 128 | ||||
| SECTION 5.03 |
Governmental Authorization | 128 | ||||
| SECTION 5.04 |
Binding Effect | 128 | ||||
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| SECTION 5.05 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | 129 | ||||
| SECTION 5.06 |
Litigation | 129 | ||||
| SECTION 5.07 |
Ownership of Property; Liens | 129 | ||||
| SECTION 5.08 |
Environmental Matters | 129 | ||||
| SECTION 5.09 |
Taxes | 129 | ||||
| SECTION 5.10 |
ERISA Compliance | 130 | ||||
| SECTION 5.11 |
Subsidiaries | 130 | ||||
| SECTION 5.12 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act | 130 | ||||
| SECTION 5.13 |
Disclosure | 130 | ||||
| SECTION 5.14 |
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. | 130 | ||||
| SECTION 5.15 |
Solvency | 131 | ||||
| SECTION 5.16 |
OFAC | 131 | ||||
| SECTION 5.17 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 131 | ||||
| SECTION 5.18 |
EEA Financial Institutions | 131 | ||||
| ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
131 | |||||
| SECTION 6.01 |
Financial Statements | 131 | ||||
| SECTION 6.02 |
Certificates; Other Information | 133 | ||||
| SECTION 6.03 |
Notices | 133 | ||||
| SECTION 6.04 |
Payment of Obligations | 134 | ||||
| SECTION 6.05 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc. | 134 | ||||
| SECTION 6.06 |
Maintenance of Properties | 134 | ||||
| SECTION 6.07 |
Maintenance of Insurance | 134 | ||||
| SECTION 6.08 |
Compliance with Laws | 134 | ||||
| SECTION 6.09 |
Books and Records | 135 | ||||
| SECTION 6.10 |
Inspection Rights | 135 | ||||
| SECTION 6.11 |
Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security | 135 | ||||
| SECTION 6.12 |
Further Assurances and Certain Post-Closing Obligations | 137 | ||||
| SECTION 6.13 |
Designation of Subsidiaries | 138 | ||||
| SECTION 6.14 |
Use of Proceeds | 138 | ||||
| SECTION 6.15 |
Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws | 138 | ||||
| ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
139 | |||||
| SECTION 7.01 |
Liens | 139 | ||||
| SECTION 7.02 |
Investments | 143 | ||||
| SECTION 7.03 |
Indebtedness | 145 | ||||
| SECTION 7.04 |
Fundamental Changes | 150 | ||||
| SECTION 7.05 |
Dispositions | 151 | ||||
| SECTION 7.06 |
Restricted Payments | 153 | ||||
| SECTION 7.07 |
Change in Nature of Business | 156 | ||||
| SECTION 7.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates | 156 | ||||
| SECTION 7.09 |
Burdensome Agreements | 158 | ||||
| SECTION 7.10 |
Accounting Changes | 159 | ||||
| SECTION 7.11 |
Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness | 159 | ||||
| SECTION 7.12 |
Holdings | 159 | ||||
| SECTION 7.13 |
Principal Domestic Properties | 161 | ||||
| SECTION 7.14 |
Sanctions | 161 | ||||
| SECTION 7.15 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 161 | ||||
| ARTICLE VIII FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE COVENANT |
161 | |||||
| SECTION 8.01 |
Financial Performance Covenant | 161 | ||||
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| ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
162 | |||||
| SECTION 9.01 |
Events of Default | 162 | ||||
| SECTION 9.02 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default | 164 | ||||
| SECTION 9.03 |
Application of Funds | 165 | ||||
| SECTION 9.04 |
Right to Cure | 166 | ||||
| ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS |
167 | |||||
| SECTION 10.01 |
Appointment and Authorization of Agents | 167 | ||||
| SECTION 10.02 |
Delegation of Duties | 168 | ||||
| SECTION 10.03 |
Liability of Agents | 168 | ||||
| SECTION 10.04 |
Reliance by Agents | 169 | ||||
| SECTION 10.05 |
Notice of Default | 169 | ||||
| SECTION 10.06 |
Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents | 170 | ||||
| SECTION 10.07 |
Indemnification of Agents | 170 | ||||
| SECTION 10.08 |
Agents in their Individual Capacities | 171 | ||||
| SECTION 10.09 |
Successor Agents | 171 | ||||
| SECTION 10.10 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | 172 | ||||
| SECTION 10.11 |
[Reserved] | 173 | ||||
| SECTION 10.12 |
Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers | 173 | ||||
| SECTION 10.13 |
Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents | 173 | ||||
| ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS |
174 | |||||
| SECTION 11.01 |
Amendments, Etc. | 174 | ||||
| SECTION 11.02 |
Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies | 176 | ||||
| SECTION 11.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | 177 | ||||
| SECTION 11.04 |
Attorney Costs and Expenses | 177 | ||||
| SECTION 11.05 |
Indemnification by the Borrower | 178 | ||||
| SECTION 11.06 |
Payments Set Aside | 179 | ||||
| SECTION 11.07 |
Successors and Assigns | 179 | ||||
| SECTION 11.08 |
Confidentiality | 185 | ||||
| SECTION 11.09 |
Setoff | 186 | ||||
| SECTION 11.10 |
Interest Rate Limitation | 186 | ||||
| SECTION 11.11 |
Counterparts | 187 | ||||
| SECTION 11.12 |
Integration | 187 | ||||
| SECTION 11.13 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties | 187 | ||||
| SECTION 11.14 |
Severability | 187 | ||||
| SECTION 11.15 |
Termination and Release of Collateral | 187 | ||||
| SECTION 11.16 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents | 188 | ||||
| SECTION 11.17 |
GOVERNING LAW | 188 | ||||
| SECTION 11.18 |
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY | 188 | ||||
| SECTION 11.19 |
Binding Effect | 189 | ||||
| SECTION 11.20 |
Judgment Currency | 189 | ||||
| SECTION 11.21 |
Lender Action | 189 | ||||
| SECTION 11.22 |
USA PATRIOT Act | 189 | ||||
| SECTION 11.23 |
Intercreditor Agreements | 190 | ||||
| SECTION 11.24 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | 190 | ||||
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SCHEDULES
| 1.01A | Guarantors | |
| 1.01B | Unrestricted Subsidiaries | |
| 1.01C | Certain Excluded Subsidiaries | |
| 1.01D | Mandatory Cost Formulae | |
| 2.01A | Revolving Credit Commitment | |
| 2.03(a)(ii)(B) | Certain Letters of Credit | |
| 5.09(a) | Certain Tax Proceedings | |
| 5.10(a) | ERISA Compliance | |
| 5.11 | Subsidiaries | |
| 6.12 | Certain Post-Closing Obligations | |
| 7.01(b) | Existing Liens | |
| 7.02(g) | Existing Investments | |
| 7.03(b) | Existing Indebtedness | |
| 7.05(j) | Scheduled Dispositions | |
| 7.08 | Transactions with Affiliates | |
| 7.09 | Existing Restrictions | |
| 11.02 | Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices |
EXHIBITS
| Form of | ||
| A | Committed Loan Notice | |
| B | Swing Line Loan Notice | |
| C-1 | Revolving Credit Note | |
| C-2 | Term B Note | |
| D | Compliance Certificate | |
| E-1 | Assignment and Assumption | |
| E-2 | Notice of Affiliate Assignment | |
| F | Guaranty | |
| G | Security Agreement | |
| H-1 | Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | |
| H-2 | Opinion of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP | |
| I | Intercompany Note | |
| J-1 | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Lender – Non-Partnership) | |
| J-2 | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Participant – Non-Partnership) | |
| J-3 | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Lender – Partnership) | |
| J-4 | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Participant – Partnership) | |
| K | First Lien Intercreditor Term Sheet | |
| L | Junior Lien Intercreditor Term Sheet |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is effective as of February 19, 2013, among SABRE GLBL INC. (formerly, SABRE INC.), a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as an L/C Issuer, and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
This Agreement is effective pursuant to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement to which this Agreement is attached as Annex A.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (i) Term B Loans (as defined prior to giving effect to the Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date) in an initial aggregate Dollar Amount of $1,775,000,000, (ii) Term C Loans (as defined prior to giving effect to the Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date) in an initial aggregate Dollar Amount of $425,000,000 and (iii) a Revolving Credit Facility in an initial aggregate Dollar Amount of $352,000,000. The Revolving Credit Facility may include one or more Letters of Credit from time to time and one or more Swing Line Loans from time to time.
The proceeds of the New Term Loans (as defined in the Amendment and Restatement Agreement), together with a portion of the Borrower’s cash on hand, are being used by the Borrower on the Closing Date to refinance all obligations of the Borrower under the Original Credit Agreement that are not subject to the Term Loan Conversion (as defined in the Amendment and Restatement Agreement) and to pay any related fees and expenses in connection therewith.
The proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans made after the Closing Date will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the financing of Permitted Acquisitions. Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit will be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (and as otherwise expressly provided herein).
The applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend, and the L/C Issuers have indicated their willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Accounting Terms
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“2017 Other Term A Loans” has the meaning specified in the Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2020 Other Term B Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of 2020 Other Term B Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the 2020 Other Term B Lenders pursuant to the Sixth Term Loan Amendment.
“2020 Other Term B Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2020 Other Term B Loans.
“2020 Other Term B Loans” has the meaning specified in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment.
“2020 Other Term B Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-1 Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Lenders pursuant to the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-1 Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans.
“2021 Other Term B-1 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2021 Other Term B-1 Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans; provided that the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders.
“2021 Other Term B-2 Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the 2021 Other Term B-2 Lenders pursuant to the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-2 Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans.
“2021 Other Term B-2 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans; provided that the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders.
“2022 Term B Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2022 Term B Loans.
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“2022 Term B Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Eighth Term Loan Amendment, of 2022 Term B Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2022 Term B Loans” has the meaning specified in the Eighth Term Loan Amendment.
“2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2022 Term B Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2022 Term B Loans; provided that the 2022 Term B Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders.
“2022 Term B-2 Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2022 Term B-2 Loans.
“2022 Term B-2 Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Ninth Term Loan Amendment, of 2022 Term B-2 Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2022 Term B-2 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Ninth Term Loan Amendment.
“2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2022 Term B-2 Loans; provided that the 2022 Term B-2 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders.
“2024 Term B-1 Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2024 Term B-1 Loans.
“2024 Term B-1 Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment, of 2024 Term B-1 Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2024 Term B-1 Loans; provided that the 2024 Term B-1 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders.
“2024 Term B-1 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment.
“2024 Term B-2 Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2024 Term B-2 Loans.
“2024 Term B-2 Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment, of 2024 Term B-2 Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2024 Term B-2 Loans; provided that the 2024 Term B-2 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders.
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“2024 Term B-2 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment.
“2025 Other Term B-1 Loans” mans, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans.
“2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment, of 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans; provided that the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders.
“2025 Other Term B-1 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary (determined using such definitions as if references to Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Acquired Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or such Converted Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary.
“Acquired Entity or Business” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Additional Lender” means any Additional Revolving Credit Lender or any Additional Term Lender, as applicable.
“Additional Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 7.03(s).
“Additional Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any bank or other financial institution selected by the Borrower that agrees to provide any portion of any (a) Incremental Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to an Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment in accordance with Section 2.14 or (b) Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.15; provided that each Additional Revolving Credit Lender (other than any Person that is a Lender at such time) shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender (such approval in each case not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
“Additional Term Lender” means, at any time, any bank or other financial institution selected by the Borrower that agrees to provide any portion of any (a) Incremental Term Facility pursuant to an Incremental Term Facility Amendment in accordance with Section 2.14 or (b) Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.15; provided that each Additional Term Lender (other than any Person that is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of a Lender at such time) shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
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“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent and collateral agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Agents, their respective lending affiliates or any entity acting as an L/C Issuer hereunder shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
“Affiliated Lender” means any Affiliate of the Sponsor Group other than (a) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) any Debt Fund Affiliate and (c) any natural person.
“Agent-Related Persons” means the Agents, together with their respective Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, partners, trustees and advisors of such Persons and of such Persons’ Affiliates.
“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Supplemental Administrative Agents (if any) and the Joint Lead Arrangers.
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Agreement Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 11.19.
“Alternative Currency” means Sterling, Euros, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars and Yen.
“Amendment and Restatement Agreement” means the Amendment and Restatement Agreement dated as of the date hereof to the Original Credit Agreement.
“Amendment No. 1” means Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2014, among the Borrower, Holdings, each of the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Amendment No. 1.
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“Amendment No. 2” means Amendment No. 2 to this Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2016, among the Borrower, Holdings, each of the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Amendment No. 2.
“Applicable Rate” means (x) with respect to any Term B Loans, (I) for Base Rate Loans, 1.00% and (II) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 2.00%, and (y) with respect to any Revolving Credit Loans, Letter of Credit Fees and Commitment Fees, the percentages per annum listed in the table below, based upon the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
| Pricing Level |
Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
Eurocurrency Rate for Revolving Credit Loans and Letter of Credit Fees |
Base Rate for Revolving Credit Loans |
Commitment Fee Rate |
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| 1 |
≥ 3.75:1.0 | 2.50 | % | 1.50 | % | 0.500 | % | |||||||
| 2 |
< 3.75:1.0, but ≥ 3.0:1.0 |
2.25 | % | 1.25 | % | 0.375 | % | |||||||
| 3 |
< 3.0:1.0, but ≥ 2.25:1.0 |
2.00 | % | 1.00 | % | 0.250 | % | |||||||
| 4 |
< 2.25:1.0 | 1.75 | % | 0.75 | % | 0.250 | % | |||||||
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Senior Secured 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 6.02(a); provided that at the option of the Required Lenders (and if exercised with respect to any Class under this Agreement), Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of (x) the first Business Day after the date on which a Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered but was not delivered, and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Compliance Certificate is so delivered (and thereafter the Pricing Level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply) and (y) the first Business Day after an Event of Default under Section 9.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing, and shall continue to so apply to but excluding the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived (and thereafter the Pricing Level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative 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 Rate that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Rate” 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 Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for such period, and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period pursuant to Sections 2.08 and 2.09 as a result of the miscalculation of the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable under the relevant provisions of Section 2.08 or 2.09, as applicable, at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid pursuant to said Section (and shall remain due and payable until paid in full, together with all amounts owing under said Section 2.08, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything contrary in this Agreement, the Applicable Rate with respect to (I) any Revolving Credit Loans during a Covenant Suspension Period means (x) for Base Rate Loans, 1.75% and (y) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 2.75% and (II) any Letter of Credit Fees during a Covenant Suspension Period, 2.75%. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2020 Other Term B Loans is as set forth in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans is (I) for Base Rate Loans, 2.50% and (II) for Term SOFR Loans, 3.50%. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans is (I) for Base Rate Loans, 2.50% and (II) for Term SOFR Loans, 3.50%. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2022 Term B Loans is as set forth in the Eighth Term Loan Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2022 Term B-2 Loans is as set forth in the Ninth Term Loan Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2024 Term B-1 Loans is as set forth in the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2024 Term B-2 Loans is as set forth in the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans is as set forth in the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class, (b) with respect to any Letters of Credit, (i) the relevant L/C Issuers and (ii)the Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Facility, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
“April 2023 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture dated as of April 14, 2015, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance herewith.
“April 2023 Secured Notes” means the Borrower’s 5.375% senior secured notes due April 2023, issued pursuant to the April 2023 Notes Indenture.
“Assignees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(b).
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1, with such adjustments thereto as the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree.
“Attorney Costs” means all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel, to the extent documented in reasonable detail and invoiced.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
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“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheets of Holdings as of December 31, 2011, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for Holdings for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.
“Australian Reference Banks” means Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank Limited, Westpac Banking Corporation and such other banks as may be appointed by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.
“Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Available Amount” means, at any time (the “Reference Date”), the sum of:
(i) $725,000,000; plus
(ii) an amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) equal to 50% of Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the Available Amount Reference Period; plus
(iii) the amount of any capital contributions or Net Cash Proceeds from Permitted Equity Issuances (or issuances of debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests) (other than Permitted Equity Issuances made pursuant to Section 9.04(a)) received or made by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof and contributed by such parent to the Borrower) during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus
(iv) to the extent not (A) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment for purposes of determining the amount of such Investment, the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and other cash distributions received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus
(v) to the extent not (A) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment for purposes of determining the amount of such Investment, the aggregate amount of all cash repayments of principal received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date in respect of loans or advances made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to such Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries; plus
(vi) to the extent not (A) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (B) already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment for purposes of determining the amount of such Investment or (C) required to be applied to prepay Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(i), the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of its ownership interest in any Minority Investment or Unrestricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus
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(vii) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary the fair market value (which, if the fair market value of such Investment shall exceed $100,000,000, shall be determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower, whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Administrative Agent) of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.02 (except for Investments made in reliance on Section 7.02(o)(ii)); minus
(viii) the aggregate amount of any Investments made pursuant to Section 7.02(o)(ii) and the parenthetical to Section 7.02(d)(iv)(B)(I), any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(n)(i), any Restricted Payment made pursuant to Section 7.06(n)(ii) or any payment made pursuant to Section 7.11(a)(iv)(B), in each case during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on or prior to the Reference Date (and, for purposes of this clause (viii), without taking account of the intended usage of the Available Amount on such Reference Date).
“Available Amount Reference Period” means, with respect to any Reference Date, the period commencing on January 1, 2013 and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, for which financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a), have been received by the Administrative Agent.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, 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 for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A., a national bank association, acting in its individual capacity, and its successors and assigns.
“Base Rate” means:
(a) with respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, 2024 Term B-1 Loans , the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its “prime rate” and (iii) the Eurocurrency Rate for a one-month Interest Period as determined pursuant to clause (e) of the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”plus 1%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by the Administrative Agent based upon various factors including the Administrative Agent’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by the Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Base Rate for any Term B Loan will be deemed to be 0.00% per annum if the Base Rate determined pursuant to this definition would otherwise be less than 0.00% per annum.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2020 Other Term B Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment; and (b) with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its “prime rate” and (iii) Term SOFR for a one-month Interest Period plus 1%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by the Administrative Agent based upon various factors including the Administrative Agent’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by the Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 3.03(2) hereof, then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (i) and (ii) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (iii) above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2024 Term B-2 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2024 Term B-1 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2022 Term B-2 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Ninth Term Loan Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2022 Term B Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Eighth Term Loan Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement; provided that, to the extent the existing Borrower, in accordance with and solely to the extent permitted by Section 7.04(d), merges with another Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation, “Borrower” shall mean the applicable Successor Borrower.
“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a Term Borrowing, as the context may require.
“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, the jurisdiction where the Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and:
(a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency other than Euros, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in such currency in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in such currency to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in such currency are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank market; and
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(b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euros, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euros in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euros to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day.
“Business Successor” means (a) any former Subsidiary of the Borrower and (b) any Person that, after the Closing Date, has acquired, merged or consolidated with a Subsidiary of the Borrower (that results in such Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower), or acquired (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of a Subsidiary or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Canadian Bankers’ Acceptance” means an instrument denominated in Canadian Dollars, including, without limitation, a depository note within the meaning of the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada) and a bill of exchange within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act (Canada).
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, (a) the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capitalized Leases) by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as capital expenditures on the consolidated statement of cash flows of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) Capitalized Software Expenditures.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that all obligations of any Person that are or would have been treated as operating leases for purposes of GAAP prior to the issuance by the Financial Accounting Standards Board on February 25, 2016 of an Accounting Standards Update (the “ASU”) shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases for purposes of all financial definitions and calculations for purpose of this Agreement (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with the ASU (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) to be treated as Capitalized Lease Obligations in the financial statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01.
“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
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“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary thereof).
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(f).
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(f).
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary:
(1) Dollars;
(2) (a) Canadian Dollars, Yen, Sterling, Euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding two years and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the Dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3), (4) and (7) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
(6) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower);
(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
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(9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower);
(10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower); and
(11) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (10) above.
In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (8) and clauses (10) and (11) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (ii) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1) through (11) and in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above, provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) and (2) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
For purposes of determining the maximum permissible maturity of any investments described in clauses (1) through (11) or the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the maturity of any obligation is deemed to be the shortest of the following: (i) the stated maturity date; (ii) the weighted average life (for amortizing securities); (iii) the next interest rate reset for variable rate and auction-rate obligations; or (iv) the next put exercise date (for obligations with put features).
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time it provides any Cash Management Services, whether or not such Person subsequently ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
“Cash Management Obligations” means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in respect of or in connection with any Cash Management Services.
“Cash Management Services” means treasury, depository and cash management services and any automated clearing house fund transfer services.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards 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.
“Catch-Up Payments” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense”.
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“Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of:
(a) (i) at any time prior to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, the Permitted Holders ceasing to own, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least thirty-five (35)% of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings; or
(ii) at any time upon or after the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of 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), excluding the Permitted Holders, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under such Act), directly or indirectly, of more than the greater of (x) forty (40) % of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings and (y) the percentage of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, by the Permitted Holders;
unless, in the case of either clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of directors of Holdings; or
(b) the board of directors of Holdings shall cease to consist of a majority of the Continuing Directors; or
(c) any “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) in any document pertaining to any Permitted Subordinated Notes, any Qualified Holding Company Debt or the Existing Notes; or
(d) subject to Section 7.04, the Borrower ceasing to be a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Class” when used with respect to:
(a) Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are (i) Revolving Credit Commitments under clause (i) of the definition of “Revolving Credit Commitment”, (ii) Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, (iii) Other Revolving Credit Commitments, (iv) Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of any of the foregoing, (v) Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, (vi) Term B Commitments, (vii) Term Commitment Increases, (viii) Other Term Commitments or (ix) Incremental Term Commitments;
(b) Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments referenced in clause (a)(i) above, Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, Other Revolving Credit Loans, Existing Revolving Credit Loans of any of the foregoing, Extended Revolving Credit Loans, Term B Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Existing Term Loans of any of the foregoing, Other Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Swing Line Loans; and
(c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments under clause (a) or (b) above;
provided that Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Credit Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Loans, Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, Existing Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Loans, Other Term Commitments, Other Term Loans, Existing Term Loans and Extended Term Loans that (i) have different terms and conditions or (ii) are established pursuant to different amendments (unless such amendment expressly provides otherwise) shall be construed to be in different Classes.
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“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 4.01.
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations thereunder.
“Co-Documentation Agent” means each of Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., each in its capacity as a co-documentation agent under this Agreement.
“Collateral” means all the “Collateral” as defined in any Collateral Document and shall include the Mortgaged Properties (if any).
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each Collateral Document required to be delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii) or pursuant to Section 6.11 or Section 6.12 at such time, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto and (ii) if then in effect, each Intercreditor Agreement, in each case duly executed by each Loan Party thereto;
(b) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, all Obligations shall have been unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guaranties”) by Holdings, each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a wholly owned Material Domestic Subsidiary and not an Excluded Subsidiary including those that are listed on Schedule 1.01A hereto (each, a “Guarantor”);
(c) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the Guaranties shall have been secured by a first-priority security interest (if then in effect, subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement) in (i) all the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (ii) all Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries and any Equity Interest of any Restricted Subsidiary pledged to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(g)) of each wholly and directly owned Material Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor and (iii) 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests (and 100% of the issued and outstanding non-voting Equity Interests, if any) of each wholly owned Material Foreign Subsidiary that is directly owned by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Guarantor (with such reduction in the amount of Equity Interests pledged as may be necessary to take into account Equity Interests that have been indirectly pledged through a pledge of Equity Interests in any Domestic Subsidiary that is disregarded for purposes of U.S.
(d) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the Guaranties shall have been secured by a perfected security interest (other than in the case of mortgages, to the extent such security interest may be perfected by delivering certificated securities, filing UCC financing statements or making any necessary filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office) in, and mortgages on, substantially all tangible and intangible assets of the Borrower and each Guarantor (including accounts (other than deposit accounts or other bank or securities accounts and any Securitization Assets), inventory, equipment, investment property, contract rights, intellectual property, other general intangibles, owned (but not leased) real property and proceeds of the foregoing) and all Equity Interests in the Borrower owned by Holdings, in each case, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents and, if then in effect, each Intercreditor Agreement; provided that security interests in real property shall be limited to the Mortgaged Properties; and
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(e) none of the Collateral shall be subject to any Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01; and
(f) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Material Real Property required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 or 6.12 (the “Mortgaged Properties”) duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such property, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid first-priority Lien on the property described therein (if then in effect, subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement), free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 7.01, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (iii) such existing surveys, existing abstracts and existing appraisals in the possession of the Borrower and such legal opinions and other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgaged Property.
The foregoing definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance or surveys with respect to, (i) “Excluded Assets” and “Excluded Securities”, each as defined in the Security Agreement and (ii) particular assets if and for so long as, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets or obtaining title insurance or surveys in respect of such assets shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.
The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance and surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.
federal income tax); Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a) with respect to leases of real property entered into by any Loan Party, such Loan Party shall not be required to take any action with respect to creation or perfection of security interests with respect to such leases, (b) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Collateral Documents and, to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, as agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (c) any asset the pledge or mortgage of which would trigger the equal and ratable requirement under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture will be excluded from the Collateral. In furtherance of the foregoing, for so long as any Existing 2016 Notes remain outstanding, Principal Domestic Properties and Equity Interests and Indebtedness of “Domestic Subsidiaries” (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) will be excluded from the Collateral (it being understood and agreed that as of the Closing Date, Principal Domestic Properties shall mean the Headquarters and Domestic Subsidiaries shall mean Headquarters SPV), as will any after-acquired property that would be a Principal Domestic Property at the time of acquisition; and Equity Interests and Indebtedness of any “Domestic Subsidiary” (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) will cease to be part of the Collateral if such entity acquires any property that would constitute a Principal Domestic Property at the time of acquisition.
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“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreements, the Mortgages, each of the mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.11 or Section 6.12, the Guaranty and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien or Guarantee in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Commitment” means a Term Commitment of any Class, a Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class or any combination thereof (as the context may require).
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Term Borrowing with respect to a given Class of Term Loans, (b) a Revolving Credit Borrowing with respect to a given Class of Revolving Credit Loans, (c) a conversion of Loans under a given Class from one Type to the other, or (d) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Compensation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(c)(ii).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate or Term SOFR, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of “Base Rate”, “SOFR”, “Term SOFR” and “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of “Business Day” and “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower), to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower) determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).
“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means, for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs and Capitalized Software Expenditures for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(a) increased (without duplication) by the following:
(i) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations, to the extent the same were taken into account in calculating such Consolidated Net Income and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to clauses (a) through (m) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income; plus
(ii) total interest expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses with respect to obligations under Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations, and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense for such period to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iv) any fees, expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, incurrence or repayment of indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the Loans and any credit facilities), issuance of equity interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of the Loans and any credit facilities) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, (x) whether or not successful and (y) in each case, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(v) the amount of any restructuring charges, integration and facilities opening costs or other business optimization expenses, one-time restructuring costs incurred in connection with acquisitions made after the Closing Date, project start-up costs, costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(vi) any other non-cash charges, (collectively, the “Non-Cash Charges”) including any write offs or write downs reducing such Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus
(vii) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiary to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(viii) the amount of board of directors fees and management, monitoring, consulting, advisory and other fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Sponsor Group to the extent permitted by Section 7.08(e) and deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(ix) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 12 months of such period (which cost savings shall be (i) added back to Consolidated EBITDA until realized, (ii) subject only to certification by management of the Borrower and (iii) calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it is understood and agreed that “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken, provided that some portion of such benefit is expected to be realized within 12 months of taking such action); plus
(x) the amount of loss on sale of receivables, Securitization Assets and related assets to any Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing; plus
(xi) any costs or expense incurred by Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Holdings or the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings or the Borrower (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are Not Otherwise Applied; plus
(xii) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back; plus
(xiii) Initial Public Company Costs; and
(b) decreased (without duplication) by, to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, excluding (x) any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period and (y) any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period, in each case determined on a consolidated basis for Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (to the extent applicable); provided that
(I) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (A) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed by Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis, and (B) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) as specified in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent;
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(II) for purposes of determining the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio only, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations (other than if so classified on the basis that it is being held for sale unless such sale has actually occurred during such period) by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a “Sold Entity or Business”) and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, without duplication, the sum of:
(a) the cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income, of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Contracts, and
(b) any cash payments made during such period by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of obligations referred to in clause (ii) below relating to Funded Debt that were amortized or accrued in a previous period (other than any such obligations resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Original Transaction or any Permitted Acquisition), but excluding, however:
(i) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest,
(ii) the accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities during such period,
(iii) any interest in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in clause (d) of the definition thereof,
(iv) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and all costs associated with Swap Contracts,
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(v) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Swap Contracts for interest rates, and
(vi) all non-recurring cash interest expenses consisting of liquidated damages for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations and financing fees.
(c) For purposes of determining Consolidated Interest Expense for any period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be an amount equal to actual Consolidated Interest Expense from the Closing Date through the date of determination multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and the denominator of which is the number of days from the Closing Date through the date of determination.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated Interest Expense for any period shall not include any cash payments made in such period on account of accrued interest with respect to any Qualified Holding Company Debt to the extent such payments are required by the terms of such Indebtedness to be made before the close of any “accrual period” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1272-1(b)(1)(ii)) ending after five years from the date of original issuance of such Indebtedness (any such cash payments, “Catch-Up Payments”); provided, however that, notwithstanding the foregoing and solely for purposes of determining compliance with clause (ii) of Section 7.06(o) and not for purposes of determining compliance with any other test or covenant hereunder, any Catch-Up Payments that are made in any period with the proceeds of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(o) shall be included in Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication,
(a) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the Transaction or any multi-year strategic cost-saving initiatives), severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded,
(b) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded, in each case in accordance with GAAP,
(c) the net income (loss) for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of Holdings shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,
(d) effects of adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Original Transaction or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(e) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) obligations under any Swaps Contracts or (iii) other derivative instruments shall be excluded,
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(f) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,
(g) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights to officers, directors, employees or consultants shall be excluded,
(h) any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, incurrence or repayment of indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the Loans and any credit facilities), issuance of equity interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of the Loans and any credit facilities) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful, shall be excluded,
(i) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the closing of any acquisition that are required to be established as a result of such acquisition in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded,
(j) losses or gains on asset sales (other than asset sales made in the ordinary course of business) shall be excluded,
(k) any net income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations shall be excluded,
(l) any adjustments resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 460, Guarantees, or any comparable regulation, shall be excluded, and
(m) the following items shall be excluded:
(i) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from obligations under any Swap Contracts and the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133; and
(ii) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses including those (x) related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness and (y) resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk.
In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted hereunder.
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“Consolidated Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate amount of Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting in connection with the Original Transaction, any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder) consisting only of Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization Financing, (ii) all Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unreimbursed Amounts thereunder, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (iv) obligations under Swap Contracts.
“Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate amount of Senior Secured Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting in connection with the Original Transaction, any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder) consisting only of Senior Secured Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization Financing, (ii) all Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unreimbursed Amounts thereunder, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (iv) obligations under Swap Contracts.
“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting in connection with the Original Transaction, any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder) consisting only of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization Financing, (ii) all Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unreimbursed Amounts thereunder, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (iv) obligations under Swap Contracts.
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of (i) all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date and (ii) long-term accounts receivable over (b) the sum of (i) all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and (ii) long-term deferred revenue, but excluding, without duplication, (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (b) all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations to the extent otherwise included therein, (c) the current portion of interest, (d) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (e) the current portion of any Capitalized Lease Obligations and (f) deferred revenue arising from cash receipts that are earmarked for specific projects.
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“Continuing Director” means, at any date, any individual (a) who is a director of Holdings on the Closing Date, as elected or appointed after giving effect to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (b) whose nomination for election to the board of directors of Holdings is recommended by a majority of the then Continuing Directors, (c) who receives the vote of the Permitted Holders in his or her election by the stockholders of Holdings, or (d) whose nomination for election to the board of directors of Holdings has been recommended, directly or indirectly, by the Sponsor Group or Persons nominated by the Sponsor Group.
“Contract Consideration” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow”.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate”.
“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Corrective Revolving Credit Extension Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(g).
“Corrective Term Loan Extension Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(h).
“Covenant Suspension Period” means the period from and after the last date of the quarter in which a Material Travel Event Disruption occurs until the last date of the second succeeding quarter (unless during such Material Travel Event Disruption Period a separate and distinct Material Travel Event Disruption occurs, in which case a new Covenant Suspension Period shall run from and after the last date of the quarter in which such subsequent Material Travel Event Disruption occurred until the last date of the second succeeding quarter).
“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means (a) Indebtedness of the Borrower (which may be guaranteed by one or more Guarantors) constituting secured or unsecured notes, loans or commitments (not constituting Obligations) or (b) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace or refinance, in whole or part, then existing Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and related letters of credit and commitments, (including any successive Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) (“Refinanced Debt”); provided that (i) other than in the case of Incremental Term A Loan Refinancing Indebtedness, such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness (and related commitments) is in an original aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) not greater than the aggregate amount of the Refinanced Debt (and, in the case of Refinanced Debt consisting, in whole or in part, of unused Revolving Credit Commitments, the amount thereof) concurrently prepaid pursuant to 2.05(b)(viii) or reduced pursuant to Section 2.06(d) except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness, (ii) such Indebtedness has the same maturity or a later maturity than the Refinanced Debt (except such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that are Revolving Credit Commitments may in any event have additional mandatory commitment reductions so long as same do not occur prior to the maturity date that previously applied to the commitments being extended), (iii) in the case of Term Loans (other than Incremental Term A Loan Refinancing Indebtedness and Term Loans in the form of Term A Loans), the scheduled amortization applicable to such Indebtedness shall not exceed 1% per annum of the original aggregate principal amount of such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness (taking into account any additions thereto by way of extensions made as part of the respective Class) at any time prior to the final maturity of the respective Refinanced Debt that are Term Loans; (iv) in the case of Term Loans, such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness does not have mandatory prepayments (other than scheduled amortization as permitted above and customary repayments and/or offering to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) which are more extensive than those applicable to the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced; (v) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, defeased or satisfied and discharged with 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (if any) in connection therewith shall be paid, on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained; and (vi) in the case of Refinanced Debt that are Revolving Credit Commitments, all repayments required to be made in connection therewith shall be made in accordance with Section 2.06(d); provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Other Term Loans incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment to be entered into on or as of the Fourth Incremental Amendment Effective Date to refinance in full the Incremental Term A Loans incurred prior to the Fourth Incremental Amendment Effective Date (the “Incremental Term A Loan Refinancing Indebtedness”) shall be deemed to constitute “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”.
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“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Cure Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(a).
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, with respect to any applicable determination date means the SOFR published on such date on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website (or any successor source).
“Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of the Sponsor Group that is not (a) a natural person or (b) Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower and 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 or securities in the ordinary course.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Declined Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2.00% per annum; provided that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Term SOFR Loan, as applicable, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.00% per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
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“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.18(b), any Lender that, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action or (iv) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings with such country or territory (currently, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 7.05(i) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition).
“Deutsche Bank” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch.
“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined using such definitions as if references to Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein are to such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale of Equity Interests) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Disposition Prepayment Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A).
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“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), 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 and all outstanding Letters of Credit), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Disqualified Equity Interests are issued; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar Amount” means, at any time:
(a) with respect to any Loan denominated in Dollars (including, with respect to any Swing Line Loan, any funded participation therein), the principal amount thereof then outstanding (or in which such participation is held);
(b) with respect to any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the principal amount thereof then outstanding in the relevant Alternative Currency, converted to Dollars in accordance with Section 1.08 and Section 2.17(a); and
(c) with respect to any L/C Obligation (or any risk participation therein), (A) if denominated in Dollars, the amount thereof and (B) if denominated in an Alternative Currency or another currency (other than Dollars), the amount thereof converted to Dollars in accordance with Section 1.08 and Section 2.17(b).
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“ECF Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(i).
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
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“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.
“Effective Yield” means, as to any Loans of any Class, the effective yield on such Loans as determined by the Administrative Agent, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, index rates, any interest rate floors or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or OID (amortized over the shorter of (x) the life of such Loans and (y) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders making such Loans, but excluding any arrangement, structuring, commitment, underwriting or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders or, if applicable, ticking fees accruing prior to the funding of such Indebtedness or customary consent fees paid generally to consenting Lenders.
“Eighth Term Loan Amendment” means that certain First Term Loan B Extension and Eighth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2022 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Eighth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Eighth Term Loan Amendment.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Assignee permitted by and consented to in accordance with Section 11.07(b).
“EMU” means the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environmental Claim” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or disposition of real estate) or proceedings with respect to any Environmental Liability (hereinafter “Claims”), including (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Laws (including common law) relating to the protection of the environment or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities) of any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) human exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other binding consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
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“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities) , but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, capital stock prior to such conversion or exchange.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with Holdings or the Borrower and is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as a termination under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan, notification of Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or is in reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates; (g) the requirements of PBGC Regulation Section 4043.61 (without regard to subparagraph (b)(1) thereof) apply with respect to a contributing sponsor (as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA) of a Pension Plan, and an event described in subsection .62, .63, .64, .65, .66, .67 or .68 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043 is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (h) an accumulated funding deficiency, within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA exists, or an application for a minimum funding standard waiver or modification has been filed (including any required installment payments) with respect to a Plan; (i) the failure to make any required contribution to any Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan; (j) the existence of an Unfunded Current Liability with respect to a Plan; (k) the institution of a proceeding pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (l) a liability has been incurred or is likely to be incurred by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with respect to a Plan under Section 4063, 4064, 4069 or 4212 of ERISA or Section 436 of the Code; (m) the occurrence of a “default,” within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to any Plan; or (n) a material liability has been incurred by Holdings or the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower pursuant to any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) that provides benefits to retired employees or other former employees (other than as required by Section 601 of ERISA) or any Plan or any Foreign Plan.
“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.
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“Euro” means the lawful single currency of the European Union.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means:
(a) for any Interest Period, in the case of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency other than Euros, Australian Dollars and Canadian Dollars,
(i) the rate per annum equal to the ICE Benchmark Administration LIBOR Rate or the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making a LIBOR rate available (“LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of LIBOR as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or,
(ii) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch (or with respect to any Alternative Currency other than Dollars or Euros, another Bank of America branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London interbank market (or with respect to any Alternative Currency other than Dollars or Euros, another offshore interbank market) for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, and
(b) for any Interest Period, in the case of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euros,
(i) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR01 (or any successor thereto) for deposits in Euros (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the European interbank market for deposits of amounts in Euros for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period, or
(ii) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or such page or service shall not be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that displays an average Banking Federation of the European Union Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Euros (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the European interbank market for deposits of amounts in Euros for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period; or
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(iii) if the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) are not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest at which deposits in Euros for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by a London Affiliate of the Administrative Agent to major banks in the European interbank market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the European interbank market for deposits of amounts in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period.
(c) for any Interest Period, with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Australian Dollars,
(i) the rate per annum equal to the average bid rate displayed at or about 10:30 a.m. (Melbourne, Australia time) on the first day of such Interest Period on the Reuters screen BBSY page (or such other page or commercially available source providing BBSY quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for a term equivalent to such Interest Period (or if such Interest Period is not equal to a number of months, for a term equivalent to the number of months closest to such Interest Period); or
(ii) if such rate is not available at such time for such term for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic mean of the buying rates quoted to the Administrative Agent by three (3) Australian Reference Banks at or about 10:30 a.m. (Melbourne, Australia time) on the first day of such Interest Period (which buying rates must be for bills of exchange accepted by leading Australian banks which have a term equivalent to such Interest Period (or if such Interest Period is not equal to a number of months, having a term equivalent to the number of months closest to such Interest Period).
(d) for any Interest Period, with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars,
(i) the rate per annum equal to the average offered rate for Canadian Dollar Bankers’ Acceptances having an identical term as the proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan displayed and identified as such on the display referred to as the “CDOR Page” (or any display substituted therefor) of Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service as at approximately 10:00 a.m. Toronto time on the first day of such Interest Period (or, if such day is not a Business Day, as of 10:00 a.m. Toronto time on the immediately preceding Business Day); or
(ii) if such rate is not available at such time for such term for any reason, the rate per annum will be the annual discount rate (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) as of 10:00 a.m. Toronto time on such day at which a Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule 1 of the Bank Act (Canada) as selected by the Administrative Agent is then offering to purchase Canadian Dollar Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by it having such specified term.
(e) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date,
(i) the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two (2) Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day; or
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(ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank Eurocurrency market at their request at the date and time of determination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to any applicable Interest Period for (a) any Term B Loan will be deemed to be 0.00% per annum if the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period determined pursuant to this definition would otherwise be less than 0.00% per annum and (b) any Revolving Loan will be deemed to be 0.00% per annum if the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period determined pursuant to this definition would otherwise be less than 0.00% per annum. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to any applicable Interest Period be less than 0.0% per annum. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to any applicable Interest Period for any 2020 Other Term B Loan be less than the Eurocurrency Rate “floor” set forth in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan, whether denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency, that bears interest at a rate based on the applicable Eurocurrency Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income of Holdings for such period,
(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions or Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Dispositions by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(v) cash receipts in respect of Swap Contracts during such fiscal year to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, over
(b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges included in clauses (a) through (k) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income,
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(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property accrued or made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases and (B) the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii) to the extent required due to a Disposition that resulted in an increase to such Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (X) all other prepayments of Term Loans, (Y) all prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and (Z) all prepayments in respect of any other revolving credit facility, except, in the case of clauses (Y) and (Z), to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Dispositions by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions or Dispositions by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(vi) cash payments by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness,
(vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments and acquisitions made during such period to the extent that such Investments and acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(viii) the amount of Restricted Payments paid during such period pursuant to Sections 7.06(f), 7.06(g), 7.06(h), 7.06(i), 7.06(j) (to the extent any such Restricted Payment was permitted to be made in reliance on clause (f), (g), (h), (i), (k), or (l) of Section 7.06 at the time of declaration thereof), 7.07(k) and 7.06(l) to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
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(x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness,
(xi) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, (A) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period or (B) any planned cash capital expenditures by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the “Planned Expenditures”), in each case relating to Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period; provided that, to the extent the aggregate amount of internally generated cash flow actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and the Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(xii) the amount of cash taxes (including penalties and interest) paid or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, and
(xiii) cash expenditures in respect of Swap Contracts during such fiscal year to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“Exchange Rate” means on any day with respect to any Alternative Currency, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such Alternative Currency with Dollars through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further that the L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary, (b) any Securitization Subsidiary, (c) each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01C hereto, (d) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by contractual requirements existing on the date of the acquisition of such Subsidiary (other than contractual requirement entered into by such Subsidiary in contemplation of such acquisition) or applicable Law from guaranteeing the Obligations, (e) any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (f) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with secured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such Indebtedness; provided that each such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary under this clause (f) if such secured Indebtedness is repaid or becomes unsecured or if such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to guarantee such secured Indebtedness, as applicable, (g) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, (x) in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the burden or cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee shall be outweigh the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom or (y) providing such a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower and (h) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (i) not-for-profit subsidiaries, (j) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (k) each Immaterial Subsidiary; provided that the Borrower may at any time and in its sole discretion, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, deem that any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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“Existing 2016 Notes” means Holdings’ $400,000,000 6.350% Senior Notes due 2016, issued pursuant to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.
“Existing 2016 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture dated as of August 3, 2001, with SunTrust Bank, as trustee, as modified by the first supplemental indenture dated August 7, 2001, and the second supplemental indenture dated March 13, 2006, with SunTrust Bank, as trustee, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance herewith.
“Existing Intercreditor Agreement” means the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2012, among the Borrower, Holdings, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Senior Representative of the secured parties under the Existing Senior Secured Notes Indenture, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance herewith.
“Existing Letters of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(m).
“Existing Loans” means the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (and the Existing Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant thereto) and the Existing Term Loans.
“Existing Notes” means, collectively, the Existing Senior Secured Notes and the Existing 2016 Notes.
“Existing Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Existing Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Existing Senior Secured Notes” means the Borrower’s $800,000,000 8.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2019, issued pursuant to the Existing Senior Secured Notes Indenture.
“Existing Senior Secured Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of May 9, 2012, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as modified by the first supplemental indenture dated as of December 31, 2012, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance herewith.
“Existing Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Extended Incremental Term A Loan Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding Extended Incremental Term A Loans.
“Extended Incremental Term A Loans” means the 2020 Extended Incremental Term A Loans (as defined in the First Term A Loan Extension Amendment).
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“Extended Loans” means the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Extended Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant thereto, or the Extended Term Loans, as the context may require.
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Extended Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Extended Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Extending Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(d).
“Extension Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(e).
“Extension Election” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension Request” means a Term Extension Request or a Revolving Credit Extension Request, as the context may require.
“FATCA” means sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as in effect on the Closing Date (including any amended or successor version to the extent substantively comparable thereto and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any implementing regulations, IRS notices, inter-governmental agreements or other applicable guidance that may be issued with respect to such Code sections
“Facility” means the Term B Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, the Revolving Credit Facility, each Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (or applicable Loans) or another Class of Commitments or Loans, as the context may require.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or liability, the fair market value of such asset or liability as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended from time to time.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, date as of March 2, 2018, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
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“Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Financial Indebtedness” means Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments.
“Financial Performance Covenant” means the covenant set forth in Article VIII.
“First Term A Loan Extension Amendment” means the First Term A Loan Extension Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2020, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Foreign Casualty Event” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vii).
“Foreign Disposition” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vii).
“Foreign Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).
“Foreign Plan” means any material employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by, or entered into with, Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings with respect to employees employed outside the United States.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fourth Incremental Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Incremental Term Facility Amendment.
“Fourth Incremental Term Facility Amendment” means that certain Fourth Incremental Term Facility Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, date as of August 23, 2017, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2021 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment” means that certain Fourth Term Loan B Extension Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2024 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
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“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
“Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof (including through the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards) on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof (including through the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards), then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein the amount of any Indebtedness under GAAP with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capitalized Lease Obligations.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(h).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness).
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The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guaranteed Obligation” has the meaning specified in the Guaranty.
“Guarantors” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.
“Guaranty” means the guaranty made by Holdings and the other Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement,” substantially in the form of Exhibit F and (b) each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes, all hazardous or toxic substances, and all wastes or pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and infectious or medical wastes regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Headquarters” means the properties (including buildings and real property) located in Southland, Texas and comprising Holdings’ corporate headquarters.
“Headquarters Financing” means the financing transactions involving the Headquarters contemplated by the Loan Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2007, by and between Headquarters SPV and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Headquarters SPV” means Sabre Headquarters, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is a single-purpose, bankruptcy remote wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower formed in connection with the Headquarters Financing.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement, in its capacity as a party thereto, whether or not such Person subsequently ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
“Holdings” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than a Material Subsidiary.
“Incremental Cap” means:
(a) (x) $500,000,000 less (y) the sum of the aggregate amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes that was incurred after the Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date in reliance on the foregoing clause (x), plus;
(b) an additional amount to the extent that the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio (treating all outstanding Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes as Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness solely for purposes of calculating such Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio even if such Indebtedness would not otherwise constitute Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness) on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of any proposed Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities or Additional Notes, as applicable, and any related transactions (treating any proposed Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities and Additional Notes that are “revolving” in nature as fully drawn, but not including the proceeds of any proposed Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes, as applicable, in the amount of cash to be netted in calculating such ratio but without giving effect to any simultaneous incurrence of any Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes made pursuant to the foregoing clause (a)) would be less than or equal to 4.0:1.0 as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period;
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provided that such Indebtedness may be incurred under both clauses (a) and (b) above, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction by first calculating the incurrence under clause (b) above and then calculating the incurrence under clause (a) above, and vice versa, as the Borrower shall elect.
“Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(i).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(i).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)(ii).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)(ii).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(i).
“Incremental Term A Loans” means, collectively, the Extended Incremental Term A Loans and the Non-Extended Incremental Term A Loans, as the context may require.
“Incremental Term A Loan Lender” means an Extended Incremental Term A Loan Lender and/or a Non-Extended Incremental Term A Loan Lender, as the context may require.
Incremental Term A Loan Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Incremental Term Facility Amendment.
“Incremental Term Commitments” means term loan commitments hereunder that fund Incremental Term Loans of the applicable Class of Incremental Term Loans hereunder pursuant to the applicable Incremental Term Facility Amendment.
“Incremental Term Facilities” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(ii).
“Incremental Term Facility Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)(iii).
“Incremental Term Facility Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)(iii).
“Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(ii).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
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(b) the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions which may have been reimbursed) of all letters of credit (including standby and commercial letters of credit), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property (other than (i) trade accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after becoming due and payable and (iii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;
(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business);
if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and obligations under Swap Contracts) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any parent of Holdings appearing upon the balance sheet of the Holdings solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP shall be excluded. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Indebtedness and (B) in the case of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, exclude (x) all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary of business and (y) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 11.05.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.05.
“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and that is independent of the Borrower and its Affiliates.
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“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.08.
“Initial Public Company Costs” means, as to any Person, costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable to companies with equity securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees, in each case to the extent arising solely by virtue of the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities on a national securities exchange; provided that any such costs arising from the costs described above in respect of the ongoing operation of such Person as a listed equity or its listed debt securities following the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities or debt securities, respectively, on a national securities exchange shall not constitute Initial Public Company Costs.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Intercompany Note” means an intercompany note substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means, as applicable, (a) the Existing Intercreditor Agreement, (b) the intercreditor agreement among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and one or more Senior Representatives representing holders of each series of Permitted First Lien Debt, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties and consistent with those terms provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Term Sheet attached hereto as Exhibit K, as such intercreditor agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and/or (c) an intercreditor agreement among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and one or more Senior Representatives representing holders of each series of Permitted Junior Priority Debt, any Indebtedness secured by Liens pursuant to Section 7.01(ee) or any Indebtedness secured by Liens pursuant to Section 7.01(ii), as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties and consistent with those terms provided in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Term Sheet attached hereto as Exhibit L, as such intercreditor agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant Test Period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such Test Period.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan of any Class other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the applicable Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Term SOFR Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan of any Class (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the applicable Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made (commencing with the last Business Day of March 2013).
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“Interest Period” means, (1) in the case of Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or to the extent agreed to by each Lender of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, nine or twelve months or less than one month thereafter, in each case, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(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 end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date for the Class of Loans of which such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is a part; and
(2) in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, means as to each Term SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such Term SOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Loan and ending on the date one, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice, or such other period that is twelve months or less requested by the Borrower and consented to by all the 2021 Other Term B-1 Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Lenders, the 2022 Term B Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Lenders, as applicable, and the Administrative Agent (in the case of each requested Interest Period, subject to availability); provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Term SOFR Loan, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period pertaining to a Term SOFR Loan 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 end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date for the Class of Loans of which such Term SOFR Loan is a part.
“Internal Business Restructuring” means that certain ongoing internal business restructuring described to the Joint Lead Arrangers (i) prior to the Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date and (ii) from time to time thereafter (with respect to this clause (ii), to the extent such further internal business restructuring is reasonable to undertake to accomplish the type of internal business restructuring described to the Joint Lead Arrangers prior to the Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date).
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“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, (x) intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and (y) accounts receivable, credit and debit card receivables, trade credit, advances to customers and distributors, commission, travel and similar advances to employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors and consultants, in each case made in the ordinary course of business) or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person.
The amount, as of any date of determination, of (a) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment (to the extent any such payment to be deducted does not exceed the remaining principal amount of such Investment), but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (b) any Investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer, (c) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Equity Interests or other non-cash property by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the fair market value (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer) of such Equity Interests or other property as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a return of capital of, or dividends or other distributions in respect of, such Investment (to the extent such payments do not exceed, in the aggregate, the original amount of such Investment), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment, and (d) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), plus (i) the cost of all additions thereto and minus (ii) the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, and of any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest, dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (to the extent the amounts referred to in clause (ii) do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment.
For purposes of Section 7.02, if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer. In addition, “Investments” shall also include Guarantees for the benefit of Business Successors, and, for the purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any such Investment in respect of any such Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.
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“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower.
“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.14.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Joint Bookrunners” means Bank of America, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Natixis, New York Branch, and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., each in its capacity as a joint bookrunner under this Agreement.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” means Bank of America, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Natixis, New York Branch, and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger under this Agreement.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 11.19.
“Junior Financing” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(a).
“Junior Financing Documentation” means any documentation governing any Junior Financing.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any Other Term Loan, any Other Term Commitment, any Other Revolving Credit Loan or any Other Revolving Credit Commitment, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed on the applicable Required Reimbursement Date or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means, as the context may require, any or each of (i) Bank of America, (ii) PNC Bank, National Association, (iii) ING Capital LLC, (iv) the Lead Arranger L/C Issuers and (v) any other Lender that becomes an L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03(k) or 11.07(j), in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder; provided that none of Goldman Sachs Bank USA or any of its Affiliates shall be required to issue any commercial Letters of Credit hereunder.
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“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“L/C Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $150,000,000 and (b) the aggregate Dollar Amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The L/C Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Lead Arranger L/C Issuers” means (i) Goldman Sachs Bank USA, (ii) JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., (iii) Mizuho Bank, Ltd., (iv) Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., (v) The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and (vi) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and any of their respective Affiliates.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context may require, includes an L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “Lender”.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means (i) any letter of credit issued hereunder and (ii) any letter of credit deemed to be a letter of credit hereunder pursuant to Section 2.03(m). A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the relevant L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the latest scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for any Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed a Lien.
“Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, (ii) any remaining aggregate amount committed and available to be drawn (taking into account any conditions precedent to any drawing and/or applicable restrictions) by Borrower in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility and (iii) any remaining aggregate amount committed and available to be drawn by Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries (taking into account all borrowing base limitations, conditions precedent to any drawing and/or other restrictions) under all credit facilities of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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“Loan” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, (iii) the Notes, (iv) the Guaranty, (v) the Collateral Documents, (vi) each Letter of Credit Application and (vii) on and after the execution and delivery thereof, each Intercreditor Agreement, and any amendments to, and/or amendments and restatements of, any of the foregoing.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, (i) the Borrower, (ii) Holdings and (iii) each other Person that is required to become a Guarantor under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
“Majority Lenders” of any Class, means those non-Defaulting Lenders that would constitute the Required Lenders under, and as defined in, this Agreement if all outstanding Obligations of the other Classes under this Agreement were repaid in full and all Commitments with respect thereto were terminated.
“Management Stockholders” means the members of management of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries who are investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof.
“Mandatory Cost” means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01D.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract.”
“Material Adverse Effect” means a circumstance or condition affecting the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would materially adversely affect (a) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their respective obligations under any Loan Document to which any of the Loan Parties is a party or (b) the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under any Loan Document.
“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the Total Assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Material Foreign Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the Total Assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Material Real Property” means any fee-owned parcel of real property (including fixtures) located in the United States owned by any Loan Party with a Fair Market Value in excess of $20,000,000 (on the Closing Date or at time of acquisition or designation in the case of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary and becomes a Loan Party); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Headquarters will not constitute a Material Real Property for so long as any Existing 2016 Notes or the Headquarters Financing (or any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof) remains outstanding.
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“Material Subsidiary” means any Material Domestic Subsidiary or any Material Foreign Subsidiary.
“Material Travel Event Disruption” means, in any given calendar month, a decrease of 10% or more in the number of “domestic revenue passenger enplanements” (determined by reference to the monthly “Air Traffic Statistics” published by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics) occurs as a result of or in connection with a Travel Event as compared to the number of “domestic revenue passenger enplanements” (determined by reference to the monthly “Air Traffic Statistics” published by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics) occurring in the corresponding month during the prior year or, if a Material Travel Event Disruption existed during such month, the most recent corresponding month in which no Material Travel Event Disruption occurred/existed.
“Material Travel Event Disruption Period” means the period from and after the last date of the quarter in which a Material Travel Event Disruption occurs until the last date of the second succeeding quarter (unless during such Material Travel Event Disruption Period a separate and distinct Material Travel Event Disruption occurs, in which case a new Material Travel Event Disruption Period shall run from and after the last date of the quarter in which such subsequent Material Travel Event Disruption occurred until the last date of the second succeeding quarter).
“Maturity Date” means the Term Maturity Date or the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, as the context may require.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 11.10.
“Minority Investment” means any Person other than a Subsidiary in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns any Equity Interests.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgages” means collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds, hypothecations and mortgages made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Administrative agent on behalf of the Lenders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and any other mortgages executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 and 6.12.
“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning specified in Section 6.12(b)(ii).
“Mortgaged Properties” has the meaning specified in paragraph (f) of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the period since December 31, 2001, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
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(a) with respect to the Disposition of any asset by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Casualty Event, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (including any cash and 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 and, with respect to any Casualty Event, any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event actually received by or paid to or for the account of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by the asset subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event and that is required to be repaid in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (B) the out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees) actually incurred by Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event, (C) taxes or distributions made pursuant to Section 7.06(g)(i) paid or estimated to be payable in connection therewith (including withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation of any such Net Cash Proceeds), (D) in the case of any Disposition or Casualty Event by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (D)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof, and (E) any reserve for adjustment in respect of (x) the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and (y) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction, it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include (i) any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the Disposition of any non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any such Disposition and (ii) the amount of any reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any reserve described in this clause (E) above; provided that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $10,000,000, (y) no such net cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a) in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $25,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a)) and (z) net cash proceeds from Dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 7.05(j) shall not constitute Net Cash Proceeds; and
(b) with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Permitted Equity Issuance by the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash received in connection with such incurrence or issuance over (ii) (x) withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation of any cash received by a Foreign Subsidiary in connection with such incurrence or issuance and (y) the investment banking fees, underwriting discounts, commissions, costs and other out-of-pocket expenses and other customary expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such incurrence or issuance and (ii) with respect to any Permitted Equity Issuance by any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, the amount of cash from such Permitted Equity Issuance contributed to the capital of the Borrower.
“Ninth Term Loan Amendment” means that certain Second Term Loan B Extension Amendment and Ninth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2022 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
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“Ninth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Ninth Term Loan Amendment.
“Non-Cash Charges” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(d). “Non-Defaulting Lender” means a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Extended Incremental Term A Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding Non-Extended Incremental Term A Loans.
“Non-Extended Incremental Term A Loans” means the Existing Incremental Term A Loans (as defined in the First Term A Loan Extension Amendment) the scheduled maturity date of which has not been extended pursuant to the First Term A Loan Extension Amendment.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Non-Loan Party” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party.
“Non-Loan Party Total Assets” means the total assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries and other Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties, as determined in accordance with GAAP in good faith by a Responsible Officer, without intercompany eliminations.
“Note” means a Term B Note or a Revolving Credit Note, as the context may require.
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to any amount of Net Cash Proceeds of any transaction or event that is proposed to be applied to a particular use or transaction, that such amount (a) was not required to be applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b), and (b) has not previously been (and is not simultaneously being) applied to anything other than that such particular use or transaction.
“Notice of Intent to Cure” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02(a).
“November 2023 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture dated as of November 9, 2015, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance herewith.
“November 2023 Secured Notes” means the Borrower’s 5.250% senior secured notes due November 2023, issued pursuant to the November 2023 Notes Indenture.
“Obligations” means all (x) advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, 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 that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, (y) obligations arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement, and (z) Cash Management Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Loan Documents) include (a) the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, Attorney Costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) the obligations of any Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party in accordance with the terms of any Loan Document.
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“OFAC” means the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“OFAC Regulations” means the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended from time to time, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended from time to time) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.
“OID” means original issue discount.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Original Closing Date” means March 30, 2007.
“Original Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of March 30, 2007, as amended and restated as of February 28, 2012 and as further amended as of May 9, 2012, June 11, 2012 and August 15, 2012, among the Borrower, Holdings, the lenders form time to time party thereto and Deutsche Bank, as administrative agent, swingline lender and L/C issuer.
“Original Transaction” means, collectively, (a) the equity contribution to Sovereign Holdings, Inc., or one or more direct or indirect holding company parents thereof, and to Sovereign Merger Sub, Inc., in connection with the merger of Sovereign Merger Sub, Inc., with and into Holdings, (b) the merger of Sovereign Merger Sub, Inc., with and into Holdings, (c) the funding of loans on the Original Closing Date, (d) the payment of a dividend to Holdings and the repayment of an intercompany loan from Holdings to the Borrower with the proceeds of the loans funded on the Original Closing Date, (e) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (f) the payment of the fees and expense incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Other Revolving Credit Commitments” means one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder or extended Revolving Credit Commitments that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Other Revolving Credit Loans” means the Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Other Revolving Credit Commitment.
“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(h).
“Other Term Commitments” means one or more Classes of Term Commitments hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Other Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
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“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Term Loans of any Class, Revolving Credit Loans of any Class and Swing Line Loans on any date, the Dollar Amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans of any Class, Revolving Credit Loans (including any refinancing of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any related L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes thereto as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under related Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under related Letters of Credit or related L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under related Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the Federal Funds Rate, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of the Administrative Agent in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(e).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(e).
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time since December 31, 2001.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(j).
“Permitted Equity Issuance” means any sale or issuance of any Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder.
“Permitted First Lien Debt” shall mean (A) all Obligations and (B) (i) all Additional Notes incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(s) which are (and at the time of incurrence are) secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without giving regard to control of remedies) with the Obligations, (ii) all Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is (and at the time of incurrence is) secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations and (iii) all Permitted Refinancings of Indebtedness described in preceding clauses (i), and (ii) (and this clause (iii)) which are secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness described above in this clause (B), the same shall constitute Permitted First Lien Debt only if (1) such Indebtedness is (x) not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral and (y) not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Guarantors, (2) the security agreements and guarantees relating to such Indebtedness have terms substantially the same as the terms of the Collateral Documents and the Guaranty are to the Secured Parties (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (3) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to an applicable Intercreditor Agreement (as described in clause (a) of the definition thereof); provided further that if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted First Lien Debt as described in clause (B) above incurred by the Borrower, then the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered an applicable Intercreditor Agreement.
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Permitted First Lien Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor so long as subject to the Intercreditor Agreement referenced above.
“Permitted Holders” means each of (i) the Sponsor Group and (ii) the Management Stockholders.
“Permitted Junior Priority Debt” shall mean (i) all Additional Notes incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(s) which are (and at the time of incurrence are) secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a junior and subordinated lien-priority basis with the Obligations, (ii) all Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is (and at the time of incurrence is) secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a junior and subordinated lien-priority basis with the Obligations, (iii) all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(v) that is (and at the time of incurrence is) secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a junior and subordinated lien-priority basis with the Obligations and (iv) all Permitted Refinancings of Indebtedness described in preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) (and this clause (iv)) or of theretofore outstanding Permitted First Lien Debt pursuant to Sections 7.03(s) and/or 7.03(aa), in each case which are secured by all or any portion of the Collateral, in all cases on a junior and subordinated lien-priority basis with the Obligations; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness described above, same shall constitute Permitted Junior Priority Debt only if (1) such Indebtedness is (x) not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral and (y) is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Guarantors, (2) the security agreements and guarantees relating to such Indebtedness have terms not more favorable to the respective creditors than the terms of the Collateral Documents and the Guaranty are to the Secured Parties (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (3) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to an applicable Intercreditor Agreement (as described in clause (b) of the definition thereof); provided further, that if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted Junior Priority Debt as described above incurred by the Borrower, then the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered an applicable Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted Junior Priority Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor so long as subject to the Intercreditor Agreement referenced above.
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“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized and undrawn letters of credit thereunder, (b) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(b), (e) and (y), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (except by virtue of amortization or prepayment of such Indebtedness prior to the time of incurrence of such Permitted Refinancing), (c) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(e), at the time thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (d) if such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(b), Qualified Holding Company Debt or Junior Financing, (i) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (ii) the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral but excluding as to subordination, interest rate and redemption premium) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (iii) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended and not Guaranteed by any Person other than any Person that has guaranteed the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended.
“Permitted Subordinated Notes” means subordinated notes issued by the Borrower or a Guarantor, provided that (a) the terms of such notes provide for customary subordination of such notes to the Obligations and do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption, sinking fund obligation or other payment prior to the Latest Maturity Date then in effect, other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or casualty or condemnation event and customary acceleration rights upon an event of default and (b) the covenants, events of default, guarantees and other terms for such notes (provided that such notes shall have interest rates and redemption premiums determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower to be market rates and premiums at the time of issuance of such notes), taken as a whole, are determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower to be market terms on the date of issuance and in any event are not more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or materially less favorable to the Lenders, than the terms of the Loan Documents and do not require the maintenance or achievement of any financial performance standards other than as a condition to taking specified actions, provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees).
“Permitted Unsecured Debt” shall mean (i) all Additional Notes incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(s) which are (and of the time of incurrence are) unsecured, (ii) all Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(aa)(i) which is (and at the time of incurrence is) unsecured, (iii) all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(v) that is (and of the time of incurrence is) unsecured, and (iv) all Permitted Refinancings of Indebtedness described in preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) (and this clause (iv)) or of theretofore outstanding Permitted First Lien Debt, or Permitted Junior Priority Debt pursuant to Sections 7.03(s), 7.03(v) and/or 7.03(aa), in each case which are unsecured; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness described above, same may be guaranteed on an unsecured basis by all or any of the Guarantors.
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“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), other than a Foreign Plan, established by Holdings, the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“Planned Expenditures” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow”.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Pledged Equity” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Post-Transaction Period” means, with respect to any Specified Transaction, the period beginning on the date such Specified Transaction is consummated and ending on the last day of the sixth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Specified Transaction is consummated.
“Previously Identified Hospitality Investments” means investments in and contributions into a joint venture entity proposed to be formed with a third party strategic hotelier partner previously identified to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the effective date of the First Term A Loan Extension Amendment, to which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary will contribute intellectual property in exchange for a majority membership interest in such entity, and to which such hotelier will contribute capital in exchange for a minority membership interest in such entity, and including any license payments from an ongoing licensing agreement with the joint venture entity based upon ordinary course business operations and revenue transactions and required future funding obligations into the joint venture entity that are expected to be completed based on a pro rata share of such additional funding amounts and capital requirements.
“Principal Domestic Property” has the meaning specified in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.
“Principal L/C Issuer” means any L/C Issuer that has issued Letters of Credit under either Revolving Credit Facility having an aggregate Outstanding Amount in excess of $10,000,000.
“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any Test Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings, the pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of actions taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) prior to or during such Post-Transaction Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (i) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $50,000,000 and (ii) so long as such actions are taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) prior to or during such Post-Transaction Period , as applicable, the cost savings or such additional costs related to such actions, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, it may be assumed that such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided further that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
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“Pro Forma Basis” and “Pro Forma Effect” mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of Holdings or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction”, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided that the Interest on such Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, an Eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be determined to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or if none, then based upon such option rate chosen as the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary may designate.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender at any time a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments of such Lender under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time; provided that if such Commitments have been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Projections” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.01(c).
“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Qualified Holding Company Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation prior to the final maturity of the Term Loans (as in effect on the Closing Date) (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) the covenants, events of default, guarantees and other terms of which (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those in the Credit Agreement; provided that a certificate of an Responsible Officer of the Borrower is delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) that does not require any payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the date that is five years from the date of the issuance or incurrence thereof and (ii) the date that is ninety one days after the final maturity of the Term Loans (as in effect on the Closing Date) (it being understood that this clause (c) shall not prohibit Indebtedness the terms of which permit the issuer thereof to elect, at its option, to make payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the date determined in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (c)) and (d) that is not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
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“Qualified Securitization Financing” means any Securitization Financing of a Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) the board of directors of the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Securitization Subsidiary, (b) all sales and/or contributions of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof, including any Standard Securitization Undertakings, shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower). The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness under this Agreement prior to engaging in any Securitization Financing shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Qualifying IPO” means the issuance by Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).
“Refinanced Debt” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”.
“Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower executed by each of (a) the Borrower and Holdings, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) each Additional Lender and Lender that agrees to provide any portion of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness being incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.15.
“Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(d).
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Rejection Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
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“Related Indemnified Person” means, with respect to an Indemnitee, (i) any controlling person or controlled affiliate of such Indemnitee, (ii) the respective directors, officers, or employees of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates and (iii) the respective agents of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates, in the case of this clause (iii), acting at the instructions of such Indemnitee, controlling person or such controlled affiliate; provided that each reference to a controlled affiliate or controlling person in this sentence pertains to a controlled affiliate or controlling person involved in the negotiation of this Agreement.
“Relevant Conditions” shall mean (x) the applicable outstanding indebtedness is less than or equal to $50,000,000 and (y) the Borrower has sufficient Liquidity to repay the amount referred to in clause (x) above and, after giving effect to such repayment, shall be in compliance with Section 8.01(d) if then in effect (and tested on such applicable date).
“Reportable Event” means with respect to any Plan any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, as to which, except for an event described in subsections .21, .24, and .26 of such regulations, the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.
“Repricing Event” means any prepayment or refinancing of all or a portion of the Term B Loans with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any long-term bank debt financing or that is marketed or syndicated to banks and other institutional investors incurred for the primary purpose of reducing the Effective Yield to less than the Effective Yield of the Term B Loans including without limitation, as may be effected through any amendment to this Agreement relating to the interest rate for, or Effective Yield of, the Term B Loans, but which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include any prepayment or refinancing in connection with a Change of Control or any refinancing that involves an upsizing in connection with an acquisition. Any such determination by the Administrative Agent as contemplated by the preceding sentence shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and all Lenders holding such Term Loans, absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall not have any liability to any Person with respect to such determination.
“Repricing Premium” means, in connection with a Repricing Event, a premium (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the applicable Term B Loans to be prepaid or subject to the applicable amendment, as the case may be) equal to the amount set forth below:
(a) 1.0% on or prior to the six month anniversary of the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date; and
(b) 0% after such date described in clause (a) above.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term Loans of a given Class or Revolving Credit Loans of a given Class, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“Required Incremental Term A Loan Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the Incremental Term A Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Incremental Term A Loans; provided that the Incremental Term A Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Incremental Term A Loan Lenders.
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“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate Dollar Amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Term Commitments and (c) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused Term Commitment of, unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Required Pro Rata Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) aggregate outstanding principal amount of Incremental Term A Loans and (b) the Dollar Amount of (I) the Revolving Credit Commitments or (II) after termination of Revolving Credit Commitments, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure; provided that Loans and Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Pro Rata Lenders.
“Required Reimbursement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the Dollar Amount of (a) the Revolving Credit Commitments or (b) after the termination of Revolving Credit Commitments, the Revolving Credit Exposure; provided that the Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for the purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer or other similar officer or Person performing similar functions of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof).
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Retained Declined Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, (i) its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Credit Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01A under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, (ii) its Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, (iii) its Other Revolving Credit Commitment and (iv) its Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, in each case, as the context may require.
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The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $400,000,000 on the Third Refinancing Amendment Effective Date.
“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(i).
“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c)(i).
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and its Pro Rata Share of the L/C Obligations and Swing Line Obligations at such time.
“Revolving Credit Extension Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate Dollar Amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b) and shall include Incremental Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Credit Loans, Existing Revolving Credit Loans and Extended Revolving Credit Loans.
“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means (I) the earliest of (i) if as of November 23, 2023 (or, in the case of any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of the Term B Loans, the date occurring 91 days prior to the maturity date thereof), any Term B Loans (or any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (including any successive permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension) thereof) remain outstanding with a maturity date prior to August 20, 2024, and the Relevant Conditions are not satisfied, November 23, 2023, (ii) if as of January 14, 2023 (or, in the case of any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of the April 2023 Secured Notes, the date occurring 91 days prior to the maturity date thereof), the April 2023 Secured Notes (or any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (including any successive permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension) thereof) remain outstanding with a maturity date prior to August 20, 2024, and the Relevant Conditions are not satisfied, January 14, 2023 (iii) if as of August 16, 2023 (or, in the case of any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of the November 2023 Secured Notes, the date occurring 91 days prior to the maturity date thereof), the November 2023 Secured Notes (or any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (including any successive permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension) thereof) remain outstanding with a maturity date prior to August 20, 2024, and the Relevant Conditions are not satisfied, August 16, 2023 and (iv) February 22, 2024 (or, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender that has extended its Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 2.16, the extended maturity date, set forth in the Revolving Credit Extension Request delivered by the Borrower and such Revolving Credit Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.16) and (II) with respect to each Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) (other than the Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) established pursuant to the Third Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, which shall have the maturity date set forth in clause (I) of this definition), the maturity date set forth in the relevant amendment documents, as the context may require.
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“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender.
“Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of July 18, 2016, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Sanction(s)” means any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”).
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“Scheduled Dispositions” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05(j).
“Scheduled Unavailability Date”, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(2)(b)(ii).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Second Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“Second Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Second Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 23, 2017, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract permitted under Section 7.03(f) that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.
“Secured Obligation” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, each Hedge Bank, each Cash Management Bank, the Supplemental Administrative Agent and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 10.01(c).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
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“Securitization Assets” means the accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams and other rights to payment subject to a Qualified Securitization Financing and the proceeds thereof.
“Securitization Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Securitization Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Securitization Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such Securitization Assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Securitization Assets, proceeds of such Securitization Assets and other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Securitization Assets.
“Securitization Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a Standard Securitization Undertaking, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
“Securitization Subsidiary” means a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower transfers Securitization Assets and related assets) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contingent and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person (as provided below) as a Securitization Subsidiary and (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower and (c) to which none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a certified copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person giving effect to such designation and a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
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“Security Agreement” means, collectively, the Pledge and Security Agreement executed by the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, together with each other security agreement supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.
“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Senior Representative” means, with respect to any series of Permitted First Lien Debt or Permitted Junior Priority Debt or any Permitted Refinancing thereof, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.
“Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien on any asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 on assets not constituting Collateral) that is not expressly subordinated to the Liens granted under the Collateral Documents to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in all respects.
“Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period.
“Senior Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien on any asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 on assets not constituting Collateral).
“Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period.
“Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2021 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Sixth Term Loan Amendment” means that certain Sixth Term A Loan Refinancing and Incremental Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2020 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Sixth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment.
“SOFR” means, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator).
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“SOFR Adjustment” means, (i) with respect to the 2022 Term B Loans and the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, 0.10% (10.0 basis points) for any Interest Period, (ii) with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, (a) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Interest Period of one-month’s duration, (b) 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Interest Period of three-months’ duration, (c) 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Interest Period of six-months’ duration, and (d) 0.71513% (71.513 basis points) for an Interest Period of twelve-months’ duration, (iii) with respect to the 2024 Term B-1 Loans and the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, 0.10% (10.0 basis points) for any Interest Period and (iv) with respect to the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, 0.10% (10.0 basis points) for any Interest Period.
“Sold Entity or Business” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the assets of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) the capital of such Person is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on such date of determination and (e) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given to that term and similar terms under Laws applicable to such Person relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances, transactions at an undervalue, unfair preferences or equivalent concepts. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(h).
“Specified Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the Total Assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Specified Transaction” means any Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, Incremental Term Loan, Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or any other event that by the terms of this Agreement requires such test to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis” or after giving “Pro Forma Effect”; provided that a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, for purposes of this “Specified Transaction” definition, shall be deemed to be fully drawn.
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“Sponsor Group” means Texas Pacific Group and Silver Lake Partners and their respective Affiliates and Persons managed by any of them or any of their respective Affiliates, but not including, however, any of their respective portfolio companies.
“Sponsor Management Agreement” means the management agreement between certain of the management companies associated with the Sponsor Group or their advisors and the Borrower.
“Sponsor Termination Fees” means the one-time payment under the Sponsor Management Agreement of a termination fee to one or more of the Sponsor Group and their Affiliates in the event of either a Change of Control or the completion of a Qualifying IPO.
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in a Securitization Financing.
“Sterling” and “£” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, charitable foundations) of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Holdings.
“Successor Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 7.04(d).
“Supplemental Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 10.13 and “Supplemental Administrative Agents” shall have the corresponding meaning.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
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“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Facility” means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or such other form as approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Swing Line Obligations” means, at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $75,000,000 and (b) the aggregate Dollar Amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Syndication Agent” means Bank of America, as Syndication Agent under this Agreement.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Tenth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2025, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, date as of August 23, 2017, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Term A Loans” shall mean term loans that have (x) a final stated maturity date that is no earlier than the maturity date applicable to Extended Incremental Term A Loans then outstanding and (y) annual scheduled amortization in an amount greater than or equal to five percent of the aggregate original principal amount of such term loans.
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“Term B Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a)(i).
“Term B Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Term B Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term B Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i).
“Term B Commitment” means as to each Term B Lender, its obligation to make a Term B Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i) in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Term B Lender’s 2018 Other Term B Commitment (as such term is defined in the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term B Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate Term B Commitments of all Term B Lenders shall be $1,881,047,500 on the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date.
“Term B Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term B Commitment or a Term B Loan at such time.
“Term B Maturity Date” means February 22, 2024 (or, with respect to any Term Lender that has extended the maturity date of its Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.16, the extended maturity date set forth in the applicable Term Extension Request delivered by the Borrower and such Term B Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.16).
“Term B Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Term B Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term B Lender resulting from the Term B Loans made by such Term B Lender.
“Term Borrowing” means (i) a Term B Borrowing, (ii) a 2021 Other Term B-1 Borrowing, (iii ) a 2021 Other Term B-2 Borrowing, (iv) a 2022 Term B Loan Borrowing, (v) a 2022 Term B-2 Loan Borrowing, (vi ) a 2024 Term B-1 Loan Borrowing, (vii) a 2024 Term B-2 Loan Borrowing, (vii) a 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Borrowing and (ix) the making of an Incremental Term Loan by an Additional Term Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14 and the applicable Incremental Term Facility Amendment, as the context may require.
“Term Commitment” means (i) a Term B Commitment, (ii) Term Commitment Increase, (iii) an Other Term Commitment (including the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Commitment, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Commitment and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Commitment) and (iv) an Incremental Term Commitment, in each case, as the context may require.
“Term Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(ii).
“Term Extension Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Commitment or a Term Loan at such time.
“Term Loans” means a Term B Loan, a 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan, a 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan, a 2022 Term B Loan, a 2022 Term B-2 Loan, a 2024 Term B-1 Loan, a 2024 Term B-2 Loan, a 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan, an Incremental Term A Loan, an Incremental Term Loan, an Other Term Loan and an Extended Term Loan, as the context may require; provided, however, that the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2024 Term B-2 Loans shall not be considered Term Loans for purposes of any mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i), (ii), (iii) and (v).
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“Term Maturity Date” means the Term B Maturity Date and the maturity date of any other Class of Term Loan as set forth in the applicable amendment documentation, as the context may require.
“Term SOFR” means, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans:
(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such Interest Period; and
(b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate with a term of one month commencing that day;
provided that if the Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing provisions (a) or (b) of this definition would otherwise be less than 0.50%, the Term SOFR shall be deemed 0.50% for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Loan” means, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans , the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
“Test Period” in effect at any time shall mean the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b); provided that, prior to the first date that financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended September 30, 2012. A Test Period may be designated by reference to the last day thereof (i.e., the “March 31, 2013 Test Period” refers to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended March 31, 2013), and a Test Period shall be deemed to end on the last day thereof.
“Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Third Incremental Term Facility Amendment.
“Third Incremental Term Facility Amendment” means that certain Third Incremental Term Facility Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2017, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
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“Third Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Third Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“Third Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Third Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 27, 2020, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Third Term Loan Extension Amendment” means that certain Third Term Loan B Extension Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2024 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Third Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment.
“Threshold Amount” means $65,000,000.
“Total Assets” means the total assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of Holdings delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or, for the period prior to the time any such statements are so delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), a Dollar Amount of $5,446,015,000.
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Transaction” means, collectively, (a) the funding of the Term Loans on the Closing Date, (b) the repayment on the Closing Date of all obligations due or outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement, (c) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (d) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Travel Event” means the occurrence of any (i) act of terrorism, (ii) war, combat or similar hostilities, (iii) epidemic or other public health threat, (iv) significant travel safety incident or (v) national or international calamity, crisis or emergency that, in any such case, singly or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, adversely affects or disrupts the travel industry.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan denominated in Dollars, its character as a Base Rate Loan, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, a Term SOFR Loan.
“UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Unaudited Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of September 30, 2012, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for Holdings for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012.
“Unfunded Current Liability” of any Pension Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the value of the Accumulated Benefit Obligation under the Pension Plan exceeds the fair market value of plan assets, as such terms are defined and determined in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 87.
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“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1.01B, (ii) each Securitization Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.13 subsequent to the date hereof and (iv) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“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 Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended or modified from time to time.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any Business Day, except any Business Day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.
“U.S. Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(e).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“wholly owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Withdrawal Liability” means the liability of Holdings, the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, 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.
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SECTION 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) (i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(ii) References in this agreement to an Exhibit, Schedule, Article, Section, clause or sub-clause refer (A) to the appropriate Exhibit or Schedule to, or Article, Section, clause or sub-clause in this Agreement or (B) to the extent such references are not present in this Agreement, to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.
(iii) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(v) Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.
(vi) The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”
(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) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(e) For purposes of determining compliance with any Section of Article VII, in the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness, Disposition, Restricted Payment, Affiliate transaction, Contractual Obligation, or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of transactions permitted pursuant to any clause of such Sections, such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time, shall be permitted under one or more of such clauses as determined by the Borrower in its sole discretion at such time.
SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms. (a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
(c) 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 any election under Financial Accounting Standards Accounting Standards Codification No. 825, “Financial Instruments,” or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein.
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SECTION 1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
SECTION 1.05 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
SECTION 1.06 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York time (daylight savings or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.07 Timing of Payment or Performance. 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 that is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 1.08 Currency Equivalents Generally.
(a) Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Articles II, X and XI or as set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount to be determined by the Administrative Agent or the relevant L/C Issuer, as applicable; provided that the determination of any Dollar Amount shall be made in accordance with Section 2.17. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03 with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.08 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 7.02, 7.05 and 7.06, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating net income in Holdings’ annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to apply to the determination of any amount of Indebtedness.
SECTION 1.09 Letters of Credit. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the amount of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided however that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any other document, agreement or instrument entered into by any L/C Issuer and the Borrower or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the amount of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
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SECTION 1.10 Interest Rates. With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, the Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to any reference rate referred to herein or with respect to any rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the selection of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment) that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any such rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions or other activities that affect any reference rate referred to herein, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or any related spread or other adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any reference rate referred to herein or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing), in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or other action or omission related to or affecting the selection, determination, or calculation of any rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
ARTICLE II
The Commitments and Credit Extensions
SECTION 2.01 The Loans.
(a) The Term Borrowings.
(i) Subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions set forth in the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment, each Term B Lender severally agrees to make to the Borrower a single loan denominated in Dollars in a Dollar Amount equal to such Term B Lender’s Term B Commitment on the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date (each such term loan, an “Term B Loan” and, collectively, the “Term B Loans”).
(ii) [Reserved].
(iii) Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Term Loans, other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans and the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans and, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, may be Base Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, each as further provided herein.
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(b) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans denominated in Dollars or any Alternative Currency to the Borrower as elected by it pursuant to Section 2.02 (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) from time to time, on any Business Day on and after the Third Refinancing Amendment Effective Date until the Maturity Date, in an aggregate Dollar Amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b). Subject to Section 2.02(c), Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein; provided that Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Alternative Currency must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
SECTION 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) Each Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing (other than Swing Line Borrowings with respect to which this Section 2.02 shall not apply) each conversion of Loans of a given Class from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone, or (B) a Committed Loan Notice; provided that any telephone notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Committed Loan Notice. With respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, in each case, denominated in Dollars, Sterling, Euros and Canadian Dollars, (ii) four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, in each case, denominated in Australian Dollars and Yen, and (iii) one (1) Business Day before the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or of any conversion of Term SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans, in each case, denominated in Dollars and (ii) one (1) Business Day before the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Term SOFR Loans having an Interest Period other than one, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 11:00 a.m., three (3) Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders and the Administrative Agent. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, as applicable, shall be in a principal Dollar Amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of the Dollar Amount of $500,000 in excess thereof in the case of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify:
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(i) (a) with respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, the Class of the Borrowing requested and whether the Borrower is requesting the making of new Loans of the respective Class, a conversion of Loans (of a given Class) from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (b) with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, the Class of the Borrowing requested and whether the Borrower is requesting the making of new Loans of the respective Class, a conversion of Loans (of a given Class) from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Term SOFR Loans,
(ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day),
(iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued,
(iv) the currency in which the Loans to be borrowed are to be denominated; provided that the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans shall only be available in Dollars,
(v) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, and
(vi) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto.
With respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, if, with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars, the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period (or fails to give a timely notice requesting a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency), it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. If no currency is specified, the requested Borrowing shall be in Dollars.
With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, if the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Term SOFR Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Term SOFR Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
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(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Class of Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than 1:00 p.m. (London time) in the case of any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and third, to the Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require that no Loans may be converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans. Furthermore, except as otherwise provided herein and with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, a Term SOFR Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Term SOFR Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, (u) the Administrative Agent or the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (u) the Administrative Agent or the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (v) the Administrative Agent or the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2022 Term B Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (w) the Administrative Agent or the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2022 Term B-2 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (x) the Administrative Agent or the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2024 Term B-1 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (y) the Administrative Agent or the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2024 Term B-2 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans and (z) the Administrative Agent or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, as applicable, upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate or Term SOFR, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in the Administrative Agent’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans of a given Class from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans of a given Class as the same Type, there shall not be more than fifteen (15) Interest Periods in effect unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided that after the establishment of any new Class of Term Loans as permitted under this Agreement, the number of Interest Periods otherwise permitted by this Section 2.02(e) shall increase by three (3) for each applicable Class so established.
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(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
(g) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with paragraph (b) above, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent shall have so made funds available, then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion available to the Administrative Agent, each of such Lender and the Borrower severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.02(g) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon accruing from the date on which the Administrative Agent made the funds available to the Borrower at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement, and the Borrower’s obligation to repay the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount pursuant to this Section 2.02(g) shall cease.
(h) With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, with respect to SOFR and Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right 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; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
SECTION 2.03 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitments.
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(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) (x) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, in the case of any L/C Issuer other than Deutsche Bank, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or any Alternative Currency, Singapore Dollars, HK Dollars, Danish Kroner or Norwegian Kroner, or any other freely tradable foreign currency reasonably requested by the Borrower from time to time and in which an L/C Issuer may, in accordance with its policies and procedures in effect at such time, issue Letters of Credit, for the account of the Borrower (provided that any Letter of Credit may be for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Business Successor (so long as the Borrower is the applicant or co-applicant therefor and subject to compliance with Section 7.02)) and (y) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date (except in the case of Existing Letters of Credit, from the Closing Date until the date that is forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date), to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b) (provided that no such amendment or renewal of an Existing Letter of Credit may increase the stated amount thereof), and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.03 provided that L/C Issuers shall not be obligated to make L/C Credit Extensions with respect to Letters of Credit, and Lenders shall not be obligated to participate in Letters of Credit if as of the date of the applicable L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender would exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Sublimit, or (z) the Letter of Credit giving rise to such L/C Credit Extension has a stated expiry date after any Maturity Date with respect to any Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect and the aggregate stated amount of all Letters of Credit having stated expiry dates after such Maturity Date would exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments which will remain in effect after such Maturity Date; provided, further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, (i) Bank of America, as L/C Issuer (or any Affiliate thereof), shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit with the face amount in the aggregate of up to but not exceeding $50,000,000, (ii) PNC Bank, National Association, as an L/C Issuer (or any Affiliate thereof), shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit with the face amount in the aggregate of up to but not exceeding $15,000,000, (iii) ING Capital LLC, as an L/C Issuer (or any Affiliate thereof), shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit with the face amount in the aggregate of up to but not exceeding $10,000,000, (iv) each of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., as an L/C Issuer (or any Affiliate thereof), shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit with the face amount in the aggregate of up to but not exceeding $7,500,000 and (v) each of the other Lead Arranger L/C Issuers shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit with the face amount in the aggregate of up to but not exceeding $15,000,000. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Letters of Credit shall be issued on “sight-basis” only which, for the avoidance of doubt, means that any Letter of Credit shall be honored for payment by the relevant L/C Issuer at the time the Letter of Credit is presented for payment and not at a later date or time.
(ii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or direct that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder);
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(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit, (i) in the case of a standby Letter of Credit, would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal, and (ii) in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, would occur more than 180 days after the date of issuance or last renewal, in each case, unless otherwise agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent;
(C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the applicable Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless (x) all the Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date or (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations in respect of such requested Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to at least 101% of the Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations;
(D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate any Laws binding upon such L/C Issuer and/or the issuance of such Letters of Credit would violate any policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to Letters of Credit generally; or
(E) any Revolving Credit Lender, as applicable, is a Defaulting Lender at such time, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to the participation in Letters of Credit by such Defaulting Lender, including by cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the L/C Obligations.
(iii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to increase, extend or otherwise amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its increased, extended or amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed increase, extension or amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Renewal Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be; or, in each case, such later date and time as the relevant L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer: (a) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (b) the amount thereof; (c) the expiry date thereof; (d) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (e) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (f) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (g) the currency in which the requested Letter of Credit will be denominated; and (h) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request.
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(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Upon receipt by the relevant L/C Issuer of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (provided that any Letter of Credit may be for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Business Successor (so long as the Borrower is the applicant or co-applicant therefor and subject to compliance with Section 7.02)) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be. Immediately upon the issuance of (each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, acquire from the relevant L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer shall agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic renewal provisions (each, an “Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit must permit the relevant L/C Issuer to prevent any such renewal at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the relevant L/C Issuer for any such renewal. Once an Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit has been issued, the applicable Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the relevant L/C Issuer to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the applicable Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided that the relevant L/C Issuer shall not permit any such renewal if (A) the relevant L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender, as applicable, or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the relevant L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify promptly the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. No later than one Business Day following (x) the Business Day on which the Borrower shall have received notice of any payment by an L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit or (y) if the Borrower shall have received such notice later than 10:00 a.m. on any Business Day, the immediately following Business Day (each such date, a “Required Reimbursement Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount of such drawing in Dollars, together with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by such L/C Issuer, to the extent not reimbursed on the date of such payment of disbursement.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the date of any drawing on any Letter of Credit, a Default exists with respect to the Borrower under Section 9.01(f) or (g), the Required Reimbursement Date in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be the Business Day following such drawing without the requirement that any notice be delivered to the Borrower. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the Required Reimbursement Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the Dollar Amount thereof in the case of an Alternative Currency or any other currency other than Dollars) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or Base Rate Loans in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars), in each case to be disbursed on the Required Reimbursement Date in the Dollar Amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Appropriate Lenders and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender (including any such Lender acting as an L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office for payments in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of any Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Letter of Credit not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Credit Loan in Dollars in the form of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan (or Base Rate Loan in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars) to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the relevant L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Letter of Credit that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or Base Rate Loans in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars) because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the relevant L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse an L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that, each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans (but not to make any L/C Advances) pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice).
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No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the relevant L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(vii) If, at any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with this Section 2.03(c), the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(viii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
(d) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that any Loan Party may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the relevant L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
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(iv) any payment by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
(v) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations any Loan Party in respect of such Letter of Credit; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party.
provided that the foregoing shall not excuse any L/C Issuer from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by acts or omissions by such L/C Issuer constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof on the part of such L/C Issuer.
(e) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.03(d) or clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower that were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no L/C Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
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(f) Cash Collateral. If (i) any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, require the Borrower to Cash Collateralize its L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 9.02(a) or (ii) an Event of Default set forth under Section 9.01(f) occurs and is continuing, then the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to such Outstanding Amount determined as of the date of such Event of Default), and shall do so not later than 2:00 p.m. New York City time on (x) in the case of the immediately preceding clause (i), (1) the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice thereof, if such notice is received on such day prior to 12:00 Noon New York City time or (2) if clause (1) above does not apply, the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice and (y) in the case of the immediately preceding clause (ii), the Business Day on which an Event of Default set forth under Section 9.01(f) occurs or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding such day. For purposes hereof, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the relevant L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances in the respective currency or currencies in which the applicable L/C Obligations are denominated (“Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the relevant L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers and the Revolving Credit Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked accounts at the Administrative Agent and may be invested in readily available Cash Equivalents. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited and held in the deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent as aforesaid, an amount equal to the excess of (a) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent reasonably determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Law, to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer. To the extent the amount of any Cash Collateral exceeds the then Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the excess shall be refunded to the Borrower. To the extent any Event of Default giving rise to the requirement to Cash Collateralize any Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section 2.03(f) is cured or otherwise waived by the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, then so long as no other Event of Default has occurred and is then occurring and continuing, the amount of any Cash Collateral pledged to Cash Collateralize such Letter of Credit shall be refunded to the Borrower.
(g) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent (i) for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement equal to the Applicable Rate then in effect for the applicable Class or Classes of the respective Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments times the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not (1) such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit, if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit or (2) the conditions to drawing under such Letter of Credit can then be satisfied) less the fronting fee paid with respect to such Letter of Credit under Section 2.03(i) below.
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Such letter of credit fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such letter of credit fees shall be due and payable in Dollars on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on any relevant Maturity Date (for any applicable Revolving Credit Commitments then expiring) or the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers. The Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by it equal to 0.125% per annum of the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not (1)such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit, if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit or (2) the conditions to drawing under such Letter of Credit can then be satisfied); provided that in no event shall the annual amount of fronting fees payable with respect to any Letter of Credit be less than $500. Such fronting fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fees shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within ten (10) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.
(i) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.
(j) Addition of an L/C Issuer. A Revolving Credit Lender may become an additional L/C Issuer hereunder pursuant to a written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Credit Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders under the applicable Facility of any additional L/C Issuer under such Facility.
(k) Multiple Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments. If the Maturity Date in respect of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiration of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the Maturity Date shall not have occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.03(c)) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating Revolving Credit Commitments up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 2.03(f).
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(l) Existing Letters of Credit. The Borrower has provided to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers a list of letters of credit that were originally issued by Deutsche Bank pursuant to the Original Credit Agreement and which remain outstanding on the Closing Date (the “Existing Letters of Credit”) (and setting forth, with respect to each such letter of credit, (i) the name of the issuing lender, (ii) the letter of credit number, (iii) the name(s) of the account party or account parties, (iv) the stated amount, (v) the currency in which the letter of credit is denominated, (vi) the name of the beneficiary, (vii) the expiry date and (viii) whether such letter of credit constitutes a standby letter of credit or a commercial letter of credit). Each Existing Letter of Credit which remains outstanding on the Closing Date, including any extension or renewal thereof in accordance with Section 2.03(a)(i), shall constitute a Letter of Credit for all purposes of this Agreement and shall be deemed issued on the Closing Date for the account of the Borrower.
SECTION 2.04 Swing Line Loans.
(a) The Swing Line.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees to make loans in Dollars (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day (other than the Closing Date) until the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Revolving Credit Facility as of the date the Swing Line Loan is drawn, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that, (i) after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, the Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing Line Loans at a time when a Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender, unless the Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate the Swing Line Lender’s risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s participation in such Swing Line Loans, including by Cash Collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding amount of Swing Line Loans; provided, further that, the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Swing Line Loans shall only be denominated in Dollars. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(ii) If the Maturity Date shall have occurred in respect of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments at a time when another Class of Revolving Credit Commitments is in effect with a later Maturity Date, then on the earliest occurring Maturity Date all then outstanding Swing Line Loans shall be repaid in full on such date (and there shall be no adjustment to the participations in such Swing Line Loans as a result of the occurrence of such Maturity Date); provided, however, that if on the occurrence of such earliest Maturity Date (after giving effect to any repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and any reallocation of Letter of Credit participations as contemplated in Section 2.03(l)), there shall exist sufficient unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments so that the respective outstanding Swing Line Loans could be incurred pursuant the Revolving Credit Commitments that will remain in effect after the occurrence of such Maturity Date, then there shall be an automatic adjustment on such date of the participations in such Swing Line Loans and same shall be deemed to have been incurred solely pursuant to the relevant Revolving Credit Commitments that will remain in effect, and such Swing Line Loans shall not be so required to be repaid in full on such earliest Maturity Date.
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(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) by a Swing Line Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Swing Line Loan Notice. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000 (and any amount in excess of $100,000 shall be an integral multiple of $25,000) and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a) or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (who hereby irrevocably authorizes the applicable Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Revolving Credit Loan in the form of a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans but subject to the unutilized portion of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
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(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall, subject to the express provisions of Section 2.06(e) (to the extent applicable), be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans (but not to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans) pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of its Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
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SECTION 2.05 Prepayments.
(a) Optional.
(i) Term Loans; Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower may, upon irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term Loans of any Class and Revolving Credit Loans of any Class in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except as set forth in Section 2.05(c) below); provided that:
(1)(x) in the case of Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York time) (A) two (2) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (B) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency and (C) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans and (y) in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (A) two (2) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Term SOFR Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans;
(2)(x) in the case of Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal Dollar Amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of the Dollar Amount of $500,000 in excess thereof in the case of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans and (y) in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, any prepayment of Term SOFR Loans shall be in a principal Dollar Amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and
(3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding (it being understood that Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars only).
Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of principal of, and interest on, Revolving Credit Loans shall be made in Dollars or the relevant Alternative Currency, as applicable (even if the Borrower is required to convert currency to do so). Each prepayment of the Loans of a given Class pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be paid to the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.
(ii) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (1) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (2) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
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(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any notice of prepayment of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans (unless denominated in an Alternative Currency) may state that it is conditioned on the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities) and can be revoked if such condition is not satisfied.
(iv) Voluntary prepayments of Term Loans shall be applied to each Class of Term Loans at the discretion of the Borrower and within a Class of Term Loans to the remaining scheduled installments of principal of such Class of Term Loans thereof pursuant to Section 2.07(a) in a manner determined at the discretion of the Borrower (although in all cases on a pro rata basis to the respective Lenders of the relevant Class) and specified in the notice of prepayment; provided that, if the Borrower fails to give such notice at the time of such prepayment or in the event such notice fails to specify the manner in which the respective prepayment of such Class of Term Loans shall be applied to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section 2.07(a), such prepayment of such Class of Term Loans shall be applied in direct order of maturity to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section 2.07(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may not repay Extended Term Loans of any Class unless such prepayment is accompanied by a pro rata repayment of the Existing Term Loans from which such Extended Term Loans were converted (or such Existing Term Loans have otherwise been repaid in full).
(b) Mandatory.
(i) Excess Cash Flow. Within ten (10) Business Days after financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and the related Compliance Certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) (or, if later, after the date on which such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are required to be delivered), the Borrower shall offer to prepay, subject to clauses (vi) and (vii) of this Section 2.05(b), an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2024 Term B-2 Loans) equal to (A) 50% (such percentage as it may be reduced as described below, the “ECF Percentage”) of Excess Cash Flow, if any, for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements (commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013) minus (B) the sum of (i) all voluntary prepayments of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2024 Term B-2 Loans) during such fiscal year and (ii) all voluntary prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans during such fiscal year to the extent the Revolving Credit Commitments are permanently reduced by the amount of such payments, in the case of each of the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii), to the extent such prepayments are not funded with the proceeds of Indebtedness; provided that (x) the ECF Percentage shall be 25% if the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than 4.0:1.0 and greater than or equal to 3.5:1.0 and (y) the ECF Percentage shall be 0% if the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than 3.5:1.0.
(ii) Dispositions and Casualty Events.
(A) If (1)(x) the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries Disposes of any property or assets (other than any Disposition of any property or assets permitted by Section 7.05(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r), (s) and (t)) or (y) any Casualty Event occurs which results in the realization or receipt by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds and (2) the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period immediately preceding such Disposition or Casualty Event is equal to greater than 4.0:1.0 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), the Borrower shall offer to prepay on or prior to the date which is ten (10)
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Business Days after the date of the realization or receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, subject to clauses (v), (vi) and (vii) of this Section 2.05(b), an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2024 Term B-2 Loans) equal to 100% (such percentage as it may be reduced as described below, the “Disposition Prepayment Percentage”) of all Net Cash Proceeds realized or received; provided that (x) the Disposition Prepayment Percentage shall be 50% if the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period immediately preceding such Disposition or Casualty Event was less than 4.0:1.0 and greater than or equal to 3.5:1.0 and (y) the Disposition Prepayment Percentage shall be 0% if the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period immediately preceding such Disposition or Casualty Event was less than 3.5:1.0; provided further that no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A) with respect to such portion of such Net Cash Proceeds that the Borrower shall have, on or prior to such date, given written notice to the Administrative Agent of its intent to reinvest in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(ii)(B) (which notice may be provided only if no Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing);
(B) With respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized or received with respect to any Disposition (other than any Disposition specifically excluded from the application of Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A)) or any Casualty Event, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets useful for its business within (x) fifteen (15) months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or (y) if the Borrower enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within fifteen (15) months following receipt thereof, within the later of (1) fifteen (15) months following receipt thereof or (2) one hundred and eighty (180) days of the date of such legally binding commitment; provided that (i) so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower (x) shall not be permitted to make any such reinvestments (other than pursuant to a legally binding commitment that the Borrower entered into at a time when no Event of Default is continuing) and (y) shall not be required to apply such Net Cash Proceeds which have been previously applied to prepay Revolving Credit Loans to the prepayment of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2024 Term B-2 Loans) until such time as the relevant reinvestment period has expired and no Event of Default is continuing and (ii) if any Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested at any time after delivery of a notice of reinvestment election, and subject to clauses (v) and (vii) of this Section 2.05, an amount equal to any such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied within five (5) Business Days after the Borrower reasonably determines that such Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested to the prepayment of the Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2024 Term B-2 Loans) as set forth in this Section 2.05.
(iii) Incurrence of Indebtedness. If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs or issues any Indebtedness not expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.03 (but subject to Section 7.03(z)), the Borrower shall offer to prepay, subject to clauses (v) and (vii) of this Section 2.05(b), an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2024 Term B-2 Loans) equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom on or prior to the date which is five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds.
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(iv) Revolving Credit Exposure. If for any reason the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures at any time exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect (including as a result of the termination of any Revolving Credit Commitments on the Maturity Date thereof), the Borrower shall at such time prepay Revolving Credit Loans, prepay Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(iv) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans , such remaining aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.
(v) (X) Each prepayment of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2024 Term B-2 Loans) pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall, except as otherwise provided in following clause (viii), be applied pro rata to each Class of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2024 Term B-2 Loans) and within each Class to the remaining scheduled installments of principal thereof pursuant to Section 2.07(a) in a manner determined at the discretion of the Borrower and specified to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that if the Borrower fails to specify such application at the time of such prepayment, then such prepayment shall be so applied to the remaining scheduled installments of principal in direct order of maturity); and (Y) each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares subject to clause (vi) of this Section 2.05(b).
(vi) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 2.05(b) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the contents of the Borrower’s prepayment notice and of such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the prepayment. Each Appropriate Lender may reject all or a portion of its Pro Rata Share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 2.05(b) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) one Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice from a given Lender shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory repayment of Term Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds shall be retained by the Borrower (“Retained Declined Proceeds”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Term Lender shall be permitted to issue a Rejection Notice with respect to any mandatory prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(viii).
(vii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.05(b), (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition by a Foreign Subsidiary giving rise to a prepayment event pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii) (a “Foreign Disposition”), the Net Cash Proceeds of any Casualty Event from a Foreign Subsidiary (a “Foreign Casualty Event”), or Excess Cash Flow are prohibited, restricted or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.05(b) but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be immediately effected and such repatriated Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than two Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof to the extent not taken into account in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) to the extent provided herein and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition, any Foreign Casualty Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) (or such Excess Cash Flow would have been so required if it were Net Cash Proceeds), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against (to the extent not taken into account in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds) if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary.
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(viii) If the Borrower incurs or issues any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness to refinance Term Loans, the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness within three (3) Business Days of the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred or issued; provided that each prepayment of Term Loans required by this clause
(viii) shall be applied to any Class of Term Loans at the discretion of the Borrower and within a Class of Term Loans to the remaining scheduled installments of principal of such Class of Term Loans thereof pursuant to Section 2.07(a) in a manner determined at the discretion of the Borrower and specified in the notice of prepayment (but in any event, applied pro rata to the Lenders of such Class); provided that, if the Borrower fails to give such notice at the time of such prepayment or in the event such notice fails to specify the manner in which the respective prepayment of such Class of Term Loans shall be applied to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section 2.07(a), such prepayment of such Class of Term Loans shall be applied in direct order of maturity to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section 2.07(a)
(ix) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind or amend any notice of prepayment issued in connection with Section 2.05(b)(viii) if such prepayment is conditioned on an issuance of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, which issuance shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.
(c) Repricing Premium. Any prepayment of the Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i), Section 2.05(b)(iii) or Section 2.05(b)(viii) in connection with a Repricing Event shall be accompanied by the payment of the Repricing Premium, for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders with such Term B Loans or Incremental Term Loans that are either repaid, converted or subjected to a pricing reduction in connection with such Repricing Event.
(d) Interest, Funding Losses, Etc. All prepayments under this Section 2.05 shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Term SOFR Loan pursuant to Section 3.05.
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If all Term Lenders of a Class elect to accept a mandatory prepayment described above, then (1) with respect to such mandatory prepayment of Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to Term Loans of such Class that are Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Term Loans of such Class that are Eurocurrency Rate Loans and, in any event, in a manner that is designed to minimize the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.05; provided, however, that, if at the time of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b) there shall be Term Borrowings of different Types or Eurocurrency Rate Term Borrowings of the applicable Class with different Interest Periods, and if some but not all Term Lenders of the applicable Class shall have accepted such mandatory prepayment, then the aggregate amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be allocated ratably to each outstanding applicable Term Borrowing of the accepting Term Lenders and (2) with respect to such mandatory prepayment of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to Term Loans of such Class that are Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Term Loans of such Class that are Term SOFR Loans and, in any event, in a manner that is designed to minimize the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.05; provided, however, that, if at the time of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b) there shall be Term Borrowings of different Types or Term SOFR Term Borrowings of the applicable Class with different Interest Periods, and if some but not all Term Lenders of the applicable Class shall have accepted such mandatory prepayment, then the aggregate amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be allocated ratably to each outstanding applicable Term Borrowing of the accepting Term Lenders.
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 2.05, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans is required to be made under this Section 2.05 prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, in lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 2.05 in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made thereunder into a cash collateral account until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall also be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of the outstanding Loans in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Section 2.05.
SECTION 2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments of any Class, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Commitments of any Class, in each case without premium or penalty; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent one (1) Business Day prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $500,000 or any whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, (iii) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Commitments, the Swing Line Sublimit or the L/C Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility, then in any such case the Swing Line Sublimit or the L/C Sublimit, as applicable, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess and (iv) the Revolving Credit Commitments shall not be reduced to an amount that is less than the Revolving Credit Exposure. Any such notice of termination or reduction of commitments pursuant to this Section 2.06(a) may state that it is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower if such condition is not satisfied.
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(b) Mandatory. The Term Commitment of each Term Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the making of such Term Lender’s Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(a). The Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate on the applicable Maturity Date for each such Facility.
(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any termination or reduction of unused portions of the Swing Line Sublimit or the L/C Sublimit and all Lenders of the termination or reduction of unused Commitments of any Class under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of unused Commitments of any Class, the Commitment of each Lender of such Class shall be reduced by such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount by which such Commitments are reduced (other than the termination of the Commitment of any Lender as provided in Section 3.07). All commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of any Revolving Credit Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
(d) Revolving Credit Commitment Terminations in connection with Refinancing Amendments. On the date of the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment relating to Revolving Credit Commitments, the amount of the commitments which became so effective shall be required to reduce commitments pursuant to the then outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments, as elected by the Borrower, and at such time repayments of outstandings pursuant to the respective Revolving Credit Facilities shall be made to the extent needed so that the provisions Section 2.05(b)(iv) are complied with. In addition, at the time of any incurrence of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of existing Revolving Credit Commitments, an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (or, if greater, the total commitments with respect thereto) shall be applied to permanently reduce outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments and at such time repayments of outstandings pursuant to the respective Revolving Credit Facilities shall be made so that the provisions of Section 2.05(b)(iv) are complied with. All reductions to the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this clause (d) shall be applied to any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments at the discretion of the Borrower and pro rata within a Class of Revolving Credit Commitments.
(e) Termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments. On the Maturity Date of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, such Revolving Credit Commitments will terminate and the respective Lenders who held such terminated Commitments will have no obligation to make, or participate in, extensions of credit (whether the making of Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit) made pursuant to such Commitments after such Maturity Date; provided that, except as expressly provided in the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) the foregoing shall not release any Revolving Credit Lender from liability it may have for its failure to fund Revolving Credit Loans, L/C Advances or participations in Swing Line Loans that was required to be performed by it on or prior to such Maturity Date and (y) the foregoing will not release any Revolving Credit Lender from any obligation to fund its portion of L/C Advances or participations in Swing Line Loans with respect to Letters of Credit issued or Swing Line Loans made prior to such Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.07 Repayment of Loans.
(a) Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders:
(i) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the last Business Day of March 2017, an aggregate Dollar Amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate Dollar Amount of all Term B Loans outstanding on the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date (as such repayment amount shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments as directed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05).
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(ii) on the Maturity Date for each Class of Term Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all such Term Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders on the relevant Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all of its Revolving Credit Loans of such Class outstanding on such date.
(c) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten (10) Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the earliest Revolving Credit Maturity Date then in effect (although Swing Line Loans may thereafter be reborrowed in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, if there are one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments which remain in effect).
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, all Loans shall be repaid, whether pursuant to this Section 2.07 or otherwise, in the currency in which they were made.
SECTION 2.08 Interest
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (x) with respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate plus (in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan of any Lender which is lent from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State) the Mandatory Cost; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Revolving Credit Loans and (y) with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, (i) each Term SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, each Revolving Credit Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
(b) The Borrower shall pay interest on past due amounts hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) Interest on each Loan shall be payable in the currency in which each Loan was made.
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(e) All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 2.10.
SECTION 2.09 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(h) and (i):
(a) Commitment Fee. With respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Rate with respect to commitment fees then in effect for the applicable Class of Revolving Credit Commitments times the actual daily amount by which the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments for such Facility exceed the sum of (x) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans under such Facility and (y) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations for such Facility; provided that any commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the Revolving Credit Commitments under such Facility of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; and provided further that no commitment fee shall accrue on any of the Revolving Credit Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. The commitment fees for the Revolving Credit Facility shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until the relevant Maturity Date, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date for such Facility. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(b) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agents such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever (except as expressly agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Agent).
SECTION 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365) days or three hundred and sixty-six (366) days, as applicable, and actual days elapsed. All computations of interest for Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Sterling shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365) days and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1) day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.11 Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one or more entries in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c), as agent for the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.
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In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note or Notes payable to such Lender, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans of the applicable Class or Classes in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records and, in the case of the Administrative Agent, entries in the Register, evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and (b), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and (b), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 2.12 Payments Generally.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to payments in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office for payment in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. (London time) on the dates specified herein. If, for any reason, the Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Amount of the Alternative Currency payment amount. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m., New York City time in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) after 2:00 p.m. (London time) in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
(b) If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
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(c) Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds, then:
(i) if the Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect; and
(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. When such Lender makes payment to the Administrative Agent (together with all accrued interest thereon), then such payment amount (excluding the amount of any interest which may have accrued and been paid in respect of such late payment) shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights that the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.12(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any such participation on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or purchase its participation.
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(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(g) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth in Section 9.03. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Loans or other Obligations then owing to such Lender.
SECTION 2.13 Sharing of Payments. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans held by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (ii) 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, without further interest thereon. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff, but subject to Section 11.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section 2.13 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.
SECTION 2.14 Incremental Credit Extensions.
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(a) (i) At any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly make such notice available to each of the Lenders), request to effect one or more additional tranches of revolving credit commitments (“Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related revolving credit loans thereunder, “Incremental Revolving Credit Loans”) or increases in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments under any existing Class (each such increase, a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase”; together with the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, “Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities”) from Additional Revolving Credit Lenders; provided that at the time of each such request and upon the effectiveness of each Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment, (A) no Event of Default shall result therefrom, (B) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes that can be incurred at any time shall not, at such time, exceed the Incremental Cap, (C) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (treating any proposed Incremental Revolving Credit Facility as fully drawn, but not including the proceeds of any such deemed draw in the amount of cash to be netted in calculating such ratio) with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time), (D) (i) in the case of any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, the maturity date thereof shall be no earlier than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, such Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (ii) any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be on the same terms (and pursuant to the same documentation) governing the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this Agreement (including upfront fees, but excluding customary arranger fees) and (E) the interest rate margins and, subject to clause (D), the amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder and (F) any Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment entered into after the Closing Date shall be on the terms and pursuant to documentation to be determined by the Borrower and the Additional Revolving Credit Lenders with the applicable Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities; provided that to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with this Agreement (except to the extent permitted by clauses (D) and (E) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided further that no L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender shall be required to act as “issuing bank” or “swingline lender” under any such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility without its written consent. Each Incremental Revolving Credit Facility shall be in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof unless such amount represents all the remaining availability under the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities set forth above.
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(ii) At any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly make a copy of such notice available to each of the Lenders), request to effect one or more additional tranches of term loans hereunder (“Incremental Term Loans”) or increases in the aggregate amount of the Term Commitments of any existing Class, which shall take the form of an additional tranche of term loans hereunder (each such increase, a “Term Commitment Increase”; together with the Incremental Term Loans, the “Incremental Term Facilities”) from one or more Additional Term Lenders; provided that at the time of each such request and upon the effectiveness of each Incremental Term Facility Amendment, (A) no Event of Default shall result therefrom, (B) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes that can be incurred at any time shall not, at such time, exceed the Incremental Cap at such time, (C) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time), (D) other than with respect to the incurrence of Incremental Term A Loans and Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term A Loans, the maturity date of any such Incremental Term Facility shall not be earlier than the Term B Maturity Date, (E) other than with respect to the incurrence of Incremental Term A Loans and Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term A Loans, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any such Incremental Term Facility shall not be shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans, (F) the interest rate margins and, subject to clause (E), the amortization schedule for any Incremental Term Facility shall be determined by the Borrower and the Additional Term Lenders thereunder; provided that, for any Incremental Term Facility made on or prior to August 22, 2018, in the event that the Effective Yield for any Incremental Term Facility is higher than the Effective Yield for the Term B Loans by more than 50 basis points, then the Effective Yield for the Term B Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that such Effective Yield is equal to the Effective Yield for such Incremental Term Facility minus 50 basis points; provided, further, that, in determining the Effective Yield applicable to the Incremental Term Facility and the Term B Loans (x) OID or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) payable by Borrower to the Term B Lenders or any Additional Term Lenders in the initial primary syndication thereof (with OID being equated to interest based on assumed four-year life to maturity) shall be included, (y) customary arrangement or commitment fees payable to the Joint Bookrunners (or their Affiliates) in connection with this Agreement or to one or more arrangers (or their Affiliates) of any Incremental Term Facility shall be excluded and (z) if the Incremental Term Facility includes an interest rate floor greater than the interest rate floor applicable to the Term B Loans, such increased amount shall be equated to interest margin for purposes of determining whether an increase to the applicable interest margin for the Term B Loans shall be required, to the extent an increase in the interest rate floor in the Term B Loans would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect, and in such case the interest rate floor (but not the interest rate margin) applicable to the Term B Loans shall be increased by such increased amount and (G) any Incremental Term Facility Amendment entered into after the Closing Date shall be on the terms and pursuant to documentation to be determined by the Borrower and the Additional Term Lenders with the applicable Incremental Term Facilities; provided that to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with this Agreement (except to the extent permitted by clause (F) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each Incremental Term Facility incurred after the Closing Date shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 and, except with respect to the Term Commitment Increase, integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof unless such amount represents all the remaining availability under the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Term Facilities set forth above.
(b) (i) Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall set forth the requested amount of the relevant Incremental Revolving Credit Loan, Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, Incremental Term Loan or Term Commitment Increase.
(ii) Commitments in respect of any Incremental Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment Increase incurred after the Closing Date shall become Commitments (or in the case of any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to be provided after the Closing Date by an existing Revolving Credit Lender, an increase in such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, such Additional Revolving Credit Lenders and the Administrative Agent. Incremental Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment Increases may be provided, subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld), by any existing Lender (it being understood that no existing Lender shall have the right to participate in any Incremental Revolving Credit Facility or, unless it agrees, be obligated to provide any Incremental Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment Increase) or by any other Additional Revolving Credit Lender. An Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section. The effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Closing Date”) of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (it being understood that all references to “the date of such Credit Extension” in Section 4.02 shall be deemed to refer to the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Closing Date) and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01 (other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
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(iii) Commitments in respect of any Incremental Term Facility shall become Commitments under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Term Facility Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, such Additional Term Lenders and the Administrative Agent. Incremental Term Facilities may be provided, subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld), by any existing Lender (it being understood that no existing Lender shall have any right to participate in any Incremental Term Facility or, unless it agrees, be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loan or Term Commitment Increase thereunder) or by any other Additional Term Lender. An Incremental Term Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section. The effectiveness of any Incremental Term Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Term Lenders, be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an “Incremental Term Facility Closing Date”) of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (it being understood that all references to “the date of such Borrowing” in Section 4.02 shall be deemed to refer to the Incremental Term Facility Closing Date) and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01 (other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
(c) (i) Upon effectiveness of each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase pursuant to this Section, each Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Additional Revolving Credit Lender providing a portion of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (each a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender”), and each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans such that, after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (A) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (B) participations hereunder in Swing Line Loans held by each Revolving Credit Lender (including each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) will equal such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share. Any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding immediately prior to the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase that are Eurocurrency Loans will (except to the extent otherwise repaid in accordance herewith) continue to be held by, and all interest thereon will continue to accrue for the accounts of, the Revolving Credit Lenders holding such Loans immediately prior to the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, in each case until the last day of the then-current Interest Period applicable to any such Loan, at which time it will be repaid or refinanced with new Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01 in accordance with the Pro Rata Shares of the Revolving Credit Lenders after giving effect to the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will promptly purchase (for cash at face value) assignments of portions of such outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of other Revolving Credit Lenders so that, after giving effect thereto, all Revolving Credit Loans that are Eurocurrency Loans are held by the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their then-current Pro Rata Shares.
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Any such assignments shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.07; provided that the parties hereto hereby consent to such assignments and the minimum assignment amounts and processing and recordation fee set forth in Section 11.07(b)(ii) shall not apply thereto. If there are any Base Rate Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, such Loans shall either be prepaid by the Borrower on such date or refinanced on such date (subject to satisfaction of applicable borrowing conditions) with Revolving Credit Loans made on such date by the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lenders) in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. In order to effect any such refinancing, (i) each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will make Base Rate Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower by transferring funds to the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding amount of such Loans of such Type times a percentage obtained by dividing the amount of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Increase by the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments (after giving effect to the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase on such date) and (ii) such funds will be applied to the prepayment of outstanding Base Rate Revolving Credit Loans held by the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lenders, and transferred by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lenders, in such amounts so that, after giving effect thereto, all Base Rate Revolving Credit Loans will be held by the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their then-current Pro Rata Shares. On the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the Borrower will pay to the Administrative Agent, for the accounts of the Revolving Credit Lenders receiving such prepayments, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amounts of their Revolving Credit Loans being prepaid. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.
(ii) Upon effectiveness of each Incremental Term Facility pursuant to this Section, each Additional Term Lender shall make an additional term loan to the Borrower in a principal amount equal to such Lender’s Incremental Term Facility. Any such term loan shall be a “Term Loan” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(d) This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or Section 11.01 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.15 Refinancing Amendments.
(a) At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any Additional Lender, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of (i) all or any portion of the Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clause (i) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Term Loans) or (ii) all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments) under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clause (ii) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Revolving Credit Loans and Other Revolving Credit Commitments), in each case, in the form of either (x) Other Term Loans or Other Term Commitments or (y) Other Revolving Credit Loans or Other Revolving Credit Commitments and, in each case, pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (i) will be unsecured or will rank pari passu or junior (and subordinate) in right of payment and of security with the other Loans and Commitments hereunder, (ii) will have such pricing and optional prepayment terms as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof, (iii) (x) with respect to any Other Revolving Credit Loans or Other Revolving Credit Commitments, will have a maturity date that is not prior to the maturity date of Loans (or unused Commitments) being refinanced and (y) with respect to any Other Term Loans or Other Term Commitments, will have a maturity date that is the same as or later than the maturity date of, and will have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is not shorter than, the Loans being refinanced and (iv) will have terms and conditions (other than pricing, optional prepayment and subordination terms) that are, taken as a whole, not materially more favorable to the investors providing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness than, the Refinanced Debt (except for covenants or other provisions applicable exclusively to periods commencing after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred); provided, further, that the terms and conditions applicable to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may provide for any additional or different financial or other covenants or other provisions that are agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof and applicable only during periods after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained.
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The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01 (other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent). Each Class of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under this Section 2.15 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (x) not less than $25,000,000 in the case of Other Term Loans or $10,000,000 in the case of Other Revolving Credit Loans and (y) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof unless such amount represents the total outstanding amount of the Refinanced Debt. Any Refinancing Amendment may provide for the issuance of Letters of Credit, or the provision to the Borrower of Swing Line Loans, pursuant to any Other Revolving Credit Commitments established thereby, in each case on terms substantially equivalent to the terms applicable to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans under the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary to treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Credit Loans, Other Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Other Term Commitments). Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section. In addition, if so provided in the relevant Refinancing Amendment and with the consent of each L/C Issuer, participations in Letters of Credit expiring on or after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall be reallocated from Lenders holding Revolving Credit Commitments to Lenders holding extended revolving commitments in accordance with the terms of such Refinancing Amendment; provided, however, that such participation interests shall, upon receipt thereof by the relevant Lenders holding Revolving Credit Commitments, be deemed to be participation interests in respect of such Revolving Credit Commitments and the terms of such participation interests (including, without limitation, the commission applicable thereto) shall be adjusted accordingly.
(b) This Section 2.15 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or Section 11.01 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.16 Extended Loans.
(a) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time, by making an offer on a pro rata basis to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class, request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (for any such Class, the “Existing Term Loans”) be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Existing Term Loans (any such Existing Term Loans which have been so converted, the “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.16.
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In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly make a copy of such notice available to each of the Lenders of such Existing Term Loans) (a “Term Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall be substantially similar to the Existing Term Loans from which they are to be converted, except that (i) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to dates later than the scheduled amortization date of such Existing Term Loans (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.07, the Incremental Term Facility Amendment, or the Refinancing Amendment, as the case may be, with respect to such Existing Term Loans, in each case as set forth in paragraph (d) of this Section 2.16 below), (ii) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be higher or lower than the interest margins for such Existing Term Loans and (iii) additional fees may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (ii), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Existing Term Loans converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Extension Request. The Extended Term Loans shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loans from which they were converted.
(b) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request, by making an offer on a pro rata basis to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class, that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class (for any such Class, the “Existing Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related Class of revolving credit loans thereunder, the “Existing Revolving Credit Loans”) be converted to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended, “Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related Loans, “Extended Revolving Credit Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.16. In order to establish any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly make a copy of such notice available to each of the Lenders of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments) (a “Revolving Credit Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established, which terms shall be substantially similar to those applicable to the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments from which they are to be converted, except that (i) all or any of the final maturity dates of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to dates later than the final maturity dates of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (ii) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the interest margins for such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (iii) additional fees may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (ii) and (iv) the commitment fee with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the commitment fee for such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.16 or otherwise, (A) borrowings, voluntary prepayments and voluntary commitment reductions (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments at the final stated maturity of any shorter tenored Revolving Credit Commitment) of Loans with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, (B) assignments and participations of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and the Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by Section 11.07 and (C) subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(l) and Section 2.04(a)(ii), all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Commitments. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Existing Revolving Credit Loans or Existing Revolving Credit Commitments converted into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Revolving Credit Extension Request.
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Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall constitute a separate Class of Revolving Credit Commitments from the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments from which they were converted.
(c) The Borrower shall provide the applicable Extension Request at least three (3) Business Days (or such shorter time period as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree) prior to the date on which Lenders under the applicable Existing Loans are requested to respond. Any Lender (an “Extending Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Existing Loans subject to such Extension Request converted into Extended Loans shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of such Existing Loans that it has elected to convert into Extended Loans. In the event that the aggregate amount of any Class of Existing Loans subject to such Extension Election exceeds the amount of the applicable Extended Loans requested pursuant to the Extension Request, such Existing Loans shall be converted to Extended Loans on a pro rata basis (subject to rounding by the Administrative Agent, which shall be conclusive) based on the aggregate amount of Existing Loans included in each such Extension Election.
(d) Extended Loans shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “Extension Amendment”) to this Agreement among the Borrower, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each Extending Term Lender providing an Extended Loan thereunder (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the last sentence of this Section 2.16(d) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 11.01, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Loans, as applicable, established thereby) executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. No Extension Amendment shall provide for any tranche of Extended Loans in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $50,000,000 unless such amount represents the total outstanding amount of the Existing Loans of the applicable Class. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.16(a), each Extension Amendment
(x) with respect to the Existing Term Loans from which the Extended Term Loans were converted, shall amend the scheduled amortization payments required pursuant to Section 2.07, the Incremental Term Facility Amendment or the Refinancing Amendment, as applicable, to reduce each scheduled repayment amount for such Existing Term Loans in the same proportion as the amount of such Existing Term Loans to be converted pursuant to such Extension Amendment (it being understood that any repayment amount with respect to any such individual Existing Term Loan that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof), (y) may, but shall not be required to, impose additional requirements (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement in effect at such time) with respect to the final maturity and weighted average life to maturity of Incremental Term Loans incurred following the Extension Date for such Extension Amendment and (z) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.16 and the terms and conditions applicable to the Extended Loans.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) on any date on which any Existing Loans are converted to Extended Loans (each such date, an “Extension Date”), (A) in the case of any Class of Existing Term Loans of each Extending Term Lender of such Class, the aggregate principal amount of such Existing Term Loans of such Class shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans from such Existing Term Loans and (B) in the case of any Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extending Revolving Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so converted by such Lender on such date, and such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established as a separate Class of Revolving Credit Commitments from such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) if, on any Extension Date, any Existing Revolving Credit Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the applicable Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, such Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be allocated as Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) and Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) in the same proportion as such Extending Lender’s Existing Revolving Credit Commitments to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.
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(f) At any time following the establishment of any Extended Loans, the Borrower may offer to any Lender (without being required to make the same offer to any or all other Lenders) holding the Existing Loans from which such Extended Loans were converted and who did not to make an Extension Election in respect of any portion of such Existing Loans on or prior to the date specified in the Extension Request relating to such Extended Loans the right to convert all or any portion of such Existing Loans into Extended Loans of the same Class; provided that (A) such offer and any related acceptance (x) shall be in accordance with such procedures, if any, as may be reasonably requested by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent and (y) shall be on identical terms (including as to the proposed interest rates and fees payable, but excluding any arrangement, structuring or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with other Extending Lenders) to those previously offered to the Extending Lenders who agreed to convert their Existing Loans into Extended Loans of such Class, (B) any Lender which agrees to an extension pursuant to this clause (f) shall enter into a joinder agreement to the respective Extension Amendment in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and executed by such Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (and the Required Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such joinder agreement) and (C) the Existing Loans of any such Lender that are converted pursuant to this clause (f) shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than a Dollar Amount of $1,000,000 (or, if such Lender’s outstanding Loans of such Class amount to less than a Dollar Amount of $1,000,000, such lesser amount), unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents.
(g) In the event that the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that the allocation of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to a given Lender was incorrectly determined as a result of manifest administrative error in the receipt and processing of an Extension Election by any Lender to extend all or a portion of its Existing Revolving Credit Commitments timely submitted by any such Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Revolving Credit Extension Request, then the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such affected Lender may (and hereby are authorized to), in their sole discretion and without the consent of any other Lender, enter into an amendment to this Agreement and, if necessary, the other Loan Documents (each, a “Corrective Revolving Credit Extension Amendment”) within 15 days following the applicable Extension Date, which Corrective Revolving Credit Extension Amendment shall (i) provide for the conversion and extension of the applicable Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in the amount such Lender would have held had such administrative error not occurred and had such Lender received the minimum allocation of the applicable Loans or Commitments to which it was entitled under the terms of such Extension in the absence of such error, (ii) be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such Lender may agree, and (iii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.16.
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(h) In the event that the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that the allocation of Extended Term Loans to a given Lender was incorrectly determined as a result of manifest administrative error in the receipt and processing of an Extension Election by any Lender to extend all or a portion of its Existing Term Loans timely submitted by any such Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Term Extension Request, then the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such affected Lender may (and hereby are authorized to), in their sole discretion and without the consent of any other Lender, enter into an amendment to this Agreement and, if necessary, the other Loan Documents (each, a “Corrective Term Loan Extension Amendment”) within 15 days following the applicable Extension Date, which Corrective Term Loan Extension Amendment shall (i) provide for the conversion and extension of the applicable Extended Term Loans in the amount such Lender would have held had such administrative error not occurred and had such Lender received the minimum allocation of the applicable Loans or Commitments to which it was entitled under the terms of such Extension in the absence of such error, (ii) be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such Lender may agree, and (iii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.16.
(i) This Section 2.16 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or Section 11.01 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, no conversion of Existing Loans pursuant to any Extension Amendment in accordance with this Section 2.16 shall constitute a voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment for purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.17 Currency Equivalents.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Amount of each Revolving Credit Loan and L/C Obligation in respect of Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency or any other currency (other than Dollars) (i) as of the first day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and (ii) as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, and shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of each Dollar Amount so determined by it. Each such determination shall be based on the Exchange Rate (x) on the date of the related Committed Loan Notice for purposes of the initial such determination for any applicable Revolving Credit Loan and (y) on the fourth Business Day prior to the date as of which such Dollar Amount is to be determined, for purposes of any subsequent determination.
(b) If after giving effect to any such determination of a Dollar Amount, the sum of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and the L/C Obligations exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect by 5% or more, the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of notice thereof from the Administrative Agent setting forth such calculation in reasonable detail, prepay the applicable outstanding Revolving Credit Loans or take other action as the Administrative Agent, in its discretion, may direct (including Cash Collateralization of the applicable L/C Obligations in amounts from time to time equal to such excess) to the extent necessary to eliminate any such excess.
SECTION 2.18 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 11.01.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments.
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Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuers or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuers or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.18(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit fees as provided in Section 2.03(h).
(iv) Reallocation of Pro Rata Share to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each Non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.04, the “Pro Rata Share” of each Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided that (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each Non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Revolving Credit Commitment of that Non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of that Non-Defaulting Lender.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuers agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Credit Loans of the applicable Facility and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Share of the applicable Facility (without giving effect to Section 2.18(a)(iv)), 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 Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided further that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
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ARTICLE III
Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality
SECTION 3.01 Taxes. Except as required by law, any and all payments by the Borrower (the term Borrower under Article III being deemed to include any Subsidiary for whose account a Letter of Credit is issued) or any Guarantor to or for the account of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities (including additions to tax, penalties and interest) with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Agent and each Lender, (i) taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated, and including branch profits and similar taxes), (ii) taxes imposed on or measured by its net income solely by reason of any connection between it and any jurisdiction other than by executing or entering into any Loan Document, receiving payments thereunder or having been a party to, performed its obligations under, or enforced, any Loan Document, (iii) franchise (and similar) taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, (iv) any taxes imposed in respect of an Assignee or other transferee pursuant to an assignment, participation or other transfer under Section 11.07 to the extent that, under applicable Laws in effect on the date of transfer, such tax is in excess of the tax that would have been applicable and indemnifiable by Borrower hereunder had such transferor not assigned its interest arising under any Loan Document (unless such assignment, transfer or participation is at the express written request of the Borrower), (v) U.S. federal withholding tax imposed pursuant to FATCA, (vi) amounts excluded pursuant to Section 3.01(f) hereto and (vii) any taxes imposed as a result of the failure of any Agent or Lender to comply with either the provisions of Section 3.01(b) and (c) (in the case of any Foreign Lender, as defined below) or the provisions of Section 3.01(e) (in the case of any U.S. Lender, as defined below) (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If the Borrower is required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes or Other Taxes (as defined below) from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to any Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01(a)), each of such Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing authority, and (iv) within thirty (30) days after the date of such payment (or, if receipts or evidence are not available within thirty (30) days, as soon as practicable thereafter), the Borrower shall furnish to such Agent or Lender (as the case may be) the original or a facsimile copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof to the extent such a receipt has been made available to the Borrower, or such other evidence of payment as is reasonably acceptable to such Agent or Lender. If the Borrower fails to pay any Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to any Agent or any Lender the required receipts or other required documentary evidence that has been made available to the Borrower, the Borrower shall indemnify such Agent and such Lender for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by such Agent or such Lender arising out of such failure (excluding, however, any such incremental taxes, interest or penalties incurred as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the relevant Agent or Lender (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment)).If the Borrower reasonably believes that any Taxes or Other Taxes it pays under this Section 3.01(a) were not correctly or legally imposed, the Agent and/or each affected Lender will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower in pursuing a refund of such Taxes or Other Taxes so long as such efforts would not, in the sole determination of the Administrative Agent or affected Lender exercised in good faith, result in any additional costs, expenses or risks or be otherwise disadvantageous to it.
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(b) Each Agent or Lender (including an Assignee to which a Lender assigns its interest in accordance with Section 11.07) that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (each a “Foreign Lender”) agrees to complete and deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent prior to the date on which the first payment is due to it hereunder, unless it is unable to do so solely as a result of a change in applicable Law after the initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date (or in the case of a 2020 Other Term B Lender, the Sixth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2022 Term B Lender, the Eighth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2022 Term B-2 Lender, the Ninth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2024 Term B-1 Lender, the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date, the case of a 2024 Term B-2 Lender, the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date or in the case of a 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender, the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date), an accurate, complete and original signed (i) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or successor form, as applicable, certifying that it is entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party that provides an exemption from or a reduction of the rate of U.S. federal withholding tax on payments of interest; (ii) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor form certifying that the income receivable pursuant to any Loan Document is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States; (iii) if the Foreign Lender is claiming the benefits of the exemption for “portfolio interest” under Section 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, “a 10-percent shareholder” of the Borrower described in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or “a controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (B) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or successor form, as applicable, or (iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 or J-3, Internal Revenue Service 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 certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner.
(c) Thereafter and from time to time, each such Foreign Lender shall, unless it is unable to do so solely as a result of a change in applicable Law after the initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date (or in the case of a 2020 Other Term B Lender, the Sixth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date or in the case of a 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2022 Term B Lender, the Eighth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2022 Term B-2 Lender, the Ninth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2024 Term B-1 Lender, the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date, the case of a 2024 Term B-2 Lender, the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date or in the case of a 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender, the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date), other than in the case of clause (B) below, (i) promptly submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one or more of such forms or certificates (or such successor forms or certificates as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available to secure an exemption from or reduction in the rate of U.S. withholding tax (A) on or before the date that any such form, certificate or other evidence expires or becomes obsolete, (B) after the occurrence of a change in the Foreign Lender’s circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form, certificate or evidence previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (C) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and (ii) promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in the Foreign Lender’s circumstances which would modify or render invalid or inaccurate any claimed exemption or reduction.
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(d) Each Agent and Lender (including, for the avoidance of doubt, “U.S. Lenders,” as defined below) agrees to all reasonable requests of the Borrower that each comply with any certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement if such compliance is required by Law, regulation, administrative practice or an applicable treaty as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of any Taxes or Other Taxes for which a Lender or Agent receives indemnity payments or additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01; provided that no such Agent or Lender shall be required to comply unless (i) it is not prohibited by any applicable Law from complying, (ii) such compliance will not result in any prejudice to its interest (other than any de minimis prejudice), (iii) Borrower has provided the required forms or documentation to such Agent or Lender reasonably in advance of the deadline for the filing or submission of such forms or other documentation with such forms duly completed by the Borrower with such information available to the Borrower, and (iv) Borrower shall be responsible for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such Agent or Lender in connection with such compliance.
(e) Each Agent or Lender (including an Assignee to which a Lender assigns its interest in accordance with Section 11.07) that is a “United States person” (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code) (each a “U.S. Lender”) agrees to complete and deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent an accurate, complete and original signed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or successor form certifying that such Agent or Lender is not subject to United States federal backup withholding tax (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before the date on which such form expires or becomes obsolete, (iii) after the occurrence of a change in the Agent’s or Lender’s circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.
(f) Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary and for the avoidance of doubt, if a Lender or an Agent is subject to United States federal withholding tax at a rate in excess of zero percent at the time when such Lender or such Agent first becomes a party to this Agreement (or changes its place of organization or its place of doing business, or designates a new Lending Office other than at the written request of the Borrower to change such Lending Office), such withholding tax (including additions to tax, penalties and interest imposed with respect to such withholding tax) shall be considered excluded from Taxes. Further, the Borrower shall not be required pursuant to this Section 3.01 to pay any additional amount to, or to indemnify, any Lender or Agent, as the case may be, to the extent that such Lender or such Agent becomes subject to Taxes subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if later, the date such Lender or Agent becomes a party to this Agreement) as a result of a change in the place of organization or place of doing business of such Lender or Agent or a change in the Lending Office of such Lender (other than at the written request of the Borrower to change such Lending Office).
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(g) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal 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 and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower 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 or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower 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.
(h) The Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise, property, intangible or mortgage recording taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document excluding, in each case, such amounts that result from an Assignment and Assumption, grant of a Participation, transfer or assignment to or designation of a new applicable Lending Office or other office for receiving payments under any Loan Document, except to the extent that any such change is requested or required in writing by the Borrower (all such non-excluded taxes described in this Section 3.01(h) being hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
(i) If any Taxes or Other Taxes are directly asserted against any Agent or Lender with respect to any payment received by such Agent or Lender in respect of any Loan Document, such Agent or Lender may pay such Taxes or Other Taxes and the Borrower will promptly pay such additional amounts so that each of such Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum that it would have received had no such Taxes or Other Taxes been asserted. Payments under this Section 3.01(i) shall be made within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date on which the Borrower receives written demand for payment from such Agent or Lender, such written demand shall include a copy of the notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to pay such amount received from the relevant taxing authority.
(j) An Assignee or Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the interest subject to the Assignment or the participation sold to such Participant at the time of the Assignment or the sale of the Participation , unless the Assignment or the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.
(k) If any Lender or Agent determines, in its sole good faith discretion, that it has received or realized any refund, whether directly or through any reduction of, or credit against its tax liabilities due to such refund, which refund, reduction or credit is attributable to (in the good faith judgment of such Lender or Agent) Taxes or Other Taxes as to which indemnification or additional amounts have been paid to it pursuant to this Section 3.01, such Lender of Agent shall promptly remit an amount equal to such refund or reduction or credit(but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid to the Lender or Agent under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund, reduction or credit plus any interest included in such amount by the relevant taxing authority attributable thereto) to the Borrower, net of all reasonable, documented out of pocket expenses of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant taxing authority with respect to such amount); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, agrees promptly to return such amount to such party in the event such party is required to repay such amount to the relevant taxing authority. Such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such amount received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that such Lender or Agent may delete any information therein that such Lender or Agent deems confidential in its reasonable discretion). The parties hereto agree that any position taken on the tax returns of the Lender and Agent shall be within their sole good faith discretion and neither the Lender nor Agent shall be under any obligation to disclose any tax return or filing or related document to anyone as a result of this Section 3.01(k).
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(l) Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 3.01(a) or (h) with respect to such Lender it will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts (subject to legal and regulatory restrictions) to mitigate the effect of any such event, including by designating another Lending Office for any Loan or Letter of Credit affected by such event and by completing and delivering or filing any tax related forms which would reduce or eliminate any amount of Taxes or Other Taxes required to be deducted or withheld or paid by Borrower; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the sole good faith judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Lending Office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage unless such disadvantage is de minimis, and provided further that nothing in this Section 3.01(l) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.01(a) or (h).
(m) The Borrower and Administrative Agent may deduct and withhold any taxes required by any Laws to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan Documents.
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(o) The agreements in this Section 3.01 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
SECTION 3.02 Illegality. (a) With respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, if after the Closing Date, any Lender reasonably determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund any Eurocurrency Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the applicable Eurocurrency Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue any affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to such Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (subject to Section 3.05) and shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, (i) if applicable, convert all then outstanding affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate) or (ii) if applicable and such Loans are denominated in an Alternative Currency, to the extent the Borrower and all Appropriate Lenders agree, convert such Loans to Loans bearing interest at an alternative rate mutually acceptable to the Borrower and all of the Appropriate Lenders, in each case, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or promptly, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted and all amounts due, if any, in connection with such prepayment or conversion under Section 3.05. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
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(b) With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, if any 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, 2022 Term B Lender, 2022 Term B-2 Lender, 2024 Term B-1 Lender, 2024 Term B-2 Lender or 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, 2022 Term B Lender, 2022 Term B-2 Lender, 2024 Term B-1 Lender, 2024 Term B-2 Lender or 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender, or, in each case, its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, 2022 Term B-2 Loans, 2024 Term B-1 Loans, 2024 Term B-2 Loans or 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans whose interest is determined by reference to SOFR or Term SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR or Term SOFR, then, upon notice thereof by such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender to the Borrower (through the Administrative Agent), (a) any obligation of such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, in each case until such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loan to such day, or immediately, if such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loan and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Term SOFR component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender that it is no longer illegal for such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.
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SECTION 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. (1) With respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, if the Required Lenders reasonably determine, in connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof, that by reason of any changes affecting the applicable interbank Eurocurrency market adequate and fair means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or that the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, or that deposits are not being offered to banks in the relevant interbank market for the applicable amount and the Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, in each case due to circumstances arising on or after the date hereof, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain any affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, subject to Section 3.05, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein (or, in the case of a pending request for a Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower and the Lenders may establish a mutually acceptable alternative rate).
The subsequent provisions set forth in this Section 3.03 shall only apply with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans.
(2) With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, (a) if in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Loan or a conversion of Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans or a continuation of any of such Loans, as applicable, (i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (A) no Successor Rate has been determined in accordance with Section 3.03(2)(b), and the circumstances under clause (i) of Section 3.03(2)(b) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred, or (B) adequate and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan or (ii) the Administrative Agent, the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans), the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans), the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2022 Term B Loans), the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2022 Term B-2 Loans), the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2024 Term B-1 Loans), the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2024 Term B-2 Loans) or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans) determine that for any reason that Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each such Lender.
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Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans, or to convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods) and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Term SOFR component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders described in clause (ii) of this Section 3.03(2)(a), until the Administrative Agent upon instruction of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, as applicable) revokes such notice.
Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, or conversion to, or continuation of Term SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding Term SOFR Loans shall be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans immediately at the end of their respective applicable Interest Period.
(b) Replacement of Term SOFR or Successor Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), the Borrower, the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans), the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans), the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2022 Term B Loans), the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2022 Term B-2 Loans), the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2024 Term B-1 Loans), the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2024 Term B-2 Loans) or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans) notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower, the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:
(i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining one month, three month and six month interest periods of Term SOFR, including, without limitation, because the Term SOFR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or
(ii) CME or any successor administrator of the Term SOFR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of Term SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity, has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which one month, three month and six month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate shall or will no longer be made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of U.S.
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dollar denominated syndicated loans, or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that will continue to provide such interest periods of Term SOFR after such specific date (the latest date on which one month, three month and six month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate are no longer available permanently or indefinitely, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”); then, on a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent (any such date, the “Term SOFR Replacement Date”), which date shall be at the end of an Interest Period or on the relevant interest payment date, as applicable, for interest calculated and, solely with respect to clause (ii) above, no later than the Scheduled Unavailability Date, Term SOFR will be replaced hereunder and under any Loan Document with Daily Simple SOFR plus (w) in the case of the 2022 Term B Loans and the 2022 Term B-2 Loans (except for any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan), the SOFR Adjustment for any payment period for interest calculated that can be determined by the Administrative Agent, (x) in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans (except for any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan), 0.26161% (26.161 basis points), (y) in the case of the 2024 Term B-1 Loans and the 2024 Term B-2 Loans (except for any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan), 0.10% (10 basis points) and (z) in the case of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans (except for any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan), 0.10% (10 basis points), in each case, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the “Successor Rate”).
If the Successor Rate is Daily Simple SOFR plus the SOFR Adjustment, all interest payments will be payable on a monthly basis.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) if the Administrative Agent determines that Daily Simple SOFR is not available on or prior to the Term SOFR Replacement Date or (ii) if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 3.03(2)(b)(i) or (ii) have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in effect, then in each case, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing Term SOFR or any then current Successor Rate in accordance with this Section 3.03(2) at the end of any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such alternative benchmark and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such benchmark, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated. For the avoidance of doubt, any such proposed rate and adjustments, shall constitute a “Successor Rate”. Any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5) Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, as applicable, have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders object to such amendment.
The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate.
Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower).
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Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than 0.50%, the Successor Rate will be deemed to be 0.50% for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right 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; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
SECTION 3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
(a) If any Lender reasonably determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, in each case after the date hereof, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of make or making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Loans, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this Section 3.04(a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01, or which would have been so covered but for an exclusion included therein, (ii) the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any taxes payable by such Lender, (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c) and (iv) the requirements of the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank reflected in the Mandatory Cost, other than as set forth below) or the Mandatory Cost, as calculated hereunder, does not represent the cost to such Lender of complying with the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank in relation to its making, funding or maintaining of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans, then from time to time within fifteen (15) days after demand by such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail such increased costs (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased costs actually incurred or reduction actually suffered or, if applicable, the portion of such cost that is not represented by the Mandatory Cost. At any time that any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in this Section 3.04(a), the Borrower may, subject to Section 3.05, either (i) if the affected Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel such Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed promptly in writing) thereof on the same date that the Borrower receives any such demand from such Lender or (ii) if the affected Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert such Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loan into a Base Rate Loan, if applicable.
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(b) If any Lender reasonably determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, in each case after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation controlling such Lender could have achieved but for such introduction or change (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the charge and the calculation of such reduced rate of return (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will reasonably compensate such Lender for such reduction actually suffered.
(c) The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loan, as applicable, equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any other central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) which in each case shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided that the Borrower shall have received at least fifteen (15) days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or cost from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice fifteen (15) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or cost shall be due and payable fifteen (15) days from receipt of such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 3.04 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than one-hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such increased costs or reductions; provided that, if the Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the one-hundred and twenty-day (120-day) period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(d) If any Lender requests compensation under this Section 3.04, then such Lender will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to designate another Lending Office for any Loan or Letter of Credit affected by such event; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided further that nothing in this Section 3.04(d) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.04(a), (b), (c) or (d).
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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.04, no Lender shall demand compensation for any increased costs under this Section 3.04 if it shall not be the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances and unless such demand is generally consistent with such Lender’s treatment of comparable borrowers of such Lender in the United States with respect to similarly affected commitments or loans.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a change after the Closing Date in a requirement or interpretation of law or governmental rule, regulation or order, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented for all purposes under or in connection with this Agreement (including this Section 3.04 and Section 3.05).
SECTION 3.05 Funding Losses. Upon written demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, which demand shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(1) in the case of Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans,
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Eurocurrency Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;
including any loss or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained; and
(2) in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans,
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Term SOFR Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, such 2022 Term B Loan, such 2022 Term B-2 Loan, such 2024 Term B-1 Loan , such 2024 Term B-2 Loan or such 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan, as applicable; or (b) With respect to any Lender’s claim for compensation under Sections 3.01, 3.02 or 3.03, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the event that gives rise to such claim; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Term SOFR Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;
including any loss or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Term SOFR Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.
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SECTION 3.06 Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation.
(a) Any Agent or Lender claiming compensation under this Article III shall deliver a certificate to the Borrower setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Agent or Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
If any Lender requests compensation by the Borrower under Section 3.04, the Borrower may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 3.06(c) shall be applicable); provided that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.
(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loan, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.06(b) hereof, such Lender’s (i) Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans made in Dollars shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans and (ii) Eurocurrency Loans made in any Alternative Currency shall be prepaid, in each case, on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for such Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case of an immediate conversion or repayment required by Section 3.02, on such earlier date as required by Law) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:
(i) to the extent that such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans , the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and (ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued from one Interest Period to another by such Lender as Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.
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(d) If any Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to the conversion of such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans pursuant to this Section 3.06 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, interest rate basis, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 3.07 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.
(a) If at any time (i) any Lender requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04 as a result of any condition described in such Sections or any Lender ceases to make Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, Term SOFR Loans as a result of any condition described in Section 3.02 or Section 3.04, (ii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or (iii) any Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, replace such Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 11.07(b) (at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower, including the payment of any processing or recordation fee by the Borrower in each instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (or, with respect to clause (iii) above, all of its rights and obligations with respect to the Class of Loans or Commitments that is the subject of the related consent, waiver or amendment) to one or more Eligible Assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender or other such Person; and provided further that (A) in the case of such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payment and (B) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable Eligible Assignees shall have agreed to the applicable departure, waiver or amendment of the Loan Documents. No such replacement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.
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(b) Any Lender being replaced pursuant to Section 3.07(a) above shall (i) execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, and (ii) deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or Administrative Agent (or a lost or destroyed note indemnity in lieu thereof). Pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (A) the assignee Lender shall acquire all or a portion, as the case may be, of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, (B) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the assigning Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such assigning Lender concurrently with such assignment and assumption and (C) upon such payment and, if so requested by the assignee Lender, delivery to the assignee Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed by the Borrower, the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the assigning Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder with respect to such assigned Loans, Commitments and participations, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which shall survive as to such assigning Lender.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, any Lender that acts as a L/C Issuer may not be replaced hereunder at any time that it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (including the furnishing of a back-up standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer or the depositing of cash collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer) have been made with respect to each such outstanding Letter of Credit and the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of Section 10.09.
(d) In the event that (i) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent has requested that the Lenders consent to a departure or waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents or agree to any amendment thereto, (ii) the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the agreement of all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 or all the Lenders with respect to a certain Class or Classes of the Loans and (iii) the Required Lenders (or, in the case of any such consent, waiver or amendment requiring the agreement of all the Lenders with respect to a certain Class of Loans, the Majority Lenders with respect to such Class) have agreed to such consent, waiver or amendment, then any Lender who does not agree to such consent, waiver or amendment shall be deemed a “Non-Consenting Lender”; provided that the term “Non-Consenting Lender” shall also include (x) any Lender that rejects (or is deemed to reject) an Extension Request under Section 2.16, which Extension Request has been accepted under Section 2.16 by at least the Majority Lenders of the respective Class of Existing Loans which are to be extended pursuant to such Extension Request and (y) any Lender that does not elect to become a Lender in respect of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to Section 2.15.
SECTION 3.08 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
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ARTICLE IV
Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions
SECTION 4.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to make a Credit Extension hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, except as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or as provided in Schedule 6.12 (notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.01):
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:
(i) executed counterparts of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement and the Guaranty;
(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has requested a Note at least two Business Days in advance of the Closing Date;
(iii) each Collateral Document required to be executed on the Closing Date, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto, together with:
(A) certificates, if any, representing the Pledged Equity referred to therein and required therein to be delivered, accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt endorsed in blank;
(B) to the extent required under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(C) evidence that all other actions, agreements, recordings and filings that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been taken, completed or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(iv) such certificates of good standing from the applicable secretary of the state of organization of each Loan Party, such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to be a party on the Closing Date;
(v) an opinion from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York counsel to the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 and (ii) an opinion from Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Delaware counsel to the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2;
(vi) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower;
(vii) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect and that the Administrative Agent has been named as loss payee and/or additional insured, as applicable, under each insurance policy with respect to such insurance as to which the Administrative Agent shall have requested to be so named;
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(viii) a Committed Loan Notice and/or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable, relating to the initial Credit Extensions;
(ix) copies of a recent Lien and judgment search in each jurisdiction reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Loan Parties; and
(x) an Intercompany Note duly executed by each Loan Party.
(b) All fees and expenses required to be paid to the Lenders and the Agents hereunder and invoiced on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full in cash or directed by the Borrower to be paid with the proceeds of the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans made on the Closing Date.
(c) The Joint Lead Arrangers shall have received on or prior to the Closing Date all documentation and other information reasonably requested in writing by them at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order to allow the Arrangers and the Lenders to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
SECTION 4.02 Conditions to All Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, a continuation of Term SOFR Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further that, any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, a continuation of Term SOFR Loans) submitted by a Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
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ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each of its Material Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (a) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists), under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all corporate or other organizational power and authority to (i) own its assets and carry on its business as currently conducted and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists) under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, (d) is in material compliance with all applicable Laws (including the USA Patriot Act, the FCPA and OFAC Regulations), writs, injunctions and orders, except in such instances in which such Law, writ, injunction or order is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and (e) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted; except in each case (other than clause (a) as it relates to the good standing of the Borrower) to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party are within such Loan Party’s corporate and other powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action. Neither the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party will (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents or (b) violate any applicable material Law; except in the case of this clause (b)to the extent that such violation or contravention would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.03 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, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for (i) filings and registrations necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties, (ii) the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, notices, filings or other actions which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and (iii) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, notices, filings or other actions, the failure of which to obtain, take, give or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity, (ii) the need for filings and registrations necessary to create or perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties and (iii) the effect of foreign Laws, rules and regulations as they relate to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, no Loan Party shall have any obligation to create or perfect the Liens under foreign Laws).
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SECTION 5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements and the Unaudited Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein and subject, in the case of the Unaudited Financial Statements, if any, to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(b) Since December 31, 2011, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) [Reserved].
SECTION 5.06 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that either individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.07 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has good record and indefeasible title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all real property necessary in the ordinary conduct of its business, free and clear of all Liens except for (i) minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such assets for their intended purposes, (ii) Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and (iii) where the failure to have such title or other interest would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Environmental Laws in all jurisdictions in which each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, is currently doing business (including having obtained all Environmental Permits) and (ii) none of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries has become subject to any pending Environmental Claim, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, received written notice of any Environmental Claim.
(b) None of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported or disposed of Hazardous Materials at or from any currently or formerly operated real estate or facility relating to its business in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.09 Taxes. Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all Federal and state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have timely paid all Federal and state and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets, otherwise due and payable, showing on such returns, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, there is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now pending or threatened by any authority regarding any taxes relating to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries except as set forth on Schedule 5.09(a).
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SECTION 5.10 ERISA Compliance.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.10(a) or as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan (and each related trust, insurance contract or fund) is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws.
(b) No ERISA Event has occurred and is continuing within the immediately preceding six (6) years that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except where noncompliance or the incurrence of a material obligation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Foreign Plan has been maintained in substantial compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders, and neither Holdings nor any Subsidiary has incurred any material obligation in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan.
SECTION 5.11 Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.11 sets forth (a) the name and jurisdiction of each Subsidiary, (b) the ownership interest of Holdings, the Borrower and any other Subsidiary in each Subsidiary, including the percentage of such ownership, and (c) the identity of each Subsidiary whose Equity Interests are required to be pledged on the Closing Date pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
SECTION 5.12 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) No Loan Party is engaged nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Borrowings or drawings under any Letter of Credit will be used for any purpose that violates Regulation U.
(b) No Loan Party is an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 5.13 Disclosure. None of the factual information and data heretofore or contemporaneously furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) when taken as a whole contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make such factual information and data (taken as a whole), in the light of the circumstances under which it was delivered, not materially misleading as to the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken together; it being understood that for purposes of this Section 5.13, such factual information and data shall not include projections and pro forma financial information or information of a general economic or general industry nature.
SECTION 5.14 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.
Each of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or has a valid license or right to use, all patents, patent rights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, software, know-how database rights, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”), free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01), that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to have any such rights, either individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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To the knowledge of the Borrower, the operation of the respective businesses of any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary as currently conducted does not infringe upon, misappropriate or violate any rights held by any Person except for such infringements, misappropriations or violations individually or in the aggregate, that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any IP Rights, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary, that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.15 Solvency. On the Closing Date, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.
SECTION 5.16 OFAC. Neither the Borrower, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any director or officer thereof, is an individual or entity that is, or is owned or controlled by any individual or entity that is (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals, HMT’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.17 Anti-Corruption Laws. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in material compliance with the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.EEA Financial Institutions. No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.
ARTICLE VI
Affirmative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan or other Obligation hereunder (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted or (ii) Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Obligations) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized), the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 6.03) cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 6.01 Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case 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 Ernst & Young LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any going concern or like qualification or exception (other than with respect to or resulting from, (i) any potential inability to satisfy the financial covenant described in Section 8.01 in a future date or period or (ii) the fact that the final maturity date of any Loan or Commitment hereunder is less than one year after the date of such opinion) or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;
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(b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Holdings (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013), a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related (i) consolidated statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and (ii) consolidated statements of cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, 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 Holdings as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP applicable to unaudited interim financial statements, subject only to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013) of Holdings, a reasonably detailed consolidated budget for the following fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of Holdings for its internal use (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income and a summary of the material underlying assumptions applicable thereto) (collectively, the “Projections”),which Projections have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such Projections, it being understood that actual results may vary from such Projections and that such variations may be material; and
(d) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(b), the related consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.01 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of Holdings and its Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of any direct or indirect parent of Holdings that holds all of the Equity Interests of Holdings or (B) Holdings’ or such entity’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), (i) to the extent such information relates to a parent of Holdings, such information is accompanied by consolidating information (which may be unaudited) that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such parent), on the one hand, and the information relating to Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand and (ii) to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 6.01(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of Ernst & Young LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception (other than with respect to, or resulting from, (i) any potential inability to satisfy the financial covenant described in Section 8.01 in a future date or period or (ii) the fact that the final maturity date of any Loan or Commitment hereunder is less than one year after the date of such opinion) as to the scope of such audit.
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SECTION 6.02 Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) no later than five (5) Business Days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings and, if such Compliance Certificate demonstrates an Event of Default specified in Section 9.01(b)(ii), Holdings may deliver, together with such Compliance Certificate, notice of its intent to cure (a “Notice of Intent to Cure”) such Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.04; provided that the delivery of a Notice of Intent to Cure shall in no way affect or alter the occurrence, existence or continuation of any such Event of Default or the rights, benefits, powers and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under any Loan Document;
(b) promptly after the same are publicly available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which Holdings files with the SEC or with any Governmental Authority that may be substituted therefor (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8) and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any other clause of this Section 6.02;
(c) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any material statements or material reports furnished to any holder of any class or series of debt securities of any Loan Party having an aggregate outstanding principal amount greater than the Threshold Amount or pursuant to the terms of any Junior Financing Documentation or Qualified Holding Company Debt, in each case, so long as the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereunder is greater than the Threshold Amount and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any other clause of this Section 6.02;
(d) together with the delivery of the financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and the corresponding Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a), (i) a report setting forth the information required by Section 3.03(c) of the Security Agreement or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the last such report) and (ii) a list of each Subsidiary of the Borrower that identifies each Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or a confirmation that there is no change in such information since the later of the Closing Date or the date of the last such list; and
(e) promptly, such additional information regarding the operations, business affairs or financial condition of any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(a) 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 listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
SECTION 6.03 Notices. Promptly after a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default; and
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(b) of, to the extent permissible by applicable law, (i) any dispute, litigation, investigation or proceeding between any Loan Party and any Governmental Authority, (ii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws or in respect of IP Rights, the occurrence of any noncompliance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with, or liability under, any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, or (iii) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, in any such case, has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer (x) that such notice is being delivered pursuant to Section 6.03(a) or (b) (as applicable) and (y) setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the relevant Loan Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.04 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy as the same shall become due and payable, all of its obligations and liabilities in respect of material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, except, in each case, to the extent (i) any such tax, assessment, charge or levy is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established, if required, in accordance with GAAP or (ii) the failure to pay or discharge the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Article VII and (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all corporate rights and privileges (including its good standing) except, in the case of clauses (a) or (b) (other than with respect to the preservation of the existence of the Borrower), (i) to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction permitted by Article VII. The foregoing shall not restrict in any way any conversion of a corporation, a limited liability company or any other entity to a different legal form at any time.
SECTION 6.06 Maintenance of Properties. Except if the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order, repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and fire, casualty or condemnation excepted.
SECTION 6.07 Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of its management) are financially sound and reputable at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance and at least in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of its management) is reasonable prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of its management) are reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business. If at any time any portion of a Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified as a special flood hazard area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or any successor thereto or other applicable agency, the Borrower or the relevant Loan Party, as applicable, shall keep and maintain at all times flood insurance in an amount sufficient to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, each as amended from time to time.
SECTION 6.08 Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws (including Environmental Laws, the USA Patriot Act, the FCPA and OFAC Regulations (including Sanctions administered or enforced thereunder) applicable to it or to its business or property, except if the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 6.09 Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account, in a manner to allow financial statements to be prepared in all material respects in conformity with GAAP, in which entries shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be (it being understood and agreed that Foreign Subsidiaries may maintain individual books and records in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles that are applicable in their respective jurisdiction of organization).
SECTION 6.10 Inspection Rights. Permit representatives of the Administrative Agent and of each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties (subject to the rights of lessees or sublessees thereof and subject to any restrictions or limitations in the applicable lease, sublease or other written occupancy arrangement to which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary is bound), to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom (other than the records of the Board of Directors of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary) and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers and independent public accountants (subject to such accountants’ customary policies and procedures), all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance written notice to the Borrower; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 6.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one (1) time during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default and such exercise shall be at the Borrower’s expense; provided further that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of its respective representatives) may do any of the foregoing as often as may be reasonably necessary at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance written notice. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.10, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted 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 (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding agreement or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.
SECTION 6.11 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security. At the Borrower’s expense, subject to the provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and any applicable limitation in any Collateral Document, take all action necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement continues to be satisfied, including:
(a) upon the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect wholly owned Material Domestic Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary) by any Loan Party, the designation in accordance with Section 6.13 of any existing direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary and any wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary becoming a Material Domestic Subsidiary
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(i) within sixty (60) days (or such greater number of days as specified below) after such formation, acquisition or designation (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion):
(A) cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the Material Real Properties owned by such Material Domestic Subsidiary in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(B) within ninety (90) days in the case of documents listed in Section 6.12(b) after such formation, acquisition or designation, cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages with respect to any Material Real Property, Security Agreement Supplements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements (other than in respect of copyrights) and other security agreements and documents (including, with respect to Mortgages, the documents listed in Section 6.12(b)), as reasonably requested by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Mortgages, Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreements (other than in respect of copyrights) and other Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), in each case granting Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;
(C) cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to deliver any and all certificates representing its Equity Interests (to the extent certificated) that are required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank and instruments evidencing the intercompany Indebtedness held by such Material Domestic Subsidiary and required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents, indorsed in blank to the Administrative Agent;
(D) within ninety (90) days in the case of documents listed in Section 6.12(b) after such formation, acquisition or designation, take and cause such Material Domestic Subsidiary and each direct or indirect parent of such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to take whatever action (including the recording of Mortgages, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates to the extent certificated) may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law),
(E) within sixty (60) days in the case of Intellectual Property Security Agreements in respect of U.S. copyright registrations and applications therefor, after such formation, acquisition or designation, cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Intellectual Property Security Agreements in respect of such copyrights in form and substance consistent with the Intellectual Property Security Agreements in respect of copyrights in effect on the Closing Date, in each case granting Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, and
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(ii) within sixty (60) days (or within ninety (90) days in the case of documents listed in Section 6.12(b)) after the reasonable request therefor by the Administrative Agent (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), deliver to the Administrative Agent a signed copy of an opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such matters set forth in this Section 6.11(a) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such opinion shall not be required to be delivered prior to the expiration of the 60-day period specified in clause (i) above or, if earlier, the date on which the requirements specified in sub-paragraphs (A) through (D) of clause (i) above have been satisfied,
(b) after the Closing Date, within ninety (90) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) after the acquisition of any Material Real Property by any Loan Party other than Holdings, and such Material Real Property shall not already be subject to a perfected Lien pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, the Borrower shall give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and promptly thereafter shall cause such Material Real Property to be subjected to a Lien to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and will take, or cause the relevant Loan Party to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect or record such Lien, including, as applicable, the actions referred to in Section 6.12(b).
SECTION 6.12 Further Assurances and Certain Post-Closing Obligations. Subject to the provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and any applicable limitations in any Collateral Document:
(a) Promptly upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Collateral Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Collateral Documents.
(b) In the case of any Material Real Property, provide the Administrative Agent with Mortgages with respect to such owned real property within ninety (90) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) of the acquisition of such real property in each case together with:
(i) evidence that counterparts of the Mortgages have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered and are in form suitable for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and subsisting perfected Lien on the property and/or rights described therein in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(ii) fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies or the equivalent or other form available in each applicable jurisdiction (the “Mortgage Policies”) in form and substance, with endorsements available in the applicable jurisdiction and in amount, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (not to exceed the value (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) of the real properties covered thereby), issued, coinsured and reinsured by title insurers reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, insuring the Mortgages to be valid subsisting Liens on the property described therein, subject only to Liens permitted by Section 7.01, and providing for such other affirmative insurance (including endorsements for future advances under the Loan Documents) and such coinsurance and direct access reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and is available in the applicable jurisdiction;
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(iii) opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in states in which the Material Real Properties are located, to the extent reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(iv) such other evidence that all other actions that the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to create valid and subsisting Liens on the property described in the Mortgages has been taken.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that within the time periods set forth in Schedule 6.12, or within such longer period or periods that the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may permit, the Loan Parties shall comply with the obligations set forth on Schedule 6.12.
SECTION 6.13 Designation of Subsidiaries. The Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) other than for purposes of designating a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with the establishment of a Qualified Securitization Financing, immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII (whether or not then in effect at such time) (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (and, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any such designation, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating satisfaction of such test) and (iii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if, after such designation, it would be a “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of any Junior Financing. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be permitted to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary does not substantially concurrently constitute or will not substantially concurrently constitute an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under the Existing Senior Secured Notes Indenture.
SECTION 6.14 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of any Credit Extension will be used in a manner consistent with the uses set forth in the preliminary statements to this Agreement. The proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans will be used in a manner consistent with the uses set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Facility Amendment.
SECTION 6.15 Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws. Maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Loan Parties and their respective directors, officers and employees with (x) any OFAC Regulations and Sanctions controls and (y) the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions.
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ARTICLE VII
Negative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (ii) Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Obligations) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized), the Borrower shall not (and, solely with respect to Section 7.12, Holdings shall not), nor shall the Borrower permit any Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
SECTION 7.01 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof; provided that any such Lien securing Indebtedness in excess of (x) $5,000,000 individually and (y) $25,000,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that is not set forth on Schedule 7.01(b)) shall only be permitted in reliance on this clause (b) to the extent such Lien is listed on Schedule 7.01(b);
(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
(d) statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course, so long as, in each case, such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business;
(e) (i) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, covenants, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), encroachments, protrusions and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property that, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially and adversely interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and any other exception on the title polices issued in connection with the Mortgaged Property;
(h) Liens arising from judgments or orders for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.01(g);
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(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e); provided that (A) such Liens attach concurrently with or within two hundred and seventy (270) days after the completion of the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens, (B) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, replacements thereof and additions and accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits and (C) with respect to Capitalized Leases, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for additions and accessions to such assets, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits) other than the assets subject to such Capitalized Leases; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;
(j) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business (including the provision of software under an open source license) which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;
(k) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under applicable law, including the Uniform Commercial Code, on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity or securities trading accounts or other commodities or securities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking or financial institution’s general terms and conditions;
(m) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(j),Section 7.02(o) or Section 7.02(p), or other acquisition permitted hereunder, to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or other acquisition or (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted under Section 7.05, in each case, to the extent such Investment, other acquisition or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;
(n) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (including any Foreign Subsidiary) securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(b), Section 7.03(g), Section 7.03(n) or Section 7.03(u);
(o) Liens in favor of Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(d);
(p) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than by designation as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.13), in each case after the date hereof (other than Liens on the Equity Interests of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that (i) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products thereof and other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under Section 7.03(e), (g) or (u);
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(q) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s interest under leases or licenses entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(r) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(s) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements under Section 7.02 and reasonable customary deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(t) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(u) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(v) (i) Liens placed upon the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition permitted hereunder to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition or such other acquisition and (ii) Liens placed upon the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary and any of its Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness (or to secure a Guarantee of such Indebtedness) incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition or such other acquisition;
(w) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;
(x) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) financing statement or similar filings;
(y) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(z) [Reserved];
(aa) Liens on the Securitization Assets arising in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(bb) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
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(cc) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing such Person’s obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;
(dd) Liens (including Liens on cash collateral) securing letters of credit in a currency other than Dollars permitted under Section 7.03(p) in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000;
(ee) Liens, including Liens on the Collateral that are junior in priority to the Liens securing the Obligations, securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(v); provided, that, (i) on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 5.0:1.0 and (ii) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time); provided, further that in the case of any Liens on the Collateral permitted under this clause (ee), the Administrative Agent shall enter into a collateral sharing agreement containing customary terms with the Borrower and the Person or Persons extending any such Indebtedness (it being understood that the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement are satisfactory);
(ff) the modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Lien permitted by clauses (b), (i), (p), (v) and (ee) of this Section 7.01; provided that (i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e), and (B) proceeds and products thereof and (ii) the renewal, extension or refinancing of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens is permitted by Section 7.03;
(gg) other Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and 3.0% of Total Assets;
(hh) Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness consisting of (i) Existing Senior Secured Notes, Permitted First Lien Debt and Permitted Junior Priority Debt (including Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents in connection with the issuance thereof into escrow) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided the requirements of the respective such defined terms are satisfied; and
(ii) Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03; provided that (i) such Liens shall be subordinated and junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent under the Collateral Documents, (ii) on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness (if such Liens attach at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness) or after giving effect to the attachment of the Liens (if such Liens are granted subsequently to the incurrence of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens), the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 5.0:1.0, (iii) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time) and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall enter into a collateral sharing agreement containing customary terms with the Borrower and the Person or Persons extending any such Indebtedness with such priority being on terms and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement are satisfactory).
The expansion of obligations secured by Liens by virtue of accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, amortization of original issue discount and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Liens for purposes of this Section 7.01.
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SECTION 7.02 Investments. Make any Investments, except:
(a) Investments by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in assets that were Cash Equivalents when such Investment was made;
(b) loans or advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, officers, directors and employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof; provided that the amount of such loans and advances used to acquire such Equity Interests shall be contributed to Holdings in cash) and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time under this clause (iii) not to exceed $15,000,000;
(c) asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, supplies and materials) and the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Investments (i) by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party, (ii) by any Non-Loan Party in any other Non-Loan Party that is a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) by any Non-Loan Party in any Loan Party and (iv) by any Loan Party in any Non-Loan Party that is a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (A) any such Investments made pursuant to this clause (iv) in the form of intercompany loans shall be evidenced by notes that have been pledged (individually or pursuant to a global note) to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (it being understood and agreed that any Investments permitted under this clause (iv) that are not so evidenced as of the Closing Date are not required to be so evidenced and pledged until the date that is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date) and (B) (I) the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed at any time outstanding $500,000,000 (provided that Investments made pursuant to Section 7.02(d)(iv)) may also be made out of the Available Amount) (II) any such Investment constitutes an exchange of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary for Indebtedness of such Subsidiary (or vice versa) or an equity contribution of intercompany Indebtedness to such Non-Loan Party, (III) the proceeds of any such Investment is part of a series of transactions that results in such proceeds’ being paid to one or more Loan Parties (as a repayment of intercompany Indebtedness or as a dividend, distribution or other return of capital or otherwise) or invested in one or more Loan Parties or (IV) any such Investment consists of the contribution of Equity Interests of any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party so long as the Equity Interests of the transferee Restricted Subsidiary is pledged to secure the Secured Obligations;
(e) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Investments consisting of Liens, Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness constituting Guarantees for the benefit of Business Successors), fundamental changes, Dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted under Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05 and 7.06, respectively;
(g) Investments existing on the date hereof or made pursuant to legally binding written contracts in existence on the date hereof or contemplated on the date hereof and, in each case, set forth on Schedule 7.02(g) and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension of any of the foregoing; provided that the amount of any Investment permitted pursuant to this Section 7.02(g) is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment as of the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.02;
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(h) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.03;
(i) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with (x) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.05 or (y) any other disposition of assets not constituting a Disposition;
(j) the purchase or other acquisition of property and assets or businesses of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (including as a result of a merger or consolidation); provided that, with respect to each purchase or other acquisition made pursuant to this clause (j) (each, a “Permitted Acquisition”), to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the Collateral Documents, the property, assets and businesses acquired in such purchase or other acquisition shall constitute Collateral and each applicable Loan Party and any such newly created or acquired Subsidiary (and, to the extent required under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, the Subsidiaries of such created or acquired Subsidiary) shall be or become Guarantors and shall have complied or shall comply with the requirements of Section 6.11, within the times specified therein (for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (A) shall not override any provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement) and such acquired property, assets, business or Person is in a business permitted under Section 7.07;
(k) any Investment in a business permitted pursuant to Section 7.07 taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (k) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 4.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (k) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (j) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (k) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(l) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article III endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article IV customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(m) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
(n) loans and advances to Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to Holdings (or such direct or indirect parent) in accordance with Section 7.06(f) or (g);
(o) additional Investments (i) that taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (i) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $400,000,000 and 5.0% of Total Assets or (ii) out of the Available Amount;
(p) Investments in any Subsidiary or joint venture (regardless of the legal form) having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (p) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed in the aggregate at any time outstanding the greater of $75,000,000 and 1.0% of Total Assets;
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(q) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(r) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Equity Interests of Holdings (or of any direct or indirect parent of Holdings after a Qualifying IPO of such direct or indirect parent);
(s) Investments held by a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged into the Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.04 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(t) Guarantees by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of leases (other than Capitalized Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(u) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business;
(v) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contracts;
(w) Investments by any Loan Party in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $75,000,000;
(x) (i) Investments in a Securitization Subsidiary or any Investment by a Securitization Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing; provided, however, that any such Investment in a Securitization Subsidiary is in the form of a contribution of additional Securitization Assets or as equity, and (ii) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees and purchases of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(y) Investments made by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent such Investments are financed with the proceeds received by such Restricted Subsidiary from an Investment made pursuant to clauses (d)(iv), (j), (o), (p) or (z) of this Section 7.02; and
(z) additional Investments so long as at the time of any such Investment and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the Total Net Leverage Ratio determined on a Pro Forma Basis does not exceed 3.0:1.0.
SECTION 7.03 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, provided that the Borrower may incur Indebtedness and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (x) if the Interest Coverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred would not be less than 2.0:1.0, determined on a Pro Forma Basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), and (y) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time), in each case, as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred and the application of the proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such Test Period; provided that Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties may not incur Indebtedness pursuant to the foregoing exception in an aggregate principal amount (taken together with all other Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties incurred in reliance on Section 7.03(h)) at any time outstanding in excess of $250,000,000, determined at the time of incurrence.
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Except as otherwise noted, the limitations set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to any of the following items:
(a) Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents (including any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16);
(b) (i) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof; provided that any Indebtedness that is in excess of (x) $5,000,000 individually or (y) $25,000,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that is not set forth on Schedule 7.03(b)) shall only be permitted under this clause (b) to the extent such Indebtedness is set forth on Schedule 7.03(b) and any Permitted Refinancing of such Indebtedness referred to in this clause (i) and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof;
(c) Guarantees by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise permitted hereunder (except that a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Non-Loan Party may not, by virtue of this Section 7.03(c), Guarantee Indebtedness that such Restricted Subsidiary could not otherwise incur under this Section 7.03); provided that (A) no Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of any Junior Financing shall be permitted unless such Restricted Subsidiary shall have also provided a Guarantee of the Obligations substantially on the terms set forth in the Guaranty and (B) 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;
(d) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries owing to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary to the extent constituting an Investment permitted by Section 7.02; provided that all such Indebtedness incurred by any Loan Party and owed to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Non-Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations on customary terms (it being understood and agreed that any Indebtedness permitted under this clause (d) that is not already subordinated on such terms as of the Closing Date shall not be required to be so subordinated until the date that is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date);
(e) (i) Attributable Indebtedness and other Indebtedness (including Capitalized Leases) to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other assets that in each case are used or useful in a business permitted under Section 7.07, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Equity Interests of any Person owning such assets, (ii) Attributable Indebtedness arising out of sale and lease back transactions and (iii) Indebtedness arising under Capitalized Leases other than those in effect on the date hereof or entered into pursuant to subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (e), and in each case, any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred or issued and outstanding under this clause (e), shall not exceed the greater of $150,000,000 and 3.0% of Total Assets (in each case, determined at the date of incurrence) at any one time outstanding;
(f) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Contracts designed to hedge against interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodities pricing risks and not for speculative purposes and Guarantees thereof;
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(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or (ii) incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition, in each case, that is unsecured or secured only by the assets or business acquired in the applicable Permitted Acquisition (including any acquired Equity Interests) (and any Permitted Refinancing of the foregoing) and so long as the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and all Indebtedness resulting from any Permitted Refinancing thereof at any time outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (g) does not exceed the greater of $125,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Assets;
(h) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 or (B) incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition permitted pursuant to Section 7.02; provided that, in the case of clauses (A) and (B), after giving effect thereto, (I) either (x) the Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the first sentence of Section 7.03 or (y) the Interest Coverage Ratio for the Borrower (determined on a Pro Forma Basis) is equal to or greater than the Interest Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition and (II) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period; provided, further, that Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties may not incur Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (h) in an aggregate principal amount (when taken together with all other Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties incurred in reliance on the first sentence of Section 7.03) at any one time outstanding in excess of $250,000,000; and (ii) and any Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness previously incurred and permitted pursuant to this clause (h).
(i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Indebtedness to current or former officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by Section 7.06;
(k) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition, any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder or any Disposition, in each case to the extent constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price (including earn-outs) or other similar adjustments;
(l) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with the Original Transaction and Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder;
(m) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs and other cash management and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business and any Guarantees thereof;
(n) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(i) in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference up to 100.0% of the amount of any capital contributions or Net Cash Proceeds from Permitted Equity Issuances (or issuances of debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests) (other than Permitted Equity Issuances made pursuant to Section 9.04(a)) received or made by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof and contributed by such parent to the Borrower) during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date (as determined in accordance with clause (iv) of the definition of “Available Amount”) and Permitted Refinancings of such Indebtedness incurred, issued or otherwise obtained to refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness (minus the amount of any such capital contributions used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06); and
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(ii) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $500,000,000 and 10.0% of Total Assets at any time outstanding;
(o) Indebtedness consisting of (a) the financing of insurance premiums or (b) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(p) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims; provided that any reimbursement obligations in respect thereof are reimbursed within 30 days following the incurrence thereof;
(q) obligations in respect of self-insurance and performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(r) Indebtedness incurred by a Securitization Subsidiary in a Qualified Securitization Financing that is not recourse (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings) to the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(s) Indebtedness of the Borrower (which may be guaranteed by one or more Guarantors) in respect of one or more series of senior unsecured notes or loans or senior secured notes or loans that will be secured by the Collateral (A) on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Obligations or (B) on a subordinated or junior basis to the Liens securing the Obligations, in each case that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, Incremental Term Loans and/or Term Commitment Increases pursuant to an indenture, a note purchase agreement, a loan agreement or otherwise and Permitted Refinancings thereof (the “Additional Notes”); provided that (1) the scheduled amortization applicable to such Additional Notes shall not exceed 1% per annum of the original aggregate principal amount of the respective Additional Notes at any time prior to the then Latest Maturity Date under this Agreement, (2) such Additional Notes shall constitute either Permitted First Lien Debt, Permitted Junior Priority Debt or Permitted Unsecured Debt and shall meet the relevant requirements of such respective definition, (3) such Additional Notes are not scheduled to mature prior to the Latest Maturity Date then in effect, (4) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes that can be incurred at any time shall not, at such time, exceed the Incremental Cap at such time, (5) at the time of such incurrence (except in the case of any extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement thereof that does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced) and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time), (6) such Additional Notes shall not be subject to any Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Loan Party, (7) no Event of Default would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence and (8) the documentation with respect to any Additional Notes contains no mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption provisions except with respect to change of control and asset sale offers that are customary for high yield notes of such type;
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(t) Indebtedness consisting of the Existing Notes and any Permitted Refinancings thereof;
(u) Indebtedness incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (u) and then outstanding, does not exceed $100,000,000;
(v) Permitted Junior-Priority Debt or Permitted Unsecured Debt incurred for the purpose of financing, or funding dividends to Holdings to finance, the redemption, repurchase or other retirement of the Existing 2016 Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(w) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (v) above and (x) through (cc) below;
(x) Guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees and sublicensees;
(y) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services;
(z) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Subordinated Notes to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are, except as set forth in Section 7.11(a), immediately after the receipt thereof, offered to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness previously incurred and permitted pursuant to this clause (z);
(aa) (i) Indebtedness that qualifies as Permitted First Lien Debt under clause (B)(ii) of the definition thereof, Permitted Junior Priority Debt under clause (ii) of the definition thereof, or Permitted Unsecured Debt under clause (ii) of the definition thereof; and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness previously incurred and permitted pursuant to this Section 7.03(aa); provided, that (A) upon the incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to this Section 7.03(aa), all repayments and commitment reductions required by Sections 2.05(b)(iv), 2.05(b)(viii) and 2.06(d) shall be made and (B) no Event of Default would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence;
(bb) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit; and
(cc) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business.
For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased.
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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (b) through (cc) above, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance only on the exception in clause (a) of Section 7.03.
The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 7.03.
SECTION 7.04 Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that:
(a) Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with the Borrower (including a merger, the purpose of which is to reorganize the Borrower into a new jurisdiction); provided that (x) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (y) such merger or consolidation does not result in the Borrower ceasing to be incorporated under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (z) in the case of a merger or consolidation of Holdings with and into the Borrower, no Existing 2016 Notes shall remain outstanding at the time of such merger or consolidation, Holdings shall have no direct Subsidiaries at the time of such merger or consolidation other than the Borrower and, after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, the direct parent of the Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of Holdings under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Holdings is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(b) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Non-Loan Party may merge or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Non-Loan Party, (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Loan Party, (iii) any merger the sole purpose of which is to reincorporate or reorganize a Loan Party in another jurisdiction in the United States shall be permitted (provided that the surviving Person shall be a Loan Party) and (iv) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(c) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then (i) the transferee must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment or giving rise to the incurrence of Indebtedness, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or such Indebtedness must be Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party in accordance with Sections 7.02 and 7.03, respectively;
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(d) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may merge with any other Person; provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or consolidation is not the Borrower (any such Person, the “Successor Borrower”), (A) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (B) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Guaranty confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (D) each Loan Party, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Security Agreement confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (E) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage (or other instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and (F) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate, if requested by the Administrative Agent, and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplement to this Agreement or any Collateral Document comply with this Agreement; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement;
(e) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any Person other than the Borrower (i) in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 or (ii) for any other purpose; provided that (A) the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary, which together with each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.11; and (B) in the case of subclause (ii) only, (1) if the merger or consolidation involves a Guarantor and such Guarantor is not the surviving Person, the surviving Restricted Subsidiary shall expressly assume all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Guarantor is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (2) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII to the extent then applicable (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis); and
(f) a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.05.
SECTION 7.05 Dispositions. Make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete, worn out, used or surplus property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) Dispositions of inventory and goods held for sale in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of immaterial assets (including failing to pursue or allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any IP Rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business if, in the Borrower’s reasonable opinion, such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business);
(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
(d) (i) Dispositions of property to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (A) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (B) to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is permitted under Section 7.02; and (ii) Dispositions to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary constituting debt forgiveness;
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(e) (i) Dispositions permitted by Sections 7.02, 7.04 and 7.06, Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and (ii) Dispositions of property by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to sale-leaseback transactions;
(f) Dispositions of Cash Equivalents;
(g) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license), in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(h) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events;
(i) Dispositions not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.05; provided that (A) the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Disposition at least equal to the fair market value (such fair market value to be determined in good faith by the Borrower at the time of contractually agreeing to such Disposition) and (B) with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (i) for a purchase price in excess of $75,000,000, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents); provided, however, that for the purposes of this clause (i), the following shall be deemed to be cash:
(A) any liabilities (as shown on Holdings’, the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that (x) are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition or (y) that are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee (other than intercompany debt owed to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries) and, in each case, for which the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing,
(B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition,
(C) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Disposition (other than intercompany debt owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), to the extent that the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Disposition and
(D) (i) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, as determined by the Borrower in good faith, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (D) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, (ii) any Investment received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that is treated as an Investment pursuant to Section 7.02(k), (o) or (p) or (iii) any Investment that the Borrower shall designate, solely for the purposes of this Section 7.05(i) as a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 7.06(n), in each case with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration, Investment or Restricted Payment being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value;
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(j) Dispositions listed on Schedule 7.05(j) (“Scheduled Dispositions”);
(k) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(l) Dispositions, discounts or forgiveness of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(m) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(n) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code (or comparable or successor provision), any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon permitted by such provision) for use in any business conducted by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not in contravention of Section 7.07;
(o) the unwinding of any Swap Contract;
(p) any Disposition of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary;
(q) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;
(r) the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law;
(s) the sale or discount of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable; and
(t) Dispositions to Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the Internal Business Restructuring.
To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section 7.05 to any Person other than a Loan Party, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.
SECTION 7.06 Restricted Payments. Pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to its other Restricted Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests);
(b) the Borrower may (i) redeem in whole or in part any of its Equity Interests for another class of Equity Interests or rights to acquire its Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests, provided that any terms and provisions material to the interests of the Lenders, when taken as a whole, contained in such other class of Equity Interests are at least as advantageous to the Lenders as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby or (ii) the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests not otherwise permitted by Section 7.03) of such Person; provided that after giving effect to any action pursuant to clause (i) and (ii) above, the same percentage of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or the respective Restricted Subsidiary are pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents as were so pledged immediately prior thereto;
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(c) [Reserved];
(d) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Section 7.02, 7.04, 7.08 or 7.11;
(e) repurchases of Equity Interests in Holdings deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or required withholding taxes on such repurchases;
(f) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such time, the Borrower may pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of Holdings (or of any such direct or indirect parent of Holdings) by any future, present or former employee, director, consultant or distributor (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) or any of its Subsidiaries so long as such purchase is pursuant to an in accordance with the terms of any employee or director equity plan, employee or director stock option plan or any other employee or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement) with any employee, director or consultant of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings) or any of its Subsidiaries;
(g) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or to any direct or indirect parent of Holdings:
(i) the proceeds of which will be used to pay the tax liability to each foreign, federal, state or local jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for such jurisdiction of Holdings (or such direct or indirect parent) attributable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries determined as if the Borrower and its Subsidiaries filed separately;
(ii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay operating costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(iii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain its (or any of its direct or indirect parents’) corporate existence;
(iv) to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.02; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) the Borrower shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the merger (to the extent permitted in Section 7.04) of the Person formed or acquired into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Acquisition, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11;
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(v) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay costs, fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates) related to any equity or debt offering permitted by this Agreement (whether or not successful); and
(vi) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h) the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(i) Restricted Payments may be made to Holdings to finance (a) the redemption, repurchase or other retirement of the Existing 2016 Notes and (b) any regularly scheduled principal and interest and mandatory prepayments, fees and expenses payable in respect of the Existing 2016 Notes;
(j) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration (i) such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) no Event of Default occurred and was continuing;
(k) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrower’s common stock following the first public offering of the Borrower’s common stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to fund a payment of dividends on such company’s common stock), or the common stock of any of its direct or indirect parents after the Closing Date, of up to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or from any such public offering, other than public offerings with respect to the Borrower’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;
(l) payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable by any of their respective future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) and any repurchases of their respective Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options;
(m) [Reserved];
(n) other Restricted Payments (i) in an aggregate amount, together with the aggregate amount of (1) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings made pursuant to Section 7.11(a)(iv)(A), (2) loans and advances to Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings made pursuant to Section 7.02(n) in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (n)(i) and (3) Investments designated by the Borrower as a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 7.05(i)(D), not to exceed the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) (so long as at the time of incurrence and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the Total Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 6.0:1.0) 3.0% of Total Assets and (ii) out of the Available Amount;
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(o) beginning on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance of any Qualified Holding Company Debt, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings the proceeds of which are promptly applied by Holdings to fund cash interest payments on Qualified Holding Company Debt, so long as on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the payment of such dividends (i) the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period would not be greater than 4.5:1.0 and (ii) the Interest Coverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period would not be less than 1.75:1.0; and
(p) other Restricted Payments, so long as at the time of incurrence and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the Total Net Leverage Ratio determined on a Pro Forma Basis does not exceed 3.0:1.0.
SECTION 7.07 Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business reasonably related or ancillary thereto or reasonable extensions thereof.
SECTION 7.08 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction or series of related transactions of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower, involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $35,000,000, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than:
(a) transactions between or among Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;
(b) transactions on terms not materially less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate;
(c) the Transaction;
(d) the issuance of Equity Interests not prohibited under this Agreement;
(e) the payment of management, monitoring and other fees to the Sponsor Group in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the amount permitted to be paid pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and any Sponsor Termination Fees not to exceed the amount set forth in the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and related indemnities and reasonable expenses;
(f) Investments permitted under Section 7.02;
(g) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business and transactions pursuant to stock option plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements;
(h) payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(i) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(j) any agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date and, to the extent involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $25,000,000 in the aggregate, set forth on Schedule 7.08 and any amendment to any of the foregoing (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Closing Date as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower);
(k) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06;
(l) customary payments by the Borrower and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsor Group made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures);
(m) transactions in which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (b) of this Section 7.08;
(n) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings to any Permitted Holder or to any former, current or future director, manager, officer, employee or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof;
(o) investments by the Sponsor Group in securities of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (A) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (B) the investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities;
(p) any Disposition of Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing;
(q) (i) payments, Indebtedness (and cancellation of any thereof) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and preferred stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of any Restricted Subsidiary to any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, (ii) any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and (iii) any supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) that are, in each case, approved by the Borrower in good faith;
(r) (i) tax sharing agreements among one or more of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent and such parent’s other Subsidiaries and payments thereunder by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower in an officer’s certificate) for the purposes of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any provision of this Agreement; provided that, prior to entering into a tax sharing agreement described in clause (i) or a transaction described in clause (ii), the Borrower has obtained the written consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; and
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(s) any transition services arrangement, supply arrangement or similar arrangement entered into in connection with or in contemplation of the Disposition of assets or Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 7.05 or entered into with any Business Successor, in each case, that the Borrower determines in good faith is either fair to the Borrower or otherwise on customary terms for such type of arrangements in connection with similar transactions.
SECTION 7.09 Burdensome Agreements. Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that limits the ability of
| (a) | any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Non-Loan Party to make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party or |
(b) any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person for the benefit of the Lenders with respect to the Facilities and the Obligations or under the Loan Documents; provided that the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall not apply to Contractual Obligations which:
(i) (A) exist on the date hereof and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.09) are listed on Schedule 7.09 hereto and (B) to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (A) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any permitted modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as such modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing does not expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation;
(ii) (A) are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and (B) any permitted modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of such Contractual Obligation so long as such modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing does not expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation; provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to Contractual Obligations that are binding on a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.13;
(iii) represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is a Non-Loan Party which is permitted by Section 7.03;
(iv) arise in connection with any Lien permitted by Section 7.01(u), any Disposition permitted by Section 7.05 (but only as to the assets subject to such Disposition);
(v) are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 7.02 and applicable solely to such joint venture entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) are customary restrictions contained in leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto;
(vii) comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(i), 7.03(e), 7.03(g), 7.03(h), 7.03(n), 7.03(r), 7.03(u) or 7.03(v) to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or, in the case of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) or 7.03(h) only, to the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring or guaranteeing such Indebtedness;
(viii) are customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(ix) are customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(x) are restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) are customary restrictions contained in any documentation governing the Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(s) and (aa); and
(xii) relate to cash or other deposits permitted under Section 7.01.
SECTION 7.10 Accounting Changes. Make any change in fiscal year; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its fiscal year to any other fiscal year reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.
SECTION 7.11 Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness.
(a) Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled principal, interest and mandatory prepayments shall be permitted) any Permitted Subordinated Notes (collectively, the “Junior Financing”) or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Junior Financing Documentation, except (i) the refinancing thereof with the Net Cash Proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing, to the extent not required to prepay any Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b) or the prepayment thereof with Retained Declined Proceeds, (ii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parents, (iii) the prepayment of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to owed to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or the prepayment of any Permitted Subordinated Notes issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and the prepayment of Permitted Subordinated Notes with the proceeds of other Permitted Subordinated Notes, (iv) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity (A) in an aggregate amount, together with the aggregate amount of (1) Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(n)(i) and (2) loans and advances to Holdings made pursuant to Section 7.02(n), not to exceed the sum of the greater of $175,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Assets and (B) out of the Available Amount and (v) any such Indebtedness if (after giving effect to such prepayment, redemption, purchase or defeasance) the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio is not greater than 4.0:1.0 and the Total Net Leverage Ratio is not greater than 4.5:1.0.
(b) Amend, modify or change in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, any term or condition of any Junior Financing Documentation in respect of any Junior Financing having an outstanding principal amount greater than $50,000,000 (other than as a result of any Permitted Refinancing of such Indebtedness in respect thereof) without the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
SECTION 7.12 Holdings. In the case of Holdings, conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than:
(i) those incidental to its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower;
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(ii) the maintenance of its legal existence and general operating (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues);
(iii) the performance of its obligations, including the incurrence of liabilities, with respect to the Existing 2016 Notes, the Loan Documents, any Permitted Subordinated Notes, any Qualified Holding Company Debt or the Merger Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
(iv) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance of its Equity Interests or any corporate transaction permitted under Section 7.04,
(v) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and guaranteeing the obligations of its Subsidiaries or its direct or indirect parent companies;
(vi) any transaction that Holdings is permitted to enter into or consummate under this Article VII and any transaction between Holdings and the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under this Article VII, including:
(A) making any dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment not prohibited by Section 7.06 (or the making of a loan to any direct or indirect parent of Holdings in lieu of any such dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment) or holding any cash received in connection with Restricted Payments made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 7.06 pending application thereof by Holdings in the manner contemplated by Section 7.06 (including the redemption in whole or in part of any of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) in exchange for another class of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) or rights to acquire its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new shares of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests));
(B) making any Investment to the extent (1) payment therefor is made solely with the Equity Interests of Holdings (other than Disqualified Equity Interests ), the proceeds of Restricted Payments received from the Borrower and/or proceeds of the issuance of, or contribution in respect of the, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests ) of Holdings and (2) any property (including Equity Interests ) acquired in connection therewith is contributed to the Borrower or a subsidiary Guarantor (or, if otherwise permitted by Section 7.02, a Restricted Subsidiary) or the Person formed or acquired in connection therewith is merged with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; and
(C) the (w) provision of guarantees in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such guarantees shall not be in respect of debt for borrowed money, (x) incurrence of Indebtedness of Holdings representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors of Holdings and unsecured Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by any Loan Party to current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees (or their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) to finance the retirement, acquisition, repurchase, purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings, (y) incurrence of guarantees and the performance of its other obligations in respect of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(a) or Section 7.03(aa) (and any Permitted Refinancings thereof) and (z) granting of Liens to the extent the Indebtedness contemplated by subclause (y) is permitted to be secured under Sections 7.01(a), (gg), and (hh);
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(vii) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower, or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(viii) holding any cash or property received in connection with Restricted Payments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.06 pending application thereof by Holdings,
(ix) providing indemnification to officers and directors of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;
(x) conducting, transacting or otherwise engaging in any business or operations of the type that it conducts, transacts or engages in on the Closing Date;
(xi) provide Guarantees of any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or any Business Successor; and
(xii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (xi);
provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings shall not create or acquire (by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) any material direct Subsidiaries other than the Borrower or any holding company for the Borrower.
SECTION 7.13 Principal Domestic Properties. For so long as the Existing 2016 Notes are outstanding, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, permit any Material Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary to create or acquire (by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) any Principal Domestic Property unless such entity already holds a Principal Domestic Property.
SECTION 7.14 Sanctions. Directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity, to fund any activities of or business with any individual or entity, or in any Designated Jurisdiction, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner, in each case, that will result in a violation by an individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as Lender, Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender, or otherwise) of Sanctions.
SECTION 7.15 Anti-Corruption Laws. Directly or indirectly use the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit for any purpose which would breach the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and/or other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions.
ARTICLE VIII
Financial Performance Covenant
SECTION 8.01 Financial Performance Covenant. The Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial reporting obligations in Section 6.01.
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ARTICLE IX
Events of Default and Remedies
SECTION 9.01 Events of Default. Each of the events referred to in clauses (a) through (j) of this Section 9.01 shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a) Non-Payment. The Borrower fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder or with respect to any other Loan Document or (iii) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount required to be prepaid and/or Cash Collateralized pursuant to the second sentence of Section 2.05(b)(iv); or
(b) Specific Covenants. The Borrower or, in the case of Section 7.12, Holdings, fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in:
(i) any of Sections 6.03(a) or 6.05(a) (solely with respect to the Borrower) or Article VII; or
(ii) Article VIII and such failure shall not have been remedied pursuant to Section 9.04 on or prior to the Cure Expiration Date; provided, that an Event of Default under this clause (ii) shall not constitute an Event of Default for purposes of any Term Loan (other than an Incremental Term A Loan) unless and until (x) a period of 30 consecutive days has elapsed since the first date on which the Revolving Credit Lenders and/or the Incremental Term A Loan Lenders, as applicable, would be entitled under this Agreement to declare (A) all outstanding obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility and/or (B) all outstanding Incremental Term A Loans, as applicable, to be immediately due and payable as a result of the Borrower’s failure to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Article VIII and (y) at the end of such 30 consecutive day period the Revolving Credit Lenders and/or the Incremental Term A Loan Lenders, as applicable, have actually declared all such obligations to be immediately due and payable in accordance with this Agreement and such declaration has not been rescinded on or before such date; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 9.01(a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(e) Cross-Default. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment beyond the applicable grace period, if any, whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise, in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) having an aggregate outstanding principal amount (individually or in the aggregate with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure shall exist) of not less than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness, or any other event occurs (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Swap Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Agreements), the effect of which default or other event is to cause such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (e)(B) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness; provided further that such failure is unremedied and is not waived by the holders of such Indebtedness; or
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(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary admits in writing its inability to pay its debts (other than any intercompany debt) in excess of the Threshold Amount as they become due; or
(g) Judgments. There is entered against Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and has not denied coverage thereof) and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
(h) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in unsatisfied liability of Holdings, the Borrower or their respective ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) Holdings, the Borrower or their respective ERISA Affiliates fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) with respect to a Foreign Plan a termination, withdrawal or noncompliance with applicable law or plan terms or termination, withdrawal or other event similar to an ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Plan that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(i) Invalidity of Collateral Documents. (A) Any material provision of any Collateral Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05) or as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted, Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Obligations), ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Collateral Document; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Collateral Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Aggregate Commitments), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Collateral Document; (B) any Collateral Document after delivery thereof pursuant to Section 4.01 or 6.11 shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05) cease to create, or any Lien purported to be created by any Collateral Document shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected lien, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents (or other security purported to be created on the applicable Collateral) on and security interest in any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, subject to Liens permitted under Section 7.01, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements and except as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied or failed to acknowledge coverage, or (C) any of the Equity Interests of the Borrower ceasing to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement free of Liens other than Liens created by the Security Agreement or any nonconsensual Liens arising solely by operation of Law or as otherwise permitted hereunder; or
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(j) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.
SECTION 9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.
(a) If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default under Section 9.01(b)(ii) unless the conditions in the proviso contained therein have been satisfied), the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(iii) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(iv) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law;
provided that, upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
(b) Subject to the proviso in Section 9.02(a), if any Event of Default under Section 9.01(b)(ii) occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document under or in respect of the Revolving Credit Facilities to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
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(iii) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations; and
(iv) exercise on behalf of itself and the Revolving Credit Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Revolving Credit Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law, in each case under or in respect of the Revolving Credit Facilities.
(c) Subject to the proviso in Section 9.02(a), if any Event of Default under Section 9.01(b)(ii) occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Required Incremental Term A Loan Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Incremental Term A Loan Lender to make Incremental Term A Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Incremental Term A Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document under or in respect of the Incremental Term A Loans to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and
(iii) exercise on behalf of itself and the Incremental Term A Loan Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Incremental Term A Loan Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law, in each case under or in respect of the Incremental Term A Loans.
SECTION 9.03 Application of Funds. (a) After any exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02(a)), any amounts received on account of the Secured Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest, but including Attorney Costs payable under Section 11.04 and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs payable under Section 11.05 and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, the Swap Termination Value under Secured Hedge Agreements and the Cash Management Obligations, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
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Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuers, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit;
Sixth, to the payment of all other Secured Obligations of the Loan Parties and Guarantors that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Secured Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law; provided, in each case, that for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the proceeds of any Collateral pledged by a Guarantor be applied to payment of any Excluded Swap Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement) of such Guarantor.
(b) Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth in Section 9.03(a) above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth in Section 9.03(a) above and, if no Obligations remain outstanding, to the Borrower.
SECTION 9.04 Right to Cure. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 9.01, in the event that the Borrower fails (or, but for the operation of this Section 9.04, would fail) to comply with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII and until the expiration of the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, with respect to the applicable fiscal quarter (or the fiscal year ended on the last day of such fiscal quarter) hereunder (such date, the “Cure Expiration Date”), the Borrower may engage in a Permitted Equity Issuance and apply the amount of the net cash proceeds thereof to increase Consolidated EBITDA with respect to such applicable quarter; provided that such net cash proceeds (i) are actually received by the Borrower no later than ten (10) Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered with respect to such fiscal quarter hereunder, (ii) are Not Otherwise Applied and disregarded for purposes of calculating the Available Amount, (iii) do not exceed the aggregate amount necessary to comply with Article VIII for any applicable period, and (iv) shall not result in any pro forma reduction in Indebtedness for the purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII for the fiscal quarter in which such Permitted Equity Issuance is made. If, after giving effect to the foregoing increase to Consolidated EBITDA, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of Article VIII, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied such requirements as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been (or would have been) no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the failure to comply that occurred (or would have occurred) shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement. The parties hereby acknowledge that this Section 9.04(a) may not be relied on for purposes of calculating any financial ratios other than as applicable to Article VIII and shall not result in any adjustment to any amounts (including, without limitation, Consolidated Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness) other than the amount of the Consolidated EBITDA referred to in the immediately preceding sentence.
(b) (i) In each period of four fiscal quarters, there shall be at least two (2) fiscal quarters in which no cure set forth in Section 9.04(a) is made and (ii) during the term of this Agreement, the cure set forth in Section 9.04(a) shall not be exercised more than five times.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 9.01, in the event that the Borrower fails (or, but for the operation of this Section 9.04, would fail) to comply with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII, the Borrower may cure such failure by repaying Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and Cash Collateralizing 101% of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations no later than ten (10) Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered with respect to such fiscal quarter hereunder. Upon the effectiveness of such repayment and/or Cash Collateralization (i) the failure to comply with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII that occurred (or would have occurred) shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement and (ii) if prior to such time the Revolving Credit Lenders have declared all outstanding obligations under the Revolving Credit Facilities to be immediately due and payable solely as a result of such failure to comply with Article VIII, such declaration shall be deemed to be automatically rescinded at such time.
ARTICLE X
Administrative Agent and Other Agents
SECTION 10.01 Appointment and Authorization of Agents.
(a) Each Lender and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Agents in this Article X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Agent” as used in this Article X and in the definition of “Agent-Related Person” included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender, Swing Line Lender (if applicable), L/C Issuer (if applicable) and a potential Hedge Bank and/or Cash Management Bank) hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of (and to hold any security interest created by the Collateral Documents for and on behalf of or on trust for) such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing (if then in effect, subject to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement) any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto.
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In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” (and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.02 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article X (including Section 10.07, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Agents 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 Collateral Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders.
SECTION 10.02 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents or of exercising any rights and remedies thereunder) by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact including for the purpose of any Borrowing or payment in Alternative Currencies, such sub-agents as shall be deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to any Agent-Related Person, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or sub-agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
SECTION 10.03 Liability of Agents.
(a) No Agent-Related Person shall (x) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), (y) be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.01 or (z) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
(b) No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof.
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(c) No Agent-Related Person shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) No Agent-Related Person shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any of the Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(e) No Agent-Related Person shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 10.04 Reliance by Agents.
(a) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Agent. Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required hereby in any instance) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
SECTION 10.05 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to any Event of Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with Article IX; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.
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SECTION 10.06 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents. Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by any Agent herein, such Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.
SECTION 10.07 Indemnification of Agents. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Loan Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 10.07. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Liabilities, this Section 10.07 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower, provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect the Borrower’s continuing reimbursement obligations with respect thereto. The undertaking in this Section 10.07 shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 10.08 Agents in their Individual Capacities. Bank of America and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire Equity Interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan Parties, the Guarantors and their respective Affiliates as though Bank of America were not the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Bank of America or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any of their Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party, such Guarantor or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its Loans, Bank of America shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include Bank of America in its individual capacity.
SECTION 10.09 Successor Agents. The Administrative Agent may resign as the Administrative Agent upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent is in material breach of its obligations hereunder as Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may be removed as the Administrative Agent at the request of the Required Lenders. If at any time, the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent may be removed as the Administrative Agent hereunder by the Borrower upon fifteen (15) days’ notice to the Lenders. Such removal shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent as provided below.
Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation or upon such removal, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall be (a) a bank with an office in the United States or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States, and (b) consented to by the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 9.01(f) or (g) (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided that the Borrower’s consent shall not be required during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 9.01(f) or (g)), a successor agent, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States, from among the Lenders.
Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent (except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent) and the term “Administrative Agent,” shall mean such successor administrative agent and/or supplemental administrative agent, as the case may be, and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article X and Sections 11.04 and 11.05 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this Agreement.
If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30) Business Days following the retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and the Required Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above.
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Upon the acceptance of any successor’s appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to (a) continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Collateral Documents or (b) otherwise ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement is satisfied, such successor shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges, and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents.
The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article X shall continue in effect for its benefit, its sub-agents and their respective Agent-Related Persons in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent.
Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 10.09 shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 10.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations 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 Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(h) and (i), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.
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Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
SECTION 10.11 [Reserved].
SECTION 10.12 Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers. None of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “syndication agent,” “co-documentation agent”, “joint bookrunner”, “joint lead arranger” or “co-manager” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.
SECTION 10.13 Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents.
(a) It is the purpose of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that there shall be no violation of any Law of any jurisdiction denying or restricting the right of banking corporations or associations to transact business as agent or trustee in such jurisdiction. It is recognized that in case of litigation under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and in particular in case of the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, or in case the Administrative Agent deems that by reason of any present or future Law of any jurisdiction it may not exercise any of the rights, powers or remedies granted herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or take any other action which may be desirable or necessary in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to appoint an additional individual or institution selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion as a separate trustee, co-trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, administrative sub-agent or administrative co-agent (any such additional individual or institution being referred to herein individually as a “Supplemental Administrative Agent” and collectively as “Supplemental Administrative Agents”).
(b) In the event that the Administrative Agent appoints a Supplemental Administrative Agent with respect to any Collateral, (i) each and every right, power, privilege or duty expressed or intended by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to be exercised by or vested in or conveyed to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Collateral shall be exercisable by and vest in such Supplemental Administrative Agent to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to enable such Supplemental Administrative Agent to exercise such rights, powers and privileges with respect to such Collateral and to perform such duties with respect to such Collateral, and every covenant and obligation contained in the Loan Documents and necessary to the exercise or performance thereof by such Supplemental Administrative Agent shall run to and be enforceable by either the Administrative Agent or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, and (ii) the provisions of this Article X and of Sections 11.04 and 11.05 that refer to the Administrative Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Supplemental Administrative Agent and all references therein to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to the Administrative Agent and/or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, as the context may require.
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(c) Should any instrument in writing from any Loan Party be required by any Supplemental Administrative Agent so appointed by the Administrative Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to him or it such rights, powers, privileges and duties, the Borrower or Holdings, as applicable, shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent. In case any Supplemental Administrative Agent, or a successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Supplemental Administrative Agent, to the extent permitted by Law, shall vest in and be exercised by the Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new Supplemental Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 11.01 Amendments, Etc.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent and each such waiver, amendment, modification, supplement or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that, no such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent shall:
(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or the waiver of any Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);
(b) postpone any date scheduled for, or reduce the amount of, any payment of principal or interest under Section 2.07 or 2.08 to any Lender without the written consent of such Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest;
(c) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to any Lender without the written consent of such Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, it being understood that any change to the definitions of Interest Coverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio or, in each case, in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest; provided that, only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;
(d) change the definition of “Required Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender; change any provision of this Section 11.01, the definition of “Pro Rata Share” or Section 2.05(b)(v)(Y), 2.06(c), 2.13 or 9.03 without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(e) other than in a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05, or as permitted under Section 11.15 or any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender);
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(f) other than in a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05, or as permitted under Section 11.15 or any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the aggregate value of the Guarantees without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender);
(g) change the currency in which any Loan is denominated without the written consent of the Lender holding such Loans; or
(h) require any Lender to make available Interest Periods longer than six months without the written consent of each Lender.
and provided further that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lenders in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lenders under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 11.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; (v) the consent of Lenders holding more than 50% of any Class of Commitments shall be required with respect to any amendment that by its terms adversely affects the rights of such Class in respect of payments hereunder in a manner different than such amendment affects other Classes; (vi) only the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Required Revolving Credit Lenders”; (vii) only the consent of the Required Incremental Term A Loan Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Required Incremental Term A Loan Lenders”; (viii) only the consent of the Required Pro Rata Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Required Pro Rata Lenders”; and (ix) only the consent of the Required Pro Rata Lenders shall be necessary to amend or waive the terms and provisions (and related definitions) of Article VIII or waive, amend, terminate or otherwise modify Article VIII with respect to the occurrence of an Event of Default. Any such waiver and any such amendment, modification or supplement in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.01 shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding on the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans and Commitments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders. Furthermore, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.01, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend any Loan Document to correct technical administrative or manifest errors or omissions, or to effect administrative changes that are not adverse to any Lender; provided, however, that no such amendment shall become effective until the fifth Business Day after it has been posted to the Lenders, and then only if the Required Lenders have not objected in writing thereto within such five (5) Business Day period.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Intercreditor Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated, with only the written consent of the Administrative Agent, any Senior Representatives thereunder and the Borrower, and without the consent of any Lenders to add the Senior Representatives of any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt or any Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt as parties to such Intercreditor Agreement, it being understood that any such amendment, modification or supplement may make such other changes to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement as, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, are required to effectuate the foregoing; provided, that such other changes are not adverse, in any material respect, to the interests of the Lenders, and provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 11.01, guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with this Agreement, amended and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure ambiguities or defects, (iii) to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) to include “parallel debt” or similar provisions, and any authorizations or granting of powers by the Lenders and the other Secured Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent, in each case required to create in favor of the Administrative Agent any security interest contemplated to be created under this Agreement, or to perfect any such security interest, where the Administrative Agent shall have been advised by its counsel that such provisions are necessary or advisable under local law for such purpose.
SECTION 11.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.
(a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic communication (including electronic mail address, FpML messaging, and Internet or intranet websites), and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic communication (including electronic mail address, FpML messaging, and Internet or intranet websites) or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic communication (including electronic mail address, FpML messaging, and Internet or intranet websites) or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender.
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All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, four (4) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic communication (including electronic mail address, FpML messaging, and Internet or intranet websites) (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of Section 11.02(c)), when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person. In no event shall a voice mail message be effective as a notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.
(b) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic communication. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, the Agents and the Lenders.
(c) Reliance by Agents and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct. All telephonic notices to the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
SECTION 11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.
SECTION 11.04 Attorney Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees (a) if the Closing Date occurs, to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, each Co-Documentation Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers for all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, syndication and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs of White & Case LLP and one local and foreign counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and, in the case of an actual conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected parties taken as a whole, and (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Lender for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and including all Attorney Costs of counsel to the Administrative Agent). The foregoing costs shall include all reasonable search, filing, recording and title insurance charges and fees related thereto, and other documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Agent. The agreements in this Section 11.04 shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 11.04 shall be paid promptly following receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party or such Guarantor by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
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SECTION 11.05 Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners, the L/C Issuers and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees or advisors (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses, and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (but limited, in the case of Attorney Costs, to the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to all Indemnitees taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, a single local counsel for all Indemnitees taken as a whole in each relevant jurisdiction, and solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to each group of affected Indemnitees similarly situated taken as a whole) (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Administrative Agent’s performance of duties under Section 2.11, (b) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), or (c) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability arising out of the activities or operations of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or Related Indemnified Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment, (y) a material breach of any obligations under any Loan Document by such Indemnitee or Related Indemnified Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment, or (z) any dispute that is among Indemnitees (other than any dispute involving claims against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Agent, the Swing Line Lender or any L/C Issuer, in each case in their respective capacities as such) that a court of competent jurisdiction has determined in a final and non-appealable judgment did not involve actions or omissions of any direct or indirect parent or controlling person of the Borrower or their Subsidiaries. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, nor shall any Indemnitee or any Loan Party have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 11.05 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Loan Party, its directors, stockholders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents is consummated.
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All amounts due under this Section 11.05 shall be paid within 30 days after written demand therefor; provided, however, that such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such amount to the extent that there is a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification or contribution rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 11.05. The agreements in this Section 11.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
SECTION 11.06 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.
SECTION 11.07 Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor Holdings may, except as permitted by Section 7.04, assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 11.07 (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender may assign or transfer by participation any of its rights or obligations hereunder to (i) any Person that is a Defaulting Lender, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (i) or (ii) a natural person. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 11.07(e) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i)Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (“Assignees”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 11.07(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent (except with respect to assignments to competitors of the Borrower) not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being understood that the Borrower shall have the right to delay or withhold its consent if, in order for such assignment to comply with applicable Law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make a filing or registration with, a Governmental Agency) of:
(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (i) for an assignment of all or a portion of the Term Loans (other than Incremental Term A Loans) to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, (ii) for an assignment of all or a portion of the Incremental Term A Loans to an Incremental Term A Loan Lender or an Affiliate of an Incremental Term A Loan Lender, (iii) for an assignment of all or a portion of the Revolving Commitments and/or Revolving Credit Exposure to a Revolving Credit Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender or (iv) if an Event of Default under Section 9.01(a) or, solely with respect to the Borrower, Section 9.01(f) or (g) has occurred and is continuing, any Assignee;
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(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(C) each Principal L/C Issuer at the time of such assignment, provided that no consent of the Principal L/C Issuers shall be required for any assignment not related to Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure or any assignment to an Agent or an Affiliate of an Agent; and
(D) in the case of any assignment of any of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swing Line Lender; provided that no consent of the Swing Line Lender shall be required for any assignment to an Agent or an Affiliate of an Agent.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 11.07 to the contrary, if the Borrower has not given the Administrative Agent written notice of its objection to an assignment within ten (10) Business Days after written notice of such assignment, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to such assignment.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than a Dollar Amount of $5,000,000 (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facilities) or a Dollar Amount of $1,000,000 (in the case of a Term Loan) unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that (i) simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of complying with such minimum assignment amount and (ii) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;
(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that only one such fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments from any Lender or its Approved Funds to one or more other Approved Funds; provided further that the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment;
(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire;
(D) the Assignee shall comply with Section 3.01(b) and (c) or Section 3.01(d) and (e), as applicable; and
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(E) any assignment to Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 11.07(k).
This paragraph (b) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Classes of Loans or Commitments on a non-pro rata basis.
(c) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.07(d), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 11.04 and 11.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, and the surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. In no event shall any assignment be effective if the assigning Lender is the payee of any Note and such Note is not assigned and delivered to the Assignee or surrendered to the Borrower unless, in the event such Note is lost, the assigning Lender affirms in writing to the Borrower that such Note is lost. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this clause (c) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 11.07(e).
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans, L/C Obligations (specifying the Unreimbursed Amounts), L/C Borrowings and amounts due under Section 2.03, owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Agent and, with respect to its own Loans, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Person that the Administrative Agent has identified in a notice to the Lenders as a Defaulting Lender) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 11.01 that directly affects such Participant.
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Subject to Section 11.07(f), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 (and for the avoidance of doubt, shall have no direct rights against the Borrower) (subject to the requirements of Sections 3.01(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), as applicable, as though it were a Lender), 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 11.07(c). To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. If a Lender (or any of its registered assigns) sells a participation pursuant to this Section 11.07(e), the Lender (or its registered assign, as the case may be), acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall 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 under this Agreement or any Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that such Lender (or its registered assign, as the case may be) shall have no 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 Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender (or the registered assign, as the case may be) 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.
(f) An Assignee or a Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the interest subject to the Assignment or the participation sold to such Participant at the time of the Assignment or sale of the participation, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.01 as though it were a Lender and deliver the forms required by Section 3.01 to such Participant’s participating Lender unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the prior written consent of the Borrower.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) (other than to a natural person) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) such SPC and the applicable Loan or any applicable part thereof shall be appropriately reflected in the Participant Register. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder.
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Other than as expressly provided in this Section 11.07(h), (A) such Granting Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Granting Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Granting Lender in connection with such Granting Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee of $3,500 (which processing fee may be waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (1) any Lender may in accordance with applicable Law create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it and (2) any Lender that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee for holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this Section 11.07, (i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) such trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or otherwise.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender may, upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as a L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, respectively; provided that on or prior to the expiration of such 30-day period with respect to such resignation, the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have identified, in consultation with the Borrower, a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender willing to accept its appointment as successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, and the effectiveness of such resignation shall be conditioned upon such successor assuming the rights and duties of the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable. In the event of any such resignation of a L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders willing to accept such appointment a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of the relevant L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If a L/C Issuer resigns as a L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of a L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as a L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If the Swing Line Lender resigns as the Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (A) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (B) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
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(k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (x) any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Term Loans to Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender and (y) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, Holdings, the Borrower and any Subsidiary may, from time to time, purchase or prepay Term Loans, in each case, on a non-pro rata basis through (x) Dutch auction procedures open to all applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures to be agreed between Holdings or the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or other applicable agent managing such auction) or (y) open market purchases; provided that:
(i) any Term Loans acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be retired and cancelled promptly upon the acquisition thereof;
(ii) such Term Loans are not acquired with the proceeds of a Borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility;
(iii) by its acquisition of Term Loans, an Affiliated Lender shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that:
(A) it shall not have any right to (i) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present, (ii) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II), or (iii) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent or any other such Lender under the Loan Documents;
(B) except with respect to any amendment, waiver, modification of any Loan Document or any plan of reorganization pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, that in either case requires the consent of each Lender or each affected Lenders or that adversely affects such Affiliated Lender in any material respect as compared to other Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders, Affiliated Lenders will be deemed to have voted in respect to its Loans in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders voting on such matter; and
(C) if a case under Title 11 of the United States Code is commenced against any Credit Party, such Credit Party shall seek (and each Affiliated Lender shall consent) to provide that the vote of any Affiliated Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) with respect to any plan of reorganization of such Credit Party shall not be counted except that such Affiliated Lender’s vote (in its capacity as a Lender) may be counted to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes to treat the Obligations held by such Affiliated Lender in a manner that is less favorable to such Affiliated Lender than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower; each Affiliated Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Affiliated Lender’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Affiliated Lender and in the name of such Affiliated Lender (solely in respect of Loans and participations therein and not in respect of any other claim or status such Affiliated Lender may otherwise have), from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (C);
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(iv) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders may not exceed 25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding at such time under this Agreement;
(v) any such Term Loans acquired by an Affiliated Lender may, with the consent of the Borrower, be contributed to the Borrower and exchanged for debt or equity securities that are otherwise permitted to be issued at such time and any such Term Loans contributed to the Borrower shall be retired and cancelled promptly;
(vi) Affiliated Lenders will be required to identify themselves as such to the respective assignor or seller in the relevant assignment documentation; and
(vii) as a condition to each assignment pursuant to this subsection (k), the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have been provided a notice from the respective assignee or purchaser in the form of Exhibit E-2 to this Agreement in connection with each assignment to an Affiliated Lender or a Person that upon effectiveness of such assignment would constitute an Affiliated Lender, pursuant to which such assignee or purchaser shall waive any right to bring any action in connection with such Term Loans against the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such.
For avoidance of doubt, the foregoing limitations shall not be applicable to Debt Fund Affiliates; provided that for any “Required Lender” vote, Debt Fund Affiliates may not, in the aggregate, account for more than 49.99% of the amounts included in determining whether the “Required Lenders” have consented to any amendment, waiver or other action pursuant to Section 11.01.
SECTION 11.08 Confidentiality. Each of the Agents, the Lenders, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information and to not use or disclose such information, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority or any self-regulatory authority; (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 11.08 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to any pledgee referred to in Section 11.07(g), counterparty to a Swap Contract, Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement; (f) with the written consent of the Borrower; (g) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 11.08; (h) to any Governmental Authority or examiner (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization) regulating any Lender or its Affiliates; (i) to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender); or (j) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder.
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For the purposes of this Section 11.08, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party or its Affiliates or its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors or agents, relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of their subsidiaries or its business, other than any such information that is publicly available to any Agent or any Lender prior to disclosure by any Loan Party other than as a result of a breach of this Section 11.08; provided that, in the case of information received from a Loan Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential or (ii) is delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, 6.02 or 6.03 hereof. Each of the Agents, the Lenders, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material
non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.
SECTION 11.09 Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates and each L/C Issuer and its Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer and its Affiliates, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer and its Affiliates hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender or its Affiliates and no L/C Issuer or its Affiliates shall have a right to set off and apply any deposits held or other Indebtedness owing by such Lender or its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer or its Affiliates, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the account of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party which is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code unless such Subsidiary is not a direct or indirect subsidiary of Holdings. Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer under this Section 11.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent, such Lender and such L/C Issuer may have.
SECTION 11.10 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by an Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
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SECTION 11.11 Counterparts. This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier or other electronic imaging means (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopier be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopier.
SECTION 11.12 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Agents or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement.
SECTION 11.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by each Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by any Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized).
SECTION 11.14 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 11.15 Termination and Release of Collateral.
(a) The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that (i) the Liens on any Collateral granted to the Administrative Agent by the Loan Parties shall be released as permitted under and pursuant to the Security Agreement and (ii) any Guarantor shall be released from its obligations under the applicable Guaranty as permitted under and pursuant to the applicable Guaranty.
(b) Any such release under clause (a) shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents.
(c) The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, consents, acknowledgements and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and/or confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.15, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender.
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SECTION 11.16 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents
The words “execution,” “execute”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other Committed Loan Notices, Swingline Loan Notices, 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 Administrative 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; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.
SECTION 11.17 GOVERNING LAW.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY (IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN) OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS AND AGREES NOT TO COMMENCE ANY SUCH LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.
SECTION 11.18 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 11.17 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
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SECTION 11.19 Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and Holdings and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer that each such Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and Holdings, each Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 11.20 Judgment Currency.
If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable Law).
SECTION 11.21 Lender Action.
Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy against any Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents or the Secured Hedge Agreements (including the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral or any other property of any such Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. The provision of this Section 11.20 are for the sole benefit of the Lenders and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party.
SECTION 11.22 USA PATRIOT Act.
Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
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SECTION 11.23 Intercreditor Agreements.EACH LENDER AUTHORIZES AND INSTRUCTS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO ENTER INTO ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF SUCH LENDER, AND TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS (AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS) REQUIRED (OR DEEMED ADVISABLE) BY IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
(b) THE LENDERS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS, THE RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND REMEDIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE SECURED PARTIES UNDER SUCH COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS WILL BE, UPON EXECUTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF EACH INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND (B) IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL. THE LENDERS HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AS APPLICABLE, TO TAKE SUCH ACTIONS, INCLUDING MAKING FILINGS AND ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS AND ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO ANY COLLATERAL DOCUMENT, AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO REFLECT THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION 11.22(b).
(c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 11.22 ARE NOT INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE ALL RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL BE IN THE FORM APPROVED BY AND REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE BORROWER AS PERMITTED BY THIS AGREEMENT. REFERENCE MUST BE MADE TO ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ITSELF TO UNDERSTAND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF. EACH LENDER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ITS OWN ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND NO AGENT (AND NONE OF ITS AFFILIATES) MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION TO ANY LENDER AS TO THE SUFFICIENCY OR ADVISABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
SECTION 11.24 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.
(a) Solely to the extent any Lender or L/C Issuer that is an EEA Financial Institution is a party to this Agreement and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender or L/C Issuer that is an EEA 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 an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by;
(b) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender or L/C Issuer that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(c) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
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(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
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Exhibit 10.5
Execution Version
ELEVENTH TERM LOAN B REFINANCING AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 9, 2025 (this “Eleventh Term Loan Amendment”), among Sabre GLBL Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), Sabre Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), each of the other Loan Parties, Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and each Lender party hereto with 2025 Other Term B-2 Commitments (as defined below). The bookrunner for this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment is BofA Securities Inc.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013 (as amended, amended and restated, modified and/or supplemented through the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have extended credit to the Borrower;
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent that it is requesting that the 2025 Other Term B-2 Lenders (as defined below) provide Other Term Loans in the aggregate principal amount of $86,760,167.18 on the terms and conditions set forth in this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment, the proceeds of which will be used to refinance a portion of the outstanding 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans (such portion of the existing 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the “Existing Term B Loans”) and to pay related fees and expenses;
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement and the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower, Holdings, each of the other Loan Parties, the 2025 Other Term B-2 Lenders and the Administrative Agent wish to effect this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend certain other provisions of the Credit Agreement as hereinafter provided in connection with foregoing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2 Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
(a) For the avoidance of doubt, (i) this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment constitutes a “Refinancing Amendment” pursuant to which a new Class of Other Term Loans is established pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement, (ii) the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Commitments constitute “Other Term Commitments” as defined in the Credit Agreement (as amended pursuant to Section 3 hereof), (iii) from and after the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans constitute “Other Term Loans” as defined in the Credit Agreement (as amended pursuant to Section 3 hereof) and (iv) from and after the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, each 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender shall constitute a “Lender” and a “Term Lender” as defined in the Credit Agreement (as amended pursuant to Section 3 hereof).
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and the occurrence of the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, each 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender agrees to make 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans to the Borrower on the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date in an amount equal to the amount of its 2025 Other Term B-2 Commitment. The full amount of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans shall be drawn by the Borrower in a single drawing on the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date and amounts paid or prepaid in respect of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans may not be reborrowed. For purposes hereof, the 2025 Other Term B-2 Commitments of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Lenders shall be $86,760,167.18.
(c) The Administrative Agent has prepared a schedule (as set forth on Appendix A hereto), in consultation with the Borrower, which sets forth the allocated commitments (with respect to each 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender, its “2025 Other Term B-2 Commitment” and, collectively, the “2025 Other Term B-2 Commitments”) of each 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender with respect to the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans. The Administrative Agent has notified each 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender of its allocated 2025 Other Term B-2 Commitment and each 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender, by providing its 2025 Other Term B-2 Commitment and/or agreeing to the Term Loan Conversion (as defined below), as applicable, has consented to the terms of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment. On the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Term B Loans shall be repaid in full as follows:
(i) The portion of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Existing Term B Loans of each existing Term B Lender under the Credit Agreement with respect to such Existing Term B Loans immediately prior to giving effect to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment (each, an “Existing Term Lender”) which has executed this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment by executing option A on its signature page in respect of all or such portion of such Existing Term B Loans and that has a 2025 Other Term B-2 Commitment (each, a “2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender”) shall automatically be converted into 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans (each, a “2025 Converted Other Term B-2 Loan”) in a principal amount equal to such 2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender’s 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Conversion Amount (as defined below) (the “Term Loan Conversion”);
(ii) Bank of America, N.A. (the “New 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender”) agrees to make to the Borrower a new Term Loan (each, a “New 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan” and, collectively, the “New 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan” and, together with the 2025 Converted Other Term B-2 Loans, the “2025 Other Term B-2 Loans”) in a principal amount equal to the New 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender’s 2025 Other Term B-2 Commitment on the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment;
(iii) to the extent any Existing Term Lender has a 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Conversion Amount that is less than the full outstanding principal amount of the Existing Term B Loans of such Existing Term Lender, such Existing Term Lender shall be repaid in cash with the proceeds of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans in an amount equal to the difference between the outstanding principal amount of the Existing Term B Loans of such Existing Term Lender and such Existing Term Lender’s 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Conversion Amount (the “Non-Converting Portion”). As used herein, “2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Conversion Amount” shall mean, as to any 2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender, the final amount of such 2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender’s 2025 Other Term B-2 Commitments on the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date. The 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Conversion Amount of any 2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender shall not exceed (but may be less than) the outstanding principal amount of the applicable Existing Term B Loans (determined immediately prior to the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date) that such 2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender elects to convert pursuant to clause (c)(i) above, subject to any premium payable as loans. All such determinations made by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have no liability to any Person with respect to such determination; and (iv) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of Existing Term B Loans of each Term B-1 Lender which (i) is an Existing Term Lender and (ii) is not a 2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender (a Lender meeting the requirements of the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii), each, a “Non-Converting Lender”) shall be repaid in full in cash with respect to its Existing Term B Loans with the proceeds of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans.
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(d) Each 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender hereby agrees to “fund” its 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender’s 2025 Other Term B-2 Commitment as follows:
(i) each 2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender shall fund its 2025 Converted Other Term B-2 Loan to the Borrower by converting all or a portion of its then outstanding principal amount of its Existing Term B Loans into a 2025 Converted Other Term B-2 Loan in the principal amount set forth opposite its name on Appendix A hereto as provided in clause (c)(i) above; and
(ii) the New 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender shall fund in cash an amount equal to its 2025 Other Term B-2 Commitment (net of any original issue discount) to the Borrower.
(e) On the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, (i) the Existing Term B Loans shall be repaid with the proceeds of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans and (ii) the Borrower shall pay in cash (x) all accrued but unpaid interest owing with respect to the Existing Term B Loans through the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date that have been refinanced pursuant to this Section 2 and (y) to each existing 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, any loss, expense or liability due under Section 3.05 of the Credit Agreement.
(f) Promptly following the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, any 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender may request that its 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans be evidenced by a Note pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement.
(g) Each of the parties to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment hereby agrees (x) that the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans established pursuant to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment shall have the “Interest Rates”, “Maturity Date”, “Scheduled Amortization”, “Call Premium” and “Use of Proceeds” as set forth on Annex I hereto and (y) that all other terms and conditions applicable to such 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans shall be the same as the corresponding terms and conditions applicable to the “2021 Other Term B-1 Loans” under the Credit Agreement.
(h) The Borrower hereby consents, for purposes of Section 11.07(b)(i)(A) of the Credit Agreement, to the assignment on or within ninety (90) days of the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date of any New 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans by the New 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender, to (A) any Person that was an existing Term B Lender on the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date (immediately prior to giving effect thereto) or (B) any Eligible Assignee separately identified, and acceptable, to the Borrower. Any such assignee shall thereafter shall constitute a “Lender” and a “Term Lender” as defined in the Credit Agreement (as amended pursuant to Section 3 hereof).
SECTION 3 Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 hereof, on and as of the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date (immediately after giving effect to incurrence of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans), the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: ), and (ii) adding the double underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the amended Credit Agreement attached hereto as Appendix B.
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SECTION 4 Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants to each of the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent that:
(a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company and/or partnership action, as applicable, of such Loan Party;
(b) this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party;
(c) each of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment, the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document to which each Loan Party is a party, after giving effect to the amendments pursuant to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to Debtor Relief Laws and to general principles of equity;
(d) 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, any Loan Party of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment or the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to the amendments pursuant to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(e) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the performance of the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to the amendments pursuant to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment, are within such Loan Party’s corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership powers, as applicable, and do not and will not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents or (ii) violate any applicable material Law; in the case of this clause (ii), to the extent that such violations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(f) immediately before and after giving effect to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby (i) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language is true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates, and (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 5 Effectiveness. This Eleventh Term Loan Amendment shall become effective as of the date (the “Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date”) on which each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received counterparts of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment that, when taken together, bear the signatures of (i) Holdings, (ii) the Borrower, (iii) each other Guarantor (iv) the Administrative Agent, (v) each 2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender and (vi) the New 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender; (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (A) certifying that the condition set forth in clause (f) below has been satisfied on or as of the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date and (B) certifying that the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans incurred pursuant to Section 2 above constitute Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (and meet the requirements of the definition thereof);
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(c) the Existing Term B Loans of each Non-Converting Lender and the Non- Converting Portion of Existing Term B Loans of each 2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender shall be repaid in cash with the proceeds received from the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans established pursuant to Section 2 above and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (if any) in connection with such Existing Term B Loans shall have been paid;
(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower substantially in the form of the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(vi) to the Credit Agreement (with appropriate modifications to reflect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment on the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date) attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) after giving effect to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Loan Party and the authorization of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and amendment of the Credit Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(f) all of the conditions specified in Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement with respect to the incurrence of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans shall have been satisfied;
(g) the Administrative Agent shall have received favorable customary legal opinions of (i) Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Delaware counsel to the Loan Parties and (ii) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case, as to any matter reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, addressed to each Lender party hereto and the Administrative Agent, dated the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which the Loan Parties hereby request such counsel to deliver;
(h) no Default exists as of the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, both before and immediately after giving effect to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(i) all of the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents (including this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language is true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates; and (j) the Administrative Agent and the arranger of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment, as applicable, shall have received payment of all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent.
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The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender of the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 6 Reaffirmation of Guaranty and Security. The Borrower and each other Loan Party, by its signature below, hereby (a) agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment or the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, the Collateral Documents continue to be in full force and effect and (b) affirms and confirms all of its obligations and liabilities under the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document, in each case after giving effect to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, including its guarantee of the Obligations and the pledge of and/or grant of a security interest in its assets as Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents to secure such Obligations, all as provided in the Collateral Documents as originally executed, and acknowledges and agrees that such obligations, liabilities, guarantee, pledge and grant continue in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, such Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case after giving effect to this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 7 Reference to and effect on the Credit Agreement. From and after the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, the terms “Agreement”, “this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment”, “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereto”, “hereof” and words of similar import, as used in the Credit Agreement, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and the term “Credit Agreement”, as used in the other Loan Documents, shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, any references to “the date hereof” in the Credit Agreement shall refer to February 19, 2013.
SECTION 8 Counterparts. This Eleventh Term Loan Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Except to the extent applicable law would prohibit the same, make the same unenforceable or affirmatively requires a manually executed counterpart signature, the delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment by fax, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means approved by the Administrative Agent in writing (which may be via email) that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be as effective as the delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment. In furtherance of the foregoing, the words “execution”, “signed”, “signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries 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, physical delivery thereof 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. As used herein, “Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or other record. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment.
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SECTION 9 Governing Law. THIS ELEVENTH TERM LOAN AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 10 Jurisdiction. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER THIS ELEVENTH TERM LOAN AMENDMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS ELEVENTH TERM LOAN AMENDMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY (IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN) OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS ELEVENTH TERM LOAN AMENDMENT, THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH OTHER GUARANTOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER PARTY HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS AND AGREES NOT TO COMMENCE ANY SUCH LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS ELEVENTH TERM LOAN AMENDMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO.
SECTION 11 Headings. The headings of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
SECTION 12 No Novation. Other than with respect to the Existing Term B Loans as expressly set forth herein, this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment shall not extinguish the Obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the lien or priority of any Loan Document or any other security therefor or any guarantee thereof, and the liens and security interests existing immediately prior to the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties securing payment of the Obligations are in all respects continuing and in full force and effect with respect to all Obligations. Other than with respect to the Existing Term B Loans as expressly set forth herein, nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation, or a payment and reborrowing, or a termination, of the Obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement or instruments guaranteeing or securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing expressed or implied in this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment or any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement or the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document from any of its obligations and liabilities thereunder, and such obligations are in all respects continuing with only the terms being modified as provided in this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment. The Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect, until and except as modified hereby. This Eleventh Term Loan Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement. Each Guarantor further agrees that nothing in the Credit Agreement, this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment or any other Loan Document shall be deemed to require the consent of such Guarantor to any future amendment to the Credit Agreement.
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SECTION 13 Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be given as provided in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 14 Severability. If any provision of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 15 Successors. The terms of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment shall be binding upon, and shall inure for the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 16 No Waiver. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or of any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrower to receive a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the date and year first above written.
| SABRE GLBL INC., | ||
| By | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, | ||
| By | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES LISTED BELOW, hereby consents to the entering into of this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment and agrees to the provisions hereof: | ||
| LASTMINUTE.COM LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| LASTMINUTE.COM HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| PRISM GROUP, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| PRISM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to Eleventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
| SABRE INTERNATIONAL NEWCO, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SABREMARK G.P., LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SABREMARK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||
| By: | SabreMark G.P., LLC, its General Partner | |
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL HOLDINGS I, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to Eleventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
| TVL LP | ||
| By: TVL LLC, its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| TVL COMMON, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| RSI MIDCO, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| RADIXX SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
| SABRE GDC, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Roushan Zenooz | |
| Name: Roushan Zenooz | ||
| Title: Treasurer | ||
[Signature Page to Eleventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
| BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
| By | /s/ Jennifer Toney | |
| Name: Jennifer Toney | ||
| Title: Assistant Vice President | ||
[Signature Page to Eleventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
| BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender | ||
| By | /s/ Dylan Honza | |
| Name: Dylan Honza | ||
| Title: Director | ||
[Signature Page to Eleventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
[2025 Converting Other Term B-2 Lender signature pages on file with Administrative Agent]
[Signature Page to Eleventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment (Sabre)]
ANNEX I
SUMMARY OF TERMS
Capitalized terms (and section references) used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Eleventh Term Loan Amendment (including pursuant to Section 3 thereof).
| Interest Rates: | The Applicable Rate with respect to any 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, (I) for Base Rate Loans, 5.25% and (II) for Term SOFR Loans, 6.25%: | |||
| Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit Agreement, (I) Term SOFR for the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans shall in no event be less than 0.50% per annum and (II) the Base Rate for the 2025 Other Term B- 2 Loans shall in no event be less than 1.50% per annum. | ||||
| Maturity Date: | July 30, 2029 (or, with respect to any 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender that has extended the maturity date of its 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans pursuant to Section 2.16, the extended maturity date set forth in the applicable Term Loan Extension Request delivered by the Borrower and such Term Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.16) (the “2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Maturity Date”). | |||
| Scheduled Amortization: | The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Lenders: | |||
| (i) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the last Business Day of March 2026, an aggregate Dollar Amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate Dollar Amount of all 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans outstanding on the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date (as such repayment amount shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments as directed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05). | ||||
| (ii) on the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Maturity Date, the aggregate principal amount of all such 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans outstanding on such date. | ||||
| Call Premium: | (I) Any prepayment or repayment of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i) or Section 2.05(b)(viii) or (II) any Repricing Event (as defined below) (including any assignment of such 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans pursuant to the terms of Section 3.07, in each case, in connection with a Repricing Event), in each case, shall be accompanied by the payment of the Call Premium (as defined below), for the ratable account of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Lenders. | |||
| “Repricing Event” means any amendment to the Credit Agreement the primary purpose of which is the reduce the Effective Yield applicable to the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans. Any such determination by the Administrative Agent as contemplated by the preceding sentence shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and all Lenders holding such 2025 Other 20:49 Term B-2 Loans, absent manifest error. The Administrative | ||||
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| Agent shall not have any liability to any Person with respect to such determination. | ||||
| “Call Premium” means a premium (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the applicable 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans to be prepaid, repaid, subject to the applicable amendment or assigned, as the case may be) equal to the amount set forth below: | ||||
| (a) 1.0% on or prior to the six month anniversary of the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date; and |
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| (b) 0% after such date described in clause (a) above. |
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APPENDIX A
2025 Converted Other Term B-2 Loan Allocation Schedule
[on file with the Administrative Agent]
APPENDIX B
Amended Credit Agreement
[see attached]
THIS DOCUMENT IS A CONFORMED COPY OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT CREATED FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES IN RESPECT OF THE ELEVENTH TERM LOAN REFINANCING AMENDMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE RELEVANT IN TEXT AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO:
First Incremental Term Facility Amendment, dated as of September 30, 2013
Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 20, 2014
First Revolver Extension Amendment, dated as of February 20, 2014
First Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment, dated as of February 20, 2014
Revolving Credit Refinancing Facility Amendment, dated as of July 18, 2016
Amendment No. 2, dated as of July 18, 2016
Second Incremental Term Facility Amendment, dated as of July 18, 2016
Third Incremental Term Facility Amendment, dated as of February 22, 2017
Fourth Incremental Term Facility Amendment, dated as of August 23, 2017
Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 23, 2017
Second Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 23, 2017
Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment, dated as of March 2, 2018
Third Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 27, 2020
First Term A Loan Extension Amendment, dated as of August 27, 2020
Amendment No. 3, dated as of December 17, 2020
Sixth Term Loan A Refinancing and Incremental Amendment, dated as of December 17, 2020
Amendment No. 4, dated as of July 12, 2021
Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of July 12, 2021
Seventh Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment, dated as of July 12, 2021
First Term Loan B Extension Amendment, dated as of March 9, 2022
Eighth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment, dated as of March 9, 2022
Second Term Loan B Extension Amendment, dated as of August 15, 2022
Ninth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 15, 2022
Amendment No. 5, dated as of May 16, 2023
Third Term Loan B Extension Amendment, dated as of November 25, 2024
Fourth Term Loan B Extension Amendment, dated as of November 25, 2024
Tenth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment, dated as of December 9, 2025
Eleventh Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment, dated as of December 9, 2025
EXECUTION VERSIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
$2,552,000,000
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 19, 2013
among
SABRE GLBL INC.,
as Borrower,
SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
as Holdings,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender
and an L/C Issuer,
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as an L/C Issuer
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Syndication Agent,
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. AND
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH, AND
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
| TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
1 | |||||
| SECTION 1.01 |
Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
| SECTION 1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | 71 | ||||
| SECTION 1.03 |
Accounting Terms | 71 | ||||
| SECTION 1.04 |
Rounding | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.05 |
References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.06 |
Times of Day | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.07 |
Timing of Payment or Performance | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.08 |
Currency Equivalents Generally | 72 | ||||
| SECTION 1.09 |
Letters of Credit | 73 | ||||
| SECTION 1.10 |
Interest Rates | 73 | ||||
| ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
73 | |||||
| SECTION 2.01 |
The Loans | 73 | ||||
| SECTION 2.02 |
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans | 74 | ||||
| SECTION 2.03 |
Letters of Credit | 78 | ||||
| SECTION 2.04 |
Swing Line Loans | 86 | ||||
| SECTION 2.05 |
Prepayments | 89 | ||||
| SECTION 2.06 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments | 95 | ||||
| SECTION 2.07 |
Repayment of Loans | 96 | ||||
| SECTION 2.08 |
Interest | 96 | ||||
| SECTION 2.09 |
Fees | 97 | ||||
| SECTION 2.10 |
Computation of Interest and Fees | 98 | ||||
| SECTION 2.11 |
Evidence of Indebtedness | 98 | ||||
| SECTION 2.12 |
Payments Generally | 99 | ||||
| SECTION 2.13 |
Sharing of Payments | 100 | ||||
| SECTION 2.14 |
Incremental Credit Extensions | 101 | ||||
| SECTION 2.15 |
Refinancing Amendments | 105 | ||||
| SECTION 2.16 |
Extended Loans | 106 | ||||
| SECTION 2.17 |
Currency Equivalents | 109 | ||||
| SECTION 2.18 |
Defaulting Lenders | 110 | ||||
| ARTICLE III TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY |
111 | |||||
| SECTION 3.01 |
Taxes | 111 | ||||
| SECTION 3.02 |
Illegality | 116 | ||||
| SECTION 3.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates | 118 | ||||
| SECTION 3.04 |
Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans | 121 | ||||
| SECTION 3.05 |
Funding Losses | 123 | ||||
| SECTION 3.06 |
Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation | 124 | ||||
| SECTION 3.07 |
Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances | 125 | ||||
| SECTION 3.08 |
Survival | 127 | ||||
| ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
127 | |||||
| SECTION 4.01 |
Conditions to Initial Credit Extension | 127 | ||||
| SECTION 4.02 |
Conditions to All Credit Extensions | 128 | ||||
| ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
129 | |||||
| SECTION 5.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws | 129 | ||||
| SECTION 5.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention | 129 | ||||
| SECTION 5.03 |
Governmental Authorization | 129 | ||||
| SECTION 5.04 |
Binding Effect | 129 | ||||
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| SECTION 5.05 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | 130 | ||||
| SECTION 5.06 |
Litigation | 130 | ||||
| SECTION 5.07 |
Ownership of Property; Liens | 130 | ||||
| SECTION 5.08 |
Environmental Matters | 130 | ||||
| SECTION 5.09 |
Taxes | 131 | ||||
| SECTION 5.10 |
ERISA Compliance | 131 | ||||
| SECTION 5.11 |
Subsidiaries | 131 | ||||
| SECTION 5.12 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act | 131 | ||||
| SECTION 5.13 |
Disclosure | 131 | ||||
| SECTION 5.14 |
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. | 132 | ||||
| SECTION 5.15 |
Solvency | 132 | ||||
| SECTION 5.16 |
OFAC | 132 | ||||
| SECTION 5.17 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 132 | ||||
| SECTION 5.18 |
EEA Financial Institutions | 132 | ||||
| ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
132 | |||||
| SECTION 6.01 |
Financial Statements | 133 | ||||
| SECTION 6.02 |
Certificates; Other Information | 134 | ||||
| SECTION 6.03 |
Notices | 135 | ||||
| SECTION 6.04 |
Payment of Obligations | 135 | ||||
| SECTION 6.05 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc. | 135 | ||||
| SECTION 6.06 |
Maintenance of Properties | 135 | ||||
| SECTION 6.07 |
Maintenance of Insurance | 135 | ||||
| SECTION 6.08 |
Compliance with Laws | 136 | ||||
| SECTION 6.09 |
Books and Records | 136 | ||||
| SECTION 6.10 |
Inspection Rights | 136 | ||||
| SECTION 6.11 |
Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security | 136 | ||||
| SECTION 6.12 |
Further Assurances and Certain Post-Closing Obligations | 138 | ||||
| SECTION 6.13 |
Designation of Subsidiaries | 139 | ||||
| SECTION 6.14 |
Use of Proceeds | 140 | ||||
| SECTION 6.15 |
Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws | 140 | ||||
| ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
140 | |||||
| SECTION 7.01 |
Liens | 140 | ||||
| SECTION 7.02 |
Investments | 144 | ||||
| SECTION 7.03 |
Indebtedness | 147 | ||||
| SECTION 7.04 |
Fundamental Changes | 151 | ||||
| SECTION 7.05 |
Dispositions | 152 | ||||
| SECTION 7.06 |
Restricted Payments | 154 | ||||
| SECTION 7.07 |
Change in Nature of Business | 157 | ||||
| SECTION 7.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates | 157 | ||||
| SECTION 7.09 |
Burdensome Agreements | 159 | ||||
| SECTION 7.10 |
Accounting Changes | 160 | ||||
| SECTION 7.11 |
Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness | 160 | ||||
| SECTION 7.12 |
Holdings | 161 | ||||
| SECTION 7.13 |
Principal Domestic Properties | 163 | ||||
| SECTION 7.14 |
Sanctions | 163 | ||||
| SECTION 7.15 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 163 | ||||
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| ARTICLE VIII FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE COVENANT |
163 | |||||
| SECTION 8.01 |
Financial Performance Covenant | 163 | ||||
| ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
163 | |||||
| SECTION 9.01 |
Events of Default | 163 | ||||
| SECTION 9.02 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default | 165 | ||||
| SECTION 9.03 |
Application of Funds | 166 | ||||
| SECTION 9.04 |
Right to Cure | 167 | ||||
| ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS |
168 | |||||
| SECTION 10.01 |
Appointment and Authorization of Agents | 168 | ||||
| SECTION 10.02 |
Delegation of Duties | 169 | ||||
| SECTION 10.03 |
Liability of Agents | 169 | ||||
| SECTION 10.04 |
Reliance by Agents | 170 | ||||
| SECTION 10.05 |
Notice of Default | 171 | ||||
| SECTION 10.06 |
Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents | 171 | ||||
| SECTION 10.07 |
Indemnification of Agents | 171 | ||||
| SECTION 10.08 |
Agents in their Individual Capacities | 172 | ||||
| SECTION 10.09 |
Successor Agents | 172 | ||||
| SECTION 10.10 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | 173 | ||||
| SECTION 10.11 |
[Reserved] | 174 | ||||
| SECTION 10.12 |
Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers | 174 | ||||
| SECTION 10.13 |
Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents | 174 | ||||
| ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS |
175 | |||||
| SECTION 11.01 |
Amendments, Etc. | 175 | ||||
| SECTION 11.02 |
Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies | 177 | ||||
| SECTION 11.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | 178 | ||||
| SECTION 11.04 |
Attorney Costs and Expenses | 178 | ||||
| SECTION 11.05 |
Indemnification by the Borrower | 179 | ||||
| SECTION 11.06 |
Payments Set Aside | 180 | ||||
| SECTION 11.07 |
Successors and Assigns | 180 | ||||
| SECTION 11.08 |
Confidentiality | 186 | ||||
| SECTION 11.09 |
Setoff | 187 | ||||
| SECTION 11.10 |
Interest Rate Limitation | 187 | ||||
| SECTION 11.11 |
Counterparts | 188 | ||||
| SECTION 11.12 |
Integration | 188 | ||||
| SECTION 11.13 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties | 188 | ||||
| SECTION 11.14 |
Severability | 188 | ||||
| SECTION 11.15 |
Termination and Release of Collateral | 188 | ||||
| SECTION 11.16 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents | 189 | ||||
| SECTION 11.17 |
GOVERNING LAW | 189 | ||||
| SECTION 11.18 |
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY | 189 | ||||
| SECTION 11.19 |
Binding Effect | 190 | ||||
| SECTION 11.20 |
Judgment Currency | 190 | ||||
| SECTION 11.21 |
Lender Action | 190 | ||||
| SECTION 11.22 |
USA PATRIOT Act | 190 | ||||
| SECTION 11.23 |
Intercreditor Agreements | 191 | ||||
| SECTION 11.24 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | 191 | ||||
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| SCHEDULES | ||
| 1.01A |
Guarantors | |
| 1.01B |
Unrestricted Subsidiaries | |
| 1.01C |
Certain Excluded Subsidiaries | |
| 1.01D |
Mandatory Cost Formulae | |
| 2.01A |
Revolving Credit Commitment | |
| 2.03(a)(ii)(B) |
Certain Letters of Credit | |
| 5.09(a) |
Certain Tax Proceedings | |
| 5.10(a) |
ERISA Compliance | |
| 5.11 |
Subsidiaries | |
| 6.12 |
Certain Post-Closing Obligations | |
| 7.01(b) |
Existing Liens | |
| 7.02(g) |
Existing Investments | |
| 7.03(b) |
Existing Indebtedness | |
| 7.05(j) |
Scheduled Dispositions | |
| 7.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates | |
| 7.09 |
Existing Restrictions | |
| 11.02 |
Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices | |
| EXHIBITS | ||
| Form of |
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| A |
Committed Loan Notice | |
| B |
Swing Line Loan Notice | |
| C-1 |
Revolving Credit Note | |
| C-2 |
Term B Note | |
| D |
Compliance Certificate | |
| E-1 |
Assignment and Assumption | |
| E-2 |
Notice of Affiliate Assignment | |
| F |
Guaranty | |
| G |
Security Agreement | |
| H-1 |
Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | |
| H-2 |
Opinion of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP | |
| I |
Intercompany Note | |
| J-1 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Lender – Non-Partnership) | |
| J-2 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Participant – Non-Partnership) | |
| J-3 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Lender – Partnership) | |
| J-4 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Participant – Partnership) | |
| K |
First Lien Intercreditor Term Sheet | |
| L |
Junior Lien Intercreditor Term Sheet | |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is effective as of February 19, 2013, among SABRE GLBL INC. (formerly, SABRE INC.), a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), SABRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as an L/C Issuer, and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
This Agreement is effective pursuant to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement to which this Agreement is attached as Annex A.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (i) Term B Loans (as defined prior to giving effect to the Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date) in an initial aggregate Dollar Amount of $1,775,000,000, (ii) Term C Loans (as defined prior to giving effect to the Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date) in an initial aggregate Dollar Amount of $425,000,000 and (iii) a Revolving Credit Facility in an initial aggregate Dollar Amount of $352,000,000. The Revolving Credit Facility may include one or more Letters of Credit from time to time and one or more Swing Line Loans from time to time.
The proceeds of the New Term Loans (as defined in the Amendment and Restatement Agreement), together with a portion of the Borrower’s cash on hand, are being used by the Borrower on the Closing Date to refinance all obligations of the Borrower under the Original Credit Agreement that are not subject to the Term Loan Conversion (as defined in the Amendment and Restatement Agreement) and to pay any related fees and expenses in connection therewith.
The proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans made after the Closing Date will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the financing of Permitted Acquisitions. Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit will be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (and as otherwise expressly provided herein).
The applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend, and the L/C Issuers have indicated their willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Accounting Terms
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“2017 Other Term A Loans” has the meaning specified in the Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2020 Other Term B Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of 2020 Other Term B Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the 2020 Other Term B Lenders pursuant to the Sixth Term Loan Amendment.
“2020 Other Term B Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2020 Other Term B Loans.
“2020 Other Term B Loans” has the meaning specified in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment.
“2020 Other Term B Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-1 Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Lenders pursuant to the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-1 Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans.
“2021 Other Term B-1 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B- 1 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2021 Other Term B-1 Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans; provided that the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders.
“2021 Other Term B-2 Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the 2021 Other Term B-2 Lenders pursuant to the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B-2 Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans.
“2021 Other Term B-2 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2021 Other Term B- 2 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans; provided that the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders.
“2022 Term B Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2022 Term B Loans.
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“2022 Term B Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Eighth Term Loan Amendment, of 2022 Term B Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2022 Term B Loans” has the meaning specified in the Eighth Term Loan Amendment.
“2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2022 Term B Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2022 Term B Loans; provided that the 2022 Term B Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders.
“2022 Term B-2 Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2022 Term B-2 Loans.
“2022 Term B-2 Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Ninth Term Loan Amendment, of 2022 Term B-2 Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2022 Term B-2 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Ninth Term Loan Amendment.
“2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2022 Term B-2 Loans; provided that the 2022 Term B-2 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders.
“2024 Term B-1 Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2024 Term B-1 Loans.
“2024 Term B-1 Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment, of 2024 Term B-1 Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2024 Term B-1 Loans; provided that the 2024 Term B-1 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders.
“2024 Term B-1 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment.
“2024 Term B-2 Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2024 Term B-2 Loans.
“2024 Term B-2 Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment, of 2024 Term B-2 Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2024 Term B-2 Loans; provided that the 2024 Term B-2 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders.
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“2024 Term B-2 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment.
“2025 Other Term B-1 Loans” mans, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans.
“2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment, of 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans; provided that the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders.
“2025 Other Term B-1 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2025 Other Term B-2 Loans” mans, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans.
“2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Borrowing” means the establishment, pursuant to the Eleventh Term Loan Refinancing Amendment, of 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans of the same type and currency, in the case of Term SOFR Loans having the same Interest Period.
“2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Commitment” has the meaning specified in the Eleventh Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans; provided that the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders.
“2025 Other Term B-2 Loans” has the meaning specified in the Eleventh Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary (determined using such definitions as if references to Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Acquired Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or such Converted Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary.
“Acquired Entity or Business” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Additional Lender” means any Additional Revolving Credit Lender or any Additional Term Lender, as applicable.
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“Additional Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 7.03(s).
“Additional Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any bank or other financial institution selected by the Borrower that agrees to provide any portion of any (a) Incremental Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to an Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment in accordance with Section 2.14 or (b) Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.15; provided that each Additional Revolving Credit Lender (other than any Person that is a Lender at such time) shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender (such approval in each case not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
“Additional Term Lender” means, at any time, any bank or other financial institution selected by the Borrower that agrees to provide any portion of any (a) Incremental Term Facility pursuant to an Incremental Term Facility Amendment in accordance with Section 2.14 or (b) Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.15; provided that each Additional Term Lender (other than any Person that is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of a Lender at such time) shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent and collateral agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Agents, their respective lending affiliates or any entity acting as an L/C Issuer hereunder shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
“Affiliated Lender” means any Affiliate of the Sponsor Group other than (a) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) any Debt Fund Affiliate and (c) any natural person.
“Agent-Related Persons” means the Agents, together with their respective Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, partners, trustees and advisors of such Persons and of such Persons’ Affiliates.
“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Supplemental Administrative Agents (if any) and the Joint Lead Arrangers.
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
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“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Agreement Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 11.19.
“Alternative Currency” means Sterling, Euros, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars and Yen.
“Amendment and Restatement Agreement” means the Amendment and Restatement Agreement dated as of the date hereof to the Original Credit Agreement.
“Amendment No. 1” means Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2014, among the Borrower, Holdings, each of the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Amendment No. 1.
“Amendment No. 2” means Amendment No. 2 to this Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2016, among the Borrower, Holdings, each of the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Amendment No. 2.
“Applicable Rate” means (x) with respect to any Term B Loans, (I) for Base Rate Loans, 1.00% and (II) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 2.00%, and (y) with respect to any Revolving Credit Loans, Letter of Credit Fees and Commitment Fees, the percentages per annum listed in the table below, based upon the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
| Pricing Level |
Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio |
Eurocurrency Rate for Revolving Credit Loans and Letter of Credit Fees |
Base Rate for Revolving Credit Loans |
Commitment Fee Rate |
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| 1 |
> 3.75:1.0 | 2.50% | 1.50% | 0.500% | ||||
| 2 |
< 3.75:1.0, but > 3.0:1.0 |
2.25% | 1.25% | 0.375% | ||||
| 3 |
< 3.0:1.0, but > 2.25:1.0 |
2.00% | 1.00% | 0.250% | ||||
| 4 |
< 2.25:1.0 | 1.75% | 0.75% | 0.250% |
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Senior Secured 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 6.02(a); provided that at the option of the Required Lenders (and if exercised with respect to any Class under this Agreement), Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of (x) the first Business Day after the date on which a Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered but was not delivered, and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Compliance Certificate is so delivered (and thereafter the Pricing Level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply) and (y) the first Business Day after an Event of Default under Section 9.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing, and shall continue to so apply to but excluding the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived (and thereafter the Pricing Level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative 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 Rate that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Rate” 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 Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for such period, and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period pursuant to Sections 2.08 and 2.09 as a result of the miscalculation of the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable under the relevant provisions of Section 2.08 or 2.09, as applicable, at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid pursuant to said Section (and shall remain due and payable until paid in full, together with all amounts owing under said Section 2.08, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything contrary in this Agreement, the Applicable Rate with respect to (I) any Revolving Credit Loans during a Covenant Suspension Period means (x) for Base Rate Loans, 1.75% and (y) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 2.75% and (II) any Letter of Credit Fees during a Covenant Suspension Period, 2.75%. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2020 Other Term B Loans is as set forth in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans is (I) for Base Rate Loans, 2.50% and (II) for Term SOFR Loans, 3.50%. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans is (I) for Base Rate Loans, 2.50% and (II) for Term SOFR Loans, 3.50%. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2022 Term B Loans is as set forth in the Eighth Term Loan Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2022 Term B-2 Loans is as set forth in the Ninth Term Loan Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2024 Term B-1 Loans is as set forth in the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2024 Term B-2 Loans is as set forth in the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans is as set forth in the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment. The Applicable Rate with respect to the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans is as set forth in the Eleventh Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class, (b) with respect to any Letters of Credit, (i) the relevant L/C Issuers and (ii)the Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Facility, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
“April 2023 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture dated as of April 14, 2015, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance herewith.
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“April 2023 Secured Notes” means the Borrower’s 5.375% senior secured notes due April 2023, issued pursuant to the April 2023 Notes Indenture.
“Assignees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(b).
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1, with such adjustments thereto as the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree.
“Attorney Costs” means all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel, to the extent documented in reasonable detail and invoiced.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheets of Holdings as of December 31, 2011, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for Holdings for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.
“Australian Reference Banks” means Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank Limited, Westpac Banking Corporation and such other banks as may be appointed by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.
“Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Available Amount” means, at any time (the “Reference Date”), the sum of:
(i) $725,000,000; plus
(ii) an amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) equal to 50% of Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the Available Amount Reference Period; plus
(iii) the amount of any capital contributions or Net Cash Proceeds from Permitted Equity Issuances (or issuances of debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests) (other than Permitted Equity Issuances made pursuant to Section 9.04(a)) received or made by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof and contributed by such parent to the Borrower) during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus
(iv) to the extent not (A) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment for purposes of determining the amount of such Investment, the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and other cash distributions received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus
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(v) to the extent not (A) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment for purposes of determining the amount of such Investment, the aggregate amount of all cash repayments of principal received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date in respect of loans or advances made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to such Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries; plus
(vi) to the extent not (A) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (B) already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment for purposes of determining the amount of such Investment or (C) required to be applied to prepay Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(i), the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of its ownership interest in any Minority Investment or Unrestricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus
(vii) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary the fair market value (which, if the fair market value of such Investment shall exceed $100,000,000, shall be determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower, whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Administrative Agent) of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.02 (except for Investments made in reliance on Section 7.02(o)(ii)); minus
(viii) the aggregate amount of any Investments made pursuant to Section 7.02(o)(ii) and the parenthetical to Section 7.02(d)(iv)(B)(I), any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(n)(i), any Restricted Payment made pursuant to Section 7.06(n)(ii) or any payment made pursuant to Section 7.11(a)(iv)(B), in each case during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on or prior to the Reference Date (and, for purposes of this clause (viii), without taking account of the intended usage of the Available Amount on such Reference Date).
“Available Amount Reference Period” means, with respect to any Reference Date, the period commencing on January 1, 2013 and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, for which financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b), and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a), have been received by the Administrative Agent.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, 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 for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A., a national bank association, acting in its individual capacity, and its successors and assigns.
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“Base Rate” means:
(a) with respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its “prime rate” and (iii) the Eurocurrency Rate for a one-month Interest Period as determined pursuant to clause (e) of the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”plus 1%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by the Administrative Agent based upon various factors including the Administrative Agent’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by the Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Base Rate for any Term B Loan will be deemed to be 0.00% per annum if the Base Rate determined pursuant to this definition would otherwise be less than 0.00% per annum. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2020 Other Term B Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment; and
(b) with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its “prime rate” and (iii) Term SOFR for a one-month Interest Period plus 1%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by the Administrative Agent based upon various factors including the Administrative Agent’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by the Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 3.03(2) hereof, then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (i) and (ii) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (iii) above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Eleventh Term Loan Refinancing Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2024 Term B-2 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2024 Term B-1 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2022 Term B-2 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Ninth Term Loan Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2022 Term B Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Eighth Term Loan Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Base Rate for any 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan be less than the Base Rate “floor” set forth in the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
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“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement; provided that, to the extent the existing Borrower, in accordance with and solely to the extent permitted by Section 7.04(d), merges with another Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation, “Borrower” shall mean the applicable Successor Borrower.
“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a Term Borrowing, as the context may require.
“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, the jurisdiction where the Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and:
(a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency other than Euros, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in such currency in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in such currency to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in such currency are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank market; and
(b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euros, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euros in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euros to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day.
“Business Successor” means (a) any former Subsidiary of the Borrower and (b) any Person that, after the Closing Date, has acquired, merged or consolidated with a Subsidiary of the Borrower (that results in such Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower), or acquired (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of a Subsidiary or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Canadian Bankers’ Acceptance” means an instrument denominated in Canadian Dollars, including, without limitation, a depository note within the meaning of the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada) and a bill of exchange within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act (Canada).
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, (a) the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capitalized Leases) by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as capital expenditures on the consolidated statement of cash flows of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) Capitalized Software Expenditures.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that all obligations of any Person that are or would have been treated as operating leases for purposes of GAAP prior to the issuance by the Financial Accounting Standards Board on February 25, 2016 of an Accounting Standards Update (the “ASU”) shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases for purposes of all financial definitions and calculations for purpose of this Agreement (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with the ASU (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) to be treated as Capitalized Lease Obligations in the financial statements to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01.
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“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP.
“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary thereof).
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(f).
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(f).
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary:
(1) Dollars;
(2)(a) Canadian Dollars, Yen, Sterling, Euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding two years and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the Dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3), (4) and (7) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
(6) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
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(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower);
(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower);
(10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower); and
(11) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (10) above.
In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (8) and clauses (10) and (11) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (ii) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1) through (11) and in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above, provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) and (2) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
For purposes of determining the maximum permissible maturity of any investments described in clauses (1) through (11) or the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the maturity of any obligation is deemed to be the shortest of the following: (i) the stated maturity date; (ii) the weighted average life (for amortizing securities); (iii) the next interest rate reset for variable rate and auction-rate obligations; or (iv) the next put exercise date (for obligations with put features).
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time it provides any Cash Management Services, whether or not such Person subsequently ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
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“Cash Management Obligations” means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in respect of or in connection with any Cash Management Services.
“Cash Management Services” means treasury, depository and cash management services and any automated clearing house fund transfer services.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards 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.
“Catch-Up Payments” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense”.
“Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of:
(a) (i) at any time prior to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, the Permitted Holders ceasing to own, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least thirty-five (35)% of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings; or
(ii) at any time upon or after the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of 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), excluding the Permitted Holders, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under such Act), directly or indirectly, of more than the greater of (x) forty (40) % of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings and (y) the percentage of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, by the Permitted Holders;
unless, in the case of either clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the board of directors of Holdings; or
(b) the board of directors of Holdings shall cease to consist of a majority of the Continuing Directors; or
(c) any “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) in any document pertaining to any Permitted Subordinated Notes, any Qualified Holding Company Debt or the Existing Notes; or
(d) subject to Section 7.04, the Borrower ceasing to be a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Class” when used with respect to:
(a) Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are (i) Revolving Credit Commitments under clause (i) of the definition of “Revolving Credit Commitment”, (ii) Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, (iii) Other Revolving Credit Commitments, (iv) Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of any of the foregoing, (v) Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, (vi) Term B Commitments, (vii) Term Commitment Increases, (viii) Other Term Commitments or (ix) Incremental Term Commitments;
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(b) Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments referenced in clause (a)(i) above, Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, Other Revolving Credit Loans, Existing Revolving Credit Loans of any of the foregoing, Extended Revolving Credit Loans, Term B Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Existing Term Loans of any of the foregoing, Other Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Swing Line Loans; and
(c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments under clause (a) or (b) above;
provided that Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Credit Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Loans, Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, Existing Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Loans, Other Term Commitments, Other Term Loans, Existing Term Loans and Extended Term Loans that (i) have different terms and conditions or (ii) are established pursuant to different amendments (unless such amendment expressly provides otherwise) shall be construed to be in different Classes.
“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 4.01.
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations thereunder.
“Co-Documentation Agent” means each of Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., each in its capacity as a co-documentation agent under this Agreement.
“Collateral” means all the “Collateral” as defined in any Collateral Document and shall include the Mortgaged Properties (if any).
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each Collateral Document required to be delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii) or pursuant to Section 6.11 or Section 6.12 at such time, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto and (ii) if then in effect, each Intercreditor Agreement, in each case duly executed by each Loan Party thereto;
(b) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, all Obligations shall have been unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guaranties”) by Holdings, each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a wholly owned Material Domestic Subsidiary and not an Excluded Subsidiary including those that are listed on Schedule 1.01A hereto (each, a “Guarantor”);
(c) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the Guaranties shall have been secured by a first-priority security interest (if then in effect, subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement) in (i) all the Equity Interests of the Borrower, (ii) all Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries and any Equity Interest of any Restricted Subsidiary pledged to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(g)) of each wholly and directly owned Material Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor and (iii) 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests (and 100% of the issued and outstanding non-voting Equity Interests, if any) of each wholly owned Material Foreign Subsidiary that is directly owned by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Guarantor (with such reduction in the amount of Equity Interests pledged as may be necessary to take into account Equity Interests that have been indirectly pledged through a pledge of Equity Interests in any Domestic Subsidiary that is disregarded for purposes of U.S. federal income tax);
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(d) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the Guaranties shall have been secured by a perfected security interest (other than in the case of mortgages, to the extent such security interest may be perfected by delivering certificated securities, filing UCC financing statements or making any necessary filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office) in, and mortgages on, substantially all tangible and intangible assets of the Borrower and each Guarantor (including accounts (other than deposit accounts or other bank or securities accounts and any Securitization Assets), inventory, equipment, investment property, contract rights, intellectual property, other general intangibles, owned (but not leased) real property and proceeds of the foregoing) and all Equity Interests in the Borrower owned by Holdings, in each case, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents and, if then in effect, each Intercreditor Agreement; provided that security interests in real property shall be limited to the Mortgaged Properties; and
(e) none of the Collateral shall be subject to any Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01; and
(f) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Material Real Property required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 or 6.12 (the “Mortgaged Properties”) duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such property, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid first-priority Lien on the property described therein (if then in effect, subject to the terms of each Intercreditor Agreement), free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 7.01, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (iii) such existing surveys, existing abstracts and existing appraisals in the possession of the Borrower and such legal opinions and other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgaged Property.
The foregoing definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance or surveys with respect to, (i) “Excluded Assets” and “Excluded Securities”, each as defined in the Security Agreement and (ii) particular assets if and for so long as, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets or obtaining title insurance or surveys in respect of such assets shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.
The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance and surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a) with respect to leases of real property entered into by any Loan Party, such Loan Party shall not be required to take any action with respect to creation or perfection of security interests with respect to such leases, (b) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Collateral Documents and, to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, as agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (c) any asset the pledge or mortgage of which would trigger the equal and ratable requirement under the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture will be excluded from the Collateral.
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In furtherance of the foregoing, for so long as any Existing 2016 Notes remain outstanding, Principal Domestic Properties and Equity Interests and Indebtedness of “Domestic Subsidiaries” (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) will be excluded from the Collateral (it being understood and agreed that as of the Closing Date, Principal Domestic Properties shall mean the Headquarters and Domestic Subsidiaries shall mean Headquarters SPV), as will any after-acquired property that would be a Principal Domestic Property at the time of acquisition; and Equity Interests and Indebtedness of any “Domestic Subsidiary” (as defined in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture) will cease to be part of the Collateral if such entity acquires any property that would constitute a Principal Domestic Property at the time of acquisition.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreements, the Mortgages, each of the mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.11 or Section 6.12, the Guaranty and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien or Guarantee in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Commitment” means a Term Commitment of any Class, a Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class or any combination thereof (as the context may require).
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Term Borrowing with respect to a given Class of Term Loans, (b) a Revolving Credit Borrowing with respect to a given Class of Revolving Credit Loans, (c) a conversion of Loans under a given Class from one Type to the other, or (d) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Compensation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(c)(ii).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate or Term SOFR, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of “Base Rate”, “SOFR”, “Term SOFR” and “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of “Business Day” and “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower), to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower) determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).
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“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means, for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs and Capitalized Software Expenditures for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(a) increased (without duplication) by the following:
(i) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations, to the extent the same were taken into account in calculating such Consolidated Net Income and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to clauses (a) through (m) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income; plus
(ii) total interest expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses with respect to obligations under Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations, and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense for such period to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iv) any fees, expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, incurrence or repayment of indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the Loans and any credit facilities), issuance of equity interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of the Loans and any credit facilities) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, (x) whether or not successful and (y) in each case, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(v) the amount of any restructuring charges, integration and facilities opening costs or other business optimization expenses, one-time restructuring costs incurred in connection with acquisitions made after the Closing Date, project start-up costs, costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, in each case to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(vi) any other non-cash charges, (collectively, the “Non-Cash Charges”) including any write offs or write downs reducing such Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus
(vii) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiary to the extent deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(viii) the amount of board of directors fees and management, monitoring, consulting, advisory and other fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Sponsor Group to the extent permitted by Section 7.08(e) and deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(ix) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 12 months of such period (which cost savings shall be (i) added back to Consolidated EBITDA until realized, (ii) subject only to certification by management of the Borrower and (iii) calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions (it is understood and agreed that “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken, provided that some portion of such benefit is expected to be realized within 12 months of taking such action); plus
(x) the amount of loss on sale of receivables, Securitization Assets and related assets to any Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing; plus
(xi) any costs or expense incurred by Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Holdings or the Borrower or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings or the Borrower (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are Not Otherwise Applied; plus
(xii) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back; plus
(xiii) Initial Public Company Costs; and
(b) decreased (without duplication) by, to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, excluding (x) any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period and (y) any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period, in each case determined on a consolidated basis for Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (to the extent applicable); provided that
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(I) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (A) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed by Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis, and (B) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) as specified in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent;
(II) for purposes of determining the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio only, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations (other than if so classified on the basis that it is being held for sale unless such sale has actually occurred during such period) by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a “Sold Entity or Business”) and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition) determined on a historical Pro Forma Basis.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, without duplication, the sum of:
(a) the cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income, of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Contracts, and
(b) any cash payments made during such period by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of obligations referred to in clause (ii) below relating to Funded Debt that were amortized or accrued in a previous period (other than any such obligations resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Original Transaction or any Permitted Acquisition), but excluding, however:
(i) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and any other amounts of non-cash interest,
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(ii) the accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities during such period,
(iii) any interest in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in clause (d) of the definition thereof,
(iv) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and all costs associated with Swap Contracts,
(v) any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Swap Contracts for interest rates, and
(vi) all non-recurring cash interest expenses consisting of liquidated damages for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations and financing fees.
(c) For purposes of determining Consolidated Interest Expense for any period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be an amount equal to actual Consolidated Interest Expense from the Closing Date through the date of determination multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and the denominator of which is the number of days from the Closing Date through the date of determination.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated Interest Expense for any period shall not include any cash payments made in such period on account of accrued interest with respect to any Qualified Holding Company Debt to the extent such payments are required by the terms of such Indebtedness to be made before the close of any “accrual period” (as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1272-1(b)(1)(ii)) ending after five years from the date of original issuance of such Indebtedness (any such cash payments, “Catch-Up Payments”); provided, however that, notwithstanding the foregoing and solely for purposes of determining compliance with clause (ii) of Section 7.06(o) and not for purposes of determining compliance with any other test or covenant hereunder, any Catch-Up Payments that are made in any period with the proceeds of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(o) shall be included in Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication,
(a) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the Transaction or any multi-year strategic cost-saving initiatives), severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded,
(b) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded, in each case in accordance with GAAP,
(c) the net income (loss) for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of Holdings shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,
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(d) effects of adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Original Transaction or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(e) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) obligations under any Swaps Contracts or (iii) other derivative instruments shall be excluded,
(f) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,
(g) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights to officers, directors, employees or consultants shall be excluded,
(h) any fees, expenses or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, incurrence or repayment of indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the Loans and any credit facilities), issuance of equity interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (including any amendment or other modification of the Loans and any credit facilities) and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful, shall be excluded,
(i) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the closing of any acquisition that are required to be established as a result of such acquisition in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded,
(j) losses or gains on asset sales (other than asset sales made in the ordinary course of business) shall be excluded,
(k) any net income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations shall be excluded,
(l) any adjustments resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 460, Guarantees, or any comparable regulation, shall be excluded, and
(m) the following items shall be excluded:
(i) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from obligations under any Swap Contracts and the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133; and
(ii) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses including those (x) related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness and (y) resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk.
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In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted hereunder.
“Consolidated Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate amount of Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting in connection with the Original Transaction, any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder) consisting only of Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization Financing, (ii) all Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unreimbursed Amounts thereunder, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (iv) obligations under Swap Contracts.
“Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate amount of Senior Secured Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting in connection with the Original Transaction, any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder) consisting only of Senior Secured Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization Financing, (ii) all Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unreimbursed Amounts thereunder, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (iv) obligations under Swap Contracts.
“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of acquisition method accounting in connection with the Original Transaction, any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder) consisting only of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Qualified Securitization Financing, (ii) all Letters of Credit, except to the extent of Unreimbursed Amounts thereunder, (iii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (iv) obligations under Swap Contracts.
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of (i) all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date and (ii) long-term accounts receivable over (b) the sum of (i) all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and (ii) long-term deferred revenue, but excluding, without duplication, (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (b) all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations to the extent otherwise included therein, (c) the current portion of interest, (d) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (e) the current portion of any Capitalized Lease Obligations and (f) deferred revenue arising from cash receipts that are earmarked for specific projects.
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“Continuing Director” means, at any date, any individual (a) who is a director of Holdings on the Closing Date, as elected or appointed after giving effect to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (b) whose nomination for election to the board of directors of Holdings is recommended by a majority of the then Continuing Directors, (c) who receives the vote of the Permitted Holders in his or her election by the stockholders of Holdings, or (d) whose nomination for election to the board of directors of Holdings has been recommended, directly or indirectly, by the Sponsor Group or Persons nominated by the Sponsor Group.
“Contract Consideration” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow”.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate”.
“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Corrective Revolving Credit Extension Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(g).
“Corrective Term Loan Extension Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(h).
“Covenant Suspension Period” means the period from and after the last date of the quarter in which a Material Travel Event Disruption occurs until the last date of the second succeeding quarter (unless during such Material Travel Event Disruption Period a separate and distinct Material Travel Event Disruption occurs, in which case a new Covenant Suspension Period shall run from and after the last date of the quarter in which such subsequent Material Travel Event Disruption occurred until the last date of the second succeeding quarter).
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“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means (a) Indebtedness of the Borrower (which may be guaranteed by one or more Guarantors) constituting secured or unsecured notes, loans or commitments (not constituting Obligations) or (b) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace or refinance, in whole or part, then existing Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and related letters of credit and commitments, (including any successive Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) (“Refinanced Debt”); provided that (i) other than in the case of Incremental Term A Loan Refinancing Indebtedness, such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness (and related commitments) is in an original aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) not greater than the aggregate amount of the Refinanced Debt (and, in the case of Refinanced Debt consisting, in whole or in part, of unused Revolving Credit Commitments, the amount thereof) concurrently prepaid pursuant to 2.05(b)(viii) or reduced pursuant to Section 2.06(d) except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness, (ii) such Indebtedness has the same maturity or a later maturity than the Refinanced Debt (except such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that are Revolving Credit Commitments may in any event have additional mandatory commitment reductions so long as same do not occur prior to the maturity date that previously applied to the commitments being extended), (iii) in the case of Term Loans (other than Incremental Term A Loan Refinancing Indebtedness and Term Loans in the form of Term A Loans), the scheduled amortization applicable to such Indebtedness shall not exceed 1% per annum of the original aggregate principal amount of such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness (taking into account any additions thereto by way of extensions made as part of the respective Class) at any time prior to the final maturity of the respective Refinanced Debt that are Term Loans; (iv) in the case of Term Loans, such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness does not have mandatory prepayments (other than scheduled amortization as permitted above and customary repayments and/or offering to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) which are more extensive than those applicable to the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced; (v) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, defeased or satisfied and discharged with 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (if any) in connection therewith shall be paid, on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained; and (vi) in the case of Refinanced Debt that are Revolving Credit Commitments, all repayments required to be made in connection therewith shall be made in accordance with Section 2.06(d); provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Other Term Loans incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment to be entered into on or as of the Fourth Incremental Amendment Effective Date to refinance in full the Incremental Term A Loans incurred prior to the Fourth Incremental Amendment Effective Date (the “Incremental Term A Loan Refinancing Indebtedness”) shall be deemed to constitute “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Cure Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(a).
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, with respect to any applicable determination date means the SOFR published on such date on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website (or any successor source).
“Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of the Sponsor Group that is not (a) a natural person or (b) Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower and 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 or securities in the ordinary course.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Declined Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
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“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2.00% per annum; provided that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Term SOFR Loan, as applicable, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.00% per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.18(b), any Lender that, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action or (iv) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings with such country or territory (currently, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 7.05(i) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition).
“Deutsche Bank” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch.
“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined using such definitions as if references to Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries therein are to such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale of Equity Interests) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Disposition Prepayment Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A).
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), 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 and all outstanding Letters of Credit), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Disqualified Equity Interests are issued; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar Amount” means, at any time:
(a) with respect to any Loan denominated in Dollars (including, with respect to any Swing Line Loan, any funded participation therein), the principal amount thereof then outstanding (or in which such participation is held);
(b) with respect to any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the principal amount thereof then outstanding in the relevant Alternative Currency, converted to Dollars in accordance with Section 1.08 and Section 2.17(a); and
(c) with respect to any L/C Obligation (or any risk participation therein), (A) if denominated in Dollars, the amount thereof and (B) if denominated in an Alternative Currency or another currency (other than Dollars), the amount thereof converted to Dollars in accordance with Section 1.08 and Section 2.17(b).
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“ECF Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(i).
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“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” 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.
“Effective Yield” means, as to any Loans of any Class, the effective yield on such Loans as determined by the Administrative Agent, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, index rates, any interest rate floors or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or OID (amortized over the shorter of (x) the life of such Loans and (y) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders making such Loans, but excluding any arrangement, structuring, commitment, underwriting or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders or, if applicable, ticking fees accruing prior to the funding of such Indebtedness or customary consent fees paid generally to consenting Lenders.
“Eighth Term Loan Amendment” means that certain First Term Loan B Extension and Eighth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2022 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Eighth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Eighth Term Loan Amendment.
“Eleventh Term Loan Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Eleventh Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated of December 9, 2025, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Eleventh Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Assignee permitted by and consented to in accordance with Section 11.07(b).
“EMU” means the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environmental Claim” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or disposition of real estate) or proceedings with respect to any Environmental Liability (hereinafter “ Claims”), including (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief pursuant to any Environmental Law.
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“Environmental Laws” means any and all Laws (including common law) relating to the protection of the environment or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities) of any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) human exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other binding consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities), but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, capital stock prior to such conversion or exchange.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with Holdings or the Borrower and is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as a termination under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan, notification of Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or is in reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates; (g) the requirements of PBGC Regulation Section 4043.61 (without regard to subparagraph (b)(1) thereof) apply with respect to a contributing sponsor (as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA) of a Pension Plan, and an event described in subsection .62, .63, .64, .65, .66, .67 or .68 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043 is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (h) an accumulated funding deficiency, within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA exists, or an application for a minimum funding standard waiver or modification has been filed (including any required installment payments) with respect to a Plan; (i) the failure to make any required contribution to any Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan; (j) the existence of an Unfunded Current Liability with respect to a Plan; (k) the institution of a proceeding pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (l) a liability has been incurred or is likely to be incurred by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with respect to a Plan under Section 4063, 4064, 4069 or 4212 of ERISA or Section 436 of the Code; (m) the occurrence of a “default,” within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to any Plan; or (n) a material liability has been incurred by Holdings or the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower pursuant to any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) that provides benefits to retired employees or other former employees (other than as required by Section 601 of ERISA) or any Plan or any Foreign Plan.
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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.
“Euro” means the lawful single currency of the European Union.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means:
(a) for any Interest Period, in the case of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency other than Euros, Australian Dollars and Canadian Dollars,
(i) the rate per annum equal to the ICE Benchmark Administration LIBOR Rate or the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making a LIBOR rate available (“LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of LIBOR as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or,
(ii) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch (or with respect to any Alternative Currency other than Dollars or Euros, another Bank of America branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London interbank market (or with respect to any Alternative Currency other than Dollars or Euros, another offshore interbank market) for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, and
(b) for any Interest Period, in the case of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euros,
(i) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR01 (or any successor thereto) for deposits in Euros (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the European interbank market for deposits of amounts in Euros for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period, or
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(ii) if the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or such page or service shall not be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that displays an average Banking Federation of the European Union Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Euros (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the European interbank market for deposits of amounts in Euros for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period; or
(iii) if the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) are not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest at which deposits in Euros for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by a London Affiliate of the Administrative Agent to major banks in the European interbank market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period or, if different, the date on which quotations would customarily be provided by leading banks in the European interbank market for deposits of amounts in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period.
(c) for any Interest Period, with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Australian Dollars,
(i) the rate per annum equal to the average bid rate displayed at or about 10:30 a.m. (Melbourne, Australia time) on the first day of such Interest Period on the Reuters screen BBSY page (or such other page or commercially available source providing BBSY quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for a term equivalent to such Interest Period (or if such Interest Period is not equal to a number of months, for a term equivalent to the number of months closest to such Interest Period); or
(ii) if such rate is not available at such time for such term for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic mean of the buying rates quoted to the Administrative Agent by three (3) Australian Reference Banks at or about 10:30 a.m. (Melbourne, Australia time) on the first day of such Interest Period (which buying rates must be for bills of exchange accepted by leading Australian banks which have a term equivalent to such Interest Period (or if such Interest Period is not equal to a number of months, having a term equivalent to the number of months closest to such Interest Period).
(d) for any Interest Period, with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars,
(i) the rate per annum equal to the average offered rate for Canadian Dollar Bankers’ Acceptances having an identical term as the proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan displayed and identified as such on the display referred to as the “CDOR Page” (or any display substituted therefor) of Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service as at approximately 10:00 a.m. Toronto time on the first day of such Interest Period (or, if such day is not a Business Day, as of 10:00 a.m. Toronto time on the immediately preceding Business Day); or
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(ii) if such rate is not available at such time for such term for any reason, the rate per annum will be the annual discount rate (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) as of 10:00 a.m. Toronto time on such day at which a Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule 1 of the Bank Act (Canada) as selected by the Administrative Agent is then offering to purchase Canadian Dollar Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by it having such specified term.
(e) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date,
(i) the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two (2) Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day; or
(ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank Eurocurrency market at their request at the date and time of determination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to any applicable Interest Period for (a) any Term B Loan will be deemed to be 0.00% per annum if the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period determined pursuant to this definition would otherwise be less than 0.00% per annum and (b) any Revolving Loan will be deemed to be 0.00% per annum if the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period determined pursuant to this definition would otherwise be less than 0.00% per annum. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to any applicable Interest Period be less than 0.0% per annum. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to any applicable Interest Period for any 2020 Other Term B Loan be less than the Eurocurrency Rate “floor” set forth in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan, whether denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency, that bears interest at a rate based on the applicable Eurocurrency Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income of Holdings for such period,
(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions or Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
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(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Dispositions by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, and
(v) cash receipts in respect of Swap Contracts during such fiscal year to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, over
(b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges included in clauses (a) through (k) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income,
(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property accrued or made in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases and (B) the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii) to the extent required due to a Disposition that resulted in an increase to such Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (X) all other prepayments of Term Loans, (Y) all prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and (Z) all prepayments in respect of any other revolving credit facility, except, in the case of clauses (Y) and (Z), to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of other Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Dispositions by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions or Dispositions by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),
(vi) cash payments by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness,
(vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments and acquisitions made during such period to the extent that such Investments and acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(viii) the amount of Restricted Payments paid during such period pursuant to Sections 7.06(f), 7.06(g), 7.06(h), 7.06(i), 7.06(j) (to the extent any such Restricted Payment was permitted to be made in reliance on clause (f), (g), (h), (i), (k), or (l) of Section 7.06 at the time of declaration thereof), 7.07(k) and 7.06(l) to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness,
(xi) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, (A) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period or (B) any planned cash capital expenditures by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the “Planned Expenditures”), in each case relating to Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period; provided that, to the extent the aggregate amount of internally generated cash flow actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and the Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters,
(xii) the amount of cash taxes (including penalties and interest) paid or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, and
(xiii) cash expenditures in respect of Swap Contracts during such fiscal year to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“Exchange Rate” means on any day with respect to any Alternative Currency, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such Alternative Currency with Dollars through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further that the L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
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“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary, (b) any Securitization Subsidiary, (c) each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01C hereto, (d) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by contractual requirements existing on the date of the acquisition of such Subsidiary (other than contractual requirement entered into by such Subsidiary in contemplation of such acquisition) or applicable Law from guaranteeing the Obligations, (e) any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (f) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with secured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such Indebtedness; provided that each such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary under this clause (f) if such secured Indebtedness is repaid or becomes unsecured or if such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to guarantee such secured Indebtedness, as applicable, (g) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, (x) in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the burden or cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee shall be outweigh the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom or (y) providing such a Guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower and (h) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (i) not-for-profit subsidiaries, (j) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (k) each Immaterial Subsidiary; provided that the Borrower may at any time and in its sole discretion, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, deem that any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Existing 2016 Notes” means Holdings’ $400,000,000 6.350% Senior Notes due 2016, issued pursuant to the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.
“Existing 2016 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture dated as of August 3, 2001, with SunTrust Bank, as trustee, as modified by the first supplemental indenture dated August 7, 2001, and the second supplemental indenture dated March 13, 2006, with SunTrust Bank, as trustee, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance herewith.
“Existing Intercreditor Agreement” means the First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2012, among the Borrower, Holdings, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Senior Representative of the secured parties under the Existing Senior Secured Notes Indenture, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance herewith.
“Existing Letters of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(m).
“Existing Loans” means the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (and the Existing Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant thereto) and the Existing Term Loans.
“Existing Notes” means, collectively, the Existing Senior Secured Notes and the Existing 2016 Notes.
“Existing Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Existing Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
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“Existing Senior Secured Notes” means the Borrower’s $800,000,000 8.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2019, issued pursuant to the Existing Senior Secured Notes Indenture.
“Existing Senior Secured Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of May 9, 2012, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as modified by the first supplemental indenture dated as of December 31, 2012, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance herewith.
“Existing Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Extended Incremental Term A Loan Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding Extended Incremental Term A Loans.
“Extended Incremental Term A Loans” means the 2020 Extended Incremental Term A Loans (as defined in the First Term A Loan Extension Amendment).
“Extended Loans” means the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Extended Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant thereto, or the Extended Term Loans, as the context may require.
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Extended Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Extended Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Extending Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(d).
“Extension Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(e).
“Extension Election” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension Request” means a Term Extension Request or a Revolving Credit Extension Request, as the context may require.
“FATCA” means sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as in effect on the Closing Date (including any amended or successor version to the extent substantively comparable thereto and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any implementing regulations, IRS notices, inter-governmental agreements or other applicable guidance that may be issued with respect to such Code sections
“Facility” means the Term B Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, the Revolving Credit Facility, each Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (or applicable Loans) or another Class of Commitments or Loans, as the context may require.
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or liability, the fair market value of such asset or liability as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended from time to time.
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“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, date as of March 2, 2018, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Financial Indebtedness” means Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments.
“Financial Performance Covenant” means the covenant set forth in Article VIII.
“First Term A Loan Extension Amendment” means the First Term A Loan Extension Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2020, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Foreign Casualty Event” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vii).
“Foreign Disposition” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vii).
“Foreign Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).
“Foreign Plan” means any material employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by, or entered into with, Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings with respect to employees employed outside the United States.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fourth Incremental Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Incremental Term Facility Amendment.
“Fourth Incremental Term Facility Amendment” means that certain Fourth Incremental Term Facility Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, date as of August 23, 2017, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2021 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
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“Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment” means that certain Fourth Term Loan B Extension Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2024 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
“Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof (including through the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards) on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof (including through the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards), then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein the amount of any Indebtedness under GAAP with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations shall be determined in accordance with the definition of Capitalized Lease Obligations.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(h).
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“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guaranteed Obligation” has the meaning specified in the Guaranty.
“Guarantors” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.
“Guaranty” means the guaranty made by Holdings and the other Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement,” substantially in the form of Exhibit F and (b) each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes, all hazardous or toxic substances, and all wastes or pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and infectious or medical wastes regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Headquarters” means the properties (including buildings and real property) located in Southland, Texas and comprising Holdings’ corporate headquarters.
“Headquarters Financing” means the financing transactions involving the Headquarters contemplated by the Loan Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2007, by and between Headquarters SPV and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Headquarters SPV” means Sabre Headquarters, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is a single-purpose, bankruptcy remote wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower formed in connection with the Headquarters Financing.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement, in its capacity as a party thereto, whether or not such Person subsequently ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
“Holdings” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than a Material Subsidiary.
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“Incremental Cap” means:
(a) (x) $500,000,000 less (y) the sum of the aggregate amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes that was incurred after the Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date in reliance on the foregoing clause (x), plus;
(b) an additional amount to the extent that the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio (treating all outstanding Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes as Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness solely for purposes of calculating such Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio even if such Indebtedness would not otherwise constitute Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness) on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of any proposed Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities or Additional Notes, as applicable, and any related transactions (treating any proposed Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities and Additional Notes that are “revolving” in nature as fully drawn, but not including the proceeds of any proposed Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes, as applicable, in the amount of cash to be netted in calculating such ratio but without giving effect to any simultaneous incurrence of any Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes made pursuant to the foregoing clause (a)) would be less than or equal to 4.0:1.0 as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period;
provided that such Indebtedness may be incurred under both clauses (a) and (b) above, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction by first calculating the incurrence under clause (b) above and then calculating the incurrence under clause (a) above, and vice versa, as the Borrower shall elect.
“Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(i).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(i).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)(ii).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)(ii).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(i).
“Incremental Term A Loans” means, collectively, the Extended Incremental Term A Loans and the Non-Extended Incremental Term A Loans, as the context may require.
“Incremental Term A Loan Lender” means an Extended Incremental Term A Loan Lender and/or a Non-Extended Incremental Term A Loan Lender, as the context may require.
“Incremental Term A Loan Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Incremental Term Facility Amendment.
“Incremental Term Commitments” means term loan commitments hereunder that fund Incremental Term Loans of the applicable Class of Incremental Term Loans hereunder pursuant to the applicable Incremental Term Facility Amendment.
“Incremental Term Facilities” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(ii).
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“Incremental Term Facility Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)(iii).
“Incremental Term Facility Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)(iii).
“Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(ii).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions which may have been reimbursed) of all letters of credit (including standby and commercial letters of credit), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property (other than (i) trade accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after becoming due and payable and (iii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;
(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business);
if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and obligations under Swap Contracts) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any parent of Holdings appearing upon the balance sheet of the Holdings solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP shall be excluded. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Indebtedness and (B) in the case of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, exclude (x) all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary of business and (y) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.
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“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 11.05.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.05.
“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and that is independent of the Borrower and its Affiliates.
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.08.
“Initial Public Company Costs” means, as to any Person, costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable to companies with equity securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees, in each case to the extent arising solely by virtue of the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities on a national securities exchange; provided that any such costs arising from the costs described above in respect of the ongoing operation of such Person as a listed equity or its listed debt securities following the initial listing of such Person’s equity securities or debt securities, respectively, on a national securities exchange shall not constitute Initial Public Company Costs.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Intercompany Note” means an intercompany note substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means, as applicable, (a) the Existing Intercreditor Agreement, (b) the intercreditor agreement among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and one or more Senior Representatives representing holders of each series of Permitted First Lien Debt, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties and consistent with those terms provided in the First Lien Intercreditor Term Sheet attached hereto as Exhibit K, as such intercreditor agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and/or (c) an intercreditor agreement among the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and one or more Senior Representatives representing holders of each series of Permitted Junior Priority Debt, any Indebtedness secured by Liens pursuant to Section 7.01(ee) or any Indebtedness secured by Liens pursuant to Section 7.01(ii), as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties and consistent with those terms provided in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Term Sheet attached hereto as Exhibit L, as such intercreditor agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant Test Period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such Test Period.
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“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan of any Class other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the applicable Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Term SOFR Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan of any Class (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the applicable Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made (commencing with the last Business Day of March 2013).
“Interest Period” means, (1) in the case of Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or to the extent agreed to by each Lender of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, nine or twelve months or less than one month thereafter, in each case, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(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 end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date for the Class of Loans of which such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is a part; and
(2) in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, means as to each Term SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such Term SOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Loan and ending on the date one, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice, or such other period that is twelve months or less requested by the Borrower and consented to by all the 2021 Other Term B-1 Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Lenders, the 2022 Term B Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Lenders, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-2 Lenders, as applicable, and the Administrative Agent (in the case of each requested Interest Period, subject to availability); provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Term SOFR Loan, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period pertaining to a Term SOFR Loan 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 end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
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(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date for the Class of Loans of which such Term SOFR Loan is a part.
“Internal Business Restructuring” means that certain ongoing internal business restructuring described to the Joint Lead Arrangers (i) prior to the Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date and (ii) from time to time thereafter (with respect to this clause (ii), to the extent such further internal business restructuring is reasonable to undertake to accomplish the type of internal business restructuring described to the Joint Lead Arrangers prior to the Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date).
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, (x) intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and (y) accounts receivable, credit and debit card receivables, trade credit, advances to customers and distributors, commission, travel and similar advances to employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors and consultants, in each case made in the ordinary course of business) or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person.
The amount, as of any date of determination, of (a) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment (to the extent any such payment to be deducted does not exceed the remaining principal amount of such Investment), but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (b) any Investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer, (c) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Equity Interests or other non-cash property by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the fair market value (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer) of such Equity Interests or other property as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a return of capital of, or dividends or other distributions in respect of, such Investment (to the extent such payments do not exceed, in the aggregate, the original amount of such Investment), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment, and (d) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), plus (i) the cost of all additions thereto and minus (ii) the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, and of any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest, dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (to the extent the amounts referred to in clause (ii) do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment.
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For purposes of Section 7.02, if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer. In addition, “Investments” shall also include Guarantees for the benefit of Business Successors, and, for the purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any such Investment in respect of any such Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower.
“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.14.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Joint Bookrunners” means Bank of America, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Natixis, New York Branch, and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., each in its capacity as a joint bookrunner under this Agreement.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” means Bank of America, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Natixis, New York Branch, and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger under this Agreement.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 11.19.
“Junior Financing” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(a).
“Junior Financing Documentation” means any documentation governing any Junior Financing.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity or expiration date of any Other Term Loan, any Other Term Commitment, any Other Revolving Credit Loan or any Other Revolving Credit Commitment, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
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“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed on the applicable Required Reimbursement Date or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means, as the context may require, any or each of (i) Bank of America, (ii) PNC Bank, National Association, (iii) ING Capital LLC, (iv) the Lead Arranger L/C Issuers and (v) any other Lender that becomes an L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03(k) or 11.07(j), in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder; provided that none of Goldman Sachs Bank USA or any of its Affiliates shall be required to issue any commercial Letters of Credit hereunder.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“L/C Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $150,000,000 and (b) the aggregate Dollar Amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The L/C Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Lead Arranger L/C Issuers” means (i) Goldman Sachs Bank USA, (ii) JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., (iii) Mizuho Bank, Ltd., (iv) Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., (v) The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and (vi) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and any of their respective Affiliates.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context may require, includes an L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “Lender”.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means (i) any letter of credit issued hereunder and (ii) any letter of credit deemed to be a letter of credit hereunder pursuant to Section 2.03(m). A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the relevant L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the latest scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for any Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
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“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed a Lien.
“Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, (ii) any remaining aggregate amount committed and available to be drawn (taking into account any conditions precedent to any drawing and/or applicable restrictions) by Borrower in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility and (iii) any remaining aggregate amount committed and available to be drawn by Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries (taking into account all borrowing base limitations, conditions precedent to any drawing and/or other restrictions) under all credit facilities of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Loan” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, (iii) the Notes, (iv) the Guaranty, (v) the Collateral Documents, (vi) each Letter of Credit Application and (vii) on and after the execution and delivery thereof, each Intercreditor Agreement, and any amendments to, and/or amendments and restatements of, any of the foregoing.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, (i) the Borrower, (ii) Holdings and (iii) each other Person that is required to become a Guarantor under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
“Majority Lenders” of any Class, means those non-Defaulting Lenders that would constitute the Required Lenders under, and as defined in, this Agreement if all outstanding Obligations of the other Classes under this Agreement were repaid in full and all Commitments with respect thereto were terminated.
“Management Stockholders” means the members of management of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries who are investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof.
“Mandatory Cost” means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01D.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract.”
“Material Adverse Effect” means a circumstance or condition affecting the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would materially adversely affect (a) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their respective obligations under any Loan Document to which any of the Loan Parties is a party or (b) the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under any Loan Document.
“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the Total Assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Material Foreign Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the Total Assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Material Real Property” means any fee-owned parcel of real property (including fixtures) located in the United States owned by any Loan Party with a Fair Market Value in excess of $20,000,000 (on the Closing Date or at time of acquisition or designation in the case of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary and becomes a Loan Party); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Headquarters will not constitute a Material Real Property for so long as any Existing 2016 Notes or the Headquarters Financing (or any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof) remains outstanding.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Material Domestic Subsidiary or any Material Foreign Subsidiary.
“Material Travel Event Disruption” means, in any given calendar month, a decrease of 10% or more in the number of “domestic revenue passenger enplanements” (determined by reference to the monthly “Air Traffic Statistics” published by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics) occurs as a result of or in connection with a Travel Event as compared to the number of “domestic revenue passenger enplanements” (determined by reference to the monthly “Air Traffic Statistics” published by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics) occurring in the corresponding month during the prior year or, if a Material Travel Event Disruption existed during such month, the most recent corresponding month in which no Material Travel Event Disruption occurred/existed.
“Material Travel Event Disruption Period” means the period from and after the last date of the quarter in which a Material Travel Event Disruption occurs until the last date of the second succeeding quarter (unless during such Material Travel Event Disruption Period a separate and distinct Material Travel Event Disruption occurs, in which case a new Material Travel Event Disruption Period shall run from and after the last date of the quarter in which such subsequent Material Travel Event Disruption occurred until the last date of the second succeeding quarter).
“Maturity Date” means the Term Maturity Date or the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, as the context may require.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 11.10.
“Minority Investment” means any Person other than a Subsidiary in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns any Equity Interests.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgages” means collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds, hypothecations and mortgages made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Administrative agent on behalf of the Lenders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and any other mortgages executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 and 6.12.
“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning specified in Section 6.12(b)(ii).
“Mortgaged Properties” has the meaning specified in paragraph (f) of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
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“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the period since December 31, 2001, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) with respect to the Disposition of any asset by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Casualty Event, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (including any cash and 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 and, with respect to any Casualty Event, any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event actually received by or paid to or for the account of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by the asset subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event and that is required to be repaid in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (B) the out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees) actually incurred by Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event, (C) taxes or distributions made pursuant to Section 7.06(g)(i) paid or estimated to be payable in connection therewith (including withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation of any such Net Cash Proceeds), (D) in the case of any Disposition or Casualty Event by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (D)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof, and (E) any reserve for adjustment in respect of (x) the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and (y) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction, it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include (i) any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the Disposition of any non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any such Disposition and (ii) the amount of any reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any reserve described in this clause (E) above; provided that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $10,000,000, (y) no such net cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a) in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $25,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a)) and (z) net cash proceeds from Dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 7.05(j) shall not constitute Net Cash Proceeds; and
(b) with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Permitted Equity Issuance by the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash received in connection with such incurrence or issuance over (ii) (x) withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation of any cash received by a Foreign Subsidiary in connection with such incurrence or issuance and (y) the investment banking fees, underwriting discounts, commissions, costs and other out-of-pocket expenses and other customary expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such incurrence or issuance and (ii) with respect to any Permitted Equity Issuance by any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, the amount of cash from such Permitted Equity Issuance contributed to the capital of the Borrower.
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“Ninth Term Loan Amendment” means that certain Second Term Loan B Extension Amendment and Ninth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2022 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Ninth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Ninth Term Loan Amendment.
“Non-Cash Charges” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(d).
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Extended Incremental Term A Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that has outstanding Non-Extended Incremental Term A Loans.
“Non-Extended Incremental Term A Loans” means the Existing Incremental Term A Loans (as defined in the First Term A Loan Extension Amendment) the scheduled maturity date of which has not been extended pursuant to the First Term A Loan Extension Amendment.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Non-Loan Party” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party.
“Non-Loan Party Total Assets” means the total assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries and other Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties, as determined in accordance with GAAP in good faith by a Responsible Officer, without intercompany eliminations.
“Note” means a Term B Note or a Revolving Credit Note, as the context may require.
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to any amount of Net Cash Proceeds of any transaction or event that is proposed to be applied to a particular use or transaction, that such amount (a) was not required to be applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b), and (b) has not previously been (and is not simultaneously being) applied to anything other than that such particular use or transaction.
“Notice of Intent to Cure” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02(a).
“November 2023 Notes Indenture” means that certain indenture dated as of November 9, 2015, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance herewith.
“November 2023 Secured Notes” means the Borrower’s 5.250% senior secured notes due November 2023, issued pursuant to the November 2023 Notes Indenture.
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“Obligations” means all (x) advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, 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 that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, (y) obligations arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement, and (z) Cash Management Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Loan Documents) include (a) the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, Attorney Costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) the obligations of any Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party in accordance with the terms of any Loan Document.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“OFAC Regulations” means the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended from time to time, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended from time to time) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.
“OID” means original issue discount.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Original Closing Date” means March 30, 2007.
“Original Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of March 30, 2007, as amended and restated as of February 28, 2012 and as further amended as of May 9, 2012, June 11, 2012 and August 15, 2012, among the Borrower, Holdings, the lenders form time to time party thereto and Deutsche Bank, as administrative agent, swingline lender and L/C issuer.
“Original Transaction” means, collectively, (a) the equity contribution to Sovereign Holdings, Inc., or one or more direct or indirect holding company parents thereof, and to Sovereign Merger Sub, Inc., in connection with the merger of Sovereign Merger Sub, Inc., with and into Holdings, (b) the merger of Sovereign Merger Sub, Inc., with and into Holdings, (c) the funding of loans on the Original Closing Date, (d) the payment of a dividend to Holdings and the repayment of an intercompany loan from Holdings to the Borrower with the proceeds of the loans funded on the Original Closing Date, (e) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (f) the payment of the fees and expense incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Other Revolving Credit Commitments” means one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder or extended Revolving Credit Commitments that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
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“Other Revolving Credit Loans” means the Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Other Revolving Credit Commitment.
“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(h).
“Other Term Commitments” means one or more Classes of Term Commitments hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Other Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Term Loans of any Class, Revolving Credit Loans of any Class and Swing Line Loans on any date, the Dollar Amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans of any Class, Revolving Credit Loans (including any refinancing of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any related L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes thereto as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under related Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under related Letters of Credit or related L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under related Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the Federal Funds Rate, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of the Administrative Agent in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(e).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(e).
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time since December 31, 2001.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(j).
“Permitted Equity Issuance” means any sale or issuance of any Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder.
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“Permitted First Lien Debt” shall mean (A) all Obligations and (B) (i) all Additional Notes incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(s) which are (and at the time of incurrence are) secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without giving regard to control of remedies) with the Obligations, (ii) all Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is (and at the time of incurrence is) secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations and (iii) all Permitted Refinancings of Indebtedness described in preceding clauses (i), and (ii) (and this clause (iii)) which are secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness described above in this clause (B), the same shall constitute Permitted First Lien Debt only if (1) such Indebtedness is (x) not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral and (y) not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Guarantors, (2) the security agreements and guarantees relating to such Indebtedness have terms substantially the same as the terms of the Collateral Documents and the Guaranty are to the Secured Parties (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (3) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to an applicable Intercreditor Agreement (as described in clause (a) of the definition thereof); provided further that if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted First Lien Debt as described in clause (B) above incurred by the Borrower, then the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered an applicable Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted First Lien Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor so long as subject to the Intercreditor Agreement referenced above.
“Permitted Holders” means each of (i) the Sponsor Group and (ii) the Management Stockholders.
“Permitted Junior Priority Debt” shall mean (i) all Additional Notes incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(s) which are (and at the time of incurrence are) secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a junior and subordinated lien- priority basis with the Obligations, (ii) all Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is (and at the time of incurrence is) secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a junior and subordinated lien-priority basis with the Obligations, (iii) all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(v) that is (and at the time of incurrence is) secured by all or any portion of the Collateral on a junior and subordinated lien-priority basis with the Obligations and (iv) all Permitted Refinancings of Indebtedness described in preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) (and this clause (iv)) or of theretofore outstanding Permitted First Lien Debt pursuant to Sections 7.03(s) and/or 7.03(aa), in each case which are secured by all or any portion of the Collateral, in all cases on a junior and subordinated lien- priority basis with the Obligations; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness described above, same shall constitute Permitted Junior Priority Debt only if (1) such Indebtedness is (x) not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral and (y) is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Guarantors, (2) the security agreements and guarantees relating to such Indebtedness have terms not more favorable to the respective creditors than the terms of the Collateral Documents and the Guaranty are to the Secured Parties (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (3) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to an applicable Intercreditor Agreement (as described in clause (b) of the definition thereof); provided further, that if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted Junior Priority Debt as described above incurred by the Borrower, then the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered an applicable Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted Junior Priority Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor so long as subject to the Intercreditor Agreement referenced above.
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“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized and undrawn letters of credit thereunder, (b) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(b), (e) and (y), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (except by virtue of amortization or prepayment of such Indebtedness prior to the time of incurrence of such Permitted Refinancing), (c) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(e), at the time thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (d) if such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(b), Qualified Holding Company Debt or Junior Financing, (i) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (ii) the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral but excluding as to subordination, interest rate and redemption premium) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (iii) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended and not Guaranteed by any Person other than any Person that has guaranteed the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended.
“Permitted Subordinated Notes” means subordinated notes issued by the Borrower or a Guarantor, provided that (a) the terms of such notes provide for customary subordination of such notes to the Obligations and do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption, sinking fund obligation or other payment prior to the Latest Maturity Date then in effect, other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or casualty or condemnation event and customary acceleration rights upon an event of default and (b) the covenants, events of default, guarantees and other terms for such notes (provided that such notes shall have interest rates and redemption premiums determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower to be market rates and premiums at the time of issuance of such notes), taken as a whole, are determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower to be market terms on the date of issuance and in any event are not more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or materially less favorable to the Lenders, than the terms of the Loan Documents and do not require the maintenance or achievement of any financial performance standards other than as a condition to taking specified actions, provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees).
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“Permitted Unsecured Debt” shall mean (i) all Additional Notes incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(s) which are (and of the time of incurrence are) unsecured, (ii) all Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(aa)(i) which is (and at the time of incurrence is) unsecured, (iii) all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(v) that is (and of the time of incurrence is) unsecured, and (iv) all Permitted Refinancings of Indebtedness described in preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) (and this clause (iv)) or of theretofore outstanding Permitted First Lien Debt, or Permitted Junior Priority Debt pursuant to Sections 7.03(s), 7.03(v) and/or 7.03(aa), in each case which are unsecured; provided that in the case of any Indebtedness described above, same may be guaranteed on an unsecured basis by all or any of the Guarantors.
“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 such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), other than a Foreign Plan, established by Holdings, the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“Planned Expenditures” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow”.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Pledged Equity” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Post-Transaction Period” means, with respect to any Specified Transaction, the period beginning on the date such Specified Transaction is consummated and ending on the last day of the sixth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Specified Transaction is consummated.
“Previously Identified Hospitality Investments” means investments in and contributions into a joint venture entity proposed to be formed with a third party strategic hotelier partner previously identified to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the effective date of the First Term A Loan Extension Amendment, to which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary will contribute intellectual property in exchange for a majority membership interest in such entity, and to which such hotelier will contribute capital in exchange for a minority membership interest in such entity, and including any license payments from an ongoing licensing agreement with the joint venture entity based upon ordinary course business operations and revenue transactions and required future funding obligations into the joint venture entity that are expected to be completed based on a pro rata share of such additional funding amounts and capital requirements.
“Principal Domestic Property” has the meaning specified in the Existing 2016 Notes Indenture.
“Principal L/C Issuer” means any L/C Issuer that has issued Letters of Credit under either Revolving Credit Facility having an aggregate Outstanding Amount in excess of $10,000,000.
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“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any Test Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings, the pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of actions taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) prior to or during such Post-Transaction Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (i) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $50,000,000 and (ii) so long as such actions are taken, committed to be taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) prior to or during such Post-Transaction Period, as applicable, the cost savings or such additional costs related to such actions, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, it may be assumed that such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided further that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
“Pro Forma Basis” and “Pro Forma Effect” mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of Holdings or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction”, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided that the Interest on such Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, an Eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be determined to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or if none, then based upon such option rate chosen as the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary may designate.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender at any time a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments of such Lender under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time; provided that if such Commitments have been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Projections” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.01(c).
“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
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“Qualified Holding Company Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation prior to the final maturity of the Term Loans (as in effect on the Closing Date) (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), (b) the covenants, events of default, guarantees and other terms of which (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those in the Credit Agreement; provided that a certificate of an Responsible Officer of the Borrower is delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) that does not require any payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the date that is five years from the date of the issuance or incurrence thereof and (ii) the date that is ninety one days after the final maturity of the Term Loans (as in effect on the Closing Date) (it being understood that this clause (c) shall not prohibit Indebtedness the terms of which permit the issuer thereof to elect, at its option, to make payments in cash of interest or other amounts in respect of the principal thereof prior to the date determined in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (c)) and (d) that is not Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Qualified Securitization Financing” means any Securitization Financing of a Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) the board of directors of the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Securitization Subsidiary, (b) all sales and/or contributions of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof, including any Standard Securitization Undertakings, shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower). The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness under this Agreement prior to engaging in any Securitization Financing shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Qualifying IPO” means the issuance by Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).
“Refinanced Debt” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”.
“Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower executed by each of (a) the Borrower and Holdings, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) each Additional Lender and Lender that agrees to provide any portion of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness being incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.15.
“Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
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“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(d).
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Rejection Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
“Related Indemnified Person” means, with respect to an Indemnitee, (i) any controlling person or controlled affiliate of such Indemnitee, (ii) the respective directors, officers, or employees of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates and (iii) the respective agents of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates, in the case of this clause (iii), acting at the instructions of such Indemnitee, controlling person or such controlled affiliate; provided that each reference to a controlled affiliate or controlling person in this sentence pertains to a controlled affiliate or controlling person involved in the negotiation of this Agreement.
“Relevant Conditions” shall mean (x) the applicable outstanding indebtedness is less than or equal to $50,000,000 and (y) the Borrower has sufficient Liquidity to repay the amount referred to in clause (x) above and, after giving effect to such repayment, shall be in compliance with Section 8.01(d) if then in effect (and tested on such applicable date).
“Reportable Event” means with respect to any Plan any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, as to which, except for an event described in subsections .21, .24, and .26 of such regulations, the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.
“Repricing Event” means any prepayment or refinancing of all or a portion of the Term B Loans with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any long-term bank debt financing or that is marketed or syndicated to banks and other institutional investors incurred for the primary purpose of reducing the Effective Yield to less than the Effective Yield of the Term B Loans including without limitation, as may be effected through any amendment to this Agreement relating to the interest rate for, or Effective Yield of, the Term B Loans, but which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include any prepayment or refinancing in connection with a Change of Control or any refinancing that involves an upsizing in connection with an acquisition. Any such determination by the Administrative Agent as contemplated by the preceding sentence shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and all Lenders holding such Term Loans, absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall not have any liability to any Person with respect to such determination.
“Repricing Premium” means, in connection with a Repricing Event, a premium (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the applicable Term B Loans to be prepaid or subject to the applicable amendment, as the case may be) equal to the amount set forth below:
(a) 1.0% on or prior to the six month anniversary of the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date; and
(b) 0% after such date described in clause (a) above.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term Loans of a given Class or Revolving Credit Loans of a given Class, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
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“Required Incremental Term A Loan Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the Incremental Term A Loan Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Incremental Term A Loans; provided that the Incremental Term A Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Incremental Term A Loan Lenders.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate Dollar Amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Term Commitments and (c) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused Term Commitment of, unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Required Pro Rata Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) aggregate outstanding principal amount of Incremental Term A Loans and (b) the Dollar Amount of (I) the Revolving Credit Commitments or (II) after termination of Revolving Credit Commitments, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure; provided that Loans and Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Pro Rata Lenders.
“Required Reimbursement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the Dollar Amount of (a) the Revolving Credit Commitments or (b) after the termination of Revolving Credit Commitments, the Revolving Credit Exposure; provided that the Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for the purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer or other similar officer or Person performing similar functions of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof).
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Retained Declined Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
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“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, (i) its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Credit Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01A under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, (ii) its Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, (iii) its Other Revolving Credit Commitment and (iv) its Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, in each case, as the context may require. The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $400,000,000 on the Third Refinancing Amendment Effective Date.
“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(i).
“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c)(i).
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and its Pro Rata Share of the L/C Obligations and Swing Line Obligations at such time.
“Revolving Credit Extension Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate Dollar Amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b) and shall include Incremental Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Credit Loans, Existing Revolving Credit Loans and Extended Revolving Credit Loans.
“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means (I) the earliest of (i) if as of November 23, 2023 (or, in the case of any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of the Term B Loans, the date occurring 91 days prior to the maturity date thereof), any Term B Loans (or any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (including any successive permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension) thereof) remain outstanding with a maturity date prior to August 20, 2024, and the Relevant Conditions are not satisfied, November 23, 2023, (ii) if as of January 14, 2023 (or, in the case of any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of the April 2023 Secured Notes, the date occurring 91 days prior to the maturity date thereof), the April 2023 Secured Notes (or any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (including any successive permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension) thereof) remain outstanding with a maturity date prior to August 20, 2024, and the Relevant Conditions are not satisfied, January 14, 2023 (iii) if as of August 16, 2023 (or, in the case of any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of the November 2023 Secured Notes, the date occurring 91 days prior to the maturity date thereof), the November 2023 Secured Notes (or any permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension (including any successive permitted modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension) thereof) remain outstanding with a maturity date prior to August 20, 2024, and the Relevant Conditions are not satisfied, August 16, 2023 and (iv) February 22, 2024 (or, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender that has extended its Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 2.16, the extended maturity date, set forth in the Revolving Credit Extension Request delivered by the Borrower and such Revolving Credit Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.16) and (II) with respect to each Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) (other than the Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) established pursuant to the Third Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, which shall have the maturity date set forth in clause (I) of this definition), the maturity date set forth in the relevant amendment documents, as the context may require.
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“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender.
“Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of July 18, 2016, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Sanction(s)” means any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”).
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“Scheduled Dispositions” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05(j).
“Scheduled Unavailability Date”, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(2)(b)(ii).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Second Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“Second Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Second Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 23, 2017, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract permitted under Section 7.03(f) that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.
“Secured Obligation” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
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“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, each Hedge Bank, each Cash Management Bank, the Supplemental Administrative Agent and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 10.01(c).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Securitization Assets” means the accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams and other rights to payment subject to a Qualified Securitization Financing and the proceeds thereof.
“Securitization Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing.
“Securitization Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Securitization Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such Securitization Assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Securitization Assets, proceeds of such Securitization Assets and other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Securitization Assets.
“Securitization Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a Standard Securitization Undertaking, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.
“Securitization Subsidiary” means a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower transfers Securitization Assets and related assets) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contingent and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person (as provided below) as a Securitization Subsidiary and (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower and (c) to which none of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.
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Any such designation by the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a certified copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person giving effect to such designation and a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
“Security Agreement” means, collectively, the Pledge and Security Agreement executed by the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, together with each other security agreement supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.
“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“Senior Representative” means, with respect to any series of Permitted First Lien Debt or Permitted Junior Priority Debt or any Permitted Refinancing thereof, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.
“Senior Secured First- Lien Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien on any asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 on assets not constituting Collateral) that is not expressly subordinated to the Liens granted under the Collateral Documents to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in all respects.
“Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period.
“Senior Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien on any asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 on assets not constituting Collateral).
“Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period.
“Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2021 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Sixth Term Loan Amendment” means that certain Sixth Term A Loan Refinancing and Incremental Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2020 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
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“Sixth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Sixth Term Loan Amendment.
“SOFR” means, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator).
“SOFR Adjustment” means, (i) with respect to the 2022 Term B Loans and the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, 0.10% (10.0 basis points) for any Interest Period, (ii) with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, (a) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Interest Period of one-month’s duration, (b) 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Interest Period of three-months’ duration, (c) 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Interest Period of six-months’ duration, and (d) 0.71513% (71.513 basis points) for an Interest Period of twelve-months’ duration, (iii) with respect to the 2024 Term B-1 Loans and the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, 0.10% (10.0 basis points) for any Interest Period, (iv) with respect to the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans, 0.10% (10.0 basis points) for any Interest Period, and (v) with respect to the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, 0.10% (10.0 basis points) for any Interest Period.
“Sold Entity or Business” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the assets of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) the capital of such Person is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on such date of determination and (e) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given to that term and similar terms under Laws applicable to such Person relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances, transactions at an undervalue, unfair preferences or equivalent concepts. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(h).
“Specified Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the Total Assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Specified Transaction” means any Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, Incremental Term Loan, Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or any other event that by the terms of this Agreement requires such test to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis” or after giving “Pro Forma Effect”; provided that a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, for purposes of this “Specified Transaction” definition, shall be deemed to be fully drawn.
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“Sponsor Group” means Texas Pacific Group and Silver Lake Partners and their respective Affiliates and Persons managed by any of them or any of their respective Affiliates, but not including, however, any of their respective portfolio companies.
“Sponsor Management Agreement” means the management agreement between certain of the management companies associated with the Sponsor Group or their advisors and the Borrower.
“Sponsor Termination Fees” means the one-time payment under the Sponsor Management Agreement of a termination fee to one or more of the Sponsor Group and their Affiliates in the event of either a Change of Control or the completion of a Qualifying IPO.
“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in a Securitization Financing.
“Sterling” and “£” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, charitable foundations) of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Holdings.
“Successor Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 7.04(d).
“Supplemental Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 10.13 and “Supplemental Administrative Agents” shall have the corresponding meaning.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
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“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Facility” means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or such other form as approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Swing Line Obligations” means, at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $75,000,000 and (b) the aggregate Dollar Amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Syndication Agent” means Bank of America, as Syndication Agent under this Agreement.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment.
“Tenth Term Loan Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Tenth Term Loan B Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2025, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, date as of August 23, 2017, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Term A Loan Refinancing Amendment.
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“Term A Loans” shall mean term loans that have (x) a final stated maturity date that is no earlier than the maturity date applicable to Extended Incremental Term A Loans then outstanding and (y) annual scheduled amortization in an amount greater than or equal to five percent of the aggregate original principal amount of such term loans.
“Term B Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a)(i).
“Term B Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Term B Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term B Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i).
“Term B Commitment” means as to each Term B Lender, its obligation to make a Term B Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i) in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Term B Lender’s 2018 Other Term B Commitment (as such term is defined in the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term B Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate Term B Commitments of all Term B Lenders shall be $1,881,047,500 on the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date.
“Term B Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term B Commitment or a Term B Loan at such time.
“Term B Maturity Date” means February 22, 2024 (or, with respect to any Term Lender that has extended the maturity date of its Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.16, the extended maturity date set forth in the applicable Term Extension Request delivered by the Borrower and such Term B Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.16).
“Term B Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Term B Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term B Lender resulting from the Term B Loans made by such Term B Lender.
“Term Borrowing” means (i) a Term B Borrowing, (ii) a 2021 Other Term B-1 Borrowing, (iii) a 2021 Other Term B-2 Borrowing, (iv) a 2022 Term B Loan Borrowing, (v) a 2022 Term B-2 Loan Borrowing, (vi) a 2024 Term B-1 Loan Borrowing, (vii) a 2024 Term B-2 Loan Borrowing, (viii) a 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Borrowing, (ix) a 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Borrowing and (x) the making of an Incremental Term Loan by an Additional Term Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14 and the applicable Incremental Term Facility Amendment, as the context may require.
“Term Commitment” means (i) a Term B Commitment, (ii) Term Commitment Increase, (iii) an Other Term Commitment (including the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Commitment, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Commitment, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Commitment and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Commitment) and (iv) an Incremental Term Commitment, in each case, as the context may require.
“Term Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a)(ii).
“Term Extension Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Commitment or a Term Loan at such time.
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“Term Loans” means a Term B Loan, a 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan, a 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan, a 2022 Term B Loan, a 2022 Term B-2 Loan, a 2024 Term B-1 Loan, a 2024 Term B-2 Loan, a 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan, an Incremental Term A Loan, an Incremental Term Loan, a 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan, an Other Term Loan and an Extended Term Loan, as the context may require; provided, however, that the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2024 Term B-2 Loans shall not be considered Term Loans for purposes of any mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i), (ii), (iii) and (v).
“Term Maturity Date” means the Term B Maturity Date and the maturity date of any other Class of Term Loan as set forth in the applicable amendment documentation, as the context may require.
“Term SOFR” means, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans:
(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such Interest Period; and
(b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate with a term of one month commencing that day;
provided that if the Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing provisions (a) or (b) of this definition would otherwise be less than 0.50%, the Term SOFR shall be deemed 0.50% for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Loan” means, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
“Test Period” in effect at any time shall mean the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b); provided that, prior to the first date that financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended September 30, 2012. A Test Period may be designated by reference to the last day thereof (i.e., the “March 31, 2013 Test Period” refers to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended March 31, 2013), and a Test Period shall be deemed to end on the last day thereof.
“Third Incremental Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Third Incremental Term Facility Amendment.
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“Third Incremental Term Facility Amendment” means that certain Third Incremental Term Facility Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2017, by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Third Refinancing Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Third Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment.
“Third Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment” means that certain Third Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment, dated as of August 27, 2020, among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Third Term Loan Extension Amendment” means that certain Third Term Loan B Extension Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2024 by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Third Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment.
“Threshold Amount” means $65,000,000.
“Total Assets” means the total assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of Holdings delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or, for the period prior to the time any such statements are so delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), a Dollar Amount of $5,446,015,000.
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Transaction” means, collectively, (a) the funding of the Term Loans on the Closing Date, (b) the repayment on the Closing Date of all obligations due or outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement, (c) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (d) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Travel Event” means the occurrence of any (i) act of terrorism, (ii) war, combat or similar hostilities, (iii) epidemic or other public health threat, (iv) significant travel safety incident or (v) national or international calamity, crisis or emergency that, in any such case, singly or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, adversely affects or disrupts the travel industry.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan denominated in Dollars, its character as a Base Rate Loan, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, a Term SOFR Loan.
“UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
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“Unaudited Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of September 30, 2012, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for Holdings for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012.
“Unfunded Current Liability” of any Pension Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the value of the Accumulated Benefit Obligation under the Pension Plan exceeds the fair market value of plan assets, as such terms are defined and determined in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 87.
“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code or any successor provision thereof (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1.01B, (ii) each Securitization Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.13 subsequent to the date hereof and (iv) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“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 Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended or modified from time to time.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any Business Day, except any Business Day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.
“U.S. Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(e).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“wholly owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Withdrawal Liability” means the liability of Holdings, the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
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“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, 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.
SECTION 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) (i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(ii) References in this agreement to an Exhibit, Schedule, Article, Section, clause or sub-clause refer (A) to the appropriate Exhibit or Schedule to, or Article, Section, clause or sub-clause in this Agreement or (B) to the extent such references are not present in this Agreement, to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.
(iii) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(v) Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.
(vi) The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”
(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) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(e) For purposes of determining compliance with any Section of Article VII, in the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness, Disposition, Restricted Payment, Affiliate transaction, Contractual Obligation, or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of transactions permitted pursuant to any clause of such Sections, such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time, shall be permitted under one or more of such clauses as determined by the Borrower in its sole discretion at such time.
SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms. (a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
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(c) 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 any election under Financial Accounting Standards Accounting Standards Codification No. 825, “Financial Instruments,” or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein.
SECTION 1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
SECTION 1.05 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
SECTION 1.06 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York time (daylight savings or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.07 Timing of Payment or Performance. 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 that is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 1.08 Currency Equivalents Generally.
(a) Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Articles II, X and XI or as set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount to be determined by the Administrative Agent or the relevant L/C Issuer, as applicable; provided that the determination of any Dollar Amount shall be made in accordance with Section 2.17. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03 with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.08 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 7.02, 7.05 and 7.06, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating net income in Holdings’ annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to apply to the determination of any amount of Indebtedness.
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SECTION 1.09 Letters of Credit. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the amount of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided however that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any other document, agreement or instrument entered into by any L/C Issuer and the Borrower or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the amount of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
SECTION 1.10 Interest Rates. With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, the Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to any reference rate referred to herein or with respect to any rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the selection of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment) that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any such rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions or other activities that affect any reference rate referred to herein, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or any related spread or other adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any reference rate referred to herein or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing), in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or other action or omission related to or affecting the selection, determination, or calculation of any rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
ARTICLE II
The Commitments and Credit Extensions
SECTION 2.01 The Loans.
(a) The Term Borrowings.
(i) Subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions set forth in the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment, each Term B Lender severally agrees to make to the Borrower a single loan denominated in Dollars in a Dollar Amount equal to such Term B Lender’s Term B Commitment on the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date (each such term loan, an “Term B Loan” and, collectively, the “Term B Loans”).
(ii) [Reserved].
(iii) Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Term Loans, other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans and, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, may be Base Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, each as further provided herein.
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(b) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans denominated in Dollars or any Alternative Currency to the Borrower as elected by it pursuant to Section 2.02 (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) from time to time, on any Business Day on and after the Third Refinancing Amendment Effective Date until the Maturity Date, in an aggregate Dollar Amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b). Subject to Section 2.02(c), Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein; provided that Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Alternative Currency must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
SECTION 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) Each Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing (other than Swing Line Borrowings with respect to which this Section 2.02 shall not apply) each conversion of Loans of a given Class from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone, or (B) a Committed Loan Notice; provided that any telephone notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Committed Loan Notice. With respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, in each case, denominated in Dollars, Sterling, Euros and Canadian Dollars, (ii) four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, in each case, denominated in Australian Dollars and Yen, and (iii) one (1) Business Day before the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or of any conversion of Term SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans, in each case, denominated in Dollars and (ii) one (1) Business Day before the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Term SOFR Loans having an Interest Period other than one, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 11:00 a.m., three (3) Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
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Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, as applicable, shall be in a principal Dollar Amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of the Dollar Amount of $500,000 in excess thereof in the case of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify:
(i) (a) with respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, the Class of the Borrowing requested and whether the Borrower is requesting the making of new Loans of the respective Class, a conversion of Loans (of a given Class) from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (b) with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, the Class of the Borrowing requested and whether the Borrower is requesting the making of new Loans of the respective Class, a conversion of Loans (of a given Class) from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Term SOFR Loans,
(ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day),
(iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued,
(iv) the currency in which the Loans to be borrowed are to be denominated; provided that the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans shall only be available in Dollars,
(v) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, and
(vi) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto.
With respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, if, with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars, the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period (or fails to give a timely notice requesting a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency), it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. If no currency is specified, the requested Borrowing shall be in Dollars.
With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans , the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, if the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Term SOFR Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Term SOFR Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
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(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Class of Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than 1:00 p.m. (London time) in the case of any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and third, to the Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require that no Loans may be converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans. Furthermore, except as otherwise provided herein and with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, a Term SOFR Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Term SOFR Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, (u) the Administrative Agent or the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (t) the Administrative Agent or the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (u) the Administrative Agent or the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2022 Term B Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (v) the Administrative Agent or the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2022 Term B-2 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (w) the Administrative Agent or the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2024 Term B-1 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (x) the Administrative Agent or the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2024 Term B-2 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, (y) the Administrative Agent or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans may be converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans and (z) the Administrative Agent or the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders may require that no 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans may be converted to or continues as Term SOFR Loans.
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(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, as applicable, upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate or Term SOFR, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in the Administrative Agent’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans of a given Class from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans of a given Class as the same Type, there shall not be more than fifteen (15) Interest Periods in effect unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided that after the establishment of any new Class of Term Loans as permitted under this Agreement, the number of Interest Periods otherwise permitted by this Section 2.02(e) shall increase by three (3) for each applicable Class so established.
(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
(g) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with paragraph (b) above, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent shall have so made funds available, then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion available to the Administrative Agent, each of such Lender and the Borrower severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.02(g) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon accruing from the date on which the Administrative Agent made the funds available to the Borrower at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement, and the Borrower’s obligation to repay the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount pursuant to this Section 2.02(g) shall cease.
(h) With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, with respect to SOFR and Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right 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; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
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SECTION 2.03 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitments.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) (x) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, in the case of any L/C Issuer other than Deutsche Bank, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or any Alternative Currency, Singapore Dollars, HK Dollars, Danish Kroner or Norwegian Kroner, or any other freely tradable foreign currency reasonably requested by the Borrower from time to time and in which an L/C Issuer may, in accordance with its policies and procedures in effect at such time, issue Letters of Credit, for the account of the Borrower (provided that any Letter of Credit may be for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Business Successor (so long as the Borrower is the applicant or co-applicant therefor and subject to compliance with Section 7.02)) and (y) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date (except in the case of Existing Letters of Credit, from the Closing Date until the date that is forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date), to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b) (provided that no such amendment or renewal of an Existing Letter of Credit may increase the stated amount thereof), and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.03 provided that L/C Issuers shall not be obligated to make L/C Credit Extensions with respect to Letters of Credit, and Lenders shall not be obligated to participate in Letters of Credit if as of the date of the applicable L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender would exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Sublimit, or (z) the Letter of Credit giving rise to such L/C Credit Extension has a stated expiry date after any Maturity Date with respect to any Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect and the aggregate stated amount of all Letters of Credit having stated expiry dates after such Maturity Date would exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments which will remain in effect after such Maturity Date; provided, further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, (i) Bank of America, as L/C Issuer (or any Affiliate thereof), shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit with the face amount in the aggregate of up to but not exceeding $50,000,000, (ii) PNC Bank, National Association, as an L/C Issuer (or any Affiliate thereof), shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit with the face amount in the aggregate of up to but not exceeding $15,000,000, (iii) ING Capital LLC, as an L/C Issuer (or any Affiliate thereof), shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit with the face amount in the aggregate of up to but not exceeding $10,000,000, (iv) each of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., as an L/C Issuer (or any Affiliate thereof), shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit with the face amount in the aggregate of up to but not exceeding $7,500,000 and (v) each of the other Lead Arranger L/C Issuers shall only be required to issue Letters of Credit with the face amount in the aggregate of up to but not exceeding $15,000,000. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Letters of Credit shall be issued on “sight-basis” only which, for the avoidance of doubt, means that any Letter of Credit shall be honored for payment by the relevant L/C Issuer at the time the Letter of Credit is presented for payment and not at a later date or time.
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(ii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or direct that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder);
(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit, (i) in the case of a standby Letter of Credit, would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal, and (ii) in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, would occur more than 180 days after the date of issuance or last renewal, in each case, unless otherwise agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent;
(C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the applicable Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless (x) all the Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date or (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations in respect of such requested Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to at least 101% of the Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations;
(D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate any Laws binding upon such L/C Issuer and/or the issuance of such Letters of Credit would violate any policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to Letters of Credit generally; or
(E) any Revolving Credit Lender, as applicable, is a Defaulting Lender at such time, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to the participation in Letters of Credit by such Defaulting Lender, including by cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the L/C Obligations.
(iii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to increase, extend or otherwise amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its increased, extended or amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed increase, extension or amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Renewal Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be; or, in each case, such later date and time as the relevant L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion.
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In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer: (a) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (b) the amount thereof; (c) the expiry date thereof; (d) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (e) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (f) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (g) the currency in which the requested Letter of Credit will be denominated; and (h) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Upon receipt by the relevant L/C Issuer of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (provided that any Letter of Credit may be for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Business Successor (so long as the Borrower is the applicant or co-applicant therefor and subject to compliance with Section 7.02)) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be. Immediately upon the issuance of (each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, acquire from the relevant L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer shall agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic renewal provisions (each, an “Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit must permit the relevant L/C Issuer to prevent any such renewal at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the relevant L/C Issuer for any such renewal. Once an Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit has been issued, the applicable Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the relevant L/C Issuer to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the applicable Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided that the relevant L/C Issuer shall not permit any such renewal if (A) the relevant L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender, as applicable, or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the relevant L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
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(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify promptly the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. No later than one Business Day following (x) the Business Day on which the Borrower shall have received notice of any payment by an L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit or (y) if the Borrower shall have received such notice later than 10:00 a.m. on any Business Day, the immediately following Business Day (each such date, a “Required Reimbursement Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount of such drawing in Dollars, together with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by such L/C Issuer, to the extent not reimbursed on the date of such payment of disbursement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the date of any drawing on any Letter of Credit, a Default exists with respect to the Borrower under Section 9.01(f) or (g), the Required Reimbursement Date in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be the Business Day following such drawing without the requirement that any notice be delivered to the Borrower. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the Required Reimbursement Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the Dollar Amount thereof in the case of an Alternative Currency or any other currency other than Dollars) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or Base Rate Loans in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars), in each case to be disbursed on the Required Reimbursement Date in the Dollar Amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Appropriate Lenders and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender (including any such Lender acting as an L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office for payments in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of any Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Letter of Credit not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Credit Loan in Dollars in the form of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan (or Base Rate Loan in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars) to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the relevant L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Letter of Credit that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or Base Rate Loans in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars) because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the relevant L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
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(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse an L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that, each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans (but not to make any L/C Advances) pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the relevant L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(vii) If, at any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with this Section 2.03(c), the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(viii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
(d) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
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(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that any Loan Party may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the relevant L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
(v) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations any Loan Party in respect of such Letter of Credit; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party.
provided that the foregoing shall not excuse any L/C Issuer from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by acts or omissions by such L/C Issuer constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof on the part of such L/C Issuer.
(e) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.
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None of the L/C Issuers, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.03(d) or clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower that were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no L/C Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(f) Cash Collateral. If (i) any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, require the Borrower to Cash Collateralize its L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 9.02(a) or (ii) an Event of Default set forth under Section 9.01(f) occurs and is continuing, then the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to such Outstanding Amount determined as of the date of such Event of Default), and shall do so not later than 2:00 p.m. New York City time on (x) in the case of the immediately preceding clause (i), (1) the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice thereof, if such notice is received on such day prior to 12:00 Noon New York City time or (2) if clause (1) above does not apply, the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice and (y) in the case of the immediately preceding clause (ii), the Business Day on which an Event of Default set forth under Section 9.01(f) occurs or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding such day. For purposes hereof, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the relevant L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances in the respective currency or currencies in which the applicable L/C Obligations are denominated (“Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the relevant L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers and the Revolving Credit Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked accounts at the Administrative Agent and may be invested in readily available Cash Equivalents. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited and held in the deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent as aforesaid, an amount equal to the excess of (a) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent reasonably determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Law, to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer. To the extent the amount of any Cash Collateral exceeds the then Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the excess shall be refunded to the Borrower. To the extent any Event of Default giving rise to the requirement to Cash Collateralize any Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section 2.03(f) is cured or otherwise waived by the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, then so long as no other Event of Default has occurred and is then occurring and continuing, the amount of any Cash Collateral pledged to Cash Collateralize such Letter of Credit shall be refunded to the Borrower.
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(g) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent (i) for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement equal to the Applicable Rate then in effect for the applicable Class or Classes of the respective Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments times the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not (1) such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit, if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit or (2) the conditions to drawing under such Letter of Credit can then be satisfied) less the fronting fee paid with respect to such Letter of Credit under Section 2.03(i) below. Such letter of credit fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such letter of credit fees shall be due and payable in Dollars on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on any relevant Maturity Date (for any applicable Revolving Credit Commitments then expiring) or the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers. The Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by it equal to 0.125% per annum of the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not (1)such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit, if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit or (2) the conditions to drawing under such Letter of Credit can then be satisfied); provided that in no event shall the annual amount of fronting fees payable with respect to any Letter of Credit be less than $500. Such fronting fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fees shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within ten (10) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.
(i) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.
(j) Addition of an L/C Issuer. A Revolving Credit Lender may become an additional L/C Issuer hereunder pursuant to a written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Credit Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders under the applicable Facility of any additional L/C Issuer under such Facility.
(k) Multiple Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments.
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If the Maturity Date in respect of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiration of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the Maturity Date shall not have occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.03(c)) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating Revolving Credit Commitments up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 2.03(f).
(l) Existing Letters of Credit. The Borrower has provided to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers a list of letters of credit that were originally issued by Deutsche Bank pursuant to the Original Credit Agreement and which remain outstanding on the Closing Date (the “Existing Letters of Credit”) (and setting forth, with respect to each such letter of credit, (i) the name of the issuing lender, (ii) the letter of credit number, (iii) the name(s) of the account party or account parties, (iv) the stated amount, (v) the currency in which the letter of credit is denominated, (vi) the name of the beneficiary, (vii) the expiry date and (viii) whether such letter of credit constitutes a standby letter of credit or a commercial letter of credit). Each Existing Letter of Credit which remains outstanding on the Closing Date, including any extension or renewal thereof in accordance with Section 2.03(a)(i), shall constitute a Letter of Credit for all purposes of this Agreement and shall be deemed issued on the Closing Date for the account of the Borrower.
SECTION 2.04 Swing Line Loans.
(a) The Swing Line.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees to make loans in Dollars (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day (other than the Closing Date) until the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Revolving Credit Facility as of the date the Swing Line Loan is drawn, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that, (i) after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, the Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing Line Loans at a time when a Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender, unless the Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate the Swing Line Lender’s risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s participation in such Swing Line Loans, including by Cash Collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding amount of Swing Line Loans; provided, further that, the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Swing Line Loans shall only be denominated in Dollars. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
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(ii) If the Maturity Date shall have occurred in respect of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments at a time when another Class of Revolving Credit Commitments is in effect with a later Maturity Date, then on the earliest occurring Maturity Date all then outstanding Swing Line Loans shall be repaid in full on such date (and there shall be no adjustment to the participations in such Swing Line Loans as a result of the occurrence of such Maturity Date); provided, however, that if on the occurrence of such earliest Maturity Date (after giving effect to any repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and any reallocation of Letter of Credit participations as contemplated in Section 2.03(l)), there shall exist sufficient unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments so that the respective outstanding Swing Line Loans could be incurred pursuant the Revolving Credit Commitments that will remain in effect after the occurrence of such Maturity Date, then there shall be an automatic adjustment on such date of the participations in such Swing Line Loans and same shall be deemed to have been incurred solely pursuant to the relevant Revolving Credit Commitments that will remain in effect, and such Swing Line Loans shall not be so required to be repaid in full on such earliest Maturity Date.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) by a Swing Line Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Swing Line Loan Notice. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000 (and any amount in excess of $100,000 shall be an integral multiple of $25,000) and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a) or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (who hereby irrevocably authorizes the applicable Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Revolving Credit Loan in the form of a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans but subject to the unutilized portion of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
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(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall, subject to the express provisions of Section 2.06(e) (to the extent applicable), be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans (but not to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans) pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
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(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of its Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
SECTION 2.05 Prepayments.
(a) Optional.
(i) Term Loans; Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower may, upon irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term Loans of any Class and Revolving Credit Loans of any Class in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except as set forth in Section 2.05(c) below); provided that:
(1)(x) in the case of Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York time) (A) two (2) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (B) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency and (C) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans and (y) in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (A) two (2) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Term SOFR Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans;
(2)(x) in the case of Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal Dollar Amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of the Dollar Amount of $500,000 in excess thereof in the case of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans and (y) in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, any prepayment of Term SOFR Loans shall be in a principal Dollar Amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and
(3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding (it being understood that Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars only).
Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.
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Each prepayment of principal of, and interest on, Revolving Credit Loans shall be made in Dollars or the relevant Alternative Currency, as applicable (even if the Borrower is required to convert currency to do so). Each prepayment of the Loans of a given Class pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be paid to the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.
(ii) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (1) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (2) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any notice of prepayment of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans (unless denominated in an Alternative Currency) may state that it is conditioned on the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities) and can be revoked if such condition is not satisfied.
(iv) Voluntary prepayments of Term Loans shall be applied to each Class of Term Loans at the discretion of the Borrower and within a Class of Term Loans to the remaining scheduled installments of principal of such Class of Term Loans thereof pursuant to Section 2.07(a) in a manner determined at the discretion of the Borrower (although in all cases on a pro rata basis to the respective Lenders of the relevant Class) and specified in the notice of prepayment; provided that, if the Borrower fails to give such notice at the time of such prepayment or in the event such notice fails to specify the manner in which the respective prepayment of such Class of Term Loans shall be applied to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section 2.07(a), such prepayment of such Class of Term Loans shall be applied in direct order of maturity to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section 2.07(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may not repay Extended Term Loans of any Class unless such prepayment is accompanied by a pro rata repayment of the Existing Term Loans from which such Extended Term Loans were converted (or such Existing Term Loans have otherwise been repaid in full).
(b) Mandatory.
(i) Excess Cash Flow. Within ten (10) Business Days after financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and the related Compliance Certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) (or, if later, after the date on which such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are required to be delivered), the Borrower shall offer to prepay, subject to clauses (vi) and (vii) of this Section 2.05(b), an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2024 Term B-2 Loans and 2025 Term B-2 Loans) equal to (A) 50% (such percentage as it may be reduced as described below, the “ ECF Percentage”) of Excess Cash Flow, if any, for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements (commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013) minus (B) the sum of (i) all voluntary prepayments of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2024 Term B-2 Loans and 2025 Term B-2 Loans) during such fiscal year and (ii) all voluntary prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans during such fiscal year to the extent the Revolving Credit Commitments are permanently reduced by the amount of such payments, in the case of each of the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii), to the extent such prepayments are not funded with the proceeds of Indebtedness; provided that (x) the ECF Percentage shall be 25% if the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than 4.0:1.0 and greater than or equal to 3.5:1.0 and (y) the ECF Percentage shall be 0% if the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than 3.5:1.0.
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(ii) Dispositions and Casualty Events.
(A) If (1)(x) the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries Disposes of any property or assets (other than any Disposition of any property or assets permitted by Section 7.05(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r), (s) and (t)) or (y) any Casualty Event occurs which results in the realization or receipt by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds and (2) the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period immediately preceding such Disposition or Casualty Event is equal to greater than 4.0:1.0 (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), the Borrower shall offer to prepay on or prior to the date which is ten (10) Business Days after the date of the realization or receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, subject to clauses (v), (vi) and (vii) of this Section 2.05(b), an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2024 Term B-2 Loans and 2025 Term B-2 Loans) equal to 100% (such percentage as it may be reduced as described below, the “Disposition Prepayment Percentage”) of all Net Cash Proceeds realized or received; provided that (x) the Disposition Prepayment Percentage shall be 50% if the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period immediately preceding such Disposition or Casualty Event was less than 4.0:1.0 and greater than or equal to 3.5:1.0 and (y) the Disposition Prepayment Percentage shall be 0% if the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the Test Period immediately preceding such Disposition or Casualty Event was less than 3.5:1.0; provided further that no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A) with respect to such portion of such Net Cash Proceeds that the Borrower shall have, on or prior to such date, given written notice to the Administrative Agent of its intent to reinvest in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(ii)(B) (which notice may be provided only if no Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing);
(B) With respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized or received with respect to any Disposition (other than any Disposition specifically excluded from the application of Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A)) or any Casualty Event, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets useful for its business within (x) fifteen (15) months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or (y) if the Borrower enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within fifteen (15) months following receipt thereof, within the later of (1) fifteen (15) months following receipt thereof or (2) one hundred and eighty (180) days of the date of such legally binding commitment; provided that (i) so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower (x) shall not be permitted to make any such reinvestments (other than pursuant to a legally binding commitment that the Borrower entered into at a time when no Event of Default is continuing) and (y) shall not be required to apply such Net Cash Proceeds which have been previously applied to prepay Revolving Credit Loans to the prepayment of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2024 Term B-2 Loans and 2025 Term B-2 Loans) until such time as the relevant reinvestment period has expired and no Event of Default is continuing and (ii) if any Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested at any time after delivery of a notice of reinvestment election, and subject to clauses (v) and (vii) of this Section 2.05, an amount equal to any such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied within five (5) Business Days after the Borrower reasonably determines that such Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested to the prepayment of the Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2024 Term B-2 Loans and 2025 Term B-2 Loans) as set forth in this Section 2.05.
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(iii) Incurrence of Indebtedness. If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs or issues any Indebtedness not expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.03 (but subject to Section 7.03(z)), the Borrower shall offer to prepay, subject to clauses (v) and (vii) of this Section 2.05(b), an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2024 Term B-2 Loans and 2025 Term B-2 Loans) equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom on or prior to the date which is five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(iv) Revolving Credit Exposure. If for any reason the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures at any time exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect (including as a result of the termination of any Revolving Credit Commitments on the Maturity Date thereof), the Borrower shall at such time prepay Revolving Credit Loans, prepay Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(iv) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans, such remaining aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.
(v) (X) Each prepayment of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2024 Term B-2 Loans and 2025 Term B-2 Loans) pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall, except as otherwise provided in following clause (viii), be applied pro rata to each Class of Term Loans (other than 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2024 Term B-2 Loans and 2025 Term B-2 Loans) and within each Class to the remaining scheduled installments of principal thereof pursuant to Section 2.07(a) in a manner determined at the discretion of the Borrower and specified to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that if the Borrower fails to specify such application at the time of such prepayment, then such prepayment shall be so applied to the remaining scheduled installments of principal in direct order of maturity); and (Y) each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares subject to clause (vi) of this Section 2.05(b).
(vi) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 2.05(b) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the contents of the Borrower’s prepayment notice and of such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the prepayment. Each Appropriate Lender may reject all or a portion of its Pro Rata Share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 2.05(b) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) one Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice from a given Lender shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory repayment of Term Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds shall be retained by the Borrower (“Retained Declined Proceeds”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Term Lender shall be permitted to issue a Rejection Notice with respect to any mandatory prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(viii).
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(vii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.05(b), (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition by a Foreign Subsidiary giving rise to a prepayment event pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii) (a “Foreign Disposition”), the Net Cash Proceeds of any Casualty Event from a Foreign Subsidiary (a “Foreign Casualty Event”), or Excess Cash Flow are prohibited, restricted or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.05(b) but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be immediately effected and such repatriated Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than two Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof to the extent not taken into account in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) to the extent provided herein and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition, any Foreign Casualty Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) (or such Excess Cash Flow would have been so required if it were Net Cash Proceeds), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against (to the extent not taken into account in the definition of Net Cash Proceeds) if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary.
(viii) If the Borrower incurs or issues any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness to refinance Term Loans, the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness within three (3) Business Days of the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred or issued; provided that each prepayment of Term Loans required by this clause (viii) shall be applied to any Class of Term Loans at the discretion of the Borrower and within a Class of Term Loans to the remaining scheduled installments of principal of such Class of Term Loans thereof pursuant to Section 2.07(a) in a manner determined at the discretion of the Borrower and specified in the notice of prepayment (but in any event, applied pro rata to the Lenders of such Class); provided that, if the Borrower fails to give such notice at the time of such prepayment or in the event such notice fails to specify the manner in which the respective prepayment of such Class of Term Loans shall be applied to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section 2.07(a), such prepayment of such Class of Term Loans shall be applied in direct order of maturity to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section 2.07(a)
(ix) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind or amend any notice of prepayment issued in connection with Section 2.05(b)(viii) if such prepayment is conditioned on an issuance of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, which issuance shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.
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(c) Repricing Premium. Any prepayment of the Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i), Section 2.05(b)(iii) or Section 2.05(b)(viii) in connection with a Repricing Event shall be accompanied by the payment of the Repricing Premium, for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders with such Term B Loans or Incremental Term Loans that are either repaid, converted or subjected to a pricing reduction in connection with such Repricing Event.
(d) Interest, Funding Losses, Etc. All prepayments under this Section 2.05 shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Term SOFR Loan pursuant to Section 3.05.
If all Term Lenders of a Class elect to accept a mandatory prepayment described above, then (1) with respect to such mandatory prepayment of Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to Term Loans of such Class that are Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Term Loans of such Class that are Eurocurrency Rate Loans and, in any event, in a manner that is designed to minimize the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.05; provided, however, that, if at the time of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b) there shall be Term Borrowings of different Types or Eurocurrency Rate Term Borrowings of the applicable Class with different Interest Periods, and if some but not all Term Lenders of the applicable Class shall have accepted such mandatory prepayment, then the aggregate amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be allocated ratably to each outstanding applicable Term Borrowing of the accepting Term Lenders and (2) with respect to such mandatory prepayment of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to Term Loans of such Class that are Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Term Loans of such Class that are Term SOFR Loans and, in any event, in a manner that is designed to minimize the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.05; provided, however, that, if at the time of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b) there shall be Term Borrowings of different Types or Term SOFR Term Borrowings of the applicable Class with different Interest Periods, and if some but not all Term Lenders of the applicable Class shall have accepted such mandatory prepayment, then the aggregate amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be allocated ratably to each outstanding applicable Term Borrowing of the accepting Term Lenders.
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 2.05, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans is required to be made under this Section 2.05 prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, in lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 2.05 in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made thereunder into a cash collateral account until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05.
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Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall also be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of the outstanding Loans in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Section 2.05.
SECTION 2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments of any Class, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Commitments of any Class, in each case without premium or penalty; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent one (1) Business Day prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $500,000 or any whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, (iii) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Commitments, the Swing Line Sublimit or the L/C Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility, then in any such case the Swing Line Sublimit or the L/C Sublimit, as applicable, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess and (iv) the Revolving Credit Commitments shall not be reduced to an amount that is less than the Revolving Credit Exposure. Any such notice of termination or reduction of commitments pursuant to this Section 2.06(a) may state that it is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower if such condition is not satisfied.
(b) Mandatory. The Term Commitment of each Term Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the making of such Term Lender’s Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(a). The Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate on the applicable Maturity Date for each such Facility.
(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any termination or reduction of unused portions of the Swing Line Sublimit or the L/C Sublimit and all Lenders of the termination or reduction of unused Commitments of any Class under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of unused Commitments of any Class, the Commitment of each Lender of such Class shall be reduced by such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount by which such Commitments are reduced (other than the termination of the Commitment of any Lender as provided in Section 3.07). All commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of any Revolving Credit Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
(d) Revolving Credit Commitment Terminations in connection with Refinancing Amendments. On the date of the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment relating to Revolving Credit Commitments, the amount of the commitments which became so effective shall be required to reduce commitments pursuant to the then outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments, as elected by the Borrower, and at such time repayments of outstandings pursuant to the respective Revolving Credit Facilities shall be made to the extent needed so that the provisions Section 2.05(b)(iv) are complied with. In addition, at the time of any incurrence of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of existing Revolving Credit Commitments, an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (or, if greater, the total commitments with respect thereto) shall be applied to permanently reduce outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments and at such time repayments of outstandings pursuant to the respective Revolving Credit Facilities shall be made so that the provisions of Section 2.05(b)(iv) are complied with. All reductions to the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this clause (d) shall be applied to any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments at the discretion of the Borrower and pro rata within a Class of Revolving Credit Commitments.
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(e) Termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments. On the Maturity Date of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, such Revolving Credit Commitments will terminate and the respective Lenders who held such terminated Commitments will have no obligation to make, or participate in, extensions of credit (whether the making of Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit) made pursuant to such Commitments after such Maturity Date; provided that, except as expressly provided in the immediately succeeding sentence, (x) the foregoing shall not release any Revolving Credit Lender from liability it may have for its failure to fund Revolving Credit Loans, L/C Advances or participations in Swing Line Loans that was required to be performed by it on or prior to such Maturity Date and (y) the foregoing will not release any Revolving Credit Lender from any obligation to fund its portion of L/C Advances or participations in Swing Line Loans with respect to Letters of Credit issued or Swing Line Loans made prior to such Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.07 Repayment of Loans.
(a) Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders:
(i) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the last Business Day of March 2017, an aggregate Dollar Amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate Dollar Amount of all Term B Loans outstanding on the Fifth Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date (as such repayment amount shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments as directed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05).
(ii) on the Maturity Date for each Class of Term Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all such Term Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders on the relevant Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all of its Revolving Credit Loans of such Class outstanding on such date.
(c) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten (10) Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the earliest Revolving Credit Maturity Date then in effect (although Swing Line Loans may thereafter be reborrowed in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, if there are one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments which remain in effect).
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, all Loans shall be repaid, whether pursuant to this Section 2.07 or otherwise, in the currency in which they were made.
SECTION 2.08 Interest
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (x) with respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate plus (in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan of any Lender which is lent from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State) the Mandatory Cost; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Revolving Credit Loans and (y) with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, (i) each Term SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
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For the avoidance of doubt, each Revolving Credit Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
(b) The Borrower shall pay interest on past due amounts hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) Interest on each Loan shall be payable in the currency in which each Loan was made.
(e) All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 2.10.
SECTION 2.09 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(h) and (i):
(a) Commitment Fee. With respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Rate with respect to commitment fees then in effect for the applicable Class of Revolving Credit Commitments times the actual daily amount by which the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments for such Facility exceed the sum of (x) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans under such Facility and (y) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations for such Facility; provided that any commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the Revolving Credit Commitments under such Facility of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; and provided further that no commitment fee shall accrue on any of the Revolving Credit Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. The commitment fees for the Revolving Credit Facility shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until the relevant Maturity Date, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date for such Facility. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(b) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agents such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever (except as expressly agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Agent).
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SECTION 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365) days or three hundred and sixty-six (366) days, as applicable, and actual days elapsed. All computations of interest for Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Sterling shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365) days and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1) day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.11 Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one or more entries in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c), as agent for the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note or Notes payable to such Lender, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans of the applicable Class or Classes in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records and, in the case of the Administrative Agent, entries in the Register, evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and (b), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and (b), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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SECTION 2.12 Payments Generally.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to payments in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office for payment in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. (London time) on the dates specified herein. If, for any reason, the Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Amount of the Alternative Currency payment amount. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m., New York City time in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) after 2:00 p.m. (London time) in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
(b) If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(c) Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds, then:
(i) if the Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect; and
(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. When such Lender makes payment to the Administrative Agent (together with all accrued interest thereon), then such payment amount (excluding the amount of any interest which may have accrued and been paid in respect of such late payment) shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing.
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If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights that the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.12(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any such participation on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or purchase its participation.
(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(g) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth in Section 9.03. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Loans or other Obligations then owing to such Lender.
SECTION 2.13 Sharing of Payments. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans held by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (ii) 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, without further interest thereon.
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The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff, but subject to Section 11.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section 2.13 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.
SECTION 2.14 Incremental Credit Extensions.
(a) (i) At any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly make such notice available to each of the Lenders), request to effect one or more additional tranches of revolving credit commitments (“Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related revolving credit loans thereunder, “Incremental Revolving Credit Loans”) or increases in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments under any existing Class (each such increase, a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase”; together with the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, “Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities”) from Additional Revolving Credit Lenders; provided that at the time of each such request and upon the effectiveness of each Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment, (A) no Event of Default shall result therefrom, (B) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes that can be incurred at any time shall not, at such time, exceed the Incremental Cap, (C) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (treating any proposed Incremental Revolving Credit Facility as fully drawn, but not including the proceeds of any such deemed draw in the amount of cash to be netted in calculating such ratio) with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time), (D) (i) in the case of any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, the maturity date thereof shall be no earlier than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, such Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (ii) any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be on the same terms (and pursuant to the same documentation) governing the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this Agreement (including upfront fees, but excluding customary arranger fees) and (E) the interest rate margins and, subject to clause (D), the amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder and (F) any Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment entered into after the Closing Date shall be on the terms and pursuant to documentation to be determined by the Borrower and the Additional Revolving Credit Lenders with the applicable Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities; provided that to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with this Agreement (except to the extent permitted by clauses (D) and (E) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided further that no L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender shall be required to act as “issuing bank” or “swingline lender” under any such Incremental Revolving Credit Facility without its written consent. Each Incremental Revolving Credit Facility shall be in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof unless such amount represents all the remaining availability under the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities set forth above.
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(ii) At any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly make a copy of such notice available to each of the Lenders), request to effect one or more additional tranches of term loans hereunder (“Incremental Term Loans”) or increases in the aggregate amount of the Term Commitments of any existing Class, which shall take the form of an additional tranche of term loans hereunder (each such increase, a “Term Commitment Increase”; together with the Incremental Term Loans, the “Incremental Term Facilities”) from one or more Additional Term Lenders; provided that at the time of each such request and upon the effectiveness of each Incremental Term Facility Amendment, (A) no Event of Default shall result therefrom, (B) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes that can be incurred at any time shall not, at such time, exceed the Incremental Cap at such time, (C) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time), (D) other than with respect to the incurrence of Incremental Term A Loans and Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term A Loans, the maturity date of any such Incremental Term Facility shall not be earlier than the Term B Maturity Date, (E) other than with respect to the incurrence of Incremental Term A Loans and Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term A Loans, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any such Incremental Term Facility shall not be shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans, (F) the interest rate margins and, subject to clause (E), the amortization schedule for any Incremental Term Facility shall be determined by the Borrower and the Additional Term Lenders thereunder; provided that, for any Incremental Term Facility made on or prior to August 22, 2018, in the event that the Effective Yield for any Incremental Term Facility is higher than the Effective Yield for the Term B Loans by more than 50 basis points, then the Effective Yield for the Term B Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that such Effective Yield is equal to the Effective Yield for such Incremental Term Facility minus 50 basis points; provided, further, that, in determining the Effective Yield applicable to the Incremental Term Facility and the Term B Loans (x) OID or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) payable by Borrower to the Term B Lenders or any Additional Term Lenders in the initial primary syndication thereof (with OID being equated to interest based on assumed four-year life to maturity) shall be included, (y) customary arrangement or commitment fees payable to the Joint Bookrunners (or their Affiliates) in connection with this Agreement or to one or more arrangers (or their Affiliates) of any Incremental Term Facility shall be excluded and (z) if the Incremental Term Facility includes an interest rate floor greater than the interest rate floor applicable to the Term B Loans, such increased amount shall be equated to interest margin for purposes of determining whether an increase to the applicable interest margin for the Term B Loans shall be required, to the extent an increase in the interest rate floor in the Term B Loans would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect, and in such case the interest rate floor (but not the interest rate margin) applicable to the Term B Loans shall be increased by such increased amount and (G) any Incremental Term Facility Amendment entered into after the Closing Date shall be on the terms and pursuant to documentation to be determined by the Borrower and the Additional Term Lenders with the applicable Incremental Term Facilities; provided that to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with this Agreement (except to the extent permitted by clause (F) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each Incremental Term Facility incurred after the Closing Date shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 and, except with respect to the Term Commitment Increase, integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof unless such amount represents all the remaining availability under the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Term Facilities set forth above.
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(b) (i) Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall set forth the requested amount of the relevant Incremental Revolving Credit Loan, Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, Incremental Term Loan or Term Commitment Increase.
(ii) Commitments in respect of any Incremental Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment Increase incurred after the Closing Date shall become Commitments (or in the case of any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to be provided after the Closing Date by an existing Revolving Credit Lender, an increase in such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, such Additional Revolving Credit Lenders and the Administrative Agent. Incremental Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment Increases may be provided, subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld), by any existing Lender (it being understood that no existing Lender shall have the right to participate in any Incremental Revolving Credit Facility or, unless it agrees, be obligated to provide any Incremental Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment Increase) or by any other Additional Revolving Credit Lender. An Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section. The effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Revolving Credit Lenders, be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Closing Date”) of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (it being understood that all references to “the date of such Credit Extension” in Section 4.02 shall be deemed to refer to the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility Closing Date) and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01 (other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
(iii) Commitments in respect of any Incremental Term Facility shall become Commitments under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Term Facility Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, such Additional Term Lenders and the Administrative Agent. Incremental Term Facilities may be provided, subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld), by any existing Lender (it being understood that no existing Lender shall have any right to participate in any Incremental Term Facility or, unless it agrees, be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loan or Term Commitment Increase thereunder) or by any other Additional Term Lender. An Incremental Term Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section. The effectiveness of any Incremental Term Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Term Lenders, be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an “Incremental Term Facility Closing Date”) of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (it being understood that all references to “the date of such Borrowing” in Section 4.02 shall be deemed to refer to the Incremental Term Facility Closing Date) and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01 (other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
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(c) (i) Upon effectiveness of each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase pursuant to this Section, each Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Additional Revolving Credit Lender providing a portion of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (each a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender”), and each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans such that, after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (A) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (B) participations hereunder in Swing Line Loans held by each Revolving Credit Lender (including each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) will equal such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share. Any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding immediately prior to the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase that are Eurocurrency Loans will (except to the extent otherwise repaid in accordance herewith) continue to be held by, and all interest thereon will continue to accrue for the accounts of, the Revolving Credit Lenders holding such Loans immediately prior to the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, in each case until the last day of the then-current Interest Period applicable to any such Loan, at which time it will be repaid or refinanced with new Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01 in accordance with the Pro Rata Shares of the Revolving Credit Lenders after giving effect to the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will promptly purchase (for cash at face value) assignments of portions of such outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of other Revolving Credit Lenders so that, after giving effect thereto, all Revolving Credit Loans that are Eurocurrency Loans are held by the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their then-current Pro Rata Shares. Any such assignments shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.07; provided that the parties hereto hereby consent to such assignments and the minimum assignment amounts and processing and recordation fee set forth in Section 11.07(b)(ii) shall not apply thereto. If there are any Base Rate Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, such Loans shall either be prepaid by the Borrower on such date or refinanced on such date (subject to satisfaction of applicable borrowing conditions) with Revolving Credit Loans made on such date by the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lenders) in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. In order to effect any such refinancing, (i) each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will make Base Rate Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower by transferring funds to the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding amount of such Loans of such Type times a percentage obtained by dividing the amount of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Increase by the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments (after giving effect to the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase on such date) and (ii) such funds will be applied to the prepayment of outstanding Base Rate Revolving Credit Loans held by the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lenders, and transferred by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lenders, in such amounts so that, after giving effect thereto, all Base Rate Revolving Credit Loans will be held by the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their then-current Pro Rata Shares. On the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the Borrower will pay to the Administrative Agent, for the accounts of the Revolving Credit Lenders receiving such prepayments, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amounts of their Revolving Credit Loans being prepaid. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.
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(ii) Upon effectiveness of each Incremental Term Facility pursuant to this Section, each Additional Term Lender shall make an additional term loan to the Borrower in a principal amount equal to such Lender’s Incremental Term Facility. Any such term loan shall be a “Term Loan” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(d) This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or Section 11.01 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.15 Refinancing Amendments.
(a) At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any Additional Lender, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of (i) all or any portion of the Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clause (i) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Term Loans) or (ii) all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments) under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clause (ii) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Revolving Credit Loans and Other Revolving Credit Commitments), in each case, in the form of either (x) Other Term Loans or Other Term Commitments or (y) Other Revolving Credit Loans or Other Revolving Credit Commitments and, in each case, pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (i) will be unsecured or will rank pari passu or junior (and subordinate) in right of payment and of security with the other Loans and Commitments hereunder, (ii) will have such pricing and optional prepayment terms as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof, (iii) (x) with respect to any Other Revolving Credit Loans or Other Revolving Credit Commitments, will have a maturity date that is not prior to the maturity date of Loans (or unused Commitments) being refinanced and (y) with respect to any Other Term Loans or Other Term Commitments, will have a maturity date that is the same as or later than the maturity date of, and will have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is not shorter than, the Loans being refinanced and (iv) will have terms and conditions (other than pricing, optional prepayment and subordination terms) that are, taken as a whole, not materially more favorable to the investors providing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness than, the Refinanced Debt (except for covenants or other provisions applicable exclusively to periods commencing after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred); provided, further, that the terms and conditions applicable to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may provide for any additional or different financial or other covenants or other provisions that are agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof and applicable only during periods after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained. The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01 (other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent). Each Class of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under this Section 2.15 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (x) not less than $25,000,000 in the case of Other Term Loans or $10,000,000 in the case of Other Revolving Credit Loans and (y) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof unless such amount represents the total outstanding amount of the Refinanced Debt. Any Refinancing Amendment may provide for the issuance of Letters of Credit, or the provision to the Borrower of Swing Line Loans, pursuant to any Other Revolving Credit Commitments established thereby, in each case on terms substantially equivalent to the terms applicable to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans under the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary to treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Credit Loans, Other Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Other Term Commitments).
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Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section. In addition, if so provided in the relevant Refinancing Amendment and with the consent of each L/C Issuer, participations in Letters of Credit expiring on or after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall be reallocated from Lenders holding Revolving Credit Commitments to Lenders holding extended revolving commitments in accordance with the terms of such Refinancing Amendment; provided, however, that such participation interests shall, upon receipt thereof by the relevant Lenders holding Revolving Credit Commitments, be deemed to be participation interests in respect of such Revolving Credit Commitments and the terms of such participation interests (including, without limitation, the commission applicable thereto) shall be adjusted accordingly.
(b) This Section 2.15 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or Section 11.01 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.16 Extended Loans.
(a) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time, by making an offer on a pro rata basis to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class, request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (for any such Class, the “Existing Term Loans”) be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Existing Term Loans (any such Existing Term Loans which have been so converted, the “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.16. In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly make a copy of such notice available to each of the Lenders of such Existing Term Loans) (a “Term Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall be substantially similar to the Existing Term Loans from which they are to be converted, except that (i) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to dates later than the scheduled amortization date of such Existing Term Loans (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.07, the Incremental Term Facility Amendment, or the Refinancing Amendment, as the case may be, with respect to such Existing Term Loans, in each case as set forth in paragraph (d) of this Section 2.16 below), (ii) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be higher or lower than the interest margins for such Existing Term Loans and (iii) additional fees may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (ii), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Existing Term Loans converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Extension Request. The Extended Term Loans shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loans from which they were converted.
(b) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request, by making an offer on a pro rata basis to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class, that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class (for any such Class, the “Existing Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related Class of revolving credit loans thereunder, the “Existing Revolving Credit Loans”) be converted to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended, “Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related Loans, “Extended Revolving Credit Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.16.
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In order to establish any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly make a copy of such notice available to each of the Lenders of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments) (a “Revolving Credit Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established, which terms shall be substantially similar to those applicable to the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments from which they are to be converted, except that (i) all or any of the final maturity dates of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to dates later than the final maturity dates of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (ii) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the interest margins for such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (iii) additional fees may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (ii) and (iv) the commitment fee with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be higher or lower than the commitment fee for such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.16 or otherwise, (A) borrowings, voluntary prepayments and voluntary commitment reductions (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments at the final stated maturity of any shorter tenored Revolving Credit Commitment) of Loans with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, (B) assignments and participations of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and the Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by Section 11.07 and (C) subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(l) and Section 2.04(a)(ii), all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Commitments. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Existing Revolving Credit Loans or Existing Revolving Credit Commitments converted into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Revolving Credit Extension Request. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall constitute a separate Class of Revolving Credit Commitments from the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments from which they were converted.
(c) The Borrower shall provide the applicable Extension Request at least three (3) Business Days (or such shorter time period as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree) prior to the date on which Lenders under the applicable Existing Loans are requested to respond. Any Lender (an “Extending Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Existing Loans subject to such Extension Request converted into Extended Loans shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of such Existing Loans that it has elected to convert into Extended Loans. In the event that the aggregate amount of any Class of Existing Loans subject to such Extension Election exceeds the amount of the applicable Extended Loans requested pursuant to the Extension Request, such Existing Loans shall be converted to Extended Loans on a pro rata basis (subject to rounding by the Administrative Agent, which shall be conclusive) based on the aggregate amount of Existing Loans included in each such Extension Election.
(d) Extended Loans shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “Extension Amendment”) to this Agreement among the Borrower, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each Extending Term Lender providing an Extended Loan thereunder (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the last sentence of this Section 2.16(d) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 11.01, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Loans, as applicable, established thereby) executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. No Extension Amendment shall provide for any tranche of Extended Loans in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $50,000,000 unless such amount represents the total outstanding amount of the Existing Loans of the applicable Class.
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In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.16(a), each Extension Amendment (x) with respect to the Existing Term Loans from which the Extended Term Loans were converted, shall amend the scheduled amortization payments required pursuant to Section 2.07, the Incremental Term Facility Amendment or the Refinancing Amendment, as applicable, to reduce each scheduled repayment amount for such Existing Term Loans in the same proportion as the amount of such Existing Term Loans to be converted pursuant to such Extension Amendment (it being understood that any repayment amount with respect to any such individual Existing Term Loan that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof), (y) may, but shall not be required to, impose additional requirements (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement in effect at such time) with respect to the final maturity and weighted average life to maturity of Incremental Term Loans incurred following the Extension Date for such Extension Amendment and (z) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.16 and the terms and conditions applicable to the Extended Loans.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) on any date on which any Existing Loans are converted to Extended Loans (each such date, an “Extension Date”), (A) in the case of any Class of Existing Term Loans of each Extending Term Lender of such Class, the aggregate principal amount of such Existing Term Loans of such Class shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans from such Existing Term Loans and (B) in the case of any Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extending Revolving Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so converted by such Lender on such date, and such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established as a separate Class of Revolving Credit Commitments from such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) if, on any Extension Date, any Existing Revolving Credit Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the applicable Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, such Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be allocated as Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) and Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) in the same proportion as such Extending Lender’s Existing Revolving Credit Commitments to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.
(f) At any time following the establishment of any Extended Loans, the Borrower may offer to any Lender (without being required to make the same offer to any or all other Lenders) holding the Existing Loans from which such Extended Loans were converted and who did not to make an Extension Election in respect of any portion of such Existing Loans on or prior to the date specified in the Extension Request relating to such Extended Loans the right to convert all or any portion of such Existing Loans into Extended Loans of the same Class; provided that (A) such offer and any related acceptance (x) shall be in accordance with such procedures, if any, as may be reasonably requested by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent and (y) shall be on identical terms (including as to the proposed interest rates and fees payable, but excluding any arrangement, structuring or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with other Extending Lenders) to those previously offered to the Extending Lenders who agreed to convert their Existing Loans into Extended Loans of such Class, (B) any Lender which agrees to an extension pursuant to this clause (f) shall enter into a joinder agreement to the respective Extension Amendment in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and executed by such Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (and the Required Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such joinder agreement) and (C) the Existing Loans of any such Lender that are converted pursuant to this clause (f) shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than a Dollar Amount of $1,000,000 (or, if such Lender’s outstanding Loans of such Class amount to less than a Dollar Amount of $1,000,000, such lesser amount), unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents.
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(g) In the event that the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that the allocation of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to a given Lender was incorrectly determined as a result of manifest administrative error in the receipt and processing of an Extension Election by any Lender to extend all or a portion of its Existing Revolving Credit Commitments timely submitted by any such Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Revolving Credit Extension Request, then the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such affected Lender may (and hereby are authorized to), in their sole discretion and without the consent of any other Lender, enter into an amendment to this Agreement and, if necessary, the other Loan Documents (each, a “Corrective Revolving Credit Extension Amendment”) within 15 days following the applicable Extension Date, which Corrective Revolving Credit Extension Amendment shall (i) provide for the conversion and extension of the applicable Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in the amount such Lender would have held had such administrative error not occurred and had such Lender received the minimum allocation of the applicable Loans or Commitments to which it was entitled under the terms of such Extension in the absence of such error, (ii) be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such Lender may agree, and (iii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.16.
(h) In the event that the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that the allocation of Extended Term Loans to a given Lender was incorrectly determined as a result of manifest administrative error in the receipt and processing of an Extension Election by any Lender to extend all or a portion of its Existing Term Loans timely submitted by any such Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Term Extension Request, then the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such affected Lender may (and hereby are authorized to), in their sole discretion and without the consent of any other Lender, enter into an amendment to this Agreement and, if necessary, the other Loan Documents (each, a “Corrective Term Loan Extension Amendment”) within 15 days following the applicable Extension Date, which Corrective Term Loan Extension Amendment shall (i) provide for the conversion and extension of the applicable Extended Term Loans in the amount such Lender would have held had such administrative error not occurred and had such Lender received the minimum allocation of the applicable Loans or Commitments to which it was entitled under the terms of such Extension in the absence of such error, (ii) be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such Lender may agree, and (iii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.16.
(i) This Section 2.16 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or Section 11.01 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, no conversion of Existing Loans pursuant to any Extension Amendment in accordance with this Section 2.16 shall constitute a voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment for purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.17 Currency Equivalents.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Amount of each Revolving Credit Loan and L/C Obligation in respect of Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency or any other currency (other than Dollars) (i) as of the first day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and (ii) as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, and shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of each Dollar Amount so determined by it. Each such determination shall be based on the Exchange Rate (x) on the date of the related Committed Loan Notice for purposes of the initial such determination for any applicable Revolving Credit Loan and (y) on the fourth Business Day prior to the date as of which such Dollar Amount is to be determined, for purposes of any subsequent determination.
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(b) If after giving effect to any such determination of a Dollar Amount, the sum of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and the L/C Obligations exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect by 5% or more, the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of notice thereof from the Administrative Agent setting forth such calculation in reasonable detail, prepay the applicable outstanding Revolving Credit Loans or take other action as the Administrative Agent, in its discretion, may direct (including Cash Collateralization of the applicable L/C Obligations in amounts from time to time equal to such excess) to the extent necessary to eliminate any such excess.
SECTION 2.18 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 11.01.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuers or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuers or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.18(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
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(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit fees as provided in Section 2.03(h).
(iv) Reallocation of Pro Rata Share to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each Non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.04, the “Pro Rata Share” of each Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided that (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each Non- Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Revolving Credit Commitment of that Non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of that Non-Defaulting Lender.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuers agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Credit Loans of the applicable Facility and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Share of the applicable Facility (without giving effect to Section 2.18(a)(iv)), 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 Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided further that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
ARTICLE III
Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality
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SECTION 3.01 Taxes.Except as required by law, any and all payments by the Borrower (the term Borrower under Article III being deemed to include any Subsidiary for whose account a Letter of Credit is issued) or any Guarantor to or for the account of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities (including additions to tax, penalties and interest) with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Agent and each Lender, (i) taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated, and including branch profits and similar taxes), (ii) taxes imposed on or measured by its net income solely by reason of any connection between it and any jurisdiction other than by executing or entering into any Loan Document, receiving payments thereunder or having been a party to, performed its obligations under, or enforced, any Loan Document, (iii) franchise (and similar) taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, (iv) any taxes imposed in respect of an Assignee or other transferee pursuant to an assignment, participation or other transfer under Section 11.07 to the extent that, under applicable Laws in effect on the date of transfer, such tax is in excess of the tax that would have been applicable and indemnifiable by Borrower hereunder had such transferor not assigned its interest arising under any Loan Document (unless such assignment, transfer or participation is at the express written request of the Borrower), (v) U.S. federal withholding tax imposed pursuant to FATCA, (vi) amounts excluded pursuant to Section 3.01(f) hereto and (vii) any taxes imposed as a result of the failure of any Agent or Lender to comply with either the provisions of Section 3.01(b) and (c) (in the case of any Foreign Lender, as defined below) or the provisions of Section 3.01(e) (in the case of any U.S. Lender, as defined below) (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If the Borrower is required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes or Other Taxes (as defined below) from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to any Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01(a)), each of such Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing authority, and (iv) within thirty (30) days after the date of such payment (or, if receipts or evidence are not available within thirty (30) days, as soon as practicable thereafter), the Borrower shall furnish to such Agent or Lender (as the case may be) the original or a facsimile copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof to the extent such a receipt has been made available to the Borrower, or such other evidence of payment as is reasonably acceptable to such Agent or Lender. If the Borrower fails to pay any Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to any Agent or any Lender the required receipts or other required documentary evidence that has been made available to the Borrower, the Borrower shall indemnify such Agent and such Lender for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by such Agent or such Lender arising out of such failure (excluding, however, any such incremental taxes, interest or penalties incurred as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the relevant Agent or Lender (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment)).If the Borrower reasonably believes that any Taxes or Other Taxes it pays under this Section 3.01(a) were not correctly or legally imposed, the Agent and/or each affected Lender will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower in pursuing a refund of such Taxes or Other Taxes so long as such efforts would not, in the sole determination of the Administrative Agent or affected Lender exercised in good faith, result in any additional costs, expenses or risks or be otherwise disadvantageous to it.
(b) Each Agent or Lender (including an Assignee to which a Lender assigns its interest in accordance with Section 11.07) that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (each a “Foreign Lender”) agrees to complete and deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent prior to the date on which the first payment is due to it hereunder, unless it is unable to do so solely as a result of a change in applicable Law after the initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date (or in the case of a 2020 Other Term B Lender, the Sixth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2022 Term B Lender, the Eighth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2022 Term B-2 Lender, the Ninth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2024 Term B-1 Lender, the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date, the case of a 2024 Term B-2 Lender, the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender, the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, or in the case of a 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender, the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date), an accurate, complete and original signed (i) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or successor form, as applicable, certifying that it is entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party that provides an exemption from or a reduction of the rate of U.S.
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federal withholding tax on payments of interest; (ii) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor form certifying that the income receivable pursuant to any Loan Document is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States; (iii) if the Foreign Lender is claiming the benefits of the exemption for “portfolio interest” under Section 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, “a 10- percent shareholder” of the Borrower described in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or “ a controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (B) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or successor form, as applicable, or (iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 or J-3, Internal Revenue Service 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 certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner.
(c) Thereafter and from time to time, each such Foreign Lender shall, unless it is unable to do so solely as a result of a change in applicable Law after the initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date (or in the case of a 2020 Other Term B Lender, the Sixth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date or in the case of a 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, the Fourth Revolving Facility Refinancing Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, the Seventh Term B Loan Refinancing Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2022 Term B Lender, the Eighth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2022 Term B-2 Lender, the Ninth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2024 Term B-1 Lender, the Third Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date, the case of a 2024 Term B-2 Lender, the Fourth Term Loan Extension Amendment Effective Date, in the case of a 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender, the Tenth Term Loan Amendment Effective Date or in the case of a 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender, the Eleventh Term Loan Amendment Effective Date), other than in the case of clause (B) below, (i) promptly submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one or more of such forms or certificates (or such successor forms or certificates as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available to secure an exemption from or reduction in the rate of U.S. withholding tax (A) on or before the date that any such form, certificate or other evidence expires or becomes obsolete, (B) after the occurrence of a change in the Foreign Lender’s circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form, certificate or evidence previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (C) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, and (ii) promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in the Foreign Lender’s circumstances which would modify or render invalid or inaccurate any claimed exemption or reduction.
(d) Each Agent and Lender (including, for the avoidance of doubt, “U.S. Lenders,” as defined below) agrees to all reasonable requests of the Borrower that each comply with any certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement if such compliance is required by Law, regulation, administrative practice or an applicable treaty as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of any Taxes or Other Taxes for which a Lender or Agent receives indemnity payments or additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01; provided that no such Agent or Lender shall be required to comply unless (i) it is not prohibited by any applicable Law from complying, (ii) such compliance will not result in any prejudice to its interest (other than any de minimis prejudice), (iii) Borrower has provided the required forms or documentation to such Agent or Lender reasonably in advance of the deadline for the filing or submission of such forms or other documentation with such forms duly completed by the Borrower with such information available to the Borrower, and (iv) Borrower shall be responsible for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such Agent or Lender in connection with such compliance.
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(e) Each Agent or Lender (including an Assignee to which a Lender assigns its interest in accordance with Section 11.07) that is a “United States person” (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code) (each a “U.S. Lender”) agrees to complete and deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent an accurate, complete and original signed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or successor form certifying that such Agent or Lender is not subject to United States federal backup withholding tax (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before the date on which such form expires or becomes obsolete, (iii) after the occurrence of a change in the Agent’s or Lender’s circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.
(f) Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary and for the avoidance of doubt, if a Lender or an Agent is subject to United States federal withholding tax at a rate in excess of zero percent at the time when such Lender or such Agent first becomes a party to this Agreement (or changes its place of organization or its place of doing business, or designates a new Lending Office other than at the written request of the Borrower to change such Lending Office), such withholding tax (including additions to tax, penalties and interest imposed with respect to such withholding tax) shall be considered excluded from Taxes. Further, the Borrower shall not be required pursuant to this Section 3.01 to pay any additional amount to, or to indemnify, any Lender or Agent, as the case may be, to the extent that such Lender or such Agent becomes subject to Taxes subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if later, the date such Lender or Agent becomes a party to this Agreement) as a result of a change in the place of organization or place of doing business of such Lender or Agent or a change in the Lending Office of such Lender (other than at the written request of the Borrower to change such Lending Office).
(g) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal 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 and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower 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 or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower 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.
(h) The Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise, property, intangible or mortgage recording taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document excluding, in each case, such amounts that result from an Assignment and Assumption, grant of a Participation, transfer or assignment to or designation of a new applicable Lending Office or other office for receiving payments under any Loan Document, except to the extent that any such change is requested or required in writing by the Borrower (all such non-excluded taxes described in this Section 3.01(h) being hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
(i) If any Taxes or Other Taxes are directly asserted against any Agent or Lender with respect to any payment received by such Agent or Lender in respect of any Loan Document, such Agent or Lender may pay such Taxes or Other Taxes and the Borrower will promptly pay such additional amounts so that each of such Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum that it would have received had no such Taxes or Other Taxes been asserted. Payments under this Section 3.01(i) shall be made within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date on which the Borrower receives written demand for payment from such Agent or Lender, such written demand shall include a copy of the notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to pay such amount received from the relevant taxing authority.
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(j) An Assignee or Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the interest subject to the Assignment or the participation sold to such Participant at the time of the Assignment or the sale of the Participation, unless the Assignment or the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.
(k) If any Lender or Agent determines, in its sole good faith discretion, that it has received or realized any refund, whether directly or through any reduction of, or credit against its tax liabilities due to such refund, which refund, reduction or credit is attributable to (in the good faith judgment of such Lender or Agent) Taxes or Other Taxes as to which indemnification or additional amounts have been paid to it pursuant to this Section 3.01, such Lender of Agent shall promptly remit an amount equal to such refund or reduction or credit(but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid to the Lender or Agent under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund, reduction or credit plus any interest included in such amount by the relevant taxing authority attributable thereto) to the Borrower, net of all reasonable, documented out of pocket expenses of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant taxing authority with respect to such amount); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, agrees promptly to return such amount to such party in the event such party is required to repay such amount to the relevant taxing authority. Such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such amount received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that such Lender or Agent may delete any information therein that such Lender or Agent deems confidential in its reasonable discretion). The parties hereto agree that any position taken on the tax returns of the Lender and Agent shall be within their sole good faith discretion and neither the Lender nor Agent shall be under any obligation to disclose any tax return or filing or related document to anyone as a result of this Section 3.01(k).
(l) Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 3.01(a) or (h) with respect to such Lender it will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts (subject to legal and regulatory restrictions) to mitigate the effect of any such event, including by designating another Lending Office for any Loan or Letter of Credit affected by such event and by completing and delivering or filing any tax related forms which would reduce or eliminate any amount of Taxes or Other Taxes required to be deducted or withheld or paid by Borrower; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the sole good faith judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Lending Office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage unless such disadvantage is de minimis, and provided further that nothing in this Section 3.01(l) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.01(a) or (h).
(m) The Borrower and Administrative Agent may deduct and withhold any taxes required by any Laws to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan Documents.
(n) [Reserved].
(o) The agreements in this Section 3.01 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
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SECTION 3.02 Illegality. (a) With respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans , the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, if after the Closing Date, any Lender reasonably determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund any Eurocurrency Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the applicable Eurocurrency Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue any affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to such Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (subject to Section 3.05) and shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, (i) if applicable, convert all then outstanding affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate) or (ii) if applicable and such Loans are denominated in an Alternative Currency, to the extent the Borrower and all Appropriate Lenders agree, convert such Loans to Loans bearing interest at an alternative rate mutually acceptable to the Borrower and all of the Appropriate Lenders, in each case, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or promptly, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted and all amounts due, if any, in connection with such prepayment or conversion under Section 3.05. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
(b) With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, if any 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, 2022 Term B Lender, 2022 Term B-2 Lender, 2024 Term B-1 Lender, 2024 Term B-2 Lender, 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, 2022 Term B Lender, 2022 Term B-2 Lender, 2024 Term B-1 Lender, 2024 Term B-2 Lender, 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender, or, in each case, its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, 2022 Term B-2 Loans, 2024 Term B-1 Loans, 2024 Term B-2 Loans, 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans or 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans whose interest is determined by reference to SOFR or Term SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR or Term SOFR, then, upon notice thereof by such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender to the Borrower (through the Administrative Agent), (a) any obligation of such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, in each case until such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.
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Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loan to such day, or immediately, if such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loan and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Term SOFR component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender that it is no longer illegal for such 2021 Other Term B-1 Lender, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Lender, such 2022 Term B Lender, such 2022 Term B-2 Lender, such 2024 Term B-1 Lender, such 2024 Term B-2 Lender, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Lender or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.
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SECTION 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. (1) With respect to Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans , the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term Loan B-2 Loans, if the Required Lenders reasonably determine, in connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof, that by reason of any changes affecting the applicable interbank Eurocurrency market adequate and fair means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or that the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, or that deposits are not being offered to banks in the relevant interbank market for the applicable amount and the Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, in each case due to circumstances arising on or after the date hereof, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain any affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, subject to Section 3.05, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein (or, in the case of a pending request for a Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower and the Lenders may establish a mutually acceptable alternative rate).
The subsequent provisions set forth in this Section 3.03 shall only apply with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans.
(2) With respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, (a) if in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Loan or a conversion of Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans or a continuation of any of such Loans, as applicable, (i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (A) no Successor Rate has been determined in accordance with Section 3.03(2)(b), and the circumstances under clause (i) of Section 3.03(2)(b) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred, or (B) adequate and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan or (ii) the Administrative Agent, the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans), the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans), the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2022 Term B Loans), the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2022 Term B-2 Loans), the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2024 Term B-1 Loans), the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2024 Term B-2 Loans), the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans), or the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans) determine that for any reason that Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each such Lender.
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Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans, or to convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods) and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Term SOFR component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders described in clause (ii) of this Section 3.03(2)(a), until the Administrative Agent upon instruction of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, as applicable) revokes such notice.
Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, or conversion to, or continuation of Term SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding Term SOFR Loans shall be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans immediately at the end of their respective applicable Interest Period.
(b) Replacement of Term SOFR or Successor Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), the Borrower, the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans), the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans), the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2022 Term B Loans), the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2022 Term B-2 Loans), the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2024 Term B-1 Loans), the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2024 Term B-2 Loans), the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans) or the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (in respect of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans) notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower, the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:
(i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining one month, three month and six month interest periods of Term SOFR, including, without limitation, because the Term SOFR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or
(ii) CME or any successor administrator of the Term SOFR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of Term SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity, has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which one month, three month and six month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate shall or will no longer be made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of U.S.
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dollar denominated syndicated loans, or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that will continue to provide such interest periods of Term SOFR after such specific date (the latest date on which one month, three month and six month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate are no longer available permanently or indefinitely, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”);
then, on a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent (any such date, the “Term SOFR Replacement Date”), which date shall be at the end of an Interest Period or on the relevant interest payment date, as applicable, for interest calculated and, solely with respect to clause (ii) above, no later than the Scheduled Unavailability Date, Term SOFR will be replaced hereunder and under any Loan Document with Daily Simple SOFR plus (v) in the case of the 2022 Term B Loans and the 2022 Term B-2 Loans (except for any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan), the SOFR Adjustment for any payment period for interest calculated that can be determined by the Administrative Agent, (w) in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans (except for any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan), 0.26161% (26.161 basis points), (x) in the case of the 2024 Term B-1 Loans and the 2024 Term B-2 Loans (except for any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan), 0.10% (10 basis points), (y) in the case of the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans (except for any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan), 0.10% (10 basis points) and (z) in the case of the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans (except for a Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, 0.10% (10 basis points), in each case, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the “Successor Rate”).
If the Successor Rate is Daily Simple SOFR plus the SOFR Adjustment, all interest payments will be payable on a monthly basis.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) if the Administrative Agent determines that Daily Simple SOFR is not available on or prior to the Term SOFR Replacement Date or (ii) if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 3.03(2)(b)(i) or (ii) have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in effect, then in each case, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing Term SOFR or any then current Successor Rate in accordance with this Section 3.03(2) at the end of any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such alternative benchmark and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such benchmark, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated. For the avoidance of doubt, any such proposed rate and adjustments, shall constitute a “Successor Rate”. Any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5) Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, as applicable, have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, 2022 Term B Loan Required Lenders, the 2022 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders, the 2024 Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan Required Lenders or the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan Required Lenders object to such amendment.
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The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate.
Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower).
Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than 0.50%, the Successor Rate will be deemed to be 0.50% for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right 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; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
SECTION 3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
(a) If any Lender reasonably determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, in each case after the date hereof, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of make or making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Loans, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this Section 3.04(a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01, or which would have been so covered but for an exclusion included therein, (ii) the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any taxes payable by such Lender, (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c) and (iv) the requirements of the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank reflected in the Mandatory Cost, other than as set forth below) or the Mandatory Cost, as calculated hereunder, does not represent the cost to such Lender of complying with the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank in relation to its making, funding or maintaining of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans, then from time to time within fifteen (15) days after demand by such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail such increased costs (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased costs actually incurred or reduction actually suffered or, if applicable, the portion of such cost that is not represented by the Mandatory Cost.
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At any time that any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in this Section 3.04(a), the Borrower may, subject to Section 3.05, either (i) if the affected Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel such Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed promptly in writing) thereof on the same date that the Borrower receives any such demand from such Lender or (ii) if the affected Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert such Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loan into a Base Rate Loan, if applicable.
(b) If any Lender reasonably determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, in each case after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation controlling such Lender could have achieved but for such introduction or change (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the charge and the calculation of such reduced rate of return (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will reasonably compensate such Lender for such reduction actually suffered.
(c) The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loan, as applicable, equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any other central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) which in each case shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided that the Borrower shall have received at least fifteen (15) days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or cost from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice fifteen (15) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or cost shall be due and payable fifteen (15) days from receipt of such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 3.04 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than one-hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such increased costs or reductions; provided that, if the Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the one-hundred and twenty-day (120-day) period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
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(d) If any Lender requests compensation under this Section 3.04, then such Lender will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to designate another Lending Office for any Loan or Letter of Credit affected by such event; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided further that nothing in this Section 3.04(d) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.04(a), (b), (c) or (d).
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.04, no Lender shall demand compensation for any increased costs under this Section 3.04 if it shall not be the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances and unless such demand is generally consistent with such Lender’s treatment of comparable borrowers of such Lender in the United States with respect to similarly affected commitments or loans.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a change after the Closing Date in a requirement or interpretation of law or governmental rule, regulation or order, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented for all purposes under or in connection with this Agreement (including this Section 3.04 and Section 3.05).
SECTION 3.05 Funding Losses. Upon written demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, which demand shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(1) in the case of Loans other than the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans,
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Eurocurrency Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;
including any loss or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained; and
(2) in the case of the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans , the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans,
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Term SOFR Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such 2021 Other Term B-1 Loan, such 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, such 2022 Term B Loan, such 2022 Term B-2 Loan, such 2024 Term B-1 Loan, such 2024 Term B-2 Loan, such 2025 Other Term B-1 Loan or such 2025 Other Term B-2 Loan, as applicable; or (b) With respect to any Lender’s claim for compensation under Sections 3.01, 3.02 or 3.03, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the event that gives rise to such claim; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
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(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Term SOFR Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;
including any loss or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Term SOFR Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.
SECTION 3.06 Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation.
(a) Any Agent or Lender claiming compensation under this Article III shall deliver a certificate to the Borrower setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Agent or Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
If any Lender requests compensation by the Borrower under Section 3.04, the Borrower may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, 9the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 3.06(c) shall be applicable); provided that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.
(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other B-2 Term Loans, Term SOFR Loan, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other B-2 Term Loans, Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.06(b) hereof, such Lender’s (i) Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans made in Dollars shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans and (ii) Eurocurrency Loans made in any Alternative Currency shall be prepaid, in each case, on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for such Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case of an immediate conversion or repayment required by Section 3.02, on such earlier date as required by Law) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:
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(i) to the extent that such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and
(ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued from one Interest Period to another by such Lender as Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.
(d) If any Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to the conversion of such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans pursuant to this Section 3.06 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, interest rate basis, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 3.07 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.
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(a) If at any time (i) any Lender requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04 as a result of any condition described in such Sections or any Lender ceases to make Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, Term SOFR Loans as a result of any condition described in Section 3.02 or Section 3.04, (ii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or (iii) any Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, replace such Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 11.07(b) (at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower, including the payment of any processing or recordation fee by the Borrower in each instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (or, with respect to clause (iii) above, all of its rights and obligations with respect to the Class of Loans or Commitments that is the subject of the related consent, waiver or amendment) to one or more Eligible Assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender or other such Person; and provided further that (A) in the case of such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payment and (B) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable Eligible Assignees shall have agreed to the applicable departure, waiver or amendment of the Loan Documents.
No such replacement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.
(b) Any Lender being replaced pursuant to Section 3.07(a) above shall (i) execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, and (ii) deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or Administrative Agent (or a lost or destroyed note indemnity in lieu thereof). Pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (A) the assignee Lender shall acquire all or a portion, as the case may be, of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, (B) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the assigning Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such assigning Lender concurrently with such assignment and assumption and (C) upon such payment and, if so requested by the assignee Lender, delivery to the assignee Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed by the Borrower, the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the assigning Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder with respect to such assigned Loans, Commitments and participations, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which shall survive as to such assigning Lender.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, any Lender that acts as a L/C Issuer may not be replaced hereunder at any time that it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (including the furnishing of a back-up standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer or the depositing of cash collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer) have been made with respect to each such outstanding Letter of Credit and the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of Section 10.09.
(d) In the event that (i) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent has requested that the Lenders consent to a departure or waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents or agree to any amendment thereto, (ii) the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the agreement of all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 or all the Lenders with respect to a certain Class or Classes of the Loans and (iii) the Required Lenders (or, in the case of any such consent, waiver or amendment requiring the agreement of all the Lenders with respect to a certain Class of Loans, the Majority Lenders with respect to such Class) have agreed to such consent, waiver or amendment, then any Lender who does not agree to such consent, waiver or amendment shall be deemed a “Non-Consenting Lender”; provided that the term “Non-Consenting Lender” shall also include (x) any Lender that rejects (or is deemed to reject) an Extension Request under Section 2.16, which Extension Request has been accepted under Section 2.16 by at least the Majority Lenders of the respective Class of Existing Loans which are to be extended pursuant to such Extension Request and (y) any Lender that does not elect to become a Lender in respect of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to Section 2.15.
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SECTION 3.08 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions
SECTION 4.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to make a Credit Extension hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, except as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or as provided in Schedule 6.12 (notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.01):
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:
(i) executed counterparts of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement and the Guaranty;
(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has requested a Note at least two Business Days in advance of the Closing Date;
(iii) each Collateral Document required to be executed on the Closing Date, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto, together with:
(A) certificates, if any, representing the Pledged Equity referred to therein and required therein to be delivered, accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt endorsed in blank;
(B) to the extent required under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(C) evidence that all other actions, agreements, recordings and filings that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been taken, completed or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(iv) such certificates of good standing from the applicable secretary of the state of organization of each Loan Party, such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to be a party on the Closing Date;
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(v) an opinion from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York counsel to the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 and (ii) an opinion from Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Delaware counsel to the Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2;
(vi) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower;
(vii) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect and that the Administrative Agent has been named as loss payee and/or additional insured, as applicable, under each insurance policy with respect to such insurance as to which the Administrative Agent shall have requested to be so named;
(viii) a Committed Loan Notice and/or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable, relating to the initial Credit Extensions;
(ix) copies of a recent Lien and judgment search in each jurisdiction reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Loan Parties; and
(x) an Intercompany Note duly executed by each Loan Party.
(b) All fees and expenses required to be paid to the Lenders and the Agents hereunder and invoiced on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full in cash or directed by the Borrower to be paid with the proceeds of the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans made on the Closing Date.
(c) The Joint Lead Arrangers shall have received on or prior to the Closing Date all documentation and other information reasonably requested in writing by them at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order to allow the Arrangers and the Lenders to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
SECTION 4.02 Conditions to All Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, a continuation of Term SOFR Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further that, any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.
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(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, with respect to the 2021 Other Term B-1 Loans, the 2021 Other Term B-2 Loans, the 2022 Term B Loans, the 2022 Term B-2 Loans, the 2024 Term B-1 Loans, the 2024 Term B-2 Loans, the 2025 Other Term B-1 Loans and the 2025 Other Term B-2 Loans, a continuation of Term SOFR Loans) submitted by a Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each of its Material Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (a) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists), under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all corporate or other organizational power and authority to (i) own its assets and carry on its business as currently conducted and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists) under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, (d) is in material compliance with all applicable Laws (including the USA Patriot Act, the FCPA and OFAC Regulations), writs, injunctions and orders, except in such instances in which such Law, writ, injunction or order is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, and (e) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted; except in each case (other than clause (a) as it relates to the good standing of the Borrower) to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party are within such Loan Party’s corporate and other powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action. Neither the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party will (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents or (b) violate any applicable material Law; except in the case of this clause (b)to the extent that such violation or contravention would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.03 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, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for (i) filings and registrations necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties, (ii) the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, notices, filings or other actions which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and (iii) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, notices, filings or other actions, the failure of which to obtain, take, give or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity, (ii) the need for filings and registrations necessary to create or perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties and (iii) the effect of foreign Laws, rules and regulations as they relate to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, no Loan Party shall have any obligation to create or perfect the Liens under foreign Laws).
SECTION 5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements and the Unaudited Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein and subject, in the case of the Unaudited Financial Statements, if any, to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(b) Since December 31, 2011, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) [Reserved].
SECTION 5.06 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that either individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.07 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has good record and indefeasible title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all real property necessary in the ordinary conduct of its business, free and clear of all Liens except for (i) minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such assets for their intended purposes, (ii) Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and (iii) where the failure to have such title or other interest would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Environmental Laws in all jurisdictions in which each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, is currently doing business (including having obtained all Environmental Permits) and (ii) none of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries has become subject to any pending Environmental Claim, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, received written notice of any Environmental Claim.
(b) None of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported or disposed of Hazardous Materials at or from any currently or formerly operated real estate or facility relating to its business in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.09 Taxes. Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all Federal and state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have timely paid all Federal and state and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets, otherwise due and payable, showing on such returns, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, there is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now pending or threatened by any authority regarding any taxes relating to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries except as set forth on Schedule 5.09(a).
SECTION 5.10 ERISA Compliance.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.10(a) or as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan (and each related trust, insurance contract or fund) is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws.
(b) No ERISA Event has occurred and is continuing within the immediately preceding six (6) years that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except where noncompliance or the incurrence of a material obligation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Foreign Plan has been maintained in substantial compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders, and neither Holdings nor any Subsidiary has incurred any material obligation in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan.
SECTION 5.11 Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.11 sets forth (a) the name and jurisdiction of each Subsidiary, (b) the ownership interest of Holdings, the Borrower and any other Subsidiary in each Subsidiary, including the percentage of such ownership, and (c) the identity of each Subsidiary whose Equity Interests are required to be pledged on the Closing Date pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
SECTION 5.12 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) No Loan Party is engaged nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Borrowings or drawings under any Letter of Credit will be used for any purpose that violates Regulation U.
(b) No Loan Party is an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 5.13 Disclosure. None of the factual information and data heretofore or contemporaneously furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) when taken as a whole contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make such factual information and data (taken as a whole), in the light of the circumstances under which it was delivered, not materially misleading as to the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken together; it being understood that for purposes of this Section 5.13, such factual information and data shall not include projections and pro forma financial information or information of a general economic or general industry nature.
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SECTION 5.14 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.
Each of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or has a valid license or right to use, all patents, patent rights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, software, know-how database rights, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”), free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01), that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to have any such rights, either individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, the operation of the respective businesses of any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary as currently conducted does not infringe upon, misappropriate or violate any rights held by any Person except for such infringements, misappropriations or violations individually or in the aggregate, that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any IP Rights, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary, that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.15 Solvency. On the Closing Date, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.
SECTION 5.16 OFAC. Neither the Borrower, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any director or officer thereof, is an individual or entity that is, or is owned or controlled by any individual or entity that is (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals, HMT’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.17 Anti-Corruption Laws. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in material compliance with the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.EEA Financial Institutions. No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.
ARTICLE VI
Affirmative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan or other Obligation hereunder (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted or (ii) Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Obligations) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized), the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 6.03) cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to:
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SECTION 6.01 Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case 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 Ernst & Young LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any going concern or like qualification or exception (other than with respect to or resulting from, (i) any potential inability to satisfy the financial covenant described in Section 8.01 in a future date or period or (ii) the fact that the final maturity date of any Loan or Commitment hereunder is less than one year after the date of such opinion) or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;
(b) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Holdings (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013), a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related (i) consolidated statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and (ii) consolidated statements of cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, 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 Holdings as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP applicable to unaudited interim financial statements, subject only to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013) of Holdings, a reasonably detailed consolidated budget for the following fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of Holdings for its internal use (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income and a summary of the material underlying assumptions applicable thereto) (collectively, the “Projections”),which Projections have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such Projections, it being understood that actual results may vary from such Projections and that such variations may be material; and
(d) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(b), the related consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.01 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of Holdings and its Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of any direct or indirect parent of Holdings that holds all of the Equity Interests of Holdings or (B) Holdings’ or such entity’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), (i) to the extent such information relates to a parent of Holdings, such information is accompanied by consolidating information (which may be unaudited) that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such parent), on the one hand, and the information relating to Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand and (ii) to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 6.01(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of Ernst & Young LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception (other than with respect to, or resulting from, (i) any potential inability to satisfy the financial covenant described in Section 8.01 in a future date or period or (ii) the fact that the final maturity date of any Loan or Commitment hereunder is less than one year after the date of such opinion) as to the scope of such audit.
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SECTION 6.02 Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) no later than five (5) Business Days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings and, if such Compliance Certificate demonstrates an Event of Default specified in Section 9.01(b)(ii), Holdings may deliver, together with such Compliance Certificate, notice of its intent to cure (a “Notice of Intent to Cure”) such Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.04; provided that the delivery of a Notice of Intent to Cure shall in no way affect or alter the occurrence, existence or continuation of any such Event of Default or the rights, benefits, powers and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under any Loan Document;
(b) promptly after the same are publicly available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which Holdings files with the SEC or with any Governmental Authority that may be substituted therefor (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8) and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any other clause of this Section 6.02;
(c) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any material statements or material reports furnished to any holder of any class or series of debt securities of any Loan Party having an aggregate outstanding principal amount greater than the Threshold Amount or pursuant to the terms of any Junior Financing Documentation or Qualified Holding Company Debt, in each case, so long as the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereunder is greater than the Threshold Amount and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any other clause of this Section 6.02;
(d) together with the delivery of the financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and the corresponding Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a), (i) a report setting forth the information required by Section 3.03(c) of the Security Agreement or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the last such report) and (ii) a list of each Subsidiary of the Borrower that identifies each Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or a confirmation that there is no change in such information since the later of the Closing Date or the date of the last such list; and
(e) promptly, such additional information regarding the operations, business affairs or financial condition of any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(a) 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 listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
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SECTION 6.03 Notices. Promptly after a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default; and
(b) of, to the extent permissible by applicable law, (i) any dispute, litigation, investigation or proceeding between any Loan Party and any Governmental Authority, (ii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws or in respect of IP Rights, the occurrence of any noncompliance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with, or liability under, any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, or (iii) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, in any such case, has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer (x) that such notice is being delivered pursuant to Section 6.03(a) or (b) (as applicable) and (y) setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the relevant Loan Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.04 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy as the same shall become due and payable, all of its obligations and liabilities in respect of material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, except, in each case, to the extent (i) any such tax, assessment, charge or levy is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established, if required, in accordance with GAAP or (ii) the failure to pay or discharge the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Article VII and (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all corporate rights and privileges (including its good standing) except, in the case of clauses (a) or (b) (other than with respect to the preservation of the existence of the Borrower), (i) to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction permitted by Article VII. The foregoing shall not restrict in any way any conversion of a corporation, a limited liability company or any other entity to a different legal form at any time.
SECTION 6.06 Maintenance of Properties. Except if the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order, repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and fire, casualty or condemnation excepted.
SECTION 6.07 Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of its management) are financially sound and reputable at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance and at least in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of its management) is reasonable prudent in light of the size and nature of its business and the availability of insurance on a cost-effective basis) and against at least such risks (and with such risk retentions) as the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment of its management) are reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business.
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If at any time any portion of a Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified as a special flood hazard area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or any successor thereto or other applicable agency, the Borrower or the relevant Loan Party, as applicable, shall keep and maintain at all times flood insurance in an amount sufficient to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, each as amended from time to time.
SECTION 6.08 Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws (including Environmental Laws, the USA Patriot Act, the FCPA and OFAC Regulations (including Sanctions administered or enforced thereunder) applicable to it or to its business or property, except if the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.09 Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account, in a manner to allow financial statements to be prepared in all material respects in conformity with GAAP, in which entries shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be (it being understood and agreed that Foreign Subsidiaries may maintain individual books and records in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles that are applicable in their respective jurisdiction of organization).
SECTION 6.10 Inspection Rights. Permit representatives of the Administrative Agent and of each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties (subject to the rights of lessees or sublessees thereof and subject to any restrictions or limitations in the applicable lease, sublease or other written occupancy arrangement to which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary is bound), to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom (other than the records of the Board of Directors of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary) and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers and independent public accountants (subject to such accountants’ customary policies and procedures), all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance written notice to the Borrower; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 6.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one (1) time during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default and such exercise shall be at the Borrower’s expense; provided further that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of its respective representatives) may do any of the foregoing as often as may be reasonably necessary at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance written notice. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.10, none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted 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 (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding agreement or (iii) is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.
SECTION 6.11 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security. At the Borrower’s expense, subject to the provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and any applicable limitation in any Collateral Document, take all action necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement continues to be satisfied, including:
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(a) upon the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect wholly owned Material Domestic Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary) by any Loan Party, the designation in accordance with Section 6.13 of any existing direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary and any wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary becoming a Material Domestic Subsidiary
(i) within sixty (60) days (or such greater number of days as specified below) after such formation, acquisition or designation (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion):
(A) cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the Material Real Properties owned by such Material Domestic Subsidiary in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(B) within ninety (90) days in the case of documents listed in Section 6.12(b) after such formation, acquisition or designation, cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages with respect to any Material Real Property, Security Agreement Supplements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements (other than in respect of copyrights) and other security agreements and documents (including, with respect to Mortgages, the documents listed in Section 6.12(b)), as reasonably requested by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Mortgages, Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreements (other than in respect of copyrights) and other Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), in each case granting Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;
(C) cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to deliver any and all certificates representing its Equity Interests (to the extent certificated) that are required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank and instruments evidencing the intercompany Indebtedness held by such Material Domestic Subsidiary and required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents, indorsed in blank to the Administrative Agent;
(D) within ninety (90) days in the case of documents listed in Section 6.12(b) after such formation, acquisition or designation, take and cause such Material Domestic Subsidiary and each direct or indirect parent of such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to take whatever action (including the recording of Mortgages, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates to the extent certificated) may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law),
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(E) within sixty (60) days in the case of Intellectual Property Security Agreements in respect of U.S. copyright registrations and applications therefor, after such formation, acquisition or designation, cause each such Material Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Intellectual Property Security Agreements in respect of such copyrights in form and substance consistent with the Intellectual Property Security Agreements in respect of copyrights in effect on the Closing Date, in each case granting Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, and
(ii) within sixty (60) days (or within ninety (90) days in the case of documents listed in Section 6.12(b)) after the reasonable request therefor by the Administrative Agent (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), deliver to the Administrative Agent a signed copy of an opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such matters set forth in this Section 6.11(a) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such opinion shall not be required to be delivered prior to the expiration of the 60-day period specified in clause (i) above or, if earlier, the date on which the requirements specified in sub-paragraphs (A) through (D) of clause (i) above have been satisfied,
(b) after the Closing Date, within ninety (90) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) after the acquisition of any Material Real Property by any Loan Party other than Holdings, and such Material Real Property shall not already be subject to a perfected Lien pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, the Borrower shall give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and promptly thereafter shall cause such Material Real Property to be subjected to a Lien to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and will take, or cause the relevant Loan Party to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect or record such Lien, including, as applicable, the actions referred to in Section 6.12(b).
SECTION 6.12 Further Assurances and Certain Post-Closing Obligations. Subject to the provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and any applicable limitations in any Collateral Document:
(a) Promptly upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Collateral Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Collateral Documents.
(b) In the case of any Material Real Property, provide the Administrative Agent with Mortgages with respect to such owned real property within ninety (90) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) of the acquisition of such real property in each case together with:
(i) evidence that counterparts of the Mortgages have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered and are in form suitable for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and subsisting perfected Lien on the property and/or rights described therein in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(ii) fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies or the equivalent or other form available in each applicable jurisdiction (the “Mortgage Policies”) in form and substance, with endorsements available in the applicable jurisdiction and in amount, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (not to exceed the value (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) of the real properties covered thereby), issued, coinsured and reinsured by title insurers reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, insuring the Mortgages to be valid subsisting Liens on the property described therein, subject only to Liens permitted by Section 7.01, and providing for such other affirmative insurance (including endorsements for future advances under the Loan Documents) and such coinsurance and direct access reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and is available in the applicable jurisdiction;
(iii) opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in states in which the Material Real Properties are located, to the extent reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(iv) such other evidence that all other actions that the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to create valid and subsisting Liens on the property described in the Mortgages has been taken.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that within the time periods set forth in Schedule 6.12, or within such longer period or periods that the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may permit, the Loan Parties shall comply with the obligations set forth on Schedule 6.12.
SECTION 6.13 Designation of Subsidiaries. The Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) other than for purposes of designating a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with the establishment of a Qualified Securitization Financing, immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII (whether or not then in effect at such time) (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) (and, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any such designation, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating satisfaction of such test) and (iii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if, after such designation, it would be a “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of any Junior Financing. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be permitted to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary does not substantially concurrently constitute or will not substantially concurrently constitute an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under the Existing Senior Secured Notes Indenture.
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SECTION 6.14 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of any Credit Extension will be used in a manner consistent with the uses set forth in the preliminary statements to this Agreement. The proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans will be used in a manner consistent with the uses set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Facility Amendment.
SECTION 6.15 Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws. Maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Loan Parties and their respective directors, officers and employees with (x) any OFAC Regulations and Sanctions controls and (y) the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions.
ARTICLE VII
Negative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (ii) Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Obligations) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized), the Borrower shall not (and, solely with respect to Section 7.12, Holdings shall not), nor shall the Borrower permit any Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
SECTION 7.01 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof; provided that any such Lien securing Indebtedness in excess of (x) $5,000,000 individually and (y) $25,000,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that is not set forth on Schedule 7.01(b)) shall only be permitted in reliance on this clause (b) to the extent such Lien is listed on Schedule 7.01(b);
(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
(d) statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course, so long as, in each case, such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business;
(e) (i) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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(g) easements, covenants, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), encroachments, protrusions and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property that, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially and adversely interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and any other exception on the title polices issued in connection with the Mortgaged Property;
(h) Liens arising from judgments or orders for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.01(g);
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e); provided that (A) such Liens attach concurrently with or within two hundred and seventy (270) days after the completion of the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens, (B) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, replacements thereof and additions and accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits and (C) with respect to Capitalized Leases, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for additions and accessions to such assets, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits) other than the assets subject to such Capitalized Leases; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;
(j) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business (including the provision of software under an open source license) which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;
(k) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under applicable law, including the Uniform Commercial Code, on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity or securities trading accounts or other commodities or securities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking or financial institution’s general terms and conditions;
(m) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(j),Section 7.02(o) or Section 7.02(p), or other acquisition permitted hereunder, to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or other acquisition or (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted under Section 7.05, in each case, to the extent such Investment, other acquisition or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;
(n) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (including any Foreign Subsidiary) securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(b), Section 7.03(g), Section 7.03(n) or Section 7.03(u);
(o) Liens in favor of Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(d);
(p) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than by designation as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.13), in each case after the date hereof (other than Liens on the Equity Interests of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that (i)
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such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products thereof and other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under Section 7.03(e), (g) or (u);
(q) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s interest under leases or licenses entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(r) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(s) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements under Section 7.02 and reasonable customary deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(t) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(u) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(v) (i) Liens placed upon the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition permitted hereunder to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition or such other acquisition and (ii) Liens placed upon the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary and any of its Subsidiaries to secure Indebtedness (or to secure a Guarantee of such Indebtedness) incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition or such other acquisition;
(w) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;
(x) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) financing statement or similar filings;
(y) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
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(aa) Liens on the Securitization Assets arising in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(bb) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(cc) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing such Person’s obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;
(dd) Liens (including Liens on cash collateral) securing letters of credit in a currency other than Dollars permitted under Section 7.03(p) in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000;
(ee) Liens, including Liens on the Collateral that are junior in priority to the Liens securing the Obligations, securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(v); provided, that, (i) on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 5.0:1.0 and (ii) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time); provided, further that in the case of any Liens on the Collateral permitted under this clause (ee), the Administrative Agent shall enter into a collateral sharing agreement containing customary terms with the Borrower and the Person or Persons extending any such Indebtedness (it being understood that the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement are satisfactory);
(ff) the modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Lien permitted by clauses (b), (i), (p), (v) and (ee) of this Section 7.01; provided that (i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e), and (B) proceeds and products thereof and (ii) the renewal, extension or refinancing of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens is permitted by Section 7.03;
(gg) other Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and 3.0% of Total Assets;
(hh) Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness consisting of (i) Existing Senior Secured Notes, Permitted First Lien Debt and Permitted Junior Priority Debt (including Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents in connection with the issuance thereof into escrow) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided the requirements of the respective such defined terms are satisfied; and
(ii) Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03; provided that (i) such Liens shall be subordinated and junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent under the Collateral Documents, (ii) on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness (if such Liens attach at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness) or after giving effect to the attachment of the Liens (if such Liens are granted subsequently to the incurrence of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens), the Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 5.0:1.0, (iii) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time) and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall enter into a collateral sharing agreement containing customary terms with the Borrower and the Person or Persons extending any such Indebtedness with such priority being on terms and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement are satisfactory).
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The expansion of obligations secured by Liens by virtue of accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, amortization of original issue discount and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Liens for purposes of this Section 7.01.
SECTION 7.02 Investments. Make any Investments, except:
(a) Investments by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in assets that were Cash Equivalents when such Investment was made;
(b) loans or advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, officers, directors and employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof; provided that the amount of such loans and advances used to acquire such Equity Interests shall be contributed to Holdings in cash) and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time under this clause (iii) not to exceed $15,000,000;
(c) asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, supplies and materials) and the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Investments (i) by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party, (ii) by any Non-Loan Party in any other Non-Loan Party that is a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) by any Non-Loan Party in any Loan Party and (iv) by any Loan Party in any Non-Loan Party that is a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (A) any such Investments made pursuant to this clause (iv) in the form of intercompany loans shall be evidenced by notes that have been pledged (individually or pursuant to a global note) to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (it being understood and agreed that any Investments permitted under this clause (iv) that are not so evidenced as of the Closing Date are not required to be so evidenced and pledged until the date that is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date) and (B) (I) the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed at any time outstanding $500,000,000 (provided that Investments made pursuant to Section 7.02(d)(iv)) may also be made out of the Available Amount) (II) any such Investment constitutes an exchange of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary for Indebtedness of such Subsidiary (or vice versa) or an equity contribution of intercompany Indebtedness to such Non-Loan Party, (III) the proceeds of any such Investment is part of a series of transactions that results in such proceeds’ being paid to one or more Loan Parties (as a repayment of intercompany Indebtedness or as a dividend, distribution or other return of capital or otherwise) or invested in one or more Loan Parties or (IV) any such Investment consists of the contribution of Equity Interests of any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party so long as the Equity Interests of the transferee Restricted Subsidiary is pledged to secure the Secured Obligations;
(e) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
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(f) Investments consisting of Liens, Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness constituting Guarantees for the benefit of Business Successors), fundamental changes, Dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted under Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05 and 7.06, respectively;
(g) Investments existing on the date hereof or made pursuant to legally binding written contracts in existence on the date hereof or contemplated on the date hereof and, in each case, set forth on Schedule 7.02(g) and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension of any of the foregoing; provided that the amount of any Investment permitted pursuant to this Section 7.02(g) is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment as of the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.02;
(h) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.03;
(i) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with (x) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.05 or (y) any other disposition of assets not constituting a Disposition;
(j) the purchase or other acquisition of property and assets or businesses of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (including as a result of a merger or consolidation); provided that, with respect to each purchase or other acquisition made pursuant to this clause (j) (each, a “Permitted Acquisition”), to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the Collateral Documents, the property, assets and businesses acquired in such purchase or other acquisition shall constitute Collateral and each applicable Loan Party and any such newly created or acquired Subsidiary (and, to the extent required under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, the Subsidiaries of such created or acquired Subsidiary) shall be or become Guarantors and shall have complied or shall comply with the requirements of Section 6.11, within the times specified therein (for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (A) shall not override any provisions of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement) and such acquired property, assets, business or Person is in a business permitted under Section 7.07;
(k) any Investment in a business permitted pursuant to Section 7.07 taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (k) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 4.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (k) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (j) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (k) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(l) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article III endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article IV customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(m) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
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(n) loans and advances to Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to Holdings (or such direct or indirect parent) in accordance with Section 7.06(f) or (g);
(o) additional Investments (i) that taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (i) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $400,000,000 and 5.0% of Total Assets or (ii) out of the Available Amount;
(p) Investments in any Subsidiary or joint venture (regardless of the legal form) having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (p) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed in the aggregate at any time outstanding the greater of $75,000,000 and 1.0% of Total Assets;
(q) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business; (r) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Equity Interests of Holdings (or of any direct or indirect parent of Holdings after a Qualifying IPO of such direct or indirect parent);
(s) Investments held by a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged into the Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.04 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(t) Guarantees by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of leases (other than Capitalized Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(u) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business;
(v) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contracts;
(w) Investments by any Loan Party in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $75,000,000;
(x) (i) Investments in a Securitization Subsidiary or any Investment by a Securitization Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing; provided, however, that any such Investment in a Securitization Subsidiary is in the form of a contribution of additional Securitization Assets or as equity, and (ii) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees and purchases of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;
(y) Investments made by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent such Investments are financed with the proceeds received by such Restricted Subsidiary from an Investment made pursuant to clauses (d)(iv), (j), (o), (p) or (z) of this Section 7.02; and
(z) additional Investments so long as at the time of any such Investment and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the Total Net Leverage Ratio determined on a Pro Forma Basis does not exceed 3.0:1.0.
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SECTION 7.03 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, provided that the Borrower may incur Indebtedness and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (x) if the Interest Coverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred would not be less than 2.0:1.0, determined on a Pro Forma Basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), and (y) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time), in each case, as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred and the application of the proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such Test Period; provided that Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties may not incur Indebtedness pursuant to the foregoing exception in an aggregate principal amount (taken together with all other Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties incurred in reliance on Section 7.03(h)) at any time outstanding in excess of $ 250,000,000, determined at the time of incurrence. Except as otherwise noted, the limitations set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to any of the following items:
(a) Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents (including any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16);
(b) (i) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof; provided that any Indebtedness that is in excess of (x) $5,000,000 individually or (y) $25,000,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (b) that is not set forth on Schedule 7.03(b)) shall only be permitted under this clause (b) to the extent such Indebtedness is set forth on Schedule 7.03(b) and any Permitted Refinancing of such Indebtedness referred to in this clause (i) and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof;
(c) Guarantees by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise permitted hereunder (except that a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Non-Loan Party may not, by virtue of this Section 7.03(c), Guarantee Indebtedness that such Restricted Subsidiary could not otherwise incur under this Section 7.03); provided that (A) no Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of any Junior Financing shall be permitted unless such Restricted Subsidiary shall have also provided a Guarantee of the Obligations substantially on the terms set forth in the Guaranty and (B) 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;
(d) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries owing to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary to the extent constituting an Investment permitted by Section 7.02; provided that all such Indebtedness incurred by any Loan Party and owed to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Non -Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations on customary terms (it being understood and agreed that any Indebtedness permitted under this clause (d) that is not already subordinated on such terms as of the Closing Date shall not be required to be so subordinated until the date that is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date);
(e) (i) Attributable Indebtedness and other Indebtedness (including Capitalized Leases) to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other assets that in each case are used or useful in a business permitted under Section 7.07, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Equity Interests of any Person owning such assets, (ii) Attributable Indebtedness arising out of sale and lease back transactions and (iii) Indebtedness arising under Capitalized Leases other than those in effect on the date hereof or entered into pursuant to subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (e), and in each case, any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred or issued and outstanding under this clause (e), shall not exceed the greater of $150,000,000 and 3.0% of Total Assets (in each case, determined at the date of incurrence) at any one time outstanding;
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(f) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Contracts designed to hedge against interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodities pricing risks and not for speculative purposes and Guarantees thereof;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or (ii) incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition, in each case, that is unsecured or secured only by the assets or business acquired in the applicable Permitted Acquisition (including any acquired Equity Interests) (and any Permitted Refinancing of the foregoing) and so long as the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness and all Indebtedness resulting from any Permitted Refinancing thereof at any time outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (g) does not exceed the greater of $125,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Assets;
(h) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 or (B) incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition permitted pursuant to Section 7.02; provided that, in the case of clauses (A) and (B), after giving effect thereto, (I) either (x) the Borrower would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the first sentence of Section 7.03 or (y) the Interest Coverage Ratio for the Borrower (determined on a Pro Forma Basis) is equal to or greater than the Interest Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition and (II) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period; provided, further, that Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties may not incur Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (h) in an aggregate principal amount (when taken together with all other Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Loan Parties incurred in reliance on the first sentence of Section 7.03) at any one time outstanding in excess of $250,000,000; and (ii) and any Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness previously incurred and permitted pursuant to this clause (h).
(i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(j) Indebtedness to current or former officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by Section 7.06;
(k) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition, any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder or any Disposition, in each case to the extent constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price (including earn-outs) or other similar adjustments;
(l) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with the Original Transaction and Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder;
(m) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs and other cash management and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business and any Guarantees thereof;
(n) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(i) in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference up to 100.0% of the amount of any capital contributions or Net Cash Proceeds from Permitted Equity Issuances (or issuances of debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests) (other than Permitted Equity Issuances made pursuant to Section 9.04(a)) received or made by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof and contributed by such parent to the Borrower) during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date (as determined in accordance with clause (iv) of the definition of “Available Amount”) and Permitted Refinancings of such Indebtedness incurred, issued or otherwise obtained to refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness (minus the amount of any such capital contributions used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06); and
(ii) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $500,000,000 and 10.0% of Total Assets at any time outstanding;
(o) Indebtedness consisting of (a) the financing of insurance premiums or (b) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(p) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims; provided that any reimbursement obligations in respect thereof are reimbursed within 30 days following the incurrence thereof;
(q) obligations in respect of self-insurance and performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(r) Indebtedness incurred by a Securitization Subsidiary in a Qualified Securitization Financing that is not recourse (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings) to the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(s) Indebtedness of the Borrower (which may be guaranteed by one or more Guarantors) in respect of one or more series of senior unsecured notes or loans or senior secured notes or loans that will be secured by the Collateral (A) on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Obligations or (B) on a subordinated or junior basis to the Liens securing the Obligations, in each case that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, Incremental Term Loans and/or Term Commitment Increases pursuant to an indenture, a note purchase agreement, a loan agreement or otherwise and Permitted Refinancings thereof (the “Additional Notes”); provided that (1) the scheduled amortization applicable to such Additional Notes shall not exceed 1% per annum of the original aggregate principal amount of the respective Additional Notes at any time prior to the then Latest Maturity Date under this Agreement, (2) such Additional Notes shall constitute either Permitted First Lien Debt, Permitted Junior Priority Debt or Permitted Unsecured Debt and shall meet the relevant requirements of such respective definition, (3) such Additional Notes are not scheduled to mature prior to the Latest Maturity Date then in effect, (4) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit Facilities, Incremental Term Facilities and Additional Notes that can be incurred at any time shall not, at such time, exceed the Incremental Cap at such time, (5) at the time of such incurrence (except in the case of any extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement thereof that does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced) and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (regardless of whether such Financial Performance Covenant is applicable at such time), (6) such Additional Notes shall not be subject to any Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Loan Party, (7) no Event of Default would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence and (8) the documentation with respect to any Additional Notes contains no mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption provisions except with respect to change of control and asset sale offers that are customary for high yield notes of such type;
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(t) Indebtedness consisting of the Existing Notes and any Permitted Refinancings thereof;
(u) Indebtedness incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (u) and then outstanding, does not exceed $100,000,000;
(v) Permitted Junior-Priority Debt or Permitted Unsecured Debt incurred for the purpose of financing, or funding dividends to Holdings to finance, the redemption, repurchase or other retirement of the Existing 2016 Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(w) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (v) above and (x) through (cc) below;
(x) Guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees and sublicensees;
(y) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services;
(z) Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Subordinated Notes to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are, except as set forth in Section 7.11(a), immediately after the receipt thereof, offered to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness previously incurred and permitted pursuant to this clause (z);
(aa) (i) Indebtedness that qualifies as Permitted First Lien Debt under clause (B)(ii) of the definition thereof, Permitted Junior Priority Debt under clause (ii) of the definition thereof, or Permitted Unsecured Debt under clause (ii) of the definition thereof; and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness previously incurred and permitted pursuant to this Section 7.03(aa); provided, that (A) upon the incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to this Section 7.03(aa), all repayments and commitment reductions required by Sections 2.05(b)(iv), 2.05(b)(viii) and 2.06(d) shall be made and (B) no Event of Default would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence;
(bb) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit; and
(cc) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business.
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For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (b) through (cc) above, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance only on the exception in clause (a) of Section 7.03.
The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 7.03.
SECTION 7.04 Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that:
(a) Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with the Borrower (including a merger, the purpose of which is to reorganize the Borrower into a new jurisdiction); provided that (x) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (y) such merger or consolidation does not result in the Borrower ceasing to be incorporated under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (z) in the case of a merger or consolidation of Holdings with and into the Borrower, no Existing 2016 Notes shall remain outstanding at the time of such merger or consolidation, Holdings shall have no direct Subsidiaries at the time of such merger or consolidation other than the Borrower and, after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, the direct parent of the Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of Holdings under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Holdings is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(b) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Non-Loan Party may merge or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Non-Loan Party, (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Loan Party, (iii) any merger the sole purpose of which is to reincorporate or reorganize a Loan Party in another jurisdiction in the United States shall be permitted (provided that the surviving Person shall be a Loan Party) and (iv) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(c) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then (i) the transferee must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment or giving rise to the incurrence of Indebtedness, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or such Indebtedness must be Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party in accordance with Sections 7.02 and 7.03, respectively;
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(d) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may merge with any other Person; provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or consolidation is not the Borrower (any such Person, the “Successor Borrower”), (A) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (B) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Guaranty confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (D) each Loan Party, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Security Agreement confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (E) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage (or other instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and (F) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate, if requested by the Administrative Agent, and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplement to this Agreement or any Collateral Document comply with this Agreement; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement;
(e) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any Person other than the Borrower (i) in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 or (ii) for any other purpose; provided that (A) the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary, which together with each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.11; and (B) in the case of subclause (ii) only, (1) if the merger or consolidation involves a Guarantor and such Guarantor is not the surviving Person, the surviving Restricted Subsidiary shall expressly assume all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Guarantor is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (2) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII to the extent then applicable (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis); and
(f) a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.05.
SECTION 7.05 Dispositions. Make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete, worn out, used or surplus property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) Dispositions of inventory and goods held for sale in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of immaterial assets (including failing to pursue or allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any IP Rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business if, in the Borrower’s reasonable opinion, such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business);
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(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
(d) (i) Dispositions of property to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (A) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (B) to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is permitted under Section 7.02; and (ii) Dispositions to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary constituting debt forgiveness;
(e) (i) Dispositions permitted by Sections 7.02, 7.04 and 7.06, Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and (ii) Dispositions of property by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to sale-leaseback transactions;
(f) Dispositions of Cash Equivalents;
(g) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license), in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(h) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events;
(i) Dispositions not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.05; provided that (A) the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Disposition at least equal to the fair market value (such fair market value to be determined in good faith by the Borrower at the time of contractually agreeing to such Disposition) and (B) with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (i) for a purchase price in excess of $75,000,000, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents); provided, however, that for the purposes of this clause (i), the following shall be deemed to be cash:
(A) any liabilities (as shown on Holdings’, the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that (x) are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition or (y) that are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee (other than intercompany debt owed to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries) and, in each case, for which the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing,
(B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition,
(C) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Disposition (other than intercompany debt owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), to the extent that the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Disposition and
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(D) (i) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, as determined by the Borrower in good faith, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (D) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of 5.0% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, (ii) any Investment received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that is treated as an Investment pursuant to Section 7.02(k), (o) or (p) or (iii) any Investment that the Borrower shall designate, solely for the purposes of this Section 7.05(i) as a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 7.06(n), in each case with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration, Investment or Restricted Payment being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value;
(j) Dispositions listed on Schedule 7.05(j) (“Scheduled Dispositions”);
(k) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(l) Dispositions, discounts or forgiveness of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(m) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(n) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code (or comparable or successor provision), any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon permitted by such provision) for use in any business conducted by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not in contravention of Section 7.07;
(o) the unwinding of any Swap Contract;
(p) any Disposition of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary;
(q) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;
(r) the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law;
(s) the sale or discount of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable; and
(t) Dispositions to Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the Internal Business Restructuring.
To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section 7.05 to any Person other than a Loan Party, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.
SECTION 7.06 Restricted Payments. Pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to its other Restricted Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests);
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(b) the Borrower may (i) redeem in whole or in part any of its Equity Interests for another class of Equity Interests or rights to acquire its Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests, provided that any terms and provisions material to the interests of the Lenders, when taken as a whole, contained in such other class of Equity Interests are at least as advantageous to the Lenders as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby or (ii) the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests not otherwise permitted by Section 7.03) of such Person; provided that after giving effect to any action pursuant to clause (i) and (ii) above, the same percentage of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or the respective Restricted Subsidiary are pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents as were so pledged immediately prior thereto;
(c) [Reserved];
(d) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Section 7.02, 7.04, 7.08 or 7.11;
(e) repurchases of Equity Interests in Holdings deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or required withholding taxes on such repurchases;
(f) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such time, the Borrower may pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of Holdings (or of any such direct or indirect parent of Holdings) by any future, present or former employee, director, consultant or distributor (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower) or any of its Subsidiaries so long as such purchase is pursuant to an in accordance with the terms of any employee or director equity plan, employee or director stock option plan or any other employee or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement) with any employee, director or consultant of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings) or any of its Subsidiaries;
(g) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or to any direct or indirect parent of Holdings:
(i) the proceeds of which will be used to pay the tax liability to each foreign, federal, state or local jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for such jurisdiction of Holdings (or such direct or indirect parent) attributable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries determined as if the Borrower and its Subsidiaries filed separately;
(ii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay operating costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business, attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
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(iii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain its (or any of its direct or indirect parents’) corporate existence;
(iv) to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.02; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) the Borrower shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the merger (to the extent permitted in Section 7.04) of the Person formed or acquired into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Acquisition, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11;
(v) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay costs, fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates) related to any equity or debt offering permitted by this Agreement (whether or not successful); and
(vi) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h) the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(i) Restricted Payments may be made to Holdings to finance (a) the redemption, repurchase or other retirement of the Existing 2016 Notes and (b) any regularly scheduled principal and interest and mandatory prepayments, fees and expenses payable in respect of the Existing 2016 Notes;
(j) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration (i) such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) no Event of Default occurred and was continuing;
(k) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrower’s common stock following the first public offering of the Borrower’s common stock (or the payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to fund a payment of dividends on such company’s common stock), or the common stock of any of its direct or indirect parents after the Closing Date, of up to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or from any such public offering, other than public offerings with respect to the Borrower’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;
(l) payments made or expected to be made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable by any of their respective future, present or former employees, directors, managers or consultants (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) and any repurchases of their respective Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options;
(m) [Reserved];
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(n) other Restricted Payments (i) in an aggregate amount, together with the aggregate amount of (1) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings made pursuant to Section 7.11(a)(iv)(A), (2) loans and advances to Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings made pursuant to Section 7.02(n) in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (n)(i) and (3) Investments designated by the Borrower as a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 7.05(i)(D), not to exceed the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) (so long as at the time of incurrence and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the Total Net Leverage Ratio would not exceed 6.0:1.0) 3.0% of Total Assets and (ii) out of the Available Amount;
(o) beginning on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance of any Qualified Holding Company Debt, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings the proceeds of which are promptly applied by Holdings to fund cash interest payments on Qualified Holding Company Debt, so long as on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the payment of such dividends (i) the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period would not be greater than 4.5:1.0 and (ii) the Interest Coverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period would not be less than 1.75:1.0; and
(p) other Restricted Payments, so long as at the time of incurrence and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the Total Net Leverage Ratio determined on a Pro Forma Basis does not exceed 3.0:1.0.
SECTION 7.07 Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business reasonably related or ancillary thereto or reasonable extensions thereof.
SECTION 7.08 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction or series of related transactions of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower, involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $35,000,000, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than:
(a) transactions between or among Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;
(b) transactions on terms not materially less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate;
(c) the Transaction;
(d) the issuance of Equity Interests not prohibited under this Agreement;
(e) the payment of management, monitoring and other fees to the Sponsor Group in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the amount permitted to be paid pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and any Sponsor Termination Fees not to exceed the amount set forth in the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and related indemnities and reasonable expenses;
(f) Investments permitted under Section 7.02;
(g) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business and transactions pursuant to stock option plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements;
(h) payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(i) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(j) any agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect as of the Closing Date and, to the extent involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $25,000,000 in the aggregate, set forth on Schedule 7.08 and any amendment to any of the foregoing (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Closing Date as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower);
(k) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06;
(l) customary payments by the Borrower and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsor Group made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures);
(m) transactions in which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (b) of this Section 7.08;
(n) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings to any Permitted Holder or to any former, current or future director, manager, officer, employee or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent thereof;
(o) investments by the Sponsor Group in securities of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (A) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (B) the investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities;
(p) any Disposition of Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing;
(q) (i) payments, Indebtedness (and cancellation of any thereof) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and preferred stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of any Restricted Subsidiary to any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, (ii) any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and (iii) any supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) that are, in each case, approved by the Borrower in good faith;
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(r) (i) tax sharing agreements among one or more of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent and such parent’s other Subsidiaries and payments thereunder by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower in an officer’s certificate) for the purposes of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any provision of this Agreement; provided that, prior to entering into a tax sharing agreement described in clause (i) or a transaction described in clause (ii), the Borrower has obtained the written consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; and
(s) any transition services arrangement, supply arrangement or similar arrangement entered into in connection with or in contemplation of the Disposition of assets or Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 7.05 or entered into with any Business Successor, in each case, that the Borrower determines in good faith is either fair to the Borrower or otherwise on customary terms for such type of arrangements in connection with similar transactions.
SECTION 7.09 Burdensome Agreements. Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that limits the ability of (a) any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Non-Loan Party to make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party or (b) any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person for the benefit of the Lenders with respect to the Facilities and the Obligations or under the Loan Documents; provided that the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall not apply to Contractual Obligations which:
(i) (A) exist on the date hereof and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.09) are listed on Schedule 7.09 hereto and (B) to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (A) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any permitted modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as such modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing does not expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation;
(ii) (A) are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and (B) any permitted modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of such Contractual Obligation so long as such modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing does not expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation; provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to Contractual Obligations that are binding on a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.13;
(iii) represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is a Non-Loan Party which is permitted by Section 7.03;
(iv) arise in connection with any Lien permitted by Section 7.01(u), any Disposition permitted by Section 7.05 (but only as to the assets subject to such Disposition);
(v) are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 7.02 and applicable solely to such joint venture entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) are customary restrictions contained in leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto;
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(vii) comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(i), 7.03(e), 7.03(g), 7.03(h), 7.03(n), 7.03(r), 7.03(u) or 7.03(v) to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or, in the case of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) or 7.03(h) only, to the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring or guaranteeing such Indebtedness;
(viii) are customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(ix) are customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(x) are restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) are customary restrictions contained in any documentation governing the Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(s) and (aa); and
(xii) relate to cash or other deposits permitted under Section 7.01.
SECTION 7.10 Accounting Changes. Make any change in fiscal year; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its fiscal year to any other fiscal year reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.
SECTION 7.11 Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness.
(a) Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled principal, interest and mandatory prepayments shall be permitted) any Permitted Subordinated Notes (collectively, the “Junior Financing”) or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Junior Financing Documentation, except (i) the refinancing thereof with the Net Cash Proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing, to the extent not required to prepay any Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b) or the prepayment thereof with Retained Declined Proceeds, (ii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parents, (iii) the prepayment of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to owed to Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or the prepayment of any Permitted Subordinated Notes issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and the prepayment of Permitted Subordinated Notes with the proceeds of other Permitted Subordinated Notes, (iv) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity (A) in an aggregate amount, together with the aggregate amount of (1) Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(n)(i) and (2) loans and advances to Holdings made pursuant to Section 7.02(n), not to exceed the sum of the greater of $175,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Assets and (B) out of the Available Amount and (v) any such Indebtedness if (after giving effect to such prepayment, redemption, purchase or defeasance) the Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio is not greater than 4.0:1.0 and the Total Net Leverage Ratio is not greater than 4.5:1.0.
(b) Amend, modify or change in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, any term or condition of any Junior Financing Documentation in respect of any Junior Financing having an outstanding principal amount greater than $50,000,000 (other than as a result of any Permitted Refinancing of such Indebtedness in respect thereof) without the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
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SECTION 7.12 Holdings. In the case of Holdings, conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than:
(i) those incidental to its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(ii) the maintenance of its legal existence and general operating (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues);
(iii) the performance of its obligations, including the incurrence of liabilities, with respect to the Existing 2016 Notes, the Loan Documents, any Permitted Subordinated Notes, any Qualified Holding Company Debt or the Merger Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
(iv) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance of its Equity Interests or any corporate transaction permitted under Section 7.04,
(v) financing activities, including the issuance of securities, incurrence of debt, payment of dividends, making contributions to the capital of its Subsidiaries and guaranteeing the obligations of its Subsidiaries or its direct or indirect parent companies;
(vi) any transaction that Holdings is permitted to enter into or consummate under this Article VII and any transaction between Holdings and the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under this Article VII, including:
(A) making any dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment not prohibited by Section 7.06 (or the making of a loan to any direct or indirect parent of Holdings in lieu of any such dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment) or holding any cash received in connection with Restricted Payments made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 7.06 pending application thereof by Holdings in the manner contemplated by Section 7.06 (including the redemption in whole or in part of any of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) in exchange for another class of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) or rights to acquire its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new shares of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests));
(B) making any Investment to the extent (1) payment therefor is made solely with the Equity Interests of Holdings (other than Disqualified Equity Interests ), the proceeds of Restricted Payments received from the Borrower and/or proceeds of the issuance of, or contribution in respect of the, Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests ) of Holdings and (2) any property (including Equity Interests ) acquired in connection therewith is contributed to the Borrower or a subsidiary Guarantor (or, if otherwise permitted by Section 7.02, a Restricted Subsidiary) or the Person formed or acquired in connection therewith is merged with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; and
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(C) the (w) provision of guarantees in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such guarantees shall not be in respect of debt for borrowed money, (x) incurrence of Indebtedness of Holdings representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors of Holdings and unsecured Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by any Loan Party to current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees (or their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) to finance the retirement, acquisition, repurchase, purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings, (y) incurrence of guarantees and the performance of its other obligations in respect of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(a) or Section 7.03(aa) (and any Permitted Refinancings thereof) and (z) granting of Liens to the extent the Indebtedness contemplated by subclause (y) is permitted to be secured under Sections 7.01(a), (gg), and (hh);
(vii) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower, or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(viii) holding any cash or property received in connection with Restricted Payments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.06 pending application thereof by Holdings,
(ix) providing indemnification to officers and directors of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;
(x) conducting, transacting or otherwise engaging in any business or operations of the type that it conducts, transacts or engages in on the Closing Date;
(xi) provide Guarantees of any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings or any Business Successor; and
(xii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (xi);
provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings shall not create or acquire (by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) any material direct Subsidiaries other than the Borrower or any holding company for the Borrower.
SECTION 7.13 Principal Domestic Properties. For so long as the Existing 2016 Notes are outstanding, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, permit any Material Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary to create or acquire (by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) any Principal Domestic Property unless such entity already holds a Principal Domestic Property.
SECTION 7.14 Sanctions. Directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity, to fund any activities of or business with any individual or entity, or in any Designated Jurisdiction, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner, in each case, that will result in a violation by an individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as Lender, Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender, or otherwise) of Sanctions.
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SECTION 7.15 Anti-Corruption Laws. Directly or indirectly use the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit for any purpose which would breach the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and/or other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions.
ARTICLE VIII
Financial Performance Covenant
SECTION 8.01 Financial Performance Covenant. The Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial reporting obligations in Section 6.01.
ARTICLE IX
Events of Default and Remedies
SECTION 9.01 Events of Default. Each of the events referred to in clauses (a) through (j) of this Section 9.01 shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a) Non-Payment. The Borrower fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder or with respect to any other Loan Document or (iii) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount required to be prepaid and/or Cash Collateralized pursuant to the second sentence of Section 2.05(b)(iv); or
(b) Specific Covenants. The Borrower or, in the case of Section 7.12, Holdings, fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in:
(i) any of Sections 6.03(a) or 6.05(a) (solely with respect to the Borrower) or Article VII; or
(ii) Article VIII and such failure shall not have been remedied pursuant to Section 9.04 on or prior to the Cure Expiration Date; provided, that an Event of Default under this clause (ii) shall not constitute an Event of Default for purposes of any Term Loan (other than an Incremental Term A Loan) unless and until (x) a period of 30 consecutive days has elapsed since the first date on which the Revolving Credit Lenders and/or the Incremental Term A Loan Lenders, as applicable, would be entitled under this Agreement to declare (A) all outstanding obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility and/or (B) all outstanding Incremental Term A Loans, as applicable, to be immediately due and payable as a result of the Borrower’s failure to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Article VIII and (y) at the end of such 30 consecutive day period the Revolving Credit Lenders and/or the Incremental Term A Loan Lenders, as applicable, have actually declared all such obligations to be immediately due and payable in accordance with this Agreement and such declaration has not been rescinded on or before such date; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 9.01(a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
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(e) Cross-Default. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment beyond the applicable grace period, if any, whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise, in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) having an aggregate outstanding principal amount (individually or in the aggregate with all other Indebtedness as to which such a failure shall exist) of not less than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness, or any other event occurs (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Swap Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Agreements), the effect of which default or other event is to cause such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (e)(B) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness; provided further that such failure is unremedied and is not waived by the holders of such Indebtedness; or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary admits in writing its inability to pay its debts (other than any intercompany debt) in excess of the Threshold Amount as they become due; or
(g) Judgments. There is entered against Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and has not denied coverage thereof) and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
(h) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in unsatisfied liability of Holdings, the Borrower or their respective ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) Holdings, the Borrower or their respective ERISA Affiliates fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) with respect to a Foreign Plan a termination, withdrawal or noncompliance with applicable law or plan terms or termination, withdrawal or other event similar to an ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Plan that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(i) Invalidity of Collateral Documents.
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(A) Any material provision of any Collateral Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05) or as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted, Obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Obligations), ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Collateral Document; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Collateral Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Aggregate Commitments), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Collateral Document; (B) any Collateral Document after delivery thereof pursuant to Section 4.01 or 6.11 shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05) cease to create, or any Lien purported to be created by any Collateral Document shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected lien, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents (or other security purported to be created on the applicable Collateral) on and security interest in any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, subject to Liens permitted under Section 7.01, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements and except as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied or failed to acknowledge coverage, or (C) any of the Equity Interests of the Borrower ceasing to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement free of Liens other than Liens created by the Security Agreement or any nonconsensual Liens arising solely by operation of Law or as otherwise permitted hereunder; or
(j) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.
SECTION 9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.
(a) If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default under Section 9.01(b)(ii) unless the conditions in the proviso contained therein have been satisfied), the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(iii) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(iv) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law;
provided that, upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
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(b) Subject to the proviso in Section 9.02(a), if any Event of Default under Section 9.01(b)(ii) occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document under or in respect of the Revolving Credit Facilities to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(iii) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations; and
(iv) exercise on behalf of itself and the Revolving Credit Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Revolving Credit Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law, in each case under or in respect of the Revolving Credit Facilities.
(c) Subject to the proviso in Section 9.02(a), if any Event of Default under Section 9.01(b)(ii) occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Required Incremental Term A Loan Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Incremental Term A Loan Lender to make Incremental Term A Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Incremental Term A Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document under or in respect of the Incremental Term A Loans to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and
(iii) exercise on behalf of itself and the Incremental Term A Loan Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Incremental Term A Loan Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law, in each case under or in respect of the Incremental Term A Loans.
SECTION 9.03 Application of Funds. (a) After any exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02(a)), any amounts received on account of the Secured Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest, but including Attorney Costs payable under Section 11.04 and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs payable under Section 11.05 and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
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Third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, the Swap Termination Value under Secured Hedge Agreements and the Cash Management Obligations, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuers, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit;
Sixth, to the payment of all other Secured Obligations of the Loan Parties and Guarantors that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Secured Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law; provided, in each case, that for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the proceeds of any Collateral pledged by a Guarantor be applied to payment of any Excluded Swap Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement) of such Guarantor.
(b) Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth in Section 9.03(a) above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth in Section 9.03(a) above and, if no Obligations remain outstanding, to the Borrower.
SECTION 9.04 Right to Cure. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 9.01, in the event that the Borrower fails (or, but for the operation of this Section 9.04, would fail) to comply with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII and until the expiration of the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, with respect to the applicable fiscal quarter (or the fiscal year ended on the last day of such fiscal quarter) hereunder (such date, the “Cure Expiration Date”), the Borrower may engage in a Permitted Equity Issuance and apply the amount of the net cash proceeds thereof to increase Consolidated EBITDA with respect to such applicable quarter; provided that such net cash proceeds (i) are actually received by the Borrower no later than ten (10) Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered with respect to such fiscal quarter hereunder, (ii) are Not Otherwise Applied and disregarded for purposes of calculating the Available Amount, (iii) do not exceed the aggregate amount necessary to comply with Article VIII for any applicable period, and (iv) shall not result in any pro forma reduction in Indebtedness for the purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII for the fiscal quarter in which such Permitted Equity Issuance is made. If, after giving effect to the foregoing increase to Consolidated EBITDA, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of Article VIII, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied such requirements as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been (or would have been) no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the failure to comply that occurred (or would have occurred) shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement.
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The parties hereby acknowledge that this Section 9.04(a) may not be relied on for purposes of calculating any financial ratios other than as applicable to Article VIII and shall not result in any adjustment to any amounts (including, without limitation, Consolidated Senior Secured First-Lien Indebtedness) other than the amount of the Consolidated EBITDA referred to in the immediately preceding sentence.
(b) (i) In each period of four fiscal quarters, there shall be at least two (2) fiscal quarters in which no cure set forth in Section 9.04(a) is made and (ii) during the term of this Agreement, the cure set forth in Section 9.04(a) shall not be exercised more than five times.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 9.01, in the event that the Borrower fails (or, but for the operation of this Section 9.04, would fail) to comply with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII, the Borrower may cure such failure by repaying Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and Cash Collateralizing 101% of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations no later than ten (10) Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered with respect to such fiscal quarter hereunder. Upon the effectiveness of such repayment and/or Cash Collateralization (i) the failure to comply with the financial covenant set forth in Article VIII that occurred (or would have occurred) shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement and (ii) if prior to such time the Revolving Credit Lenders have declared all outstanding obligations under the Revolving Credit Facilities to be immediately due and payable solely as a result of such failure to comply with Article VIII, such declaration shall be deemed to be automatically rescinded at such time.
ARTICLE X
Administrative Agent and Other Agents
SECTION 10.01 Appointment and Authorization of Agents.
(a) Each Lender and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent “ herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Agents in this Article X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Agent” as used in this Article X and in the definition of “Agent-Related Person” included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.
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(c) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender, Swing Line Lender (if applicable), L/C Issuer (if applicable) and a potential Hedge Bank and/or Cash Management Bank) hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of (and to hold any security interest created by the Collateral Documents for and on behalf of or on trust for) such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing (if then in effect, subject to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement) any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” (and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.02 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article X (including Section 10.07, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Agents 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 Collateral Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders.
SECTION 10.02 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents or of exercising any rights and remedies thereunder) by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact including for the purpose of any Borrowing or payment in Alternative Currencies, such sub-agents as shall be deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to any Agent-Related Person, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or sub-agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined in the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
SECTION 10.03 Liability of Agents.
(a) No Agent-Related Person shall (x) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), (y) be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.01 or (z) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
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(b) No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof.
(c) No Agent-Related Person shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) No Agent-Related Person shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any of the Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(e) No Agent-Related Person shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 10.04 Reliance by Agents.
(a) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Agent. Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required hereby in any instance) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
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SECTION 10.05 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to any Event of Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with Article IX; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.
SECTION 10.06 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents. Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by any Agent herein, such Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.
SECTION 10.07 Indemnification of Agents. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Loan Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 10.07. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Liabilities, this Section 10.07 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower, provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect the Borrower’s continuing reimbursement obligations with respect thereto. The undertaking in this Section 10.07 shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 10.08 Agents in their Individual Capacities. Bank of America and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire Equity Interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan Parties, the Guarantors and their respective Affiliates as though Bank of America were not the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Bank of America or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party, any Guarantor or any of their Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party, such Guarantor or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its Loans, Bank of America shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include Bank of America in its individual capacity.
SECTION 10.09 Successor Agents. The Administrative Agent may resign as the Administrative Agent upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent is in material breach of its obligations hereunder as Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may be removed as the Administrative Agent at the request of the Required Lenders. If at any time, the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent may be removed as the Administrative Agent hereunder by the Borrower upon fifteen (15) days’ notice to the Lenders. Such removal shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent as provided below.
Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation or upon such removal, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall be (a) a bank with an office in the United States or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States, and (b) consented to by the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 9.01(f) or (g) (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided that the Borrower’s consent shall not be required during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 9.01(f) or (g)), a successor agent, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States, from among the Lenders.
Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent (except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent) and the term “Administrative Agent,” shall mean such successor administrative agent and/or supplemental administrative agent, as the case may be, and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article X and Sections 11.04 and 11.05 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this Agreement.
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If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30) Business Days following the retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and the Required Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above.
Upon the acceptance of any successor’s appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to (a) continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Collateral Documents or (b) otherwise ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement is satisfied, such successor shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges, and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents.
The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article X shall continue in effect for its benefit, its sub-agents and their respective Agent-Related Persons in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent.
Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 10.09 shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 10.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations 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 Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(h) and (i), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
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(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
SECTION 10.11 [Reserved].
SECTION 10.12 Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers. None of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “syndication agent,” “ co-documentation agent”, “joint bookrunner”, “joint lead arranger” or “co-manager” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.
SECTION 10.13 Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents.
(a) It is the purpose of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that there shall be no violation of any Law of any jurisdiction denying or restricting the right of banking corporations or associations to transact business as agent or trustee in such jurisdiction. It is recognized that in case of litigation under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and in particular in case of the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, or in case the Administrative Agent deems that by reason of any present or future Law of any jurisdiction it may not exercise any of the rights, powers or remedies granted herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or take any other action which may be desirable or necessary in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to appoint an additional individual or institution selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion as a separate trustee, co-trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, administrative sub-agent or administrative co-agent (any such additional individual or institution being referred to herein individually as a “Supplemental Administrative Agent” and collectively as “Supplemental Administrative Agents”).
(b) In the event that the Administrative Agent appoints a Supplemental Administrative Agent with respect to any Collateral, (i) each and every right, power, privilege or duty expressed or intended by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to be exercised by or vested in or conveyed to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Collateral shall be exercisable by and vest in such Supplemental Administrative Agent to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to enable such Supplemental Administrative Agent to exercise such rights, powers and privileges with respect to such Collateral and to perform such duties with respect to such Collateral, and every covenant and obligation contained in the Loan Documents and necessary to the exercise or performance thereof by such Supplemental Administrative Agent shall run to and be enforceable by either the Administrative Agent or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, and (ii) the provisions of this Article X and of Sections 11.04 and 11.05 that refer to the Administrative Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Supplemental Administrative Agent and all references therein to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to the Administrative Agent and/or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, as the context may require.
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(c) Should any instrument in writing from any Loan Party be required by any Supplemental Administrative Agent so appointed by the Administrative Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to him or it such rights, powers, privileges and duties, the Borrower or Holdings, as applicable, shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent. In case any Supplemental Administrative Agent, or a successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Supplemental Administrative Agent, to the extent permitted by Law, shall vest in and be exercised by the Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new Supplemental Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 11.01 Amendments, Etc.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent and each such waiver, amendment, modification, supplement or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that, no such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent shall:
(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or the waiver of any Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);
(b) postpone any date scheduled for, or reduce the amount of, any payment of principal or interest under Section 2.07 or 2.08 to any Lender without the written consent of such Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest;
(c) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to any Lender without the written consent of such Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, it being understood that any change to the definitions of Interest Coverage Ratio, Total Net Leverage Ratio, Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio or Senior Secured First-Lien Net Leverage Ratio or, in each case, in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest; provided that, only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;
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(d) change the definition of “Required Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender; change any provision of this Section 11.01, the definition of “Pro Rata Share” or Section 2.05(b)(v)(Y), 2.06(c), 2.13 or 9.03 without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(e) other than in a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05, or as permitted under Section 11.15 or any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender);
(f) other than in a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05, or as permitted under Section 11.15 or any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the aggregate value of the Guarantees without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender);
(g) change the currency in which any Loan is denominated without the written consent of the Lender holding such Loans; or
(h) require any Lender to make available Interest Periods longer than six months without the written consent of each Lender.
and provided further that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lenders in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lenders under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 11.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; (v) the consent of Lenders holding more than 50% of any Class of Commitments shall be required with respect to any amendment that by its terms adversely affects the rights of such Class in respect of payments hereunder in a manner different than such amendment affects other Classes; (vi) only the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Required Revolving Credit Lenders”; (vii) only the consent of the Required Incremental Term A Loan Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Required Incremental Term A Loan Lenders”; (viii) only the consent of the Required Pro Rata Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Required Pro Rata Lenders”; and (ix) only the consent of the Required Pro Rata Lenders shall be necessary to amend or waive the terms and provisions (and related definitions) of Article VIII or waive, amend, terminate or otherwise modify Article VIII with respect to the occurrence of an Event of Default. Any such waiver and any such amendment, modification or supplement in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.01 shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding on the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans and Commitments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
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Furthermore, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.01, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend any Loan Document to correct technical administrative or manifest errors or omissions, or to effect administrative changes that are not adverse to any Lender; provided, however, that no such amendment shall become effective until the fifth Business Day after it has been posted to the Lenders, and then only if the Required Lenders have not objected in writing thereto within such five (5) Business Day period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Intercreditor Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated, with only the written consent of the Administrative Agent, any Senior Representatives thereunder and the Borrower, and without the consent of any Lenders to add the Senior Representatives of any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt or any Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt as parties to such Intercreditor Agreement, it being understood that any such amendment, modification or supplement may make such other changes to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement as, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, are required to effectuate the foregoing; provided, that such other changes are not adverse, in any material respect, to the interests of the Lenders, and provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 11.01, guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with this Agreement, amended and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure ambiguities or defects, (iii) to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) to include “parallel debt” or similar provisions, and any authorizations or granting of powers by the Lenders and the other Secured Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent, in each case required to create in favor of the Administrative Agent any security interest contemplated to be created under this Agreement, or to perfect any such security interest, where the Administrative Agent shall have been advised by its counsel that such provisions are necessary or advisable under local law for such purpose.
SECTION 11.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.
(a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic communication (including electronic mail address, FpML messaging, and Internet or intranet websites), and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic communication (including electronic mail address, FpML messaging, and Internet or intranet websites) or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and
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(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic communication (including electronic mail address, FpML messaging, and Internet or intranet websites) or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender.
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, four (4) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic communication (including electronic mail address, FpML messaging, and Internet or intranet websites) (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of Section 11.02(c)), when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person. In no event shall a voice mail message be effective as a notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.
(b) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic communication. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, the Agents and the Lenders.
(c) Reliance by Agents and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct. All telephonic notices to the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
SECTION 11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.
SECTION 11.04 Attorney Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees (a) if the Closing Date occurs, to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, each Co-Documentation Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers for all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, syndication and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs of White & Case LLP and one local and foreign counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and, in the case of an actual conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected parties taken as a whole, and (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Lender for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and including all Attorney Costs of counsel to the Administrative Agent).
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The foregoing costs shall include all reasonable search, filing, recording and title insurance charges and fees related thereto, and other documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Agent. The agreements in this Section 11.04 shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 11.04 shall be paid promptly following receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party or such Guarantor by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
SECTION 11.05 Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners, the L/C Issuers and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees or advisors (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses, and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (but limited, in the case of Attorney Costs, to the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to all Indemnitees taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, a single local counsel for all Indemnitees taken as a whole in each relevant jurisdiction, and solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to each group of affected Indemnitees similarly situated taken as a whole) (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Administrative Agent’s performance of duties under Section 2.11, (b) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), or (c) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability arising out of the activities or operations of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or Related Indemnified Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment, (y) a material breach of any obligations under any Loan Document by such Indemnitee or Related Indemnified Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment, or (z) any dispute that is among Indemnitees (other than any dispute involving claims against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Agent, the Swing Line Lender or any L/C Issuer, in each case in their respective capacities as such) that a court of competent jurisdiction has determined in a final and non-appealable judgment did not involve actions or omissions of any direct or indirect parent or controlling person of the Borrower or their Subsidiaries. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, nor shall any Indemnitee or any Loan Party have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date).
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In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 11.05 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Loan Party, its directors, stockholders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents is consummated. All amounts due under this Section 11.05 shall be paid within 30 days after written demand therefor; provided, however, that such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such amount to the extent that there is a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification or contribution rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 11.05. The agreements in this Section 11.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
SECTION 11.06 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.
SECTION 11.07 Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor Holdings may, except as permitted by Section 7.04, assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 11.07 (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender may assign or transfer by participation any of its rights or obligations hereunder to (i) any Person that is a Defaulting Lender, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (i) or (ii) a natural person. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 11.07(e) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (“Assignees”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 11.07(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent (except with respect to assignments to competitors of the Borrower) not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being understood that the Borrower shall have the right to delay or withhold its consent if, in order for such assignment to comply with applicable Law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make a filing or registration with, a Governmental Agency) of:
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(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (i) for an assignment of all or a portion of the Term Loans (other than Incremental Term A Loans) to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, (ii) for an assignment of all or a portion of the Incremental Term A Loans to an Incremental Term A Loan Lender or an Affiliate of an Incremental Term A Loan Lender, (iii) for an assignment of all or a portion of the Revolving Commitments and/or Revolving Credit Exposure to a Revolving Credit Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender or (iv) if an Event of Default under Section 9.01(a) or, solely with respect to the Borrower, Section 9.01(f) or (g) has occurred and is continuing, any Assignee;
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(C) each Principal L/C Issuer at the time of such assignment, provided that no consent of the Principal L/C Issuers shall be required for any assignment not related to Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure or any assignment to an Agent or an Affiliate of an Agent; and
(D) in the case of any assignment of any of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swing Line Lender; provided that no consent of the Swing Line Lender shall be required for any assignment to an Agent or an Affiliate of an Agent.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 11.07 to the contrary, if the Borrower has not given the Administrative Agent written notice of its objection to an assignment within ten (10) Business Days after written notice of such assignment, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to such assignment.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than a Dollar Amount of $5,000,000 (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facilities) or a Dollar Amount of $1,000,000 (in the case of a Term Loan) unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that (i) simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of complying with such minimum assignment amount and (ii) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;
(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that only one such fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments from any Lender or its Approved Funds to one or more other Approved Funds; provided further that the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment;
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(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire;
(D) the Assignee shall comply with Section 3.01(b) and (c) or Section 3.01(d) and (e), as applicable; and
(E) any assignment to Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 11.07(k).
This paragraph (b) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Classes of Loans or Commitments on a non-pro rata basis.
(c) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.07(d), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 11.04 and 11.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, and the surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. In no event shall any assignment be effective if the assigning Lender is the payee of any Note and such Note is not assigned and delivered to the Assignee or surrendered to the Borrower unless, in the event such Note is lost, the assigning Lender affirms in writing to the Borrower that such Note is lost. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this clause (c) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 11.07(e).
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans, L/C Obligations (specifying the Unreimbursed Amounts), L/C Borrowings and amounts due under Section 2.03, owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Agent and, with respect to its own Loans, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Person that the Administrative Agent has identified in a notice to the Lenders as a Defaulting Lender) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
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Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 11.01 that directly affects such Participant. Subject to Section 11.07(f), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 (and for the avoidance of doubt, shall have no direct rights against the Borrower) (subject to the requirements of Sections 3.01(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), as applicable, as though it were a Lender), 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 11.07(c). To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. If a Lender (or any of its registered assigns) sells a participation pursuant to this Section 11.07(e), the Lender (or its registered assign, as the case may be), acting solely for this purpose as a non- fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall 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 under this Agreement or any Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that such Lender (or its registered assign, as the case may be) shall have no 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 Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender (or the registered assign, as the case may be) 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.
(f) An Assignee or a Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the interest subject to the Assignment or the participation sold to such Participant at the time of the Assignment or sale of the participation, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.01 as though it were a Lender and deliver the forms required by Section 3.01 to such Participant’s participating Lender unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the prior written consent of the Borrower.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) (other than to a natural person) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) such SPC and the applicable Loan or any applicable part thereof shall be appropriately reflected in the Participant Register.
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Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. Other than as expressly provided in this Section 11.07(h), (A) such Granting Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Granting Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Granting Lender in connection with such Granting Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee of $3,500 (which processing fee may be waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (1) any Lender may in accordance with applicable Law create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it and (2) any Lender that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee for holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this Section 11.07, (i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) such trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or otherwise.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender may, upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as a L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, respectively; provided that on or prior to the expiration of such 30-day period with respect to such resignation, the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have identified, in consultation with the Borrower, a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender willing to accept its appointment as successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, and the effectiveness of such resignation shall be conditioned upon such successor assuming the rights and duties of the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable. In the event of any such resignation of a L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders willing to accept such appointment a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of the relevant L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If a L/C Issuer resigns as a L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of a L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as a L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If the Swing Line Lender resigns as the Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (A) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (B) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
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(k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (x) any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Term Loans to Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or an Affiliated Lender and (y) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, Holdings, the Borrower and any Subsidiary may, from time to time, purchase or prepay Term Loans, in each case, on a non-pro rata basis through (x) Dutch auction procedures open to all applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures to be agreed between Holdings or the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or other applicable agent managing such auction) or (y) open market purchases; provided that:
(i) any Term Loans acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be retired and cancelled promptly upon the acquisition thereof;
(ii) such Term Loans are not acquired with the proceeds of a Borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility;
(iii) by its acquisition of Term Loans, an Affiliated Lender shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that:
(A) it shall not have any right to (i) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present, (ii) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II), or (iii) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent or any other such Lender under the Loan Documents;
(B) except with respect to any amendment, waiver, modification of any Loan Document or any plan of reorganization pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, that in either case requires the consent of each Lender or each affected Lenders or that adversely affects such Affiliated Lender in any material respect as compared to other Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders, Affiliated Lenders will be deemed to have voted in respect to its Loans in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders voting on such matter; and
(C) if a case under Title 11 of the United States Code is commenced against any Credit Party, such Credit Party shall seek (and each Affiliated Lender shall consent) to provide that the vote of any Affiliated Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) with respect to any plan of reorganization of such Credit Party shall not be counted except that such Affiliated Lender’s vote (in its capacity as a Lender) may be counted to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes to treat the Obligations held by such Affiliated Lender in a manner that is less favorable to such Affiliated Lender than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower; each Affiliated Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Affiliated Lender’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Affiliated Lender and in the name of such Affiliated Lender (solely in respect of Loans and participations therein and not in respect of any other claim or status such Affiliated Lender may otherwise have), from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (C);
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(iv) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held at any one time by Affiliated Lenders may not exceed 25% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding at such time under this Agreement;
(v) any such Term Loans acquired by an Affiliated Lender may, with the consent of the Borrower, be contributed to the Borrower and exchanged for debt or equity securities that are otherwise permitted to be issued at such time and any such Term Loans contributed to the Borrower shall be retired and cancelled promptly;
(vi) Affiliated Lenders will be required to identify themselves as such to the respective assignor or seller in the relevant assignment documentation; and
(vii) as a condition to each assignment pursuant to this subsection (k), the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have been provided a notice from the respective assignee or purchaser in the form of Exhibit E-2 to this Agreement in connection with each assignment to an Affiliated Lender or a Person that upon effectiveness of such assignment would constitute an Affiliated Lender, pursuant to which such assignee or purchaser shall waive any right to bring any action in connection with such Term Loans against the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such.
For avoidance of doubt, the foregoing limitations shall not be applicable to Debt Fund Affiliates; provided that for any “Required Lender” vote, Debt Fund Affiliates may not, in the aggregate, account for more than 49.99% of the amounts included in determining whether the “Required Lenders” have consented to any amendment, waiver or other action pursuant to Section 11.01.
SECTION 11.08 Confidentiality. Each of the Agents, the Lenders, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information and to not use or disclose such information, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority or any self-regulatory authority; (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 11.08 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to any pledgee referred to in Section 11.07(g), counterparty to a Swap Contract, Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement; (f) with the written consent of the Borrower; (g) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 11.08; (h) to any Governmental Authority or examiner (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization) regulating any Lender or its Affiliates; (i) to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender); or (j) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder.
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For the purposes of this Section 11.08, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party or its Affiliates or its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors or agents, relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of their subsidiaries or its business, other than any such information that is publicly available to any Agent or any Lender prior to disclosure by any Loan Party other than as a result of a breach of this Section 11.08; provided that, in the case of information received from a Loan Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential or (ii) is delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, 6.02 or 6.03 hereof. Each of the Agents, the Lenders, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material
non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.
SECTION 11.09 Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates and each L/C Issuer and its Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer and its Affiliates, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer and its Affiliates hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender or its Affiliates and no L/C Issuer or its Affiliates shall have a right to set off and apply any deposits held or other Indebtedness owing by such Lender or its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer or its Affiliates, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the account of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party which is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code unless such Subsidiary is not a direct or indirect subsidiary of Holdings. Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer under this Section 11.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent, such Lender and such L/C Issuer may have.
SECTION 11.10 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by an Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
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SECTION 11.11 Counterparts. This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier or other electronic imaging means (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopier be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopier.
SECTION 11.12 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Agents or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement.
SECTION 11.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by each Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by any Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized).
SECTION 11.14 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 11.15 Termination and Release of Collateral.
(a) The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that (i) the Liens on any Collateral granted to the Administrative Agent by the Loan Parties shall be released as permitted under and pursuant to the Security Agreement and (ii) any Guarantor shall be released from its obligations under the applicable Guaranty as permitted under and pursuant to the applicable Guaranty.
(b) Any such release under clause (a) shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents.
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(c) The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, consents, acknowledgements and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and/or confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.15, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender.
SECTION 11.16 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents
The words “execution,” “execute”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other Committed Loan Notices, Swingline Loan Notices, 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 Administrative 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; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.
SECTION 11.17 GOVERNING LAW.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY (IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN) OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS AND AGREES NOT TO COMMENCE ANY SUCH LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.
SECTION 11.18 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 11.17 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
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SECTION 11.19 Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and Holdings and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer that each such Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and Holdings, each Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 11.20 Judgment Currency.
If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable Law).
SECTION 11.21 Lender Action.
Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy against any Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents or the Secured Hedge Agreements (including the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral or any other property of any such Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. The provision of this Section 11.20 are for the sole benefit of the Lenders and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party.
SECTION 11.22 USA PATRIOT Act.
Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
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SECTION 11.23 Intercreditor Agreements.EACH LENDER AUTHORIZES AND INSTRUCTS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO ENTER INTO ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF SUCH LENDER, AND TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS (AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS) REQUIRED (OR DEEMED ADVISABLE) BY IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
(b) THE LENDERS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THE COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS, THE RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND REMEDIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE SECURED PARTIES UNDER SUCH COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS WILL BE, UPON EXECUTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF EACH INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND (B) IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL. THE LENDERS HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AS APPLICABLE, TO TAKE SUCH ACTIONS, INCLUDING MAKING FILINGS AND ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS AND ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO ANY COLLATERAL DOCUMENT, AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO REFLECT THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION 11.22(b).
(c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 11.22 ARE NOT INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE ALL RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL BE IN THE FORM APPROVED BY AND REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE BORROWER AS PERMITTED BY THIS AGREEMENT. REFERENCE MUST BE MADE TO ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ITSELF TO UNDERSTAND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF. EACH LENDER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ITS OWN ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND NO AGENT (AND NONE OF ITS AFFILIATES) MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION TO ANY LENDER AS TO THE SUFFICIENCY OR ADVISABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN ANY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
SECTION 11.24 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.
(a) Solely to the extent any Lender or L/C Issuer that is an EEA Financial Institution is a party to this Agreement and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender or L/C Issuer that is an EEA 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 an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by;
(b) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender or L/C Issuer that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(c) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
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(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
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Exhibit 99.1
Sabre Corporation Announces Early Participation Results of the Previously Announced Exchange Offers for Certain Senior Secured Debt Securities and Extends the Related Early Exchange Premium through the Expiration Date
SOUTHLAKE, Texas, December 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sabre Corporation (“Sabre”) (Nasdaq: SABR) today announced the initial results of the previously announced exchange offers (each, an “Exchange Offer” and together, the “Exchange Offers”) by Sabre GLBL Inc. (“Sabre GLBL”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sabre, to exchange (i) any and all of its outstanding 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “June 2027 Notes”) and 11.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “December 2027 Notes” and, together with the June 2027 Notes, the “2027 Notes”) and (ii) up to the 2029 Notes Maximum Exchange Amount (as defined below) of its 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes” and, together with the 2027 Notes, the “Existing Notes” and, each of them, a “series” of Existing Notes) for Sabre GLBL’s new 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “New Notes”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the confidential offering circular, dated as of November 20, 2025, for the Exchange Offers (as it may be amended or supplemented, including by this press release, the “Offering Circular”).
Sabre GLBL is also amending the Exchange Offers for each of the 2027 Notes by offering the “Early Exchange Premium” of $75 in cash in respect of all 2027 Notes that are validly tendered by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 19, 2025 (such date and time, as it may be extended, the “Expiration Date”), and that are accepted for exchange, regardless of whether such 2027 Notes were tendered before or after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 4, 2025 the “Early Exchange Date”). Accordingly, Eligible Holders (as defined below) who tender their 2027 Notes after the Early Exchange Date but before the Expiration Date will be eligible to receive the applicable “Total Consideration”, which is $755 in cash and $320 principal amount of New Notes per $1,000 principal amount of 2027 Notes. Except for this amendment, no other terms of the Exchange Offers are being amended.
The following table sets forth the principal amount of each series of the Existing Notes that was validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Early Exchange Date, according to information provided by D.F. King, the information and exchange agent for the Exchange Offers (the “Exchange Agent”):
| CUSIP No./ ISIN |
Title of Security |
Principal Amount Outstanding |
Offering |
Principal Amount Tendered by the Early Exchange Date |
Principal Amount Expected to be Accepted for Exchange |
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| CUSIP: 78573NAJ1 (144A); U86043AG8 (Reg. S) / ISIN: US78573NAJ19 (144A); USU86043AG86 (Reg. S) |
8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 | $ | 331,783,000 | Any and all | $ | 235,986,000 | $ | 235,944,000 | ||||||||
| CUSIP: 78573NAH5 (144A); U86043AF0 (Reg. S) / ISIN: US78573NAH52 (144A); USU86043AF04 (Reg. S) |
11.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 | $ | 45,814,000 | Any and all | $ | 44,014,000 | $ | 44,006,000 | ||||||||
| CUSIP: 78573NAL6 (144A); U86043AJ2 (Reg. S) / ISIN: US78573NAL64 (144A); USU86043AJ26 (Reg. S) |
10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 | $ | 824,714,000 | Up to $379 million(1) |
$ | 676,492,000 | $ | 378,999,000 | ||||||||
| Total |
$ | 1,202,311,000 | $ | 956,492,000 | $ | 658,949,000 | ||||||||||
| (1) | The maximum aggregate principal amount of New Notes that Sabre GLBL will issue in the Exchange Offer for the 2029 Notes equals to the 2029 Notes Maximum Exchange Amount as described below. |
The maximum aggregate principal amount of New Notes that Sabre GLBL will issue in the Exchange Offer for the 2029 Notes equals to $379 million (as such amount may be amended by Sabre GLBL in its sole discretion, the “2029 Notes Maximum Exchange Amount”), which has been met as of the Early Exchange Date.
Sabre GLBL’s obligation to accept for exchange the Existing Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in each Exchange Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions as described in the Offering Circular, including the consummation of a previously announced financing.
Assuming the satisfaction or waiver by Sabre GLBL (in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law) of such conditions to the Exchange Offers, Sabre GLBL expects to pay the cash consideration and deliver the New Notes in respect of the Existing Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Early Exchange Date on December 8, 2025, unless extended (such date and time, as it may be extended, the “Early Settlement Date”), in aggregate amounts of $244.6 million in cash and $468.6 million in New Notes. Eligible Holders whose Existing Notes are accepted for exchange will be paid the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Existing Notes to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date. The New Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and $1,000 increments thereof. Sabre GLBL will not accept tenders of Existing Notes for exchange if it would result in less than the minimum denomination of $2,000 principal amount of New Notes being issued to tendering holders.
Since the maximum aggregate principal amount of New Notes to be issued in exchange for all the tendered 2029 Notes would exceed the 2029 Notes Maximum Exchange Amount, the tendered 2029 Notes will be accepted subject to a proration factor of approximately 56.07%. Although the Exchange Offers are scheduled to expire on the Expiration Date), since 2029 Notes have been validly tendered such that the maximum aggregate principal amount of New Notes to be issued in exchange for all such tendered 2029 Notes would exceed the 2029 Notes Maximum Exchange Amount, Sabre GLBL does not expect to accept for exchange any 2029 Notes tendered after the Early Exchange Date.
Any waiver of a condition by Sabre GLBL will not constitute a waiver of any other condition. For avoidance of doubt, the Exchange Offer in respect of one series of Existing Notes is not conditioned on the Exchange Offer in respect of another series of Existing Notes, or vice versa. Sabre GLBL reserves the right to extend, amend or terminate any Exchange Offer for any reason or for no reason.
In addition, Sabre announced that Sabre GLBL will refinance certain of its existing senior secured term loans (the “Refinanced Term Loans”) into two tranches in an aggregate amount of $375 million (including any premium to be paid in the form of new debt) pursuant to an amendment (the “Term Loan Refinancing Amendment”) to Sabre GLBL’s existing credit agreement. The Term Loan Refinancing Amendment will, among other things, extend the maturity of the Refinanced Term Loans to July 30, 2029 and modify the pricing on the Refinanced Term Loans to SOFR + CSA + 625 bps. This refinancing is expected to close on December 8, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.
The Exchange Offers are being made only to holders of Existing Notes that have certified, by submitting an instruction to the clearing system, that they are either (i) “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or (ii) are located outside the United States and are not “U.S. persons” as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act (such holders, “Eligible Holders”). Only Eligible Holders are authorized to receive or review the Offering Circular or to participate in the Exchange Offers. Non-U.S. persons may also be subject to additional eligibility criteria.
BofA Securities is serving as Sole Dealer Manager for the Exchange Offers. Perella Weinberg Partners is serving as Capital Markets Advisor to Sabre.
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Information Relating to the Exchange Offers
The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers are set forth in the Offering Circular. The Offering Circular contains important information and Eligible Holders are encouraged to read it in its entirety. The Offering Circular will only be distributed to Eligible Holders who complete and return an eligibility form confirming that they are either a “qualified institutional buyer” under Rule 144A or not a “U.S. person” under Regulation S under the Securities Act for purposes of applicable securities laws. Holders of Existing Notes who desire to complete an eligibility form should either visit www.dfking.com/sabre or request instructions by sending an e-mail to sabre@dfking.com or by calling D.F. King & Co., Inc., the information and exchange agent for the Exchange Offers, at (toll-free) (800) 578-5378 or (banks and brokers) (646) 981-1288.
None of Sabre, Sabre Holdings, Sabre GLBL, their affiliates, their respective boards of directors and stockholders, the Exchange Agent or Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee for the Existing Notes and New Notes, are making any recommendation as to whether holders should tender any Existing Notes in response to the Exchange Offers. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender any of their Existing Notes, and, if so, the principal amount of Existing Notes to tender.
This press release is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to buy nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the New Notes or any other securities. The Exchange Offers are not being made to holders of Existing Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. The Exchange Offers are only being made pursuant to the Offering Circular. Eligible Holders are strongly encouraged to read the Offering Circular carefully because it will contain important information.
The New Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. The New Notes have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Offering Circular.
About Sabre
Sabre Corporation is a leading technology company that takes on the biggest opportunities and solves the most complex challenges in travel. Sabre harnesses speed, scale and insights to build tomorrow’s technology today – empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, with employees across the world, Sabre serves customers in more than 160 countries globally.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements made in this press release that are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Any statements that are not historical or current facts are forward-looking statements, including those related to the terms, timing and completion of the Exchange Offers. In many cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “expect,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “trend,” “pro forma,” “on course,” “on track,” “target,” “potential,” “benefit,” “goal,” “believe,” “plan,” “confident,” “anticipate,” “indicate,” “trend,” “position,” “optimistic,” “will,” “forecast,” “continue,” “strategy,” “estimate,” “project,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “intend,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Sabre’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
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The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the Exchange Offers, the related financing and other transactions and the risk that any of the Exchange Offers or such transactions may not be consummated in the manner described herein or at all will be consummated on the terms described herein or at all. More information about potential risks and uncertainties that could affect our business and results of operations is included in the “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” sections in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 5, 2025, and in our other filings with the SEC. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future events, outlook, guidance, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date they are made.
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Contacts:
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| Cassidy Smith-Broyles Cassidy.Smith-Broyles@sabre.com sabrenews@sabre.com |
Roushan Zenooz sabre.investorrelations@sabre.com |
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