VIATRIS INC.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
is dated as of September 27, 2024 among VIATRIS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), certain Affiliates and Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party
hereto as Guarantors, each Lender and Issuing Bank from time to time party hereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, certain banks and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2021 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which, at the request of the Borrower, the Lenders (as defined therein) have agreed to
extend credit to the Borrower in the form of Loans and Letters of Credit (each as defined therein) at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (each as defined therein), in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments (as defined therein), subject to the terms and conditions thereinafter set forth;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Lenders have indicated their willingness to agree to such amendments and restatements of the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth hereinafter; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Acquired Entity or Business” means each Person, property, business or
assets acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
“Acquisition Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Loan Parties
that has been issued for the purpose of financing, in part, the acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business.
“Act” has the meaning assigned in Section 9.13.
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America (or any of its designated
branch offices or Affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, or any successor administrative 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 9.01 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.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial
Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, 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.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning assigned in Section 9.01(c).
“Agreed Currency” means Dollars or any Alternative Currency, as
applicable.
“Agreement” has the meaning assigned in the preamble hereto.
“Alternative Currencies” means (a) Euro, (b) Sterling, (c) Yen and (d)
each other currency (other than Dollars) approved in accordance with Section 1.08.
“Alternative Currency Daily Rate” means, for any day, with respect to
any Credit Event:
(a) denominated in Sterling, the
rate per annum equal to SONIA determined pursuant to the definition thereof plus the SONIA Adjustment; and
(b) denominated in any other
Alternative Currency (to the extent such Loans denominated in such currency will bear interest at a daily rate), the daily rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by
the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.08(a) plus the adjustment (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.08(a);
provided, that, if any Alternative Currency Daily Rate shall be less than zero percent
(0%), such rate shall be deemed zero percent (0%) for purposes of this Agreement. Any change in any Alternative Currency Daily Rate shall be effective from and including the date of such change without further notice.
“Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest
at a rate based on the definition of “Alternative Currency Daily Rate.” All Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans must be denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to
any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate
(determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“Alternative Currency Loan” means an Alternative Currency Daily Rate
Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, as applicable.
“Alternative Currency Term Rate” means, for any Interest Period, with
respect to any Credit Event:
(a) denominated in Euros, the rate
per annum equal to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”), as 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) on the day that is two TARGET Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;
(b) denominated in Japanese Yen, the
rate per annum equal to the Tokyo Interbank Offer Rate (“TIBOR”), as 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) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and
(c) denominated in any other
Alternative Currency (to the extent such Loans denominated in such currency will bear interest at a term rate), the term rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by
the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.08(a);
provided, that, if any Alternative Currency Term Rate shall be less than zero percent
(0%), such rate shall be deemed zero percent (0%) for purposes of this Agreement.
“Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest
at a rate based on the definition of “Alternative Currency Term Rate.” All Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans must be denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Applicable Authority” means (a) with respect to SOFR, the SOFR
Administrator or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the SOFR Administrator with respect to its publication of SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity and (b) with respect to any Alternative Currency,
the applicable administrator for the Relevant Rate for such Alternative Currency or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of the applicable Relevant Rate,
in each case acting in such capacity.
“Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents” has the meaning assigned in
Section 3.17(a).
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender at any time,
a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at that time and the denominator of which is the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Lenders at that time (if the Revolving Commitments have
terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon such Lender’s share of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures at that time).
“Applicable Rate” means, from time to time, the following percentages
per annum, based upon the Debt Rating as set forth below:
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Pricing Level
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Debt Rating
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Facility Fee
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Applicable Rate
for Term SOFR
Loans, SOFR
Daily Floating Rate
Loans and
Alternative
Currency Loans
|
Letter of Credit Fees
|
Applicable Rate
for Base Rate
Loans and
Swingline Loans
|
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1
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>A- / A3 / A-
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0.08%
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0.795%
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0.795%
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0.00%
|
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2
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BBB+ / Baa1 / BBB+
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0.09%
|
0.91%
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0.91%
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0.00%
|
|
3
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BBB / Baa2 / BBB
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0.11%
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1.015%
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1.015%
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0.015%
|
|
4
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BBB- / Baa3 / BBB-
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0.15%
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1.10%
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1.10%
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0.10%
|
|
5
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≤BB+ / Ba1 / BB+
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0.20%
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1.425%
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1.425%
|
0.425%
|
Initially, the Applicable Rate shall be determined based upon Pricing Level 4. Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a
publicly announced change in the Debt Rating shall be effective during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change and, in the case of
a downgrade, during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall change, or if
any such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of
ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in
any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the
relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Approved Bank” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition
of “Cash Equivalents.”
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a
Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means, collectively, BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank
PLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., DNB Markets, Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, acting
through Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and MUFG Bank, Ltd., PNC Capital Markets LLC and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as lead arrangers and bookrunners.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption
agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04 of this Agreement), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Receivables Indebtedness” at any time means the principal
amount of Indebtedness which (i) if a Permitted Receivables Facility is structured as a secured lending agreement, would constitute the principal amount of such Indebtedness or (ii) if a Permitted Receivables Facility is structured as a purchase
agreement, would be outstanding at such time under the Permitted Receivables Facility if the same were structured as a secured lending agreement rather than a purchase agreement.
“Augmenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.19(a).
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.05(b)(iii).
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing
Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) (i) with respect to Revolving Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.01, the initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (ii) with respect to any Revolving Extension Series, the applicable Revolving Credit
Maturity Date and (iii) with respect to any Swingline Loans, the initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date or, to the extent the Commitment of the Swingline Lender has been extended pursuant to a Revolving Extension Series, the Latest Maturity Date
and (b) with respect to any Class of Revolving Commitments or the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans, the date such Class of Revolving Commitments or such commitment to make Swingline Loans, as the case may be, is terminated
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion
Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country
implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU
Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution
of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its permitted
successors and assigns.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate of interest per annum
equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” and (c) Term SOFR for
a one-month Interest Period beginning on such day (or, if such day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the immediately preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day) plus 1.00%, provided that if Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including
Bank of America’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 Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. “Base Rate,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans
comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses
(a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on
the definition of “Base Rate.” All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding
beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined
in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of
the United States of America.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned in the preamble hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
“Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted
or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans and Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.
“Borrowing Minimum” means (a) with respect to SOFR Daily Floating Rate
Loans, $1,000,000 and (b) with respect to Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans, the Dollar Equivalent of $5,000,000; provided that, with respect to Loans
denominated in any Alternative Currency other than Euros, Sterling or Yen, such amount as may be specified by the Administrative Agent.
“Borrowing Multiple” means (a) with respect to SOFR Daily Floating Rate
Loans, $100,000 and (b) with respect to Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans, the Dollar
Equivalent of $1,000,000; provided that, with respect to Loans denominated in any
Alternative Currency other than Euros, Sterling or Yen, such amount as may be specified by the Administrative Agent.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.03.
“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 state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and:
(a) [reserved];
(b) if such day relates to any
interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out
pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan, means a Business Day that is also a TARGET Day;
(c) if such day relates to any
interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in (i) Sterling, means a day other than a day banks are closed for general business in London because such day is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday under the laws of the
United Kingdom; and (ii) Yen, means a day other than when banks are closed for general business in Japan;
(d) if such day relates to any
interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in a currency other than, Euro, Sterling or Japanese Yen, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the
applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and
(e) if such day relates to any
fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Euro in respect of an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in a currency other than Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Euro to be carried out pursuant
to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such
currency.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such
Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a
balance sheet of such Person under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date, and the amount of such obligations as of any date shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date that would
appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date.
“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means American Triumvirate Insurance
Company, a Vermont corporation or any successor thereto, so long as such Subsidiary is maintained as a special purpose self-insurance subsidiary.
“card obligations” means any Loan Party or any Subsidiary’s
participation in commercial (or purchasing) card programs.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Exposure, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Lenders). Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(1) any evidence of Indebtedness issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States, (ii) the United Kingdom or (iii) any member nation of the European Union;
(2) time deposits, certificates of deposit, and bank
notes of any financial institution that (i) is a Lender or (ii) is a member of the Federal Reserve System (or organized in any foreign country recognized by the United States) and whose senior unsecured debt is rated at least A-2, P-2, or F-2,
short-term, or A or A2, long-term, by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (any such bank in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii) being an “Approved Bank”). Issues with only one
short‑term credit rating must have a minimum credit rating of A 1, P 1 or F 1;
(3) commercial paper, including asset-backed commercial
paper, and floating or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Bank or a corporation or special purpose vehicle (other than an Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia (or any foreign country recognized by the United States) and rated at least A 2 by S&P and at least P 2 by Moody’s;
(4) asset-backed securities rated AAA by Moody’s,
S&P, or Fitch, with weighted average lives of 3 years or less (measured to the next maturity date);
(5) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase
agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States, (ii) the United Kingdom or (iii) any member nation of the European
Union maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition;
(6) money market funds which invest substantially all
of their assets in assets described in the preceding clauses (1) through (5); and
(7) instruments equivalent to those referred to in
clauses (1) through (6) above denominated in any Alternative Currency or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any
jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction;
provided, that except in the case of clauses (4) and (5) above, the maximum maturity date
of individual securities or deposits will be 3 years or less at the time of purchase or deposit.
“Change in Control” means the acquisition of beneficial ownership,
directly or indirectly, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the Closing Date) of Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary
voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower.
“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, treaty, rule or
regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, treaty, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or any
Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.14(b), by any Lending Office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International settlements, the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date
enacted, adopted or issued.
“Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“Class” (a) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether
such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or an Extended Revolving Commitment of a given Revolving Extension Series, (b) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Loans
under Revolving Commitments or Loans under Extended Revolving Commitments of a given Revolving Extension Series and (c) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class of
Loans or Commitments.
“Closing Date” means the date on which all the conditions specified in
Section 4.01 of this Agreement are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02 of this Agreement).
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator
of the forward-looking term SOFR (or a successor administrator).
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
“Combination Transactions” means the combination and separation
transactions by and among Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”), the Borrower and Mylan N.V., including but not limited to the separation of Pfizer’s global, primarily offpatent branded
and generic established medicine business and the combination of such business with Mylan N.V., the borrowings and other financings related thereto, and the payment of fees and expenses associated therewith.
“Commitment” means a Revolving Commitment.
“Communication” means this Agreement, any Loan Document and any
document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to any Loan Document.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of
or any conventions associated with SOFR, SONIA, EURIBOR, TIBOR or any proposed Successor Rate for an Agreed Currency or Term SOFR, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of “Base Rate”, “SOFR”, “SONIA”, “EURIBOR”, “TIBOR”, “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 reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, after 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 for such Agreed Currency (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 for such Agreed Currency exists, in such other manner of
administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary, after consultation with the Borrower, in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).
“Consolidated EBITDA” means Consolidated Net Income plus, without
duplication and, except in the case of clause (xii), to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense and charges, deferred financing fees and milestone payments in connection with any
investment or series of related investments, losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of gains on such hedging obligations, and costs of surety bonds in connection
with financing activities, (ii) expense and provision for taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization (including amortization of intangibles, including goodwill), (v) non-cash charges recorded in respect of purchase accounting or
impairment of goodwill or assets and non-cash exchange, translation or performance losses relating to any foreign currency hedging transactions or currency fluctuations, (vi) any other non-cash items, (vii) any unusual, infrequent or extraordinary
loss or charge (including the amount of any restructuring, integration, transition, executive severance, facility closing, unusual litigation and similar charges accrued during such period, including any charges to establish accruals and reserves
or to make payments associated with the reassessment or realignment of the business and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the sale or closing of facilities, severance, stay bonuses and curtailments or modifications to
pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, asset write-downs or asset disposals (including leased facilities), write-downs for purchase and lease commitments, start-up costs for new facilities, write-downs of excess, obsolete or unbalanced
inventories, relocation costs which are not otherwise capitalized and any related promotional costs of exiting products or product lines), (viii) non-recurring cash charges in connection with the litigation described on Schedule 2.03, (ix) income of any non-wholly owned Subsidiaries and deductions attributable to minority interests, (x) any non-cash costs or expenses incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
pursuant to any management equity plan or stock plan, (xi) expenses with respect to casualty events, (xii) the amount of net cost savings in connection with any acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business or otherwise projected by the Borrower in
good faith to be realized as a result of specified actions taken prior to the last day of such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized since the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual
benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that (A) in connection with any acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business, such actions have been
taken within 12 months after the closing date of an acquisition of an Acquired
Entity or Business and (B) no cost savings shall be added pursuant to this clause (xii) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost
savings that are included in clause (vii) above with respect to such period, (xiii) expenses incurred in connection with any acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business, investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of
equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and
including transaction expenses incurred in connection therewith), (xiv) any contingent or deferred payments (including earn-out payments, non-compete payments and consulting payments but excluding ongoing royalty payments) made in connection with
any acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business, (xv) non-cash charges pursuant to ASC 715, minus, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (xvi)
any unusual, infrequent or extraordinary income or gains, (xvii) any other non-cash income or gains (except to the extent representing (x) an accrual for future cash income or in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or (y) the
reversal of any cash reserves established in a prior period), and (xviii) any cash payment made with respect to any non-cash items added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA in a prior period pursuant to clause (vi) above, all calculated for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis; provided that, to the extent included in
Consolidated Net Income, (A) there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including the net loss or gain resulting from Swap Agreements for
currency exchange risk) and (B) there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of SFAS 133.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period,
the interest expense whether or not paid in cash (including interest expense under Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, but excluding, any (i) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in
mark-to-market valuation under Swap Agreements or other derivative instruments, (ii) non-cash interest expense attributable to the amortization of gains or losses resulting from the termination of Swap Agreements prior to or reasonably
contemporaneously with the Closing Date, (iii) amortization of deferred financing fees and (iv) expensing of bridge or other financing fees) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) calculated on a
consolidated basis for such period in accordance with GAAP plus, without duplication: (a) imputed interest attributable to Capital Lease Obligations of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) for such period, (b) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) with respect to
letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers’ acceptance financing and receivables financings for such period, (c) amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs, premium, commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges associated with Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) for such period, (d) cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust made by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary) in connection with Indebtedness incurred by such plan or trust for such
period, (e) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such period, (f) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) for such period, (g) all interest on any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) of the type described in clause (e) or (f) of the definition of “Indebtedness” for such period and (h) the
interest component of all Attributable Receivables Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary).
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, for any Test Period, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness net of Unrestricted Cash of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an amount not exceeding $1,000,000,000 as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net
income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis (without duplication) for such period; provided that, in
calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or
consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any
such income is actually received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions, (c) the income or deficit of the Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (d) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any
amortization thereof for such period, in connection with the consummation of any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of
any debt instrument (in each case, including 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, (e) any amortization of deferred charges resulting from the application of “Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. APB 14-1 — Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments” that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including
partial cash settlement) and (f) any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, together with any related provision for taxes on any such income. There shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income for
any period (i) any gains or losses resulting from any reappraisal, revaluation or write-up or write-down of assets (including any gains and losses attributable to movement in the mark-to-market valuation of (1) any Permitted Convertible
Indebtedness, (2) any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, (3) any Permitted Warrant Transaction and (4) purchase options and related contingencies), (ii) any non-cash charges recorded in respect of intangible assets (but excluding scheduled
amortization of intangible assets), and (iii) the purchase accounting effects of in process research and development expenses and adjustments to property, inventory and equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue and
deferred expenses in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), as a result of any acquisition, or the
amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, with respect to the Borrower,
the total amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting all goodwill, tradenames, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangible assets, all as set forth on the
most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b).
“Consolidated Subsidiaries” means Subsidiaries that would be
consolidated with the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of the date of any determination
thereof, total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of such date.
“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means at any time the sum, without
duplication, of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Captive Insurance Subsidiary) outstanding as of such time calculated on a consolidated basis (other than Indebtedness described
in clause (h), (i) or (j) of the definition of “Indebtedness” (provided that there shall be included in Consolidated Total Indebtedness, any Indebtedness (x) in respect of drawings under the items in such clauses (h) and (i) to the extent not
reimbursed within two Business Days after the date of such drawing and (y) in respect of any Swap Agreement entered into for speculative purposes)) plus (ii) the
principal amount of any obligations of any Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary) of the type described in the foregoing clause (i) that are Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether or not reflected on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower). Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for the purposes of determining Consolidated Total Indebtedness at any time on or prior to the consummation of the acquisition of an Acquired Entity or Business, the aggregate
principal amount of Acquisition Indebtedness that would otherwise be included in “Consolidated Total Indebtedness” shall exclude any such Acquisition Indebtedness that includes a customary “special mandatory redemption” provision (or other similar
provision) requiring a Loan Party (within a reasonable period of time following the occurrence of an event set forth in clause (a) or (b) below) to redeem such Acquisition Indebtedness if (a) such acquisition is not consummated within a number of
days reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (b) the acquisition agreement related to such acquisition terminates in accordance with its terms. For avoidance of doubt, the exclusion in the immediately preceding sentence shall not
apply after consummation of the applicable acquisition.
“Control” means, with respect to any Person, the power, directly or
indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
“Credit Event” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an
L/C Credit Extension.
“Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.
“Credit Party” has the meaning set forth in paragraph (l) of Article
VIII.
“Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as
determined by Fitch, S&P and Moody’s (collectively, the “Debt Ratings”) of the Borrower’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt; provided that:
(a) if all three Debt Ratings are
in effect, and two or more ratings are at the same Pricing Level, that Pricing Level will apply;
(b) if all three Debt Ratings are in
effect, each at a different Pricing Level, the Pricing Level of the middle Debt Rating shall apply;
(c) if only two Debt Ratings are in
effect, the Pricing Level of the higher of such Debt Ratings shall apply (with the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 1 being the highest and the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 4 being the lowest), unless the ratings differential is two levels or more,
in which case the Pricing Level that is one level lower than the Pricing Level of the higher Debt Rating shall apply;
(d) if there exists only one Debt
Rating, such Debt Rating shall apply; and
(e) if no Debt Rating is available,
Pricing Level 5 shall apply.
“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.
“Default” means any event or condition, which constitutes an Event of
Default or, which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(f).
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.22(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of any Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender
notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default,
shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect
of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to
comply with its funding obligations hereunder or generally under other agreements in which it has committed to extend credit, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation
to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing
or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its
prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written
confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had publicly appointed for it a receiver,
custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or
Federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by
virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with
immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or
such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a)
through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.22(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing
Bank, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.
“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the
environmental matters disclosed (a) in any reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, prospectuses (including prospectus supplements), registration statements and other information filed by the Borrower with the SEC or furnished by the Borrower
to the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act, in each case, filed or furnished before the Closing Date and which are available to the Lenders before the Closing Date and (b) on Schedule
3.06.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, 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, public equity offering or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of
control, public equity offering 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 the expiration, cancellation,
termination or cash collateralization of any Letters of Credit in accordance with the terms hereof), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests and except as permitted in clause (a)
above), in whole or in part, (c) requires the scheduled payments of dividends in cash (for this purpose, dividends shall not be considered required if the issuer has the option to permit them to accrue, cumulate, accrete or increase in liquidation
preference or if the Borrower has the option to pay such dividends solely in Qualified Equity Interests), 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 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount
denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
“Dollars” or “$” means the lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction located in the United States of America.
“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 clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated
supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any member state 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.
“Electronic Copy” has the meaning assigned in Section 9.16(b).
“Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to such term by 15 USC
§7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to such term by 15 USC
§7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be
an assignee under Section 9.04(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 9.04(b)(iii)).
“EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the
Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
“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 Laws” means all Laws, rules, regulations, codes,
ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment, preservation
or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or the effect of Hazardous Materials in the environment on health and safety matters.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary 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) 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 consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such
equity interest (other than, prior to such conversion, Indebtedness that is convertible into any such equity interests).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414
of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section
4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30‑day notice period is waived); (b) with respect to any Plan, a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard within the meaning of
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d)
the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of
any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial
withdrawal of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any Loan Party or any ERISA
Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition upon any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“EU/UK Listed Person” has the meaning assigned in Section 3.15(a).
“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.
“EURIBOR” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Alternative Currency Term Rate.”
“Euro” or “€” means the single currency of the Participating Member States.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article
VII.
“Excluded Finco” means Finco, so long as (i) it holds (directly, and
together with its Subsidiaries), not more than de minimis assets (other than (x) any intercompany notes or receivables that relate to the repayment of principal and interest of the Finco Designated Indebtedness or (y) any proceeds from any
Indebtedness of Finco (so long as such proceeds are intended to be distributed to the Borrower) or intercompany notes or receivables that relate to the distribution of such proceeds to the Borrower), (ii) it does not generate more than de minimis
Consolidated EBITDA and (iii) it does not at any time guarantee any third-party Indebtedness of the Borrower.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with
respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch
profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender,
its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account
of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date of which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the
Borrower under Section 2.18) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that pursuant to Section 2.16, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such
Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(e), and (d) withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned in the preliminary
statements hereto.
“Existing Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04(b), (d) or (f) as the context may require.
“Existing Letters of Credit” means the Letters of Credit listed on Schedule 2.05.
“Existing Revolver Tranche” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.21(a).
“Extended Revolving Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.21(a).
“Extending Revolving Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.21(b).
“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) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant
to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor versions that are each substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any intergovernmental agreements in respect thereof
(and any legislation, regulations or other official guidance pursuant to, or in respect of, such intergovernmental agreements).
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum
equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day
as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole
multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent; and provided further that if the
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Letters” means, collectively, each of the fee letters entered into
by and among the Borrower and any of the Arrangers (or any of their respective affiliates) and/or the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal
accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower or the relevant Loan Party, as applicable.
“Finco” means Upjohn Finance B.V., a wholly owned financing subsidiary
of the Borrower.
“Finco Designated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Finco issued
after the Effective Date (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement) and on or prior to the closing date of the Combination Transactions, the proceeds of which are used to fund, in full or in part, the Borrower Cash Distribution (as defined in
the Original Credit Agreement) and related transaction fees and expenses.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc., or any successor to its rating
agency business.
“Foreign Jurisdiction Deposit” means a deposit or Guarantee incurred in
the ordinary course of business and required by any Governmental Authority in a foreign jurisdiction as a condition of doing business in such jurisdiction.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is resident or organized under
the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Foreign Obligor” means a Loan Party that is resident or organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident, incorporated or organized.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will
be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America as in effect from time to time (except with respect to accounting for capital leases, as to which such principles in effect on December 31, 2018 shall apply), including those set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s
“Accounting Standards Codification” or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of
America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory
or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority and any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other
Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of)
such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase
or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or
liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or
monetary obligation; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Guarantee of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (b) the maximum amount
for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such primary obligation or the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable,
in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“Guarantee Agreement” means the Guarantee set forth in Article X or
other form of guarantee agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Guarantor” means, each Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower
(including each Mylan Guarantor), if any, that provides a guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to Section 5.09 or otherwise.
“Guarantor Joinder Agreement” has the meaning assigned in Section 5.09.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or
wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and all other substances or wastes (including
infectious or medical wastes) of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(c)(i).
“Increased Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.19(a).
“Increasing Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.19(a).
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating
to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, milestone payments incurred in
connection with any investment or series of related investments, any earn-out obligation except to the extent such obligation is no longer contingent and appears as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and
deferred or equity compensation arrangements payable to directors, officers or employees), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any
Lien on Property owned or acquired by such Person, whether
or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, but limited to the fair market value of such Property (except to the extent otherwise provided in this
definition), (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters
of guaranty, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (j) all obligations of such Person under any Swap Agreement (with the “principal” amount of any Swap Agreement on any date being equal to
the early termination value thereof on such date) and (k) all Attributable Receivables Indebtedness. The Indebtedness of any Person shall (i) include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general
partner) to the extent such Person is expressly liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity and pursuant to contractual arrangements, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness
provide that such Person is not liable therefor and (ii) exclude (A) customer deposits and advances and interest payable thereon in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and other obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business through credit on an open account basis customarily extended to such Person, (B) obligations under customary overdraft arrangements with banks outside the United States incurred in the ordinary course of business to
cover working capital needs and (C) bona fide indemnification, purchase price adjustment, earn-outs, holdback and contingency payment obligations to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing
balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided, however,
that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable or is contingent and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined and no longer contingent, the amount is paid within 60 days thereafter and
included as Indebtedness of such Person.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed
on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 9.12.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert
or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Term SOFR Loan, the last
day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a 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; (b) as to any SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan (other than a Swingline Loan and other
than as specified in the immediately following sub-clause (c)), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date;
(c) as to any Loan that bears interest at a rate based on SONIA or any Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each month and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; (d) as to any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the last day
of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan exceeds three months, the
respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall be Interest Payment
Dates and (e) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.
“Interest Period” means with respect to any Borrowing of a Term SOFR
Loan or of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan under any Class of Commitments, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter
(in each case, subject to availability for the interest rate applicable to the relevant currency or currencies), or such other period that is twelve months or less requested by the Borrower and that is consented to by all the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent (in the case of each requested Interest Period, subject to availability); provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a
Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Borrowing of a Term SOFR Loan or of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the
next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Borrowing of a Term SOFR Loan or of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan that commences on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (iii) no
Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date with respect to such Class. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing,
thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“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 or (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee of Indebtedness of,
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 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. For purposes of
Section 6.05, (i) the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, less any amount paid, repaid, returned, distributed or otherwise
received in cash in respect of such Investment not to exceed the original amount of such Investment and (ii) in the event the Borrower or any Subsidiary (an “Initial Investing Person”)
transfers an amount of cash or other Property (the “Invested Amount”) for purposes of permitting the Borrower or one or more other Subsidiaries to ultimately make an
Investment of the Invested Amount in the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Person (the Person in which such Investment is ultimately made, the “Subject Person”)
through a series of substantially concurrent intermediate transfers of the Invested Amount to the Borrower or one or more other Subsidiaries other than the Subject Person (each an “Intermediate
Investing Person”), including through the incurrence or repayment of intercompany Indebtedness, capital contributions or redemptions of Equity Interests, then, for all purposes of Section 6.05, any transfers of the Invested Amount to
Intermediate Investing Persons in connection therewith shall be disregarded and such transaction, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to have been solely an Investment of the Invested Amount by the Initial Investing Person in the Subject Person and
not an Investment in any Intermediate Investing Person.
“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).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the applicable Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Issuing Bank” means Bank of America, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and any
other Lender (subject to such Lender’s consent) designated by the Borrower and consented to by the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) that becomes an Issuing Bank, in each case in its capacity as an
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and any successors in such capacity as provided in Section 9.04. An Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which
case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest
Revolving Credit Maturity Date applicable to any Class of Loans or Commitments hereunder at such time, including the latest termination date of any Extended Revolving Commitment, 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.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, such
Revolving Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from an L/C
Disbursement under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Base Rate Loan Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Disbursement” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to
a Letter of Credit.
“L/C Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of all Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Disbursements, including Unreimbursed Amounts, that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The L/C
Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total L/C Exposure at such time. 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 1.11. 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 Exposure Sublimit” means $300,000,000; provided that (i) the Letters of Credit for which Bank of America (together with its successors and assigns) acts as Issuing Bank shall not exceed $150,000,000 at any time (as such
amount may be increased from time to time in the sole discretion of Bank of America, so long as such amount does not exceed the L/C Exposure Sublimit and notice of such increase is provided to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) the Letters of
Credit for which Goldman Sachs Bank USA (together with its successors and assigns) acts as Issuing Bank shall not exceed $150,000,000 at any time (as such amount may be increased from time to time in the sole discretion of Goldman Sachs Bank USA,
so long as such amount does not exceed the L/C Exposure Sublimit).
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.19 or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party
hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.
“Lender Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders (including the Swingline Lender), the Issuing Banks and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to clause (e) of Article VIII.
“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 which office may include any Affiliate of such Lender or any
domestic or foreign branch of such Lender or such Affiliate. Unless the context otherwise requires each reference to a Lender shall include its applicable Lending Office.
“Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to Section
2.05.
“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 applicable Issuing Bank.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five Business
Days prior to (a) the initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date or (b) if the Commitment of each applicable Issuing Bank is extended pursuant to a Revolving Extension Series, the Latest Maturity Date (or, in each case, if such day is not a Business
Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.11(b)(i).
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust,
lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset (or any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any Guarantee Agreement, any
Guarantor Joinder Agreement, any Issuer Documents, any promissory notes executed and delivered
pursuant to Section 2.09(e) and any amendments, waivers, supplements or other modifications to any of the foregoing.
“Loan Parties” means the Borrower and the Guarantors from time to time
party hereto, if any.
“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to
this Agreement.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, assets, property or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any and all other Loan Documents, or the rights and remedies of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders thereunder.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and
Letters of Credit), of any one or more of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $250,000,000.
“Material Subsidiary” means any Guarantor or any Subsidiary (or group
of Subsidiaries as to which a specified condition applies) that would be a “significant subsidiary” under Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor
thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Mylan Guarantors” means each Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower,
including Mylan Inc., that is an issuer or guarantor of any Mylan Notes or is otherwise required to provide a guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to Section 5.09.
“Mylan Indentures” means the following:
(a) Indenture dated as of
December 21, 2012, among Mylan Inc., as issuer, the subsidiaries party thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;
(b) First supplemental indenture
dated as of February 27, 2015, among Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of December 21, 2012;
(c) Second supplemental indenture
dated as of March 12, 2015, among Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as parent, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of December 21, 2012;
(d) Third supplemental indenture
dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of December 21, 2012;
(e) Indenture dated as of
November 29, 2013, by and between Mylan Inc., as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;
(f) First supplemental indenture
dated as of November 29, 2013, by and between Mylan Inc., as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of November 29, 2013;
(g) Second supplemental indenture
dated as of February 27, 2015, among Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of November 29, 2013;
(h) Third supplemental indenture
dated as of March 12, 2015, among Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as parent, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of November 29, 2013;
(i) Fourth supplemental indenture
dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan, Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of November 29, 2013;
(j) Indenture dated as of June 9,
2016, among Mylan N.V., as issuer, Mylan Inc., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;
(k) First supplemental indenture
dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan, Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of June 9, 2016;
(l) Indenture dated as of
November 22, 2016, among Mylan N.V., as issuer, Mylan Inc., as guarantor, and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as trustee;
(m) First supplemental indenture
dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan, Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of November 22, 2016;
(n) Indenture dated as of April 9,
2018, by and between Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee;
(o) First supplemental indenture
dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan, Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of April 9, 2018;
(p) Indenture dated as of May 23,
2018, by and between Mylan Inc., as issuer, Mylan N.V., as guarantor, and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as trustee; and
(q) First supplemental indenture
dated as of November 16, 2020, by and among Mylan, Inc., the Borrower, Utah Acquisition Sub Inc., Mylan II B.V. and Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as trustee, to the indenture dated as of May 23, 2018.
“Mylan Notes” means any senior notes issued by Mylan N.V. and Mylan
Inc., as applicable, under the Mylan Indentures that are outstanding.
“New Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b),
(d) or (f) as the context may require.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.05(b)(iii).
“Non-SOFR Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(c).
“Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a
Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender to the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Obligations” means all indebtedness (including interest accruing
during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and other monetary obligations of any of the Loan Parties to any of the Lenders, the Issuing
Banks, their respective Affiliates and the Administrative Agent, individually or collectively, existing on the Closing Date or arising thereafter (direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured) arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including under any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other monetary obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other
instruments at any time evidencing any thereof), in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether all such obligations arise or accrue before or after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings (and
whether or not such claims, interest, costs, expenses or fees are allowed or allowable in any such proceeding).
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States
Department of the Treasury.
“OFAC Countries” has the meaning assigned in Section 3.15.
“OFAC Listed Person” has the meaning assigned in Section 3.15.
“Original Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated
as of June 16, 2020, among the Borrower, certain affiliates and subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto as guarantors, each lender and issuing bank from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, as administrative agent.
“Original Currency” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.17(a).
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes
imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under,
received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary,
intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect
to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.18).
“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Loans on any date, the
Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Loans occurring on such date; (ii) with respect to Swingline Loans on any date, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount thereof
after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Swingline Loans occurring on such date; and (iii) with respect to any L/C Exposure on any
date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Exposure on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Exposure as of
such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount
denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) an overnight rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank, or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, an overnight rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(d).
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European
Union that has the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and
defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means (a) any call option or capped
call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Borrower’s common stock purchased by the Borrower in connection with an incurrence of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness and (b) any call option or capped call option (or
substantively equivalent derivative transaction) replacing or refinancing the foregoing; provided that (x) the sum of (i) the purchase price for any Permitted Bond Hedge
Transaction occurring after the Closing Date, plus (ii) the purchase price for any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction it is refinancing or replacing, if any, minus (iii) the cash proceeds received upon the termination or the retirement of the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction it is replacing or refinancing, if any, less (y) the sum
of (i) the cash proceeds from the sale of the related Permitted Warrant Transaction plus (ii) the cash proceeds from the sale of any Permitted Warrant Transaction refinancing or replacing such related Permitted Warrant Transaction, if any, minus (iii) the amount paid upon termination or retirement of such related Permitted Warrant Transaction, if any, does not exceed the net cash proceeds from the incurrence of
the related Permitted Convertible Indebtedness.
“Permitted Convertible Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary (which may be Guaranteed by the Guarantors) that is (a) convertible into common stock of the Borrower (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) or
(b) sold as units with call options, warrants, rights or obligations to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for common stock of the Borrower and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the
price of such common stock).
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes,
assessments or other governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s,
mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlords’, workmen’s, suppliers’ and other Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days or are being contested
in compliance with Section 5.04;
(c) (i) Liens, pledges and deposits
made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations or employment laws or to secure other public, statutory or regulatory obligations (including to
support letters of credit or bank guarantees) and (ii) Liens, pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for premiums or reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters
of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(d) Liens or deposits to secure the
performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts, tenders, statutory bonds, leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs, appeal and replevin bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to
secure health, safety and environmental obligations), in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Liens in respect of judgments,
decrees, attachments or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;
(f) easements, restrictions
(including zoning restrictions), rights-of-way, covenants, licenses, encroachments, protrusions and similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not
secure any monetary obligations and do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
(g) any interest or title of a
lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease, sub-lease, license or sublicense entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a part of its business and covering only the assets so leased;
provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing
Indebtedness.
“Permitted Receivables Facility” means any receivables facility or
facilities created under the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents from time to time, providing for the sale or pledge by the Borrower and/or one or more other Receivables Sellers of Permitted Receivables Facility Assets (thereby providing
financing to the Borrower and the Receivables Sellers) to the Receivables Entity (either directly or through another Receivables Seller), which in turn shall sell or pledge interests in the respective Permitted Receivables Facility Assets to
third-party lenders or investors pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents (with the Receivables Entity permitted to issue notes or other evidences of Indebtedness secured by Permitted Receivables Facility Assets or investor
certificates, purchased interest certificates or other similar documentation evidencing interests in Permitted Receivables Facility Assets) in return for the cash used by the Receivables Entity to purchase Permitted Receivables Facility
Assets from the Borrower and/or the respective Receivables Sellers, in each case as more fully set forth in the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents.
“Permitted Receivables Facility Assets” means (i) Receivables (whether
now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are transferred or pledged to a Receivables Entity pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Facility and any related Permitted Receivables Related Assets which are also
so transferred or pledged to a Receivables Entity and all proceeds thereof and (ii) loans to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries secured by Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are
made pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Facility.
“Permitted Receivables Facility Documents” means each of the documents
and agreements entered into from time to time in connection with a Permitted Receivables Facility, including all documents and agreements relating to the issuance, funding and/or purchase of certificates and purchased interests, or the issuance of
notes or other evidence of Indebtedness secured by such notes, all of which documents and agreements shall be in form and substance reasonably customary for transactions of this type, in each case as such documents and agreements may be amended,
modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced from time to time so long as (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) either (i) the terms as so amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced are reasonably customary for
transactions of this type or (ii)(x) any such amendments, modifications, supplements, refinancings or replacements do not impose any conditions or requirements on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, are more restrictive
in any material respect than those in existence immediately prior to any such amendment, modification, supplement, refinancing or replacement as determined by the Borrower in good faith and (y) any such amendments, modifications, supplements,
refinancings or replacements are not adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“Permitted Receivables Related Assets” means any other assets that are
customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables similar to Receivables and any collections or proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person,
any amendment, modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement 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, replaced 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, replacement or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments
unutilized thereunder (in each case, provided that Indebtedness in respect of such existing unutilized commitments is then permitted under Section 6.01) (in each case, it being understood that incurrence of Indebtedness in excess of the principal
amount (plus any unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon and other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred in connection therewith) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended
(including the amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder) shall be permitted if such excess amount is then permitted under Section 6.01 and reduces the otherwise permitted Indebtedness under Section 6.01), (b) other than with
respect to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(d), such modification, refinancing, refunding,
renewal, replacement or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final maturity date of the Indebtedness so modified,
refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended and (y) the date which is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date, (c) other than with respect to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section
6.01(d), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being
modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the portion of such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended that matures on or prior to the
Latest Maturity Date and (d) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement
or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms, taken as a whole, at least as favorable to the Lenders (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) as those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended.
“Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call options, warrants or
rights to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) on common stock of the Borrower purchased by the Borrower substantially concurrently with a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability
company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
“Post-Acquisition Period” means, with respect to any acquisition, the
period beginning on the date such acquisition is consummated and ending on the one-year anniversary of the date on which such acquisition is consummated.
“Pricing Level” means the applicable pricing level under the column
titled ‘Pricing Level’ in the table set forth in the definition of “Applicable Rate”.
“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any applicable period of measurement
that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in the Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Consolidated EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase or
decrease in such Consolidated EBITDA, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (a) actions that have been taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost
savings or (b) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business with the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and, in
each case, which are expected to have a continuing impact on the consolidated financial results of the Borrower, calculated assuming that such actions had been taken on, or such costs had been
incurred since, the first day of such period; provided that any such pro forma increase
or decrease to such Consolidated EBITDA shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Consolidated EBITDA for such period of measurement.
“Pro Forma Basis” means with respect to compliance with any test
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 the Borrower owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and
(ii) in the case of an 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 of the Subsidiaries
in connection therewith; provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to clause (A) above (but without duplication thereof), the
foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are (x) consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions)
that are in the good faith determination of the Borrower reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the consolidated financial results of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“Prohibition” has the meaning assigned in Section 10.01.
“Property” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind
whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including Equity Interests.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S.
Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Lender” has the meaning assigned in Section 5.01.
“Qualified Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity or Business which acquisition has been designated to the Lenders by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as a “Qualified Acquisition” so long as, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last
day of the most recently completed Test Period (for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)) prior to such acquisition would be at least 3.25 to 1.0; provided that no such designation may be made with respect to any acquisition prior to the end of the fourth full fiscal quarter following the completion of the most recently consummated Qualified Acquisition unless the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently completed Test Period (for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)) prior to the consummation of such acquisition was no greater than 3.0
to 1.0.
“Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests of the Borrower
other than Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Rate Determination Date” means, for any Interest Period, two (2)
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or such other day as is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in such interbank market, as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided that, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then “Rate Determination Date” means such other day as otherwise reasonably determined
by the Administrative Agent).
“Receivables” means all accounts receivable (including all rights to
payment created by or arising from sales of goods, leases of goods or the rendition of services rendered no matter how evidenced whether or not earned by performance).
“Receivables Entity” means a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower
which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Receivables of the Receivables Sellers and which is designated (as provided below) as a “Receivables Entity”. Any such designation shall be evidenced to the
Administrative Agent by filing with the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate of the Borrower certifying that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge and belief after consultation with counsel, such designation complied with the foregoing
conditions.
“Receivables Sellers” means the Borrower and those Subsidiaries (other
than Receivables Entities) that are from time to time party to the Permitted Receivables Facility Documents.
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, and any Issuing
Bank, as applicable.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c).
“Regulation S-X” means Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and administrators of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Rate” means with respect to any Credit Event denominated in
(a) Dollars, SOFR, (b) Sterling, SONIA, (c) Euros, EURIBOR and (d) Japanese Yen, TIBOR, as applicable.
“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in clause (f)(ii) of
Article VIII.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposure
and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Credit Exposure and unused Commitments at such time; provided that the Commitment of, and the
portion of the Credit Exposure held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Rescindable Amount” has the meaning as defined in Section 2.17(d).
“Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in clause (f)(i)
of Article VIII.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with
respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means (a) the chief executive officer, executive
director, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of the Borrower or another Loan Party, as context shall require, and (b) solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any
other officer or employee of the Borrower so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the Borrower designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or another Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action
on the part of the Borrower or such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Borrower or such Loan Party.
“Restricted Cash” means, for any Person, any amount of cash of such
Person that is contractually required to be set aside, segregated or otherwise reserved.
“Restricted Payments” means any dividend or other distribution (whether
in cash, securities or other property (other than Qualified Equity Interests)), with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Qualified Equity Interests)), including
any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity
Interests in the Borrower.
“Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the
following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of an Alternative Currency Loan, (ii) each date of a continuation of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.02,
and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in
an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (iii) each date of any payment by any Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative
Currency, (iv) the first Business Day of each month following the issuance of a Letter of Credit and (v) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.
“Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum possible aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.19 and (c) reduced, increased or extended from time to time pursuant to (i) assignments by
or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 of this Agreement or (ii) a Revolving Extension Amendment. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule
2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment or any Revolving Extension Amendment to which it is a party, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the
Lenders’ Revolving Commitments is $3,500,000,000.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any
time, the sum of the outstanding Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, L/C Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means (i) with respect to the
Revolving Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.01, the date that is five years from the Closing Date, or (ii) with respect to any Extended Revolving Commitments of any Revolving Extension Series, the maturity date set forth in the Revolving
Extension Amendment with respect to such Revolving Extension Series; provided in each case that if such day is not a Business Day, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding such day.
“Revolving Extension Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.21(c).
“Revolving Extension Request” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.21(a).
“Revolving Extension Series” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.21(e).
“Revolving Lender” means each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or
that holds Revolving Credit Exposure.
“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, 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 reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, to
be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.07(c)(ii).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor
thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“SOFR” means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by
the SOFR Administrator (or a successor administrator).
“SOFR Adjustment” means 0.10%.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, as the administrator of SOFR, or any successor administrator of SOFR designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“SOFR Daily Floating Rate” means, for any interest calculation with
respect to a SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loan on any date, a fluctuating rate of interest, which can change on each Business Day, equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such date, with a term
equivalent to one month beginning on that date; provided, that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such determination date then SOFR
Daily Floating Rate means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first (1st) U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR
Adjustment; provided, that, if any SOFR Daily Floating Rate shall be less than zero
percent (0%), such rate shall be deemed zero percent (0%) for purposes of this Agreement.
“SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.07(d)(ii).
“SOFR Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(d).
“SONIA” means, with respect to any applicable determination date, the
Sterling Overnight Index Average Reference Rate published on the fifth Business Day preceding such date 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); provided however that if such determination date is not a Business Day, SONIA means such rate that applied on the first Business
Day immediately prior thereto.
“SONIA Adjustment” means, with respect to SONIA, 0.0326% (3.26 basis
points) per annum.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property 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 become absolute and matured and (d) such Person is not engaged in any business, as conducted on such
date and as proposed to be conducted following such date, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. 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 or matured liability.
“Special Notice Currency” means at any time an Alternative Currency,
other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.
“specified currency” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.20.
“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any Test Period, any of
the following events occurring after the first day of such Test Period and prior to the applicable date of determination: (i) any Investment by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any Person (including in connection with any acquisition) other than a
Person that was a wholly-owned Subsidiary on the first day of such period involving consideration paid by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in excess of $50,000,000, (ii) any disposition outside the ordinary course of business of assets by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary with a fair market value in excess of $50,000,000, (iii) any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (in each case, other than Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and borrowings and repayments of Indebtedness in the ordinary
course of business under revolving credit facilities except to the extent there is a reduction in the related Revolving Commitments or other revolving credit commitment) and (iv) any Restricted Payment involving consideration paid by the Borrower
or any Subsidiary in excess of $50,000,000.
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, 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 currency with another currency 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 applicable Issuing Bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank 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 applicable Issuing Bank 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.
“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any
date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing
body are at the time beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Successor Rate” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.07(d).
“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward,
future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of
economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing
for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount
of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Swingline Lender” means Bank of America (through itself or through one
of its designated Affiliates or branch offices), in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, or any successor swingline lender hereunder.
“Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swingline Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swingline Loan Borrowing
pursuant to Section 2.04, which, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D 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.
“Swingline Loan Sublimit” means $175,000,000.
“TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement
Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which TARGET2 (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” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, deductions, charges or withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means,
(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. (New York City time) 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 two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such date with a term of one month commencing that day; provided, that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 am 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 term;
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 zero, the Term SOFR shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Loan” means 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” means the period of four fiscal quarters of the Borrower
ending on a specified date.
“TIBOR” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of
“Alternative Currency Term Rate.”
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the
Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds
thereof, the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder and the payment of fees and expenses hereunder.
“Triggering Indebtedness” has the meaning assigned in Section 5.09.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Term SOFR Rate, the SOFR Daily Floating Rate, the Alternative Currency Daily Rate, the Alternative Currency Term Rate or the
Base Rate.
“UK” and “United Kingdom” each mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is
defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United
Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public
administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“United States Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.16(e).
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Cash” means cash other than Restricted Cash.
“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. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as
defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining
scheduled installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such
date and the making of such payment.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a
result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“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.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA
Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU
Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution
or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect
as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
“Yen” and “¥” mean the lawful money of Japan.
SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans and Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Loan”).
SECTION 1.03 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 (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time
amended, supplemented, refinanced, restated, replaced or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person’s successors and assigns, (c) 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, (d) all references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) 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.
SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, (i) 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 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, 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 and (ii) notwithstanding anything in GAAP to the contrary, for purposes of all financial
calculations hereunder, the amount of any Indebtedness outstanding at any time shall be the stated principal amount thereof (except to the extent such Indebtedness provides by its terms for the accretion of principal, in which case the amount of
such Indebtedness at any time shall be its accreted amount at such time).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test or covenant or the compliance with or availability of any basket contained in this Agreement, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets shall be calculated with respect to such period on a Pro Forma Basis.
SECTION 1.05 Payments on Business Days. When the payment of any Obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a
Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, with respect to any payment of interest on or principal of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, if such extension would cause any such payment to be made in the
next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
SECTION 1.06 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws):
(a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if
any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time. Any reference herein and in the Loan Documents to a merger,
transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division or plan of division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a
series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable,
to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also
constitute such a Person or entity).
SECTION 1.07 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to 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 1.08 Additional Alternative Currencies.
(a) The Borrower may from time to time
request that Alternative Currency Loans be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than Dollars and those
specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currencies”; provided that such
requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Alternative Currency Loans, such request
shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each of the Revolving Lenders; and in the case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the
Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank.
(b) Any such request shall be made to
the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., twenty (20) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Event (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining
to Letters of Credit, the Issuing Banks, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Alternative Currency Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof; and in the case of
any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank thereof. Each Revolving Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Revolving Loans) or the applicable Issuing
Bank (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of
Alternative Currency Loans, or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.
(c) Any failure by a Revolving Lender
or an Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Revolving Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to permit Alternative
Currency Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Revolving Lenders consent to making Alternative Currency Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent
shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowings of Alternative Currency Loans, as applicable; and if the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Issuing Bank consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency
hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.08, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower,
and the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender, subject to Section 2.18(b). Any specified currency of an Existing Letter of Credit that is neither Dollars nor one of the Alternative Currencies specifically listed in the definition of
“Alternative Currencies” shall be deemed an Alternative Currency with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit only.
SECTION 1.09 Change of Currency.
(a) Each obligation of the Borrower to
make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with
the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the interbank
market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the
Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Borrowing in the currency of such
member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
(b) Each provision of this Agreement
shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market
conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
(c) Each provision of this Agreement
also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices
relating to the change in currency.
SECTION 1.10 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.11 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent 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 document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent 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 1.12 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents; Interest Rates.
(a) The Administrative Agent or the
applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Events and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Spot
Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements
delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent
amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable.
(b) Wherever in this Agreement in
connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of an Alternative Currency Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars,
but such Borrowing, Alternative Currency Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative
Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be.
(c) 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, the selection of
rates, any related spread or adjustment or with respect to any rate that is an
alternative or replacement for or successor to any of such rates (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
Agreements, 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 Credits
SECTION 2.01 Commitments.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in Dollars or
Alternative Currencies from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) the Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or
(ii) subject to Section 1.12, the Dollar Equivalent of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the sum of the total Revolving Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower
may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline
Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other
Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04.
(b) Subject to Section 2.07, each
Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Base Rate Loans, Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans, Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each
Base Rate Loan, each Term SOFR Loan and each SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loan shall, in each case, only be made in Dollars. Each Swingline Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Alternative Currency Loan by causing
any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan;
provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Each Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Loans shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple (or, if not an integral multiple, the entire available amount)
and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans which shall be subject to Section 2.04) shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that Term SOFR Loans, Base Rate Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans and Alternative Currency Loans may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving
Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(c). Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a
total of twenty (20) Term SOFR Borrowings and Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested would end after the applicable Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(e) With respect to any Alternative
Currency Daily 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 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 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other or a continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, the Borrower
shall irrevocably notify the Administrative Agent of such request by (A) telephone or (B) a written Borrowing Request in a form attached hereto as Exhibit C 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; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by hand delivery or telecopy or transmission by electronic communication in accordance with Section 9.01(b) to the Administrative Agent of a written
Borrowing Request. Each such Borrowing Request must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than noon (i) three U.S. Government Securities 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, (ii) three Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of Alternative Currency Loans or,
in the case of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, any continuation thereof, and (iii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans; provided,
however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate 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. (i) four U.S. Government
Securities Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term SOFR Loans, or (ii) five Business Days (or six Business Days
in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of
such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 11:00 a.m., (i) three U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of
Term SOFR Loans, or (ii) four Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, 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 applicable Lenders. Each Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate
amount of the requested Borrowing, conversion or continuation;
(ii) the date of
such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such
Borrowing, conversion or continuation is to be a Base Rate Borrowing, a Term SOFR Borrowing, a SOFR Daily Floating Rate Borrowing, or an Alternative Currency Borrowing;
(iv) the currency in
which such Borrowing is to be made, which shall be Dollars or an Alternative Currency;
(v) in the case of a
Term SOFR Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
(vi) the location
and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06;
(vii) whether the
Borrower is requesting a new Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans; and
(viii) the Type of
Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then, in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars to the Borrower, the requested Revolving Borrowing
shall be a Base Rate Borrowing. In the case of a failure to timely request a conversion or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, such Loans shall be continued as Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate
Loans in their original currency, as applicable, with an Interest Period of one month’s duration. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Term SOFR Borrowing or Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing or conversion or
continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this
Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount (and currency) of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested
Borrowing. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be
requested as, converted to or continued as Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding
Alternative Currency Loans be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof promptly, in the case of Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans or, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto in the case of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans. No Loan may be converted into or continued as a Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in the other
currency. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all of the portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted
by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and such Lender.
SECTION 2.04 Swingline Loans.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period; provided that no such Swingline Loan shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto, (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans would exceed the
Swingline Loan Sublimit, (ii) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments or (iii) such Swingline Lender’s Credit Exposure would exceed its Revolving Commitment; provided further that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans. Immediately upon the making of a Swingline Loan, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase
from the Swingline Lender a risk participation in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swingline Loan.
(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender of such request, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) by a Swingline Loan Notice; provided
that any telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Swingline Loan Notice, and, in each case, such notice shall be irrevocable. Each such Swingline Loan Notice must be
received by the Swingline 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 (ii) the requested borrowing date,
which shall be a Business Day. Promptly after receipt by the Swingline Lender of any telephonic Swingline Loan Notice, the Swingline Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has
also received such Swingline Loan Notice and, if not, the Swingline Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing)
from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of
any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swingline Loan Borrowing (A) directing the Swingline Lender not to make such Swingline Loan as a result of
the limitations set forth in Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, the Swingline Lender shall make such Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a
credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(c), by remittance to the relevant Issuing
Bank) by 3:00 p.m. on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c) (i) The Swingline Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to so request on its
behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of the Swingline Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be
deemed to be a Borrowing Request for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02 and Section 2.03, 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 Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable. The Swingline Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Borrowing Request promptly after
delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Borrowing Request available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the
account of the Swingline Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Borrowing Request, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each 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 Swingline Lender.
(ii) If for any
reason any Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced by such Base Rate Loan in accordance with clause (i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swingline Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swingline Lender
that each of the Revolving Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swingline Loan and such Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed
payment in respect of such participation. If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving 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 Swingline Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any
administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such
Revolving Lender’s Base Rate Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swingline Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swingline Lender submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative
Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (ii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iii) Each Revolving
Lender’s obligation to make Base Rate Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(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 Swingline 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, however,
that each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Base Rate Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or
otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swingline Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) (i) At any time after any Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swingline Loan, if the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such Swingline Loan, the
Swingline Lender will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swingline Lender.
(ii) If any payment
received by the Swingline Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swingline Loan is required to be returned by the Swingline Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 9.08 (including pursuant to any settlement entered
into by the Swingline Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swingline Lender its Applicable Percentage 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 from time to time in effect. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swingline Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under
this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) The Swingline Lender shall be
responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swingline Loans. Until each Revolving Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of
any Swingline Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swingline Lender.
(f) The Borrower shall make all
payments of principal and interest in respect of its Swingline Loans directly to the Swingline Lender.
SECTION 2.05 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each Issuing Bank agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.05, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until
the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by
it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the
Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the aggregate L/C
Exposure shall not exceed the L/C Exposure Sublimit, (y) the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments, and (z) such Issuing Bank’s Credit Exposure shall not exceed its Revolving Commitment; and provided further that Goldman Sachs Bank USA (or any of its Affiliates) is an Issuing Bank for the
purposes of this Agreement only in respect of standby Letters of Credit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so
requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. 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 Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of
Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.
(ii) No Issuing Bank
shall issue any Letter of Credit, if: (A) subject to Section 2.05(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Lenders and the
applicable Issuing Bank have approved such expiry date; or (B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank have
approved such expiry date (it being understood that in the event the expiry date of any requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, from and after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, the Borrower shall
immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Exposure in accordance with Section 2.05(g)).
(iii) No Issuing
Bank shall be under any 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 Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in
particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or
shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it;
(B) the issuance of
such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C) except as
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such
Issuing Bank, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $500,000, in
the case of a standby Letter of Credit;
(D) except as
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency;
(E) such Issuing
Bank does not as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency;
(F) such Letter of
Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(G) a default of any
Revolving Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.05(c) exists or any Revolving Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless such Issuing Bank has entered into satisfactory arrangements (in such Issuing Bank’s sole and
absolute discretion) with the Borrower or such Revolving Lender to eliminate such Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to such Revolving Lender.
(iv) No Issuing Bank
shall amend any Letter of Credit if such Issuing Bank would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v) No Issuing Bank
shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such Issuing Bank would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit
does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) Each Issuing
Bank shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each Issuing Bank shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative
Agent in Article VIII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as
if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article VIII included such Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to such Issuing Bank.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension 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 the applicable Issuing Bank (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 applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not later than noon at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the
applicable Issuing Bank may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. 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 satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit
(which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency 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; and (G) such other matters as the applicable Issuing Bank may require. 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 satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the
nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the applicable Issuing Bank may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information
pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii) Promptly after
receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank 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 Issuing Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless an Issuing Bank has received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business
Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such
Issuing Bank shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s
usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit by an Issuing Bank, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such Issuing Bank a
risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the
Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must
permit the applicable Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension 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 applicable
Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to an Issuing Bank for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require)
the applicable Issuing Bank to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit; provided, however,
that no Issuing Bank shall permit any such extension if (A) such Issuing Bank has determined that it would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised
form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.05(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has
received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is ten Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or
(2) from the Administrative Agent, or any Revolving Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable, is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such Issuing
Bank not to permit such extension.
(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 applicable Issuing Bank 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 applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an
Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank in such Alternative Currency, unless (A) such Issuing Bank (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in
the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Borrower shall have notified such Issuing Bank promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Borrower will reimburse such Issuing Bank in Dollars. In the case
of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the
determination thereof. Not later than noon on the Business Day following any payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the Business Day following any payment by an Issuing Bank
under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such Issuing Bank through the
Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. In the event that (A) a drawing denominated in an Alternative Currency is to be reimbursed in Dollars pursuant to the second sentence in this
Section 2.05(c)(i) and (B) the Dollar amount paid by the Borrower on the date of payment by the Borrower (whether on or after the Honor Date) shall not be adequate on the date of such payment to purchase in accordance with normal banking
procedures a sum denominated in the Alternative Currency equal to the drawing, the Borrower agrees, as a separate and independent obligation, to indemnify the applicable Issuing Bank for the loss resulting from its inability on that date to
purchase the Alternative Currency in the full amount of the drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such Issuing Bank by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the
unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed
Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Business Day following the
Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed
Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount
of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable (other than the delivery of a Borrowing Request). Any notice given by the applicable Issuing Bank or the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.05(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
Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an
amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.05(c)(iii), such Revolving
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 applicable Issuing Bank in Dollars.
(iii) If any drawing
under any Letter of Credit is not reimbursed on the date of drawing, the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such drawing shall accrue interest at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans; provided that with respect to any Unreimbursed Amount in
respect of a Letter of Credit that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable, cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower
shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable Issuing Bank 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 Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(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 2.05.
(iv) Until each
Revolving Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount
shall be solely for the account of such Issuing Bank.
(v) Each Revolving
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse each Issuing Bank for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued by it, as contemplated by this Section 2.05(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 Revolving Lender may have against such Issuing Bank, the Borrower, any Subsidiary 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, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as
applicable (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Borrowing Request). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the
Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Bank for the amount of any payment made by such Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as
provided herein.
(vi) If any
Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.05(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving 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 Issuing Bank at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative,
processing or similar fees customarily charged by such Issuing Bank in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s
Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of an Issuing Bank submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any
amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time
after an Issuing Bank has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.05(c), if the Administrative Agent receives
for the account of such Issuing Bank 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 Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(d)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 9.08 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such
Issuing Bank in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank its Applicable Percentage 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 Revolving Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in
full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse each Issuing Bank 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 Loan Document; (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary 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 applicable Issuing Bank 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) waiver by any Issuing
Bank of any requirement that exists for such Issuing Bank’s protection and not the protection of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any waiver by any Issuing Bank which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower; (v) honor of a demand for
payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft; (vi) any payment made by the applicable Issuing Bank in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the
expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC, the ISP or the UCP, as applicable; (vii) any payment by such Issuing Bank 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 such Issuing Bank 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; (viii) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or (ix)
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, the Borrower or any Subsidiary. The
Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly
notify the applicable Issuing Bank. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the applicable Issuing Bank and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of Issuing Banks. Each Revolving Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under any Letter of Credit, no Issuing Bank shall 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 Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Issuing Bank 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 Issuer Document. 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, however, 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 Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor
any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Issuing Bank shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (ix) of Section
2.05(e); provided, however,
that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against any Issuing Bank, and such Issuing Bank 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 which the Borrower proves were caused by such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Issuing Bank’s willful 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 Issuing Bank 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 such Issuing Bank shall not 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. The applicable Issuing
Bank may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of
communicating with a beneficiary.
(g) Cash Collateral.
(i) Upon the request
of the Administrative Agent, (A) if any Issuing Bank has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (B) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C
Exposure for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Exposure attributable to the Letters of Credit issued for the benefit of the Borrower.
(ii) [reserved.]
(iii) The
Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of exchange rate fluctuations.
(iv) In the event of
an Event of Default, upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then L/C Exposure of all Revolving Lenders.
(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Issuing Banks and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing
Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the
time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Issuing Bank shall be responsible to the Borrower for, and each Issuing Bank’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by,
any action or inaction of such Issuing Bank required or permitted under any Law, order, or practice (which practice is stated in the ISP, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission,
the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice) that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this
Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where such Issuing Bank or the beneficiary is
located, the practice stated in the ISP, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers
Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
(i) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(j) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries or the Borrower. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a
Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of
Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(k) Release of Lenders’ Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, in the event that (i) an Issuing Bank shall have issued, in accordance
with Section 2.05(a)(ii)(B), a Letter of Credit with an expiry date occurring after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and (ii) the Borrower shall have Cash Collateralized the Outstanding Amount of all such L/C Exposure in respect of such
Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05(g), then, upon the provision of such Cash Collateral and without any further action, each Lender hereunder shall be
automatically released from any further obligation to the applicable Issuing Bank in respect of such Letter of Credit, including, any obligation of any such Lender to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for amounts drawn under such Letter of
Credit or to purchase any risk participation therein; provided, however, that all such
obligations of each Lender hereunder to the applicable Issuing Bank in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be revived if any Cash Collateral provided by the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit is subsequently invalidated, declared to
be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or applicable Issuing Bank) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such Cash Collateral had not been provided. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph shall survive termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.06 Funding of Borrowings.
(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to
be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer in Same Day Funds (i) in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars by 2:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it
for such purpose by notice to the Lenders in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage or other percentage provided for herein and (ii) in the case of each Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency by the Applicable Time specified
by the Administrative Agent for such currency; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans
available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to (x) an account designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars and (y) an account of the
Borrower in the relevant jurisdiction and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency; provided
that Base Rate Loans made to finance the
reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(c) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed time of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender
has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its
share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from
and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the Overnight Rate plus any administrative, processing or similar fees
customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount
shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. If the Borrower pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, the amount so paid shall constitute a repayment of such Borrowing by such amount. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower or any other Loan Party may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
SECTION 2.07 Market Disruption; Inability to Determine Rates. (a) Notwithstanding the satisfaction of all conditions referred to in Article II and Article IV with respect to any Revolving Borrowing to
be effected in any Alternative Currency, if (i) there shall occur on or prior to the date of such Borrowing any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which
would in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank (if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit) or the Required Lenders make it impracticable for the applicable Alternative Currency Borrowings or Letters of
Credit comprising such Credit Event to be denominated in the Alternative Currency specified by the Borrower or (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of such currency is not readily calculable, then the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice
thereof to the Borrower, the Lenders and, if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Bank, and such Credit Events shall not be denominated in such Alternative Currency but shall, except as otherwise set forth in Section
2.06, be made on the date of such Credit Event in Dollars, (a) if such Credit Event is a Borrowing, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount specified in the related Borrowing Request or
Interest Election Request, as the case may be, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least one (1) Business Day before such date that (i) it elects not to borrow on such date or (ii) it elects to borrow on such date in a
different Alternative Currency, as the case may be, in which the denomination of such Loans would, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, be practicable and in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount specified in the related Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request, as the case may be or (b) if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit, in a face amount equal to the Dollar
Equivalent of the face amount specified in the related request or application for such Letter of Credit, unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least one (1) Business Day before such date that (i) it elects not to request the
issuance of such
Letter of Credit on such date or (ii) it elects to have such Letter of Credit issued on such date in a different currency, as the case may be, in which the
denomination of such Letter of Credit would in the reasonable opinion of the relevant Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, be practicable and in face amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the face amount
specified in the related request or application for such Letter of Credit, as the case may be.
(a) If in connection with any request
for a Term SOFR Loan, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loan or an Alternative Currency Loan or a conversion of Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Alternative Currency 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 for the Relevant Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency has been determined in accordance with Section 2.07(c) or Section 2.07(d), as
applicable, and the circumstances under clause (i) of Section 2.07(c) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date, or the SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date, has occurred with
respect to such Relevant Rate (as applicable), or (B) adequate and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining the Relevant Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency for any determination date(s) or requested Interest Period, as
applicable, with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan or a proposed Alternative Currency Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine that for any reason
that the Relevant Rate with respect to a proposed Loan denominated in an Agreed Currency for any requested Interest Period or determination date(s) does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost of such Lenders of funding such Loan, the
Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Loans in the affected currencies, as applicable, or to
convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Loans in the affected currencies, as applicable, shall be suspended in each case to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or
Alternative Currency Loans or Interest Period or determination date(s), as applicable, 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 Required Lenders described in clause (ii) of this Section 2.07(b), until the
Administrative Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (1) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing or, or conversion to, Term SOFR Loans or SOFR Daily Floating Rate
Loans, or Borrowing of, or a continuation of, Alternative Currency Loans to the extent of the affected Alternative Currency Loans or Interest Period or determination date(s), as applicable, or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such
request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount specified therein and (2)(A) any outstanding SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans shall be deemed to have been
converted to Base Rate Loans immediately and (B) any outstanding affected Alternative Currency Loans, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (I) be converted into a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of
the amount of such outstanding Alternative Currency Loan immediately, in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, or at the end of the applicable Interest Period, in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, or (II) be
prepaid in full immediately, in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, or at the end of the applicable Interest Period, in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan; provided that if no election is made by the Borrower, (x) in the case of an Alternative Currency
Daily Rate Loan, by the date that is three Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such notice or (y) in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan by
the last day of the current Interest Period for such Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (I) above.
(b) Replacement of Reference Rate (other than SOFR) or Non-SOFR Successor Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (x) for purposes of this Section
2.07(b), the term “Agreed Currency” shall not include Dollars and (y) if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent
(with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:
(i) adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for ascertaining the Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) for an Agreed Currency (other than Dollars) because none of the tenors of such Relevant Rate (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) (other than SOFR) is available or
published on a current basis, and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, or
(ii) the Applicable Authority has made
a public statement identifying a specific date after which all tenors of the Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) for an Agreed Currency (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or
used for determining the interest rate of loans denominated in such Agreed Currency (other than Dollars), or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, in each case, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide such representative tenor(s) of the Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) for such Agreed Currency (other than SOFR) (the latest date on which all tenors of the Relevant Rate (other
than SOFR) for such Agreed Currency (other than Dollars) (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) are no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, the “Scheduled
Unavailability Date”);
or if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 2.07(c)(i) or (ii) have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in
effect, then, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing the Relevant Rate for an Agreed Currency or any then current Successor Rate for an Agreed Currency in accordance with this Section
2.07 with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in such Agreed Currency for such alternative benchmarks,
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 credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in such
Agreed Currency for such benchmarks (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment thereto, a “Non-SOFR Successor Rate”), and any such
amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth 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 Required Lenders
have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.
(c) Replacement of SOFR or SOFR Successor Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the
Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders
(as applicable) have determined, that:
(i) adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for ascertaining SOFR because SOFR is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, or
(ii) the Applicable Authority has made
a public statement identifying a specific date after which SOFR shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of syndicated loans denominated in Dollars, or shall or will
otherwise cease, provided that, in each case, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that
will continue to provide SOFR on a representative basis (the date on which SOFR is no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, the “SOFR Scheduled
Unavailability Date”);
or if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 2.07(c)(i)
or (ii) have occurred with respect to the SOFR Successor Rate then in effect, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the
purpose of replacing SOFR for Dollars or any then current SOFR Successor Rate for Dollars in accordance with this Section 2.07 with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar
credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in Dollars for such alternative benchmarks, 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 credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in Dollars for such benchmarks (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment thereto, a “SOFR Successor Rate”, and collectively with the Non-SOFR Successor Rate, each a “Successor Rate”),
and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth 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
Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.
(d) 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 zero percent (0%), the Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero
percent (0%) 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 (in consultation
with the Borrower) 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 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated, all
Revolving Commitments of any Class shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date with respect to such Class.
(b) The Borrower may at any time
terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining amount of the Revolving Commitments), (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent
prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.10, the total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or transmission by electronic communication in accordance with Section 9.01(b)) of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section not
later than 12:00 p.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall
advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination
of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or instruments of Indebtedness or the occurrence of any other specified event, in which case such
notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be permanent. Each
reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally
promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of any Class made to the Borrower on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date with respect to such Class in the
currency of such Loan and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date (or such later Revolving Credit Maturity Date as agreed by the Swingline
Lender in connection with any Revolving Extension Amendment) and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least three (3) Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Loan is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in
accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender
from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall
maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the currency and Type thereof and the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become
due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii)
the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts
maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein absent manifest error; provided
that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans
made by it be evidenced by promissory notes. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender promissory notes payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory notes and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04 of this Agreement) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the
payee named therein and its registered assigns.
SECTION 2.10 Prepayment of Loans.
(a) Optional Prepayments. (i) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, subject to prior notice given
in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section, or otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) The Borrower
shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or transmission by electronic communication in accordance with Section 9.01(b)) of any prepayment
hereunder (i) (x) in the case of prepayment of a Term SOFR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m. New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (y) four Business Days (or five, in the case of prepayment of Loans
denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Alternative Currency Loans, (ii) in the case of prepayment of a Base Rate Borrowing and SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans, not later than noon, New York City time, on the
date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal
amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of
the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.
Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the notice of prepayment. Prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.10(a) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and shall be
subject to Section 2.15.
(b) Mandatory Prepayment.
If the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the Revolving Credit Exposure at such time exceeds an amount equal to 105% of the
Revolving Commitments then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall prepay Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Exposure in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Revolving Credit Exposure
as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Revolving Commitments then in effect; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Exposures pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) unless after the prepayment in full of the Loans, the Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the Revolving
Commitments then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of such Cash Collateral for the L/C Exposure, reasonably request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect
against the results of further material exchange rate fluctuations.
SECTION 2.11 Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a facility fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender (whether used or unused) during the period from and including
the Closing Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates; provided that, if such Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its
Revolving Commitment terminates, then such facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on which its Revolving Commitment terminates to but excluding
the date on which such Lender ceases to have any Revolving Credit Exposure; provided, however,
that any facility fee accrued with respect to the unutilized Revolving Commitment 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 facility fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; and provided
further that no facility fee shall accrue on the unutilized Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. Accrued facility fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of
March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date; provided
that any facility fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All facility fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to
the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Term
SOFR Loans on the average daily Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s L/C Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later of the
date on which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any L/C Exposure (the fees referred to in this clause (i), the “Letter
of Credit Fees”) and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily Dollar Equivalent of the L/C Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to
unreimbursed L/C Disbursements) attributable to Letters of Credit issued
by such Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the
date on which there ceases to be any L/C Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit
or processing of drawings thereunder. Unless otherwise specified above, participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third (3rd)
Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which
the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten
(10) days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c) [Reserved].
(d) The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(e) All fees payable hereunder shall be
paid on the dates due, in Dollars and in Same Day Funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the relevant Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of facility fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees
paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.12 Interest.
(a) The Loans comprising each Base Rate
Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising each Term SOFR
Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR for such Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) The Loans comprising each SOFR
Daily Floating Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the SOFR Daily Floating Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Rate.
(d) The Loans comprising each
Alternative Currency Daily Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternative Currency Daily Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Rate.
(e) The Loans comprising each
Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternative Currency Term Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the
Applicable Rate.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at
any time (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under clauses (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII or (y) if any principal of
or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise,
then such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the
rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, upon the request of the Required Lenders, 2% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in
paragraph (a) of this Section (the “Default Rate”).
(g) Accrued interest on each Loan shall
be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i)
interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of a Base Rate Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period or a
Swingline Loan), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Term SOFR Loan or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan prior
to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(h) All interest hereunder shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest (i) computed by reference to the Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), (ii) for Borrowings denominated in Sterling shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 days, and in each case, shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day) and (iii) in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in
Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, shall be computed in accordance with such market practice. The applicable Base Rate, Term SOFR Rate or other Relevant Rate shall be determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.13 [Reserved].
SECTION 2.14 Increased Costs.
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify
or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any Issuing Bank;
(ii) subject any
Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any
Lender or any Issuing Bank or any applicable interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement, any SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans, any Term SOFR Loans or any Alternative Currency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or
participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan under this Agreement
or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan (including pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in any currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other currency) or to increase the cost to such Lender or such Issuing
Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (including pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in any currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other currency) or to reduce the amount of any sum received
or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise (including pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in any currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other currency), in each
case by an amount deemed by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to be material in the context of its making of, and participation in, extensions of credit under this Agreement, then, upon the request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, the Borrower
will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank
determines in good faith that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such
Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such
Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such
Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, upon the request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an
Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to
the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days (or such later date as may be agreed by
the applicable Lender) after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any
Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 135 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may
be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided
further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 135-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(e) A Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s claim
for additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be generally consistent with such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s treatment of customers of such Lender or Issuing Bank that such Lender or Issuing Bank considers, in its reasonable
discretion, to be similarly situated as the Borrower.
SECTION 2.15 Break Funding Payments. In the event of:
(a) the payment of any principal of any Term SOFR Loan or any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10), (b) the conversion of any Term SOFR Loan or any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan other than on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term SOFR Loan or any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such
notice may be revoked under Section 2.10 and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Term SOFR Loan or any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result
of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (excluding loss of anticipated profit) attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense
to any Lender may be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Term SOFR Rate or
Alternative Currency Term Rate, as applicable, that would have been applicable to such Loan (and excluding any Applicable Rate), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the
case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such
Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the relevant currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the applicable interbank market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth in
reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due
on any such certificate within ten (10) days (or such later date as may be agreed by the applicable Lender) after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.16 Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made
without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Laws. If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws (as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent or Loan Party)
to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as required by such Laws, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by it to be required, (B) such Loan Party or the
Administrative Agent, to the extent required by such Laws, shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with such Laws, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made
on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section 2.16) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable Laws, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c) Tax Indemnifications.
(i) Each of the Loan
Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.16) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with
respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or an
Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(ii) Each Lender and
each Issuing Bank shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after written demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender or such
Issuing Bank (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Party to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent and the Loan
Party, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party, as
applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the
Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, as applicable, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, as applicable, to set off and apply any and all amounts
at any time owing to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, as applicable, under this clause (ii).
(d) Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes on amounts payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by
any Loan Party or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 2.16, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the
original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority
evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by applicable Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.
(i) Any Lender that
is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or the taxing authorities of a jurisdiction pursuant to such applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation
prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information
reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation required pursuant to Sections 2.16(e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B)
and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial
position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing,
(A) any Lender that
is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign
Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a
Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
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in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan
Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-BEN-E (or successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any
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applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S.
federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
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executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
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in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881 (c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit G-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower or any Affiliate within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code,
or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-BEN-E (or successor form); or
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to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form), a
United States Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 or Exhibit G-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a
partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a United States Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
G-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
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(C) any Foreign
Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a
Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a
reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment
made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to 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 Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Laws (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender's obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.
Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii) Each Lender
agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.16(e) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing
Bank, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or an Issuing Bank, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be. If any Recipient determines, in its sole
discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16, it shall pay
to such Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by a Loan Party under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) incurred by such Recipient, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that each Loan Party, upon the request of the
Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Recipient in the event the Recipient is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will the applicable Recipient be required to pay any amount to such Loan Party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place the
Recipient in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Recipient would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments
or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. Such Recipient shall, at the Borrower’s request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received
from the relevant Governmental Authority (provided that the Recipient may delete any information therein that Recipient deems confidential). This subsection shall
not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan
Party or any other Person.
(g) Treatment of Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank. For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “Lender” shall include any Swingline Lender and any Issuing Bank and the term “applicable Laws” includes
FATCA.
(h) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the
Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or any Issuing Bank, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
SECTION 2.17 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.
(a) The Borrower shall make each
payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of L/C Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, or otherwise) without condition or deduction for any counterclaim,
defense, recoupment or setoff prior to (i) in the case of payments by the Borrower denominated in Dollars, 2:00 p.m., New York City time and (ii) in the case of payments denominated in an Alternative Currency, 2:00 p.m., Applicable Time, in the
city of the Administrative Agent’s Office for such currency, in each case on the date when due, in Same Day Funds. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been
received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made (i) in the same currency in which the applicable Credit Event was made (or where such currency has been converted to
Dollars, in Dollars) and (ii) to the Administrative Agent at its offices for Dollar denominated Credit Events or, in the case of a Credit Event denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Administrative Agent’s Office for such currency, except
payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments denominated in the same currency received by it
for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if, after the making of any Credit Event in any
Alternative Currency, currency control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such currency with the result that the type of currency in which the Credit Event was made (the “Original Currency”) no longer exists or the Borrower is not able to make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in such Original Currency, then all payments to be made by the
Borrower hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when due in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent (as of the date of repayment) of such payment due, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Borrower take all
risks of the imposition of any such currency control or exchange regulations.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds
are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed L/C Disbursements,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably based on the Dollar
Equivalent amount thereof among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably
based on the Dollar Equivalent amount thereof among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising
any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater
proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall
purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided
that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and
(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant in accordance with Section 9.04. The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the
extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully
as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) (i) Unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the relevant Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due; and
(ii) with respect to any payment that the Administrative Agent makes for the account of the Lenders or any Issuing Bank hereunder as to which the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that
any of the following applies (such payment referred to as the “Rescindable Amount”): (1) the Borrower has not in fact made such payment; (2) the Administrative Agent has
made a payment in excess of the amount so paid by the Borrower (whether or not then owed); or (3) the Administrative Agent has for any reason otherwise erroneously made such payment; then each of the Lenders or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (d) shall be conclusive,
absent manifest error.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make
any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.17 or 9.03, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in
Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans and to make payments are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment 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, to purchase its participation or to make its payments.
SECTION 2.18 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation
under Section 2.14, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a
different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment
(i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such
Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. Any Lender claiming reimbursement of such costs and expenses shall deliver
to the Borrower a certificate setting forth such costs and expenses in reasonable detail which shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(b) If (1) any Lender requests
compensation under Section 2.14, (2) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, (3) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (4) any Lender
fails to grant a consent in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by Section 9.02 for which the consent of each Lender or each affected Lender is required but the
consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, (5) if any Lender is prohibited under applicable Law from making Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in one or more Alternative Currencies to the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, and at such time the Required Lenders are permitted under applicable Law (and have agreed) to make such Loans and Letters of Credit in such Alternative Currencies, or (6) if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the
Borrower the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance
with and subject to the restrictions contained in, but excluding the consents required by, Section 9.04), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(i) the Borrower
shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 9.04 (unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent);
(ii) such Lender
shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any
amounts under Section 2.15) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(iii) in the case of
any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(iv) in the case of
an assignment resulting from an event described in clause (4) above, (A) the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent and (B) after giving effect to such assignment (and any other assignments made in
connection therewith), each Lender shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent;
(v) in the case of
an assignment resulting from a circumstance described in clause (5) above, (A) the applicable assignee shall be permitted under Law to make Loans and Letters of Credit in all Alternative Currencies to the Borrower in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (B) after giving effect to such assignment (and any other assignments made in connection therewith), each Lender shall be permitted under applicable Law to make Loans to and Letters of Credit to
the Borrower in all Alternative Currencies;
(vi) in the case of
an assignment resulting from a circumstance described in clause (6) above, (A) the applicable assignee shall be permitted under Law and licensed to make Loans and other applicable extensions of credit to the Borrower in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement and (B) after giving effect to such assignment (and to any other assignments made in connection therewith), each Lender shall be permitted under applicable Law and licensed to make such Loans and other applicable extensions of
credit under this Agreement; and
(vii) such assignment
does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances
entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 2.19 Expansion Option.
(a) The Borrower may from time to time
after the Closing Date elect to increase the Revolving Commitments (“Increased Commitments”) in an aggregate principal amount of not less than $25,000,000. The Borrower
may arrange for any such increase to be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Revolving Commitment, an “Increasing Lender”), or
by one or more new banks, financial institutions or
other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other entity, an “Augmenting Lender”),
to increase their existing Revolving Commitments or to participate in such Revolving Commitments, as the case may be; provided that each Augmenting Lender (and, in the
case of an Increased Commitment, each Increasing Lender) shall be subject to the approval of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Without the
consent of any Lenders other than the relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment as may be necessary or appropriate, in the
reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.19. Increases of Revolving Commitments shall become effective on the date agreed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the relevant
Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Revolving Commitments shall be permitted under this paragraph unless on the proposed date of
the effectiveness of such increase in the Revolving Commitments, (i) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent, (ii) after giving effect to
such increase in the Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (determined as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter and assuming that the entire amount of such
increase had been borrowed as of such quarter end), and (iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate confirming (and, as applicable, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating) compliance with each of the
requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above, dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower. On the effective date of any increase in the Revolving Commitments, (i) each relevant Increasing Lender and Augmenting
Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in Same Day Funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and
the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Loans, and (ii) if, on the date of such increase, there are any
Revolving Loans outstanding, such Revolving Loans shall on or prior to the effectiveness of such Increased Commitments be prepaid to the extent necessary from the proceeds of additional Revolving Loans made hereunder by the Increasing Lenders and
Augmenting Lenders, so that, after giving effect to such prepayments and any borrowings on such date of all or any portion of such Increased Commitments, the principal balance of all outstanding Revolving Loans owing to each Lender is equal to such
Lender’s pro rata share (after giving effect to any nonratable Increased Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.19) of all then outstanding Revolving Loans. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the Borrowing Request, 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. The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of
the second preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Term SOFR Loan and each Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrower
pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. For the avoidance of doubt, no Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Increased Commitment.
(b) This Section 2.19 shall override
any provisions in Section 9.02 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.20 Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the
“specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be
that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which
final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified
currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender, such
Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less
than the sum originally due to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any
Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 2.17, such Lender
or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to the Borrower.
SECTION 2.21 Extended Revolving Commitments.
(a) Request for Extended Revolving Commitments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, upon written request to and the consent of the Administrative Agent (each, a
“Revolving Extension Request”), request that an aggregate principal amount of not less than $300,000,000 of the then existing Commitments of any Class (each, an “Existing Revolver Tranche”) be amended to, among other things, extend the applicable Revolving Credit Maturity Date with respect thereto (the “Existing Maturity Date”) to a date that is no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date of any other Commitment hereunder (any such Revolving Commitments so amended, “Extended Revolving Commitments”); provided that (i) after giving effect to any Extended Revolving Commitment under this Section 2.21, there shall be no more than three (3) Classes of Commitments
outstanding at any time and (ii) any such Extended Revolving Commitments shall be offered on the same terms (including as to the proposed interest rates and fees) to each Revolving Lender under the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche on a
ratable basis. Promptly after receipt of any Revolving Extension Request, the Administrative Agent shall provide a copy of such request to each of the Revolving Lenders under the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche to be amended, which request
shall set forth the proposed terms (which shall be determined in consultation with the Administrative Agent) of the Extended Revolving Commitments to be established. Each Revolving Extension Request shall specify (A) the applicable Class of
Commitments and Loans hereunder to be extended, (B) the date to which the applicable maturity date is sought to be extended, (C) the changes, if any, to the Applicable Rate to be applied in determining the interest payable on the Loans of, and
fees payable hereunder to, Extending Revolving Lenders (as defined below) in respect of that portion of their Commitments and Loans extended to such new maturity date and the time as of which such
changes will become effective (which may be prior to the Existing Maturity Date) and (D) any other amendments or modifications to this Agreement applicable to such
Extended Revolving Commitments, provided that no such changes or modifications pursuant to
this clause (D) shall become effective prior to the then Latest Maturity Date. At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each applicable Revolving
Lender is requested to respond to such request (which shall in no event be less than fifteen (15) calendar days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) from the date of delivery of such notice to such Revolving
Lenders) and shall agree to such procedures, if any, as may be established by, or reasonably acceptable to, the Administrative Agent to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.21.
(b) Election to Extend. Any Revolving Lender wishing to have all or a portion of its Revolving Commitments under the Existing Revolver Tranche amended into Extended Revolving Commitments (each, an “Extending Revolving Lender”) specified in the Revolving Extension Request shall notify the Administrative Agent on or prior to the response date specified in such Revolving
Extension Request of the amount of its Revolving Commitments it has elected to be amended (subject to any minimum denomination requirements imposed by the Administrative Agent not to exceed $50,000,000). No Revolving Lender shall have any
obligation to agree to provide any Extended Revolving Commitment pursuant to any Revolving Extension Request. Any Revolving Lender not responding on or prior to such response date shall be deemed to have declined such Revolving Extension
Request. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Revolving Lender under the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche of responses to such Revolving Extension Request. In the event that the aggregate principal amount of existing
Revolving Commitments that the Extending Revolving Lenders have elected to amend pursuant to the relevant Revolving Extension Request exceeds the amount of Extended Revolving Commitments requested by the Borrower, the principal amount of Extended
Revolving Commitments requested by the Borrower shall be allocated to each Extending Revolving Lender in such manner and in such amounts as may be agreed by Administrative Agent and the Borrower, in their sole discretion.
(c) Revolving Extension Amendment. Extended Revolving Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment (each, a “Revolving
Extension Amendment”) to this Agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Extending Revolving Lender, if any, providing an Extended Revolving Commitment thereunder, which shall be consistent with the provisions
set forth in Sections 2.21(a), (b) and (d) (but which shall not require the consent of any other Lender). The effectiveness of any Revolving Extension Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions
set forth in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) (with all references in such Sections to a Borrowing being deemed to be references to such Revolving Extension Request) and receipt of a certificate to that effect and, any other condition as may be agreed
among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender as to the effectiveness of each Revolving Extension Amendment and the matters specified
therein. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to a Revolving Extension Amendment, without the consent of any other Lender, to the extent (but only to the extent)
necessary to (i) reflect the existence and terms of the Extended Revolving Commitments incurred pursuant thereto, and (ii) 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 2.21, in each case, in a manner consistent
with the terms of this Section 2.21 and the Required Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such Revolving Extension Amendment.
(d) Terms of Extended Revolving Commitments. Except as expressly provided herein, all Extended Revolving Commitments effected pursuant to any Revolving Extension Request and Revolving Extension
Amendment shall be subject to the same terms (including borrowing terms, interest terms and payment terms), and shall be subject to the same conditions as the then existing Revolving Commitments (it being understood that customary arrangement or
commitment fees payable to one or more Arrangers (or their Affiliates) or one or more Extending Revolving Lenders, as the case may be, may be different than those paid with respect to the existing Revolving Lenders under the then existing
Revolving Commitments on or prior to the Closing Date or with respect to any other Extending Revolving Lenders in connection with any other Extended Revolving Commitments effected pursuant to this Section 2.21); provided, however, that at the
election of the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent), the Borrower may offer to effect Extended Revolving Commitments with (i) interest and fees at different rates applicable solely with respect to such Extended Revolving
Commitments (and related outstandings), which may take effect as of the date of the Revolving Extension Amendment, and (ii) such other covenants and terms, which in the case of this clause (ii), apply to any period after the Latest Maturity Date
that is in effect on the effective date of the Revolving Extension Amendment related thereto (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Revolving Commitments). After giving effect to any Extended Revolving Commitment, all
borrowings under the Revolving Commitments (including any such Extended Revolving Commitments) and repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis (except for (x) any payments of interest and fees at different rates on any Revolving
Extension Series (and related Loans thereunder) and (y) repayments required upon the applicable Revolving Credit Maturity Date of other Revolving Commitments). If a Revolving Extension Amendment has become effective hereunder, not later than the
fifth Business Day prior to the Existing Maturity Date the Borrower shall make prepayments of Revolving Loans and shall Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit, such that, after giving effect to such prepayments and such provision of cash
collateral, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure as of such date will not exceed the aggregate Extended Revolving Commitments of the Extending Revolving Lenders extended pursuant to this Section 2.21 (and the Borrower shall not be permitted
thereafter to request any Revolving Loan or any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the aggregate amount of the Extended Revolving
Commitments then in effect).
(e) Revolving Extension Series. Any Extended Revolving Commitments effected pursuant to a Revolving Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, a “Revolving Extension Series”) of Extended Revolving Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Extended Revolving Commitments effected from an Existing Revolver Tranche may, to the extent
provided in the applicable Revolving Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Revolving Extension Series with respect to such Existing Revolver Tranche.
SECTION 2.22 Defaulting Lender.
(a) Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a
Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at
maturity, pursuant to Article VII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.08 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 such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ L/C Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.05(g); fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement,
as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and
released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ future L/C Exposure with respect to such Defaulting
Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.05(g); sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing
to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting
Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to
the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided
that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit
were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02, as applicable, were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Disbursements 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 Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans are held by
the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to Section 2.22(a)(ii). 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 2.22(a)(i) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(ii) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting
Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any
non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Subject to Section 9.20, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising
from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
(iii) Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans. If the reallocation described in Section 2.22(a)(ii) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or
remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x) first, prepay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lenders’ Swingline Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ L/C Exposure in accordance with the procedures
set forth in Section 2.05(g).
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank agree in writing that a Lender is no longer 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 at par 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 Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of
Credit and Swingline Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments (without giving effect to Section 2.22(a)(ii)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; 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.
(c) New Swingline Loans/Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no Issuing Bank shall be required to
issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that, after giving effect to such Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit and the reallocation of all Defaulting Lenders’ participation therein pursuant to Section 2.22(a)(ii), the
aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all non-Defaulting Lenders does not exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all non-Defaulting Lenders.
SECTION 2.23 [Reserved].
SECTION 2.24 Illegality. If any Lender 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 or charge interest with respect to any Credit Event, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon a Relevant Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon a Relevant Rate purchase or sell, or to take
deposits of, Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower (through the Administrative Agent), (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or maintain Alternative
Currency Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans, Alternative Currency Loans or to convert
Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans or SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such 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 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 Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (A) the Borrower shall,
promptly, following written demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay all Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or
Alternative Currency Loans, as applicable in the affected currency or currencies or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans, SOFR Daily Floating Rate Loans or Alternative Currency 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 Term SOFR component of the Base Rate), in each case, immediately, or, in the case of Alternative
Currency Term Rate Loans, on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain
such Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans and (B) if such notice asserts the illegality of such 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 Lender that it is no longer illegal for such 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 by Section
2.15. Each Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially
disadvantageous to such Lender.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks as of the Closing Date and (except as to
representations and warranties made as of a date certain) as of the date such representations and warranties are deemed to be made under Section 4.02 of this Agreement, that:
SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries. The Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the
relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, have all requisite power and authority to carry on their respective business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, are qualified to do business in, and are in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable) in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests on the Closing Date, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, of each Material Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable (if
applicable) and all such shares and other equity interests are owned, beneficially and of record, by the Borrower or such other Subsidiary on the Closing Date free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02; provided
that any untruth, misstatement or inaccuracy of the foregoing representation in this sentence shall only be deemed a breach of such representation to the extent such untruth, misstatement or inaccuracy is material to the interests of the
Lenders. As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to issue, and no options, warrants or other rights of any Person other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary to acquire,
any shares of any
class of capital stock or other equity interests of any Material Subsidiary, except as disclosed on Schedule
3.01.
SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate, limited liability company or partnership powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder action. The Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party party thereto and constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party
thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Debtor Relief Laws and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except
for (A) the approvals, consents, registrations, actions and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and (B) those approvals, consents, registrations or other actions or filings, the failure of
which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate (i) any applicable law or regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (ii) the charter, by-laws or other organizational
documents of any Loan Party, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any
Loan Party, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any material asset of any Loan Party (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents and Liens permitted by Section 6.02); except with respect to any violation or default
referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c) above, to the extent that such violation or default would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.04 Financial Statements; Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a) The Borrower has heretofore
furnished to the Lenders the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet and statements of earnings, stockholders equity and cash flows, (x) for each of the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 reported on
by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, and (y) as of, and for the fiscal quarter ended, June 30, 2024, certified by its chief financial officer which financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.04(b), since December 31, 2023, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.05 Properties.
(a) Each Loan Party has good and
marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its material real and personal property material to its business, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted
or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title or interest would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries
own, or are licensed or possess the right to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to the operation of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a) There are no actions, suits or
proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an
adverse determination that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters). There are no labor controversies pending against or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters
and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any
applicable Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any pending or known Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of
any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.07, each of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all agreements and other instruments (excluding agreements governing Indebtedness) binding upon it or its
property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.08 Investment Company Status. Neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party is required to register as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION 3.09 Taxes. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes
(including any Taxes in the capacity of a withholding agent) required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has
set aside on its books reserves to the extent required by GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10 Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.
SECTION 3.11 [Reserved].
SECTION 3.12 Disclosure.
None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (excluding any financial projections or pro forma financial information and information of a general economic or general industry nature) furnished by or on behalf
of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), when taken as a whole and when taken together
with the Borrower’s SEC filings at such time, contains as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed
by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial
information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.
SECTION 3.13 Federal Reserve Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan have been used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the
Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
SECTION 3.14 PATRIOT Act. Each of the Loan Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with the Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used,
directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity,
in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
SECTION 3.15 OFAC.
(a) Neither the Borrower, nor any
Subsidiary, is (i) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by OFAC (an “OFAC Listed Person”) or a Person
sanctioned by the United States of America pursuant to any of the regulations administered or enforced by OFAC (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or a Person whose name appears on any economic sanctions list administered by the
European Union or His Majesty’s Treasury (an “EU/UK Listed Person”) or a Person that is the target of European Union or United Kingdom economic sanctions; or (ii) a
department, agency or instrumentality of, or is otherwise controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, (x) any OFAC Listed Person or any EU/UK Listed Person, or (y) the government of a country the subject of comprehensive U.S.
economic sanctions administered by OFAC (collectively, “OFAC Countries”).
(b) The Borrower represents and
covenants that no Loan, nor the proceeds from any Loan, has been or will be used, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, to lend, contribute, provide or has otherwise been made or will otherwise be made available for the
purpose of funding any activity or business in any OFAC Countries or for the
purpose of funding any prohibited activity or business of any Person located, organized or residing in any OFAC Country or who is an OFAC Listed Person or an EU/UK
Listed Person, absent valid and effective license and permits issued by the government of the United States or otherwise in accordance with applicable Laws, or in any other manner that will result in any material violation by any Lender, any
Arranger or the Administrative Agent of the sanctions administered or enforced by OFAC (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended).
SECTION 3.16 Beneficial Ownership Certification. The information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects, as of the Closing Date and each
other date on which such Beneficial Ownership Certification is delivered.
SECTION 3.17 Representations as to Foreign Obligors. Each Foreign Obligor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:
(a) Such Foreign Obligor is subject to
civil and commercial Laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party (collectively as to such Foreign Obligor, the “Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents”), and the execution, delivery
and performance by such Foreign Obligor of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts. Neither such Foreign Obligor nor any of its property (other than,
in case of a Foreign Obligor organized under the laws of the Netherlands, assets located in the Netherlands that are destined for public service and books and records) has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process
(whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing in respect of its obligations
under the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents.
(b) The Applicable Foreign Obligor
Documents are in proper legal form under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Foreign Obligor under the Laws of such jurisdiction, and to ensure the
legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents. It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable
Foreign Obligor Documents that the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other authority in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and
existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents or any other document, except for (i) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has
been made or is not required to be made until the Applicable Foreign Obligor Document or any other document is sought to be enforced and (ii) any charge or tax as has been timely paid.
(c) The execution, delivery and
performance of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents executed by such Foreign Obligor are, under applicable foreign exchange control regulations of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing, not subject to any
notification or authorization except (i) such as have been made or obtained or (ii) such as cannot be made or obtained until a later date (provided that any notification or authorization described in clause (ii) shall be made or obtained as soon
as is reasonably practicable).
ARTICLE IV
Conditions Precedent
SECTION 4.01 Initial Credit Events. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit on the Closing Date are subject to each of the following conditions
being satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date:
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its
counsel) shall have received from (i) each party hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of such party or (B) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may
include telecopy or electronic mail transmission in accordance with Section 9.01) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement;
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have
received the executed legal opinions of (i) Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower and the Loan Parties, (ii) Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, special Pennsylvania counsel to the Borrower and the Loan
Parties, and (iii) NautaDutilh N.V., special Dutch counsel to the Borrower and the Loan Parties, in each case in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions;
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have
received such customary closing documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant
jurisdiction) of the Borrower and the Loan Parties, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower and the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel;
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have
received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that prior to or substantially concurrently with the making of the initial Credit Events hereunder, all Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement and all other amounts payable thereunder have
been paid in full and all commitments to extend credit thereunder shall have terminated;
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have
received a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions in or substantially in the form attached as Exhibit H hereto, from a Financial Officer of the Borrower;
(f) (i) Upon the reasonable request of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender made at least ten days prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have provided to the Administrative Agent or such Lender the documentation and other information so requested in connection with
applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including the Act, in each case at least five days prior to the Closing Date and (ii) at least five days prior to the Closing Date, if the Borrower qualifies as a
“legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower;
(g) All costs, fees, expenses
(including legal fees and expenses) to the extent invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date and the fees contemplated by the
Fee Letters payable to the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall have been paid on or prior to the Closing Date, in each case, to the extent
required by the Fee Letters or the Loan Documents to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date;
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have
received Notes executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting Notes at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date; and
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have
received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Section 4.02(a) and Section 4.02(b) have been satisfied and (B) that, except as set forth on Schedule 3.04(b), there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the audited financial statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the sub-clause (e)(v) of clause (c) of Article VIII, for purposes of determining compliance
with the conditions specified in this 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 4.02 Subsequent Credit Events. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (but not a conversion or continuation of Loans), and of the Issuing Banks to issue,
amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, in each case, following the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties
of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in
all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except (i) where any representation and warranty is expressly made as of a specific earlier
date, such representation and warranty shall be true in all material respects as of any such earlier date and (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.04(b) and Section 3.06 shall only be required to be made on the Closing
Date and shall not be required to be made for any Credit Event following the Closing Date (but shall be required to be made on the date any Increased Commitments are established);
(b) At the time of and immediately
after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have
received a Borrowing Request, duly completed and executed by the Borrower.
Except to the extent required above, each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a
representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 4.02.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been
paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated or been Cash Collateralized on terms satisfactory to the Issuing Banks and all L/C Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:
SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly furnish a copy to each Lender):
(a) as soon as available, but in any
event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as
of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by an independent public accountant of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like
qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of
operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
(b) as soon as available, but in any
event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and related statements of
operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the
balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of
financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E executed by a Financial Officer (x) certifying as to whether,
to the knowledge of such Financial Officer after reasonable inquiry, a Default has occurred and is continuing and, if so, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto; and (y) setting forth
reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.07;
(d) [reserved];
(e) promptly after the same become
publicly available, copies of all annual, quarterly and current reports and proxy statements filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC; and
(f) promptly following any request
therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request.
Financial statements and other information required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b) and 5.01(e) shall be deemed to have been delivered if such
statements and information shall have been posted by the Borrower on its website or shall have been posted on IntraLinks or similar site to which all of the Lenders have been granted access or are publicly available on the SEC’s website pursuant to
the EDGAR system.
The Borrower acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders
and the Issuing Banks materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting such information on
DebtDomain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar, or similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public side” Lenders (i.e.,
Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The
Borrower agrees to identify that portion of the information to be provided to Public Lenders hereunder as “PUBLIC” and that such information will not contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (or any of
their securities).
SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for prompt notification to each Lender) prompt (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) written
notice after any Financial Officer obtains knowledge of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any continuing
Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of any
action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event
that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) any change in the information
provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in parts (c) or (d) of such certification.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the
details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force
and effect (i) its legal existence, and (ii) the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business, except, in the case of the preceding clause (ii), to the extent that the failure to do so would not
reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any
transaction that is not otherwise prohibited under Section 6.03.
SECTION 5.04 Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations (other than Indebtedness), including Tax liabilities, before the same shall become
delinquent or in default, except where (a) (i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (ii) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books reserves with respect thereto to the
extent required by GAAP or (b) the failure to make payment would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all Property material to the conduct of its business in
good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted, except if the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) maintain, with financially sound
and reputable insurance companies or through self-insurance, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.
SECTION 5.06 Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or, during the continuance of an Event of
Default, any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its senior officers and use commercially
reasonable efforts to make its independent accountants available to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of the Borrower, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested and in all cases subject to applicable Law and the
terms of applicable confidentiality agreements and to the extent the Borrower reasonably determines that such inspection, examination or discussion will not violate or result in the waiver of any attorney-client privilege; provided that (i) the Lenders will conduct such requests for visits and inspections through the Administrative Agent and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, such visits and inspections can occur no more frequently than once per year. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent
accountants.
SECTION 5.07 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its
property (including Environmental Laws), except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of Loans and other Credit Events will be used for general lawful corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. No part of the
proceeds of any Loan or other Credit Event will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
SECTION 5.09 Guarantees. (i) In the event that any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than an Excluded Finco or a Receivables Entity) incurs or guarantees (x) any Indebtedness of the Borrower, owed to a
Person other than any Subsidiary, in excess of an
aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 for all such Indebtedness of such Subsidiary with respect to the Borrower (such Indebtedness of such Subsidiary with respect
to the Borrower, “Triggering Indebtedness”) or (y) Mylan Notes in excess of an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, and (ii) if Finco ceases to be an Excluded
Finco and would otherwise satisfy clause (i) above, then, in each case, the Borrower shall cause each such Subsidiary to Guarantee the Obligations in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and
shall cause each such Subsidiary to deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) a joinder to this Agreement in or substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F (each such joinder, a “Guarantor
Joinder Agreement”) duly executed and delivered by such Subsidiary, (B) all documents and other information reasonably requested by the Lenders in order to allow the Lenders to comply with the Act and the Beneficial Ownership
Regulation, (C) customary legal opinions substantially similar to those delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(b) (with such changes as may be appropriate to reflect local law concerns), (D) customary closing documents substantially similar to those
delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(c) and (E) other documentation required under applicable Laws (it being understood that any such guarantee of Indebtedness by such Subsidiary shall be subject to the provisions of Section 6.01 of this Agreement).
In the event that (1) the Administrative Agent receives evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that any Guarantor has been or will concurrently be released from, or otherwise not be an issuer or guarantor in respect of, (i) Triggering Indebtedness
of such Guarantor and (ii) Mylan Notes in excess of an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, or (2) Finco becomes an Excluded Finco, then, in each case, at the request of the Borrower, such Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantee
Agreement (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such release shall not require the approval of the Lenders) so long as at the time of and after giving effect to such release and all such concurrent releases, all of such Guarantor’s then outstanding
Indebtedness would then be permitted to be incurred at such time under Section 6.01 (treating, for this purpose, all Indebtedness of such Guarantor as being incurred at the time of such release).
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in
full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated or been Cash Collateralized on terms satisfactory to the Issuing Banks and all L/C Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:
SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness. The Borrower will not permit any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness created under the Loan
Documents;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the
Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 or that could be incurred on the Closing Date pursuant to commitments set forth in Schedule 6.01 or as contemplated in Schedule 6.01 and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness
permitted by this clause (b);
(c) (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary
that is not a Loan Party owing to (x) a Loan Party or (y) any other Subsidiary; and (ii) Guarantees of Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary by any other Subsidiary, to the extent such Indebtedness is otherwise permitted under this
Agreement;
(d) (i) Indebtedness incurred to
finance the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien
on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof; provided that (A) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within two hundred seventy (270) days after such
acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair, replacement or improvement and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (d) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $375,000,000 and (y) 1.05% of
Consolidated Total Assets, determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Indebtedness is incurred for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) any
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by clause (i) of this clause (d);
(e) Indebtedness in respect of letters
of credit (including trade letters of credit), bank guarantees or similar instruments issued or incurred in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of card obligations or any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury,
depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers, 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;
(f) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
Permitted Receivables Facilities; provided that the Attributable Receivables Indebtedness thereunder shall not exceed at any time outstanding (x) $750,000,000, in the
case of all Domestic Subsidiaries and (y) $750,000,000, in the case of all other Subsidiaries;
(g) Indebtedness under Swap Agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(h) Indebtedness in respect of bid,
performance, surety, stay, customs, appeal or replevin bonds or performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations issued or incurred in the ordinary course of business, including guarantees or obligations of any Subsidiary with
respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments supporting such obligation, in each case, not in connection with Indebtedness for money borrowed;
(i) Indebtedness in respect of
judgments, decrees, attachments or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;
(j) Indebtedness consisting of bona
fide purchase price adjustments, earn-outs, indemnification obligations, obligations under deferred compensation or similar arrangements and similar items incurred in connection with acquisitions and asset sales not prohibited by Section 6.05 or
6.03;
(k) Indebtedness in respect of letters
of credit denominated in currencies other than Dollars in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed the greater of the foreign currency equivalent of (x) $325,000,000 and (y) 0.85% of Consolidated Total Assets, determined as of the last day
of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Indebtedness is incurred for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b);
(l) Indebtedness in respect of card
obligations, netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts;
(m) Indebtedness consisting of (x) the
financing of insurance premiums with the providers of such insurance or their affiliates or (y) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Foreign Jurisdiction Deposits;
(o) (i) so long as the Borrower is in
compliance with Section 6.07 on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently completed Test Period (for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)), other Indebtedness in an aggregate amount,
when aggregated with the amount of Indebtedness of the Loan Parties secured by Liens pursuant to Section 6.02(r), not to exceed the greater of (x) $2,750,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, determined as of the last day of
the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Indebtedness is incurred for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) and (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted
by clause (i) of this clause (o);
(p) (i) Indebtedness of a Person
existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and not created in contemplation thereof; provided that, after giving effect to the acquisition of such Person, on
a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower would be in compliance with Section 6.07 as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year or fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) and (ii) any
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (p);
(q) Indebtedness supported by a Letter
of Credit, in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such Letter of Credit;
(r) Indebtedness in respect of
Investments permitted by Section 6.05(q);
(s) all premiums (if any), interest
(including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (r) above; and
(t) Indebtedness of the Excluded Finco.
SECTION 6.02 Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) any Lien on any Property of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02 and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other Property of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary other than (A) improvements and after-acquired Property that is
affixed or incorporated into the Property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01, and (B) proceeds and products thereof, and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the Closing
Date and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(c) any Lien existing on any Property
prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any Property of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any
other Property of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary (other than the proceeds or products of the Property covered by such Lien and other than improvements and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the Property covered by
such Lien) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(d) (i) Liens on fixed or capital
assets acquired, constructed, repaired, replaced or improved by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness incurred
to fund the acquisition of such assets in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $400,000,000 and 1.05% of Consolidated Total Assets (determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such
Indebtedness is incurred for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing)), (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured
thereby are incurred prior to or within two hundred seventy (270) days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair or replacement or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of
acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for accessions to such fixed or capital assets covered by such
Lien, Property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds and products thereof; provided further that individual financings of fixed or capital assets
provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of fixed or capital assets provided by such lender;
(e) rights of setoff and similar
arrangements and Liens in favor of depository and securities intermediaries to secure obligations owed in respect of card obligations or any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any
automated clearing house transfers of funds and fees and similar amounts related to bank accounts or securities accounts (including Liens securing letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments supporting any of the foregoing);
(f) Liens on Receivables and Permitted
Receivables Facility Assets securing Indebtedness arising under Permitted Receivables Facilities; provided that a Lien shall be permitted to be incurred pursuant to
this clause (f) only if at the time such Lien is incurred the aggregate principal amount of the obligations secured at such time (including such Lien) by Liens outstanding pursuant to this clause (f) would not exceed (x) $750,000,000, in the case
of all Domestic Subsidiaries and (y) $750,000,000, in the case of all other Subsidiaries;
(g) Liens (i) on “earnest money” or
similar deposits or other cash advances in connection with acquisitions permitted by Section 6.05 or (ii) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any Property in a disposition permitted under this Agreement including customary rights and
restrictions contained in such agreements;
(h) Liens on cash, cash equivalents or
other assets securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(g);
(i) leases, licenses, subleases or
sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;
(j) 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;
(k) Liens (i) of a collection bank
arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection and (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, including Liens
encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits;
(l) Liens arising out of conditional
sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(m) Liens deemed to exist in connection
with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 6.05;
(n) rights of setoff relating to
purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(o) ground leases in respect of real
property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located and other Liens affecting the interest of any landlord (and any underlying landlord) of any real property leased by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary;
(p) Liens on equipment owned by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary and located on the premises of any supplier and used in the ordinary course of business and not securing Indebtedness;
(q) any restriction or encumbrance with
respect to the pledge or transfer of the Equity Interests of a joint venture;
(r) Liens not otherwise permitted by
this Section 6.02, provided that a Lien shall be permitted to be incurred pursuant to this clause (r) only if at the time such Lien is incurred the aggregate principal
amount of Indebtedness secured at such time (including such Lien) by Liens outstanding pursuant to this clause (r) (when taken together, without duplication, with the amount of obligations outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(o)) would not exceed
the greater of (x) $2,750,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter prior to the date such Indebtedness is incurred for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing);
(s) Liens on any Property of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;
(t) Liens on specific items of
inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other
goods;
(u) Liens arising from Uniform
Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(v) Liens, pledges or deposits made in
the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(w) Liens securing insurance premiums
financing arrangements; provided that such Liens are limited to the applicable unpaid insurance premiums under the insurance policy related to such insurance premium
financing arrangement;
(x) Liens on Cash Equivalents deposited
as Cash Collateral on Letters of Credit as contemplated by this Agreement;
(y) Liens on any Property of any
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiary that is otherwise permitted under Section 6.01; and
(z) Liens on equity interests of any
Person formed for the purposes of engaging in activities in the renewable energy sector (including refined coal) that qualify for federal tax benefits allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has made
an investment and Liens on the rights of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any agreement relating to any such investment.
SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not merge into or consolidate with or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or
consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower may be consolidated with or merged into any
Person; provided that any Investment in connection therewith is otherwise permitted by Section 6.05; and provided further that, simultaneously with such transaction, (x) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged shall expressly assume all obligations
of the Borrower under the Loan Documents, (y) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged shall be a corporation organized under the laws of a State in the United States, and shall take all actions as may be
required to preserve the enforceability of the Loan Documents and (z) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such merger or consolidation and such
supplement to this Agreement comply with this Agreement.
SECTION 6.04 Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except
(a) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its Qualified Equity Interests or options to purchase Qualified Equity Interests;
(b) Subsidiaries may declare and make Restricted Payments ratably with respect to their Equity Interests; (c) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans
for present or former officers, directors, consultants or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 in any fiscal year (with any unused amount of such base amount available for use in the next
succeeding fiscal year); (d) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (e) repurchases of Equity Interests in any Loan Party or any Subsidiary 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; (f) the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of
fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exercisable for Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower; (g) payments made to exercise, settle or terminate any Permitted Warrant
Transaction (A) by delivery of the Borrower’s common stock, (B) by set-off against the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, or (C) with cash payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of any payments received by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the exercise, settlement or termination of any related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction; (h) payments made in connection with any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction; and (i) the Borrower or any
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments pursuant to the arrangements set forth in Schedule 6.04.
SECTION 6.05 Investments. The Borrower will not, and will not allow any of its Subsidiaries to make or hold any Investments, except:
(a) Investments by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) loans or advances to officers,
directors, consultants and employees of the Borrower and the 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 the Borrower, provided that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity, and (iii) for
purposes not described in the foregoing subclauses (i) and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000;
(c) Investments by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(d) (i) 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 (ii) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in
satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business or 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;
(e) (i) Investments existing or
contemplated on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.05(e) and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof and (ii) Investments
existing on the Closing Date by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Borrower or any other Subsidiary and any modification, renewal or extension thereof; provided that
the amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such Investment or as otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05;
(f) Investments in Swap Agreements in
the ordinary course of business;
(g) Investments in the ordinary course
of business in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and worker’s compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to third parties;
(h) Investments in the ordinary course
of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit;
(i) Investments in the ordinary course
of business consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to development, marketing or manufacturing agreements or arrangements or similar agreements or arrangements with other Persons;
(j) any Investment; provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Investment is made;
(k) advances of payroll payments, fees
or other compensation to officers, directors, consultants or employees, in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Investments to the extent that
payment for such Investments is made solely with Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(m) lease, utility and other similar
deposits in the ordinary course of business;
(n) [reserved;]
(o) customary Investments in connection
with Permitted Receivables Facilities;
(p) Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions
which constitute Investments;
(q) Investments in limited liability
companies formed for the purposes of engaging in activities in the renewable energy sector (including refined coal) that qualify for Federal tax benefits allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including capital contributions and purchase
price payments in respect thereof, so long as the Borrower determines in good faith that the amount of such tax benefits is expected to exceed the amount of such Investments; provided
that, in the event that all Investments made in reliance on this clause (q) exceeds $125,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower, the Borrower shall promptly provide the Administrative Agent with a certificate signed by a Financial Officer
setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such Investments made (or to be made) in such fiscal year and the expected tax benefits from such Investments; and
(r) Investments resulting from the
receipt of promissory notes and other non-cash consideration in connection with any disposition not prohibited under this Agreement or Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.04, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at
the time of such agreement relating to such disposition or Restricted Payment.
SECTION 6.06 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any Property to, or purchase, lease or otherwise
acquire any Property from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) at prices and on terms and conditions substantially as
favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) as would reasonably be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated
third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and any entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction not involving any other Affiliate, (c) the payment of customary compensation and benefits
and reimbursements of out-of-pocket costs to, and the provision of indemnity on behalf of, directors, officers, consultants, employees and members of the Boards of Directors of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, (d) loans and advances to officers,
directors, consultants and employees in the ordinary course of business, (e) Restricted Payments and other payments permitted under Section 6.04, (f) employment, incentive, benefit, consulting and severance arrangements entered into (i) in the
ordinary course of business or (ii) set forth in Schedule 6.06, in each case, with officers, directors, consultants and employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (g)
the transactions pursuant to the agreements set forth in Schedule 6.06 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment, taken as a whole, is not adverse to the
Lenders in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (h) the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transactions, (i) the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower and the granting of registration or
other customary rights in connection therewith, (j) the existence of, and the performance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of, any limited liability company agreement, limited partnership or other organizational
document or securityholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party on the Closing Date and which is set forth on Schedule 6.06, and similar agreements that it may enter into thereafter, provided that the existence of, or the performance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of obligations under, any amendment to any such existing
agreement or any such similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date shall only be permitted by this Section 6.06(j) to the extent not more adverse to the interest of the Lenders in any material respect when taken as a whole (in the good
faith determination of the Borrower) than any of such documents and agreements as in effect on the Closing Date, (k) consulting services to joint ventures in the ordinary course of business and any other transactions between or among the Borrower,
its Subsidiaries and joint ventures in the ordinary course of business, (l) transactions with landlords, customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods and services, in each case in the ordinary course of
business and not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement, (m) transactions effected as a part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction, (n) the provision of services to directors or officers of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the nature
provided by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to customers in the ordinary course of business and (o) transactions approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Borrower in accordance with the Borrower’s policy regarding
related party transactions in effect from time to time.
SECTION 6.07 Financial Covenant. The Borrower will not permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date to exceed 3.75 to 1.00; provided that in lieu of the ratio set forth in the preceding sentence, for any such date occurring after a Qualified Acquisition, on or prior to the last day of the third
full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the consummation of such Qualified Acquisition, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of such date to exceed 4.25 to 1.00.
SECTION 6.08 Lines of Business. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business substantially different from the businesses of the
type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto and reasonable extensions thereof.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
If any of the following events (each an “Event of Default”) shall occur
and be continuing at any time on and from the Closing Date:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any
principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any L/C Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any
interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a
period of five (5) Business Days;
(c) any representation or warranty made
or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement
or other document required to be delivered in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed
made;
(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe
or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.03(i) (as to the Borrower’s existence), or Article VI;
(e) any Loan Party, as applicable,
shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a
period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(f) (i) any Loan Party or any Material
Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness (other than any Swap Agreement), when and as the same shall become due and payable, or if a grace period
shall be applicable to such payment under the agreement or instrument under which such Indebtedness was created, beyond such applicable grace period; or (ii) the occurrence under any Swap Agreement of an “early termination date” (or equivalent
event) of such Swap Agreement resulting from any event of default or “termination event” under such Swap Agreement as to which any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary is the “defaulting party” or “affected party” (or equivalent term) and, in
either event, the termination value with respect to any such Swap Agreement owed by any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $250,000,000 and any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary fails to pay such
termination value when due after applicable grace periods;
(g) the Borrower or any Subsidiary
shall default in the performance of any obligation in respect of any Material Indebtedness or any “change of control” (or equivalent term) shall occur with respect to any Material Indebtedness, in each case, that results in such Material
Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits
(with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, but after giving effect to any applicable grace period) the holder or holders of such Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity (other than solely in
Qualified Equity Interests); provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of
the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or as a result of a casualty event affecting such property or assets; or (ii) any “change of control” put arising as a result of any acquisition of any Acquired Entity or Business or any of its
subsidiaries so long as any such Indebtedness that is put in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness is paid as required by the terms of such Indebtedness;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be
commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, bankruptcy, dissolution or other relief in respect of any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its
assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator, administrator (bewindvoerder), trustee in bankruptcy (curator) or similar official
for any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any
of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) any Loan Party or any Material
Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, bankruptcy, dissolution or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator, administrator (bewindvoerder), trustee in bankruptcy (curator)
or similar official for any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment
for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any corporate action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) any Loan Party or any Material
Subsidiary shall become generally unable, admit in writing its inability generally or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one or more final, non-appealable
judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $250,000,000 (to the extent due and payable and not covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has not denied coverage) shall be rendered against any Loan
Party, any Material Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain unpaid or undischarged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall not be paid, bonded or effectively stayed;
(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred
that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) a Change in Control shall occur; or
(n) at any time any material provision
of any Guarantee Agreement, 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 6.03) or as a result of acts or
omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations or pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.09, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in writing the validity or
enforceability of any provision of any Guarantee Agreement; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any further liability or obligations under any Guarantee Agreement (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and
termination of the Commitments or pursuant to the proviso set forth in Section 5.09), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Guarantee Agreement, in each case with respect to a material provision of any such Guarantee Agreement,
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h), (i) or (j) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during
the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments,
and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be
due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall
become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h), (i) or (j) of this
Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall
automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
(a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing
Banks hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers
as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article VIII and Article XI are solely for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and the Loan Parties shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in
any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such
term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
(b) The Person serving as the
Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders”
shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its
individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any banking, trust, financial, advisory,
underwriting or other kind of business with the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or to provide notice or
consent of the Lenders with respect thereto.
(c) The Administrative Agent or the
Arrangers, as applicable, shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its or their duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Administrative Agent or the Arrangers, as applicable, and its Related Parties (a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) shall not 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 in writing
as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or by 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;
(c) shall not have any duty or responsibility to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, to any Lender or any Issuing Bank, 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 Affiliates, that is communicated to, obtained or in the possession of, the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any of their Related Parties in any capacity,
except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein; (d) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement or
any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (i) 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 herein) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable
judgment, and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice describing such Default thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Bank; and (e)
shall not be responsible for or have any duty or obligation to any Lender, any Issuing Bank, any Participant or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements
or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or
document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article
IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or
other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to
have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit,
that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have
received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Loan Parties),
independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
(e) The Administrative Agent may
perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may
perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article VIII shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the
Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent
shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or
willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
(f) (i) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required
Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower and (unless an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII shall have occurred and be continuing) with the consent of the Borrower (which consent of the
Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have
been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
(ii) If the Person
serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent
permitted by applicable Law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent, and the Borrower in
consultation with the Lenders shall, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case the Required Lenders in consultation with the Borrower shall, appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the
United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States; provided that, without the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld), the Required Lenders shall not be permitted to select a successor that is not
a U.S. financial institution described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(ii) or a U.S. branch of a foreign bank described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv)(A). If no such successor shall have been so appointed and shall
have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall
nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(iii) With effect
from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) except for
any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each
Lender and each Issuing Bank directly, until such time, if any, of the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or removed) Administrative Agent (other than as provided in Section 2.16(e) and other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts
owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Loan Parties 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 and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article VIII, Article XI and
Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them (i) while the
retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and (ii) after such resignation or removal for as long as any of them continues to act in any capacity hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including in respect
of any actions taken in connection with transferring the agency to any successor Administrative Agent.
(iv) Any resignation
by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this clause (f) shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender. If Bank of America resigns as an Issuing Bank, it shall retain all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of an Issuing Bank hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Bank and all Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit with respect thereto, including
the right to
require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.05(c). If Bank of America
resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the
Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all
cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender and shall expressly agree to assume such role), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank or Swingline
Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor Issuing Bank 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 Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of
Credit.
(g) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank
expressly acknowledges that none of the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent or any Arranger 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 Administrative Agent or any Arranger to any Lender or any Issuing Bank as to any matter,
including whether the Administrative Agent or any Arranger have disclosed material information in their (or their Related Parties’) possession. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers that it
has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, any other Lender or other Issuing Bank or any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own credit analysis of, appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their 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 hereunder. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, any other Lender or other Issuing Bank or any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem
appropriate, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder,
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 Loan Parties. As of the date it becomes a Lender or an Issuing
Bank, as applicable, party hereto, each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants that (i) it is the intention of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, that the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending
facility and (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course and is entering into this Agreement as a Lender or Issuing Bank for the purpose of making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and providing
other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or Issuing Bank, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument, and each Lender and each Issuing
Bank agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants that it is sophisticated with respect to
decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make,
acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities.
(h) [Reserved].
(i) The Lenders and the Issuing Banks
irrevocably agree that any Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder (and the Administrative Agent may
rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower without further inquiry). Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as
may be required by Section 9.02) will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the applicable Guarantee pursuant to this paragraph (i). The Administrative Agent will (and each
Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its
obligations under the applicable Guarantee.
(j) Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, none of the Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent,
a Lender or an Issuing Bank hereunder.
(k) The Administrative Agent and each
Arranger hereby informs the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and
that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (x) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this
Agreement, (y) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (z) may
receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees,
agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s
acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.
(l) Recovery of Erroneous Payments. Without limitation of any other provision in this Agreement, if at any time the Administrative Agent makes a payment hereunder in error to any Lender or any Issuing
Bank (each a “Credit Party”), whether or not in respect of an Obligation due and owing by the Borrower at such time, where such payment is a Rescindable Amount, then in
any such event, each Credit Party receiving a Rescindable Amount severally agrees to, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, promptly (but in all events no later than two (2) Business Days thereafter) repay to the Administrative Agent the
Rescindable Amount received by such Credit Party in immediately available funds in the currency so received, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
date such Rescindable Amount is received by it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation. Each Credit Party irrevocably waives any and all defenses, including any “discharge for value” (under which a creditor might otherwise claim a right to retain funds mistakenly paid by a third party in
respect of a debt owed by another) or similar defense to its obligation to return any Rescindable Amount. The Administrative Agent shall inform each Credit Party promptly upon determining that any payment made to such Credit Party comprised, in
whole or in part, a Rescindable Amount.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01 Notices.
(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly
permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to any Loan
Party, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule
9.01; and
(ii) if to any other
Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when
received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on
the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail, FpML
messaging and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any
Lender or any Issuing Bank pursuant to Article II if such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The
Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon
the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next
business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i)
of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF
THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE INFORMATION. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT
OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively,
the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any
kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of such Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or
through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party
have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower (with respect to the notice address for the Loan Parties), the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender may change its address,
telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by
notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an
effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to
cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its
delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side
Information” portion of the Platform and that
may contain material non-public information with respect to any Loan Party or any of their securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.
(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, Issuing Banks and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic or
electronic notices, Letter of Credit Applications, Borrowing Requests and Swingline Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Loan Parties 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. Each Loan Party shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank,
each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of such Loan Party unless due to such Person’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the
Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay by the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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, the Issuing Banks and the
Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Loan Party
therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or
knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Except as otherwise set forth in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document (with respect to such Loan Document), neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or
agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided,
that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Article IV or the waiver of any
Default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of any Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or L/C Advance or reduce the rate of interest or premium thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder,
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that any change to the definition of “Consolidated Leverage Ratio” or in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend Section 2.12(f) or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the rate set
forth therein, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount
of any Loan or L/C Advance, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the
scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Loans shall not constitute a
postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest, (iv) change Section 2.17(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section, the definition of “Required Lenders” or the definition of “Alternative Currencies” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive,
amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender, (vi) release all or substantially all of (A) the Guarantors from their obligations under any Guarantee
Agreement (other than pursuant to the proviso set forth in Section 5.09) or (B) the value of the Guarantees of the Obligations, without the consent of each Lender or (vii) subordinate the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other
obligation, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that (1) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be and (2) the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower may, with the consent of the other but without the consent of any other Person, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Document to cure any ambiguity, typographical or technical error, defect or inconsistency.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder which does not require the consent of each affected 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 less than all affected Lenders).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the
Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) 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 Revolving Credit Exposures and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (ii) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such
credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their Affiliates, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel for the Arrangers and the
Administrative Agent, collectively (and, if necessary, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction and regulatory counsel), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the relevant Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and
disbursements of a single counsel (and, if necessary, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, regulatory counsel and one additional counsel for each party in the event of a conflict of interest), in connection with the enforcement or
protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses
incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single
counsel for the Indemnitees (and, if necessary, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction and one additional counsel for each Indemnitee in the event of a conflict of interest), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out
of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, any Indemnitee’s reliance on any Communication executed using an
Electronic Signature, or in the form of an Electronic Record), the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or
Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the
terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) to the extent relating to or arising from any of the foregoing, any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on
contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto and whether brought by the Borrower, its equityholders or any third party; 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 non-appealable judgment to have
resulted from (A) the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates or controlling Persons (such persons, the “Related Indemnitee Parties”), (B) the material breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by such Indemnitee or any of its Related Indemnitee Parties or (C) any dispute solely among Indemnitees (other than any
dispute involving claims against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank, in each case in its capacity as such) and not arising out of any act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates. In
addition, such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available with respect to any settlements effected without the Borrower’s prior written consent.
(c) To the extent that the Borrower
fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the relevant
Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity
payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or
indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.
(d) To the extent permitted by
applicable Laws, no party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto and any Indemnitee on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to
direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of
the proceeds thereof; provided, that this clause (d) shall in no way limit the Borrower’s indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 9.03. No Indemnitee
referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission
systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent that such damages are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(e) All amounts due under this Section
shall be payable not later than fifteen (15) days after written demand therefor; provided, however,
that an Indemnitee shall promptly refund any amount received under this Section 9.03 to the extent that there is a final judicial or arbitral determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification rights with respect to such
payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 9.03.
SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. 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 any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign
or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of
this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). 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 subsection (d) of this Section
and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may at any time assign to one or more 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 subsection (b), participations in L/C Disbursement and in Swingline Loans) at the time owing to
it) (each such assignee being a “New Lender”); provided that any such assignment shall be
subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts.
(A) in the case of
an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be
assigned; and
(B) in any case not
described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the 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 or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and
Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that (x) until the interpretation of the term “public” (as referred to in Article 4.1(1) of the Capital Requirements
Regulation (EU 575/2013)) has been published by the competent authority, the value of the rights assigned or transferred is at least €100,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) or (y) as soon as the interpretation of the term “public” has
been published by the competent authority, the Lender is not considered to be part of the public on the basis of such interpretation.
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment of the Class being assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not (A) apply to the Swingline Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swingline Loans or (B) prohibit any Lender from
assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations in respect of any Class of Loans or commitments provided hereunder and any other Class of Loans or Commitment provided hereunder on a non-pro rata basis.
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the consent of
the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless an Event of Default pursuant to clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or the
assignment is made to a Lender, to a Lender’s Affiliate or to an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment
unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof;
(B) the consent of
the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of any Revolving Commitment unless the assignment is to a Lender or its Affiliate;
(C) the consent of
each Issuing Bank (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether
or not then outstanding); and
(D) the consent of
the Swingline Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Loans.
(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and
recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent
may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms
required by Section 2.16(e).
(v) No Assignment to Loan Parties. No such assignment shall be made to any Loan Party or any Loan Party’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.
(vii) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless
and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate
(which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the applicable pro rata share of
Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to
the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in
accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the
provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
(viii) Subject to
acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the 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 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of
such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise
expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Upon request, the Borrower (at its
expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection 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 subsection (d) of this Section.
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative
Agent’s Office in the United States a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and
principal amounts (and stated interest) and interest thereon of the Loans and L/C Disbursements 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 Administrative Agent 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. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender or Issuing Bank, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant” or a “New Lender”) 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 Disbursements and/or Swingline 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 Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and the Issuing Banks shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the
indemnity under Section 9.03(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.
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 to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; 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 Section 9.02(b)(i) that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this
Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.16(e)) to the same extent as if it
were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such
Participant agrees to be subject to Sections 2.17 and 2.18 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-
fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts and
interest thereon of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s
interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other
obligation is in registered form under 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 shall treat each person whose name is recorded
in the Participant Register as the owner of the participation in question for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent)
shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(e) Limitations upon New Lender Rights.
(i) Subject to Section 9.04(e)(ii)
below, if:
(A) a Lender
assigns, transfers, sells, pledges or assigns a security interest in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or changes its Lending Office; and
(B) as a result of
circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer, sale, pledge, assignment of the security interest or change occurs, a Loan Party would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Lending Office
under Section 2.14 or Section 2.16,
then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Lending Office is only entitled to receive payment under those Sections to the same extent as
the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Lending Office would have been if the assignment, transfer, sale, pledge, assignment of the security interest or change had not occurred.
(ii) A New Lender shall not be
entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant
is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent or results from a Change in Law after the sale of such participation. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.16 unless
the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.16 as though it were a Lender.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender (the “Existing 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(s), if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank (each such pledgee or
assignee being a “New 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.
(g) Resignation as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time an Issuing Bank assigns all of its Revolving Commitment
and Revolving Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, such Issuing Bank may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as Issuing Bank and/or (ii) in the case of Bank of America, upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower, resign
as Swingline Lender. In the event of any such resignation as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder (which successor shall
expressly agree to assume such role); provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower
to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of such Issuing Bank as an Issuing Bank or (in the case of Bank of America) Swingline Lender, as the case may be. If an Issuing Bank resigns as Issuing Bank, it shall retain all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Bank hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it and outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Bank and all L/C Disbursements with respect thereto
(including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.05(c)). If Bank of America resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline
Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding
Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. Upon the appointment of a successor Issuing Bank and/or Swingline Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring
Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor Issuing Bank 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 resigning Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations of such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit.
(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; and (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. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (A) 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 2.14); (B) no SPC shall be liable for any
indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable (which indemnity or similar payment obligation shall be retained by the Granting Lender); and (C) 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. 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. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year
and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (x) 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, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (y) 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.
SECTION 9.05 Survival. 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 Event, 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. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision
hereof or thereof.
SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement 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 Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank constitute
the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties
hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or pdf or other
electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff.
(a) If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any of and all the
Obligations of the
Borrower or such other Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any
demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
(b) To the extent that any payment by
or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party is made to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank 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 the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank 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 and each Issuing Bank severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its
applicable share (without duplication) 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 applicable
Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the
Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and any claim, controversy, dispute, proceeding or cause of action (whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except,
as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York (without regard to the conflict of law
principles thereof to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby).
(b) The Borrower and each other Loan
Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent,
any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way related to this Agreement in any forum other than the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the
Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of
New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding (whether in law or in equity,
whether in contract or in tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees
that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto
agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other
manner provided by law. The foregoing shall not affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its
properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance
of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each Guarantor hereby appoints the
Borrower as its agent for service of process with respect to any matters relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section
9.01. Nothing in this Agreement 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 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11 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 shall not affect the construction of,
or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may
be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives (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 or required by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any
self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (provided, that (other than in the case of any disclosure to a regulator or examiner during a routine examination) to the extent practicable and permitted by law, the Borrower has been notified prior to such disclosure
so
that the Borrower may seek, at the Borrower’s sole expense, a protective order or other appropriate remedy), (d) to any other party hereto, (e) 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, (f) subject to an agreement containing
provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a
Lender pursuant to Section 2.19 or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to a Loan Party and its obligations, this
Agreement or payments hereunder or (iii) any insurers and/or risk protection providers relating to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, (g) with the consent of any Loan Party, (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly
available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than a Loan Party,
(i) to any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender (provided that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential Information relating to the Loan Parties), (j) in customary disclosure
about the terms of the financing contemplated hereby in the ordinary course of business to market data collectors and similar service providers to the loan industry for league table purposes or (k) on a confidential basis to (i) the provider of any
Platform or other electronic delivery service used by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender to deliver Borrower Materials or notices to the Lenders, (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with
the application, issuance, publishing and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder or (iii) other service providers to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing
Banks in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Borrowings hereunder. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means
all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing
Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so
if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks 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.
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein prohibits any individual from communicating or disclosing information regarding suspected violations of
laws, rules, or regulations to a governmental, regulatory, or self-regulatory authority.
SECTION 9.13 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and
record information that identifies the Borrower and each other Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each other Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, to identify the Borrower and each other Loan Party in accordance with the Act. The Borrower and each other Loan Party shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other
information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act and the Beneficial
Ownership Regulation.
SECTION 9.14 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges
and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable Law (collectively, the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable Law, the rate of interest
payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but
were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such
cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.15 No Fiduciary Duty. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other
Loan Document), the Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the
Arrangers and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, each other Loan Party and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B)
the Borrower and each other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and
accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as
expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set
forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the
Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative
Agent nor any Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective
Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower and each other Loan Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or
alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
SECTION 9.16 Electronic Execution of this Agreement and Other Documents.
(a) The words “execute,” “execution,”
“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 this Agreement, any other Loan Document, Assignment and Assumptions,
amendments or other modifications, Borrowing Requests, 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.
(b) This Agreement, any Loan Document
and any other Communication, including Communications required to be in writing, may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures. Each of the parties hereto agrees that any Electronic Signature on or
associated with any Communication shall be valid and binding on the applicable party to the same extent as a manual, original signature, and that any Communication entered into by Electronic Signature, will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such party enforceable against such party in accordance with the terms thereof to the same extent as if a manually executed original signature was delivered. Any Communication may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary
or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Communication. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance
of a manually signed paper Communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed Communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. The
Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks may, at its option, create one or more copies of any Communication in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (“Electronic Copy”), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document. All Communications in the form of an Electronic Record, including an
Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Administrative Agent,
any Issuing Bank nor the Swingline Lender is under any obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Person pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, that, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and/or the Swingline Lender has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Loan
Parties, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any party hereto without further
verification and regardless of the appearance or form of such Electronic Signature, and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing
Bank, any Communication executed using an Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart.
(c) Neither the Administrative Agent,
any Issuing Bank nor the Swingline Lender shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or
document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s, any Issuing Bank’s or the Swingline Lender’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic
means). The Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any Communication or any
statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).
(d) Each of the Loan Parties, the
Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender hereby waive (i) any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document based solely on the lack of paper
original copies of this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document, and (ii) any claim against the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Lender and each of its respective Related Party for any liabilities arising solely from the
Administrative Agent’s, any Issuing Bank’s and/or any Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures, including any liabilities arising as a result of the failure of the Loan Parties to use any available security measures in connection with
the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.
(e) Each of the parties hereto
represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it has the corporate capacity and authority to execute this Agreement and any other Communication through electronic means and there are no restrictions on doing so in that party’s
constitutive documents.
SECTION 9.17 Joint and Several. The Obligations under the Loan Documents may be enforced by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against the Borrower or any Loan Party or all Loan Parties in any
manner or order selected by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in their sole discretion. The Borrower and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably waives (i) any rights of subrogation and (ii) any rights of contribution, indemnity or
reimbursement, in each case, that it may acquire or that may arise against the Borrower or any other Loan Party due to any payment or performance made under this Agreement, in each case until all Obligations shall have been fully satisfied.
SECTION 9.18 Enforcement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance
with Article VII for the benefit of all the Lenders and the Issuing Banks; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from
exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent)
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) each Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely
in its capacity as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.17(c)), or (d)
any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i)
the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article VII and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.17(c), any
Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
SECTION 9.19 Netherlands Loan Party Representation. If any Loan Party incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, including the Borrower, is represented by an attorney in connection with the signing
and/or execution of this Agreement (including by way of accession to this Agreement) or any other agreement, deed or document referred to in or made pursuant to this Agreement, it is hereby expressly acknowledged and accepted by the other parties
to this Agreement that the existence and extent of the attorney’s authority and the effects of the attorney’s exercise or purported exercise of his or her authority shall be governed by the laws of the Netherlands.
SECTION 9.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or
understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and
conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down
and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action
on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in
full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of
all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or
other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation
of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
SECTION 9.21 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Swap
Agreement or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”
and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S.
Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws
of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a) In the event a Covered Entity that
is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the
benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be
effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the
United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might
otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution
Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with
respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
(b) As used in this Section 9.21, the
following terms have the following meanings:
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is
defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as
that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and
interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be
interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial
contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
SECTION 9.22 Amendment and Restatement. The parties hereto agree that, on the Closing Date, the following transactions shall be deemed to occur automatically, without further action by any party hereto:
(a) the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be amended and restated in its entirety pursuant to this Agreement, (b) all Obligations (as defined
in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be Obligations outstanding hereunder and (c) all references in the other Loan
Documents to the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer without further amendment to this Agreement. Further to the foregoing, the amendment of the Existing Credit Agreement in the form of this Agreement shall not constitute a novation
of any amount owing under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and all amounts owing in respect of principal, interest, fees and other amounts pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall, to the
extent not paid or otherwise extinguished on the Closing Date, continue to be owing under this Agreement or such other Loan Documents until paid in accordance herewith and therewith.
ARTICLE X
Guarantee
SECTION 10.01 Guarantee. Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Lender
Parties, and their permitted indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Obligations. Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each
Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in respect of the Obligations shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable Federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors
(after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 10.02). Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing
the guarantee contained in this Section 10.01 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party hereunder. The guarantee contained in this Section 10.01 shall remain in full force and effect until all the
Obligations (other than contingent indemnification and contingent expense reimbursement obligations) shall have been satisfied by payment in full in cash, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or each outstanding Letter of Credit has been Cash
Collateralized, so that it is fully secured to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the Commitments shall be irrevocably terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time any Loan Party may be free from any of the Obligations.
Except as provided in Section 10.12, no payment made by any of the Guarantors, any other Loan Party or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any
other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the
liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the
Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are paid in full in cash, either no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or each outstanding Letter of Credit has been
Cash Collateralized so that it is fully secured to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the Commitments are irrevocably terminated. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article X (Guarantee) the guarantee and other obligations
of any Guarantor organized under the laws of the Netherlands expressed to be assumed in this Article X (Guarantee) shall be deemed not to be assumed by such Guarantor organized under the laws of the Netherlands to the extent that the same would
constitute unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Article 2:98c of the Dutch Civil Code or
any other applicable financial assistance rules under any relevant jurisdiction (the “Prohibition”)
and the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed accordingly. For the avoidance of doubt it is expressly acknowledged that the relevant Guarantors organized under the laws of the Netherlands will continue to
guarantee all such obligations which, if included, do not constitute a violation of the Prohibition.
SECTION 10.02 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall
be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of
Section 10.03. The provisions of this Section 10.02 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative
Agent and the Lender Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
SECTION 10.03 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party, no
Guarantor shall seek to enforce any right of subrogation in respect of any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party against any Loan Party or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek any contribution or reimbursement from any other Loan Party in respect of payments made by such Guarantor under this Article X, until
all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Lender Parties by the Loan Parties on account of the Obligations are paid in full, either no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or each outstanding Letter of Credit has been Cash
Collateralized so that it is fully secured to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the Commitments are irrevocably terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of
the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Lender Parties, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by
such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in the foregoing agreement by the Guarantor shall operate as a waiver of any subrogation rights.
SECTION 10.04 Amendments, etc., with Respect to the Obligations. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Loan Party and without notice to or further assent by any Loan Party, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party may be rescinded by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender Party and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with
respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party, and this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith, may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or
in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem reasonably advisable from time to time, and any collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.
SECTION 10.05 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the
Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party upon the guarantee contained in this Article X or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Article X; the Obligations, and any of them,
shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Article X; and all dealings between the Borrower and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and the Administrative Agent and the other Lender Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Article X. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees
that the guarantee contained in this Article X, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment (and not of collection) without regard to (a) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent
or any other Lender Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person against the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of such
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Article X, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against any Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the
Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from any other Guarantor or
any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall
not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party against any
Guarantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings
SECTION 10.06 Reinstatement. Subject to Section 5.09 and Section 10.12, this Guarantee Agreement is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in
full force and effect until all Obligations and any other amounts payable under this Guarantee Agreement are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Revolving Commitments with respect to the Obligations are terminated. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Guarantee Agreement shall continue in full force and effect or be revived, as
the case may be, if any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor is made, or any of the Lender Parties exercises its right of setoff, in respect of the
Obligations 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 any of the Lender
Parties in their discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred and whether
or not the Lender Parties are in possession of or have released this Guarantee Agreement and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission, termination or reduction. The obligations of each Guarantor under this paragraph shall survive termination
of this Guarantee Agreement.
SECTION 10.07 Obligations Independent. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety, and are independent of the Obligations and the obligations of any
other guarantor, and a separate action may be brought against each Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee whether or not the Borrower or any other Person or entity is joined as a party.
SECTION 10.08 Payments. All payments by each Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement shall be made in the manner, at the place and in the currency for payment required by this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents; provided, however, that (if the currency for payment required by this Agreement is other than Dollars) such Guarantor may, at its option (or, if for any reason whatsoever such Guarantor is unable to effect payments in the
foregoing manner, such Guarantor shall be obligated to) pay to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such Obligations together with any other amounts due pursuant to Section 2.15. In
any case in which a Guarantor makes or is obligated to make payment in Dollars, such Guarantor shall hold the Administrative Agent harmless from any loss incurred by the Administrative Agent arising from any change in the value of Dollars in
relation to the currency for payment required by this Agreement between the date the Obligation becomes due and the date the Administrative Agent is actually able, following the conversion of the Dollars paid by such Guarantor into the currency
for payment required by this Agreement and remittance of such currency to the place where such Obligation is payable, to apply such payment to such Obligation. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by any acts of any
legislative body or Governmental Authority affecting such Guarantor or the Borrower, including but not limited to, any restrictions on the conversion of currency or repatriation or control of funds or any total or partial expropriation of such
Guarantor’s or the Borrower’s property, or by economic, political, regulatory or other events in the countries where such Guarantor or the Borrower is located.
SECTION 10.09 Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of the Borrower owing to each Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter arising,
including but not limited to any obligation of the Borrower to such Guarantor as subrogee of the Lender Parties or resulting from such Guarantor’s performance under this Guarantee Agreement, to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all
Obligations; provided, however, that the foregoing subordination shall not be given effect
until such time as the Lender Parties shall have made a request to the Borrower pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 10.09. At any time any Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Lender Parties so request, any such obligation or indebtedness of any Loan Party to any Guarantor shall be enforced and performance received by such Guarantor as trustee for the Lender Parties and the
proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the Lender Parties on account of
the Obligations, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of such under this Guarantee Agreement.
SECTION 10.10 Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Obligations is stayed, in connection with any case commenced by or against any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief
Laws, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by such Guarantor immediately upon demand by the Lender Parties.
SECTION 10.11 Condition of Borrower. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from the Borrower and any other guarantor such
information concerning the financial condition, business and operations of the Borrower and any such other guarantor as each such Guarantor requires, and that none of the Lender Parties has any duty, and each Guarantor is not relying on the
Lender Parties at any time, to disclose to each such Guarantor any information relating to the business, operations or financial condition of the Borrower or any other guarantor (each Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Lender Parties
to disclose such information and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).
SECTION 10.12 Releases. At such time as the Loans, the amounts owed to any Issuing Bank in respect of Letter of Credit and the other Obligations (other than contingent indemnification and contingent
expense reimbursement obligations) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated and either no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or each outstanding Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized so that it is fully
secured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Guarantor hereunder shall terminate, all
without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party. The Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Borrower hereunder shall be released to the extent (and in the manner) expressly set forth in Section 5.09 or
in the event such Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary in a transaction not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XI
Certain ERISA Matters
SECTION 11.01 Certain ERISA Matters.
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and
warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative
Agent and each Arranger and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using “plan
assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments
or this Agreement;
(ii) the transaction exemption set
forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified
professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for
certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by
in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment
fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer
and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the
requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84- 14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation
in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation,
warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In addition, unless either (1)
sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such
Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the
benefit of, the Administrative Agent and each Arranger and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent or any Arranger is a fiduciary with respect to the
assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise
of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
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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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VIATRIS INC., as the Borrower
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UTAH ACQUISITION SUB INC., as a Guarantor
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MYLAN INC., as a Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ John Miraglia |
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Name:
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John Miraglia |
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Title:
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Treasurer |
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MYLAN II B.V., as a Guarantor
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By:
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/s/ John Miraglia |
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Name:
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John Miraglia |
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Title:
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Board Member
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[Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as the Administrative Agent
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By:
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/s/ Michelle D. Diggs |
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Name:
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Michelle D. Diggs
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Title:
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Officer |
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[Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., individually
as a Lender, as the Swingline Lender and as an Issuing Bank
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By:
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/s/ Joseph L. Corah |
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Name:
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Joseph L. Corah
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Title:
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Managing Director
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[Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a
Lender
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By:
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/s/ Edward Pan |
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Name:
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Edward Pan
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Title:
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Vice President
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