UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 23, 2015
Diebold, Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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(State or other jurisdiction
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5995 Mayfair Road, P.O. Box 3077,
North Canton, Ohio |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (330) 490-4000
Not Applicable
Former
name or former address, if changed since last report
Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On November 23, 2015, Diebold,
Incorporated (the Company) entered into a bridge credit agreement and the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a revolving and term loan credit agreement, each as further described below, in connection with the
Companys tender offer for the outstanding shares of Wincor Nixdorf Aktiengesellschaft, a German public stock corporation (Wincor and, such tender offer, the Tender Offer), pursuant to that certain Business Combination
Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2015, between the Company and Wincor (the Business Combination Agreement).
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Bridge Credit Agreement |
The bridge credit agreement (the Bridge Credit
Agreement) is a 364-day unsecured committed increasing rate bridge facility in the principal amount of $500.0 million, among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the lenders named therein. Terms used in this
section (A) and not defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Bridge Credit Agreement, which is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1.
Funding of loans under the Bridge Credit Agreement is conditioned on, among other things, the consummation of the Tender Offer, the
administrative agents receipt of certain closing documents, a borrowing request from the Company, a solvency certificate, no changes to the Business Combination Agreement materially adverse to the Arrangers or the Lenders under the Bridge
Credit Agreement without the consent of the Arrangers, payment of fees and expenses and other conditions fully set forth in the Bridge Credit Agreement. The loans under the Bridge Credit Agreement (the Bridge Loans) will initially mature
364 days after the funding date thereof.
The proceeds of the Bridge Loans may be used by the Company to fund, in part, the Tender Offer,
the refinancing of indebtedness of Wincor and its subsidiaries, the refinancing of certain existing indebtedness of the Company and to pay all or a portion of the costs incurred by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the
Transactions (as defined below).
The Bridge Credit Agreement requires the Company to reduce unused commitments and prepay the Bridge
Loans with 100% of the net cash proceeds received from specified asset sales, certain issuances or sales of equity and incurrences of borrowed money indebtedness (including indebtedness incurred to finance the Tender Offer in lieu of borrowings
under the Bridge Credit Agreement), subject to certain exceptions. The commitments under the Bridge Credit Agreement automatically terminate on the earliest to occur of the date on which all payments made or to be made for Certain Funds
Purposes as defined in the Bridge Credit Agreement have been paid in full in cleared funds, the Long Stop Date as defined in the Bridge Credit Agreement, the date of the closing of the acquisition of Wincor without the use of the
Bridge Loans, or upon the termination, lapse or prohibition of the Tender Offer.
The Bridge Loans would be guaranteed by all of the
Companys domestic subsidiaries that guarantee the bank credit agreement described below and initially bear interest at a rate of LIBOR (subject to a specified floor) plus 6.75% per annum (the Applicable Margin). The Applicable
Margin would increase 0.50% per annum upon the 90-day anniversary of the Closing Date, and an additional 0.50% upon each subsequent 90-day period (subject to the Total Cap specified in the Bridge Credit Agreement). Any unpaid principal
relating to the Bridge Loans existing more than twelve months after the Closing Date would automatically convert to a term loan on terms and conditions that are likely to be significantly less favorable to the Company.
The Company will pay bridge funding and, if the Bridge Loans are outstanding on the one year anniversary of the funding thereof, rollover fees
based on the outstanding principal amount of the Bridge Loans in amounts and on dates separately agreed with the Arrangers of the Bridge Credit Agreement.
The Bridge Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants and events of default for an unsecured financing
arrangement, including, among other things, limitations on mergers, consolidations and fundamental changes; limitations on sales of assets; limitations on investments and acquisitions; limitations on liens; limitations on transactions with
affiliates; limitations on indebtedness; limitations on negative pledge clauses; limitations on restrictions on subsidiary distributions; limitations on hedge agreements; limitations on receivables indebtedness; limitations on restricted payments;
limitations on certain payments of indebtedness; limitations on
amendments to organizational documents; MFN requirements regarding certain additional covenants; covenants regarding the Tender Offer and the business combination; and a requirement
to prepay all of the loans upon a change of control.
In lieu of using the proceeds of the Bridge Loans to fund the Tender Offer, the
Company may issue senior unsecured notes (the Senior Notes), subject to certain terms and conditions. The issuance of the Senior Notes, however, is not guaranteed to be successful, which may require the Company to utilize either some or
all of the Bridge Loans to fund a portion of the Tender Offer.
The revolving and term loan credit agreement (the
Credit Agreement and together with the Tender Offer and Bridge Credit Agreement, the Transactions) among the Company, the borrowing subsidiaries referred to therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the
lenders named therein provides for (w) a 5-year secured delayed draw term loan A facility for the Company in the principal amount of $250.0 million (the Delayed Draw Term Facility), (x) a 7-year secured delayed draw term loan B
facility for the Company in the principal amount of $1,591.0 million (the Term B Facility) and (y) mechanics for the Companys existing $750.0 million revolving and term loan A facilities to be rolled over into the Credit
Agreement if the lenders to such existing facilities consent. For a more complete description of the replacement/amendment of the existing facilities, see the paragraph below titled Replacement/Backstop Facilities. Terms used in this
section (B) and not defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement, which is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2.
Funding under the Delayed Draw Term Facility and the Term B Facility is conditioned on, among other things, the consummation of the Tender
Offer, the administrative agents receipt of certain closing documents, a borrowing request from the Company, a solvency certificate, no changes to the Business Combination Agreement materially adverse to the Arrangers or the Lenders under the
Credit Agreement without the consent of the Arrangers, payment of fees and expenses and other conditions fully set forth in the Credit Agreement. The Delayed Draw Term Facility will mature on the fifth anniversary of the date upon which certain
conditions precedent are met or, if such conditions precedent are not met, August 26, 2019. The Term B Facility will mature on the seventh anniversary of the closing date of the Tender Offer (unless funded into escrow prior thereto, in which
case it will mature seven and one-half years from such funding date).
The proceeds of loans under the Delayed Draw Term Facility and the
Term B Facility may be used by the Company to fund, in part, the Tender Offer, the refinancing of indebtedness of Wincor and its subsidiaries, the refinancing of certain existing indebtedness of the Company and to pay all or a portion of the costs
incurred by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions.
The Credit Agreement requires the Company to
reduce unused commitments and prepay the loans with 100% of the net cash proceeds received from specified asset sales and certain incurrences of borrowed money indebtedness, subject to certain exceptions and may require prepayments based on excess
cash flow. The commitments under the Credit Agreement automatically terminate as to the Delayed Draw Term Facility and the Term B Facility on the earliest to occur of the date on which all payments made or to be made for Certain Funds
Purposes as defined in the Credit Agreement have been paid in full in cleared funds, the Long Stop Date as defined in the Credit Agreement, the date of the closing of the acquisition of Wincor without the use of the proceeds of the
loans under the Credit Agreement, or upon the termination, lapse or prohibition of the Tender Offer.
The Credit Agreement will be
guaranteed by the substantially all of the Companys domestic subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement will bear interest at, based on the Companys election, the prime rate or LIBOR (subject to
specified floors) plus an applicable margin, determined by reference to the Companys total net leverage ratio.
The Credit Agreement
contains affirmative and negative covenants usual and customary for facilities and transaction of this type including, but not limited to: delivery of financial information; use of proceeds; delivery of notices of default; conduct of business
(including maintenance of existence and rights); taxes; insurance; compliance with laws; properties and inspection; collateral matters and further assurances; maintenance of ratings; guaranties; limitations on mergers, consolidations and fundamental
changes; limitations on sales of assets; limitations on
investments and acquisitions; limitations on liens; limitations on transactions with affiliates; limitations on indebtedness; limitations on negative pledge clauses; limitations on restrictions
on subsidiary distributions; limitations on hedge agreements; limitations on receivables indebtedness; limitations on restricted payments; limitations on certain payments of indebtedness; limitations on amendments to organizational documents;
MFN requirements regarding certain additional covenants; and covenants regarding the Tender Offer and the business combination.
In addition, the Credit Agreement includes, applicable to the Delayed Draw Term Facility but not the Term B Facility, a maximum consolidated
net leverage ratio and a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio.
The Credit Agreement also contains certain events of default
regarding: inaccuracy of representations and warranties, certificates or other written information in any material respect; nonpayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts; breach of covenants; cross payment default and cross default to
indebtedness or net hedging obligations in excess of $50 million; voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings; condemnation reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect; unpaid material judgments; certain pension and
benefit events; certain environmental events reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect; change of control; and actual or asserted invalidity of the facilities documentation, guarantees or security documentation or, after effectiveness
thereof, a domination agreement with respect to Wincor, and failure to maintain a perfected first priority security interest on a material portion of the collateral, in each case with grace periods, thresholds, qualifications and exceptions detailed
in the Credit Agreement.
The foregoing descriptions of the Bridge Credit Agreement and the Credit Agreement are qualified in their
entirety by reference to the full text of the Bridge Credit Agreement and the Credit Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
In the ordinary course of business, certain of the lenders under the Bridge Credit Agreement and the Credit Agreement and their affiliates
have provided, and may in the future provide, investment banking, commercial banking, cash management, foreign exchange or other financial services to the Company for which they have received, and may in the future receive, compensation. Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as financial advisors to the Company in connection with the Tender Offer.
Replacement / Backstop Facilities
In addition to the foregoing financing for the Tender Offer under the Bridge Credit Agreement and Credit Agreement, the Company anticipates
(x) refinancing its existing $520 million revolving and $230 million term loan A senior unsecured credit facilities with, respectively, a new secured revolving facility in an amount of up to $520 million and a new (non-delayed draw) secured
term loan A facility (the Term A Facility) on substantially the same terms as the Delayed Draw Term Facility in the amount of up to $230 million (such facilities to be documented in the Credit Agreement) or (y) amending or amending
and restating the credit agreement governing its existing senior unsecured credit facilities to permit the Tender Offer and otherwise modify certain terms thereof to be consistent with the Credit Agreement if such replacement credit facilities are
not effectuated by the closing date of the Tender Offer. The existing senior unsecured credit facilities, if not replaced prior to the closing date, will be secured on a pari passu basis with the Delayed Draw Term Facility and the Term B Facility.
In addition, the revolving facility and Term A Facility will be subject to the same maximum consolidated net leverage ratio and minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio as the Delayed Draw Term Facility.
If the Company is successful in refinancing its existing senior unsecured credit facilities, the Credit Agreement will replace the
Companys existing credit agreement, dated as of June 30, 2011, among the Company, Diebold Self Service Solutions S.ar.l, a Swiss subsidiary of the Company, the borrowing subsidiaries referred to therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, and the lenders named therein.
Item 1.02. |
Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. |
The disclosure required by this Item is
included in Item 1.01, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. |
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The disclosure required by this Item is included in Item 1.01, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit Number |
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Description |
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10.1 |
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Credit Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2015, among Diebold, Incorporated, the subsidiary borrowers from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent. |
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Bridge Credit Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2015, among Diebold, Incorporated, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
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Diebold, Incorporated |
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Dated: November 23, 2015 |
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/s/ Christopher A. Chapman |
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Christopher A. Chapman |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number |
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Description |
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10.1 |
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Credit Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2015, among Diebold, Incorporated, the subsidiary borrowers from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent. |
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Bridge Credit Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2015, among Diebold, Incorporated, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. |
Exhibit 10.1
Execution version
DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED,
THE SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS,
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
dated as of November 23, 2015
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
and
THE LENDERS PARTY
HERETO
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
and
CREDIT SUISSE
SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
as Syndication Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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1 |
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1.1 |
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Defined Terms |
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1.2 |
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Rules of Construction |
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54 |
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1.3 |
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Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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55 |
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1.4 |
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Redenomination of Certain Foreign Currencies |
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55 |
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1.5 |
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Foreign Currency Calculations |
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56 |
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ARTICLE II THE CREDITS |
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56 |
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2.1 |
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Commitments |
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2.2 |
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Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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2.3 |
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Procedures for Borrowing Loans |
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60 |
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2.4 |
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Termination or Reduction |
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2.5 |
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Commitment, Ticking and other Fees |
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2.6 |
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Optional and Mandatory Principal Payments |
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2.7 |
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Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances |
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2.8 |
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Interest Rates, Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis |
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2.9 |
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Rates Applicable After Default |
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2.10 |
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Pro Rata Payment, Method of Payment; Proceeds of Collateral |
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2.11 |
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Telephonic Notices |
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2.12 |
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Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions |
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2.13 |
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Lending Installations |
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2.14 |
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Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent |
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2.15 |
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Facility Letters of Credit |
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2.16 |
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Swing Loans |
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2.17 |
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Defaulting Lenders |
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2.18 |
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Guaranties |
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2.19 |
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Incremental Credit Extensions |
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Inability to Determine Rates |
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ARTICLE III CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES, TAXES |
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Increased Costs |
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Break Funding Payments |
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Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up |
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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Execution Date |
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Replacement Facilities Effective Date |
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Acquisition Closing Date |
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Each Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility |
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Each Advance under the Delayed Draw Term A Commitments after the Acquisition Closing Date |
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Corporate Existence and Standing |
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Authorization and Validity |
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No Conflict; Government Consent |
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Financial Statements |
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Material Adverse Change |
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Taxes |
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Litigation and Guarantee Obligations |
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Subsidiaries |
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ERISA |
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Accuracy of Information |
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Regulations T, U and X |
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Use of Proceeds |
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Compliance With Laws; Properties |
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Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions |
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Environmental Matters |
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Investment Company Act |
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Subsidiary Borrowers |
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Insurance |
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Ownership of Properties |
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Labor Controversies |
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Burdensome Obligations |
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Patriot Act |
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Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions |
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Security Documents |
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Solvency |
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Business Combination Agreement; Non-Tender Documents |
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS |
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Financial Reporting |
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Use of Proceeds |
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Notice of Default |
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Conduct of Business |
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Taxes |
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Insurance |
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Compliance with Laws |
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Properties; Inspection |
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Collateral Matters; Further Assurances, Etc. |
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Maintenance of Ratings |
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[Reserved] |
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Guaranties |
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Merger; Consolidations; Fundamental Changes |
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Sale of Assets |
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Investments and Acquisitions |
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Liens |
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Affiliates |
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Indebtedness |
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Negative Pledge Clauses |
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Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions |
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Hedging Agreements |
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Total Net Leverage Ratio |
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Interest Coverage Ratio |
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Receivables Indebtedness |
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Restricted Payments |
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Certain Payments of Indebtedness |
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129 |
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Amendments to Organizational Documents |
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Additional Covenants |
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The Offer, the Acquisition and Related Matters |
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Designation of Certain Subsidiaries |
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Security On the Acquisition Closing Date |
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ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS |
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ARTICLE VIII ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES |
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8.1 |
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Acceleration |
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Amendments |
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Preservation of Rights |
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ARTICLE IX GUARANTEE |
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9.1 |
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Guarantee |
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9.2 |
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No Subrogation |
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142 |
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9.3 |
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Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights |
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143 |
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9.4 |
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Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional |
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143 |
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9.5 |
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Reinstatement |
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144 |
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9.6 |
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Payments |
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144 |
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ARTICLE X GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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144 |
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10.1 |
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Survival of Representations |
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144 |
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10.2 |
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Governmental Regulation |
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144 |
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10.3 |
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Headings |
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144 |
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10.4 |
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Entire Agreement; Integration |
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144 |
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10.5 |
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Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement |
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145 |
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10.6 |
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Expenses; Indemnification |
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145 |
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10.7 |
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Severability of Provisions |
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146 |
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10.8 |
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Nonliability of Lenders |
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146 |
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10.9 |
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Confidentiality |
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147 |
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10.10 |
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Nonreliance |
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148 |
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10.11 |
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USA PATRIOT Act |
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148 |
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10.12 |
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Interest Rate Limitation |
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148 |
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ARTICLE XI THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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148 |
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11.1 |
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Appointment |
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148 |
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11.2 |
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Rights as a Lender |
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149 |
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11.3 |
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Limitation of Duties and Immunities |
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149 |
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11.4 |
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Reliance on Third Parties |
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149 |
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11.5 |
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Sub-Agents |
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149 |
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11.6 |
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Successor Agent |
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149 |
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11.7 |
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Independent Credit Decisions |
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150 |
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11.8 |
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Other Agents |
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150 |
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11.9 |
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Permitted Release of Collateral and Guarantors |
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150 |
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11.10 |
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Perfection by Possession and Control |
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151 |
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11.11 |
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Lender Affiliates Rights |
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152 |
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11.12 |
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Actions in Concert |
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152 |
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ARTICLE XII SETOFF; ADJUSTMENTS AMONG LENDERS |
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152 |
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12.1 |
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Setoff |
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152 |
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12.2 |
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Ratable Payments |
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153 |
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ARTICLE XIII BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS |
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153 |
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13.1 |
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Successors and Assigns |
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153 |
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13.2 |
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Dissemination of Information |
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157 |
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ARTICLE XIV NOTICES |
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157 |
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14.1 |
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Notices |
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157 |
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14.2 |
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Change of Address |
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159 |
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ARTICLE XV COUNTERPARTS |
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159 |
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ARTICLE XVI CHOICE OF LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION, WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, JUDGMENT CURRENCY |
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159 |
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16.1 |
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Choice of Law |
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159 |
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16.2 |
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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159 |
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16.3 |
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Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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160 |
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16.4 |
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Acknowledgments |
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161 |
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16.5 |
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Power of Attorney |
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161 |
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16.6 |
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Judgment |
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161 |
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ARTICLE XVII CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MATTERS |
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162 |
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17.1 |
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Replacement Facilities |
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162 |
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17.2 |
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Escrow |
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162 |
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17.3 |
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Facility Sizing |
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164 |
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17.4 |
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Bifurcation |
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164 |
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17.5 |
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Acquisition Cancellation |
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164 |
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A |
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ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT B |
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SUBSIDIARY JOINDER AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT C |
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NOTE |
EXHIBIT D |
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TAX CERTIFICATE |
EXHIBIT E |
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SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE |
EXHIBIT F |
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
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SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE 1.1(a) |
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COMMITMENTS |
SCHEDULE 1.1(b) |
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INTEGRATED SERVICE CONTRACT DEBT |
SCHEDULE 1.1(c) |
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SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS |
SCHEDULE 5.7 |
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LITIGATION |
SCHEDULE 5.8 |
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SUBSIDIARIES |
SCHEDULE 6.16 |
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LIENS |
SCHEDULE 6.18 |
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INDEBTEDNESS |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of November 23, 2015, is among DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED, an Ohio
corporation (the Company), the SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS (as hereinafter defined) from time to time parties hereto (together with the Company, the Borrowers), the Lenders from time to time parties hereto (as defined
below), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Acquisition
means the initial acquisition by AcquisitionCo (and/or, if applicable, the Company) of a number of shares in the Target which represent (after taking into account any treasury shares held by the Target subject to the Non-Tender Agreement) at least
75% of the voting rights in the Target via a tender offer completed pursuant to the Acquisition Documentation.
AcquisitionCo means Diebold Holding Germany Incorporated & Co. KGaA a German partnership limited by shares
(Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien - KGaA) that is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and whose general partner is the Company.
Acquisition Closing Date means the first date on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.3 are satisfied
or waived in accordance with Section 8.2.
Acquisition Documentation means, collectively, the Offer Documentation
and the Business Combination Agreement.
Adjusted LIBO Rate means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Advance for any
Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the sum of (i) (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period divided by (b) one minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as a
decimal) applicable to such Interest Period, plus, without duplication, plus (ii) the amount of all reserves, costs or similar requirements relating to the funding of the relevant Available Foreign Currency (if any), as reasonably determined by
the Administrative Agent.
Administrative Agent means JPMorgan Chase in its capacity as contractual representative of
the Lenders pursuant to Article XI, and not in its individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Article XI.
Administrative Questionnaire means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by or otherwise acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
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Advance means a borrowing hereunder (or conversion or continuation thereof)
consisting of the aggregate amount of the several Loans or Facility Letters of Credit of the same Type, Class and, in the case of Foreign Currency Loans, in the same Available Foreign Currency and for the same Interest Period, and further, in the
case of Eurocurrency Loans, for the same Interest Period, made by the Lenders on the same Borrowing Date (or converted or continued by the Lenders on the same date of conversion or continuation).
Affiliate of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control
with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through
ownership of Capital Stock, by contract or otherwise.
Agents means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the
Arrangers and the Syndication Agent.
Aggregate Commitments means the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all
Lenders.
Aggregate Outstandings means as at any date of determination with respect to any Lender, the sum of the
Dollar Equivalent Amount on such date of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lenders Loans on such date and, without duplication, the Dollar Equivalent Amount on such date of the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the
Facility Letter of Credit Obligations and Swing Loans on such date.
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments means the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders.
Aggregate Revolving Credit
Outstandings means as at any date of determination with respect to any Lender, the sum of the Dollar Equivalent Amount on such date of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lenders Revolving Credit Loans on such date and the
Dollar Equivalent Amount on such date of the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Facility Letter of Credit Obligations and Swing Loans on such date.
Agreed Currency means (i) Dollars, (ii) the Euro and (iii) any other Eligible Currency which a Borrower
requests the Administrative Agent to include as an Agreed Currency hereunder and which is a currency all of the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree to make an Agreed Currency.
Agreement is defined in the recitals hereto.
Agreement Currency is defined in Section 16.6.
All-in Yield means, with respect to a Repricing Event, the yield of the applicable Indebtedness, whether in the form of
interest rate, margin, commitment or ticking fees, original issue discount, upfront fees, index floors or otherwise, in each case payable generally to lenders, provided that original issue discount and upfront fees shall be equated to interest rate
assuming a four-year life to maturity, and shall not include arrangement fees, structuring fees or other fees not paid to the applicable lenders generally.
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Alternate Base Rate means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest
of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted
LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided, that notwithstanding the rate calculated in accordance with the foregoing, at no time
shall the Alternate Base Rate for the Term B Facility be less than 1.75 % per annum (or if the Indicative Company Rating is less than either Ba3 from Moodys or BB- from S&P, 2.00% per annum). Any change in the Alternate Base Rate
due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate,
respectively.
Anti-Corruption Laws means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the
Borrowers or their Subsidiaries from time to time primarily or in any material manner concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the United Kingdom
Bribery Act of 2010.
Applicable Margin means
(a) with respect to Term B Loans, (i) 2.75 % in the case of Floating Rate Loans and (ii) 3.75% in the case of
Eurocurrency Loans; and
(b) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term A Facility, the rates set forth on
Level III of the pricing schedule below (the Pricing Schedule); provided that the Applicable Margin with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term A Facility shall be subject to change after the financial
statements described in Section 6.1(i) or (ii), as applicable, have been delivered for the first full fiscal quarter after the Execution Date; provided further, that on the Acquisition Closing Date the Applicable Margins with
respect to the Revolving Facility and the Term A Facility shall automatically be reset at Level I of the Pricing Schedule on such date, and after the financial statements described in Section 6.1(i) or (ii), as applicable, have been
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delivered for the first full fiscal quarter after the Acquisition Closing Date, such margins shall be subject to change as set forth in the Pricing Schedule:
Pricing Schedule
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Level |
|
Total Net
Leverage Ratio |
|
Commitment Fee/Delayed Draw Term A Ticking Fee |
|
|
Floating Rate Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans or Term A Loans |
|
|
Eurocurrency Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans or Term A Loans; Letter of Credit Fees |
|
I |
|
> 3.75:1.00 |
|
|
0.350 |
% |
|
|
1.250 |
% |
|
|
2.250 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
II |
|
> 3.00:1.00
but < 3.75:1.00 |
|
|
0.300 |
% |
|
|
1.000 |
% |
|
|
2.000 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
III |
|
> 2.25:1.00
but < 3.00:1.00 |
|
|
0.250 |
% |
|
|
0.750 |
% |
|
|
1.750 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
IV |
|
> 1.50:1.00
but < 2.25:1.00 |
|
|
0.200 |
% |
|
|
0.500 |
% |
|
|
1.500 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
V |
|
> 0.75:1.00
but < 1.50:1.00 |
|
|
0.175 |
% |
|
|
0.375 |
% |
|
|
1.375 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
VI |
|
< 0.75:1.00 |
|
|
0.150 |
% |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
|
|
1.250 |
% |
Such Applicable Margin shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing Pricing Schedule based on the
Companys Total Net Leverage Ratio as reflected in the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) of the Credit Agreement. Adjustments, if any, to the Applicable Margin shall be
effective on the date the Company delivers its financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i) and (ii). If the Company fails to deliver the financial statements required pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) at the time required, then
the Applicable Margin shall be the highest Applicable Margin set forth in the foregoing Pricing Schedule until such financial statements are delivered.
Applicable Property means the fee-owned real property located at 5995 Mayfair Road, North Canton, OH 44720.
Approved Fund has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.1.
Arranger Fee Letter means that certain Arranger Fee Letter related to this Agreement, entered into by the Company and dated
November 23, 2015.
Arrangers means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.
Article means an article of this Agreement unless another document is specifically referenced.
Asset Sale Prepayment Event means any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property (excluding any
such Disposition permitted by Section 6.14 other than clauses (vi), (xvi) and, except to the extent proceeds are received and used prior to the Acquisition Closing Date to repay Senior Notes, clause (xv)) that yields gross proceeds to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of
$15.0 million, provided that all such
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Dispositions excluded under such de-minimis exception (including any Recovery Events excluded pursuant to the definition thereof) shall not exceed $50.0 million in any fiscal year of the Company.
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the
consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 13.1), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Authorized Officer means, with respect to any Borrower, any of the president, the chief executive officer, any Designated
Financial Officer or the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company or any other Person designated by any of the foregoing in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time to act on behalf of any Borrower (or, if so designated, a
specific Borrower) which designation has not been rescinded in writing, in each case acting singly, provided that two Authorized Officers shall be required to modify the wiring instructions for any Advance.
Available Amount means, as at any time of determination, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a
cumulative basis, equal to, without duplication:
(a) $30,000,000; plus
(b) the Cumulative Companys ECF Share; plus
(c) the Net Cash Proceeds actually received by the Company from and after the Execution Date to such date from any capital contributions to,
or the sale or issuance of Equity Interests of, the Company (other than (i) Disqualified Equity Interests, (ii) Equity Interests issued or sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent
such sale to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination and
(iii) Equity Interests the Net Cash Proceeds of which are used to repay long-term Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than (i) revolving loans or (ii) Indebtedness of a Person, or Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the assets, being
acquired in connection with acquisitions permitted hereunder for which the Company issues Equity Interests as consideration)); plus
(d)
the Net Cash Proceeds of Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity Interests of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case issued after the Execution Date, which have been exchanged or converted into Equity Interests (other than of
Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company; plus
(e) the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Dispositions of Investments made using the Available Amount (such amount not to exceed the amount of the Investments made using the Available Amount); plus
(f) returns, profits and distributions received in cash or Cash Equivalents by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on Investments made
using the Available Amount (including Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries) (such amount not to exceed the amount of such Investments made using the Available Amount); plus
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(g) the Investments of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries made using the Available Amount in
any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or that has been merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (up to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by
the Company) of the Investments of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary made with the Available Amount at the time of such re-designation or merger or consolidation); plus
(h) Declined Amounts; minus
(i) the cumulative amount of Investments made with the Available Amount from and after the Execution Date, minus
(j) the cumulative amount of Restricted Payments made with the Available Amount from and after the Execution Date, minus
(k) the cumulative amount of payments, prepayments, repurchases and redemptions of optional or voluntary defeasements of Restricted
Indebtedness made with the Available Amount from and after the Execution Date.
Available Foreign Currencies means the
Agreed Currencies other than Dollars.
BaFin means the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt
für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht).
Bankruptcy Event means, with respect to any Lender or a Parent of any
Lender, such Lender or Parent becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the
reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such
proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of (x) any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Lender or Parent by a Governmental Authority or
instrumentality thereof or (y) in the case of a solvent Lender and Parent, the precautionary appointment of an administrator, guardian or custodian or similar official by a Governmental Authority under or based on the law of the country where
such Lender or Parent is organized if the applicable law of such jurisdiction requires that such appointment not be publicly disclosed; provided, further, that such ownership interest or appointment does not result in or provide such
Lender or Parent 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 Parent (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to
reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Lender or Parent.
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Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreement means an agreement between the Company and/or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries and a financial institution providing for foreign and/or domestic revolving credit facilities, and/or the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees and/or similar obligations which agreement has been designated in
writing as a Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreement by the Company to the Administrative Agent, which designation shall include a certification as to the maximum principal exposure amount permitted under such agreement and a designation as to the amount of such
maximum exposure amount that shall constitute Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt the Company may rescind such designation (or deliver a certificate certifying as to a modified amount of such maximum exposure amount that shall constitute
Obligations) by written notice to the Administrative Agent. On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, it is agreed that Liens on Collateral securing Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreements, whether or not constituting Obligations, shall be required to be
secured pursuant to Section 6.16(xviii) and/or (xix). Prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreements shall be required to be outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18(xxii).
Blocked Account Agreement means a blocked account agreement between Deutsche Bank AG, the Company, Target and Wincor
Nixdorf Facility GmbH in customary form.
Board of Directors means: (1) with respect to a corporation, the board
of directors of the corporation or such directors or committee serving a similar function; (2) with respect to a limited liability company, the board of managers of the company or such managers or committee serving a similar function;
(3) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership; and (4) with respect to any other Person, the managers, directors, trustees, board or committee of such Person or its owners serving a
similar function.
Borrower DTTP Filing means an HM Revenue & Customs Form DTTP2, duly completed and
filed by the relevant Borrower within the applicable time limit, which contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence provided by the Lender to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Borrowers is defined in the preamble hereto.
Borrowing Date means any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to Section 2.3, 2.15 or 2.16 as a date on which a
Borrower requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder or, with respect to the issuance of any Facility Letter of Credit, the date the applicable Issuer issues such Facility Letter of Credit.
Borrowing Notice is defined in Section 2.3.
Business Combination Agreement means the Business Combination Agreement dated November 23, 2015 (including all
exhibits, schedules, annexes and other attachments thereto) among the Company and Target.
Business Day means any day
that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or Chicago are authorized or required by law to remain closed; and when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan for a LIBOR Quoted Currency, the term
Business Day shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for general business in London; and in addition, with respect to any date for the payment or purchase of, or
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the fixing of an interest rate in relation to, any Non-Quoted Currency, the term Business Day shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for general business in the
principal financial center of the country of such Non-Quoted Currency and, if the Advance or LC Disbursements which are the subject of a borrowing, drawing, payment, reimbursement or rate selection are denominated in Euro, the term Business
Day shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET2 payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
Capital Expenditures means, for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that should be
capitalized under GAAP on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Capital Stock
means (i) in the case of any corporation, all capital stock and any securities exchangeable for or convertible into capital stock and any warrants, rights or other options to purchase or otherwise acquire capital stock or such securities or any
other form of equity securities, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership
or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person.
Capitalized Lease of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee
which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Capitalized Lease
Obligations of a Person means the amount of the obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Cash Equivalents means (i) Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Swiss Francs, Pounds Sterling, Japanese Yen, Euros, any national
currency of any participating member state of the EMU and any other Agreed Currencies; (ii) securities issued directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof), (iii) Dollar denominated time deposits, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, overnight bank deposits and bankers acceptances of any domestic or
foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of
non-U.S. banks (any such bank, an Approved Lender), (iv) commercial paper issued by any Lender or Approved Lender or by the parent company of any Lender or Approved Lender, commercial paper
with a short-term commercial paper rating of at least investment grade or the equivalent thereof, marketable short-term money market and similar funds of at least investment grade or the equivalent thereof,
(v) investment grade bonds and preferred stock of investment grade companies, including but not limited to municipal bonds, corporate bonds, treasury bonds, etc., (vi) readily marketable direct obligations issued by (x) any state,
commonwealth or territory of the United States or any
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political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or (y) any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality, in each case of at least investment grade or the
equivalent thereof, (vii) foreign Investments that are of similar type of, and that have a rating comparable to, any of the Investments referred to in the preceding clauses (i) through (vi) above, (viii) investments in money
market funds substantially all the assets of which are comprised of securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (vii) above and (ix) other securities and financial instruments which offer a security comparable to those
listed above.
Cash Management Agreement means any agreement providing cash management services for collections,
treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services), any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account
relationships, commercial credit cards, merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds transfer services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer
services that is in effect on the Execution Date or thereafter and is by and among the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and a Cash Management Bank; provided that, any Cash Management Agreement may be designated in writing by the Company
and such Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be a Cash Management Agreement (any such agreement, an Excluded Cash Management Agreement).
Cash Management Bank means the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Affiliate thereof that is a party to a Cash
Management Agreement with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person that was the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate thereof at the time it entered into a Cash Management Agreement with the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
Certain Funds Advances is defined in Section 4.6(a).
Certain Funds Commitments is defined in Section 4.6(a).
Certain Funds Event of Default means a Default arising from any of the following provisions (but excluding in any event
Defaults with respect to the Target Group):
(a) a Default in respect of the failure of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to observe or perform any covenant or agreement applicable thereto contained in (i) Section 6.2 (Use of Proceeds), Section 6.4 (Conduct of Business); Section 6.7 (Compliance with Laws); Section 6.13 (Merger);
Section 6.14 (Sale of Assets); Section 6.15 (Investments and Acquisitions); Section 6.16 (Liens); Section 6.18 (Indebtedness); Section 6.19 (Negative Pledge Clauses); Section 6.20 (Limitation on Restrictions on
Subsidiary Distributions); Section 6.25 (Restricted Payments); Section 6.26 (Certain Payments of Indebtedness); Section 6.27 (Amendments to Organizational Documents); Section 6.29 (the Offer, the Acquisition, and Related Matters)
(but in the case of Section 6.29, not clauses (e)(iii) or (iv) thereto, and not, on or prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, clauses (f), (h) or (j) thereto); or
(b) Sections 7.2, 7.6, 7.7; 7.12; or 7.14.
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Certain Funds Period means the period commencing on the Execution Date and
ending on the first date on which a Mandatory Cancellation Date occurs or exists.
Certain Funds Purposes means
(i) payment of the cash price payable by Company (or as applicable, AcquisitionCo) (x) to the holders of the Target Shares in consideration for the acquisition of such Target Shares and (y) for the treasury shares of Target, in each
case, being acquired (directly or indirectly) by Company (or as applicable, AcquisitionCo); (ii) payment (directly or indirectly) of any cash payments required for the acquisition or settlement of any options over Target Shares;
(iii) financing (directly or indirectly) the fees, costs and expenses in respect of the Transactions; (iv) the Existing Company Debt Refinancing, (v) the Target Refinancing and the refinancing of other Indebtedness of the Target; and
(vi) (x) down-streaming of cash to AcquisitionCo for such purposes or (y) depositing cash in escrow to the extent release thereof is limited to use for any such purposes.
Certain Funds Representations means each of the following: Section 5.1 (with respect to the Company and the
Guarantors); Section 5.2 (with respect to enforceability of the Loan Documents); Section 5.3 (with respect to no conflicts between the Loan Documents and the organizational documents of the Company and the Guarantors); Section 5.11;
Section 5.12; Section 5.16; Section 5.22; Section 5.23; Section 5.25 (with respect to the Acquisition Closing Date, immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Acquisition Closing Date); and
Section 5.26.
CF Rate has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement of any of the following: (a) the adoption or
taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any
request, rules, guideline, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and 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, issued or implemented.
Change of
Control means (i) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be Continuing Directors; or (ii) any Person, including a group (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) which includes such Person, shall purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, beneficial ownership of Voting Stock of the Company and, as a result of such purchase or acquisition, any such
Person (together with its Affiliates), shall directly or indirectly beneficially own in the aggregate Voting Stock representing more than 30% of the combined voting power of the Companys Voting Stock.
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Charges is defined in Section 10.12.
Class, when used in reference to any Loan or Commitment, refers to whether such Loan is, as the context requires, a
Revolving Credit Loan, a Delayed Draw Term A Loan, a Replacement Term A Loan, a Term A Loan, a Term B Loan, a Term Loan or an Incremental Term Loan, and when used in reference to a Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit
Commitment, a Delayed Draw Term A Commitment, a Replacement Term A Commitment, a Term A Commitment, a Term B Commitment, a Term Commitment, or an Incremental Term Loan Commitment.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time.
Collateral means, collectively, all of the assets and property (including Capital Stock) and interests therein and proceeds
thereof, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in or upon which a Lien is granted pursuant to any of the Security Documents as security for the Obligations, as applicable.
Commitment and Acceptance is defined in Section 2.19(b).
Commitments means the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and the Term Commitments.
Commodity Exchange Act means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any
successor statute.
Company is defined in the preamble hereto.
Compliance Certificate is defined in Section 6.1(iv).
Condemnation is defined in Section 7.8.
Consolidated Current Assets means at any date, all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity
with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current assets (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
Consolidated Current Liabilities means at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite
the caption total current liabilities (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) without duplication of clause (a) above, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Loans to the extent otherwise included therein.
Consolidated Net Income means as of any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period determined in conformity with GAAP.
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Consolidated Working Capital means at any date, the excess of Consolidated
Current Assets on such date over Consolidated Current Liabilities on such date.
Continuing Directors means individuals
who at the beginning of any period of two consecutive calendar years constituted the board of directors of the Company, together with any new directors whose election by such board of directors or whose nomination for election was approved by a vote
of at least a majority of the members of such board of directors then still in office who either were members of such board of directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved.
Contract Consideration is defined in the definition of Excess Cash Flow.
Controlled Group means all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control which, together with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
Conversion/Continuation Notice is defined in Section 2.7.
Credit Facilities means the Revolving Credit Facility, each Term Facility and as applicable, any Incremental Facility.
Credit Party means the Administrative Agent, the Swing Lender, any Issuer, or any other Lender.
Credit Parties means the Administrative Agent, the Swing Lender, the Issuers and any other Lenders, collectively.
Cumulative Companys ECF Share means, as of any date of determination, for each fiscal year of the Company (commencing
with the first fiscal year for which excess cash flow prepayments, if any, are required pursuant to Section 2.6.5(c)) with respect to which a Compliance Certificate has been delivered in connection with the delivery of annual financial
statements pursuant to Section 6.1(i), an amount (in no event less than zero) equal to the sum of the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal years covered by such Compliance Certificates.
Declined Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.11.
Declining Lender has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.11.
Default means an event described in Article VII.
Defaulting Lender means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or
paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the
case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified
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and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does
not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lenders good faith determination that a condition precedent
(specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business
Days after request by the Administrative Agent, the Swing Lender or any Issuer, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able
to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon
such Credit Partys receipt of such certification in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.
Delayed Draw Amortization Amount means, as of any date, the aggregate original principal amount of all Delayed Draw Term A
Loans that have been made on or prior to such date (for the avoidance of doubt, disregarding any subsequent repayments thereof).
Delayed Draw Borrowing Date means the date of any Advance of Delayed Draw Term A Loans.
Delayed Draw Term A Commitment means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make a Delayed Draw Term A Loan to the Company
hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Delayed Draw Term A Loans to be made by such Lender under this Agreement, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time pursuant to Sections 2.4, 13.1 or
any other applicable provisions hereof. The initial amount of each Lenders Delayed Draw Term A Commitment is set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) under the caption Delayed Draw Term A Commitment or, otherwise, in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Delayed Draw Term A Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Term A Commitments as of the Execution Date is $250,000,000.
Delayed Draw Term A Facility means the Delayed Draw Term A Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
Delayed Draw Term A Lender means, at any time, each Lender having a Delayed Draw Term A Commitment or an outstanding
Delayed Draw Term A Loan at such time.
Delayed Draw Term A Loan is defined in Section 2.1(b).
Delayed Draw Term A Ticking Fee is defined in Section 2.5(b).
Designated Financial Officer means, with respect to any Borrower, its chief financial officer, director of treasury
services, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or any position similar to any of the foregoing.
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Disposition means with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and
leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms Dispose and Disposed of shall have correlative meanings.
Disqualified Equity Interests means any Equity Interest that by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity
Interest 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, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable at the
option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (c) provides for scheduled payments of dividends in cash or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interest that would constitute
Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, on or prior to the 91st day following the Latest Maturity Date; provided that (i) any Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because the holders thereof have the
right to require the Company to repurchase such Disqualified Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests if the terms of such Equity Interests (and all securities into
which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable) provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Equity Interests (and all securities into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable) pursuant to such
provision unless the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification claims) are fully satisfied prior thereto or simultaneously therewith and (ii) only the portion of the Equity Interests meeting one of the foregoing clauses
(a) through (d) prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date will be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (A) if such Equity Interest is issued
pursuant to any plan for the benefit of directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants or by any such plan to such directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants, in each case in the
ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the issuer thereof in order to satisfy applicable
statutory or regulatory obligations, and (B) no Equity Interest held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager, member of management or consultant (or their respective Affiliates or immediate family members) of the
Company (or any Subsidiary) shall be considered Disqualified Equity Interests because such stock is redeemable or subject to repurchase pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option, stock appreciation right or other stock
award agreement, stock ownership plan, put agreement, stockholder agreement or similar agreement that may be in effect from time to time.
Disqualified Lender means (a) banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders separately identified in
writing by the Company to the Administrative Agent prior to the Execution Date, (b) any competitors of the Company, the Target or their respective Subsidiaries that were separately identified in writing by the Company to the Administrative
Agent prior to the Execution Date, and (c) in the case of each of the entities covered by clauses (a) and (b), any of their Affiliates (other than bona fide debt funds) that are either (i) identified in writing by the Company to the
Administrative Agent from time to time or (ii) clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliates name. In no event shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any prospective assignee is a
Disqualified Lender or have any liability with respect to any assignment made to a Disqualified Lender.
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Dollar Equivalent Amount of any currency at any date shall mean (i) the
amount of such currency if such currency is in Dollars or (ii) the Equivalent Amount of Dollars if such currency is any currency other than Dollars as determined pursuant to Section 1.5.
Dollars, U.S. Dollars and $ means lawful currency of the United States of America.
Domestic Loan Party means a Loan Party that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
Domestic Obligation means an Obligation of a Borrower or Guarantor that is a Domestic Loan Party.
Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries means any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
Domestic Subsidiary means each present and future Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
Domestic Subsidiary Borrower means each Domestic Subsidiary listed as a Domestic Subsidiary Borrower in Schedule 1.1(c) as
amended from time to time in accordance with Section 8.2.2.
Domestic Subsidiary Opinion means with respect to any
Domestic Subsidiary Borrower, a legal opinion of counsel to such Domestic Subsidiary Borrower (or the Company) addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Domination Agreement means a domination agreement (Beherrschungvertrag in the meaning of Sec 291(1) of the German
Stock Corporation Act) among AcquisitionCo (or the Company or any other of its direct or indirect Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries), the Target and the other parties thereto.
Domination Agreement Effective Date means the initial date on which the Domination Agreement is effective.
Drop Dead Date means November 21, 2016.
EBIT means, for any period, the sum of:
(a) the Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined in conformity with GAAP
plus, each of the following to the extent not duplicative of amounts included in determining Consolidated Net Income:
(b) Taxes based on income, profits or capital for such period, including, without limitation, state franchise and similar Taxes and foreign
withholding Taxes, and Interest Expense (without, however, giving effect to the proviso to the definition thereof), and any extraordinary or non-recurring losses and charges and any non-cash losses and non-cash charges and related tax effects in
accordance with GAAP; plus
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(c) net income of the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable to the minority equity
interests in the Target after the Acquisition (calculated for the applicable period on a Pro Forma Basis as if the Acquisition had occurred on the first day of such period), it being understood any such increases pursuant to this clause
(c) shall only be available subject to the consummation of the Acquisition and not in contemplation thereof; plus
(d) (i)
fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any taxes paid in connection therewith and retention payments in respect of the Target) incurred in connection with the Acquisition or Future Acquisitions, (ii) non-recurring costs,
charges and expenses relating to (x) the exercise of options and (y) stock issued by Target or the target of a Future Acquisition, (iii) any fees, costs, expenses or charges related to any equity offering, Future Acquisition,
Disposition or other Investment permitted hereunder, recapitalization or incurrence or amendments of Indebtedness permitted to be made under this Agreement (whether or not successful) and (iv) any costs or expenses incurred by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded
with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or Net Cash Proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Company; plus
(e) any loss realized as a result of the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles; plus
(f) any fees, expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions or insurance in connection
with any Future Acquisition, Disposition, Investment, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted hereunder, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Company has made a determination that a reasonable basis
exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the
extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days); plus
(g) synergies and cost-savings of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries related to operational changes, restructuring, reorganizations, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and similar restructuring initiatives (Synergies) and non-recurring costs, charges,
accruals, reserves or expenses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable or related to such Synergies (Costs of Synergies), in each case relating to the Acquisition (it being understood any such increases
pursuant to this clause (g) shall only be available subject to the consummation of the Acquisition and not in contemplation thereof), in each case, that are set forth in a certificate of a Designated Financial Officer of the Company and that
are factually supportable (in the good faith determination of the Company, as certified in the applicable certificate) and, in the case of Synergies, are reasonably anticipated by the Company in good faith to result from actions taken or with
respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken, or in the case of Costs of Synergies, such costs or expenses are incurred, in each case within 24 months following the consummation of the Acquisition
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(calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions to the extent already included in consolidated net income for such period);
provided that the aggregate amount of Synergies added back in reliance on this clause (g) in any four-fiscal quarter period shall not exceed $160,000,000; plus
(h) Synergies and Costs of Synergies, in each case relating to any Future Acquisition, any Disposition by the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business or any initiatives relating to restructuring, reorganization, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and similar restructuring initiatives enacted after the date hereof (it being
understood any such increases pursuant to this clause (h) related to a Future Acquisition or Disposition shall only be available subject to the consummation of the Future Acquisition or Disposition and not in contemplation thereof), in each
case, that are set forth in a certificate of a Designated Financial Officer of the Company and that are factually supportable (in the good faith determination of the Company, as certified in the applicable certificate) and, in the case of Synergies,
are reasonably anticipated by the Company in good faith to result from actions taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken within 18 months following the consummation of the Future Acquisition or
Disposition or the decision implement such restructuring initiative (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions to the extent already included in consolidated net income for
such period); provided that the aggregate amount added back in reliance on this clause (h) in any four-fiscal quarter period shall not exceed 10% of EBITDA for such four-fiscal quarter period (calculated before giving effect to any
addbacks and adjustments in this clause (h) and in clauses (g) above and (i) below); plus
(i) non-recurring costs,
charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable or related to operational changes, restructuring, reorganizations, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and similar restructuring initiatives incurred by the Target and its
Restricted Subsidiaries prior to March 31, 2016 that are set forth in a certificate of a Designated Financial Officer of the Company and are factually supportable (in the good faith determination of the Company, as certified in the applicable
certificate), it being understood any such increases pursuant to this clause (i) shall only be available subject to the consummation of the Acquisition and not in contemplation thereof; provided that the aggregate amount of all amounts
added back in reliance on this clause (i) in any four-fiscal quarter period shall not exceed 80 million; plus
minus, each of the
following to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income (without duplication):
(j) (i) the income (or loss) of any
Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) in which any Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has a joint interest or a partnership interest or other ownership interest, except to the extent that any
such income is actually paid to or otherwise received in cash by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, (ii) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or that Persons assets are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except as provided in the definitions of
EBIT and Pro Forma Basis herein, (iii) the income (or loss) attributable to any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, except to the extent that any such income is actually paid to or
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otherwise received in cash by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company during such period; (iv) gains (or losses) from the sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition of
property or assets not in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and related tax effects in accordance with GAAP, (v) any other extraordinary or non-recurring gains or other income not from the
continuing operations of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, any non-cash gains for such period, and in each case, related tax effects in accordance with GAAP and (vi) the income of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than
Restricted Subsidiaries which are not material in the aggregate as agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative Agent and other than the Target and its Subsidiaries prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date) to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary; minus
(k) net loss of the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries
attributable to the minority equity interests in the Target after the Acquisition (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), it being understood any such decreases pursuant to this clause (k) shall be subject to the consummation of the Acquisition and
not in contemplation thereof; minus
(l) without duplication, the aggregate amount of cash payments made during such period in
respect of any non-cash accrual, reserve or other non-cash charge or expense accounted for in a prior period which were added to Consolidated Net Income to determine EBIT for such prior period and which do not otherwise reduce Consolidated Net
Income for the current period; minus
(m) any gain realized as a result of the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles.
For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall be calculated as set forth in Section 1.2.
EBITDA means, for any period, the sum of (a) EBIT for such period plus (b) to the extent deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, all amounts attributable to depreciation expense and amortization expense (including amortization of intangibles, deferred financing fees and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and
other post-employment benefits, but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), in each case, determined in accordance with GAAP.
ECF Percentage means 50%; provided that, with respect to any full fiscal year of the Company ending after the
Acquisition Closing Date, the ECF Percentage shall be reduced to 25% and 0%, respectively, if as of the last day of the applicable fiscal year the Companys Total Net Leverage Ratio was less than 3.25: 1.00 or 2.75: 1.00, respectively.
Escrow Term Loans is defined in Section 17.2.
Eligible Currency means any currency other than Dollars (i) that is readily available, (ii) that is freely
traded, (iii) in which deposits are customarily offered to banks in the London
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interbank market, (iv) that is convertible into Dollars in the international interbank market and (v) as to which a Dollar Equivalent Amount may be readily calculated. If, after the
designation by the Revolving Credit Lenders of any currency as an Agreed Currency, (x) currency control or other exchange regulations are imposed in the country in which such currency is issued with the result that different types of such
currency are introduced, (y) such currency is, in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, no longer readily available or freely traded or (z) in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, a Dollar
Equivalent Amount of such currency is not readily calculable, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Company, and such currency shall no longer be an Agreed Currency until such time as all of the Revolving Credit Lenders
agree to reinstate such currency as an Agreed Currency and promptly, but in any event within five Business Days of receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall repay all Loans in such affected currency or convert such
Loans into Loans in Dollars or another Agreed Currency, subject to the other terms set forth in Article II.
EMU means
the European 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 Union for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of
the Euro in one or more member states of the European Union.
Environmental Laws means, with respect to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements
and other governmental restrictions relating to (a) the protection of the environment, (b) the effect of the environment on human health, (c) emissions, discharges or releases of Hazardous Substances into surface water, ground water
or land, or (d) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances or the clean-up or other remediation thereof, in each case, applicable to the Companys or any of
its Subsidiarys operations or Property.
Equity Interests means shares of the capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interest in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity interests or any warrants, options or other rights to acquire such interests but excluding any debt securities convertible into such
Equity Interests.
Equivalent Amount of any currency with respect to any amount of any other currency at any date means
the equivalent in such currency of such amount of such other currency, calculated pursuant to Section 1.5.
ERISA
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of l974, as amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
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Euro or means the means the single currency unit of
the member states of the European Union that have the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
Eurocurrency, when used in reference to a currency means an Agreed Currency and when used in reference to any Loan or
Advance, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Advance, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
Eurocurrency Rate means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Advance for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal
to the sum of the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.
Excess Cash Flow means for
any fiscal year of the Company, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year, (ii) the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) deducted
in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal year and (iv) the aggregate net amount of non-cash loss on the Disposition of property by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income over (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) the amount of all
non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (ii) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such fiscal year on account of Capital Expenditures (except to the
extent that such Capital Expenditures made in cash were financed with the proceeds of Indebtedness of the Company or the Subsidiaries and any such Capital Expenditures financed with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount), (iii) the
aggregate amount of all prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans during such fiscal year to the extent accompanying permanent optional reductions of the Revolving Credit Commitments and all optional prepayments of the Term Loans during
such fiscal year, (iv) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments of Funded Debt (including the Term Loans) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries made during such fiscal year (other than in respect of any
revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), (v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal year, (vi) the aggregate net amount of non-cash gain on the
Disposition of property by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), (vii) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments
actually paid in cash by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness, (viii) the amount of Taxes paid in cash or Tax reserves set aside or payable (without
duplication) with respect to such period to the extent they exceed the amount of Tax expense deducted in determining net income for such period, (ix) cash expenditures in respect of Hedging Agreements during such fiscal year, (x) without
duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xiii) below in prior fiscal years, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) in connection with Investments
(including acquisitions) made during such period in respect of Future Acquisitions or other acquisitions of property or assets from third parties pursuant to Sections 6.15 (viii), (xi) and/or (x) or Acquisitions of Target Shares pursuant
to Section 6.15(xii), in each case to the extent that such Investments were financed with internally generated cash of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (xii) the
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amount of Restricted Payments during such period (on a consolidated basis) by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries made in reliance on Section 6.25(b) and/or (f), in each case to the
extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries) and (xiii) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration
required to be paid in cash by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the Contract Consideration) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Future Acquisitions or Capital
Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company following the end of such period, provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of internally
generated cash actually utilized to finance such Future Acquisitions or Capital Expenditures during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the
calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, in each case, to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of calculating Excess
Cash Flow, (a) prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date, the calculation of Excess Cash Flow will not take into account the Target and its Subsidiaries and any related consolidated net income (or loss) or other
applicable occurrences that would otherwise modify the definition of Excess Cash Flow that originate at the Target and its Subsidiaries prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date and (b) Consolidated Net Income shall not
include the consolidated net income (or loss) of a Person earned prior to the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary.
Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent Amount of any Eligible Currency, the rate
at which such other currency may be exchanged into U.S. Dollars at the time of determination on such day on the Bloomberg WCR Page for such currency. If such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg WCR Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by
reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of
the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about such time as the Administrative Agent shall elect after determining
that such rates shall be the basis for determining the Exchange Rate, on such date for the purchase of U.S. Dollars for delivery two (2) Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot
rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Company, may use any reasonable method it deems in good faith appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be presumed correct absent manifest error.
Exchange Rate Date means, if on such date any Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstanding is (or any Aggregate Revolving
Credit Outstanding that has been requested at such time would be) denominated in a Eligible Currency, each of:
(i) the first Business Day
of each calendar month,
(ii) if a Default has occurred and is continuing, any Business Day designated as an Exchange Rate Date by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, and
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(iii) each date (with such date to be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) that is
on or about the date of (a) a Borrowing Notice with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, (b) a notice of conversion with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan or (c) each request for the issuance, renewal or extension of any Letter of
Credit.
Excluded Assets means (i) any fee-owned real property located outside the United States, (ii) any
fee-owned real property located in the United States having a fair market value equal to or less than $10 million, (iii) leasehold interests (it being understood that there shall be no requirement to obtain leasehold mortgages/deeds of trusts,
landlord waivers, estoppels, collateral access letters or similar third-party agreements or consents), motor vehicles, aircraft and other assets subject to certificates of title, (iv) those assets over which the granting of security interests
in such assets would be prohibited by applicable law or regulation (in each case, after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC), or to the extent that such security interests would result in material adverse tax
consequences to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company, (v) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Company reasonably determine that the costs of
obtaining a security interest in such assets or perfection thereof, including, without limitation, the cost of title insurance, surveys or flood insurance (if necessary) are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Lenders of the security to be
afforded thereby, (vi) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a Statement of Use or Amendment to Allege Use with respect thereto, (vii) to the extent requiring the consent of one or more
third parties or prohibited by (including by triggering a change of control provision or, repurchase obligation under) the terms of any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholders agreement (in each case after
taking commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consent or have such prohibition waived to the extent such actions are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent), equity interests in any person other than Wholly Owned Subsidiaries,
(viii) margin stock, (ix) letter of credit rights, chattel paper, promissory notes (other than intercompany notes (it being understood and agreed that Company and its Subsidiaries may deliver a global intercompany note and allonge in lieu
of taking any creation, perfection, priority or other actions with respect to any individual intercompany notes)) and commercial tort claims below a threshold to be mutually and reasonably agreed (except to the extent perfection can be achieved by
the filing of a UCC financing statement in the state of the Company or such Guarantors state of organization, (x) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations to the extent security interest is
prohibited thereby (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC and excluding the proceeds and receivables thereof), (xi) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject to a purchase money security
interest, capital lease obligation or similar arrangement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money, capital lease or similar arrangement or create a
right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC), other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is
expressly deemed effective under the UCC notwithstanding such prohibition and (xii) any voting Capital Stock issued by any Excluded Subsidiary (as defined in clauses (i) through (iv) of the definition thereof) in excess of 65% of the
total voting Capital Stock issued by such Excluded Subsidiary.
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Excluded Cash Management Agreement is defined in the definition of Cash
Management Agreement.
Excluded Hedging Agreement is defined in the definition of Hedging Agreement.
Excluded Subsidiaries means (i) any Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) any Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign
Subsidiary, (iii) any Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which are Capital Stock or indebtedness of Excluded Subsidiaries, (iv) any other subsidiary in respect of which either (a) the pledge of more than 662/3% of the voting Capital Stock of such Subsidiary in support of the Obligations of any U.S. Person or (b) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations of any U.S. Person, could
reasonably be expected to, in the good faith judgment of the Company, result in adverse tax consequences to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is a U.S. Person, and (v) SPCs.
Excluded Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a
portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant, if any, by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, as applicable, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule,
regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) (a) by virtue of such Guarantors failure for any reason to constitute a Qualified ECP Guarantor at the time the
Guaranty of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (b) in the case of a Swap Obligation subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to Section 2(h) of
the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), because such Guarantor is a financial entity, as defined in Section 2(h)(7)(C)(i) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), at the time the
Guaranty of such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap
Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.
Excluded
Taxes means, with respect to any payment made by any Loan Party under any Loan Document, any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient:
(a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any Tax attributable to such Recipients failure to comply with
Section 3.4(f) or 3.4(j), (c) in the case of a Lender, any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in
effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by a Borrower under Section 3.5(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in
each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.4, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed
its lending office or (d) any withholding Taxes imposed by FATCA.
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Execution Date means the first date on which all conditions precedent set
forth in Section 4.1 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 8.2.
Existing Company Debt
Refinancing means the Existing Loan Agreement Refinancing, the Existing Senior Notes Refinancing and the refinancing or repayment of the Companys industrial revenue bonds outstanding as of the Execution Date.
Existing Loan Agreement means the Loan Agreement dated as of June 30, 2011, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified, among the Company, the subsidiary borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent for such lenders.
Existing Loan Agreement Refinancing means the repayment in full of all outstanding amounts (other than contingent
indemnification obligations not then due) under the Existing Loan Agreement and the termination in full of all commitments thereunder and any guarantees in respect thereof (or, if the Replacement Facilities do not become effective hereunder on or
prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, an amendment, amendment and restatement or replacement of the Existing Loan Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers).
Existing Senior Notes Refinancing means the repayment in full of all outstanding amounts (other than contingent
indemnification obligations not then due) owing under the Senior Notes and the termination in full of any guarantees in respect thereof.
External Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Loan Party.
Facility is defined in Section 17.3.
Facility Letter of Credit means a Letter of Credit issued by an Issuer pursuant to Section 2.15.
Facility Letter of Credit Obligations means, as at the time of determination thereof, all liabilities, whether actual or
contingent, of a Borrower under Facility Letters of Credit, including the sum of (a) Reimbursement Obligations and, without duplication, (b) the aggregate undrawn face amount of the outstanding Facility Letters of Credit.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version
that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any intergovernmental agreements entered into in connection therewith, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any current or
future regulations or official interpretations of any of the foregoing.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any
day, an interest rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Chicago
time) on such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers
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of recognized standing reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, when used in connection with any Advance denominated in any Eligible Currency, Federal Funds Effective Rate
means the correlative rate of interest with respect to such Eligible Currency as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent for such day. It is agreed that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate is less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be
zero.
Final Settlement Date means the latest date on which all payments to be made by AcquisitionCo in connection with
the Offer to settle acceptances during the Initial Acceptance Period pursuant to Section 16(1) of the German Takeover Code and the Subsequent Acceptance Period pursuant to Section 16(2) of the German Takeover Code have been made.
Floating Rate means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the Applicable Margin plus (b) the
Alternate Base Rate for such day, in each case changing when and as the Alternate Base Rate changes.
Floating Rate
Loan or Floating Rate Advance means a Loan which bears interest at the Floating Rate.
Flood
Insurance Regulations means (a) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, (b) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, (c) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (amending 42 USC 4001 et seq.), and (d) the
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, in each case as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and including any regulations promulgated thereunder.
Foreign Borrower Tranche means a new tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.19(a).
Foreign Currency Loan or Foreign Currency Advance means any Loan or other Advance denominated in any
Available Foreign Currency.
Foreign Loan Party means a Loan Party which is a Foreign Subsidiary.
Foreign Obligation means an Obligation of a Borrower or Guarantor that is a Foreign Loan Party.
Foreign Plan means each employee benefit plan (as defined under Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is not subject to the laws
of the United States and is maintained or contributed to by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group.
Foreign Plan
Event means, with respect to any Foreign Plan, (A) the failure to make or, if applicable, accrue in accordance with normal accounting practices, any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such
Foreign Plan; (B) the failure to register or loss of good standing with applicable regulatory authorities of any such Foreign Plan required to be registered; or (C) the failure of any Foreign Plan to comply with any material provisions of
applicable law and regulations or with the material terms of such Foreign Plan.
Foreign Subsidiary means each
Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States.
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Foreign Subsidiary Borrower means each Foreign Subsidiary listed as a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower in Schedule 1.1(c), as amended from time to time in accordance with Section 8.2.2.
Foreign Subsidiary
Opinion means with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, a legal opinion of counsel to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower (or the Company) addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Funded Debt means as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that
matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or
similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all current maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not required
to be paid within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Borrowers, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
Future Acquisition means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date of this
Agreement, other than the Acquisition, by which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, business line or division thereof, whether through
purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the Voting Stock of any Person.
Future Target is defined in the definition of Hostile Acquisition.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.
German Takeover Code means the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Code (Wertpapiererwerbs- und
Übernahmegesetz).
Governmental Authority means any nation or government, any state, or other political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
Guarantee Obligation means as to any Person (the guaranteeing person), any obligation, including a
reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing Person that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or which is given to induce the creation of a separate obligation by another Person (including any bank under any letter of
credit) that guarantees or in effect guarantees, any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the primary obligations) of any other third Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly
or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds
(1) for the
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purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the
primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or
(iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or
collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation 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 in respect of
which such Guarantee Obligation 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 Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum
amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing persons maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as
determined by the Borrowers in good faith.
Guarantor means (a) with respect to the Obligations of the Subsidiary
Borrowers or any Guarantor, the Company and each present and future Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Guaranty as a guarantor at any time, and (b) with respect to the Obligations of the Company, each present and future Subsidiary of the
Company executing a Guaranty as a guarantor at any time.
Guaranty means, with respect to the Company, the guarantee
contained in Article IX and, with respect to any other Guarantor, each guaranty agreement in respect of the Obligations in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and agreed by the Company, executed and delivered by each
such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, including any amendment, modification, renewal or replacement of such guaranty agreement.
Hazardous Substances means any material or substance: (1) which is or becomes defined as a hazardous substance,
pollutant, or contaminant, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) (42 USC §9601 et. seq.) as amended and regulations promulgated under it; (2) containing
gasoline, oil, diesel fuel or other petroleum products; (3) which is or becomes defined as hazardous waste pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (42 USC §6901 et. seq.) as amended and
regulations promulgated under it; (4) containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); (5) containing asbestos; (6) which is radioactive; (7) the presence of which requires investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law;
(8) which is or becomes defined or identified as a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous or toxic chemical, pollutant, contaminant, or biologically Hazardous Substance under any Environmental Law.
Hedging Agreement means any agreement (i) with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or
option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or
value, or credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reserve repurchase transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index transaction, spot contracts, fixed price physical delivery contracts, or any similar transaction or any
combination of these transactions, in each case of the foregoing,
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whether or not exchange traded; provided, that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or
consultants of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Hedging Agreement or (ii) in respect of a hedging transaction entered into by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to hedge or mitigate risks of the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is in effect on the Execution Date or thereafter and, in the case of both clauses (i) and (ii) above, is by and among the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and a Hedge Bank; provided that, any
Hedging Agreement may be designated in writing by the Company and such Hedge Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be a Hedging Agreement (any such agreement, an Excluded Hedging Agreement).
Hedge Bank means the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Affiliate thereof that is a party to a Hedging Agreement with
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person that was the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate thereof at the time it entered into a Hedging Agreement with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Hedging Obligations of a Person means any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever
and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) each Hedging Agreement (other than Excluded Hedging Agreements), and (b) any and
all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging Agreement (other than Excluded Hedging Agreements); provided, however, that the definition of Hedging Obligations shall not create any
Guaranty or other Guarantee Obligation by any Guarantor of (or grant of security interest by any Guarantor to support, as applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor for purposes of determining any obligations of any Guarantor.
HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme means the Board of H.M. Revenue and Customs Double Taxation Treaty Passport scheme.
Hostile Acquisition means any Future Acquisition of the Capital Stock of a Person (the Future Target)
through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such Capital Stock which has not been approved prior to such acquisition by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Future Target or by similar action if the Future Target is not a
corporation (and which approval has not been withdrawn).
Immaterial Subsidiary means each Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company now existing or hereafter acquired or formed and each successor thereto, which accounts for not more than (a) 5.0% of the consolidated gross revenues (after intercompany eliminations) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or
(b) 5.0% of the Total Assets (after intercompany eliminations) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements were
delivered pursuant to Section 6.10(i) or (ii); provided that if the Restricted Subsidiaries that constitute Immaterial Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding portion of this definition account for, in the aggregate, more than 10.0% of such
consolidated gross revenues and more than 10.0% of the Total Assets, each as described in the preceding portion of this definition, then the term Immaterial Subsidiary shall not include each such Subsidiary (starting with the Subsidiary
that accounts for the most consolidated gross revenues or Total Assets and then in descending order) necessary to account for at least 90% of the consolidated gross revenues and 90% of the Total Assets, each as described in clause (a) above.
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Increase Effective Date is defined in Section 2.19.
Increase Notice is defined in Section 2.19.
Incremental Amount means, at any time, (i) $400,000,000 plus (ii) additional amounts if the Company is in
compliance on a Pro Forma Basis, after giving effect to the incurrence of any Incremental Facilities (assuming the full drawing of loans under any Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and giving effect to other permitted pro forma adjustment events
and any permanent repayment of indebtedness after the beginning of the relevant determination period but prior to or simultaneous with such borrowing), with a Secured Net Leverage Ratio of not more than 2.50 to 1.00 recomputed as of the last day of
the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available under 6.1(i) and (ii); provided that the proceeds of any Incremental Facility will be disregarded in any netting calculations in determining
compliance with the Secured Net Leverage Ratio described above.
Incremental Facility means any facility established by
the applicable Borrower and applicable Lenders pursuant to Section 2.19.
Incremental Revolving Loans is defined
in Section 2.19(a).
Incremental Term A Facility is defined in Section 2.19(a)(B).
Incremental Term A Loan is defined in Section 2.19(a)(B).
Incremental Term B Facility is defined in Section 2.19(a)(C).
Incremental Term B Loan is defined in Section 2.19(a)(C).
Incremental Term Facility is defined in Section 2.19(a).
Incremental Amendment is defined in Section 2.19(c)(iv).
Incremental Term Loan Commitment is defined in Section 2.19(b).
Incremental Term Loans is defined in Section 2.19(a).
Indebtedness of a Person means, without duplication, such Persons (a) obligations for borrowed money or similar
obligations, (b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than accounts payable and/or accrued expenses and commercial Letters of Credit with respect to the foregoing, in each case arising in the
ordinary course of such Persons business payable in accordance with customary practices), (c) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other instruments (other than Hedging Agreements), to the extent of the amounts
actually borrowed, due, payable or drawn, as the case may be, (d) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (e) all reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit (other than commercial Letters of Credit referenced in clause (b)), whether
drawn or undrawn,
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contingent or otherwise, (f) any other obligation for borrowed money or similar financial accommodation which in accordance with GAAP would be shown as a liability on the consolidated
balance sheet of such Person, (g) Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities and Receivables Indebtedness, (h) Guarantee Obligations with respect to any of the foregoing and (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in the foregoing clauses
secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or
become liable for the payment of such obligation, provided that, if such Person has not assumed such obligations, then the amount of Indebtedness of such Person for purposes of this clause (i) shall be equal to the lesser
of the amount of the obligations of the holder of such obligations and the fair market value of the assets of such Person which secure such obligations.
Indemnified Taxes means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by any
Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) Other Taxes.
Indemnitee is defined in Section 10.6(b).
Indicative Company Rating means the indicative public corporate credit rating or public corporate family rating, as
applicable, in respect of the Company, from S&P and Moodys, giving effect to the Transactions.
Ineligible
Person means (a) a natural person or (b) other than as set forth and in accordance with Section 13.1(b)(iii), the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other controlled Affiliates.
Initial Acceptance Period means the acceptance period (Annahmefrist) for the Offer pursuant to Section 16(1) of
the German Takeover Code specified in the Offer Document (including any extensions thereof, if any, consented to by the Arrangers).
Integrated Service Contract means a contract pursuant to which the Company and/or a Subsidiary provides both equipment and
services to an customer.
Integrated Service Contract Debt means Indebtedness of a type described on Schedule 1.1(b).
Interest Coverage Ratio means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Interest
Expense, in each case calculated for the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ending, on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
Interest Expense means, with respect to any period, the aggregate of all interest expense reported by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP during such period, net of any cash interest income received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period from Investments, provided that any Interest Expense on the portion of
Integrated Service Contract Debt that is excluded from Total Debt shall be excluded from Interest Expense. As used in this definition, the term interest shall include, without limitation, all interest, fees and costs payable with respect
to the obligations under this
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Agreement (other than fees and costs which may be capitalized as transaction costs in accordance with GAAP), any discount in respect of sales of accounts receivable and/or related contract rights
and the interest portion of Capitalized Lease payments during such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Interest
Period means with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan:
(a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or
conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurocurrency Loan and ending one, two, three, or six months thereafter, or such other period as agreed upon by the Lenders making such Eurocurrency Loan, as selected by the relevant Borrower
in its Borrowing Notice or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and
(b) thereafter, each
period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurocurrency Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, or such other period as agreed upon by all the applicable Lenders, as selected by the
relevant Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto;
provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding
Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period applicable to a Eurocurrency Loan that would otherwise extend beyond the
termination or maturity date of the applicable Credit Facility, may be elected but shall end on the termination or maturity date of the applicable Credit Facility (and such Loan shall be due and payable on the termination or maturity date of the
applicable Credit Facility and any amounts due under Section 3.4 shall be payable) unless the termination or maturity date of the applicable Credit Facility is extended on or before the last day of such Interest Period to a date beyond the end
of such Interest Period; and
(iii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan that begins on the last Business
Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.
Interpolated Rate means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest 1/1000th
of 1%) reasonably determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the
applicable Screen Rate (for the longest period for which the applicable Screen Rate is available
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for the applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which such Screen Rate is available for the
applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period. When determining the rate for a period which is less than the shortest period for which the
relevant Screen Rate is available, the applicable Screen Rate for purposes of paragraph (a) above shall be deemed to be the overnight screen rate where overnight screen rate means, in relation to any currency, the overnight rate for
such currency reasonably determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent from such service as the Administrative Agent may reasonably select in good faith.
Investment of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar advances to officers and
employees made in the ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable and/or accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business payable in accordance with customary practices and loans to employees in the
ordinary course of business) or equity investment or contribution of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests, notes, debentures or other securities owned by such Person.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Issuers or Issuer means, individually and collectively, each of JPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman
Islands Branch and any other Revolving Credit Lender from time to time designated by the Company as an Issuer (including in connection with the Replacement Facilities Effective Date and any documentation related thereto), with the consent of such
Revolving Credit Lender and the Administrative Agent (in the case of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Facility Letters of Credit hereunder and their
respective successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.15.9. Any Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Facility Letters of Credit to be issued by any of its Lending Installations, in which case the term
Issuer shall include any such Lending Installation with respect to Facility Letters of Credit issued by such Lending Installation. At any time there is more than one Issuer, all singular references to the Issuer means any Issuer, either
Issuer, each Issuer, the Issuer that has issued the applicable Facility Letter of Credit, or both (or all) Issuers, as the context may require.
Issuer Sublimits means (i) the amount set forth as such Issuers Issuer Sublimit in the applicable
Replacement Facilities Effective Date Documentation and (ii) as to any other Issuer, such amount as shall be agreed to in writing among the Company and such other Issuer and consented to by the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed). Each Issuer Sublimit may be (x) decreased at any time by the Company (and without the consent or approval of any other parties) and (y) increased at any time by agreement between the Company and the
applicable Issuer increasing its Issuer Sublimit, and with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but without the consent or approval of any other parties.
JPMorgan Chase means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, and any successor-in-interest thereto.
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Judgment Currency is defined in Section 16.6.
Key Offer Terms means the (a) maximum cash component of the consideration to be paid for Target Shares (provided
however, for the avoidance of doubt, that issuances or sales of capital stock of the Company representing or in connection with elections by shareholders of the Target to receive all or a portion of the equity component of their consideration in the
form of cash from the sale of all or a portion of such equity component by the Company or its Subsidiaries shall not be part of the maximum cash consideration for the purposes of this definition), (b) the conditions to the Offer, including the
market and Target material adverse change conditions and the minimum tender condition (i.e. so many shares have to be tendered that after consummation of the Offer, AcquisitionCo (along with, if applicable, the Company) holds (or
otherwise controls or is attributed) a number of the voting shares of the Target which represents (after deducting any treasury shares held by the Target at the time of the consummation of the Offer) at least 75% of the voting rights in the Target),
(c) the drop-dead date and (d) the limitations in Section 7.8 of the Business Combination Agreement regarding Indebtedness of the Target and its Subsidiaries, in each case set forth in the Business Combination Agreement in the form
delivered to the Arrangers on or prior to the Execution Date.
Latest Maturity Date means with respect to the issuance
or incurrence of any Indebtedness or Equity Interests, the latest maturity date applicable to any Credit Facility that is outstanding hereunder as determined on the date such Indebtedness is issued or incurred or such Equity Interests are issued.
Lenders means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages of this Agreement or otherwise party hereto as a
Lender from time to time, and their respective successors and, to the extent permitted by Section 13.1, assigns.
Lending
Installation means, with respect to a Lender or the Administrative Agent, any office, branch, subsidiary or Affiliate of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
Letter of Credit of a Person means a letter of credit or similar instrument which is issued upon the application of such
Person or upon which such Person is an account party or for which such Person is in any way liable.
Letter of Credit Collateral
Account is defined in Section 2.15.7.
LIBO Rate means, with respect to:
(a) any Eurocurrency Advance in any LIBOR Quoted Currency and for any applicable Interest Period, the London interbank offered
rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, or in the case of Euro, the European Money Markets Institute (or, in each case, any other Person that generally takes over the administration of such rate) for such LIBOR Quoted Currency
for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01, LIBOR02 or in the case of Euro, EURIBOR01 of the Reuters screen, as applicable or, if such rate does not appear on either of such Reuters pages, on any successor or
substitute page on such screen that displays such rate,
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or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion (the
LIBOR Screen Rate) as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period, and
(b) any
Eurocurrency Advance denominated in any Non-Quoted Currency and for any applicable Interest Period, the applicable Local Screen Rate for such Non-Quoted Currency as of the Specified Time and on the Quotation Day for such currency and Interest
Period;
provided, that, (a) if a LIBOR Screen Rate or a Local Screen Rate, as applicable, shall not be available at the applicable
time for the applicable Interest Period (the Impacted Interest Period), then the Eurocurrency Rate for such currency and Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate, subject to Section 2.20, (b) if a LIBOR Screen Rate
or a Local Screen Rate is less than zero it shall be deemed equal to zero, and (c) notwithstanding the rate calculated in accordance with the foregoing, at no time shall the LIBO Rate for the Term B Facility be less than 0.75% per annum
(or if the Indicative Company Rating is less than either Ba3 from Moodys or BB- from S&P, 1.00% per annum).
LIBOR
Quoted Currency means any currency for which the London interbank offered rate is quoted. As of the Execution Date, (a) such rate is administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or in the case of Euro, the European Money
Markets Institute) and (b) such currencies are Pounds Sterling, Dollars, Euros, Swiss Francs and Japanese Yen.
LIBOR Screen
Rate is defined in the definition of LIBO Rate.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, (a) any
mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement
(or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.
Limited Condition Acquisition means any acquisition the consummation of which by the Borrowers or any of
their respective Restricted Subsidiaries is not expressly conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
Loan means Revolving Credit Loans, Term A Loans, Term B Loans and Incremental Term Loans, in each case, as applicable and,
as the context requires, Swing Loans.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Notes, any Guaranties, the Security
Documents, the Replacement Facilities Effective Date Documentation to which any Loan Party is party (including in each case, any amendments thereto).
Loan Party means any Borrower or Guarantor.
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Local Screen Rate means, with respect to any Non-Quoted Currency, such screen
rate or other method to determine a rate index for such Non-Quoted Currency as proposed by the Administrative Agent and agreed to by all the Lenders of such currency and the Company.
Mandatory Cancellation Date means the earliest of (a) the date on which all payments made or to be made for Certain
Funds Purposes have been paid in full in cleared funds; (b) the Drop Dead Date, (c) with respect to the applicable Credit Facility, the date of the closing of the Acquisition without the use (or in the case of the Delayed Draw Term A
Facility, satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.3) of such Credit Facility and (d) the date that the Company or its Affiliate publicly announces that the Offer has lapsed or has been terminated, the date that BaFin has
prohibited the Offer or February 15, 2016 to the extent the Offer Documentation has not been filed with BaFin on or prior to such date.
Margin Stock means margin stock as defined in Regulations U or X or marginable OTC stock or
foreign margin stock within the meaning of Regulation T.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse
effect on (i) the business, Property, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrowers and Guarantors, taken as a whole, to pay the Obligations under
the Loan Documents, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders thereunder.
Maximum Rate is defined in Section 10.12.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., and any successor-in-interest thereto.
Mortgages means each of the mortgages and deeds of trust made by any Domestic Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit
of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Multiemployer Plan means a plan defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Company or any member of the
Controlled Group has an obligation to contribute.
Net Cash Proceeds means (a) in connection with any Asset Sale
Prepayment Event or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price
adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys fees, accountants fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted
hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document) and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes
paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of
attorneys fees, investment banking fees, accountants fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.
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New Senior Unsecured Notes means senior unsecured notes (including any
Securities (as defined in the Arranger Fee Letter) issued in lieu thereof) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500,000,000 at any one time outstanding, issued by the Company for the purpose of consummating the Acquisition, including any
senior unsecured bridge facility or senior unsecured exchange notes issued in lieu of all or a portion thereof.
Non-Quoted
Currency means any Agreed Currency that is not a LIBOR Quoted Currency.
Non-Tender Agreement means a
non-tender agreement among the Company, Target and certain of their Affiliates to be entered into substantially contemporaneously with the Business Combination Agreement in substantially in the form provided to BaFin on November 2, 2015.
Non-Tender Documents means (i) the Non-Tender Agreement and (ii) the Blocked Account Agreement, collectively.
Non-U.S. Lender means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
Notes is defined in Section 2.2.6.
Obligations means collectively, the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans, all obligations and liabilities pursuant
to the Facility Letters of Credit, any Cash Management Agreements (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Excluded Cash Management Agreements), any Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreements, any Hedging Obligations (other than, for the avoidance of doubt,
Excluded Hedging Agreements), and all other obligations and liabilities of each Borrower and each Guarantor to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, interest
accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document
after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to any Borrower or any Guarantor, as the case may be, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest
is allowed in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any
other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by any Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document); provided, however, that the
definition of Obligations shall not create any Guaranty or other Guarantee Obligation by any Guarantor of (or grant of security interest by any Guarantor to support, as applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor for
purposes of determining any obligations of any Guarantor.
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Off-Balance Sheet Liability of a Person means (i) any obligation under a
Sale and Leaseback Transaction which is not a Capitalized Lease Obligation, (ii) any so-called synthetic lease or tax ownership operating lease transaction entered into by such Person, (iii) any factoring or similar
sale of accounts receivable and related rights to the extent recourse to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including without limitation, to the extent so recourse, pursuant to any Permitted Factoring, under an Integrated Service
Contract, or otherwise in connection with the incurrence of Integrated Service Contract Debt, but excluding any Permitted Securitization), or (iv) any other transaction (excluding operating leases for purposes of this clause (iv)) which is the
functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing (in the case of transactions described in, or equivalent to those described in clause (iii) above, solely to the extent recourse to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) but
which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such Person; in all of the foregoing cases, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the outstanding amount of any Off-Balance Sheet Liability shall be calculated based on the
aggregate outstanding amount of obligations outstanding under the legal documents entered into as part of any such transaction on any date of determination that would be characterized as principal if such transaction were structured as a secured
lending transaction, whether or not shown as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Offer means the public offer by AcquisitionCo for Target Shares in connection with the Acquisition.
Offer Document means the tender offer document (Angebotsunterlage) (including all exhibits, schedules,
annexes and other attachments thereto) published by AcquisitionCo in connection with the Acquisition.
Offer
Documentation means (i) the Offer Document and (ii) and all other related documents made available by AcquisitionCo or the Company to BaFin in respect to the acquisition of the Target Shares.
Organizational Documents means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and
the bylaws; (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business
entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable
Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S.
jurisdiction).
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 Taxes (other than a connection arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under,
received or perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
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Other Taxes means any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible,
recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration, 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 under Section 3.5(b)).
Parent means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
Participant is defined in Section 13.1(c).
Participant Register has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.1(c).
Patriot Act means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001.
Payment Date means the last Business Day
of each March, June, September and December occurring after the Execution Date.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
Permitted Encumbrances means:
(a) Liens imposed by law or any Governmental Authority for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies that are not yet overdue for a
period of more than 45 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP;
(b) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in
the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and
other social security or employment laws or regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, tenders,
government contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, custom and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute a Default under Section 7.9 or that secure appeal or surety bonds
related to such judgments;
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(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property
imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary;
(g) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, use restrictions, encroachments, protrusions, minor defects or
irregularities in title, reservations (including reservations in any original grant from any government of any water or mineral rights or interests therein) and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course
of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(h) Liens in favor of payor banks having a right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with respect of money or instruments of the
Company or any Subsidiary on deposit with or in possession of such bank;
(i) Liens granted by (1) a Domestic Loan Party to another
Domestic Loan Party, (2) a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Loan Party to a Domestic Loan Party and (3) a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Loan Party to another Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Loan Party;
(j) for the avoidance of doubt, other Liens (not securing Indebtedness) incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or the ownership of their assets which do not individually or in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of the Company or materially impair the operation of the business of the Company or its
Subsidiaries;
(k) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Persons obligation
in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(l) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Subsidiaries and do not secure any Indebtedness;
(m) deposits in the ordinary
course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(n) options, put and call arrangements, rights of first refusal and similar
rights relating to Investments in joint ventures, partnerships and the like permitted to be made under this Agreement;
(o) Liens arising
out of any conditional sale, title retention, consignment or other similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Subsidiary;
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(p) rights of set-off, bankers lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by
operation of law or by of the terms of documents of banks or other financial institutions (i) in relation to the establishment, maintenance or administration of deposit accounts, securities accounts or arrangements relating to a Cash Management
Agreement or Hedging Agreement, (ii) in relation to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Subsidiary or (iii) in
relation to the right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback of a collecting bank with respect to money or instruments in the possession of such bank;
(q) Liens in favor of customs and revenues 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; and
(r) precautionary financing statement filings in connection with operating
leases.
provided that the term Permitted Encumbrances shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness for borrowed money.
Permitted Factoring means a factoring or similar sale of accounts receivable and related rights and property on a
non-recourse basis which is not entered into in connection with or as part of a Permitted Securitization and is not Integrated Service Contract Debt, in each case pursuant to documentation reasonably customary for such transactions.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to
extend, renew, refinance, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to Refinance), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that
(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and
premium (including tender premiums) thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses, associated with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), (b) the final maturity date
and weighted average life of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is no earlier than the final maturity date and weighted average life of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (c) if the original Indebtedness being Refinanced is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing
the Indebtedness being Refinanced, taken as a whole, (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have obligors or contingent obligors that were not obligors or contingent obligors in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced unless such
obligor or contingent obligor would be permitted to otherwise incur such Indebtedness hereunder and (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is (or would have been required to be) secured by any Collateral (whether equally and ratably with, or
junior to, the Obligations or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such Collateral on terms no less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Secured Parties than those contained in the documentation
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governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, taken as a whole, or on terms that are otherwise permitted by Section 6.16 (as determined by the Company in good faith), and to the extent the
Obligations are secured by such Collateral, shall be subject to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Permitted Securitization means any receivables financing program providing for the sale of accounts receivable and related
rights and property by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to an SPC in transactions purporting to be sales (and treated as sales for GAAP purposes), which SPC shall finance the purchase of such assets by the sale, transfer,
conveyance, lien or pledge of such assets to one or more limited purpose financing companies, special purpose entities and/or other financial institutions, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and permitted under Section 6.24.
Person means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint
venture, limited liability company, partnership, association, enterprise, company or other entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
Plan means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding
standards under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and as to which the Company or any member of the Controlled Group has any obligation to contribute to on or after the Execution Date or has made contributions within the
preceding five years.
Pounds Sterling or £ means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
Pre-Closing Sweep Amount is defined in Section 2.4(c).
Press Releases means the October 22, 2013 press releases regarding the Company issued by (a) the United States
Department of Justice and (b) the SEC.
Prime Rate means the per annum rate announced or established by the
Administrative Agent from time to time as its prime rate (it being acknowledged that such announced rate may not necessarily be the lowest rate charged by the Administrative Agent to any of its customers) or the corporate base rate of
interest announced or established by the Administrative Agent or, when used in connection with any Advance denominated in any Eligible Currency, Prime Rate means the correlative floating rate of interest customarily applicable to similar
extensions of credit to corporate borrowers denominated in such currency in the country of issue, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, which Prime Rate shall change simultaneously with any change in such announced or established
rates.
Pro Forma Basis means, for purposes of calculating compliance of any transaction with any provision hereof
which refers to a Pro Forma Basis, that the transaction in question (including any related Future Acquisition, or other Investment and, in each case, payment of consideration therefor) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the most
recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements are required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) or, if such calculation is made prior to the first delivery of such
financial statements, as of the first day of the period of four
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consecutive fiscal quarters ending on September 30, 2015. In connection with any calculation of the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio,
in each case upon giving effect to a transaction on a Pro Forma Basis, (i) any Indebtedness incurred or repaid by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such transaction (or any other transaction which
occurred during the relevant four fiscal quarter period or during the period from the last day of such period to and including the date of determination) shall be deemed to have been incurred or repaid, as the case may be, as of the first day of the
relevant four fiscal quarter period, (ii) if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, then the rate of interest for such Indebtedness for the applicable period for purposes of the calculations contemplated by this definition shall be
determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of such calculations (giving consideration to any applicable rate floor), (iii) in the case of any
determination of the permissibility of the incurrence of Indebtedness, if such Indebtedness is revolving in nature, a borrowing of the maximum amount of loans available shall be assumed, (iv) in the case of any determination of the
permissibility of the incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds of all such Indebtedness shall be disregarded in calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable,
(v) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to all property acquired in such transaction or to the Investment comprising such transaction, as applicable, shall be included as if such transaction has occurred as of the
first day of the relevant four-fiscal-quarter period and (vi) without duplication of subclauses (g), (h) or (i) of the definition of EBIT, such calculation shall give effect to Synergies and Costs of Synergies resulting
from or relating to the transaction in question and projected by the Company in good faith to be realized by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries subject, in any calculation of pro forma EBIT or EBITDA, to the applicable limitations on such
Synergies and Cost Savings set forth in the definition of EBIT.
Pro Rata Share means, for each Lender, the
ratio of such Lenders Commitment (calculated using the Dollar Equivalent Amount thereof) to the Aggregate Commitments, provided that (a) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, Facility Letters of Credit, Swing Loans and
commitment, ticking and other applicable fees with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment, Pro Rata Share means, for each Lender, the ratio such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment bears to the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments,
(b) with respect to Delayed Draw Term A Loans, Pro Rata Share means, for each Lender, the ratio that such Lenders outstanding Delayed Draw Term A Loans and Delayed Draw Term A Commitments bear to the aggregate amount of all outstanding
Delayed Draw Term A Loans and Delayed Draw Term A Commitments, (c) with respect to Replacement Term A Loans, Pro Rata Share means, for each Lender, the ratio that such Lenders outstanding Replacement Term A Loans and Replacement Term A
Commitments bear to the aggregate amount of all outstanding Replacement Term A Loans and Replacement Term A Commitments, (d) with respect to Term B Loans, Pro Rata Share means, for each Lender, the ratio that such Lenders outstanding Term
B Loans and Term B Commitments bear to the aggregate amount of all outstanding Term B Loans and Term B Commitments and (e) with respect to Incremental Term Loans, Pro Rata Share means, for each Lender, the ratio that such Lenders
Incremental Term Loan bears to the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loans. If at any time the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the amount of any such Commitment for the purposes of this definition of Pro Rata
Share only shall be deemed equal to the amount of such Commitment immediately prior to its termination.
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Property of a Person means any and all property, whether real, personal,
movable, immovable, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned, leased or operated by such Person.
Proposed New Lender is defined in Section 2.19.
Qualified ECP Guarantor means, in respect of any Swap Obligations, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding
$10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guaranty or grant of the relevant security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an eligible contract participant under
the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an eligible contract participant at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the
Commodity Exchange Act.
Quotation Day means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Advance for any Interest Period,
(i) if the currency is Pounds Sterling, the first day of such Interest Period, (ii) if the currency is Euro, two TARGET2 Days before the first day of such Interest Period, (iii) for any other currency, two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period (unless, in each case, market practice differs in the relevant market where the LIBO Rate for such currency is to be determined, in which case the Quotation Day will be reasonably determined by the Administrative
Agent in good faith in accordance with market practice in such market (and if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, then the Quotation Day will be the last of those days)).
Receivables Indebtedness means, at any time and without duplication, the aggregate amount of outstanding obligations
incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any SPC) in connection with a Permitted Securitization that would be characterized as principal if such Permitted Securitization in its entirety were structured as a secured lending
transaction rather than a purchase (regardless, in either case, of whether any liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of related accounts receivable and related rights and property would be required to be reflected
on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles).
Recipient means, as
applicable, (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) the Swing Lender, (c) any Lender and (d) any Issuer.
Recovery
Event means any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in an amount that if constituting a
Disposition of such Property would have constituted an Asset Sale Prepayment Event.
Refinance is defined in the
definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.
Register has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 13.1(b)(v).
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Regulation D means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
Regulation T means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and
any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors.
Regulation U means Regulation
U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors.
Regulation X means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and
any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors.
Reimbursement Obligations
means, at any time, the aggregate of the obligations of the Borrowers to the Lenders and the Issuers in respect of all unreimbursed payments or disbursements made by the Issuers and the Lenders under or in respect of the Facility Letters of Credit.
Reinvestment Deferred Amount means with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.6.5 as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.
Reinvestment Event means any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Event in respect of which the Company has delivered a
Reinvestment Notice.
Reinvestment Notice means a written notice executed by an Authorized Officer stating that no
Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Company (directly or indirectly through a Restricted Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment
Event or Recovery Event to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets (other than current assets) useful in its business or to make a Future Acquisition or other Investments consisting of an acquisition of such assets.
Reinvestment Prepayment Amount means with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating
thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire or repair assets (other than current assets) useful in the Companys or its Restricted Subsidiaries business or to make a Future Acquisition or
other Investments consisting of an acquisition of such assets.
Reinvestment Prepayment Date means with respect to any
Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring twelve months after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date on which the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire or repair assets (other
than current assets) useful in the Companys or its Restricted Subsidiaries
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business with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount or to make a Future Acquisition or other Investment consisting of an acquisition of such assets with all or any
portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount (it being understood that if any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount is not used within twelve months after any Reinvestment Event but within such twelve month period is
contractually committed to be used, then such remaining portion if not so used within six months following the end of such twelve month period shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds as of such date).
Related Parties means, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the respective directors,
officers, employees, agents and advisors, representatives and controlling persons of such Person and such Persons Affiliates.
Release means any release, spill, leak, discharge or leaching of any Hazardous Substances into the environment in violation
of any Environmental Law.
Remedial Action means an action to address a Release or other violation of Environmental
Laws required by any Environmental Law.
Replacement Facilities means the Replacement Term A Facility and the Revolving
Credit Facility.
Replacement Facilities Commitments means the Replacement Term A Commitments and the Revolving Credit
Commitments.
Replacement Facilities Effective Date means the first date on which all conditions precedent set forth in
Section 4.2 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 8.2.
Replacement Facilities Effective Date
Documentation means the documentation evidencing the establishment of the commitments in respect of the Replacement Facilities as Commitments hereunder and the joining of the lenders thereunder as Lenders, which in each case shall be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Replacement Term A Commitment means, as to
each Lender, its obligation to make a Replacement Term A Loan to the Company hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Replacement Term A Loans to be made by such Lender under this Agreement, as such
commitment may be reduced or increased from time pursuant to Section 13.1 or any other applicable provisions hereof. The initial amount of each Lenders Replacement Term A Commitment shall be set forth in the applicable Replacement
Facilities Effective Date Documentation, or otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Replacement Term A Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Replacement Term A
Commitments on the Execution Date is $0.
Replacement Term A Facility means the Replacement Term A Commitments and the
extensions of credit made thereunder.
Replacement Term A Lender means, at any time, any Lender that has a Replacement
Term A Commitment or a Replacement Term A Loan at such time.
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Replacement Term A Loan Amortization Amount means the aggregate principal
amount of all Replacement Term A Loans made on the Replacement Facilities Effective Date.
Replacement Term A Loans
means the term loans made by the Replacement Term A Lenders on the Replacement Facilities Effective Date to the Company pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
Reportable Event means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued under such
section with respect to a Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such
event, provided, however, that a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such waiver of the notice
requirement in accordance with Section 4043(a) of ERISA or of the minimum funding standard under Section 412(c) of the Code.
Repricing Event means (i) any prepayment, repayment or replacement of the Term B Facility, in whole or in part, with
the proceeds of indebtedness (or commitments in respect of indebtedness) with an All-in Yield less than the All-in Yield applicable to such portion of the Term B Facility (as such comparative yields are determined in the reasonable judgment of the
Administrative Agent consistent with generally accepted financial practices) and (ii) any amendment to the Term B Facility which reduces the All-in Yield applicable to the Term B Facility), but in each case, excluding any repayment, replacement
or amendment occurring in connection with a Change of Control or an acquisition or Investment not permitted under the Loan Documents.
Required Lenders means Lenders whose Aggregate Outstandings and Aggregate Commitments (without duplication) exceed 50% of
the Aggregate Outstandings and Aggregate Commitments (without duplication) of all Lenders.
Required Revolving Credit
Lenders means (a) at any time prior to the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, Lenders holding greater than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments; and (b) at any time after the termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Lenders whose Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings aggregate greater than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings of all Revolving Credit Lenders.
Required Term A Lenders means at any time, Term A Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Term A Loans and Term A Commitments.
Required Term B Lenders means Term B Lenders
holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term B Loans and Term B Commitments.
Required TLA/RC Lenders means Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of all Term A Loans, Term A Commitments and Revolving Credit Commitments (or if such Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings).
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Requirement of Law means as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation
and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person
or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its Property is subject.
Reserve Requirement means, with
respect to an Interest Period for Eurocurrency Loans, the maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves), assessments or similar requirements under any regulations of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency Liabilities in Regulation
D).
Restricted Indebtedness is defined in Section 6.26.
Restricted Subsidiary means each Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Retained Percentage means, with respect to any fiscal year, (a) 100% minus (b) the ECF Percentage with respect to
such fiscal year.
Revolving Credit Commitment means, as to any Lender at any time, its obligation to make Revolving
Credit Loans to the Borrowers under Section 2.1(d) in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the Dollar Equivalent Amount of the U.S. Dollar amount set forth with respect to such Lender in the applicable Replacement
Facilities Effective Date Documentation, as such amount may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.4, 2.19, 13.1 or any other applicable provisions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Credit
Commitments as of the Execution Date is $0.
Revolving Credit Commitment Increase is defined in Section 2.19.
Revolving Credit Facility means the Revolving Credit Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
Revolving Credit Lender means any Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment or, after the termination of all Revolving
Credit Commitments, any Lender with any Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings.
Revolving Credit Loans means, with
respect to a Lender, such Lenders revolving credit loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(d).
Revolving Termination
Date means the earlier to occur of (a) the five year anniversary of the Replacement Facilities Effective Date or (b) the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated pursuant to Article VIII.
S&P means Standard & Poors Financial Services, LLC and any successor-in-interest thereto.
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Sale and Leaseback Transaction means any sale or other transfer of property by
any Person with the intent to lease or use such Property as lessee or in any other similar capacity (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any sale and leaseback of inventory or equipment that is subleased or otherwise leased directly or
indirectly to any customer of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary).
Sanctions means economic or financial sanctions
or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or
(b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom.
Sanctioned Country means, at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions (which, as of
the Execution Date, were Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
Sanctioned Person means, at any time,
(a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the
European Union or any EU member state, (b) any Person located, operating or ordinarily resident in, or organized under the laws of, a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the
foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
Screen Rate means the LIBOR Screen Rates and the Local Screen Rates collectively
and individually as the context may require.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental
authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Section means a
numbered section of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.
Secured Net Leverage Ratio
means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Debt on such date that is secured by a Lien to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on or most recently prior to such date.
Secured Parties means the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, each Issuer, and each other Person who is owed any portion of
the Obligations.
Security Agreement means the security agreement among the Company, the other Guarantors and the
Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Security Documents
means the Security Agreement, each Mortgage and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.9 to secure any of the Obligations.
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Senior Note Purchase Agreement means the Companys Note Purchase
Agreement dated as of March 2, 2006.
Senior Notes means the $175,000,000 5.50% Series 2006-A Guaranteed Senior
Notes, Tranche 2, due March 2, 2016 and the $50,000,000 5.55% Series 2006-A Guaranteed Senior Notes, Tranche 3, due March 2, 2018 issued under the Senior Note Purchase Agreement.
Significant Subsidiary means each present or future subsidiary of the Company which would constitute a significant
subsidiary within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X as currently in effect promulgated by the SEC.
Single
Employer Plan means a Plan which is maintained by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group for employees of the Company or any member of the Controlled Group.
SPC means a special purpose, bankruptcy-remote Person formed for the sole and exclusive purpose of engaging in activities
in connection with the purchase, sale and financing of accounts receivable and related rights and property in connection with and pursuant to a Permitted Securitization.
Specified Time means (i) in relation to a Loan in denominated in any Non-Quoted Currency, such time as is reasonably
determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith, and (ii) in relation to a Loan in a LIBOR Quoted Currency, 11:00 a.m., London time.
Subordinated Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that is by its terms contractually
subordinated in right of payment to any of the Obligations.
Subsequent Acceptance Period means the subsequent
acceptance period (weitere Annahmefrist) for the Offer pursuant to Section 16(2) of the German Takeover Code.
Subsidiary of a Person means (a) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting
power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (b) any partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture or other business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a
Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Company.
Subsidiary Borrowers means Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers and
Domestic Subsidiary Borrowers.
Subsidiary Joinder Agreement means the Joinder Agreement to be entered into by each
Subsidiary Borrower subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to Section 8.2.2, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
Substantial Portion means, with respect to the Property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, Property which
(a) represents more than 15% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Pro Forma Basis as would be shown in the
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consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at the beginning of the twelve-month period ending with the most recent
month prior to the applicable determination date and for which consolidated Company financial statements were available, (b) is responsible for more than 15% of the consolidated net sales of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Pro
Forma Basis as reflected in the financial statements referred to in clause (a) above, (c) represents more than 25% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as would be shown in the most recent consolidated
financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Execution Date or (d) is responsible for more than 25% of the consolidated net sales of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as reflected in the financial
statements referred to in clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, after the Acquisition Closing Date, Substantial Portion above shall include the assets and net sales of Target and its Subsidiaries on a Pro Forma Basis.
Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Hedging Obligations that constitutes an obligation to pay or
perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Swing Lender means JPMorgan Chase, together with its Lending Installations.
Swing Loan is defined in Section 2.16.
Syndication Agent means Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch in its capacity as syndication agent for the Credit
Facilities evidenced by this Agreement.
Target means Wincor Nixdorf AG, a German Stock Corporation listed at the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Target Group means the Target and its Subsidiaries.
Target Refinancing means the repayment in full of outstanding obligations (other than contingent indemnification claims not
then due) under and termination of any guarantees and security in respect of (a) the Targets 400,000,000 revolving dual-currency credit agreement dated December 13, 2011 with Bayerische Landesbank as agent (100,000,000 of
which was cancelled on 28 January 2014) and (b) the Targets 100,000,000 (project) financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) (and, in the case of Indebtedness listed in clauses (a) and (b), including any
Indebtedness that refinances, renews or replaces any such Indebtedness).
Target Shares means the Capital Stock of
Target proposed to be acquired by the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the Acquisition (for the avoidance of doubt including acquisitions thereof subsequent to the Acquisition Closing Date).
TARGET2 means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) payment system (or, if
such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) for the settlement of payments in Euro.
TARGET2 Day means a day that TARGET2 is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
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Taxes means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Term A Commitment means the Replacement Term A Commitment and the Delayed Draw Term A Commitment.
Term A Facility means the Replacement Term A Facility and the Delayed Draw Term A Facility.
Term A Lender means a Replacement Term A Lender and a Delayed Draw Term A Lender.
Term A Loan means a Replacement Term A Loan and a Delayed Draw Term A Loan.
Term A Maturity Date means the earliest to occur of (a) the fifth anniversary of the Replacement Facilities Effective
Date and (b) the date the maturity of the Term A Loans are accelerated pursuant to Article VIII; provided, however, that if the Replacement Facilities Effective Date does not occur, the Term A Maturity Date with
respect to the Delayed Draw Term A Facility shall mean the earliest to occur of (a) August 26, 2019 and (b) the date the Delayed Draw Term A Loans are accelerated pursuant to Article VIII.
Term B Commitment means, with respect to each Term B Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Term B Lender to make Term B
Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Term B Loans to be made by such Term B Lender hereunder, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.4, 2.19, 13.1
or any other applicable provisions hereof. The initial amount of each Lenders Term B Commitment is set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) under the caption Term B Commitment or, otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which
such Lender shall have assumed its Term B Commitment, as the case may be. The aggregate amount of the Term B Lenders Term B Commitments as of the Execution Date is $1,591,000,000.
Term B Facility means the Term B Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
Term B Lender means a Lender with a Term B Commitment or an outstanding Term B Loan.
Term B Loan Maturity Date the earliest to occur of (a) the seventh anniversary of the Acquisition Closing Date and
(b) the date the maturity of the Term B Loans are accelerated pursuant to Article VIII; provided that if the Term B Loans are funded into escrow as Escrow Term Loans, clause (a) above shall instead be the seven and one half-year
anniversary of the date such Escrow Term Loans are funded into escrow.
Term B Loans means a Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.1(c).
Term Commitments means the Term A Commitments and the Term B Commitments.
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Term Facilities means the Term A Facilities and the Term B Facility.
Term Lenders means the Term A Lenders and the Term B Lenders.
Term Loans means the Term A Loans and the Term B Loans.
Total Assets means the total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Total Debt as of any date, means all of the following for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis and without duplication: (i) all debt for borrowed money and similar monetary obligations evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, Capitalized Lease Obligations or otherwise, including without limitation obligations in respect
of the deferred purchase price of properties or assets, in each case whether direct or indirect (other than accounts payable and/or accrued expenses and commercial Letters of Credit with respect to the foregoing, in each case arising in the ordinary
course of such Persons business payable in accordance with customary practices); (ii) all reimbursement obligations under outstanding Letters of Credit (other than commercial Letters of Credit referenced in clause (i) above) in
respect of drafts which (A) may be presented (other than performance or standby Letters of Credit) or (B) have been presented and have not yet been paid and are not included in clause (i) above; (iii) all Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities and Receivables Indebtedness; (iv) all Guarantee Obligations of indebtedness or liabilities of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above and (v) all obligations of the kind referred to in the foregoing
clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person,
whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, provided that, if such Person has not assumed such obligations, then the amount of debt of such Person for purposes of this clause
(v) shall be equal to the lesser of the amount of the obligations of the holder of such obligations and the fair market value of the assets of such Person which secure such obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the following shall
be excluded from, and not considered part of, Total Debt: (1) money borrowed by the Company against the cash value of life insurance policies owned by the Company; (2) Integrated Service Contract Debt up to an aggregate amount at any time
outstanding not in excess of $100,000,000; (3) Indebtedness consisting of avals by any of the Companys Restricted Subsidiaries for the benefit of, and with respect to obligations which are not classified as Indebtedness of, any of the
Companys other Restricted Subsidiaries which are entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with standard business practices; (4) Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.18(x) and (5) any Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities arising in connection with (x) any sale of accounts or lease receivables under an Integrated Service Contract to the extent relating to the product (as opposed to the service) portion of the Integrated Service Contract, or otherwise
in connection with the incurrence of Integrated Service Contract Debt, or (y) any other sale of accounts or lease receivables that is not part of an ongoing factoring or similar program (including a Permitted Factoring that is not part of an
ongoing factoring or similar program) and do not arise under an Integrated Service Contract or otherwise in connection with the incurrence of Integrated Service Contract Debt, in each case to the extent such transferred accounts or lease receivables
are non-recourse to any of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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Total Net Debt means, at any time, Total Debt minus 75% of all Unencumbered
Cash with maturities of less than one year of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Total Net Leverage Ratio means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Debt on such date to (b) EBITDA for
the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on or most recently prior to such date.
Total Tangible Assets
means the total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, other than intangible assets (as determined in accordance with GAAP).
Transactions means the Acquisition (and subsequent acquisitions of any Target Shares by the Company or its applicable
Restricted Subsidiaries), the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, the borrowing of Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, the incurrence of the New Senior
Unsecured Notes, the refinancing of Indebtedness of the Company, the Target and their Subsidiaries and the issuance/payment in kind of Capital Stock of the Company in connection therewith, and in each case, the use of the proceeds thereof and the
payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing.
Transferee is defined in Section 13.2.
Type means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as a Floating Rate Advance or Eurocurrency Advance.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the
effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, UCC means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
UK Borrower means any Borrower (i) that is organized or formed under the laws of the United Kingdom or
(ii) payments from which under this Agreement or any Loan Document are subject to withholding Taxes imposed by the laws of the United Kingdom.
Unconditional Date means the date on which all conditions of the Offer specified in the Offer Document have been satisfied
(or, to the extent permitted hereunder, waived or treated as satisfied by AcquisitionCo).
Unencumbered Cash means all
cash and Cash Equivalents owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not disclosed as restricted cash or restricted Cash Equivalents in the Companys financial statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.1 (or as applicable prior to
delivery thereof, those referenced in Section 5.4); provided that (i) cash or Cash Equivalents held in escrow for Certain Funds Purposes shall not be disqualified from being considered Unencumbered Cash solely due to Liens or escrow
restrictions arising from such escrow arrangement (it being understood the proceeds of escrowed Term B Loans and/or New Senior
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Unsecured Notes shall be disregarded from financial ratio calculations pursuant to Section 17.2) and (ii) any cash and Cash Equivalents subject to any cash pooling arrangement or cash
management in respect of netting services and similar arrangements shall be considered Unencumbered Cash only to the extent, with respect to any such arrangements, that the total amount of cash and Cash Equivalent on deposit subject to such
arrangements equals or exceeds the total amount of overdrafts or similar obligations subject thereto.
Unfunded
Liabilities means the amount (if any) by which the actuarial present value of all benefit liabilities under a Single Employer Plan exceeds the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such benefit liabilities, all determined
as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan in accordance with Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA.
Unmatured
Default means an event which but for the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means (a) any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by
the Company pursuant to Section 6.30 subsequent to the Execution Date and (b) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
U.S. Dollar Loans means any Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars.
U.S. Person means a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Tax Certificate has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(f)(ii)(D)(2).
Voting Stock of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or similar persons thereof.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Person means any other Person of which 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other
than directors qualifying shares required by law) shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person. Wholly Owned Domestic
Subsidiary, Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary and Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary have correlative meanings with respect to the applicable type of Subsidiary.
Withholding Agent means, as applicable, any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent.
1.2 Rules of Construction. All terms defined in Section 1.1 shall include both the singular and the plural forms thereof and shall
be construed accordingly. Use of the terms herein, hereof, and hereunder shall be deemed references to this Agreement in its entirety and not to the Section or clause in which such term
appears. References to Sections and subsections shall be to Sections and subsections, respectively, of this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. Notwithstanding anything herein, in any financial
statements of the Company or in GAAP to the contrary, for purposes of calculating the Applicable Margin and of calculating and determining compliance with the financial covenants in Sections 6.22 and 6.23, including defined terms used therein, and
for purposes of calculating any other applicable financial ratios or incurrence tests hereunder, any acquisitions or Dispositions outside the ordinary course of business made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through
mergers or consolidations, the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness and any
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other applicable transactions related thereto and occurring during the period for which such items were calculated, shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the relevant period for
which such items were calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
1.3 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision
hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company 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 without giving effect to such
change in GAAP or in the application thereof that is the subject of such notice until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith; provided, further, that if GAAP is amended or revised subsequent to
the date hereof to cause operating leases to be treated as capitalized leases, then such change shall not be given effect hereunder, and those types of leases which were treated as operating leases as of the date hereof shall continue to be treated
as operating leases and not capitalized leases. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall
be made, (i) without giving effect to any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result
or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary at fair value, as defined therein, (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments
under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or
bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and (iii) for the avoidance of doubt, except as provided in the definition of Consolidated Net
Income, without giving effect to the financial condition, results and performance of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
1.4
Redenomination of Certain Foreign Currencies. (a) Each obligation of any party to this Agreement 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 Execution Date shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this
Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London Interbank Market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or
practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Advance in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take
effect, with respect to such Advance, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
(a) Without prejudice and in addition to any method
of conversion or rounding prescribed by any EMU Legislation and (i) without limiting the liability of any Borrower for any amount due under this Agreement and (ii) without increasing any Commitment of any Lender, all references in this
Agreement to minimum amounts (or integral multiples thereof) denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the Execution Date shall, immediately upon such
adoption, be replaced by references to such minimum amounts (or integral multiples thereof) as shall be specified herein with respect to Advances denominated in Euros.
(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may with the
Companys agreement 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 or any other Available Foreign
Currency.
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1.5 Foreign Currency Calculations.
(a) For purposes of determining the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings, or any other amount as a result of foreign currency exchange rate
fluctuation, the Administrative Agent shall determine the Exchange Rate as of the applicable Exchange Rate Date with respect to each Available Foreign Currency in which any requested or outstanding Letter of Credit is denominated and shall apply
such Exchange Rates to determine such Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings (in each case after giving effect to any Advances to be made or repaid and any Letters of Credit to be issued, amended, renewed, extended or terminated, to the extent
practicable on or prior to the applicable date for such calculation). The amount of any LC Disbursement made by an Issuer in an Available Foreign Currency and not reimbursed by the Company shall be determined as set forth in Section 2.15.
(b) For purposes of any determination under Section 6.16 or 6.18, 7.5, 7.9, 7.10, all amounts incurred, outstanding or proposed to be
incurred or outstanding in currencies other than U.S. Dollars shall be translated into U.S. Dollars at the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such determination; provided that no Default shall arise as a result of any limitation set forth in
U.S. Dollars in Section 6.16 or 6.18 being exceeded solely as a result of changes in the Exchange Rate from those rates applicable at the time or times Indebtedness or Liens were initially consummated in reliance on the exceptions under such
Sections.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
2.1
Commitments.
(a) The Replacement Term A Loans. Each Replacement Term A Lender severally and not jointly agrees, on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make to the Company on the Replacement Facilities Effective Date, a loan in a single draw denominated in Dollars in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Replacement Term A Lenders
Replacement Term A Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Replacement Term A Loans may be Floating Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) Delayed Draw Term A Loans. On and after the Acquisition Closing Date and on or prior to the date that is the first anniversary of
the Acquisition Closing Date, each Delayed Draw Term A Lender severally and not jointly agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make to the Company from time to time, a loan denominated in Dollars in an aggregate amount
requested by the Company but not to exceed such Delayed Draw Term A Lenders Delayed Draw Term A Commitment as of such date immediately prior to giving effect to such Advance (the Delayed Draw Term A Loans). Amounts borrowed
under
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this Section 2.1(b) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Delayed Draw Term A Loans may be Floating Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, as further provided herein. Without limitation of the
foregoing, the Delayed Draw Term A Loans shall be available in up to three separate Advances.
(c) The Term B Loans. Each Term B
Lender severally and not jointly agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make to the Company on the Acquisition Closing Date, a loan in a single draw denominated in Dollars in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount
of such Term B Lenders Term B Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.1(c) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term B Loans may be Floating Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, as further provided herein.
(d) The Revolving Credit Loans. From and including the Replacement Facilities Effective Date and prior to the Revolving Termination
Date, each Revolving Credit Lender severally and not jointly agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make Revolving Credit Loans in Agreed Currencies to the Borrowers from time to time so long as after giving effect
thereto and to any concurrent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings of each Revolving Credit Lender are equal to or less than its Revolving Credit Commitment. Subject to the terms of this Agreement,
including, for avoidance of doubt, Section 17.4, the Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans at any time prior to the Revolving Termination Date. The Revolving Credit Loans that are U.S. Dollar Loans may be Floating
Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, or a combination thereof selected in accordance with Sections 2.3 and 2.7. The Revolving Credit Loans that are Foreign Currency Loans shall be Eurocurrency Loans selected in accordance with Sections 2.3 and 2.7. The
Revolving Credit Commitments to lend hereunder shall expire on the Revolving Termination Date.
2.2 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of
Debt.
2.2.1 Revolving Credit Loans. Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Credit Lender in the relevant Agreed Currency the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Revolving Credit Lender made to such Borrower (on a several, not joint and several, basis, but subject,
for the avoidance of doubt, to the Guarantee contained in Article IX) on the Revolving Termination Date and on such other dates and in such other amounts as may be required from time to time under the terms of this Agreement.
2.2.2 Term A Loans.
(a)
The Company hereby unconditionally promises to repay the Replacement Term A Loans borrowed by it to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Replacement Term A Lender in quarterly principal installments (and in the date set forth in clause
(vi) below), as follows:
(i) for the first four (4) quarterly installments, in the amount of 1.25% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Replacement Term A Loan Amortization Amount, each due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and
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December of each year, commencing on the last Business Day of such month falling on or after the last Business Day of the first full fiscal quarter of the Company following the Replacement
Facilities Effective Date and continuing until the last Business Day of the fourth (4th) such quarterly period following the Replacement Facilities Effective Date;
(ii) for the fifth (5th) through eighth (8th) quarterly installments, in the amount of 1.875% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Replacement Term A Loan Amortization Amount, each due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last Business Day of such month falling after the last
quarterly payment made pursuant to clause (a)(i) above and continuing until the last Business Day of the eighth (8th) such quarterly period following the Replacement Facilities Effective Date;
(iii) for the ninth (9th) through twelfth (12th) quarterly installments, in the amount of 2.5% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Replacement Term A Loan Amortization Amount, each due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last Business Day of such month falling after the last
quarterly payment made pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above and continuing until the last Business Day of the twelfth (12th) such quarterly period following the Replacement Facilities Effective Date;
(iv) for the thirteenth (13th) through sixteenth (16th) quarterly installments, in the amount of 3.125% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Replacement Term A Loan Amortization Amount, each due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last Business Day of such month falling after
the last quarterly payment made pursuant to clause (a)(iii) above and continuing until the last Business Day of the sixteenth (16th) such quarterly period following the Replacement Facilities Effective Date;
(v) for each quarterly installment after such 16th installment referred to in clause (iv) above, in the amount of 3.75% of
the aggregate principal amount of the Replacement Term A Loan Amortization Amount, each due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last Business Day of such month falling
after the last quarterly payment made pursuant to clause (a)(iv) above and continuing until the last Business Day of such quarterly period ending immediately prior to the Term A Maturity Date; and
(vi) to the extent not previously paid, all unpaid Replacement Term A Loans shall be paid in full in cash by the Company on the
Term A Maturity Date.
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(b) The Company hereby unconditionally promises to repay the Delayed Draw Term A Loans borrowed
by it to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Delayed Draw Term A Lender in quarterly installments (and in the date set forth in clause (vi) below), as follows:
(i) for the first four (4) quarterly installments, in the amount of 1.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Delayed
Draw Amortization Amount, each due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last Business Day of such month falling on or after the last Business Day of the first full fiscal
quarter of the Company following the first Delayed Draw Borrowing Date and continuing until the last Business Day of the fourth (4th) such quarterly period following the first Delayed Draw Borrowing Date;
(ii) for the fifth (5th) through eighth (8th) quarterly installments, in the amount of 1.875% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Delayed Draw Amortization Amount, each due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last Business Day of such month falling after the last quarterly
payment made pursuant to clause (b)(i) above and continuing until the last Business Day of the eighth (8th) such quarterly period following the first Delayed Draw Borrowing Date;
(iii) for the ninth (9th) through twelfth (12th) quarterly installments, in the amount of 2.5% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Delayed Draw Amortization Amount, each due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last Business Day of such month falling after the last quarterly
payment made pursuant to clause (b)(ii) above and continuing until the last Business Day of the twelfth (12th) such quarterly period following the first Delayed Draw Borrowing Date;
(iv) for the thirteenth (13th) through sixteenth (16th) quarterly installments, in the amount of 3.125% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Delayed Draw Amortization Amount, each due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last Business Day of such month falling after the last
quarterly payment made pursuant to clause (b)(iii) above and continuing until the last Business Day of the sixteenth (16th) such quarterly period following the first Delayed Draw Borrowing Date;
(v) for each quarterly installment after such 16th installment referred to in clause (d) above, in the amount of 3.75% of
the aggregate principal amount of the Delayed Draw Amortization Amount, each due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the last Business Day of such month falling after the last
quarterly payment made pursuant to clause (b)(iv) above and continuing until the last Business Day of such quarterly period ending immediately prior to the Term A Maturity Date; and
(vi) to the extent not previously paid, all unpaid Delayed Draw Term A Loans shall be paid in full in cash by the Company on
the Term A Maturity Date.
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2.2.3 Term B Loans. The Company unconditionally promises to repay the Term B Loans
borrowed by it to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Term B Lender in quarterly principal installments (and on the date set forth in clause (b) below) as follows:
(a) in the amount of 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term B Loans made on the Acquisition Closing Date, each due and
payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year commencing on the last day of such month falling on or after the last Business Day of the first full fiscal quarter of the Company following the Acquisition
Closing Date and continuing until the last Business Day of such quarterly period ending immediately prior to the Term B Loan Maturity Date; and
(b) one final installment in the amount of the relevant Term B Loans then outstanding, due and payable on the Term B Loan Maturity Date;
2.2.4 Each Borrower hereby further agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender thereof, interest in the relevant
Agreed Currency on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans made to such Borrower (on a several, not joint and several, basis, but subject, for the avoidance of doubt, to the Guarantee contained in Article IX and to Section 17.4) from time to
time outstanding until payment thereof in full at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 2.8.
2.2.5 The books
and records of the Administrative Agent and of each Lender shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers therein recorded; provided,
however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain any such books and records or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made
to such Borrowers by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.2.6 The Borrowers agree that, upon the request to the
Administrative Agent by any Lender from time to time and the subsequent request to the Company by the Administrative Agent, the relevant Borrowers will execute and deliver to such Lender promissory notes evidencing the Loans of any such requesting
Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto with appropriate insertions as to date, currency and principal amount (each, a Note); provided that the delivery of such Notes shall not be a condition
precedent to the Execution Date, the Replacement Facilities Effective Date, the Acquisition Closing Date or any Advance.
2.3
Procedures for Borrowing Loans. To request a Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility or the Term Facility (which such Loan shall only be required to be made on a Business Day), the applicable Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent
irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) if such Loan is denominated in any Available Foreign Currency, 11:00 a.m., London time three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, and
(b) if such Loan is denominated in Dollars, 11:00 a.m., Chicago time three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date if all or any part of the requested Loans are to be Eurocurrency Loans or one Business Day prior to the requested
Borrowing Date if all or any part of the requested Loans are to be Floating Rate Loans) specifying in each case (each such notice, a Borrowing Notice) (i) the amount to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date,
(iii) the Agreed Currency thereof, (iv) whether such Loan is a Floating Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan (and such Loan shall be a Eurocurrency Loan if it is denominated in any Available Foreign Currency), (v) if applicable, the
length of the initial Interest Period therefor and (vi) the applicable Borrower. Each Advance shall be in an Agreed Currency. Each such Advance shall be in an amount equal to an amount in the relevant Agreed Currency which is 5,000,000 units or
a whole multiple of 1,000,000 units in excess thereof or such other amounts as may be agreed upon between the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any such notice from any such Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the Lenders with respect to such Advance. Not later than 1:00 p.m., local time of the
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Administrative Agents funding office for such Borrower, on the requested Borrowing Date, each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the principal amount of such Loans
requested to be made on such Borrowing Date available to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents funding office for such Borrower specified by the Administrative Agent from time to time by notice to the Lenders and in immediately
available or other same day funds customarily used for settlement in the relevant Agreed Currency. The amounts made available by each Lender will then be made available to the relevant Borrower at the funding office for such Borrower and in like
funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
2.4 Termination or Reduction.
(a) Unless previously terminated, (i) the Delayed Draw Term A Commitments shall terminate and be reduced to zero on the earlier of
(x) the occurrence of the Mandatory Cancellation Date prior to the consummation of the Acquisition and (y) 5:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the date that is the first anniversary of the Acquisition Closing Date; (ii) the Term B Commitments
shall terminate and be reduced to zero on the earlier of (x) the occurrence of the Mandatory Cancellation Date prior to the consummation of the Acquisition, (y) the making of the Term B Loans on the Acquisition Closing Date and
(z) 5:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the Acquisition Closing Date, (iii) the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate and be reduced to zero on the Revolving Termination Date and (iv) the Replacement Term A Commitments shall terminate
upon the making of the Replacement Term A Loans on the Replacement Facilities Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Commitments in respect of any Term Facility shall be permanently reduced by the amount of any Term Loans made thereunder.
(b) The Company may permanently reduce any Class of Commitments, in whole or in part, ratably among the Lenders thereunder in, if less
than all such Commitments, integral multiples of $10,000,000, in each case upon at least three Business Days irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent, and which notice shall specify the amount of any such reduction,
provided, however, that (i) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments may not be reduced below the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings of all Lenders and (ii) a notice of termination of Commitments may state that such
notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, incurrence of other Indebtedness, or consummation of another transaction (such as a Change of Control), in which case such notice may be revoked (by notice to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. In addition, all accrued and unpaid commitment and ticking fees under a Class of Commitments shall be payable on the effective date of any
termination of such Class of Commitments.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if on any date prior to the
Acquisition Closing Date the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Target and its Subsidiaries) receive proceeds that would, if received on or after the Acquisition Closing Date, otherwise have required a
prepayment of Term B Loans under Sections 2.6.5 (such proceeds, the Pre-Closing Sweep Amounts), the Company shall (x) segregate such Pre-Closing Sweep Amounts in an account to facilitate reducing Advances to be made under the
Term B Facility by using the Pre-Closing Sweep Amounts in lieu thereof, and (y) take commercially reasonable efforts to place such Pre-Closing Sweep Amounts into escrow for application to Certain Funds Purposes and obtain the approval of its
financial advisor to ratably reduce the Term B Commitments by the amount of the escrowed Pre-Closing
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Sweep Amounts. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of Pre-Closing Sweep Amounts shall be calculated under the assumptions that no Term A Loans are outstanding, the full amount of Term B Loans
were funded on the Acquisition Closing Date and are outstanding and that there are no Declining Lenders.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, the Term B Commitments shall be ratably reduced by the aggregate amount of any Escrow Term Loans that the Company and any of its Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Unrestricted Subsidiary) shall
have borrowed and funded into escrow prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (provided that the conditions to release from escrow are no more restrictive than the conditions to funding the Term B Loans set forth in Section 4.3).
2.5 Commitment, Ticking and other Fees.
(a) The Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee payable in
Dollars at the rate equal to 0.25% per annum (subject to change as set forth below) on the average unused daily amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender (the Commitment Fee), commencing on the Replacement
Facilities Effective Date, in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and upon the termination in full of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Commitment Fee shall be subject to change after the financial
statements described in Section 6.1(i) or (ii) have been delivered for the first full fiscal quarter after the Execution Date as set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin. For purposes of calculating the Commitment Fee only, Swing
Loans shall not count as usage of the Revolving Credit Commitment.
(b) The Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender on a pro rata basis in accordance with such Lenders Delayed Draw Term A Commitments, a ticking fee payable in Dollars which shall accrue in an amount equal to 0.25% per annum (subject to
change as set forth below) on the aggregate outstanding amount of the Delayed Draw Term A Commitment of such Lender (the Delayed Draw Term A Ticking Fee) during the period from and including the date that is 61 days after
November 23, 2015 until the termination in full of the Lenders Delayed Draw Term A Commitments, and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, during such period and upon
the termination in full of such Lenders Delayed Draw Term A Commitments. The Delayed Draw Term A Ticking Fee shall be subject to change after the financial statements described in Section 6.1(i) or (ii) have been delivered for the
first full fiscal quarter after the Execution Date as set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
(c) The Company agrees to pay to
the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers such other fees as separately agreed to in writing by the Company and such Persons and/or their applicable Affiliates.
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2.6 Optional and Mandatory Principal Payments.
2.6.1 Each Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay Floating Rate Loans, in whole or in part, without penalty or premium, except
as set forth in Section 2.6.3, upon at least one Business Days irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, specifying the date and amount of prepayment. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and
payable on the date specified therein. Partial prepayment of Floating Rate Loans shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
2.6.2 Each Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay, without premium or penalty, except as set forth in Section 2.6.3
(together with payment of any amount payable pursuant to Section 3.3), its Eurocurrency Loans in whole or in part, upon at least three Business Days irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent specifying the date and amount of
prepayment. Partial prepayments of Eurocurrency Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount in the relevant Agreed Currency of 5,000,000 units or any integral multiple of 1,000,000 units in excess thereof, or such lesser principal amount as may
equal the outstanding Eurocurrency Loans or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent.
2.6.3 If on or prior to
the date that is six months following the earlier of the Acquisition Closing Date and the date the Escrow Term Loans are funded into escrow, any Repricing Event occurs, the Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of
each of the applicable Term B Lenders (a) in the case of clause (i) of the definition of Repricing Event, a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the aggregate amount of the Term B Facility so prepaid, repaid or replaced and (b) in the case
of clause (ii) of the definition of Repricing Event, a fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate amount of the Term B Facility outstanding immediately prior to such amendment (without duplication of any fee paid to such Term B Lender under 2.6.3(a)).
For the avoidance of doubt, the call protection in this Section 2.6.3 will apply to any Escrow Term Loans (without duplication of any such call-protection in any documentation governing such Escrow Term Loans).
2.6.4 If the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings of all Lenders exceed (x) 105% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments solely
as a result of currency fluctuations or (y) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (other than as a result of currency fluctuations) at any time, the applicable Borrowers shall promptly prepay the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings or
cash collateralize Facility Letters of Credit in the amount of such excess; provided that it is understood that this Section 2.6.4 shall not require any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower to prepay or cash collateralize amounts in excess of its
then applicable Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings.
2.6.5 Mandatory Prepayment of Term Loans.
(a) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, if any Indebtedness shall be issued or incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(excluding any Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 6.18), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of such issuance or incurrence toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in
Section 2.6.9.
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(b) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall
receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof, 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied on or prior to the fifth Business Day after
such receipt (or in the case of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Event in an amount less than $75,000,000, on or prior to the date five Business Days after the date the financial statements for the fiscal quarter in which such event
occurred are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(i) or (ii)), toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.6.9; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no later than each Reinvestment
Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.6.9.
(c) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, if, for any fiscal year of the Company commencing with the first full fiscal year ending after
the Acquisition Closing Date, there shall be Excess Cash Flow, the Company shall, on the relevant Excess Cash Flow Application Date (as defined below), apply the ECF Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set
forth in Section 2.6.9. Each such prepayment and commitment reduction shall be made on a date (an Excess Cash Flow Application Date) no later than five Business Days after the date on which the financial statements of the
Borrower referred to in Section 6.1(i) for the fiscal year with respect to which such prepayment to be made are required to be delivered to the Lenders; provided that (i) any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans during such fiscal
year, to the extent funded with internally generated cash and (ii) voluntary prepayments made on the Revolving Credit Loans during such fiscal year that were accompanied by an equal permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments, in
each case, shall be credited against the Companys obligation to make prepayments under this Section 2.6.5(c) for such fiscal year on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Prepayments from, and, without duplication, of amounts equal to, Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Event or
Excess Cash Flow by or of a Foreign Subsidiary (to the extent otherwise required) will be limited to the extent (x) the repatriation of Foreign Subsidiaries funds to fund such prepayments is prohibited, restricted or delayed by applicable
laws, (y) repatriation of Foreign Subsidiaries funds to fund such prepayment could reasonably be expected to result in adverse tax consequences to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (z) such funds originate at the Target
or its Subsidiaries prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date. All mandatory prepayments are subject to permissibility under (a) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, local law restrictions (such as restrictions relating to financial
assistance, corporate benefit, restrictions on upstreaming of cash intra-group and the fiduciary and statutory duties of the directors of the relevant Restricted Subsidiaries) and (b) with respect to non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries,
organizational document restrictions, to the extent not created in contemplation of such prepayments. The non-application of any such mandatory prepayment amounts in compliance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph will not constitute an
Unmatured Default or Default and such amounts shall be available for working capital purposes of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company will undertake to use commercially reasonable efforts to overcome or eliminate any such
restrictions and/or minimize any such costs of prepayment (subject to the considerations above) to make the relevant payment, other than, for the avoidance of doubt, to
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the extent resulting from asset sales or operations of the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any prepayments
made after application of the above provisions shall be net of any costs, expenses or taxes incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates or equity partners and arising as a result of compliance with this
paragraph.
2.6.6 Each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.6 and each conversion (other than a conversion of a Floating Rate Loan
to a Eurocurrency Loan) pursuant to Section 2.7 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid to the date of prepayment and any amounts payable under Section 3.3 in connection with such payment.
2.6.7 If two different Types of U.S. Dollar Loans of a particular Class are outstanding, the applicable prepayment pursuant to this
Section 2.6 shall be applied first to prepay Floating Rate Loans and second to prepay Eurocurrency Loans then outstanding in such order as the Company or such Borrower may direct.
2.6.8 All Revolving Credit Loans prepaid under Sections 2.6.1, 2.6.2 or 2.6.4 may be reborrowed and successively repaid and reborrowed,
subject to the other terms and conditions in this Agreement.
2.6.9 All prepayments of the Term Loans under Sections 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 shall
be applied to the Class of Term Loans as directed by the applicable Borrower and to reduce the scheduled repayments of such Term Loans as directed by the Company. All prepayments of the Term Loans under Sections 2.6.5 shall be applied ratably among
the outstanding Classes of Term Loans according to the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof, and within each such Class the amount of each such principal prepayment shall be applied first, to reduce the first eight installments thereof
in direct order of maturity, and thereafter pro rata to reduce the then remaining installments of such Class of Term Loans.
2.6.10
Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.6.1 or 2.6.2, if a notice of prepayment is given under Section 2.6.1 or 2.6.2 in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments as contemplated by
Section 2.4 or the anticipated funding of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.4 or such Term Loans or Incremental Term
Loans are not funded as anticipated, as applicable.
2.6.11 Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.6, any Term Lender may elect not to
accept its pro rata portion of any amount prepaid under Sections 2.6.5 pursuant to procedures reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (each such Term Lender, a Declining Lender), and the Company or applicable
Subsidiary Borrower shall retain for its own account such amount (the Declined Amount) declined by a Declining Lender.
2.6.12 Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.6, if the Replacement Facilities Effective Date has not occurred and the Existing Loan
Agreement (or backstop facilities in replacement thereof) remains outstanding on or after the Acquisition Closing Date, any prepayments of Term Loans required pursuant to Section 2.6.5 may be shared, but not more than ratably (based on the
respective outstanding principal amount thereof), with any term loans under such Existing Loan
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Agreement (or backstop facilities in replacement thereof) to the extent the documentation governing such term loans contains mandatory prepayment requirements and such documentation requires a
mandatory prepayment of such term loans thereunder.
2.7 Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances. Floating Rate
Advances shall continue as Floating Rate Advances unless and until such Floating Rate Advances are converted into Eurocurrency Advances. Each Eurocurrency Advance shall continue as a Eurocurrency Advance until the end of the then applicable Interest
Period therefor, at which time such Eurocurrency Advance shall be automatically converted into a Floating Rate Advance in the case of U.S. Dollar Loans or automatically continued for an Interest Period of one month in the case of Foreign
Currency Loans, unless the applicable Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period, such Eurocurrency Advance continue as a Eurocurrency Advance for the same
or another Interest Period. Subject to the terms hereof, any Borrower may elect from time to time to convert all or any part of an Advance of any Type into any other Type or Types of Advance (subject to, in the case of conversion of any Eurocurrency
Advance other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, payment of any amounts payable under Section 3.3 in connection therewith). The Company shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a
Conversion/Continuation Notice) of each conversion of an Advance or continuation of a Eurocurrency Advance not later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time for U.S. Dollar Loans and London time for Foreign Currency Loans) at least one
Business Day, in the case of a conversion into a Floating Rate Advance, or three Business Days, in the case of a conversion into or continuation of a Eurocurrency Advance, prior to the date of the requested conversion or continuation, specifying:
(a) the requested date, which shall be a Business Day, of such conversion or continuation,
(b) the aggregate amount and Type of the Advance which is to be converted or continued (which shall be limited to Eurocurrency Loans in the
case of Foreign Currency Loans), and
(c) the amounts and Type(s) of Advance(s) into which such Advance is to be converted or continued
and, in the case of a conversion into or continuation of a Eurocurrency Advance, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
2.8 Interest Rates, Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis.
(a) Each Floating Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and including the date such Loan
is made or is converted from a Eurocurrency Loan into a Floating Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.7 to but excluding the date it becomes due or is converted into a Eurocurrency Loan pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, at a rate per annum equal
to the Floating Rate for such day. Each Eurocurrency Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate determined for such Interest Period. Each Swing Loan shall
bear interest at such rate as is agreed upon between the applicable Borrower and the Swing Lender.
(b) Interest accrued on each Floating
Rate Advance shall be payable on each Payment Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Execution Date and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Eurocurrency Advance shall be payable on the last day of its applicable Interest
Period, on any date on which the Eurocurrency Advance is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Eurocurrency Advance having an Interest Period longer than three months shall also be payable on the
last day of each three-month interval during such Interest Period. Interest accrued on each Swing Loan shall be payable on demand by the Swing Lender.
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(c) Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not for the day of any payment
on the amount paid if payment is received prior to 1:00 p.m. (local time) at the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or interest or fee on an Advance shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, except as otherwise provided in
the definition of Interest Period, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing interest in connection with such payment.
(d) All interest and fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day)
occurring during the period such interest or fee is payable over a year comprised of 360 days or, in the case of Floating Rate Loans based on the Prime Rate, 365/366 days, unless the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that it is market
practice to calculate such interest or fees on Foreign Currency Advances on a different basis.
(e) Changes in the rate of interest on
that portion of any Advance maintained as a Floating Rate Advance will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate Base Rate. Each Eurocurrency Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from and
including the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including) the last day of such Interest Period at the interest rate determined as applicable to such Eurocurrency Advance.
2.9 Rates Applicable After Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, during the continuance of a
Default the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrowers (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes
in interest rates), declare that no Advance may be made as, converted into or continued (after the expiration of the then current Interest Period) as a Eurocurrency Advance, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any outstanding Foreign
Currency Advance may be continued for an Interest Period not to exceed one month after such notice to the Borrowers by the Required Lenders. Upon and during the continuance of any Default under Section 7.2 with respect to principal, interest or
fees, the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Company (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders as to changes
and interest rates) declare that (i) each Eurocurrency Advance shall bear interest for the remainder of the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such Interest Period plus 2% per annum, and (ii) each Floating
Rate Advance and any other amount due under this Agreement shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate otherwise applicable to Floating Rate Loans plus 2% per annum, provided that, upon and during the continuance of any
acceleration for any reason of any of the Obligations, the interest rate set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) shall be applicable to all Advances without any election or action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
2.10 Pro Rata Payment, Method of Payment; Proceeds of Collateral.
(a) Each borrowing of a Class of Loans from the Lenders thereunder shall be made pro rata according to the Pro Rata Shares of the applicable
Lenders of such Class in effect on the date of such borrowing. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each payment on account of any Commitment Fee or Delayed Draw Term A Ticking Fee shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among the
Lenders under the applicable Class in accordance with their
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respective Pro Rata Shares. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any reduction of a Class of Commitments of the Lenders shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among the Lenders
of such Class pro rata according to the Pro Rata Shares of the Lenders with respect thereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each payment (including each prepayment) by a Borrower hereunder on account of principal, interest,
commitment or ticking fees on a Class of its Loans shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent pro rata to the Lenders of such Class according to the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof. All payments (including prepayments) to be
made by a Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders at the
applicable payment office of the Administrative Agent for such payment specified from time to time in writing by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers by 1:00 P.M. (local time) on the date when due. Each payment delivered to the Administrative
Agent for the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds received by the Administrative Agent. All payments hereunder shall be in Dollars; provided that
(i) principal, LC Disbursements, interest, commitment fees, ticking fees or breakage indemnity due in respect of Advances, Commitments or Facility Letters of Credit denominated in an Available Foreign Currency, shall be in such Available
Foreign Currency and (ii) with respect to other payments required to be made by it pursuant to Section 3.2 or 10.6 that are invoiced in a currency other than Dollars, shall be payable in the currency so invoiced.
(b) Application of Proceeds of Collateral and Guaranty. Subject to the terms of any intercreditor agreement entered into by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 11.9(e) and subject to Section 17.4, all amounts received under any Guaranty and all proceeds received by the Administrative Agent from the sale or other liquidation of the Collateral when a
Default exists shall first be applied as payment of the accrued and unpaid fees of the Administrative Agent hereunder and then to all other unpaid or unreimbursed Obligations (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses in accordance with
Section 10.6) owing to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as Administrative Agent only, and then any remaining amount of such proceeds shall be distributed as follows:
In the case of amounts and proceeds received in respect of the Foreign Loan Parties:
(i) first, to an account at the Administrative Agent over which the Administrative Agent shall have control in an amount
equal to 103% of the Facility Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding;
(ii) second, to the Secured Parties,
pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid amounts of Foreign Obligations then owing, until all the Foreign Obligations then owing have been paid and satisfied in full or cash collateralized;
(iii) third, to the Person entitled thereto as directed by the Company or as otherwise determined by applicable law or
applicable court order.
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In the case of amounts and proceeds received in respect of the Domestic Loan Parties:
(i) first, to an account at the Administrative Agent over which the Administrative Agent shall have control in an amount
equal to 103% of the Facility Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding;
(ii) second, to the Secured Parties,
pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid amounts of Obligations then owing, until all the Obligations then owing have been paid and satisfied in full or cash collateralized;
(iii) third, to the Person entitled thereto as directed by the Company or as otherwise determined by applicable law or
applicable court order.
(c) Noncash Proceeds. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if the Administrative
Agent shall ever acquire any Collateral through foreclosure or by a conveyance in lieu of foreclosure or by retaining any of the Collateral in satisfaction of all or part of the Obligations or if any proceeds of Collateral received by the
Administrative Agent to be distributed and shared pursuant to this Section 2.10 are in a form other than immediately available funds, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to remit any share thereof under the terms hereof and the
Secured Parties shall only be entitled to their undivided interests in the Collateral or noncash proceeds as determined by paragraph (b) of this Section 2.10. The Secured Parties shall receive the applicable portions (in accordance with
the foregoing paragraph (b)) of any immediately available funds consisting of proceeds from such Collateral or proceeds of such noncash proceeds so acquired only if and when received by the Administrative Agent in connection with the subsequent
disposition thereof. While any Collateral or other property to be shared pursuant to this Section is held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph (c), the Administrative Agent shall hold such Collateral or other property for the
benefit of the Secured Parties and all matters relating to the management, operation, further disposition or any other aspect of such Collateral or other property shall be resolved by the agreement of the Required Lenders.
(d) Return of Proceeds. If at any time payment, in whole or in part, of any amount distributed by the Administrative Agent hereunder is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent as a preference, fraudulent conveyance, or otherwise under any bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law, then each Person receiving any portion of such amount agrees, upon
demand, to return the portion of such amount it has received to the Administrative Agent.
2.11 Telephonic Notices. Each Borrower
hereby authorizes the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect selections of Types of Advances and to transfer funds based on telephonic notices made by any Person or Persons the Administrative Agent or
any Lender reasonably and in good faith believes to be an Authorized Officer, provided that the Borrowers shall be required to make all requests for Loans denominated in any Available Foreign Currency in writing. Each Borrower agrees to deliver
promptly to the Administrative Agent a written confirmation, if such confirmation is requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, of each telephonic notice signed by an Authorized Officer. If the written confirmation differs in any material
respect from the action taken by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall govern absent manifest error.
2.12 Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions. Promptly after receipt thereof, the
Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each Commitment reduction notice, Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice
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received by it hereunder. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the interest rate applicable to each Eurocurrency Advance promptly upon determination of such interest rate and will
give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate Base Rate.
2.13 Lending Installations. Each Lender may, subject to
Section 3.5, make and book its Loans at any Lending Installation(s) selected by such Lender and may change its Lending Installation(s) from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such Lending Installation(s) and the Notes,
if any, shall be deemed held by each Lender for the benefit of such Lending Installation(s). Each Lender may, by written or telex notice to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower, designate one or more Lending Installations which are
to make and book Loans and for whose account Loan payments are to be made.
2.14 Non-Receipt of
Funds by the Administrative Agent. Unless a Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent of (a) in the case of a Lender,
the proceeds of a Loan or (b) in the case of a Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that
such payment has been made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or Borrower, as the case may be, has not in
fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day
during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of payment by a Lender, the Federal
Funds Effective Rate for the first five days and the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan for each day thereafter or (ii) in the case of payment by a Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan.
2.15 Facility Letters of Credit.
2.15.1 Obligation to Issue. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including without limitation the terms of
Section 2.15.2(e)) and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Borrowers herein set forth, the Issuers hereby agree to issue for the account of a Borrower through such of the Issuers Lending Installations as such Issuer
may determine, one or more Facility Letters of Credit in accordance with this Section 2.15, from time to time during the period commencing on the Replacement Facilities Effective Date and ending five Business Days prior to the Revolving
Termination Date.
2.15.2 Conditions for Issuance. In addition to being subject to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in
Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.4, the obligation of an Issuer to issue any Facility Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction in full of the following conditions:
(a) the aggregate maximum amount then available for drawing under Facility Letters of Credit issued by the Issuers, after giving effect to the
Facility Letter of Credit requested hereunder, shall not exceed any limit imposed by law or regulation upon the Issuer;
(b) unless
consented by the Issuer thereof, the requested Facility Letter of Credit shall not have an expiration date later than one year after the date of issuance of such Facility Letter of Credit, provided that any Facility Letter of Credit with a
one-year tenor may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods, which shall, in no event, extend beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date;
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(c) immediately after giving effect to the Facility Letter of Credit requested hereunder, the
aggregate maximum amount then available for drawing under Facility Letters of Credit issued by the Issuers shall not exceed the Dollar Equivalent Amount of the sum of the aggregate Issuer Sublimits, and no prepayment or cash collateralization would
as a result of such issuance then be required under this Agreement;
(d) the applicable Borrower shall have delivered to the applicable
Issuer at such times and in such manner as such Issuer may reasonably prescribe such documents and materials as may be required pursuant to the terms of the proposed Letter of Credit and the proposed Letter of Credit shall be reasonably satisfactory
to such Issuer as to form and content; and
(e) notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, no Issuer
shall be obligated to issue or modify any Facility Letter of Credit if, immediately after giving effect to such issuance or modification, the Dollar Equivalent Amount of the outstanding Facility Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of all
Facility Letters of Credit issued by such Issuer and its Lending Installations would exceed such Issuers Issuer Sublimit. Without limiting the foregoing and without affecting the limitations contained herein, it is understood and agreed that
any Borrower may from time to time request that an Issuer issue Facility Letters of Credit in excess of its individual Issuer Sublimit in effect at the time of such request, and each Issuer may, in its sole discretion, issue Facility Letters of
Credit in excess of its individual Issuer Sublimit. Any Facility Letter of Credit so issued by an Issuer in excess of its individual Issuer Sublimit then in effect shall nonetheless constitute a Facility Letter of Credit for all purposes of this
Agreement, and shall not affect the Issuer Sublimit of any other Issuer, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.15.2(c) above. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Issuer shall have any obligation hereunder to issue,
and in the case of clause (i) below no Issuer shall issue, any Facility Letter of Credit (i) the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person in breach of Section 6.2(b), (ii) if any order, judgment or decree of any
Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuer from issuing such Facility Letter of Credit, or any Requirement of Law relating to such Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Facility Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose
upon such Issuer with respect to such Facility Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Replacement Facilities Effective Date, or shall impose
upon such Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Replacement Facilities Effective Date and which such Issuer in good faith deems material to it, or (iii) if the issuance of such Facility Letter of Credit
would violate one or more policies of such Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all
requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in the implementation thereof, and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements 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 not to be in effect on the
Replacement Facilities Effective Date for purposes of clause (ii) above, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
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2.15.3 Procedure for Issuance of Facility Letters of Credit.
(a) The applicable Borrower shall give one of the Issuers and the Administrative Agent three Business Days prior written notice of any
requested issuance of a Facility Letter of Credit under this Agreement (except that, in lieu of such written notice, a Borrower may give an Issuer (i) notice of such request by tested telex or other tested arrangement satisfactory to such
Issuer or (ii) telephonic notice of such request if confirmed in writing by delivery to such Issuer (A) immediately (x) of a telecopy of the written notice required hereunder which has been signed by an Authorized Officer of such
Borrower or (y) of a telex containing all information required to be contained in such written notice and (B) promptly (but in no event later than the requested time of issuance) of a copy of the written notice required hereunder
containing the original signature of an Authorized Officer of such Borrower); such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the stated amount and Agreed Currency of the Facility Letter of Credit requested (which requested currency shall be
limited to an Agreed Currency), the effective date (which day shall be a Business Day) of issuance of such requested Facility Letter of Credit, the date on which such requested Facility Letter of Credit is to expire (which date shall be a Business
Day and shall in no event be later than the fifth day prior to the Revolving Termination Date), the Person for whose benefit the requested Facility Letter of Credit is to be issued and such other information as may be reasonably requested by the
Issuer. The Administrative Agent shall give notice to each applicable Lender of the issuance of each Facility Letter of Credit reasonably promptly after such Facility Letter of Credit is issued. At the time such request is made, the requesting
Borrower shall also provide the applicable Issuer with all information necessary for the issuance of the Facility Letter of Credit it is requesting. Such notice, to be effective, must be received by such Issuer not later than 2:00 p.m. (local time
at such Issuers issuing office) or the time otherwise agreed upon by such Issuer and such Borrower on the last Business Day on which notice can be given under this Section 2.15.3.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.15.3 and provided that the applicable conditions set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2
and 4.4 hereof have been satisfied, the applicable Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Facility Letter of Credit on behalf of the applicable Borrower in accordance with such Issuers usual and customary business practices.
(c) The Issuers shall not extend or amend any Facility Letter of Credit unless the requirements of this Section 2.15 are met as though a
new Facility Letter of Credit was being requested and issued.
2.15.4 Reimbursement Obligations.
(a) The applicable Borrowers obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and each Borrower
agrees to pay to the applicable Issuer the amount of all Reimbursement Obligations, interest and other amounts payable to such Issuer under or in connection with any Facility Letter of Credit issued on behalf of such Borrower immediately when due,
irrespective of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that such Borrower, the Company or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any Issuer or any other Person, under all circumstances, including without limitation, any of the following
circumstances:
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(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents;
(ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that any Borrower or any Subsidiary may
have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Facility Letter of Credit or any transferee of any Facility Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), any Issuer, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in
connection with this Agreement, any Facility Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transactions between any Borrower or any Subsidiary and the beneficiary named in any Facility
Letter of Credit);
(iii) any draft, certificate or any other document presented under the Facility 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;
(iv) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Loan
Documents;
(v) the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default;
(vi) payment by the Issuer under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit; or
(vii) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.15.4, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrowers obligations hereunder.
(b) The applicable Issuer shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower of any draw under a Facility Letter of Credit (any such draw, an
LC Disbursement). Such Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in the currency of such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 1:00 P.M., Chicago time, on
the Business Day immediately following the day that such Borrower receives such notice; provided that a Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request that such payment be financed, if applicable given the
currency of the LC Disbursement, with a Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, such Borrowers obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Revolving
Credit Loan or Swing Loan. Any Reimbursement Obligation with respect to any Facility Letter of Credit shall bear interest from the date of the relevant drawings under the pertinent Facility Letter of Credit at (i) in the case of such
Obligations denominated in U.S. Dollars, the interest rate for Floating Rate Loans or (ii) in the case of such Obligations denominated in an Available Foreign Currency, at the correlative floating rate of interest customarily applicable to
similar extensions of credit to corporate borrowers denominated in such currency in the country of issue of such currency, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. In addition to its other rights, the Issuers shall also have all rights
for indemnification and reimbursement as each Lender is entitled under this Agreement.
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2.15.5 Participation.
(a) Immediately upon issuance by an Issuer of any Facility Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably
and unconditionally purchased and received from such Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Facility Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, all obligations of the
applicable Borrower with respect thereto) and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto; provided that a Letter of Credit issued by an Issuer shall not be deemed to be a Facility Letter of Credit for purposes of this
Section 2.15.5 if such Issuer shall have received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender on or before one Business Day prior to the date of its issuance of such Letter of Credit that one or more of the conditions contained in
Section 4.4 are not then satisfied, and, if an Issuer receives such a notice, it shall have no further obligation to issue any Letter of Credit until such notice is withdrawn by that Revolving Credit Lender or such condition has been
effectively waived in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) If an Issuer makes any payment under any Facility Letter of
Credit and the applicable Borrower (or if not the Company, the Company) shall not have repaid such amount to such Issuer pursuant to Section 2.15.4, the applicable Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender
participating in such Letter of Credit of such failure, and each Lender participating in such Letter of Credit shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuer the amount of such Lenders Pro
Rata Share of the unreimbursed amount of any such payment in such currency. If any Lender participating in such Facility Letter of Credit fails to make available to such Issuer any amounts due to such Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.15.5(b),
such Issuer shall be entitled to recover such amount, together with interest thereon (i) in the case of amounts denominated in U.S. Dollars, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate, for the first three Business Days after such Lender receives such
notice and thereafter, at the Floating Rate, or (ii) in the case of amounts denominated in an Available Foreign Currency, at a local cost of funds rate for obligations in such currency as determined by the Administrative Agent for the first
three Business Days after such Lender receives such notice, and thereafter at the floating rate of interest correlative to the Floating Rate customarily applicable to similar extensions of credit to corporate borrowers denominated in such currency
in the country of issue of such currency, as determined by the Administrative Agent, in either case payable (i) on demand, (ii) by setoff against any payments made to such Issuer for the account of such Lender or (iii) by payment to
such Issuer by the Administrative Agent of amounts otherwise payable to such Lender under this Agreement. The failure of any Revolving Credit Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of the unreimbursed amount of any
such payment shall not relieve any other Revolving Credit Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of the unreimbursed amount of any payment on the date such payment is to be made, but no
Revolving Credit Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Revolving Credit Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of the unreimbursed amount of any payment on the date such payment is to be made.
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(c) Whenever an Issuer receives a payment on account of a Reimbursement Obligation, including any
interest thereon, it shall promptly pay to each Lender that has funded its participating interest therein, in like funds as received an amount equal to such Lenders Pro Rata Share thereof.
(d) The obligations of a Revolving Credit Lender to make payments to the Administrative Agent with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit
shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim, set-off, qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances.
(e) If any payment by a Borrower received by the Administrative Agent with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit and distributed by the
Administrative Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders on account of their participations is thereafter set aside, avoided or recovered from the Administrative Agent in connection with any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or bankruptcy
proceeding, each Revolving Credit Lender that received such distribution shall, upon demand by the Administrative Agent, contribute such Revolving Credit Lenders Pro Rata Share of the amount set aside, avoided or recovered together with
interest at the rate required to be paid by the Administrative Agent upon the amount required to be repaid by it.
2.15.6 Compensation
for Facility Letters of Credit. The Issuer of a Facility Letter of Credit shall have the right to receive from the Borrower that requested issuance of such Facility Letter of Credit, solely for the account of such Issuer, a fronting fee in an
amount to be agreed between the Borrower and such Issuer (which in no event shall exceed 0.125% per annum) as well as the Issuers reasonable and customary costs of issuing and servicing the Facility Letter of Credit. In addition, such
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender participating in such Facility Letter of Credit a non-refundable fee at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Revolving Credit
Loans that are Eurocurrency Loans applied to the face amount of the Facility Letter of Credit, payable quarterly in arrears for the account of all Lenders participating in such Facility Letter of Credit ratably from the date such Facility Letter of
Credit is issued until its stated expiry date or, if earlier, the date of its termination or drawdown (provided that if such drawdown is a partial drawdown, such fee shall continue to accrue with respect to the face amount of such Facility Letter of
Credit remaining available to be drawn).
2.15.7 Letter of Credit Collateral Account. Each Borrower hereby agrees that it will,
until the final expiry of any Facility Letter of Credit issued on its account and thereafter as long as any amount is payable to the Revolving Credit Lenders in respect of any such Facility Letter of Credit, upon the request of the Administrative
Agent, maintain a special collateral account (the Letter of Credit Collateral Account) at the Administrative Agents office at the address specified pursuant to Article XIV, in the name of such Borrower but under the sole
dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders and in which such Borrower shall have no interest other than as set forth in Section 8.1. The Administrative Agent will invest any funds on
deposit from time to time in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account in certificates of deposit of the Administrative Agent having a maturity not exceeding 30 days. Nothing in this Section 2.15.7 shall either obligate the Administrative Agent
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to require any Borrower to deposit any funds in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account or limit the right of the Administrative Agent to release any funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account other than as required by Section 8.1, and the Borrowers obligations to deposit funds in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account are limited to the circumstances required by Section 8.1.
2.15.8 Nature of Obligations.
(a) As among the Borrowers, the Issuers and the Lenders, each Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the
Facility Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of the Facility Letters of Credit requested by it. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuers and the Lenders shall not be responsible for (i) the form,
validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of any Facility Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects
invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Facility Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or
proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of a Facility Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to draw upon such Facility
Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) misapplication by the
beneficiary of a Facility Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Facility Letter of Credit; or (vii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuers or the Lenders. In addition to amounts payable as
elsewhere provided in this Section 2.15, such Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save the Administrative Agent, each Issuer and each Lender harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses,
costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising from the claims of third parties against the Administrative Agent or such Issuer in respect of any Facility Letter of Credit requested by such Borrower.
(b) In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions hereinabove set forth, any action taken or omitted by the
Issuers or any Lender under or in connection with the Facility Letters of Credit or any related certificates, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put such Issuer or such Lender under any resulting liability to any Borrower or relieve any
Borrower of any of its obligations hereunder to the Issuers, the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Section 2.15.8, a Borrower shall not have any obligation to indemnify the Administrative Agent, any Issuer or any Lender under this Section 2.15 in respect of any liability incurred by each arising out of the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Administrative Agent, Issuer or Lender, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, nor shall any Issuer be excused from liability to the Borrowers to the
extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by any Borrower that are caused by
the Issuers failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Facility Letter of Credit appear on their face to comply with the
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terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuer (as finally determined in a non-appealable judgment by a
court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuer shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination, and that:
(i) an Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Facility
Letter of Credit without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and may make payment upon presentation of documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms
of such Facility Letter of Credit;
(ii) an Issuer shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to decline to accept such
documents and to make such payment if such documents do not appear on their face to be in strict compliance with the terms of such Facility Letter of Credit; and
(iii) this sentence shall establish the standard of care to be exercised by an Issuer when determining whether drafts and other
documents presented under a Facility Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof (and the parties hereto hereby waive, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any standard of care inconsistent with the foregoing).
2.15.9 Replacement and Addition of Issuers. Each Issuer may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Company and the
successor Issuer with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Any Revolving Credit Lender may be added as an Issuer at any time by written agreement among the Company and such new Issuer
with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such replacement of any Issuer and any additional Issuer. At the time
any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuer hereunder. From and after the effective date of any such replacement or addition, (i) the successor or new, as
applicable, Issuer shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuer under this Agreement with respect to Facility Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term Issuer shall be deemed to refer
to such successor, additional and/or previous Issuers, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuer hereunder, the replaced Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuer
under this Agreement with respect to outstanding Facility Letters of Credit that were issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Facility Letters of Credit.
2.16 Swing Loans.
(a)
Making of Swing Loans. The Swing Lender may elect in its sole discretion to make Swing Loans to any Borrower solely for the Swing Lenders own account, from time to time prior to the Revolving Termination Date up to an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the lesser of (x) the Dollar Equivalent Amount of $50,000,000 and (y) the unused amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments (Swing Loans). The Swing Lender may
make Swing Loans (subject to the conditions precedent set forth in
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Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.4), provided that the Swing Lender has received a request in writing or, in the case of Swing Loans to the Company in Dollars only, via telephone from an Authorized
Officer of such Borrower for funding of a Swing Loan no later than such time required by the Swing Lender, on the Business Day on which such Swing Loan is requested to be made. The Swing Lender shall not make any Swing Loan in the period commencing
one Business Day after the Swing Lender receives written notice from the Company or a Lender that one or more of the conditions precedent contained in Section 4.4 are not satisfied and ending upon the satisfaction or waiver of such
condition(s). Swing Loans may be made by the Swing Lender in any freely traded currency requested by such Borrower and agreed to by the Swing Lender. Each outstanding Swing Loan shall be payable on the earlier of (i) the seventh Business Day
after the making of such Swing Loan and (ii) the Revolving Termination Date, with interest at such rate to which the Swing Lender and such Borrower shall agree from time to time, and shall be subject to all the terms and conditions applicable
to Loans, except that all interest thereon shall be payable to the Swing Lender solely for its own account. Notwithstanding provisions to the contrary in this Agreement, each Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees that Swing Loans may be
made under the Revolving Credit Commitment to any Borrower and each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the availability under Section 2.1(d) may also be blocked by the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the approximate anticipated
Swing Loan usage reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Company.
(b) Swing Loan Borrowing
Requests. Each Borrower of a Swing Loan made pursuant to telephonic notice agrees to deliver promptly to the Swing Lender and each Revolving Credit Lender a written confirmation thereof signed by an Authorized Officer. If the written
confirmation differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Swing Lender, the records of the Swing Lender shall govern, absent manifest error.
(c) Repayment of Swing Loans. At any time after making a Swing Loan, the Swing Lender may request the recipient Borrower to, and upon
request by the Swing Lender the recipient Borrower shall, promptly request an Advance from all Revolving Credit Lenders, and apply the proceeds of such Advance to the repayment of such Swing Loan not later than the Business Day following the Swing
Lenders request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the earlier to occur of (a) three Business Days after demand is made by the Swing Lender and (b) the Revolving Termination Date, the Borrower agrees that each Swing Loan
outstanding in any currency other than Dollars shall be immediately and automatically converted to and redenominated in Dollars equal to the Dollar Equivalent Amount of each such Swing Loan determined as of the date of such conversion, and each
Revolving Credit Lender shall irrevocably and unconditionally purchase from the Swing Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Swing Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lenders Pro Rata
Share of the Swing Loan and promptly pay such amount to such Swing Lender in immediately available funds (or, in the case of participations in Swing Loans denominated in an Available Foreign Currency other than Euros, same day funds). Such payment
shall be made by the other Revolving Credit Lenders whether or not a Default is then continuing or any other condition precedent set forth in Section 4.4 is then met and whether or not such Borrower has then requested an Advance in such amount.
If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to such requesting Swing Lender any amounts due to the Swing Lender from such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to this Section 2.16(c), the Swing Lender shall be entitled to recover such
amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds
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Effective Rate or such other local cost of funds rate determined by the Swing Lender with respect to any Swing Loan denominated in any foreign currency for the first three Business Days after
such Revolving Credit Lender receives notice of such required purchase and thereafter, at the rate applicable to such Loan, payable (i) on demand, (ii) by setoff against any payments made to the Swing Lender for the account of such
Revolving Credit Lender or (iii) by payment to the Swing Lender by the Administrative Agent of amounts otherwise payable to such Revolving Credit Lender under this Agreement. The failure of any Revolving Credit Lender to make available to such
Swing Lender its Pro Rata Share of any unpaid Swing Loan shall not relieve any other Revolving Credit Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Swing Lender its Pro Rata Share of any unpaid Swing Loan on the date such payment is to
be made, but no Revolving Credit Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Revolving Credit Lender to make available to the Swing Lender its Pro Rata Share of any unpaid Swing Loan.
2.17 Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender,
then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) fees shall cease to accrue pursuant to
Section 2.5(a) and (b) on the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender solely in respect of its unused Commitments;
(b) the
Commitments and Aggregate Outstandings of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders, all affected Lenders or Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment
or waiver pursuant to Section 8.2), provided that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders (other than as a
result of such Defaulting Lender having a greater or lesser Aggregate Outstandings or Commitments) or which increases the amount of any Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, forgives any principal amount of any Loans owing to such Defaulting Lender
or any interest (other than default interest) or fees owing to such Defaulting Lender previously accrued at the time of such forgiveness or extends the termination date of such Commitment or extends the final maturity beyond the then maturity date
of any Loan, Note or Reimbursement Obligation with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;
(c) if any Swing Loans or Facility Letter of Credit Obligations exist at the time a Revolving Credit Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) all or any part of such Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of such Swing Loans and Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders having a Revolving Credit Commitment in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders Aggregate Revolving Credit
Outstandings plus such Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of Swing Loans and Facility Letter of Credit Obligations does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders Revolving Credit Commitments;
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(ii) to the extent, if any, the reallocation described in clause (i) above
cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall within three Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swing Loans and (y) second, cash collateralize such Defaulting Lenders Pro
Rata Share of such Facility Letter of Credit Obligations (in each case after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 8.1 for so long as such Facility
Letter of Credit Obligations are outstanding and such Defaulting Lender remains a Defaulting Lender, provided that no Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall be obligated to make any such payment in excess of, respectively, the principal amount of any
outstanding Swing Loans made to it or the amount of any Facility Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of Facility Letters of Credit issued for its account;
(iii) if the Borrowers cash collateralize any portion of such Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of Facility Letter of
Credit Obligations pursuant to Section 8.1, no Borrower shall be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender (or to the Administrative Agent or Issuer for the benefit thereof) pursuant to Section 2.15.6 with respect to such
Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of Facility Letter of Credit Obligations during the period such Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of Facility Letter of Credit Obligations is cash collateralized;
(iv) if the Pro Rata Share of Facility Letter of Credit Obligations of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to
this Section 2.17(c), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.5 and Section 2.15.6 shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Shares; and
(v) if any Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of Facility Letter of Credit Obligations is neither cash collateralized nor
reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.17(c), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuer or any Lender hereunder, all facility fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender (solely with respect to
the portion of such Defaulting Lenders Commitment that was utilized by such Pro Rata Share of Facility Letter of Credit Obligations) and letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.15.6 with respect to such Defaulting Lenders Pro
Rata Share of Facility Letter of Credit Obligations shall be payable to the Issuer until such Pro Rata Share of Facility Letter of Credit Obligations is cash collateralized and/or reallocated;
(d) so long as any Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Loan and the
Issuer shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Facility Letter of Credit, unless it is reasonably satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash
collateral will be provided by the Borrowers in accordance with this Section 2.17 and Section 8.1, and participating interests in any such newly issued or increased Facility Letter of Credit or newly made Swing Loan shall be allocated
among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.17(c)(i) (and Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein); and
(e) any amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise and including any
amount that would otherwise be payable to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 but excluding Section 3.5) shall, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Administrative Agent in
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a segregated account and, subject to any applicable Requirements Of Law, be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent (i) first, to the payment of any
amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) second, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuer or Swing Lender hereunder, (iii) third, to the funding of any
Loan or the funding or cash collateralization of any participating interest in any Swing Loan or Facility Letter of Credit 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, (iv) fourth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding obligations of the Defaulting Lender under this Agreement, (v) fifth, pro
rata, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers or the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers or any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting
Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement and (vi) sixth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is (x) a prepayment of the principal
amount of any Loans or reimbursement obligations in respect of Reimbursement Obligations for which a Defaulting Lender has funded its participation obligations and (y) made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.4 are
satisfied, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Loans of, and Reimbursement Obligations owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata prior to being applied to the prepayment of any Loans, or Reimbursement Obligations owed to, any
Defaulting Lender.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers, the Issuer and the Swing Lender each agrees that a
Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender and the Pro Rata Shares of Swing Loans and Facility Letter of Credit Obligations of the
Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lenders Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swing Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may
be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Pro Rata Share; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of any 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 Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
2.18 Guaranties.
(a) During the period prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, the Company shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, Guaranties of Domestic Subsidiaries such that, at all times during such period, all Domestic Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors do not, if considered in the aggregate as a single Subsidiary, constitute a
Significant Subsidiary (and for purposes of making such determination, it is acknowledged that, as provided in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X as currently in effect promulgated by the SEC, the investment in and advances to, and share of total assets
and income of, any Domestic Subsidiary shall be determined based on the investment in and advances to, and share of total assets and income of, such Domestic Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis).
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(b) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, within 45 days (or such longer period of time as
the Administrative Agent shall agree) after delivery (or date of required delivery) of each set of applicable financial statements pursuant to Sections 6.1(i) and (ii), the Company shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, Guaranties from its present and future Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries and Immaterial Subsidiaries) such that all Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than Excluded Subsidiaries and Immaterial Subsidiaries) are Guarantors as of such date.
(c) In connection with the delivery of any
such Guaranties, the Company shall provide such other documentation to the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, one or more opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, corporate documents and resolutions,
which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent is necessary or advisable in connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the above, for so long as a Subsidiary of the Company guarantees the Senior Notes, New Senior
Unsecured Notes, Existing Loan Agreement or Indebtedness for borrowed money subject to the covenant set forth in Section 6.28 (or in each case any refinancing, renewal or replacement thereof), such Subsidiary will be required to guaranty the
Obligations.
2.19 Incremental Credit Extensions.
(a) At any time and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.19, the Company may request (i) one or more new tranches of
term facilities (any such new term facilities, an Incremental Term Facility and any loans made pursuant to an Incremental Term Facility, Incremental Term Loans) and/or (ii) one or more increases in the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and/or add up to two new Foreign Borrower Tranches (it being agreed such new Foreign Borrower Tranche may only be borrowed by a Foreign Subsidiary) (each such increase or additional Foreign Borrower Tranche, a
Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and the loans thereunder the Incremental Revolving Loans, together with the Incremental Term Loans, the Incremental Loans) with the consent of the
Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) but without the consent of any Lender not providing such Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, as the case may be; provided that
(A) (i) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment Increases made during the term of
this Agreement after the Execution Date shall not exceed the Dollar Equivalent Amount of the Incremental Amount and (ii) any Incremental Facility shall rank pari passu in right of payment and security with the other Credit Facilities;
(B) the maturity date and weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Facility that is a term A facility
(which shall mean a term loan facility with amortization greater than 1% per year prior to maturity) (an Incremental Term A Facility and the loans thereunder, the Incremental Term A Loans) shall be no
shorter than the maturity date and remaining weighted average life to maturity of the then-existing (or committed) Term A Loans (including any previously made Incremental Term A Loans), in each case calculated as of the date of making such
Incremental Term A Loan;
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(C) the maturity date and weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental
Facility that is a term B facility (which shall mean a term loan facility with amortization less than or equal to 1% per year prior to maturity) (an Incremental Term B Facility and the loans thereunder, the
Incremental Term B Loans) shall be no shorter than the maturity date and remaining weighted average life to maturity of the then-existing (or committed) Term B Loans (including any previously made Incremental Term B Loans), in
each case calculated as of the date of making such Incremental Term Loan;
(D) any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase
(other than a Foreign Borrower Tranche) shall be on the same terms and pursuant to documentation applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility, including the maturity date thereof (it being agreed that any Foreign Borrower Tranche may have pricing,
tenor and available currency terms as agreed by the Company and the lenders thereof, provided that the maturity date thereof may not be earlier than any then existing tranche of the Revolving Credit Facility or Foreign Borrower Tranche, nor may it
provide for any amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the latest maturity date of any then existing tranche of Revolving Credit Facility or Foreign Borrower Tranche, but shall otherwise be on terms and pursuant to documentation
applicable to the Revolving Facility);
(E) any Incremental Facility shall be available to the Company in Agreed
Currencies;
(F) the interest rates and amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Term Loans shall be determined
by the Company and the lenders thereunder; provided that in connection with any tranche of Incremental Term B Loans incurred within 18 months following the earlier of the Acquisition Closing Date and the date any Escrow Term Loans are funded
into escrow, if the All-in Yield in respect of the Incremental Term B Facility exceeds the All-in Yield for any existing applicable Term B Facility (including any Escrow Term Loans) by more than 50 basis points, the Applicable Margin for such
existing Term B Facility (including any Escrow Term Loans) shall be increased so that the All-in Yield in respect of such Incremental Term Loans is no more than 50 basis points higher than the initial yield for such existing Term B Facility
(including for the avoidance of doubt, any Escrow Term Loans); and
(G) any Incremental Term Facility shall be on terms and
pursuant to documentation to be determined, provided that (1) except to the extent permitted by clause (B), (C) or (F) above, to the extent such terms are not consistent with the terms in respect of the applicable analogous Class of
Term Facilities, they shall be no more restrictive, when taken as a whole, than those under such Class of Term Facilities (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the latest final maturity date of the Term
Facilities; it being understood that any call protection added to the Incremental Term Facility may be applied for the benefit to any existing Term Facility without such call protection, without the need for the consent of any Lenders thereunder)
and (2) to the extent such documentation is not consistent with the documentation in respect of the Term Facilities, it shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Company.
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(b) Each tranche of Incremental Term Loans and each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be
in a minimum amount of $25,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 (or such other amounts as agreed by the Company and the Administrative Agent). A commitment to make Incremental Term Loans shall become an Incremental Term Loan
Commitment under this Agreement, and a commitment to participate in a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall become a Revolving Credit Commitment (or in the case of a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to be provided by
an existing Revolving Credit Lender, an increase in such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement, in any such case, pursuant to a Commitment and Acceptance in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (a Commitment and Acceptance). Any request for a tranche of Incremental Term Loans or a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be made in a written notice (an Increase Notice) given to
the Administrative Agent by the Company not less than ten Business Days (or such shorter period agreed to between the Administrative Agent and the Company) prior to the proposed effective date therefor, which Increase Notice shall specify the
amount of the proposed tranche of Incremental Term Loans or the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, as the case may be, and the proposed effective date thereof. Incremental Term Loans may be made, and Revolving Credit Commitment Increases may be
provided, by any existing Lender or by any other bank or other financial institution or other Person engaged in the business of making commercial loans (any such other bank or other financial institution or other Person, a Proposed New
Lender) as determined by the Company; provided that (i) any Proposed New Lender shall be consented to by the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld conditioned or delayed), and (ii) any Proposed
New Lender in the case of a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be also be consented to by the Issuer and the Swing Lender (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld conditioned or delayed). The Administrative Agent shall
notify the Company and the Lenders on or before the Business Day immediately prior to the proposed effective date of the tranche of Incremental Term Loan Commitments (and the related Incremental Term Loans) or the Revolving Credit Commitment
Increase, of the amount of each Lenders and Proposed New Lenders Incremental Term Loan Commitment or new or increased Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable, and the resulting aggregate amount of the tranche of Incremental Term Loan
Commitments (and the related Incremental Term Loans) or the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, which amount shall be effective on the following Business Day, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
described in clause (c) below.
(c) Without limiting the applicability of any conditions to Advances set forth in this Agreement, the
effectiveness of any tranche of Incremental Term Loan Commitments (and the corresponding availability of the related Incremental Term Loans) and the effectiveness of each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be subject to the following
conditions precedent:
(i) As of the effective date of such Incremental Term Loan Commitments (and related Incremental Term
Loans) or Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, (x) all representations and warranties under Article V and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as though made on such date
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(except with respect to any representation or warranty expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date which shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such
specified date), (y) no event shall have occurred and then be continuing which constitutes an Unmatured Default or a Default, or would exist after giving effect to the transactions to be consummated on such effective date, and (z) the
Company shall have demonstrated that, as of the effective date of the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or Incremental Term Loan Commitments, as the case may be, after giving effect thereto, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are in
compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the covenants contained in Sections 6.22 and 6.23 recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are required to have been delivered
under Section 6.1(i) or (ii), as if such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or Incremental Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, had been effective as of the first day of each relevant period for testing such compliance (it being understood
such pro forma compliance shall be calculated in a manner consistent with the calculation method set forth in the definition of Incremental Amount); provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in Section 4.4 or elsewhere
herein to the contrary, for Incremental Facilities that are requested in connection with the financing of a Limited Condition Acquisition, at the Companys prior election, the tests in clause (ii) of the definition of Incremental Amount
and clauses (x), (y) and (z) above may be tested at the time the definitive documentation for such Limited Condition Acquisition is executed in lieu of the date such Incremental Facility is initially made available; and provided,
further, that in the case of any incurrence tests under the Loan Documents so tested at the time of such definitive documentation, any further determination with respect to such incurrence tests prior to the earlier of the consummation of
such Limited Condition Acquisition and the termination of such Limited Condition Acquisition will require the determination of such tests on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions contemplated in
connection therewith (including any repayment of Indebtedness or incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated, except to the extent that such calculation would result in a lower ratio for such incurrence test
than would apply if such calculation was made without giving pro forma effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of
proceeds thereof), in which case such higher ratio without giving pro forma effect shall be the applicable ratio for determining compliance with such test.
(ii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Proposed New Lender or Lender that shall have agreed to provide a
Commitment in support of such Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall have executed and delivered a Commitment and Acceptance;
(iii) counsel for the Borrowers and the Guarantors shall have provided to the Administrative Agent supplemental opinions in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(iv) the Borrowers, the Guarantors and the Proposed New Lenders shall otherwise
have executed and delivered such other instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested in connection with such increase (including an amendment to, or amendment and restatement of, this Agreement and, as
appropriate, the other Loan Documents (an Incremental Amendment), executed by the Borrowers, each Lender agreeing to provide such Incremental Facility, if any, each Proposed New Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent, which
amendment or amendments may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect such
Incremental Facility in accordance with this Section 2.19, and pursuant to which each Loan Party shall have reaffirmed its obligations, and the Liens granted, under the Loan Documents; and
(v) in the case of a Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the Administrative Agent shall have administered the reallocation of
the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings on the effective date of such increase ratably among the Revolving Credit Lenders (including new Lenders) after giving effect to such increase; provided, that (1) the Borrowers hereby agree to
compensate the Lenders for all losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by any Lender in connection with the sale or assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan resulting from such reallocation on the terms and in the manner set forth in Section 3.3,
and (2) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the reallocations effected pursuant to this
clause (v).
Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent to any tranche of Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the Company and each Lender of the effective date thereof (each such effective date, an Increase Effective Date). Upon any Increase Effective Date that is supported by a Proposed New
Lender, such Proposed New Lender shall become a party to this Agreement as a Lender and shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment or other
requirement on the part of any Lender to make Incremental Term Loans or increase its Revolving Credit Commitment at any time.
2.20
Inability to Determine Rates.
(a) If at the time that the Administrative Agent shall seek to determine the relevant Screen Rate on
the Quotation Day for any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Advance the applicable Screen Rate shall not be available for such Interest Period and/or for the applicable currency with respect to such Eurocurrency Advance for any reason and the
Administrative Agent shall determine in good faith that it is not possible to determine the Interpolated Rate (which conclusion shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error), then (i) if such Advance shall be requested in or is
denominated in Dollars, then such Advance shall be made or continued as a Floating Rate Advance at the Floating Rate and (ii) if such Advance shall be requested in or is denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the LIBO Rate shall be
equal to the cost to each Lender to fund its pro rata share of such Eurocurrency Advance (from whatever source and using whatever methodologies as such Lender may select in its reasonable discretion) (such rate, the CF Rate).
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(b) If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Advance:
(i) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate for a Loan in the applicable currency or for the applicable Interest Period; or
(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate for a Loan in the
applicable currency or for the applicable Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Advance for such Interest Period,
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist (which notification the Administrative Agent agrees to promptly give in such circumstance), (A) any
Conversion/Continuation Notice that requests the conversion of any Eurocurrency Advance to, or continuation of any Eurocurrency Advance in the applicable currency or for the applicable Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be ineffective,
(B) if such Advance is requested in Dollars, such Advance shall be made as a Floating Rate Advance and (C) if such Advance is requested in any currency other than Dollars, then the LIBO Rate for such Eurocurrency Advance shall be at the CF
Rate; provided, further, that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Advance, then the other Type of Advance shall be permitted.
ARTICLE III
CHANGE
IN CIRCUMSTANCES, TAXES
3.1 [Reserved].
3.2 Increased Costs.
(a)
If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuer;
(ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or
Eurocurrency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
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(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes on its loans, loan principal, letters of
credit, commitments, or other obligations hereunder, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes; (B) Excluded Taxes and (C) Other Connection Taxes on gross or net
income, profits or revenue (including value-added or similar Taxes));
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
or such other Recipient of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to increase the cost to such Lender (including, without limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Advance
denominated in an Agreed Currency into an Advance denominated in any other Agreed Currency), the Issuer or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by such Lender, the Issuer or such other Recipient hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise (including, without limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Advance denominated in an Agreed Currency into an Advance
denominated in any other Agreed Currency), then the Company will pay to such Lender, the Issuer or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, the Issuer or such other Recipient, as the
case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes; (B) Excluded Taxes and (C) Other Connection Taxes on gross or net income, profits or revenue (including value-added or similar
Taxes)).
(b) If any Change in Law regarding capital requirements or liquidity has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return
on such Lenders or the Issuers capital or on the capital of such Lenders or the Issuers 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 the Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuer or such Lenders or the Issuers holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such
Lenders or the Issuers policies and the policies of such Lenders or the Issuers holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Company will pay to such Lender or the Issuer, as the
case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuer or such Lenders or the Issuers holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuer or its
holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 3.2 shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Subject to paragraph (d) of this Section 3.2, the
Company shall pay such Lender or the Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate, absent manifest error, within 30 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall not constitute a
waiver of such Lenders or the Issuers right to demand such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuer pursuant to this Section 3.2 for any increased costs or reductions
incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lenders or the Issuers intention to
claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive
effect thereof.
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3.3 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any
Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of a Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
(c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked and is revoked), or (d) the assignment of any
Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 3.5, then, in any such event, the Company (or the applicable Borrower) shall compensate each
Lender for the loss, cost and expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits due to the addition of the Applicable Margin to the Adjusted LIBO Rate) attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any
Lender shall be deemed to include an amount reasonably 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 Adjusted
LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would
have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest 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
dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be delivered
to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.
3.4 Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up. (a) Each payment by any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or
withholding for any Taxes, unless such deduction or withholding is required by any law. If any Withholding Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to deduct or withhold Taxes, then such Withholding
Agent may so deduct or withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of Taxes deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by such Loan
Party (subject to Section 17.4) shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such deduction or withholding (including such deduction or withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section 3.4), the applicable
Recipient receives the amount it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the
Borrowers. Each applicable Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority,
such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. Each applicable Loan Party shall
(subject to Section 17.4) indemnify each Recipient for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Recipient in connection with any Loan Document (including amounts paid or payable under this Section 3.4(d))
and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this Section 3.4(d) shall be
paid within 10 days after demand therefor. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the applicable Loan Party by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or
on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the
Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, 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
Parties to do so) attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly
or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this Section 3.4(e) shall be paid within 10 days after demand therefor. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any
Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise
payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).
(f) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, any applicable withholding Tax with
respect to any payments under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent and at the time or times prescribed by applicable law,
such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or as reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding. In addition,
any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the
Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion,
execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.4(f)(ii)(A) through (E) and Section 3.4(f)(iii) below) shall not be required if in the Lenders 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, if a Borrower is a U.S. Person, any Lender with respect to such Borrower
shall, if it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies reasonably requested by the Company and the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party
hereto, duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) in the case of a Lender that
is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;
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(B) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax
treaty to which the United States is a party (1) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding
Tax pursuant to the interest article of such tax treaty and (2) with respect to any other applicable payments under this Agreement, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of,
U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the business profits or other income article of such tax treaty;
(C) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender for whom payments under this Agreement constitute income that is effectively
connected with such Lenders conduct of a trade or business in the United States, IRS Form W-8ECI;
(D) in
the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code both (1) IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, and (2) a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit D attached hereto (a U.S. Tax Certificate) to the effect that such Lender is not (a) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b) a 10 percent
shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code and (c) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code;
(E) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not the beneficial owner of payments made under any Loan Document (including
a partnership or a participating Lender) (1) an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (2) the relevant forms prescribed in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) of this paragraph (f)(ii) and in paragraph
(f)(iii) that would be required of each such beneficial owner or partner of such partnership if such beneficial owner or partner were a Lender; provided, however, that if the Lender is a partnership and one or more of its partners are
claiming the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Certificate on behalf of such partners; or
(F) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender, any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or a
reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax together with such supplementary documentation necessary to enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by law to be withheld or deducted.
(iii) 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 Company and the
Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as
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prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company and the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the applicable
Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and
withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 3.4(f)(iii), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it
shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a
refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.4 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section 3.4), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the
extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 3.4 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid
by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid to such indemnified party pursuant to the previous
sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Section 3.4(g), in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 3.4(g) if such payment would place such indemnified party in a less favorable position (on a net
after-Tax basis) than such indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld, or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with
respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 3.4(g) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the
indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Survival. Each partys obligations under this Section 3.4 shall survive any
assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations under any Loan Document.
(i) Issuer. For purposes of Section 3.4(e) and (f), the term Lender includes any Issuer.
(j) Additional United Kingdom Withholding Tax Matters.
(i) Subject to (ii) below, each Lender and each UK Borrower which makes a payment to such Lender shall cooperate in
completing any procedural formalities necessary for such UK Borrower to obtain authorization to make such payment without withholding or deduction for Taxes imposed under the laws of the United Kingdom.
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(ii) (A) A Lender on the day on which this Agreement closes that (x) holds a
passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme and (y) wishes such scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall provide its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to each UK Borrower and the Administrative Agent; and
(B) a Lender which becomes a Lender hereunder after the day on which this Agreement closes that (x) holds a passport under
the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme and (y) wishes such scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall provide its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence to each UK Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and
(C) Upon satisfying either clause (A) or (B) above, such Lender shall have satisfied its obligation under paragraph
(j)(i) above.
(iii) If a Lender has confirmed its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in
accordance with paragraph (j)(ii) above, the UK Borrower(s) shall make a Borrower DTTP Filing with respect to such Lender, and shall promptly provide such Lender with a copy of such filing; provided that, if:
(A) each UK Borrower making a payment to such Lender has not made a Borrower DTTP Filing in respect of such Lender; or
(B) each UK Borrower making a payment to such Lender has made a Borrower DTTP Filing in respect of such Lender but:
(1) such Borrower DTTP Filing has been rejected by HM Revenue & Customs; or
(2) HM Revenue & Customs has not given such UK Borrower authority to make payments to such Lender without a deduction
for tax within 60 days of the date of such Borrower DTTP Filing;
and in each case, such UK Borrower has notified that Lender in writing of
either (1) or (2) above, then such Lender and such UK Borrower shall co-operate in completing any additional procedural formalities necessary for such UK Borrower to obtain authorization to make that payment without withholding or
deduction for Taxes imposed under the laws of the United Kingdom.
(iv) If a Lender has not confirmed its scheme reference
number and jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with paragraph (j)(ii) above, no UK Borrower shall make a Borrower DTTP Filing or file any other form relating to the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme in respect of that Lenders
Commitment(s) or its participation in any Loan unless the Lender otherwise agrees.
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(v) Each UK Borrower shall, promptly on making a Borrower DTTP Filing, deliver a
copy of such Borrower DTTP Filing to the Administrative Agent for delivery to the relevant Lender.
(vi) Each Lender shall
notify the Borrower and Administrative Agent if it determines in its sole discretion that it is ceases to be entitled to claim the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United Kingdom is a party with respect to payments made by any UK
Borrower hereunder.
3.5 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Recipient requests compensation under Section 3.2, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Recipient
or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Recipient pursuant to Section 3.4, then such Recipient shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans and Facility Letter of Credit
hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Recipient, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to
Section 3.2 or 3.4, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Recipient to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Recipient. The Company hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Recipient in connection with any such designation or assignment including the $3,500 fee contemplated by Section 13.1(b).
(b) If any Lender (i) shall become affected by any of the changes or events described in Section 3.2 or 3.4 and a Borrower is
required to pay additional amounts or make indemnity payments with respect to the Lender thereunder, (ii) is a Defaulting Lender, (iii) is a Lender described in the ultimate sentence of Section 8.2.2(iv) and is thus prohibiting the
joinder of a Foreign Subsidiary as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower thereunder, or (iv) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination which pursuant to the terms of Section 8.2 or any other provision of any
Loan Document requires the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent (any such Lender being hereinafter referred to as a Departing Lender), then
in such case, the Borrowers may, upon at least five Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent and such Departing Lender (or such shorter notice period specified by the Administrative Agent), designate a replacement lender reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (a Replacement Lender) to which such Departing Lender shall, subject to its receipt (unless a later date for the remittance thereof shall be agreed upon by the Borrowers and the Departing
Lender) of all amounts then owed to such Departing Lender under Sections 3.2 or 3.4, if any, assign all (but not less than all) of its interests, rights, obligations, Loans and Commitments hereunder; provided, that the Departing Lender shall
have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swing Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the Replacement
Lender (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts). Upon any assignment by any Lender pursuant to this Section 3.5 becoming effective, the Replacement Lender
shall thereupon be deemed to be a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement (unless such Replacement Lender was, itself, a Lender prior thereto) and such Departing Lender shall thereupon cease to be a Lender for all purposes
of this Agreement and shall have no further rights or obligations hereunder (other than pursuant to Section 3.2 or 3.4 and Section 10.6).
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(c) Notwithstanding any Departing Lenders failure or refusal to assign its rights,
obligations, Loans and Commitments under this Section 3.5, the Departing Lender shall cease to be a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement and the Replacement Lender shall be substituted therefor upon payment to the Departing
Lender by the Replacement Lender of all amounts set forth in paragraph (b) of Section 3.5 without any further action of the Departing Lender.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1 Execution Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived
in accordance with Section 8.2):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a counterpart of
(x) this Agreement signed by the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers, if any, as of the Execution Date and (y) a Guaranty signed by each of the Guarantors required to be a party hereto as of the Execution Date, or (ii) written
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic mail transmission of a signature page of this Agreement and the Guaranty) that such party has signed a counterpart of such agreements.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the articles of incorporation, partnership agreement or similar
organizational documents of each Borrower and Guarantor as of the Execution Date, together with all amendments thereto, and a certificate of good standing or similar governmental evidence of corporate existence (to the extent applicable), certified
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other duly authorized representative of such Borrower or Guarantor, as the case may be, or of the Company.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the by-laws or other similar operating agreement (to the extent
applicable) and Board of Directors resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies, if any are reasonably deemed necessary by counsel for the Administrative Agent) of each Borrower and Guarantor authorizing the execution and performance of the
Loan Documents, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other duly authorized representative of such Borrower or Guarantor, as the case may be, or of the Company.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received an incumbency certificate of each Borrower and Guarantor, which shall identify
by name and title and bear the signature of the officers of such Borrower or such Guarantor authorized to sign the applicable Loan Documents and to make borrowings hereunder, upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be
entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by such Borrower, such Guarantor or the Company.
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(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a customary written opinion or
opinions of the Borrowers and Guarantors counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and Lenders, in form and substance customary for unsecured transactions of this type.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received at least 3 Business Days prior to the Execution Date all documentation and
other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, requested by any Arranger at least 10 Business Days prior to the
Execution Date.
(g) Payment of all fees, interest and other amounts due and payable as of the Execution Date from the
Company and its Subsidiaries to the Arrangers, Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents and pursuant to any fee or similar letters executed by the Company in connection herewith shall be paid, including reimbursement or payment
of all out-of-pocket expenses required thereunder to be reimbursed or paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case solely to the extent invoiced in writing to the Company in reasonable detail at least one Business Day prior to the
Execution Date; provided that this condition will be satisfied on the Execution Date prior to such payment if arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers are in place at such time for the payment of such fees and expenses on the
Execution Date.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) audited consolidated balance sheets and related
statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the three most recently completed fiscal years ended at least 90 days prior to the Execution Date, (ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheets
and related statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for each subsequent fiscal quarter ended (x) at least 45 days prior to the Execution Date if such period is one of the first three
fiscal quarters of a fiscal year or (y) at least 90 days prior to the Execution Date if such period is the fourth fiscal quarter of a fiscal year, (iii) the audited consolidated group balance sheet and group income statement, group cash
flow statement and changes in group equity of the Target and its Subsidiaries for the three most recent fiscal years that are publicly available as of the Execution Date and (iv) the unaudited consolidated group balance sheet, group income
statement, group cash flow statement and changes in group equity of the Target and its Subsidiaries for each subsequent fiscal quarter that are publicly available as of the Execution Date; provided that public filing of the required financial
statements on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q by the Company (and the public filing of such financial statements on the website of the Target) will satisfy the foregoing requirements.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma consolidated
statement of income of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of and for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period for which financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries were
delivered under clause (h) above (or more recent financial statements if available at the Companys sole discretion) (it being agreed that the most recent financials statements of the Target and its subsidiaries delivered under
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paragraph (h) above shall be used to construct such pro formas, even if the four-fiscal quarter period thereof is not the same four-fiscal quarter period applicable to the most recently
delivered Company financial statements), prepared after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated on the Acquisition Closing Date as if the Transactions and such other transactions had
occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such income statements), which need not be prepared in compliance with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
include adjustments for purchase accounting (including adjustments of the type contemplated by Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations (formerly SFAS 141R)).
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Company in
substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto certifying the solvency of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated on the Execution Date.
(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received a standard flood hazard determination that shows that the Applicable Property
is not located in an area determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to have special flood hazards, or the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such flood insurance as may be required under applicable law or
regulations, including the Flood Insurance Regulations, and in any event in form, substance and amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(l) The terms of the Business Combination Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers (which in any event shall
provide as a closing condition that the Offer is accepted for a number of shares representing at least 75% of the outstanding voting shares of the Target (after deducting any treasury shares held by the Target which are subject to the Non-Tender
Agreement)).
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders that the conditions in this Section 4.1 have been
satisfied (or waived), and of the Execution Date, in writing on the date thereof and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
4.2
Replacement Facilities Effective Date. The respective obligations of the Replacement Term A Lenders and the Revolving Credit Lenders to make Replacement Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, and any agreement of the Issuer to issue any
Letters of Credit hereunder, any agreement of the Swing Lender to make Swing Loans hereunder, shall become effective on the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 8.2):
(a) The Execution Date shall have occurred.
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(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable Replacement
Facilities Effective Date Documentation, executed by the Loan Parties, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent, increasing the Commitments in respect of the Replacement Term A Facility and Revolving Credit Facility as set forth
therein, provided such Revolving Credit Commitments shall not exceed $520,000,000 and such Replacement Term A Commitments shall not exceed $230,000,000 (or in each case, such greater amount as permitted under Section 17.3).
(c) All obligations outstanding under the Existing Loan Agreement shall be paid in full (other than contingent indemnity
obligations not then due) and all commitments of each of the lenders thereunder and all guarantees in respect thereof (other than contingent indemnity obligations not then due) shall be terminated in full.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Notice in accordance with Section 2.3 with respect to any
Advances being made on the Replacement Facilities Effective Date.
(e) Payment of all fees, interest and other amounts due
and payable as of the Replacement Facilities Effective Date from the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Arrangers, Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents and pursuant to any fee or similar letters executed by the Company in
connection herewith shall be paid, including reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case solely to the extent invoiced in writing to the Company in
reasonable detail at least one Business Day prior to the Replacement Facilities Effective Date.
(f) The Administrative
Agent shall have received (i) audited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the three most recently completed fiscal years ended at least
90 days prior to the Replacement Facilities Effective Date, (ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for each subsequent fiscal
quarter ended (x) at least 45 days prior to the Replacement Facilities Effective Date if such period is one of the first three fiscal quarters of a fiscal year or (y) at least 90 days prior to the Replacement Facilities Effective Date if
such period is the fourth fiscal quarter of a fiscal year, (iii) the audited consolidated group balance sheet and group income statement, group cash flow statement and changes in group equity of the Target and its Subsidiaries for the three
most recent fiscal years that are publicly available as of the Replacement Facilities Availability Date and (iv) the unaudited consolidated group balance sheet and group income statement, group cash flow statement and changes in group equity of
the Target and its Subsidiaries for each subsequent fiscal quarter that are publicly available as of the Replacement Facilities Availability Date; provided that public filing of the required financial statements on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q by
the Company (and the public filing of such financial statements on the website of the Target will satisfy the foregoing requirements.
(g) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received deliverables of the type described in Sections 4.1(b), (c),
(d) and (e), modified as applicable for the Replacement Facilities Effective Date and the transactions occurring on such date; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, no such deliverables shall be required to the extent duplicative of
the items previously delivered pursuant to Sections 4.1(b), (c), (d) and (e).
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(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least 3 Business Days prior
to the Replacement Facilities Effective Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act
requested by any Revolving Credit Lender or Replacement Term A Lender at least 10 Business Days prior to the Replacement Facilities Effective Date.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Company in
substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto certifying the solvency of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated on the Replacement Facilities
Effective Date.
(j) (x) All the representations and warranties contained in Article V shall be true and correct in all
material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) and (y) no Default or Unmatured Default shall exist and be continuing or would result from the extensions of credit hereunder on the Replacement Facilities Effective Date.
(l) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Company certifying as to the matters set forth in
Sections 4.2(c) and (j).
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company, the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Replacement Term A
Lenders that the conditions in this Section 4.2 have been satisfied (or waived) and of the Replacement Facilities Effective Date in writing on the date thereof, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
4.3 Acquisition Closing Date. The respective obligations of the Delayed Draw Term A Lenders and the Term B Lenders to make Delayed Draw
Term A Loans and Term B Loans shall become effective on the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 8.2):
(a) The Execution Date shall have occurred.
(b) Payment of all fees, interest and other amounts due and payable as of the Acquisition Closing Date from the Company and its
Subsidiaries to the Arrangers, Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents and pursuant to any fee or similar letters executed by the Company in connection herewith shall be paid, including reimbursement or payment of all
out-of-pocket expenses required thereunder to be reimbursed or paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case solely to the extent invoiced in writing to the Company in reasonable detail at least one Business Day prior to the Acquisition
Closing Date (provided that such applicable payments may be made by net rather than gross proceeds of Loans as agreed).
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(c) (x) The terms of the Offer Documentation, to the extent material to the interest of the
Lenders, shall be consistent with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and shall in any event, contain the Key Offer Terms unless consented to in writing by the Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or
conditioned, it being agreed such consent shall be deemed given if the Arrangers fail to respond within 2 Business Days after written notice from the Company). The Acquisition shall have been consummated, or will be consummated substantially
concurrently with the funding of the Advances on the Acquisition Closing Date, in accordance with the Offer Documentation and no amendments, consents or waivers to or of the Acquisition Documentation and/or Non-Tender Documents that are materially
adverse to the Lenders or the Arrangers shall have been made without the consent of the Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, it being agreed such consent shall be deemed given if the Arrangers fail to
respond within 2 Business Days after written notice from the Company), it being understood that any amendments, consents or waivers in respect of the Key Offer Terms or the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement limiting recourse against
financing sources shall be material and adverse to the Lenders and Arrangers. The Non-Tender Documents shall be effective.
(y) (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received (x) a copy of the draft Offer Documentation at least 3 Business
Days (or such shorter period of time as the Arrangers agree, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) prior to submission to the BaFin and (y) (A) copies of any amendments, supplements or modifications to the
Business Combination Agreement and (B) copies of any amendments, supplements or modifications to, the Offer Documentation since the drafts thereof referred to in clause (x) and (ii) the Unconditional Date shall have occurred.
(d) As of the Acquisition Closing Date, the Certain Funds Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects
(or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) and no Certain Funds Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the from the extensions of credit hereunder on the Acquisition Closing Date.
(e) The Existing Company Debt Refinancing shall have occurred or shall occur substantially concurrently with the funding of the
Advances on the Acquisition Closing Date and the Company and its Subsidiaries (including the Target and its Subsidiaries) shall have no material Indebtedness for borrowed money outstanding other than (i) the Credit Facilities (or in lieu of the
Replacement Facilities, the Existing Loan Agreement or new backstop facilities not in excess of $750 million in aggregate amount), (ii) the New Senior Unsecured Notes, (iii) ordinary course deferred purchase price obligations, ordinary
course working capital facilities, ordinary course cash management, ordinary course capital leases, ordinary course letters of credit, ordinary course purchase money and ordinary course equipment financings and ordinary course foreign subsidiary
credit facilities (in the case of such ordinary course foreign subsidiary credit facilities, any replacements, extensions and renewals thereof not materially in excess of the amounts (inclusive of unfunded commitments) as of the date hereof),
(iv) indebtedness of the Target and its Subsidiaries permitted to survive the Acquisition under the Business Combination Agreement and the Offer Documentation and (v) additional indebtedness as consented to by the Administrative Agent
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
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(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received (x) a certificate from the
chief financial officer or treasurer of the Company in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto certifying the solvency of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis immediately after giving effect to the Transactions contemplated
hereby to be consummated on the Acquisition Closing Date and (y) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Company certifying as to the matters set forth in Sections 4.3(c), (d) and (e).
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Notice in accordance with Section 2.3 with respect to the
Advances being made on the Acquisition Closing Date.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company, the Delayed Draw Term A Lenders
and the Term B Lenders that the conditions in this Section 4.3 have been satisfied (or waived) in writing on the date thereof, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
4.4 Each Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Lenders shall not be required to make any Revolving Credit
Loans nor shall any Issuer be required to issue any Facility Letter of Credit, unless on the applicable Borrowing Date, both before and after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Revolving Credit Loan or Facility Letter of Credit:
(a) There exists no Default or Unmatured Default.
(b) The representations and warranties contained in Article V are true and correct as of such Borrowing Date except to the extent any such
representation or warranty relates solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date.
(c) If such Revolving Credit Loan is an initial Revolving Credit Loan to a Subsidiary Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall have received a
Foreign Subsidiary Opinion or Domestic Subsidiary Opinion, as the case may be, in respect of such Subsidiary Borrower and such other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Notice in accordance with Section 2.3 with respect to the Advances being
made on such Borrowing Date.
Each Borrowing Notice with respect to each Revolving Credit Loan borrowing by a Borrower hereunder or each
request for an issuance of a Facility Letter of Credit shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company and the applicable Borrower (if not the Company) that the conditions contained in Sections 4.4(a), (b) and (c) have been
satisfied with respect thereto.
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4.5 Each Advance under the Delayed Draw Term A Commitments after the Acquisition Closing
Date. The Delayed Draw Term A Lenders shall not be required to make any Delayed Draw Term A Loans after the Acquisition Closing Date unless on the applicable Borrowing Date, both before and after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to such
Delayed Draw Term A Loan:
(a) There exists no Certain Funds Event of Default.
(b) The Certain Funds Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects).
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Notice in accordance with Section 2.3 with respect to the Advances
being made on such Borrowing Date.
Each Borrowing Notice with respect to each such Delayed Draw Term A Loan borrowing by a Borrower
hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company that the conditions contained in Sections 4.5(a) and (b) have been satisfied with respect thereto.
4.6 Actions by Lenders During the Certain Funds Period. During the Certain Funds Period and notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary in the Loan Documents or otherwise, but subject to the applicable conditions in Sections 4.1, 4.3 and 4.5, none of the Lenders nor the Agents shall, unless (x) a Certain Funds Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time
of or immediately after giving effect to a proposed Advance or (y) a Certain Funds Representation remains incorrect in any material respect or, if a Certain Funds Representation contains a materiality concept, incorrect in any respect, be
entitled to:
(a) cancel any of its Delayed Draw Term A Commitments or Term B Commitments (collectively, the
Certain Funds Commitments; the Advances thereunder Certain Funds Advances), except as set forth in Section 2.4 above;
(b) rescind, terminate or cancel the Loan Documents or the Certain Funds Commitments or exercise any similar right or remedy or
make or enforce any claim under the Loan Documents it may have to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of Certain Funds Advances, except as set forth in Section 2.4 above;
(c) refuse to participate in the making of Certain Funds Advances unless the conditions expressly applicable to drawing thereof
set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.3 or 4.5, as applicable, have not been satisfied;
(d) exercise any right of set-off or
counterclaim in respect of a Loan under the Certain Funds Commitments for Certain Funds Purposes to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of Certain Funds Advances; or
(e) cancel, accelerate or cause repayment or prepayment of any amounts owing under any Loan Document to the extent to do so
would prevent or limit the making of Certain Funds Advances;
provided that immediately upon the expiry of the Certain Funds Period all such
rights, remedies and entitlements shall be available to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent notwithstanding that they may not have been used or been available for use during the Certain Funds Period.
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers (insofar as the representations and warranties set forth below relate to such Subsidiary
Borrower) represents and warrants to the Lenders on the Execution Date, the Replacement Facilities Effective Date, the Acquisition Closing Date and each other date such representations and warranties are made pursuant to the Loan Documents (provided
that prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date such representations and warranties shall not apply to or otherwise include the Target or its Subsidiaries), that:
5.1 Corporate Existence and Standing. Each Borrower and, other than as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, their Restricted Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other organization, duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate,
partnership, company or similar authority to conduct its business as presently conducted (in each case, in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent such legal concepts are applicable thereto).
5.2 Authorization and Validity. Each Loan Party has the corporate or other power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver
the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly
authorized by proper corporate or other applicable company proceedings. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto. Each Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each
Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and by
general principles of equity.
5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent. Neither the execution and delivery by the Loan Parties of the
Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the Companys or any Restricted Subsidiarys constitutive documents or the provisions of any material indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or is
subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than any Lien permitted by Section 6.16) in, of or on the Property of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement. Other than those that have been obtained, no order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or
registration with, or exemption by, or other action in respect of any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to authorize, or is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of, or
the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of, any of the Loan Documents.
5.4 Financial Statements. The Company has
heretofore furnished to the Lenders:
(a) the Companys consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and
cash flows (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, reported on by KPMG, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015; and
(b) the audited consolidated group balance sheet and group income statement, group cash flow statement and changes in group equity of the
Target and its subsidiaries for the three most recent fiscal years that are publicly available as of the Execution Date and (ii) the consolidated group balance sheet and group income statement, group cash flow statement and changes in group
equity of the Target and its subsidiaries for each subsequent fiscal quarter that are publicly available as of the Execution Date.
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All financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.1 or Article IV on and after the Execution Date were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the date such statements were prepared and fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than in the case of annual financial statements, subject to the absence of footnotes and year-end audit adjustments).
5.5 Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2014, there has been no change in the business, Property, operations or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.6 Taxes. Each of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all United States federal tax returns and all other material
tax returns that are required to be filed with any Governmental Authority and has paid all Taxes required to be paid by it, except (i) such Taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which reserves have been provided in
accordance with GAAP and as to which no Lien (other than as permitted by Section 6.16) exists or (ii) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No tax Liens have been filed and no
claims are being asserted with respect to any such Taxes, other than as permitted by Section 6.16.
5.7 Litigation and Guarantee
Obligations. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.7 hereto, there is no litigation, arbitration or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of any of the Companys executive officers, any governmental investigation or inquiry pending or any
litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry threatened in writing against or affecting the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which
seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making of the Loans or Advances (other than Loans or Advances for Certain Funds Purposes). Other than any liability incident to such litigation, arbitration or proceedings listed on Schedule 5.7, the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries have no material Guarantee Obligations not provided for or disclosed in financial statements referred to in Section 5.4 that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.8 Subsidiaries. Schedule 5.8 hereto contains an accurate list of all Subsidiaries of the Company as of the Execution Date, setting
forth their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization and the percentage of their respective Capital Stock owned by the Company or other Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of such Subsidiaries
held by the Company have been duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent such concepts are applicable). As of the Execution Date there are no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
5.9 ERISA. Except where noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each member of the
Controlled Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Single Employer Plan. Each member of the Controlled Group is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the
Code with respect to each Plan except where such non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Single Employer Plan complies in all respects with all
applicable requirements of law and regulations, no Reportable Event which has or may result in any liability has occurred with respect to any Single Employer Plan, and no steps have been taken to terminate any Single Employer Plan. No member of the
Controlled Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Single Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or made any
amendment to any Plan, which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Code having a value individually or collectively in excess of $50,000,000
or (iii) incurred any actual liability under Title IV of ERISA that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA or a liability that has
been satisfied.
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5.10 Accuracy of Information. No information, exhibit or report furnished by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries in writing to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender in connection with the negotiation of the Loan Documents contained (with respect to the information or data relating to Target, its Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses prior to the Acquisition, to Companys knowledge) any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in
which made, as of the date thereof; provided, however, that with respect to projected financial information and information of a general economic or industry specific nature, the Company represents only that such information has been
prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable.
5.11 Regulations T, U and X. Neither the
Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries extends or maintains, in the ordinary course of business, credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental, or ultimate, of buying or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any
Advance will be used for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental, or ultimate, of buying or carrying any such Margin Stock or maintaining or extending credit to others for such purpose in any way that would violate Regulation T, U or X. After
applying the proceeds of each Advance, Margin Stock will not constitute more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Company alone or of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) that are subject to any provisions of any
Loan Document that may cause the Advances to be deemed secured, directly or indirectly, by Margin Stock. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with Section 6.2.
5.12 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Replacement Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility shall be used to replace the
facilities under the Existing Loan Agreement and for other general corporate purposes. The proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term A Facility and the Term B Facility shall only be used for Certain Funds Purposes.
5.13 Compliance With Laws; Properties. The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable statutes, rules,
regulations, orders and restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency thereof having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership of their respective Property, failure to comply
with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.14 Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions. The Company
and its Subsidiaries have not engaged in any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the
execution of this Agreement nor the making of Loans (assuming the accuracy of the following representations and warranties which the Lenders hereby make for the benefit of the Borrowers: (i) that no part of the funds to be used by the Lenders
for funding any of the Loans shall constitute assets of an employee benefit plan within the meaning of ERISA or the assets of a plan as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code and (ii) that no Lender will transfer
its interest herein unless the prospective transferee makes the representations and warranties set forth in this parenthetical phrase as if had originally been a party to this Agreement) hereunder will constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction
within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
5.15 Environmental Matters. In the ordinary
course of its business, the officers of the Company consider the effect of Environmental Laws on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in the course of which they identify and evaluate potential risks and liabilities accruing to the
Company and its Subsidiaries due to Environmental Laws. On the basis of this consideration, the Company has reasonably concluded that the Company and its Subsidiaries are not in violation of any Environmental Laws in such a fashion that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice to the effect that its operations are not in material compliance with any of the requirements of applicable
Environmental Laws or, to the knowledge of any Borrower, are the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any Remedial Action is required to be performed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which non-compliance or Remedial Action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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5.16 Investment Company Act. No Loan Party is an investment company or a
company controlled by an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5.17 Subsidiary Borrowers. Each Subsidiary Borrower is a direct or indirect Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
5.18 Insurance. The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
(or self-insurance programs) on their Property in such amounts (with such customary deductibles, exclusions and self-insurance) and covering such risks as management of the Company reasonably considers consistent with sound business practice.
5.19 Ownership of Properties. On the Execution Date, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will have good title, free of all
Liens (other than as permitted by Section 6.16), to all Property and assets reflected in their financial statements for such date as owned by them.
5.20 Labor Controversies. There are no labor controversies pending or, to the best of the Companys knowledge, threatened against
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.21 Burdensome
Obligations. The Company does not presently anticipate that future expenditures needed to meet the provisions of federal or state statutes, orders, rules or regulations will be so burdensome as to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
5.22 Patriot Act. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries is in violation, in any material respect, of any applicable law primarily
relating to counter-terrorism including, without limitation, the United States Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2011, the Patriot Act.
5.23 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Borrowers have implemented, maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures
designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (in their respective capacities as such) with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions, and, subject to the matters prior to the
Execution Date as described in the Press Releases, the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees (in their respective capacities as such) and to the knowledge of the Company, its directors and agents (in their respective
capacities as such), are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the
Company, any director or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person described in clause (a) of the definition thereof
(or a Person owned or controlled by any Person described in such clause (a)), or a Sanctioned Person as described in clause (b) of the definition thereof in violation in any material respect of Sanctions. No Advance, use of proceeds or other
transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or Sanctions in any material respect.
5.24 Security
Documents. On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, the Security Documents are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the Lenders a legal, valid, and enforceable (subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity) first priority perfected Lien (subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.16) on the
Collateral as security for the relevant Obligations.
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5.25 Solvency. As of the Execution Date, immediately after the consummation of the
Transactions to occur on the Execution Date, as of the Replacement Facilities Effective Date, immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Replacement Facilities Effective Date, and as of the Acquisition Closing Date,
immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Acquisition Closing Date, as applicable (i) each of the Fair Value and the Present Fair Salable Value of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole
exceed their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities; (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole Do Not Have Unreasonably Small Capital; and (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole Can Pay Their
Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature.
For the purposes hereof, (a) the term Fair
Value means the amount at which the assets (both tangible and intangible), in their entirety, of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, within a commercially
reasonable period of time, each having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts, with neither being under any compulsion to act; (b) the term Present Fair Salable Value means the amount that could be obtained by an independent
willing seller from an independent willing buyer if the assets (both tangible and intangible) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are sold on a going concern basis with reasonable promptness in an arms-length transaction under
present conditions for the sale of comparable business enterprises insofar as such conditions can be reasonably evaluated; (c) the term Stated Liabilities means the recorded liabilities (including contingent liabilities that would
be recorded in accordance with GAAP) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as of the applicable date, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of
the Loans and the use of proceeds of such Loans on such applicable date), determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; (d) the term Identified Contingent Liabilities means the maximum estimated amount of liabilities
reasonably likely to result from pending litigation, asserted claims and assessments, guaranties, uninsured risks and other contingent liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the Transactions
(including the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such Loans on the applicable date) (including all fees and expenses related thereto but exclusive of such contingent liabilities to the
extent reflected in Stated Liabilities), as identified and explained in terms of their nature and estimated magnitude by responsible officers of the Company, (e) the term Can Pay Their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent
Liabilities as they mature means that the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such
Loans on the applicable date) have sufficient assets and cash flow to pay their respective Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as those liabilities mature or (in the case of contingent liabilities) otherwise become payable; and
(f) the term Do Not Have Unreasonably Small Capital means the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and
the use of proceeds of such Loans on the applicable date) have sufficient assets and cash flow to pay their respective Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as those liabilities mature or (in the case of contingent liabilities)
otherwise become payable.
5.26 Business Combination Agreement; Non-Tender Documents. As of the Execution Date the Business
Combination Agreement contain all of the terms material to the interest of the Lenders agreed between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the Target or any of its shareholders or its Subsidiaries, other than such as contained in the
Non-Tender Documents (to the extent then in effect).
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ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
Subject
to Section 17.5, on and after the earlier of the Replacement Facilities Effective Date and the Acquisition Closing Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing (provided that prior to the Domination Agreement Effective
Date such covenants shall not apply to the Target or its Subsidiaries):
6.1 Financial Reporting. The Company will maintain, for
itself and each Subsidiary, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and furnish to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders:
(i) Within 90 days (or such earlier date as the Company may be required to file its applicable annual report on Form 10-K by
the rules and regulations of the SEC) after the close of each of its fiscal years, an audit report (without a going concern or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit)
certified by independent certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, prepared in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis for itself and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets as of the end of such period,
related profit and loss statements, and a statement of cash flows, and if available to the Company after the Companys use of commercially reasonable efforts to so obtain, accompanied by a certificate of said accountants that, in the course of
their examination necessary for their certification of the foregoing, they have obtained no knowledge of any Default or Unmatured Default, or if, in the opinion of such accountants, any Default or Unmatured Default shall exist, stating the nature
and status thereof.
(ii) Within 45 days (or such earlier date as the Company may be required to file its applicable
quarterly report on Form 10-Q by the rules and regulations of the SEC) after the close of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year, for itself and its Subsidiaries, consolidated unaudited balance sheets as at the close of each
such period and consolidated unaudited profit and loss statements and a consolidated unaudited statement of cash flows for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such quarter, all certified by a Designated Financial Officer.
(iii) If any Subsidiary has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, concurrently with each delivery of financial
statements under Section 6.01(i) or (ii) above, financial statements (in substantially the same form as the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(i) or (ii) above) prepared on the basis of consolidating the
accounts of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and treating any Unrestricted Subsidiaries as if they were not consolidated with the Company or accounted for on the basis of the equity method but rather accounting for an investment and
otherwise eliminating all accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, together with an explanation of reconciliation adjustments in reasonable detail.
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(iv) Together with the financial statements required under Sections 6.1(i) and
(ii), a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit F attached hereto (a Compliance Certificate) signed by a Designated Financial Officer and stating (i) that no Default or Unmatured Default exists, or if any
Default or Unmatured Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof and (ii) setting forth the calculation and uses of the Available Amount for the fiscal period then ended if the Company shall have used the Available Amount for any
purpose during such fiscal period.
(v) Promptly and in any event within 30 Business Days after the Company knows that any
Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan (or such longer period as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent), a statement, signed by a Designated Financial Officer of the Company, describing said Reportable Event and the action which
the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
(vi) Promptly and in any event within 15 Business Days after receipt by
the Company (or such longer period as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent), a copy of (a) any written notice or claim to the effect that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of the Release
by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Person of any Hazardous Substances into the environment, and (b) any written notice alleging any violation of any Environmental Law by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which, in
either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) Promptly after the sending or filing
thereof, copies of all reports, proxy statements and financial statements that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sends to or files with any of their respective securities holders (other than the Company or another Subsidiary) or any
securities exchange or the SEC pertaining to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as the issuer of securities.
(viii) Such other information (including non-financial information) as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the
Administrative Agent) may from time to time reasonably request.
Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) above, as to any information
contained in materials furnished pursuant to clause (vii) above, the Company shall not be separately required to furnish such information under the clauses (i) or (ii) above, provided the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the
obligation of the Company to furnish the information and materials described in the above clauses (i) and (ii) above at the times specified therein. Materials required to be delivered pursuant to any of clauses (i) through (vii),
inclusive, above (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Company posts such documents, or
provides a link thereto on the Companys website on the Internet, and gives written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Companys behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if
any, to which the Administrative Agent has access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent), and the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice of such posting.
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6.2 Use of Proceeds.
(a) The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, (i) use the proceeds of the Advances under the Replacement Term A Facility and
the Revolving Credit Facility to replace the facilities under the Existing Loan Agreement and for other general corporate purposes and (ii) use the proceeds of the Advances under the Delayed Draw Term A Facility and the Term B Facility for
Certain Funds Purposes only. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, use any of the proceeds of the Advances to purchase or carry any Margin Stock in any way in violation of Regulation T, U or X.
(b) The Borrowers will not request any Advance or Facility Letter of Credit, and the Borrowers shall not use, and shall ensure that their
respective Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Advance or Facility Letter of Credit directly or indirectly (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to
pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation in any material respect of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities,
business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, in violation of Sanctions, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions by any Lender or Agent party hereto. Each Borrower will
take actions designed to ensure compliance by the Borrowers, their respective Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (in their respective capacities as such) with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions in all
material respects.
6.3 Notice of Default. The Company will, and will cause each Borrower and Restricted Subsidiary to, give prompt
notice in writing to the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default and of any other development, financial or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.4 Conduct of Business. Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall enter into any material business, either
directly or through any Restricted Subsidiary, except for those businesses (a) in which the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and/or the Target and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement or (b) that are
reasonably related, incidental, ancillary, complementary (including related, complementary, synergistic or ancillary technologies) or similar thereto, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof. The Company will, and will cause each
Restricted Subsidiary to do all things necessary to remain duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing as a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
organizational form in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be (unless, with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries other than Subsidiary Borrowers, the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect), and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, unless the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.5 Taxes. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, timely file complete and correct United States federal and
applicable foreign, state and local tax returns required by law and pay when due all Taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or Property, except (i) those that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP or (ii) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.6 Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies insurance on all their Property in such amounts (with such customary deductibles, exclusions and self-insurance) and covering such risks as is consistent with sound business practice.
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6.7 Compliance with Laws. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to,
comply with all Requirements of Law, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.8 Properties; Inspection. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, do all things reasonably necessary to
maintain, preserve, protect and keep its material Property in good repair, working order and condition, and make all necessary and proper repairs, renewals and replacements to the extent the Company reasonably deems consistent with sound business
practice. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent (and through the Administrative Agent, the Lenders), to reasonably inspect any of the Property of the Company and each
Restricted Subsidiary, the financial or accounting records of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary and other documents of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent any of the foregoing is reasonably related to
the credit evaluation by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement, to examine and make copies of such records and documents of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the
Company and each Restricted Subsidiary with, and to be advised as to the same by, their respective officers upon reasonable prior notice at such reasonable times and intervals as the Administrative Agent may designate.; provided that (x) other
than after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, no more than one such inspection shall be conducted in any fiscal year and (y) only after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default shall such inspections be at
Companys expense; provided further that all such inspection rights will be limited to the extent necessary for the Company and its Subsidiaries to comply with contractual confidentiality obligations not entered into by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries for the purpose of avoiding obligations under this Section 6.8. The Agents and the Lenders agree to use reasonable efforts to coordinate and manage the exercise of their rights under this Section 6.8 so as to minimize the
disruption to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries resulting therefrom.
6.9 Collateral Matters; Further Assurances,
Etc.
(a) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date the Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor
(including any Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries required to enter into the Guaranty pursuant to Section 2.18), to execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further
actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements), which may be required under any applicable law, or which the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or to
grant, preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents or the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at the expense of the Company; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement, including this Section 6.9 (but subject to Section 6.28), no grant, preservation, protection or perfection of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents shall be required to occur prior to or
as a condition to funding on the Acquisition Closing Date.
(b) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, with respect to any property
(other than Excluded Assets) of the Company or any Guarantors as to which the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, does not have a perfected Lien, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to
the Security Documents or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems reasonably necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in such property and (ii) take all
actions reasonably necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in such property, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in
such jurisdictions as may be required by the Security Documents or by law or as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
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(c) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, with respect to the Applicable Property and any
other any fee interest in any real property (together with improvements thereof) having a fair market value in the reasonable judgment of the Company of at least $10.0 million, except to the extent constituting Excluded Assets, within 90 days after
the Acquisition Closing Date (in the case of the Applicable Property or other applicable property owned as of the Acquisition Closing Date) or 90 days after acquisition thereof or joinder of the applicable Guarantor owning such property (or in each
case such later date as agreed by the Administrative Agent), (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, covering such real property, (ii) if reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent, provide the Lenders with (x) title and extended coverage insurance covering such real property in an amount equal to the fair market value referred to above (but in no event less that the purchase price of such real
property), or such other amount as shall be reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent), which title insurance shall contain such endorsements and affirmative coverage as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and (y) any
consents or estoppels reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by the Administrative Agent in connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) if requested by
the Administrative Agent, a current ALTA survey of such real property, together with a surveyors certificate, (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions of local counsel and counsel
in the jurisdiction where the relevant Guarantor is organized relating to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and (v) if the Company or the Administrative Agent is in receipt of a standard flood hazard determination that shows that a property to be subject to a Mortgage is located in an area determined by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to have special flood hazards, the Company shall (prior to the delivery of a counterpart to the Mortgage for such property) deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such flood insurance as may be required under applicable
law or regulations, including the Flood Insurance Regulations, and in any event in form, substance and amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, with respect to any Subsidiary created or acquired by the Company or any of its Guarantors,
except to the extent constituting Excluded Assets, within 45 days thereof (or such later date as agreed by the Administrative Agent) (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Security Documents as the
Administrative Agent deems reasonably necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by the Company
or any Guarantor, and (ii) if such Capital Stock is certificated, deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding voting Capital Stock of any Excluded Subsidiary (as defined in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of the
definition thereof) be required to be so pledged to secure any Obligations).
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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan
Document, no Loan Party shall be required to (a) obtain any control agreements or take any other steps requiring perfection by control (except to the extent perfected through the filing of a UCC financing statement or delivery of
stock certificates/pledged notes and powers/allonges) or (b) take any action under the law of any non-United States jurisdiction to create or perfect a security interest in any assets, including any intellectual property registered in any
non-United States jurisdiction (and no security agreement or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-United States jurisdiction shall be required).
6.10 Maintenance of Ratings. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be maintained at all times (a)(i) a
corporate family rating, in the case of Moodys or (ii) an issuer credit rating, in the case of S&P, for the Company and (b) credit ratings for the Credit Facilities from Moodys and S&P, but in the case of clauses
(a) and (b), for the avoidance of doubt, not any specific rating.
6.11 [Reserved].
6.12 Guaranties. The Company will cause each applicable Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to guarantee the
Obligations pursuant to a Guaranty to the extent required by Section 2.18.
6.13 Merger; Consolidations; Fundamental Changes.
The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge or consolidate with or into any other Person; provided that, so long as no Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom on a Pro Forma Basis, the Company may merge or consolidate with any other corporation and each Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person, provided, further, that (i) in the case of any such
merger or consolidation involving the Company, the Company is the surviving corporation and continues to be organized in the United States, (ii) in the case of any such merger or consolidation involving a Subsidiary Borrower that does not
survive such merger or consolidation, the surviving Person assumes all of such Borrowers obligations under the Loan Documents and, if not already the Company or a Subsidiary Borrower, becomes a Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to documentation
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) in the case of any such merger or consolidation involving a Guarantor that does not survive such merger or consolidation, the surviving Person assumes all of such Guarantors
obligations under the Loan Documents and, if not already the Company or a Guarantor, becomes a Guarantor pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (iv) any Disposition of a Subsidiary (other than a
Borrower) otherwise permitted under Section 6.14. It is understood that in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition otherwise permitted hereunder, the Company may elect to test the no Default or Unmatured Default requirement set forth
above on the date the definitive documentation with respect to such Limited Condition Acquisition is entered into and not on the date such transaction is consummated.
The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, liquidate or dissolve, provided that a Restricted Subsidiary (other
than a Borrower) may liquidate or dissolve if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the interest of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders (it being agreed that Guarantor that
liquidates or dissolves shall transfer any of its assets to the Company or another Guarantor, unless otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 6.15).
For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6.13 shall permit the Acquisition (and subsequent acquisitions of any Target Shares by the
Company or its applicable Restricted Subsidiaries) pursuant to the Acquisition Documentation.
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6.14 Sale of Assets. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, lease, sell or otherwise Dispose of its Property, to any other Person (other than to the Company or a Guarantor or between Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors), except:
(i) Sales and leases of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Dispositions of assets that are obsolete, damaged, worn out or surplus, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) Dispositions of machinery, equipment or other fixed assets to the extent that (A) such assets are exchanged for
credit against the purchase price of similar replacement assets that are purchased within 180 days or (B) the proceeds of such Disposition are applied to the purchase price of replacement assets within 180 days;
(iv) Dispositions of cash, Cash Equivalents and the like in the ordinary course of business or in connection with cash
management activities;
(v) Discounts, adjustments or forgiveness of accounts receivable and other contract claims in the
ordinary course of business or in connection with collection or compromise thereof and sales of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business and at the request of the account debtor thereon to facilitate the processing and payment thereof;
(vi) Dispositions resulting from any taking or condemnation of any property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary by
any Governmental Authority or any assets subject to a casualty;
(vii) (x) The lease or sublease of real property in the
ordinary course of business and not constituting a sale and leaseback and (y) the sale and leaseback of real property provided any Indebtedness arising from such sale and leaseback is not prohibited hereunder;
(viii) Assignments and licenses of intellectual property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business;
(ix) Sales of accounts receivable (and rights and property ancillary thereto) pursuant to, and in accordance
with the terms of, a Permitted Securitization;
(x) Sales, assignments or other transfers of accounts or lease receivables
(and rights and property ancillary thereto) (i) pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Permitted Factoring that is part of an ongoing factoring or similar program, or (ii) arising under an Integrated Service Contract or
otherwise in connection with the incurrence of Integrated Service Contract Debt;
(xi) Dispositions constituting
Investments permitted by Section 6.15 and Dispositions constituting Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.25;
(xii) Disposition of any property, interests or assets (i) to any Domestic Loan Party and (ii) by any Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;
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(xiii) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may consummate the concurrent
purchase and sale or exchange of property useful in a similar business between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another person to the extent that the assets received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries are of
equivalent or greater fair market value than the assets transferred; provided that to the extent the assets Disposed of pursuant to this clause (xiii) constituted Collateral, the assets received by the Company or its applicable Restricted
Subsidiary shall also constitute Collateral;
(xiv) Dispositions of treasury stock of the Company to Restricted
Subsidiaries for use as consideration for acquisitions permitted under Section 6.15;
(xv) That certain sale of the
Companys North America based e-security business announced prior to the Execution Date;
(xvi) Other leases, sales
(including sale-leasebacks) or other Dispositions of Property that, together with all other Property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries previously leased, sold or Disposed of in reliance upon this clause (xvi) during the
twelve-month period ending with the most recent month prior to the month in which any such lease, sale or other Disposition occurs for which financial statements of the Company have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii), did not
constitute a Substantial Portion of the Property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of such most recent prior month;
(xvii) Sale and/or transfers of joint venture equity interests and assets to facilitate that certain contemplated joint venture
transaction disclosed to the Arrangers prior to the Execution Date; and
(xviii) Dispositions of Target Shares to Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Target and its Subsidiaries).
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.14 to the contrary, no such
leases, sales or other dispositions of property may be made (other than pursuant to clause (i) above) if any Default or, in the case of clauses (ix) and (xvi), Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing.
6.15 Investments and Acquisitions. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Investments or to
make any Future Acquisition of any Person, except:
(i) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(ii) Investments in the Company and the Guarantors;
(iii) (a) Investments in existence on the Effective Date and (b) so long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred
and is continuing or would be caused thereby, Investments in an SPC in connection with a Permitted Securitization and in an aggregate outstanding amount for this clause (b) not to exceed (x) 10% of the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred in respect of Permitted
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Securitizations plus (y) the aggregate amount of accounts and notes receivables and related rights and property transferred to an SPC in connection with Permitted Securitizations plus
(z) the aggregate amount of capital contributions and loans made or deemed made by the transferor to the SPC in respect of a portion of the purchase price for such transferred assets not paid in cash;
(iv) Investments by Foreign Subsidiaries that are not Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers in other Foreign Subsidiaries;
(v) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make intercompany loans between and among one another (including through
cash pooling arrangements) (collectively, Intercompany Loans); provided that at no one time shall the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all net Intercompany Loans made in reliance on this clause (v) by Loan Parties to
External Subsidiaries or by Domestic Loan Parties to Foreign Loan Parties, exceed the Dollar Equivalent Amount of $75,000,000 (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such Intercompany Loans) and no Intercompany Loan shall be
permitted under this clause (v) if a Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby;
(vi) Investments received as part of the settlement of litigation or in satisfaction of extensions of credit to any Person
pursuant to the reorganization, bankruptcy or liquidation of such Person or a good faith settlement of debts with such Person;
(vii) Investments received in settlement of amounts due to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary effected in the ordinary
course of business.;
(viii) so long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused
thereby, other Investments provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments made (net of any return in cash (including via book entry) of the principal amount thereof) in any consecutive four fiscal quarter period does not exceed 10% of Total
Tangible Assets as of the beginning of such period, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company included in the financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) for the most recently ended
fiscal quarter (or fiscal year if such fiscal quarter is the fourth fiscal quarter of the Companys fiscal year) prior to such period;
(ix) so long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, any Future
Acquisition so long as (A) in the case of the acquisition of Persons that do not become Guarantors or acquired property or assets that is not acquired by the Company or a Guarantor the aggregate amount of consideration in respect of such
Persons that do not become Guarantors or acquired property or assets that is not acquired by the Company or a Guarantor (including without limitation any payments in cash, Capital Stock or other consideration, any direct or deferred payments (to the
extent such deferred payments should be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP) and the amount of any Indebtedness (other than Letters of Credit incurred in the
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ordinary course of business) assumed pursuant to such Future Acquisition) paid or payable by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any such Future Acquisition to the extent
pursuant to this clause (ix) does not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Tangible Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to
Section 6.1(i) or (ii), (B) such Future Acquisition is not a Hostile Acquisition and (C) on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Investment, the Company is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.22
and 6.23, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available under 6.1(i) or (ii). Any Investments acquired in connection with such permitted Future Acquisition shall
be permitted, provided that such Investments were not made in connection with the anticipation of such Future Acquisition;
(x) so long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, Investments to the
extent that on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to such Investment, the Companys Total Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to the Total Net Leverage Ratio applicable as of such date as set forth in Section 6.22 less
0.25 to 1.00 (provided that if such ratio under Section 6.22 is 4.00 to 1.00 or less no such reduction of 0.25 to 1.00 shall be made), recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial
statements are available under 6.1(i) and (ii);
(xi) so long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is
continuing or would be caused thereby, on and after the Acquisition Closing Date, Investments consisting of loans on arms-length terms, or terms more favorable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the Target (in each case as
determined in good faith judgment of the Company) to the Target and/or its Subsidiaries (and Investments in the form of intermediate intercompany loans to Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Target and its Subsidiaries) to finance
the same), provided that such outstanding Investments to the Target and its Subsidiaries shall not in the aggregate (without duplication) exceed 500,000,000 at any one time;
(xii) the Acquisition pursuant to the Acquisition Documentation and any subsequent acquisitions of Target Shares (including any
Investments in connection therewith to permit the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to consummate the Transactions as contemplated by the Acquisition Documentation or subsequently cause the Target to become a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Company, including investments in the form of the contribution of Target Shares to Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Target and its Subsidiaries));
(xiii) Receivables owing to the Company and extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Investments held by Target in the case of the Acquisition or a Person acquired in a Future Acquisition in each case to
the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition and were in existence on the date of such acquisition;
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(xv) Investments consisting of the licensing, sublicensing or contribution of
intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
(xvi) any Investment consisting of cash
deposits (including escrowed deposits) pursuant to binding commitments of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in effect with respect to (i) issuances or refinancings of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder and (ii) Future
Acquisitions permitted hereunder and not yet consummated;
(xvii) prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for
collection, lease, utility, workers compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business;
(xviii) So long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing, Investments in an aggregate amount not to
exceed the unused Available Amount; and
(xiv) to the extent constituting Investments, transactions to facilitate that
certain contemplated joint venture transaction disclosed to the Arrangers prior to the Execution Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at
the option of the Company by written notice to the Administrative Agent, any Investment that is or is in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition shall be deemed to have been incurred on the date the definitive acquisition agreement relating
to such Limited Condition Acquisition was entered into (and not at the time such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated) and any applicable financial ratio tests and no Default or Unmatured Default tests shall be tested in connection with such
incurrence, as of the date the definitive acquisition agreement relating to such Limited Condition Acquisition was entered into, giving pro forma effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition, to any Investment, and to all transactions in connection
therewith. In the event such election is made, any further transactions undertaken in reliance on complying with a particular financial ratio after the date the definitive acquisition agreement relating to such Limited Condition Acquisition was
entered into and prior to the earlier of the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or the termination of such definitive agreement prior to the incurrence, such financial ratio test must be satisfied both (i) assuming such Limited
Condition Acquisition has occurred, on a Pro Forma Basis and (ii) without giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition or any Investment, incurrence of Indebtedness or the other transactions in connection therewith.
Any Investment in any Person other than a Loan Party that is otherwise permitted by this Section 6.15 may be made through intermediate
Investments in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and such intermediate Investments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the outstanding amount of Investments pursuant to any clause set forth above. The amount of any
Investment made other than in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent write-downs or write-offs thereof.
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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.15, if an Investment meets, in
whole or in part, the criteria of one or more of the categories of Investments (or any portion thereof) permitted in this Section 6.15, the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or divide (and reclassify and redivide) such Investment
(or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.15 and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such Investment (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such Investment will be treated as
being incurred or existing pursuant to only such clause or clauses (or any portion thereof).
6.16 Liens. The Company will not, nor
will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except:
(i) (a) Permitted Encumbrances, (b) Liens, if any, created under the Loan Documents (including Liens created under
the Security Documents securing Obligations) and (c) on and after the Acquisition Closing Date, if the Replacement Facilities Effective Date has not occurred and the Existing Loan Agreement (or backstop facilities in replacement thereof)
remains outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18(i)(c), Liens on the Collateral securing obligations in respect of such Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18(i)(c) to the extent the holders thereof (or a representative thereof)
have entered into an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to negotiate and enter into any such documentation);
(ii) Liens existing on the date hereof and described on Schedule 6.16, but not including any subsequent increase in the
principal amount secured thereby;
(iii) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses or in clause (viii) or (ix) below, provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of
Indebtedness so secured prior to such extension, renewal or replacement (plus accrued interest, fees and expenses in connection with such extension, renewal or replacement) and that such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to all
or a part of the assets that secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements and construction on such property);
(iv) Liens upon assets of an SPC granted in connection with a Permitted Securitization permitted hereunder and customary backup
Liens granted by the transferor in accounts receivable and related rights and property transferred to an SPC;
(v) Liens
arising out of or related to the rights of buyers of accounts under any Permitted Factoring or Integrated Service Contract or otherwise in connection with the incurrence of Integrated Service Contract Debt permitted hereunder;
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(vi) Liens in favor of financial institutions against cash pooling arrangements
or bank account deposits in foreign bank accounts at such financial institution granted in the ordinary course of business and consistent with standard business practices in such foreign jurisdiction, provided that any such deposit account is not a
dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vii) Liens customary in the banking industry constituting a right of set-off, revocation, refund or chargeback under a
customary deposit agreement or under the Uniform Commercial Code of a bank or other financial institution (or similar Liens of non-U.S. financial institutions) incurred in the ordinary course of business where deposits are maintained by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(viii) Liens on property and assets of the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted
to survive the Acquisition or be incurred thereafter and prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date under the terms of the Acquisition Documentation;
(ix) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or
existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in
connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary 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 Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(x) Liens on assets and property of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness and other obligations of such Foreign
Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Tangible Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to
Section 6.1(i) or (ii) at any one time;
(xi) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by 6.18(xix), (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 180
days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such
security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(xii)
Liens arising from filing UCC (or similar law of any jurisdiction) financing statements or similar public filings, registrations or agreements in foreign jurisdiction regarding leases and consignment or bailee arrangements in the ordinary course of
business permitted or not prohibited by any of the Loan Documents and Liens
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securing liabilities in respect of indemnification obligations thereunder as long as each such Lien only encumbers the assets that are the subject of the related lease (or contained in such
leasehold) or consignment or bailee, and other precautionary statements, filings or agreements;
(xiii) 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 and exportation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Liens on cash or Investments permitted by Section 6.15 securing Hedging Agreements in the ordinary course of
business submitted for clearing in accordance with applicable law;
(xv) Liens in favor of a Domestic Loan Party;
(xvi) Liens in favor of a commodity, brokerage or security intermediary who holds a commodity, brokerage or, as applicable, a
security account on behalf of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary provided such Lien encumbers only the related account and the property held therein and relates to the security for the activities associated with such account;
(xvii) Liens on deposits or other amounts held in escrow to secure contractual payments (contingent or otherwise) payable by
the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to a seller after the consummation of a Future Acquisition;
(xviii) Liens not
otherwise permitted by the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.16, provided that (1) the aggregate outstanding amount secured by all such Liens shall not at any time exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and 5% of Total Tangible Assets as
shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii), (2) such Liens (x) do not secure the Senior Notes or New Senior Unsecured Notes and
(y) do not secure Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18(i)(c) (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), (3) at the time of such incurrence and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or
Unmatured Default shall have occurred or be continuing and (4) to the extent any Liens on the Collateral outstanding under this clause (xviii) secure any Indebtedness for borrowed money, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the
Company, the applicable Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent shall enter into an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent providing for such Indebtedness to be secured with the applicable
Obligations on, at the Companys option, a pari passu or junior basis to the Liens securing such Obligations (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to negotiate and enter into any such documentation); and
(xix) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, Liens on the Collateral securing obligations in respect of any Bi-lateral
LC/WC Agreement outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18(xxii) to the extent that, if requested by the Administrative Agent and if such Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreement does not already constitute Obligations, the holders
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thereof (or a representative thereof) have entered into an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and the Lenders hereby authorize the
Administrative Agent to negotiate and enter into any such documentation).
For purposes of determining compliance with this
Section 6.16, if a Lien meets, in whole or in part, the criteria of one or more of the categories of Liens (or any portion thereof) permitted in this Section 6.16, the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or divide (and reclassify
and redivide) such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.16 and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such Lien or liability secured by such Lien (or any portion thereof) in one of the
above clauses and such Lien will be treated as being incurred or existing pursuant to only such clause or clauses (or any portion thereof).
6.17 Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction (including, without
limitation, the purchase or sale of any Property or service) with, or make any payment or transfer to, any Affiliate unless such transaction, payment or transfer is (a) otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (b) in the ordinary course
of business of the Company and/or such Restricted Subsidiary, (c) solely between or among the Company and the other Guarantors, or solely among non-Borrower, non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, (d) upon fair and reasonable terms (taken as a whole)
not materially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction, (e) a Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.25, (f) an
Investment permitted by Section 6.15, or (g)(x) with the Target and/or its Subsidiaries in connection with the consummation of the Transactions as contemplated by the Acquisition Documents or in accordance with the terms of a Domination
Agreement or (y) any transactions existing at or with the Target or its Subsidiaries permitted to survive the Acquisition or be incurred thereafter and prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date under the terms of the Acquisition
Documentation.
6.18 Indebtedness. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, to create, incur or suffer
to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) (a) The Loans, the Facility Letters of Credit, the other Obligations under the Loan
Documents, (b) Indebtedness of the Company in respect of the New Senior Unsecured Notes; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness at any time outstanding under clause (b) shall not exceed $500,000,000 and
(c) if the Replacement Facilities Effective Date has not occurred and the Existing Loan Agreement (or backstop facilities in replacement thereof) remains outstanding, Indebtedness thereunder in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$750,000,000 (it being understood that to the extent the Replacement Facilities are outstanding, such Indebtedness under this clause (c) shall not be outstanding at the same time);
(ii) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries existing as of the Execution Date and set forth on Schedule
6.18 and additional Indebtedness consisting of working capital facilities, letter of credit facilities, bank guarantee facilities or similar facilities; provided that Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (ii) shall not in
the aggregate exceed $50,000,000;
(iii) Indebtedness consisting of avals by any of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries for the benefit of, and with respect to obligations which are not classified as Indebtedness of, any of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries which are entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with standard
business practices;
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(iv) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the
date hereof (other than the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries); provided that such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and was not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person
becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, and the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this Section 6.18(iv) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(v) Any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i)(b), (i)(c) (to the extent
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness otherwise complies with the requirements set forth in clause (i)(c) (it being understood such amount may be increased in compliance with the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness)), (ii),
(iii) or (iv) above;
(vi) Indebtedness arising from (a) the endorsement of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business, or (b) the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts)
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) Receivables Indebtedness (excluding any
intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries) permitted under Section 6.24;
(viii)
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) arising from agreements of the Company or a Subsidiary providing for indemnification, contribution, earnout, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or
assumed in connection any acquisition or Disposition otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(ix) Integrated Service
Contract Debt in an aggregate amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $100,000,000;
(x) Indebtedness incurred in
the ordinary course of business in connection with cash pooling arrangements and cash management incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of netting services and similar arrangements in each case in connection with cash management and
deposit accounts, but only to the extent, with respect to any such arrangements, that the total amount of deposits subject to such arrangements equals or exceeds the total amount of overdrafts or similar obligations subject thereto;
(xi) Indebtedness in respect of performance, surety, customs and appeal bonds, or any indemnity agreement related thereto,
arising in the ordinary course of business;
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(xii) Other Indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors; provided that,
at the time of the creation, incurrence or assumption of such other Indebtedness and after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all such other Indebtedness does not exceed an amount equal to the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total
Tangible Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii);
(xiii) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted under this Section 6.18; provided that
(i) if any Indebtedness that is Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations then any Guarantee Obligations in respect of such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations of the applicable Loan Party to the same extent and on terms
not materially less favorable to the Lenders as the Indebtedness so Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, and (ii) no such permitted Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes, New Senior Unsecured Notes and/or the Existing Loan
Agreement (or backstop facilities in replacement thereof) (or in each case any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof) shall be Guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary unless such Restricted Subsidiary has Guaranteed the applicable Obligations
pursuant to a Guaranty and (iii) such Guarantee Obligations shall be incurred in compliance with Section 6.15;
(xiv) Intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with effectuating the
Transactions;
(xv) Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 6.21;
(xvi) Indebtedness among the Company and its Subsidiaries (including between or among Subsidiaries); provided that,
(a) any such Indebtedness owing by any Loan Party to any Subsidiary other than a Domestic Loan Party shall be unsecured;
(xvii) So long as no Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Indebtedness of the Company and the
Guarantors if on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness the Companys Total Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to the Total Net Leverage Ratio applicable as of such date as set forth in
Section 6.22 less 0.25 to 1.00 (provided that if such ratio under Section 6.22 is 4.00 to 1.00 or less no such reduction of 0.25 to 1.0 shall be made), recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company
for which financial statements are available under 6.1(i) and (ii);
(xviii) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Tangible Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or
(ii) outstanding at any time;
(xix) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the
acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capitalized 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
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the acquisition thereof (and not in contemplation thereof), and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this
clause shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(xx) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or
other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of incurrence;
(xxi) Indebtedness of the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to survive the Acquisition or be incurred thereafter
and prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date under the terms of the Acquisition Documentation (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) not secured by assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the
Target and its Subsidiaries) or guaranteed by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Target and its Subsidiaries);
(xxii) Indebtedness consisting of Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreements in an aggregate maximum principal exposure amount at any
one time up to $300,000,000 (it being agreed the maximum principal exposure amount in respect of Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreements constituting revolving loan credit facilities outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $50,000,000 (in each case, such
cap limitations to be calculated exclusive of any bank guarantee or the like issued in connection with a squeeze-out of any minority shareholders of the Target (i) in accordance with Sec. 327b(3) of the German Stock Corporation Act
(Aktiengesetz), (ii) in accordance with Sec. 62 of the German Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz) in conjunction with 327b(3) of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) or (iii) in relation to a squeeze-out
pursuant to 39a and 39b of the German Takeover Code (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz)); and
(xxiii) Intercompany Indebtedness representing consideration for any intercompany Disposition permitted by
Section 6.14(xviii).
The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest in the form of additional
Indebtedness, the payment of dividends on Disqualified Equity Interests in the form of additional shares of Disqualified Equity Interests, accretion or amortization of original issue discount or liquidation preferences and increases in the amount of
Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the Exchange Rate or currencies will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 6.18. The principal amount of any non-interest bearing
Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior in right
of payment to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior in right of payment to any other senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same
collateral.
Further, for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.18, if an item of Indebtedness (or any portion
thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) permitted by this Section 6.18, the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or divide (and reclassify and redivide) such item of
Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.18 and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses (or any portion
thereof) and such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) shall be treated as having been incurred or existing pursuant to only such clause or clauses (or any portion thereof); provided, that all Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement
shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 6.18.
6.19 Negative Pledge
Clauses. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than (a) restrictions and conditions in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Indebtedness permitted by
Section 6.18(i) or (iv), any documentation governing the Senior Notes, any credit agreements, indentures or similar agreements governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred or outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18 to the extent such
agreements contain applicable Lien restrictions, in the good faith determination of the Company, not materially less favorable to the Lenders than those contained in customary documentation governing similar Indebtedness in the market at the time of
such incurrence, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (b) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to Dispositions permitted by Section 6.14 pending the consummation of such
Dispositions, (c) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or the Persons
obligated thereon, (d) customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment, subletting or other transfer thereof (including the granting of any Lien), (e) restrictions or conditions imposed by restrictions on cash
and other deposits or net worth provisions in leases and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (f) restrictions and conditions binding on a Restricted Subsidiary or its assets at the time such Restricted Subsidiary
first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such assets were first acquired by such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Restricted Subsidiary that was a Restricted Subsidiary on the Execution Date or assets owned by any Restricted Subsidiary on the
Execution Date), so long as such contractual obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or assets being acquired, (g) customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited
liability company governance documents, joint venture agreements and other similar agreements that restrict the transfer of assets of, or ownership interests in, the relevant partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or similar Person,
(h) any instrument governing Indebtedness assumed in connection with the Acquisition (to the extent permitted to survive the Acquisition pursuant to the Acquisition Documentation), (i) with respect to bank deposit accounts, cash sweep
arrangements, cash management services or cash pooling arrangements, conditions that require consent of the bank before any lien or pledge arrangement securing obligations and liabilities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary are enacted (with
each of the foregoing being within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to the applicable banking institutions general terms and conditions) or (j) restrictions in respect of assets that, taken as a
whole, are immaterial, provided that in good faith judgment of the Company, such conditions would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of any Borrower to satisfy its Obligations hereunder.
6.20 Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to (i) pay dividends or make
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any other distributions in respect of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, any Loan Party, (ii) make loans or advances to or Investments
in any Loan Party or (iii) transfer any of its assets to any Loan Party, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (a) restrictions and conditions existing under the Loan Documents, any other Indebtedness
permitted by Section 6.18(i) or (iv), the Senior Notes, any credit agreements, indentures or similar agreements governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.18 to the extent such agreements applicable
restrictions will not materially impair the Companys ability to make principal or interest payment on the Loans, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (b) any restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary
imposed pursuant to an agreement which has been entered into in connection with the disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary, (c) any restrictions with respect to assets encumbered by
a Lien permitted by Section 6.16 so long as such restriction applies only to the assets encumbered by such permitted Lien, (d) to the extent required by the minority shareholders thereof, any restriction with respect to a Foreign
Subsidiary of which less than 90% of the Voting Stock is owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (e) customary restrictions in connection with Permitted Securitizations, (f) applicable Requirements of Law, (g) customary
restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the Disposition of any property not prohibited by Section 6.14 pending the consummation of such Disposition, (h) any agreement in effect at the time a Restricted Subsidiary
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, so long as such agreement was not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (i) any instrument governing Indebtedness
assumed in connection with the Acquisition or any permitted Future Acquisition and permitted pursuant to Section 6.18, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the
Person or the properties or assets of the Person so acquired; or (j) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the contracts, instruments or obligations
referred to in clauses (b), (h) or (i) above; provided that such amendments or refinancings are no more materially restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendment or refinancing;
provided, further, that this Section 6.20 shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions (x) arising by reason of customary non-assignment or no-subletting clauses in leases or other contracts entered into in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practices or (y) in agreements governing any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.18(xix) otherwise permitted hereby and covering only those assets financed by such Indebtedness.
6.21 Hedging Agreements. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or remain a party to any
Hedging Agreement for purposes of financial speculation.
6.22 Total Net Leverage Ratio. Commencing on the last day of the first
full fiscal quarter of the Company ending after the Execution Date, the Company shall not permit the Total Net Leverage Ratio to exceed 4.50 to 1.00 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company; provided that the ratio referred to
in this Section 6.22 shall be reduced to 4.25 to 1.00 on December 31, 2017, further reduced to 4.00 to 1.00 on December 31, 2018, and further reduced to 3.75 to 1.00 on June 30, 2019.
6.23 Interest Coverage Ratio. Commencing on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter of the Company ending after the Execution
Date, the Company shall not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 3.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company.
6.24 Receivables Indebtedness. The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not permit the aggregate outstanding amount of
Receivables Indebtedness and, without duplication, aggregate outstanding amount of any Permitted Factoring in each case to the extent recourse to the Company or any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, at any one time to exceed the Dollar Equivalent
Amount of $100,000,000.
6.25 Restricted Payments. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, declare
or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in Capital Stock of the Person making such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance,
retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or
in obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (collectively, Restricted Payments), except that:
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(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Company, any Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary or on account of its Capital Stock ratably to the holders thereof (or more favorably with respect to the Loan Parties or any other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary);
(b) Restricted Payments may be made as required pursuant to the terms of the Domination Agreement;
(c) the Company may make payments in cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares or may repurchase partial interests in its Capital
Stock for nominal amounts which are required to be repurchased in connection with the exercise of stock options or warrants to permit the issuance of only whole shares of Capital Stock;
(d) Restricted Payments shall be permitted to consummate the Transactions as contemplated by the Acquisition Documents and any subsequent
acquisitions of Target Shares;
(e) the Company may repurchase its Capital Stock upon the cashless exercise of stock options, warrants or
other convertible securities as a result of the Company accepting such options, warrants or other convertible securities as satisfaction of the exercise price of such Capital Stock;
(f) the Company may pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Capital Stock of the Company (including
related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by any future, present or former director, officer, member of management, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the estate, heirs, family members
or former family members of any of the foregoing) (collectively, Covered Persons); provided that (A) at the time of any such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value no Unmatured Default or
Default exists or would result, (B) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made under this clause (f) in any fiscal year does not exceed (x) $5.0 million (the Yearly Limit) plus (y) the portion of the
Yearly Limit from each of the immediately preceding two fiscal years (but not fiscal years ended prior to the Effective Date) which was not expended by the Company for Restricted Payments in such fiscal years (the Carryover Amount
and in calculating the Carryover Amount for any fiscal year, the Yearly Limit applicable to the previous fiscal years shall be deemed to have been utilized first by any Restricted Payments made under this clause (f) in such fiscal year) plus
(z) the net cash proceeds of any key-man life insurance policies of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that have not been used to make any repurchases, retirements or acquisitions under this clause (f); provided,
further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from Covered Persons in connection with a repurchase of such securities of the Company will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of
this Section 6.25;
(g) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments may be made in
an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $100,000,000 or 2.5% of Total Tangible Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or
(ii) (with such amount reduced by the amount of any payments, prepayments, repurchases or redemptions of or other optional or voluntarily defeasements pursuant to Section 6.26(b));
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(h) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments
constituting a quarterly cash dividend to the shareholders of the Company shall be permitted in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 per quarter; provided that such amount shall automatically be modified to be 12.5 cents per share of common
equity of the Company (for the avoidance of doubt, without taking into account any share splits or comparable transactions with similar effect) per quarter upon the occurrence of the Acquisition Closing Date;
(i) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments shall be permitted to the extent the
Companys Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00;
(j) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing and the Companys Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma
Basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00, Restricted Payments shall be permitted in an aggregate amount not to exceed the unused Available Amount; and
(k) Restricted Payments pursuant to the Diebold, Incorporated 2014 Non-Qualified Stock Purchase Plan (or any successor thereto) in an
aggregate amount (net of employee contributions) not to exceed $3,000,000 in any fiscal year.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the foregoing provisions of Section 6.25 will not prohibit the payment of any Restricted Payment or the consummation of any redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the
giving of notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Section 6.25 (it being understood that such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been
made on the date of declaration or notice for purposes of such provision).
6.26 Certain Payments of Indebtedness. The Company will
not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make or offer to make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to Subordinated
Indebtedness, the New Senior Unsecured Notes or other unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money represented by debt securities of the Company or a Guarantor, and in each case any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof (collectively,
the Restricted Indebtedness) except for (a) payments, prepayments, repurchases or redemptions, or other optional or voluntary defeasements, with the proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such
Restricted Indebtedness that is permitted by Section 6.18, (b) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing at the same time thereof, payments, prepayments, repurchases or redemptions of or other optional or
voluntarily defeasements not in excess of the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Tangible Assets (with such amount reduced by the amount of any Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.25(g)); (c) provided no Unmatured Default or
Default has occurred and is continuing at the time thereof, to the extent the Secured Net Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 on a Pro Forma Basis, other payments, prepayments,
repurchases or redemptions of or other optional or voluntary defeasements; (d) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing at the time thereof, payments, prepayments, repurchases and redemptions and other optional or
voluntary defeasements shall be permitted in an aggregate amount not to exceed the unused Available Amount, (e) payments, prepayments, repurchases and redemptions of (and optional or voluntary defeasements of)
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indebtedness set forth in the definition of Existing Company Debt Refinancing, Target Refinancing and any Indebtedness of the Target and its Subsidiaries existing as of
the Acquisition Closing Date or that was incurred after the Acquisition Closing Date and prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date and permitted under the terms of the Acquisition Documentation and (f) repayments of intercompany debt.
6.27 Amendments to Organizational Documents. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to amend,
supplement, terminate, replace or waive or otherwise modify any Organizational Document of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
6.28 Additional Covenants. If at any time after the date hereof the Company or any Guarantor shall become party to any instrument or
agreement (including all such instruments or agreements in existence as of the date hereof) in respect of the Senior Notes, the Existing Credit Agreement (including any backstop facilities in replacement thereof and the documentation in respect
thereof), the New Senior Unsecured Notes (and the documentation in respect thereof), and/or other material indebtedness for borrowed money with an outstanding individual principal or outstanding committed amount in excess of $125 million, and in
each case any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, that includes any guarantee, security or financial covenants or defaults (in each case solely to the extent then in effect) not substantially provided for in this Agreement or more
favorable in any material manner to the lenders or holders thereunder than those provided for in this Agreement, then the Company shall promptly so advise the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior (or such later date as is
acceptable to the Administrative Agent) to entering into any such instrument or agreement and provide the Administrative Agent with true and complete copies of such instrument or agreement after the execution thereof. Thereupon, if the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall request, the Borrowers shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement or an additional agreement (as the Administrative Agent may request), providing for substantially the same such guarantee,
security or financial covenants or defaults as provided for in such instrument or agreement to the extent required and as may be selected by the Administrative Agent.
6.29 The Offer, the Acquisition and Related Matters. The Company shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to:
(a) Conduct the Offer in accordance with, and otherwise comply in all material respects with, the German Takeover Code and all other applicable
laws and regulations relating to the Offer.
(b) Except as consented to by the Arrangers in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed), ensure that the Offer Document corresponds in all material respects to the terms and conditions of the Offer as set out, and to the extent set out, in the Business Combination Agreement.
(c) Promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) at least 3 Business Days prior to the first submission to BaFin (and as soon as
reasonably practicable prior to each other submission to BaFin, if any), a copy of the draft Offer Document to be submitted to BaFin; and (ii) promptly after its publication, a copy of any amendment, supplement or modification to the Offer
Document.
(d) Ensure that the Offer Document contains all the Key Offer Terms.
(e) Upon request of the Administrative Agent, inform the Administrative Agent as to the status and progress of the Offer, and any material
post-Acquisition transactions related thereto, including without limitation (i) any event or circumstance which may reasonably be expected to cause the Offer to lapse and, promptly upon request, details of the current level of
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acceptances of the Offer of which the Company is aware, (ii) a running tally (reported to the Administrative Agent from time to time after the initial Advance on the Acquisition Closing Date
hereunder, on the number of shares of the Target acquired by AcquisitionCo, (iii) the status of AcquisitionCos efforts to enter into a Domination Agreement and (iv) the status of any squeeze out of minority Shareholders of Target.
(f) Unless the Target has been merged into AcquisitionCo or converted into a limited liability company, cause AcquisitionCo to use all
commercially reasonable efforts to enter into the Domination Agreement as soon as practicable after the Final Settlement Date and shall cause AcquisitionCo and Target not to terminate such Domination Agreement.
(g) Except as consented to by the Arrangers in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), not amend,
waive, consent to or otherwise modify any term of the Acquisition Documentation and/or Non-Tender Documents in a manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders or Arrangers (it being understood that any amendments, waivers in respect of
the Key Offer Terms or the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement limiting recourse against financing sources shall be material and adverse to the interest of the Lenders and Arrangers).
(h) As promptly as reasonably practicable after AcquisitionCo holds (or otherwise controls or is attributed) a number of Target Shares which
permit the squeeze-out of any minority shareholders of Target, ensure that squeeze-out procedures pursuant to Sections 39a sub. seq. of the German Takeover Code, 327a of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) or Section 62 of
the German Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz) (whatever the Company considers more appropriate to achieve timely squeeze-out of any remaining shareholders of the Target) are initiated.
(i) Unless consented to by the Arrangers, not permit AcquisitionCo to take any action or step (or permit the taking of any action or step)
which may result in AcquisitionCo, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries being or becoming obliged to make a mandatory offer pursuant to Section 35 of the German Takeover Code.
(j) On or prior to the date that is 90 days after the Domination Agreement Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent
shall agree in its sole discretion) the Target Refinancing shall have occurred; provided that if the proceeds of Indebtedness are utilized to effect the Target Refinancing, such Indebtedness shall be incurred and guaranteed only by the
Company and the Guarantors.
6.30 Designation of Certain Subsidiaries. The Company may at any time designate any Restricted
Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary by delivering to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Company specifying such designation and certifying that the conditions to such
designation set forth below are satisfied; provided that:
(i) both immediately before and immediately after any
such designation, no Unmatured Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(ii) on a Pro Forma Basis, the
Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.22 and 6.23 immediately after giving effect to such designation;
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(iii) in the case of a designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be an unrestricted subsidiary or otherwise not subject to the covenants under any agreements governing the Material Indebtedness for borrowed money subject to the covenant in
Section 6.28; and
(iv) in the case of a designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, each
Subsidiary of such designated Subsidiary has been, or concurrently therewith will be, designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Section 6.30.
The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Company in such designated
Subsidiary on the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries Investment therein, as estimated in good faith at such time by the Company. The designation of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such previously Unrestricted Subsidiary existing at such time. and (ii) a return on any
Investment by the applicable Loan Party (or its relevant Subsidiaries) in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the fair market value at the date of such designation of such Loan Partys (or its
relevant Subsidiaries) Investment in such Subsidiary.
6.31 Security On the Acquisition Closing Date. On the Acquisition
Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) executed copies of the Security Documents signed by the Loan Parties party thereto, and all other actions necessary to establish that the Administrative Agent will have a perfected
first priority security interest in the Collateral (subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.16) shall have been taken and (ii) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, a customary written opinion or opinions of the
Companys and Guarantors counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and Lenders, in form and substance customary for transactions of this type covering matters relating to the Security Documents and the creation and perfection of
security interests.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent any Collateral (including the grant or perfection of
any security interest) is not provided on the Acquisition Closing Date (other than the grant and perfection of security interests (i) in material assets located in any state of the United States or the District of Columbia with respect to which
a Lien may be perfected solely by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC and (ii) in capital stock of the Companys material Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by the delivery of a
stock certificate) after the Companys use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so without undue burden or expense, then (a) the provision of such Collateral may be provided after the Acquisition Closing Date pursuant to arrangements
to be mutually agreed between the Company and the Administrative Agent) and (b) all provisions of this Agreement and the Security Agreement (including, without limitation, all conditions precedent, representations, warranties, covenants, events
of default and other agreements herein and therein) shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to permit the foregoing.
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS
The
occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a Default (provided that prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date such provisions shall not apply to the Target or its Subsidiaries):
7.1 Any representation or warranty made, including without limitation those deemed made pursuant to Section 4.4 or 4.5, by or on behalf
of the Company or its Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent in any Loan Document, in connection with any Loan or Facility Letter of Credit, or in any certificate or information delivered in writing in connection with any Loan
Document, shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made.
7.2 Nonpayment of principal of any Loan when due, or
nonpayment of interest on any Loan or of any commitment or ticking fee within five Business Days after written notice from the Administrative Agent that the same has become due, or nonpayment of any other obligations under any of the Loan Documents
within five Business Days after written notice from the Administrative Agent that the same has become due.
7.3 Subject to
Section 17.5, the breach by any Loan Party of any of the terms or provisions in Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.16, 6.17, 6.18, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 6.23, 6.24, 6.25, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28, 6.29, 6.31 and/or 10.4(b); provided
that the breach of the terms or provisions in Sections 6.22 and/or 6.23 (a Financial Covenant Default) shall not constitute a Default with respect to any Loans or Commitments hereunder, other than the Revolving Credit Loans, Term
A Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments and Term A Commitments, until the date on which the Revolving Credit Loans and Term A Loans (if any) have been accelerated, and the Revolving Credit Commitments and Term A Commitments (if any) have been
terminated, in each case, by the Required TLA/RC Lenders.
7.4 The breach by any Loan Party of, or other default by any Loan Party under,
any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than a breach or default which constitutes a Default under Section 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3) which is not remedied within 30 days after written notice from the
Administrative Agent.
7.5 Failure of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal of, or premium or
interest on (beyond any applicable grace period therefor) any Indebtedness or net Hedging Obligations to the extent such Indebtedness and/or net Hedging Obligations aggregate in excess of $50,000,000 (Material Indebtedness); or
the default by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the performance of any term, provision or condition contained in any agreement under which any such Material Indebtedness was created or is governed, or any other event shall occur
or condition exist, the effect of which is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness to cause, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or any Material Indebtedness of the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that any breach of the covenants set
forth in Section 6.22 and 6.23
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giving rise to an event described in this Section 7.5 above shall not, by itself, constitute Default under any Term Facility (other than the Term A Facilities) unless the Required TLA/RC
Lenders have accelerated any Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding as a result of such breach and such declaration has not been rescinded on or before the date on which the Term Loan Lenders (other than the Lenders under the Term
A Facilities) declare a Default in connection therewith.
7.6 The Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than an
Immaterial Subsidiary), shall (i) voluntarily have an order for relief entered with respect to it under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of
debtors, (ii) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) apply for, seek, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any Substantial
Portion of its Property, (iv) institute any proceeding seeking an order for relief under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to
adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts or seeking similar relief under any law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign,
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or similar proceeding or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (v) take any corporate,
company or other action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing actions set forth in this Section 7.6, (vi) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 7.7, (vii) not pay, or admit in
writing its inability to pay, its debts generally as they become due, or (viii) with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) incorporated in Germany is over indebted within the meaning of section 19 of the
Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung).
7.7 Without its application, approval or consent, a receiver, trustee, examiner,
liquidator or similar official shall be appointed for the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) or any Substantial Portion of their respective Property, or a proceeding described in Section 7.6(iv)
shall be instituted against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) and such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days.
7.8 Any court, government or governmental agency shall without appropriate compensation condemn, seize or otherwise appropriate, or take
custody or control of (each a Condemnation), all or any portion of the Property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which, when taken together with all other Property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
so condemned, seized, appropriated, or taken custody or control of, during the twelve-month period ending with the month in which any such Condemnation occurs, constitutes a Substantial Portion and is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.9 One or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess
of $50,000,000 (other than judgments covered by insurance issued by an insurer that has accepted coverage and has the ability to pay such judgments) shall be rendered against the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the
same shall remain
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undischarged for a period of 90 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon
any assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment which is not effectively stayed for a period of 30 consecutive days;
7.10 Any member of the Controlled Group shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $50,000,000 which it shall
have become liable to pay under Title IV of ERISA or Sections 412, 431 or 432 of the Code; or notice of intent to terminate a Single Employer Plan with Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $50,000,000 (a Material Plan) shall be filed
under Section 4041(c) of ERISA by any member of the Controlled Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate, to impose liability (other than for
premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in excess of $50,000,000 in respect of, or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any Material Plan; or a condition shall exist that could reasonably be expected to result in PBGC obtaining a
decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be terminated; or the determination by the PBGC of liability in excess of $50,000,000 on any member of the Controlled Group pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the
application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; there shall occur a complete or partial withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to one or more Multiemployer Plans which causes one or more
members of the Controlled Group to incur a current payment obligation in excess of $50,000,000; or there shall occur a Foreign Plan Event which causes one or more members of the Controlled Group to incur liability in excess of $50,000,000.
7.11 The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be the subject of any proceeding or investigation pertaining to the Release by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person of any Hazardous Substance, or any violation of any applicable Environmental Law, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.12 The occurrence of any Change of Control.
7.13 On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, any Lien purported to be created on any material portion of the Collateral under any Security
Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on such Collateral (subject to Liens Permitted under Section 6.16), except in connection with a release of such Collateral in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
7.14 This Agreement, any Guaranty or any Security Document (after effectiveness thereof) or,
after the Domination Agreement Effective Date and prior to the date the Target has merged into AcquisitionCo or been converted into a limited liability company, the Domination Agreement, shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect and
valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms after its date of execution, or any Loan Party shall so state in writing, in each case other than in connection with a release of any Guaranty or security interest in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
8.1 Acceleration.
(a) If
any Default described in Section 7.6 or 7.7 occurs, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder, the Commitments and the obligations of the Issuers to issue Facility Letters of Credit shall automatically terminate and the
Obligations shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Borrowers hereby expressly waive and without any election or action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender and (ii) each Borrower will be and become thereby unconditionally obligated, without the need for demand or the necessity of any act or evidence, to deliver to the Administrative Agent, at its address specified pursuant to Article XIV,
for deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, an amount (the Collateral Shortfall Amount) equal to the excess, if any, of:
(A) 100% of the sum of the aggregate maximum amount remaining available to be drawn under the Facility Letters of Credit
requested by such Borrower (assuming compliance with all conditions for drawing thereunder) issued by an Issuer and outstanding as of such time, over
(B) the amount on deposit for such Borrower in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account at such time that is free and clear of
all rights and claims of third parties (other than the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) and that has not been applied by the Lenders against the Obligations of such Borrower.
(b) If any Default occurs and is continuing (other than a Default described in Section 7.6 or 7.7, and subject to Section 4.6),
(i) the Required Lenders may terminate or suspend the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans, the Commitments and the obligation of the Issuers to issue Facility Letters of Credit hereunder, or declare the Obligations to be due and payable,
or both, whereupon (if so declared) the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Borrowers hereby expressly waive and (ii) the Required Lenders may, upon
notice delivered to the Borrowers with outstanding Facility Letters of Credit and in addition to the continuing right to demand payment of all amounts payable under this Agreement, make demand on each such Borrower to deliver (and each such Borrower
will, forthwith upon demand by the Required Lenders and without necessity of further act or evidence, be and become thereby unconditionally obligated to deliver), to the Administrative Agent, at its address specified pursuant to Article XIV, for
deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account an amount equal to the Collateral Shortfall Amount payable by such Borrower.
(c) If
at any time while any Default is continuing or the Revolving Termination Date has occurred, the Administrative Agent determines that the Collateral Shortfall Amount at such time is greater than zero, the Administrative Agent may make demand on the
Borrowers with outstanding Facility Letters of Credit to deliver (and each such Borrower will,
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forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent and without necessity of further act or evidence, be and become thereby unconditionally obligated to deliver), to the Administrative Agent as
additional funds to be deposited and held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account an amount equal to such Collateral Shortfall Amount payable by such Borrower at such time.
(d) The Administrative Agent may at any time or from time to time after funds are deposited in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, apply
such funds to the payment of the Obligations of the relevant Borrowers and any other amounts as shall from time to time have become due and payable by the relevant Borrowers to the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
(e) Neither the Borrowers nor any Person claiming on behalf of or through the Borrowers shall have any right to withdraw any of the funds held
in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account. After all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full (other than contingent indemnification obligations in respect of which no claim has been made, Hedging Obligations and Obligations in
respect of Cash Management Agreements) or upon the request of the Company if no Default has occurred and is continuing, any funds remaining in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to the applicable
Borrower(s) or paid to whoever may be legally entitled thereto at such time.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall exercise reasonable care
in the custody and preservation of any funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and shall be deemed to have exercised such care if such funds are accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Administrative Agent accords
its own property, it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any Persons with respect to any such funds.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period during which solely a Financial Covenant Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Administrative Agent may with the consent of, and shall at the request of, the Required TLA/RC Lenders (but subject to Section 4.6) take any of the foregoing actions described in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) above, solely as they
relate to the Revolving Credit Lenders and Term A Lenders (versus the Lenders), the Revolving Credit Commitments and Term A Commitments (versus the Commitments), the Revolving Credit Loans, the Swing Loans and the Term A Loans (versus the Loans),
and the Letters of Credit.
8.2 Amendments.
8.2.1 Subject to the provisions of this Article VIII, the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent in writing of the
Required Lenders) and the Borrowers may enter into agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding or modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Borrowers hereunder or waiving
any Unmatured Default or Default hereunder; provided, however, no such supplemental agreement shall, (i) without the consent of the Administrative Agent, modify any rights or obligations of any kind of the Administrative Agent,
(ii) without the consent of the Swing Lender, modify any rights or obligations of any kind of the Swing Lender, and (iii) without the consent of the Issuer, modify any rights or obligations of any kind of the Issuer, and provided
further, that no such supplemental agreement shall,
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(a) without the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby:
(i) increase any Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender;
(ii) extend the final maturity of any Loan, Commitment, Note or Reimbursement Obligation or forgive all or any portion of the
principal amount thereof (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent or the waiver of any default, event of default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute a reduction in principal), or reduce the stated rate of interest (it
being understood a waiver of default interest is not a reduction in the stated rate of interest) or fees or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (other than, with respect to Swing Loans only, any reduction of the rate or extension
of the time of payment of principal, interest or fees thereon (if such extension is not beyond the Revolving Termination Date) or forgiveness of all or any portion of the principal amount thereof, which shall require the consent of the Swing Lender
only);
(iii) reduce or extend the scheduled amortization of any Loans or Commitments; or
(iv) change the currency in which any Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment of any Revolving Credit Lender is
denominated (it being understood that designations of additional Eligible Currencies in accordance with the definition thereof shall not constitute a change of currency for purposes of this clause (iv) and that any change described in this
clause (iv) will be deemed to affect only each Revolving Credit Lender).
(b) without the consent of Lenders holding more than
50% of the aggregate amount of the extensions of credit and unused Commitments under any Class of the Credit Facilities, adversely affect the rights of such Class in respect of payments in a manner different than such supplemental agreement
affects the rights of any other Class in respect of payments (it being understood and agreed that (A) any amendments or other modifications permitted by Section 2.19 or 8.2.4 shall not be deemed to alter the manner in which payments are
shared or alter any other pro rata sharing of payments and (B) any amend-and-extend transaction that extends an applicable Credit Facilitys termination date only for those Lenders that agree to such an extension shall not be
deemed to alter the manner in which payments are shared or alter any other pro rata sharing of payments).
(c) without the consent of all
Lenders:
(i) Amend this Section 8.2.1 or reduce the percentage specified in the definitions of Required Lenders,
Required Revolving Credit Lenders, Required Term A Lenders, Required TLA/RC Lenders or Required Term B Lenders.
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(ii) Release all or substantially all of the Liens on the Collateral securing the
Obligations or the Guarantors from the Guaranty, provided that for the avoidance of doubt releases pursuant to Section 11.9 will not require any amendment or waiver of this Agreement (it being understood that the determination that any assets
acquired after the Execution Date shall not constitute or be required to constitute Collateral shall not be deemed a release of Collateral).
(iii) Permit any Borrower to assign its rights under this Agreement (it being understood that with respect to a Subsidiary
Borrower, such consent shall only be required with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender).
8.2.2 In addition to amendments effected
pursuant to the foregoing, Schedule 1.1(a) and Schedule 1.1(c) may be amended as follows:
(i) Schedule 1.1(a) will be
automatically amended to add the Replacement Facilities Commitments of the Lenders who become party to this Agreement pursuant to the Replacement Facilities Effective Date Documentation.
(ii) Schedule 1.1(c) will be automatically amended to add Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company as additional
Subsidiary Borrowers upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions: (a) the execution and delivery by the Company, any such Subsidiary Borrower and the Administrative Agent, of a Subsidiary Joinder Agreement providing for any such
Restricted Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Borrower, (b) the delivery to the Administrative Agent of (A) a Domestic Subsidiary Opinion or Foreign Subsidiary Opinion, as the case may be, in respect of such additional Subsidiary Borrower
and (B) such other documents and information with respect thereto as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request (including without limitation organizational documents, resolutions (if applicable), incumbency certificates and any other
documents and information required by the Act (as defined in Section 10.11)), (c) the making of Loans by the applicable Lenders to, and the issuance of Facility Letters of Credit by the applicable Issuer for the benefit of, such additional
Subsidiary Borrower would not violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive, whether or not having the force of law and will not require the Administrative Agent or any applicable Lender or Issuer to do business in or be qualified to do
business in such Subsidiary Borrowers jurisdiction or be subject to any unreimbursed or unindemnified Taxes or other material expenses (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, such Taxes the Company or the applicable Subsidiary Borrower agree
to indemnify pursuant to Section 3.4 or otherwise) as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the applicable Lenders, and (d) the written approval of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
(iii) Schedule 1.1(c) will be automatically amended to remove any Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower upon (A) written
notice by the Company to the Administrative Agent to such effect and (B) repayment in full of all outstanding Loans, and all other Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations in respect of which no claim has been made,
Hedging Obligations and Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements) pursuant to any Loan Document, of such Subsidiary Borrower.
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(iv) It is acknowledged and agreed that there may be more than one Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower, provided that there may not be a number thereof more than reasonably allowed by the Administrative Agent. In addition, no Foreign Subsidiary may become a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower if any Lender that as a result thereof would
be obligated to lend to it may not at such time legally lend to such Foreign Subsidiary unless other arrangements in respect thereof have been made that are acceptable to such Lender.
8.2.3 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Defaulting Lenders shall not be entitled to vote (whether to consent or to withhold its
consent) with respect to any amendment, modification, termination or waiver and, for purposes of determining the Required Lenders, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Required Term A Lenders, the Required TLA/RC Lenders and the Required Term
B Lenders, the Commitments and the Aggregate Outstandings of such Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded, in each case except as provided in Section 2.17(b).
8.2.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, (a) this Agreement and any other Loan Document may
be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers to each relevant Loan Document (i) to add one or more credit facilities (in addition to the Incremental Term Loans
pursuant to Section 2.19) to this Agreement and to permit 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 Loans, the Term A Loans, the Term B Loans and the Incremental Term Loans 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 and Lenders; (b) Incremental Amendments may be executed and shall be effective in accordance with the terms of Section 2.19 when signed by the parties required under Section 2.19;
(c) only the consent of the Required TLA/RC Lenders shall be necessary to (and only the Required TLA/RC Lenders shall have the ability to) amend or waive any covenant set forth in Section 6.22 or 6.23 hereunder (or any defined term used
therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest or fees on any Loan or Facility Letter of Credit or to reduce any fee payable hereunder or permit an Advance to be made; (d) only the consent of the Lenders
holding more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the extensions of credit and unused Commitments under any Class of the Credit Facilities shall be necessary to amend or waive any condition to funding such Class of Credit Facilities set forth
herein; and (f) any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of the Lenders of one or more Classes (but not the Lenders of any other
Class), may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the requisite number or percentage in interest of each affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such
Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time.
8.2.5 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any
other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Company only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to cure any error, ambiguity,
omission, defect or inconsistency in order to more accurately reflect the intent of the parties, provided that (x) prior written notice of such proposed cure shall be given to the Lenders and (y) the Required Lenders do not object to such
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writing to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days of such notice. In connection with the addition of any Agreed Currency, the Administrative Agent and the Company may, without the
consent of any other party hereto, make such changes to this agreement as they deem necessary to reflect the addition of such Agreed Currency. In connection with any amendments required by or appropriate to effectuate Sections 6.28, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
and/or 17.5, the Administrative Agent and the Company may, without the consent of any other party hereto, make such changes to this Agreement as they deem necessary to reflect the changes required by such Sections.
8.2.6 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, (a) no modification or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement relating to the Administrative Agent shall be effective without the written consent of the Administrative Agent; (b) no modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement relating to the Swing Lender shall be effective
without the written consent of the Swing Lender; (c) no modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement relating to any Issuer shall be effective without the written consent of such Issuer; and (d) the Administrative Agent may
waive payment of the fee required under Section 13.1 without obtaining the consent of any other party to this Agreement.
8.2.7
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, guarantees, collateral documents and related documents executed by Loan Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent and may be, together with any other Loan Document, entered into, amended, supplemented or waived, without the consent of any other person, by the applicable Loan Party or Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, to (A) effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (B) as required by
local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable requirements of law, or (C) to cure ambiguities, omissions,
mistakes or defects or to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
8.3 Preservation of Rights. No delay or omission of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to exercise any right under the Loan
Documents shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and the making of a Loan notwithstanding the existence of a Default or the inability of the Borrowers to satisfy the conditions precedent to
such Loan shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the
terms, conditions or provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section 8.2, and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained
in the Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders until the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations in respect of which no claim has been made,
Hedging Obligations and Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements) have been paid in full.
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ARTICLE IX
GUARANTEE
9.1
Guarantee.
(a) The Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Secured Parties and their respective
successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Subsidiary Borrowers when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations owing by such Subsidiary
Borrowers.
(b) The Company further agrees to pay any and all reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, all reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel) which are paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender in enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against,
the Company under this Section 9.1 or, in the case of the Administrative Agent, obtaining advice of counsel in respect thereof. This Section shall remain in full force and effect until the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification
obligations in respect of which no claim has been made, Hedging Obligations and Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements) are paid in full and the Commitments are terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time prior thereto the
Borrowers may be free from any Obligations.
(c) No payment or payments made by any Borrower or any other Person or received or collected
by any Secured Party from any Borrower 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 the Company hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment or payments, remain liable hereunder for the Obligations until all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification
obligations in respect of which no claim has been made, Hedging Obligations and Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements) are paid in full and the Commitments are terminated.
(d) The Company agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to a Secured Party on account of its
liability under this Section 9.1, it will notify the Administrative Agent and such Secured Party in writing that such payment is made under this Section 9.1 for such purpose.
9.2 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by the Company hereunder, or any set-off or application of funds of
the Company by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Company shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of any Secured Party against the Borrowers or against any guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall the Company seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrowers in respect of payments made by the Company hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Secured
Parties by the Borrowers on account of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations in respect of which no claim has been made, Hedging Obligations and Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements) are paid in full and
the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to the Company on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations in respect of which no claim has been made,
Hedging Obligations and Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements) shall not have
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been paid in full, such amount shall be held by the Company in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of the Company, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by
the Company, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by the Company (duly endorsed by the Company to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such
order as Administrative Agent may determine. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment in full of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations in respect of which no claim
has been made, Hedging Obligations and Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements) and the termination of the Commitments.
9.3
Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights. The Company shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against the Company, and without notice to or further assent by the
Company, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders or as applicable another Secured Party may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders or as applicable another
Secured Party, and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any 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, the Required Lenders or as applicable another Secured Party, and any Loan Documents and any other documents executed
and delivered in connection with the Obligations may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, in accordance with the provisions thereof as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be) may deem
advisable from time to time, and any guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or as applicable another Secured Party for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or
released. None of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or as applicable another Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for this Agreement or
any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder against the Company, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or as applicable another Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on any other guarantor,
and any failure by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or as applicable another Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from any other guarantor or any release of the Borrowers or such other guarantor shall not relieve the
Company of its obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or as applicable another Secured Party against the
Company. For the purposes hereof demand shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
9.4
Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. The Company 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 any Secured Party upon this Agreement or acceptance of
this Agreement; 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 this Agreement; and all dealings among the Borrowers, on the one
hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other, shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Agreement. The Company waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or
nonpayment to or upon the Subsidiary Borrowers and the Company with respect to the Obligations. This Article IX shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity, regularity
or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any of the Obligations or any guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or as applicable another
Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance by any Borrower) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by any Borrower against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or as
applicable another Secured Party, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of any Borrower) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrowers for the
Obligations, or of the Company under this Section 9.4, in bankruptcy or in any other instance (other than a defense of payment or performance by the Borrowers). When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against the Company, the
Administrative Agent and any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against any Borrower or any other Person or against any guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect
thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or as applicable another Secured Party to pursue such other rights or remedies or
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to collect any payments from the Borrowers or any such other Person or to realize upon any such guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrowers or any such
other Person or of any such guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve the Company of any 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, any Lender or as applicable another Secured Party against the Company. This Article IX shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the Company and its successors
and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Secured Parties, and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, until all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations in respect of which no claim has
been made, Hedging Obligations and Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements) have been satisfied by payment in full and the Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of this Agreement the
Borrowers may be free from any Obligations. The obligations of the Company under this Article IX shall be joint and several with all obligations of all other Guarantors under any Guaranty at any time (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any
Guarantor that is an Excluded Subsidiary shall not be liable under any Guaranty for the Obligations of the Company or any other Domestic Loan Party, and provided further that no Guarantor shall have joint and several liability with respect to any
Excluded Swap Obligation of such Guarantor), and the Administrative Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion to pursue its remedies against any Guarantor without the need to pursue its remedies against any other Guarantor, whether now or
hereafter in existence, or against any one or more Guarantors separately or against any two or more jointly, or against some separately and some jointly.
9.5 Reinstatement. This Article IX shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any
part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or as applicable another Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization
of any Borrower or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, any Borrower or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been
made.
9.6 Payments. The Company hereby agrees that all payments required to be made by it hereunder will be made to the
Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in accordance with the terms of the Obligations, including, without limitation, in the currency in which payment is due.
ARTICLE X
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
10.1 Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in this
Agreement shall survive delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the Loans herein contemplated.
10.2 Governmental
Regulation. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to a Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or regulation.
10.3 Headings. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of
any of the provisions of the Loan Documents.
10.4 Entire Agreement; Integration. (a) The Loan Documents embody the entire
agreement and understanding among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders relating to the subject matter thereof
other than any separate letter agreements among any Borrower and any Arrangers and/or the Administrative Agent which survive the execution of the Loan Documents.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary (including Section 8.2), upon the Administrative Agents
request, the Company agrees to promptly execute and deliver such amendments to this Agreement as shall be necessary to
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implement any modifications pursuant to any separate letter agreements referenced in Section 10.4(a), and such amendments shall only require the consent of the Administrative Agent (acting
at the direction of the Arranger(s) required to effect such change under such letter agreements) and the Company.
10.5 Several
Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement. The respective obligations of the Lenders and Issuers hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender or Issuer shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to which the
Administrative Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender or Issuer to perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender or Issuer from any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be
construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.
10.6 Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) The Company shall reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses documented in reasonable detail (limited in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel and a single firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, in each case
acting for the foregoing collectively), upon presentation of a reasonably detailed statement of all such costs and expenses, paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates in connection with the
preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, syndication, review, amendment, modification, and administration (including, without limitation, preparation of the reports described below) of the Loan Documents (which, in the case of preparation,
negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents shall be limited to a single counsel and a single local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction), as well as all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the
Issuers in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of Facility Letters of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder. The Company also agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders for any
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (limited in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel and a single firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, in each case acting for the
foregoing collectively, plus in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the person affected by such conflict informs the Company of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such
affected person and, if necessary, of a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for such affected person) paid or incurred by the
Administrative Agent, any Issuer or any Lender in connection with the collection and enforcement of the Loan Documents.
(b) The Company
hereby further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuers, each Lender and the respective Related Parties of each of the foregoing (each such party, an Indemnitee) and hold them harmless from and
against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including without limitation, any reasonable and documented (in reasonable detail) legal fees and expenses (but limited in the case of legal fees and expenses, to a single firm
of counsel for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, of a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all such
Indemnitees, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnitee
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affected by such conflict informs the Company of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnitee and, if necessary, of a single firm
of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for such affected Indemnitee)) of any such Indemnitee to the extent arising out of, in connection with or as a
result of the Transactions, including, without limitation, the financings contemplated thereby, or any transactions connected therewith or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (regardless of whether any such Indemnitee is a party
thereto and regardless of whether such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by a third party or by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) to the extent related to any of the foregoing; provided that the foregoing
indemnity will not, as to any Indemnitee, apply to losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses to the extent they (a) are found in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the
willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties, (b) result from a claim brought by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries against such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties for material breach of such
Indemnitees or any of its Related Parties obligations hereunder if the Company or such Subsidiary has obtained a final and non-appealable judgment in its or its Subsidiarys favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction or (c) any dispute solely among Indemnitees or their respective Related Parties other than claims against any agent or arranger in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as agent or arranger or any similar role under the Credit
Facilities and other than claims to the extent arising out of any act or omission on the part of the Company or its Affiliates. This paragraph shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages
arising from any non-Tax claim. The obligations of the Company under this Section 10.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
10.7 Severability of Provisions. Any provision in any Loan Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any
jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to
this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared to be severable.
10.8 Nonliability of Lenders. The relationship between
the Borrowers and the Lenders, Issuers and the Administrative Agent shall be solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the Administrative Agent, Issuers nor any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to any Borrower. Neither the
Administrative Agent, Issuers nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility to any Borrower to review or inform any Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of such Borrowers business or operations. Each Borrower agrees that neither
the Administrative Agent, Issuers nor any Lender shall have liability to any Borrower (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by any Borrower in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, the
transactions contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, except to the extent it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and
non-appealable order that such losses resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or material breach of any of the Loan Documents by, the party from which recovery is sought. Neither the Administrative Agent Issuers nor any Lender
shall have any liability with respect to, and each Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue for, any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages suffered by the Borrowers in connection with, arising out of, or in any way
related to the Loan Documents, the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated thereby.
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10.9 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below),
except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is
made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and be instructed and agree to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or by applicable laws or regulations,
(iii) to the extent required by any subpoena or similar legal process, provided, however, to the extent permitted by applicable law and if practical to do so under the circumstances, that the Person relying on this clause
(iii) shall provide the Company with prompt notice of any such required disclosure so that the Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, and in the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, such
Person will furnish only that portion of the Information which is legally required, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative
transaction relating to the Borrowers and their obligations, (vii) as permitted by Section 13.2 hereof, (viii) with the consent of the Company or (ix) to the extent such Information (1) becomes publicly available other than
as a result of a breach of this Section or any agreement contemplated by this Section or (2) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuers or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company (and not in
breach of this Section or any agreement contemplated by this Section). For the purposes of this Section, Information means all information received from the Company or any Subsidiary relating to the Company or any Subsidiary or
their business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuer or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary and other than information pertaining to this
Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry. 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.
(b) EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 10.9(a) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL
NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL
NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
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(c) NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE
ISSUERS AND THE LENDERS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SOME OR ALL OF THE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 10.9(a) IS OR MAY BE PRICE SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND THAT THE USE OF SUCH INFORMATION MAY BE REGULATED OR PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LEGISLATION INCLUDING
SECURITIES LAWS RELATING TO INSIDER TRADING (UNDER THE GERMAN SECURITIES TRADING ACT (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz WpHG) OR OTHERWISE) AND EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUERS AND THE LENDERS
UNDERTAKES NOT TO USE ANY INFORMATION FOR ANY UNLAWFUL PURPOSE.
(d) ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND
AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE COMPANY OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS RELATED
PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE COMPANY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL
NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.
10.10 Nonreliance. Each Lender hereby
represents that it is not relying on or looking to any Margin Stock for the repayment of the Loans provided for herein.
10.11 USA
PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and address of the Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act.
10.12 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any
Loan or Facility Letter of Credit, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan or Facility Letter of Credit 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 or Facility Letter of Credit in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in
respect of such Loan or Facility Letter of Credit 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 or Facility Letter of Credit but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section 10.12 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender or Issuer in respect of other Loans or Facility Letter of
Credit 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 or Issuer.
ARTICLE XI
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
11.1 Appointment. Each of the Lenders and the Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative
Agent as its agent 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, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto.
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11.2 Rights as a Lender. The bank 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 such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any
kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
11.3
Limitation of Duties and Immunities. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be
subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any
discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby 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 necessary under the circumstances as required hereunder), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information
relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not
taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.2.1) or in the absence of its own gross negligence
or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Unmatured Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by a Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative
Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this
Agreement 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.
11.4 Reliance on Third Parties. 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 believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent 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 be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for a Borrower),
independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
11.5 Sub-Agents. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one
or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of
the preceding paragraphs 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. Without limiting the foregoing, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, or any successor-in-interest-thereto, may perform the Administrative
Agents functions with respect to Loans denominated in any Available Foreign Currency, including Swing Loans.
11.6 Successor
Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign upon 30 days notice by notifying the Lenders, the Issuers and the Company. Upon any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to
appoint a successor from among the Lenders that is a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the
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Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may,
on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder
by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent. Whether or not a successor has been appointed such resignation shall become effective in
accordance with the notice given by the Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same
as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the Administrative Agents resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.6 shall continue in effect for the
benefit of such retiring 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 while it was acting as Administrative
Agent.
11.7 Independent Credit Decisions. Each Lender and Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon
the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or Issuer and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuer further represents that
it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and each Lender and Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or
Issuer and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished
hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender and Issuer acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities.
11.8 Other Agents. Neither any of the Lenders identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent, Arranger, documentation agent and/or
co-agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as a Lender. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a
fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
11.9 Permitted Release of Collateral and Guarantors.
(a) Automatic Release. If any Collateral is the subject of a Disposition (other than to another Domestic Loan Party) which is permitted
under Section 6.14, the Liens in such Collateral granted under the Loan Documents shall automatically terminate with respect to such Collateral, and such Collateral will be disposed of free and clear of all such Liens.
(b) Written Release. The Administrative Agent is authorized to release of record, and shall release of record, any Liens encumbering
any Collateral that is the subject of a Disposition described in clause (a) above upon an authorized officer of the Company certifying in writing to the Administrative Agent that the proposed Disposition of Collateral is not to a Domestic Loan
Party and is permitted under Section 6.14. To the extent the Administrative Agent is required to execute any release documents in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall do so promptly upon request of
the Company without the consent or further agreement of any Secured Party. If the Disposition of Collateral is not permitted under or pursuant to the Loan Documents, the Liens encumbering the Collateral may only be released in accordance with the
other provisions of this Section 11.9 or the provisions of Section 8.2.
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(c) Other Authorized Release and Subordination. The Administrative Agent is irrevocably
authorized by the Secured Parties, without any consent or further agreement of any Secured Party to: (i) subordinate or release the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent to secure the Obligations with respect to any Property which is
permitted to be subject to a Lien of the type described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances and clauses (ii) and (vii) of Section 6.16, (ii) release the Administrative
Agents Liens upon the termination in full of the Commitments and the repayment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due, Hedging Obligations and Obligations in respect of Cash Management
Agreements); provided, that if as of the date of the requested release under clause (i): (A) any Borrower is subject to a proceeding of the type described in Section 7.6 or 7.7, or (B) the Administrative Agent is applying the
proceeds of Collateral in accordance with Section 2.10(b), then the Administrative Agent shall not release its Liens until the termination in full of the Commitments and the repayment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent
indemnification obligations not then due, Hedging Obligations and Obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements).
(d)
Authorized Release of Guarantors. If the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Company requesting the release of a Guarantor, certifying that the Administrative Agent is authorized to release
such Guarantor because (x) the Capital Stock issued by such Guarantor have been disposed of to a Person other than a Domestic Loan Party in a transaction permitted by Section 6.14 (or with the consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to
Section 8.2)) or (y) such Guarantor is no longer required to provide a guaranty pursuant to Section 2.18 (including, but not limited to, the release upon or after the Acquisition Closing Date of any Guarantor that is an Excluded
Subsidiary) then the Administrative Agent is irrevocably authorized by the Secured Parties, without any consent or further agreement of any Secured Party to release the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent to secure the Obligations in the
assets of such Guarantor and release such Guarantor from all obligations under the Loan Documents; provided that no such release shall occur if such Guarantor continues to be a guarantor in respect of any Senior Notes, New Senior Unsecured
Notes, if applicable, the Existing Loan Agreement (or any backstop facilities in replacement thereof) or any Indebtedness Refinancing of any of the foregoing. To the extent the Administrative Agent is required to execute any release documents in
accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall do so promptly upon request of the Company without the consent or further agreement of any Secured Party.
(e) Intercreditor Arrangements. The Administrative Agent is authorized to enter into any intercreditor or subordination agreement with
respect to Indebtedness that is (i) required or permitted to be subordinated hereunder and/or (ii) secured by Liens and which Indebtedness contemplates or would necessitate an intercreditor, subordination or collateral trust agreement (any
such agreement, an Additional Agreement), and the Secured Parties acknowledge that any Additional Agreement is binding upon them. Each Secured Party (a) agrees that it will be bound by, and will not take any action contrary to, the
provisions of any Additional Agreement and (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to enter into any Additional Agreement and to subject the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof.
11.10 Perfection by Possession and Control. The Administrative Agent hereby appoints each of the other Lenders to serve as bailee to
perfect the Administrative Agents Liens in any Collateral (other than deposit, securities or commodity accounts) in the possession of any such other Lender and each Lender possessing any such Collateral agrees to so act as bailee for the
Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof.
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11.11 Lender Affiliates Rights. By accepting the benefits of the Loan Documents, any
Person (other than a party hereto) (a non-Party Secured Party) that is owed any Obligation is bound by the terms of the Loan Documents. But notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any
Issuer nor any Loan Party shall be obligated to deliver any notice or communication required to be delivered to any Lender or Issuer under any Loan Documents to any non-Party Secured Party; and (b) no non-Party Secured Party that is owed any
Obligation shall be included in any voting determinations under the Loan Documents or entitled to consent to, reject, or participate in any manner in any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Document. The Administrative Agent shall
not have any liabilities, obligations or responsibilities of any kind whatsoever to any non-Party Secured Party who is owed any Obligation. The Administrative Agent shall deal solely and directly with the parties to the Loan Documents in connection
with all matters relating to the Loan Documents. The Obligation owed to any non-Party Secured Party that is an Affiliate of a Lender (or a Person that was a Lender at the time of designation of any such obligation as an Obligation) shall be
considered the Obligation of its related Lender for all purposes under the Loan Documents and such Lender shall be solely responsible to the other parties hereto for all the obligations of such Affiliate under any Loan Document.
11.12 Actions in Concert. Notwithstanding anything contained in any of the Loan Documents, each Borrower, the Administrative Agent and
each Lender and Issuer hereby agree that (A) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral under any Security Documents or to enforce the guarantee set forth in any Guaranty, it being understood and
agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under any Guaranty and the Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof and (B) in the event of a
foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Issuer may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative
Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Secured Party in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing), shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding
and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold in any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the
Administrative Agent at such sale.
ARTICLE XII
SETOFF; ADJUSTMENTS AMONG LENDERS
12.1 Setoff. In addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of the Lenders under applicable law, if any Default occurs and is
continuing, any and all deposits (including all account balances, whether provisional or final and whether or not collected or available) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by any Lender to or for the credit or account of any
Borrower may be offset and applied toward the payment of the Obligations owing to such Lender by such Borrower; provided, that if any Defaulting Lender shall exercise such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over
immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in
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accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it
exercised such right of setoff. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of
such setoff and application.
12.2 Ratable Payments. If any Lender, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it upon its
Obligations owing from a Borrower (other than payments received pursuant to Section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.6 or as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement) in a greater proportion than that received by any other Lender on its Obligations
owing from such Borrower, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase a portion of the Advances to such Borrower held by the other Lenders so that after such purchase each Lender will hold its ratable proportion of Advances to such
Borrower. If any Lender, whether in connection with setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or otherwise, receives any protection for its Obligations or such amounts which may be subject to setoff from or with respect to any Borrower,
such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to take such action necessary such that all Lenders share in the benefits of such protection ratably in proportion to their Obligations owing by such Borrower; provided, however, that no amount
received from or with respect to any Borrower shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Borrower. In case any such payment is disturbed by legal process, or otherwise, appropriate further adjustments shall be made.
ARTICLE XIII
BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
13.1 Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without
such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related
Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuers and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees, other than an
Ineligible Person or a Disqualified Lender, all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of any of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A) the Company, provided that no consent of the Company shall be
required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if a Default under Sections 7.2, 7.6 or 7.7 has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee, and provided, further, that the Company 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.
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(B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the
Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loans to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.
(C) the Issuers and the Swing Lender, provided that no consent of the Issuers or Swing Lender shall be required for
(x) an assignment of any Commitment to an assignee that is a Lender with a Commitment of the same Class immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment or (y) an assignment of a Loan or a Commitment under a Term Facility.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount
of the assigning Lenders Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of such Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment
is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 or in the case of the Term B Facility, $1,000,000, as applicable, unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such
consent of the Company shall be required if a Default under Sections 7.2, 7.6 or 7.7 has occurred and is continuing or if the assignment is to another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights
and obligations under this Agreement with respect to any Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment
shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and
(D) the assignee, if it has not already done so, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any tax forms required by
Section 3.4(f) and an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrowers and their related
parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignees compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
For the purposes of this Section 13.1, the term Approved Fund has the following meaning:
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Approved Fund means any Person (other than a natural person)
that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or
(c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, a Term B Lender may assign all or any portion of its Term B Loans hereunder to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, but only if (a) any such proposed purchase of Term B Loans shall be made pursuant to customary Dutch
auction procedures open to all Term B Lenders on a pro rata basis to terms to be agreed by the Administrative Agent (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (b) no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and
is continuing at the time of such assignment, (c) no proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility (or Existing Loan Agreement) are used to acquire such Term B Loans and (d) such Term B Loans are automatically and permanently cancelled
immediately upon the effectiveness of such assignment and are thereafter no longer be outstanding for any purpose hereunder.
(iv) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the
effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, subject to paragraph (d) of this Section, 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 Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
(subject to the requirements and limitations of Section 3.4) and 10.6 and the obligations of Section 10.9 with respect to Information (as defined in such Section) received by it while a Lender). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of
rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 13.1 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 paragraph
(c) of this Section.
(v) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers,
shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of and stated interest on the
Loans and Reimbursement Obligations 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 Borrowers, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuer and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by the Borrowers, the Issuer and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
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(vi) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by
an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required by Section 3.4(f) (unless the assignee shall already have provided such forms), the processing and recordation fee
referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained
therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee is a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the
Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this
paragraph.
(c) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuer or the Swing Lender, sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities, other than an Ineligible Person or, to the extent a list thereof has been posted by the Administrative Agent to all the Lenders, Disqualified Lenders (a Participant) in all or
a portion of such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain
unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely
and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole
right to enforce this Agreement and 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, modification or waiver described in the second proviso to Section 8.2.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (d) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.4(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.4(f) shall be delivered to the
participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, except as provided under Section 13.1(d). To the extent permitted by law, each
Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.1 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 12.2 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 Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts of and stated interest on each Participants interest in the Loans or
other obligations under the Loan Documents (the Participant Register); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any
information relating to a Participants 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
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in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such
participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant
Register.
(d) No Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.2 or 3.4 than the applicable Lender
would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable
participation. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations
to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking authority, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender
from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
13.2 Dissemination
of Information. Each Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose, solely in compliance with applicable laws, to any Participant or potential assignee or any other Person acquiring an interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each a
Transferee) and any prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lenders possession concerning the Loan Documents and the creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, provided that each Transferee
and prospective Transferee agrees to be bound by Section 10.9.
ARTICLE XIV
NOTICES
14.1
Notices. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 2.11 with respect to Borrowing Notices, all notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including electronic transmission, facsimile
transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such party:
(x) in the case of any Borrower to:
Diebold, Incorporated
5995 Mayfair Road
North
Canton, Ohio 44720-1507
Attention: Vice President & Assistant Treasurer
Telecopy No.: 330-490-6823
Telephone: 330-490-6713
E-mail: steve.wolgamott@diebold.com
with a copy to:
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Jones Day
222 East 41st Street
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Charles N. Bensinger III
Telecopy No.: 212-755-7306
Telephone: 212-326-3797
E-mail: cnbensinger@jonesday.com
(y) in the case of the Administrative Agent to:
For matters other than Foreign Currency Advances:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Address: 10 South Dearborn, Floor L2
Chicago, IL, 60603-2300, United States
Attention: Joyce King
Client
Processing Specialist
Telecopy No.: 1-888-303-9732
Telephone: 312-385-7025
Email:
jpm.agency.servicing.1@jpmorgan.com
For matters relating to Foreign Currency Advances:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, London Branch
Attn: Loan and Agency
25 Bank
Street,
Canary Wharf,
London, E14 5JP
U.K.
Telecopy: +44 (0) 207-777-2360
Email: loan_and_agency_london@jpmorgan.com
with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
Address: 10 South Dearborn, Floor L2
Chicago, IL, 60603-2300, United States
Attention: Joyce King
Client
Processing Specialist
Telecopy No.: 1-888-303-9732
Telephone: 312-385-7025
Email:
jpm.agency.servicing.1@jpmorgan.com
(z) in the case of any Lender, at its address, facsimile number or e-mail address set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire or as otherwise established pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption (and the related Administrative Questionnaire); or
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(aa) in the case of any party, at such other address, facsimile number or e-mail address as such
party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.1.
Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the
facsimile number specified in this Section and confirmation of receipt is received and during normal business hours, (ii) if given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed
as aforesaid, (iii) if given by electronic transmission, when transmitted and received (with an appropriate confirmation of receipt of delivery and during normal business hours), all pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent,
provided that the approval of such procedures may be modified or revoked by the Administrative Agent from time to time with reasonable prior notice to the Company and may be limited to particular notices or other communications, or (iv) if
given by any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section; provided that notices to the Administrative Agent under Article II shall not be effective until received.
14.2 Change of Address. Any Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any Lender may each change the address for service of notice upon it
by a notice in writing to the other parties hereto.
ARTICLE XV
COUNTERPARTS
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Except as provided in Section 4.1,
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 electronic mail message
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XVI
CHOICE OF LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION,
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, JUDGMENT CURRENCY
16.1 Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York; provided
that the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany shall govern in determining whether the Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Documents.
16.2 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO
A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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16.3 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. (a) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally:
(i) 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 arising out of or relating to
this Agreement, 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; provided, that nothing contained herein or in any other Loan Document will prevent any Lender, Issuer or the Administrative Agent from bringing any action to
enforce any award or judgment or exercise any right under the Security Documents or against any Collateral or any other property of any Loan Party in any other forum in which jurisdiction can be established;
(ii) 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 in any court referred to in paragraph (i) of this Section;
(iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered
or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to its address specified in Section 14.1, or (in the case of the Borrowers) at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified
pursuant thereto;
(iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner
permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction in which the defendant is domiciled; and
(v)
waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this subsection any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
(b) 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. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party hereto may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against any other
party or the property thereof in the courts of any jurisdiction where such party is domiciled. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of
such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each Subsidiary Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for
service of process in any proceeding referred to in Section 16.3(i) and agrees that service of process in any such proceeding may be made by mailing or delivering a copy thereof to it care of the Company at its address for notices set forth in
Section 14.1.
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16.4 Acknowledgments. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) no
fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, Issuers or Lenders is intended to be or has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent, Issuers or Lenders have advised or are advising the Loan Parties on other matters, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent, Issuers and Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan
Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith and therewith is solely that of creditor and debtor, (b) the Administrative Agent, Issuers and Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, have an arms length
business relationship that does not directly or indirectly give rise to, nor do the Loan Parties rely on, any fiduciary duty to the Loan Parties or their Affiliates on the part of the Administrative Agent, Issuers and Lenders, (c) the Loan
Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding, and the Loan Parties understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (d) the Loan Parties have been
advised that the Administrative Agent, Issuers and Lenders are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from the Loan Parties interests and that the Administrative Agent, Issuers and Lenders have no
obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Loan Parties, (e) the Loan Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent the Loan Parties have deemed appropriate in the negotiation,
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (f) each Administrative Agent, Issuer and Lender has been, is, and will be acting solely as a principal and, except as otherwise expressly agreed in writing by it and the
relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Loan Parties, any of their Affiliates or any other Person, (g) none of the Administrative Agent, Issuers or Lenders has any obligation to
the Loan Parties or their Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents except those obligations expressly set forth herein or therein or in any other express writing executed and delivered by
such Administrative Agent, Issuer or Lender and the Loan Parties or any such Affiliate and (h) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the
Administrative Agent, Issuers or Lenders or among the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, Issuers or Lenders.
16.5 Power of
Attorney. Each Subsidiary Borrower hereby grants to the Company an irrevocable power of attorney to act as its attorney-in-fact with regard to matters relating to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, including, without limitation,
execution and delivery of any amendments, supplements, waivers or other modifications hereto or thereto, receipt of any notices hereunder or thereunder and receipt of service of process in connection herewith or therewith. Each Subsidiary Borrower
hereby explicitly acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and each Lender have executed and delivered this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, and has performed its obligations under this Agreement and each other Loan
Document to which it is a party, in reliance upon the irrevocable grant of such power of attorney pursuant to this subsection. The power of attorney granted by each Subsidiary Borrower hereunder is coupled with an interest.
16.6 Judgment.
(a) If
for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in one currency into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, under applicable law that the
rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency in the city in which it normally conducts its foreign exchange operation
for the first currency on the Business Day preceding the day on which final judgment is given.
(b) The obligation of each Borrower in
respect of any sum due from it to any Lender hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the Judgment Currency) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
Agreement (the Agreement Currency), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender of any sum adjudged to be so due in the
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Judgment Currency such Lender may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of Agreement Currency so purchased is less
than the sum originally due to such Lender in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees notwithstanding any such judgment to indemnify such Lender against such loss, and if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased exceeds the sum
originally due to any Lender, such Lender agrees to remit to such Borrower such excess.
ARTICLE XVII
CERTAIN ADDITIONAL MATTERS
17.1 Replacement Facilities. It is intended that the Replacement Facilities will be implemented hereunder prior to the Acquisition
Closing Date by means of the Replacement Facilities Effective Date Documentation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, including Section 8.2, the Replacement Facilities Effective Date Documentation may make any amendments or
modifications to the Loan Documents in connection with the establishment of the Replacement Facilities with only the consent of the Company and the Administrative Agent (and no other Lender or Issuer) to the extent such amendments or modifications
(x) only relate to the Replacement Facilities or (y) are not materially adverse to the interests of the other Lenders hereunder, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
17.2 Escrow. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent agreed among the Company and the Arrangers, the Term B
Loans may be funded into escrow (the Escrow Funding) prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (while in escrow, the Escrow Term Loans) and the following terms shall apply to the Escrow Funding:
(i) The Company shall be the borrower of the Term B Loans funded into escrow.
(ii) Term B Loans shall be required to be repaid in full to the extent release from escrow does not occur on or prior to the
Mandatory Cancellation Date.
(iii) Interest on the Term B Loans shall accrue while such Term B Loans are in escrow in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Term B Loans shall otherwise be governed by the terms set out for such Term B Loans in this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
(iv) The Term B Commitments shall be reduced dollar for dollar by the gross principal amount of Term B Loans upon any funding
thereof into escrow.
(v) Any upfront fees (or original issue discount) in respect of the Term B Loans shall apply as of
the date the Term B Loans are funded into escrow; provided that while in escrow such Term B Loans shall be prepayable at the issue price thereof.
(vi) The maturity date of the Term B Loans will be as set for in the proviso to the definition of Term B Loan Maturity Date,
which for the avoidance of doubt, will be 7.5 years from the date of such funding into escrow, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
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(vii) Amortization payments on the Term B Loans set forth in
Section 2.2.3(a) shall only apply upon the release of the Term B Loans from escrow.
(viii) Substantially simultaneous
with the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 4.3, the Term B Loans shall be released from escrow to the Company.
(ix) Interest in respect of the Incremental Term Loans funded into escrow will not be required to be pre-funded (but for the
avoidance of doubt the Term B Loans funded into escrow and interest, fees and other amounts owing in respect thereof shall constitute Obligations hereunder).
(x) The call-protection set forth in Section 2.6.3 will apply from the date the Term B Loans are funded into escrow and
not the Acquisition Closing Date.
(xi) The proceeds of the Term B Loans will be placed into an escrow account or accounts
pending release on the Acquisition Closing Date pursuant to an escrow agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent and an escrow agent, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Arrangers;
provided that in any event the conditions for release of the proceeds from escrow shall not be more restrictive than the conditions set forth in Section 4.3 for the funding of the Term B Loans on the Acquisition Closing Date (it being
understood that such agreement may require a certificate from the Company to the escrow agent confirming such release conditions have been met). The Lenders and Issuers hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such escrow agreement.
(xii) While in escrow, the Indebtedness represented by the Term B Loans and the proceeds thereof shall not be included in
calculating the financial covenants in Sections 6.22 and 6.23 or any other financial ratios or incurrence tests hereunder and any applicable Indebtedness represented by the Term B Loans, any Liens on the escrow account and any proceeds therein and
any Investments thereof shall be permitted under Article VI hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent any New Senior Unsecured Notes are funded into escrow prior to the Acquisition Closing Date as separately agreed between the Company and
the Arrangers, the exclusions set forth in this clause (xii) shall also apply to the New Senior Unsecured Notes while the proceeds thereof remain in such escrow.
(xiii) The only conditions to funding the Term B Loans into escrow shall be that (a) the Execution Date shall have
occurred, (b) the applicable proceeds of the Term B Loans will substantially contemporaneously therewith be deposited into an escrow account or accounts subject to an escrow agreement as set forth in clause (xi) and (c) the Company
has delivered of a borrowing notice in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.3 (or such other procedures reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent). The Administrative Agent will notify the Term B Lenders of such
borrowing notice and each Term B Lender shall be required to make the proceeds of their Term B Loans available to the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date as set forth in Section 2.3.
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(xiv) Each Lender and Issuer consents to the terms of this Section 17.2 and
agrees to fund its Term B Loans into escrow as set forth herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, including Section 8.2, the Company and the Administrative Agent may make any changes to the Loan Documents with only the consent
of the Company and the Administrative Agent (and no other Lender or Issuer) to ensure this Agreement adequately reflects the nature of the Term B Loans while in escrow and adequately reflects such Term B Loans after release from escrow on the
Acquisition Closing Date, to the extent such amendments or modifications (y) only relate to the Term B Facility or (x) are not materially adverse to the interests of the other Lenders hereunder, as determined by the Administrative Agent in
its sole discretion.
17.3 Facility Sizing. In connection with the syndication of the Replacement Facilities, the Delayed Draw Term
A Facility and/or the Term B Facility, if agreed among the Arrangers and the Company, the amount of any such facility under this Agreement (each a Facility) may be increased in an aggregate amount for all such Facility increases not in
excess of $100,000,000. Such increased amount shall be on the same terms as the remaining portion of the Facility and shall be documented pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Arrangers,
executed by the Company and the Administrative Agent, without the consent of any other party hereto.
17.4 Bifurcation. For
the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the Foreign Obligations shall be separate and distinct from the Domestic
Obligations, and shall be expressly limited to the Foreign Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that (a) the liability of any Foreign Loan Party for the payment and performance of its
covenants, representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be several from but not joint with the Domestic Obligations, (b) no Foreign Loan Party shall guarantee the Domestic Obligations, and
(c) no Collateral, if any, of any Foreign Loan Party shall secure or be applied in satisfaction, by way of payment, prepayment, or otherwise, of all or any portion of the Domestic Obligations.
17.5 Acquisition Cancellation. If a Mandatory Cancellation Event occurs prior to the Acquisition Closing Date (a) the covenant set
forth in Section 6.18 shall automatically be deemed modified so that it only limits Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors and the covenants in Sections 6.9, 6.10, 6.19, 6.25, 6.26, 6.27, 6.29 and 6.31 shall
automatically cease to apply, (b) the covenant in Section 6.22 shall automatically be modified to prohibit the Total Net Leverage Ratio to exceed 3.5: 1.0 with no step downs in such ratio and on the terms otherwise set forth in such
Section 6.22, (c) the covenant in Section 6.23 shall automatically be modified to prohibit the Interest Coverage Ratio to exceed 5.0: 1.0 on the terms otherwise set forth in such Section 6.23 and (d) the mandatory prepayment
requirements set forth in Section 2.6.5 shall automatically cease to apply.
[Signatures on the following pages]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
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DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED |
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By: |
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/s/ Christopher A. Chapman |
Print Name: Christopher A. Chapman |
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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DIEBOLD SELF-SERVICE SOLUTIONS
S.AR.L., as a Subsidiary Borrower |
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By: |
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/s/ Jonathan B. Leiken |
Print Name: Jonathan B. Leiken |
Title: Authorized Signatory] |
Signature Page to Credit Agreement
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as a Lender |
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By: |
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/s/ Lisa Whatley |
Print Name: Lisa Whatley |
Title: Managing Director |
Signature Page to
Credit Agreement
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH as a Syndication Agent and as a Lender |
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By: |
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/s/ Bill ODaly |
Print Name: Bill ODaly |
Title: Authorized Signatory |
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By: |
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/s/ Max Wallins |
Print Name: Max Wallins |
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to
Credit Agreement
Exhibit 10.2
Execution version
DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED
BRIDGE CREDIT
AGREEMENT
dated as of November 23, 2015
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
and
THE LENDERS PARTY
HERETO
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
and
CREDIT SUISSE
SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Syndication Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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1 |
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1.1 |
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Defined Terms |
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1 |
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1.2 |
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Rules of Construction |
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1.3 |
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Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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1.4 |
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[Reserved] |
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1.5 |
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Foreign Currency Calculations |
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ARTICLE II THE CREDITS |
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2.1 |
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Commitments |
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2.2 |
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Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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2.3 |
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Procedures for Borrowing Loans |
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2.4 |
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Termination or Reduction |
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2.5 |
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Fees |
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2.6 |
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Optional and Mandatory Principal Payments |
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2.7 |
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Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances |
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2.8 |
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Interest Rates, Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis |
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2.9 |
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Rates Applicable After Default |
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2.10 |
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Pro Rata Payment, Method of Payment; Proceeds of the Guaranty |
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2.11 |
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Telephonic Notices |
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2.12 |
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Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions |
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2.13 |
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Lending Installations |
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2.14 |
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Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent |
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2.15 |
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[Reserved] |
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2.16 |
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[Reserved] |
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50 |
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2.17 |
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Defaulting Lenders |
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2.18 |
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Guaranties |
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2.19 |
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Permanent Refinancing; Option to Exchange Initial Bridge Loans for Exchange Notes |
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2.20 |
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Inability to Determine Rates |
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ARTICLE III CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES, TAXES |
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3.1 |
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[Reserved] |
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3.2 |
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Increased Costs |
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3.3 |
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Break Funding Payments |
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3.4 |
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Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up |
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3.5 |
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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4.1 |
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Execution Date |
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4.2 |
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Acquisition Closing Date |
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4.3 |
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Actions by Lenders During the Certain Funds Period |
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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5.1 |
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Corporate Existence and Standing |
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5.2 |
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Authorization and Validity |
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5.3 |
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No Conflict; Government Consent |
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5.4 |
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Financial Statements |
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5.5 |
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Material Adverse Change |
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5.6 |
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Taxes |
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5.7 |
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Litigation and Guarantee Obligations |
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5.8 |
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Subsidiaries |
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5.9 |
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ERISA |
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5.10 |
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Accuracy of Information |
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5.11 |
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Regulations T, U and X |
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5.12 |
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Use of Proceeds |
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5.13 |
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Compliance With Laws; Properties |
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5.14 |
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Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions |
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5.15 |
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Environmental Matters |
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5.16 |
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Investment Company Act |
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5.17 |
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[Reserved] |
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5.18 |
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Insurance |
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5.19 |
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Ownership of Properties |
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5.20 |
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Labor Controversies |
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5.21 |
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Burdensome Obligations |
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5.22 |
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Patriot Act |
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5.23 |
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Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions |
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[Reserved] |
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5.25 |
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Solvency |
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Business Combination Agreement; Non-Tender Documents |
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS |
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6.1 |
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Financial Reporting |
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Use of Proceeds |
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6.3 |
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Notice of Default |
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6.4 |
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Conduct of Business |
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6.5 |
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Taxes |
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6.6 |
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Insurance |
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6.7 |
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Compliance with Laws |
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6.8 |
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Properties; Inspection |
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6.9 |
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Further Assurances, Etc. |
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6.10 |
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Maintenance of Ratings |
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6.11 |
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Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control |
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6.12 |
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Guaranties |
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6.13 |
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Merger; Consolidations; Fundamental Changes |
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6.14 |
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Sale of Assets |
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6.15 |
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Investments and Acquisitions |
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6.16 |
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Liens |
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6.17 |
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Affiliates |
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6.18 |
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Indebtedness |
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6.19 |
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Negative Pledge Clauses |
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6.20 |
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Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions |
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6.21 |
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Hedging Agreements |
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6.22 |
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6.23 |
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[Reserved] |
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6.24 |
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Receivables Indebtedness |
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6.25 |
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Restricted Payments |
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6.26 |
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Certain Payments of Indebtedness |
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6.27 |
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Amendments to Organizational Documents |
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6.28 |
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Additional Covenants |
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6.29 |
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The Offer, the Acquisition and Related Matters |
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6.30 |
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Designation of Certain Subsidiaries |
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ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS |
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ARTICLE VIII ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES |
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8.1 |
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Acceleration |
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8.2 |
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Amendments |
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8.3 |
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Preservation of Rights |
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ARTICLE IX [RESERVED] |
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ARTICLE X GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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10.1 |
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Survival of Representations |
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10.2 |
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Governmental Regulation |
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10.3 |
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Headings |
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10.4 |
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Entire Agreement; Integration |
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10.5 |
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Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement |
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10.6 |
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Expenses; Indemnification |
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10.7 |
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Severability of Provisions |
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10.8 |
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Nonliability of Lenders |
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10.9 |
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Confidentiality |
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Nonreliance |
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10.11 |
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USA PATRIOT Act |
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10.12 |
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Interest Rate Limitation |
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ARTICLE XI THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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11.1 |
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Appointment |
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11.2 |
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Rights as a Lender |
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11.3 |
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Limitation of Duties and Immunities |
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11.4 |
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Reliance on Third Parties |
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11.5 |
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Sub-Agents |
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11.6 |
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Successor Agent |
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11.7 |
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Independent Credit Decisions |
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11.8 |
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Other Agents |
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11.9 |
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Permitted Release of Guarantors |
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11.10 |
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[Reserved] |
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11.11 |
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Lender Affiliates Rights |
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11.12 |
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Actions in Concert |
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ARTICLE XII SETOFF; ADJUSTMENTS AMONG LENDERS |
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12.1 |
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Setoff |
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12.2 |
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Ratable Payments |
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ARTICLE XIII BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS |
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13.1 |
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Successors and Assigns |
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Dissemination of Information |
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ARTICLE XIV NOTICES |
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14.1 |
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Notices |
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14.2 |
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Change of Address |
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ARTICLE XV COUNTERPARTS |
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ARTICLE XVI CHOICE OF LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION, WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, JUDGMENT CURRENCY |
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16.1 |
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Choice of Law |
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16.2 |
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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16.3 |
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Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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16.4 |
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Acknowledgments |
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16.5 |
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16.6 |
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Judgment |
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Other Matters |
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A |
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ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT B |
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EXHIBIT C |
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NOTE |
EXHIBIT D |
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TAX CERTIFICATE |
EXHIBIT E |
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SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE |
EXHIBIT F |
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
EXHIBIT G |
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EXCHANGE INDENTURE TERMS |
EXHIBIT H |
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENTS TERMS |
SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE 1.1(a) |
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COMMITMENTS |
SCHEDULE 1.1(b) |
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INTEGRATED SERVICE CONTRACT DEBT |
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LITIGATION |
SCHEDULE 5.8 |
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SUBSIDIARIES |
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LIENS |
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INDEBTEDNESS |
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BRIDGE CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS BRIDGE CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of November 23, 2015, is among DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED, an Ohio
corporation (the Company), the lenders from time to time parties hereto (the Lenders), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Acquisition
means the initial acquisition by AcquisitionCo (and/or, if applicable, the Company) of a number of shares in the Target which represent (after taking into account any treasury shares held by the Target subject to the Non-Tender Agreement) at least
75% of the voting rights in the Target via a tender offer completed pursuant to the Acquisition Documentation.
AcquisitionCo means Diebold Holding Germany Incorporated & Co. KGaA a German partnership limited by shares
(Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien - KGaA) that is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and whose general partner is the Company.
Acquisition Closing Date means the first date on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.3 are satisfied
or waived in accordance with Section 8.2.
Acquisition Documentation means, collectively, the Offer Documentation
and the Business Combination Agreement.
Adjusted LIBO Rate means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Advance and for
each Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period divided by (b) one minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as a decimal)
applicable to such Interest Period.
Administrative Agent means JPMorgan Chase in its capacity as contractual
representative of the Lenders pursuant to Article XI, and not in its individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Article XI.
Administrative Questionnaire means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by or otherwise acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
Advance means a borrowing hereunder (or conversion or continuation thereof) consisting of the
aggregate amount of the several Loans of the same Type and further, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, for the same Interest Period, made by the Lenders on the same Borrowing Date (or converted or continued by the Lenders on the same date of
conversion or continuation).
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Affiliate of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of Capital Stock, by contract or otherwise.
Agents means,
collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Syndication Agent.
Aggregate Commitments means the
aggregate amount of the Commitments of all Lenders.
Aggregate Outstandings means as at any date of determination with
respect to any Lender, the sum of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lenders Loans on such date.
Agreed
Currency has the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Agreement is defined in the recitals hereto.
Agreement Currency is defined in Section 16.6.
Alternate Base Rate means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such
day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on
such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided, that notwithstanding the rate calculated in accordance with the foregoing, at no time shall the Alternate Base Rate be less than
2.00% per annum. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the
Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
Anti-Corruption Laws means all laws, rules, and
regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries from time to time primarily or in any material manner concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977 and the United Kingdom Bribery Act of 2010.
Applicable Margin means, as of the Acquisition
Closing Date, 6.75% per annum, with such margin increasing by 0.50% per annum on the last day of each three-month period after the Acquisition Closing Date.
Approved Fund has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.1.
Arranger Fee Letter means that certain Arranger Fee Letter related to this Agreement, entered into by the Company and dated
November 23, 2015.
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Arrangers means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC.
Article means an article of this Agreement unless another document is specifically referenced.
Asset Sale Prepayment Event means any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property (excluding any
such Disposition permitted by Section 6.14 other than clauses (vi), (xvi) and, except to the extent proceeds are received and used prior to the Acquisition Closing Date to repay Senior Notes, clause (xv)) that yields gross proceeds to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of
$15.0 million, provided that all such Dispositions excluded under such de-minimis exception (including any Recovery Events excluded pursuant to the definition thereof) shall not exceed $50.0 million in any fiscal year of the Company.
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of
any party whose consent is required by Section 13.1), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Authorized Officer means, with respect to the Company, any of the president, the chief executive officer, any Designated
Financial Officer or the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company or any other Person designated by any of the foregoing in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time to act on behalf of the Company which designation has not been
rescinded in writing, in each case acting singly, provided that two Authorized Officers shall be required to modify the wiring instructions for any Advance.
Available Amount has the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in
effect on the date hereof).
BaFin means the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für
Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht).
Bankruptcy Event means, with respect to any Lender or a Parent of any Lender, such
Lender or Parent becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or
liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment,
provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of (x) any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Lender or Parent by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof or
(y) in the case of a solvent Lender and Parent, the precautionary appointment of an administrator, guardian or custodian or similar official by a Governmental Authority under or based on the law of the country where such Lender or Parent is
organized if the applicable law of such jurisdiction requires that such appointment not be publicly disclosed; provided, further, that such ownership interest or
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appointment does not result in or provide such Lender or Parent 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 Parent (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Lender or Parent.
Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreement means an agreement between the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and a financial
institution providing for foreign and/or domestic revolving credit facilities, and/or the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees and/or similar obligations which agreement has been designated in writing as a Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreement by the
Company to the Administrative Agent, which designation shall include a certification as to the maximum principal exposure amount permitted under such agreement and a designation as to the amount of such maximum exposure amount that shall constitute
Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt the Company may rescind such designation (or deliver a certificate certifying as to a modified amount of such maximum exposure amount that shall constitute Obligations) by written notice to the Administrative
Agent. On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, it is agreed that Liens on Collateral securing Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreements, whether or not constituting Obligations, shall be required to be secured pursuant to Section 6.16(xviii) and/or (xix).
Prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreements shall be required to be outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18(xxii).
Blocked Account Agreement means a blocked account agreement between Deutsche Bank AG, the Company, Target and Wincor
Nixdorf Facility GmbH in customary form.
Board of Directors means: (1) with respect to a corporation, the board
of directors of the corporation or such directors or committee serving a similar function; (2) with respect to a limited liability company, the board of managers of the company or such managers or committee serving a similar function;
(3) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership; and (4) with respect to any other Person, the managers, directors, trustees, board or committee of such Person or its owners serving a
similar function.
Borrowing Date means any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to Section 2.3, as a date
on which the Company requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
Borrowing Notice is defined in Section 2.3.
Bridge Facility means the Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
Business Combination Agreement means the Business Combination Agreement dated November 23, 2015 (including all
exhibits, schedules, annexes and other attachments thereto) among the Company and Target.
Business Day means any day
that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or Chicago are authorized or required by law to remain closed; the term Business Day shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for
general business in London.
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Capital Stock means (i) in the case of any corporation, all capital stock
and any securities exchangeable for or convertible into capital stock and any warrants, rights or other options to purchase or otherwise acquire capital stock or such securities or any other form of equity securities, (ii) in the case of an
association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership
interests (whether general or limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
Capitalized Lease of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance
sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Capitalized Lease Obligations of a Person means the amount of
the obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Cash Equivalents means (i) Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Swiss Francs, Pounds Sterling, Japanese Yen, Euros, any national
currency of any participating member state of the EMU and any other Agreed Currencies; (ii) securities issued directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof), (iii) Dollar denominated time deposits, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, overnight bank deposits and bankers acceptances of any domestic or
foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of
non-U.S. banks (any such bank, an Approved Lender), (iv) commercial paper issued by any Lender or Approved Lender or by the parent company of any Lender or Approved Lender, commercial paper
with a short-term commercial paper rating of at least investment grade or the equivalent thereof, marketable short-term money market and similar funds of at least investment grade or the equivalent thereof,
(v) investment grade bonds and preferred stock of investment grade companies, including but not limited to municipal bonds, corporate bonds, treasury bonds, etc., (vi) readily marketable direct obligations issued by (x) any state,
commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or (y) any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality, in each case of at least investment grade or the
equivalent thereof, (vii) foreign Investments that are of similar type of, and that have a rating comparable to, any of the Investments referred to in the preceding clauses (i) through (vi) above, (viii) investments in money
market funds substantially all the assets of which are comprised of securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (vii) above and (ix) other securities and financial instruments which offer a security comparable to those
listed above.
Cash Management Agreement means any agreement providing cash management services for collections,
treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services), any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account
relationships, commercial credit cards, merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds transfer services, lockbox
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services, stop payment services and wire transfer services that is in effect on the Execution Date or thereafter and is by and among the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and a Cash
Management Bank; provided that, any Cash Management Agreement may be designated in writing by the Company and such Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be a Cash Management Agreement.
Cash Management Bank means the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Affiliate thereof that is a party to a Cash
Management Agreement with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person that was the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate thereof at the time it entered into a Cash Management Agreement with the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
Certain Funds Advances is defined in Section 4.6(a).
Certain Funds Commitments is defined in Section 4.6(a).
Certain Funds Event of Default means the occurrence of a Change of Control or a Default arising from any of the following
provisions (but excluding in any event, Defaults with respect to the Target Group):
(a) a Default in respect of the
failure of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to observe or perform any covenant or agreement applicable thereto contained in (i) Section 6.2 (Use of Proceeds), Section 6.4 (Conduct of Business); Section 6.7 (Compliance with
Laws); Section 6.13 (Merger); Section 6.14 (Sale of Assets); Section 6.15 (Investments and Acquisitions); Section 6.16 (Liens); Section 6.18 (Indebtedness); Section 6.19 (Negative Pledge Clauses); Section 6.20
(Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions); Section 6.25 (Restricted Payments); Section 6.26 (Certain Payments of Indebtedness); Section 6.27 (Amendments to Organizational Documents); Section 6.29 (the Offer, the
Acquisition, and Related Matters) (but in the case of Section 6.29, not clauses (e)(iii) or (iv) thereto, and not, on or prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, clauses (f), (h) or (j) thereto); or
(b) Sections 7.2, 7.6, 7.7, or 7.12;
Certain Funds Period means the period commencing on the Execution Date and ending on the first date on which a Mandatory
Cancellation Date occurs or exists.
Certain Funds Purposes means (i) payment of the cash price payable by Company
(or as applicable, AcquisitionCo) (x) to the holders of the Target Shares in consideration for the acquisition of such Target Shares and (y) for the treasury shares of Target, in each case, being acquired (directly or indirectly) by
Company (or as applicable, AcquisitionCo); (ii) payment (directly or indirectly) of any cash payments required for the acquisition or settlement of any options over Target Shares; (iii) financing (directly or indirectly) the fees, costs
and expenses in respect of the Transactions; (iv) the Existing Company Debt Refinancing, (v) the Target Refinancing and the refinancing of other Indebtedness of the Target; and (vi) (x) down-streaming of cash to AcquisitionCo for
such purposes or (y) depositing cash in escrow to the extent release thereof is limited to use for any such purposes.
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Certain Funds Representations means each of the following: Section 5.1
(with respect to the Company and the Guarantors); Section 5.2 (with respect to enforceability of the Loan Documents); Section 5.3 (with respect to no conflicts between the Loan Documents and the organizational documents of the Company and
the Guarantors); Section 5.11; Section 5.12; Section 5.16; Section 5.22; Section 5.23; Section 5.25 (with respect to the Acquisition Closing Date, immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the
Acquisition Closing Date); and Section 5.26.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement
of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rules, guideline, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all
requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and 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, issued or implemented.
Change of Control means (i) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be Continuing
Directors; or (ii) any Person, including a group (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) which includes such Person, shall purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or
indirectly, beneficial ownership of Voting Stock of the Company and, as a result of such purchase or acquisition, any such Person (together with its Affiliates), shall directly or indirectly beneficially own in the aggregate Voting Stock
representing more than 30% of the combined voting power of the Companys Voting Stock.
Change of Control Offer
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.11(a).
Change of Control Prepayment has the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 6.11(a).
Charges is defined in Section 10.12.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time.
Commitment means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Initial Bridge Loans to the Company hereunder, expressed as an
amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Initial Bridge Loans to be made by such Lender under this Agreement, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time pursuant to Sections 2.4, 13.1 or any other applicable provisions
hereof. The initial amount of each Lenders Commitment is set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) under the caption Commitment or, otherwise, in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as
the case may be. The initial aggregate amount of the Commitment as of the Execution Date is $500,000,000.
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Commitment and Acceptance is defined in Section 2.19.
Commitment Parties means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and such other financial institutions that become party to that certain commitment letter entered into by the Company, related to this agreement, and dated November 23, 2015, or the Arranger Fee Letter.
Company is defined in the preamble hereto.
Compliance Certificate is defined in Section 6.1(iv).
Condemnation is defined in Section 7.8.
Consolidated Net Income means as of any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period determined in conformity with GAAP.
Continuing Directors means individuals who at the
beginning of any period of two consecutive calendar years constituted the board of directors of the Company, together with any new directors whose election by such board of directors or whose nomination for election was approved by a vote of at
least a majority of the members of such board of directors then still in office who either were members of such board of directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved.
Controlled Group means all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control which, together with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
Conversion/Continuation Notice is defined in Section 2.7.
Credit Party means the Administrative Agent or any other Lender.
Credit Parties means the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, collectively.
Cumulative Companys ECF Share has the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as such
agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Default means an event described in Article VII.
Defaulting Lender means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or
paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans or (ii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing
that such failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically
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identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect,
that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lenders good faith determination that a condition
precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three
Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such
obligations) to fund prospective Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Partys receipt of such certification in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.
Demand
Failure Event has the meaning assigned to such term in the Arranger Fee Letter.
Designated Financial Officer
means, with respect to the Company, its chief financial officer, director of treasury services, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or any position similar to any of the foregoing.
Disposition means with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or
other disposition thereof. The terms Dispose and Disposed of shall have correlative meanings.
Disqualified Equity Interests means any Equity Interest that by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity
Interest 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, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable at the
option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (c) provides for scheduled payments of dividends in cash or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interest that would constitute
Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, on or prior to the 91st day following the Latest Maturity Date; provided that (i) any Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because the holders thereof have the
right to require the Company to repurchase such Disqualified Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests if the terms of such Equity Interests (and all securities into
which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable) provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Equity Interests (and all securities into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable) pursuant to such
provision unless the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification claims) are fully satisfied prior thereto or simultaneously therewith and (ii) only the portion of the Equity Interests meeting one of the foregoing clauses
(a) through (d) prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date will be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (A) if such Equity Interest is issued
pursuant to any plan for the benefit of directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants or by any such plan to such directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants, in each case in the
ordinary course of business of the Company or any
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Restricted Subsidiary, such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the issuer thereof in order to satisfy
applicable statutory or regulatory obligations, and (B) no Equity Interest held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager, member of management or consultant (or their respective Affiliates or immediate family
members) of the Company (or any Subsidiary) shall be considered Disqualified Equity Interests because such stock is redeemable or subject to repurchase pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option, stock appreciation right
or other stock award agreement, stock ownership plan, put agreement, stockholder agreement or similar agreement that may be in effect from time to time.
Disqualified Lender means (a) banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders separately identified in
writing by the Company to the Administrative Agent prior to the Execution Date, (b) any competitors of the Company, the Target or their respective Subsidiaries that were separately identified in writing by the Company to the Administrative
Agent prior to the Execution Date, and (c) in the case of each of the entities covered by clauses (a) and (b), any of their Affiliates (other than bona fide debt funds) that are either (i) identified in writing by the Company to the
Administrative Agent from time to time or (ii) clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliates name. In no event shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any prospective assignee is a
Disqualified Lender or have any liability with respect to any assignment made to a Disqualified Lender.
Dollar Equivalent
Amount of any currency at any date shall mean (i) the amount of such currency if such currency is in Dollars or (ii) the Equivalent Amount of Dollars if such currency is any currency other than Dollars as determined pursuant to
Section 1.5.
Dollars, U.S. Dollars and $ means lawful currency of the
United States of America.
Domestic Loan Party means a Loan Party that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries means any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
Domestic Subsidiary means each present and future Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
Domination Agreement means a domination agreement (Beherrschungvertrag in the meaning of Sec 291(1) of the German
Stock Corporation Act) among AcquisitionCo (or the Company or any other of its direct or indirect Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries), the Target and the other parties thereto.
Domination Agreement Effective Date means the initial date on which the Domination Agreement is effective.
Drop Dead Date means November 21, 2016.
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EBIT means, for any period, the sum of:
(a) the Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined in conformity with GAAP
plus, each of the following to the extent not duplicative of amounts included in determining Consolidated Net Income:
(b) Taxes based on income, profits or capital for such period, including, without limitation, state franchise and similar Taxes and foreign
withholding Taxes, and Interest Expense (without, however, giving effect to the proviso to the definition thereof), and any extraordinary or non-recurring losses and charges and any non-cash losses and non-cash charges and related tax effects in
accordance with GAAP; plus
(c) net income of the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable to the minority equity
interests in the Target after the Acquisition (calculated for the applicable period on a Pro Forma Basis as if the Acquisition had occurred on the first day of such period), it being understood any such increases pursuant to this clause
(c) shall only be available subject to the consummation of the Acquisition and not in contemplation thereof; plus
(d) (i)
fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any taxes paid in connection therewith and retention payments in respect of the Target) incurred in connection with the Acquisition or Future Acquisitions, (ii) non-recurring costs,
charges and expenses relating to (x) the exercise of options and (y) stock issued by Target or the target of a Future Acquisition, (iii) any fees, costs, expenses or charges related to any equity offering, Future Acquisition,
Disposition or other Investment permitted hereunder, recapitalization or incurrence or amendments of Indebtedness permitted to be made under this Agreement (whether or not successful) and (iv) any costs or expenses incurred by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded
with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or Net Cash Proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Company; plus
(e) any loss realized as a result of the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles; plus
(f) any fees, expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions or insurance in connection
with any Future Acquisition, Disposition, Investment, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted hereunder, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Company has made a determination that a reasonable basis
exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the
extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days); plus
(g) synergies and cost-savings of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries related to operational changes, restructuring, reorganizations, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and similar restructuring initiatives (Synergies) and non-recurring costs, charges,
accruals, reserves or expenses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
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attributable or related to such Synergies (Costs of Synergies), in each case relating to the Acquisition (it being understood any such increases pursuant to this clause
(g) shall only be available subject to the consummation of the Acquisition and not in contemplation thereof), in each case, that are set forth in a certificate of a Designated Financial Officer of the Company and that are factually supportable
(in the good faith determination of the Company, as certified in the applicable certificate) and, in the case of Synergies, are reasonably anticipated by the Company in good faith to result from actions taken or with respect to which substantial
steps have been taken or are expected to be taken, or in the case of Costs of Synergies, such costs or expenses are incurred, in each case within 24 months following the consummation of the Acquisition (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and net of the
amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions to the extent already included in consolidated net income for such period); provided that the aggregate amount of Synergies added back in reliance on this clause
(g) in any four-fiscal quarter period shall not exceed $160,000,000; plus
(h) Synergies and Costs of Synergies, in each case
relating to any Future Acquisition, any Disposition by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business or any initiatives relating to restructuring, reorganization, operating expense reductions, operating
improvements and similar restructuring initiatives enacted after the date hereof (it being understood any such increases pursuant to this clause (h) related to a Future Acquisition or Disposition shall only be available subject to the
consummation of the Future Acquisition or Disposition and not in contemplation thereof), in each case, that are set forth in a certificate of a Designated Financial Officer of the Company and that are factually supportable (in the good faith
determination of the Company, as certified in the applicable certificate) and, in the case of Synergies, are reasonably anticipated by the Company in good faith to result from actions taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken
or are expected to be taken within 18 months following the consummation of the Future Acquisition or Disposition or the decision implement such restructuring initiative (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and net of the amount of actual benefits
realized during such period from such actions to the extent already included in consolidated net income for such period); provided that the aggregate amount added back in reliance on this clause (h) in any four-fiscal quarter period
shall not exceed 10% of EBITDA for such four-fiscal quarter period (calculated before giving effect to any addbacks and adjustments in this clause (h) and in clauses (g) above and (i) below); plus
(i) non-recurring costs, charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable or related to operational changes, restructuring,
reorganizations, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and similar restructuring initiatives incurred by the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to March 31, 2016 that are set forth in a certificate of a Designated
Financial Officer of the Company and are factually supportable (in the good faith determination of the Company, as certified in the applicable certificate), it being understood any such increases pursuant to this clause (i) shall only be
available subject to the consummation of the Acquisition and not in contemplation thereof; provided that the aggregate amount of all amounts added back in reliance on this clause (i) in any four-fiscal quarter period shall not exceed
80 million; plus
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minus, each of the following to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income (without
duplication):
(j) (i) the income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) in which any Person
other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has a joint interest or a partnership interest or other ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually paid to or otherwise received in cash by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, (ii) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or that Persons assets are acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except as provided in the definitions of EBIT and Pro Forma Basis herein, (iii) the income (or loss)
attributable to any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, except to the extent that any such income is actually paid to or otherwise received in cash by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company during such period; (iv) gains (or
losses) from the sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition of property or assets not in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and related tax effects in accordance with GAAP, (v) any other
extraordinary or non-recurring gains or other income not from the continuing operations of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, any non-cash gains for such period, and in each case, related tax effects in accordance with GAAP and
(vi) the income of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than Restricted Subsidiaries which are not material in the aggregate as agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative Agent and other than the Target and its
Subsidiaries prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date) to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of
its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary; minus
(k) net loss of the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable to the minority equity interests in the Target after the Acquisition
(calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), it being understood any such decreases pursuant to this clause (k) shall be subject to the consummation of the Acquisition and not in contemplation thereof; minus
(l) without duplication, the aggregate amount of cash payments made during such period in respect of any non-cash accrual, reserve or other
non-cash charge or expense accounted for in a prior period which were added to Consolidated Net Income to determine EBIT for such prior period and which do not otherwise reduce Consolidated Net Income for the current period; minus
(m) any gain realized as a result of the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles.
For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall be calculated as set forth in Section 1.2
EBITDA means, for any period, the sum of (a) EBIT for such period plus (b) to the extent deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, all amounts attributable to depreciation expense and amortization expense (including amortization of intangibles, deferred financing fees and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and
other post-employment benefits, but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), in each case, determined in accordance with GAAP.
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EMU means the European 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 Union for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of
the Euro in one or more member states of the European Union.
Environmental Laws means, with respect to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements
and other governmental restrictions relating to (a) the protection of the environment, (b) the effect of the environment on human health, (c) emissions, discharges or releases of Hazardous Substances into surface water, ground water
or land, or (d) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances or the clean-up or other remediation thereof, in each case, applicable to the Companys or any of
its Subsidiarys operations or Property.
Equity Interests means shares of the capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interest in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity interests or any warrants, options or other rights to acquire such interests but excluding any debt securities convertible into such
Equity Interests.
Equivalent Amount of any currency with respect to any amount of any other currency at any date means
the equivalent in such currency of such amount of such other currency, calculated pursuant to Section 1.5.
ERISA
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of l974, as amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
Escrow Funding is defined in Section 16.7.
Euro or means the means the single currency unit of the member states of the European Union that
have the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
Eurocurrency, when used in reference to
any Loan or Advance, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Advance, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
Eurocurrency Rate means, with respect to any Advance for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the sum
of the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
Exchange Date is defined in Section 2.19(b)(i).
Exchange Notice is defined in Section 2.19(b)(i).
Exchange Notes is defined in Section 2.19(b).
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Exchange Indenture means the indenture governing the terms of the Exchange
Notes, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, which will include the Exchange Indenture Terms and otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Exchange Indenture Terms means the terms set forth in Exhibit G hereto.
Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent Amount of any currency, the rate at which
such other currency may be exchanged into U.S. Dollars at the time of determination on such day on the Bloomberg WCR Page for such currency. If such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg WCR Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference
to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot
rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about such time as the Administrative Agent shall elect after determining that
such rates shall be the basis for determining the Exchange Rate, on such date for the purchase of U.S. Dollars for delivery two (2) Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate
is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Company, may use any reasonable method it deems in good faith appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be presumed correct absent manifest error.
Excluded Hedging Agreement is defined in the definition of Hedging Agreement.
Excluded Subsidiaries means (i) any Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) any Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary,
(iii) any Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which are Capital Stock or indebtedness of Excluded Subsidiaries, (iv) any other subsidiary in respect of which either (a) the pledge of more than 662/3% of the voting Capital Stock of such Subsidiary in support of the Obligations of any U.S. Person or (b) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations of any U.S. Person, could
reasonably be expected to, in the good faith judgment of the Company, result in adverse tax consequences to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is a U.S. Person, and (v) SPCs.
Excluded Taxes means, with respect to any payment made by any Loan Party under any Loan Document, any of the following
Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch
profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, or
(ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any Tax attributable to such Recipients failure to comply with Section 3.4(f), (c) in the case of a Lender, any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for
the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment
request by the Company under Section 3.5(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.4,
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amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its
lending office or (d) any withholding Taxes imposed by FATCA.
Execution Date means the first date on which all
conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.1 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 8.2.
Existing Company
Debt Refinancing means the Existing Loan Agreement Refinancing, the Existing Senior Notes Refinancing and the refinancing or repayment of the Companys industrial revenue bonds outstanding as of the Execution Date.
Existing Loan Agreement means the Loan Agreement dated as of June 30, 2011, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified, among the Company, the subsidiary borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent for such lenders.
Existing Loan Agreement Refinancing means the repayment in full of all outstanding amounts (other than contingent
indemnification obligations not then due) under the Existing Loan Agreement and the termination in full of all commitments thereunder and any guarantees in respect thereof (or, if the Replacement Facilities do not become effective hereunder on or
prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, an amendment, amendment and restatement or replacement of the Existing Loan Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers).
Existing Senior Notes Refinancing means the repayment in full of all outstanding amounts (other than contingent
indemnification obligations not then due) owing under the Senior Notes and the termination in full of any guarantees in respect thereof.
Extended Term Loan Maturity Date is defined in the definition of Maturity Date.
Extended Term Loans is defined in Section 2.19
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version
that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any intergovernmental agreements entered into in connection therewith, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any current or
future regulations or official interpretations of any of the foregoing.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any
day, an interest rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Chicago
time) on such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent. It is agreed that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate is less than
zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
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Final Settlement Date means the latest date on which all payments to be made
by AcquisitionCo in connection with the Offer to settle acceptances during the Initial Acceptance Period pursuant to Section 16(1) of the German Takeover Code and the Subsequent Acceptance Period pursuant to Section 16(2) of the German
Takeover Code have been made.
Floating Rate means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the
Applicable Margin plus (b) the Alternate Base Rate for such day, in each case changing when and as the Alternate Base Rate changes.
Floating Rate Loan or Floating Rate Advance means a Loan which bears interest at the Floating Rate
pursuant to Section 2.20.
Foreign Plan means each employee benefit plan (as defined under Section 3(3) of
ERISA) that is not subject to the laws of the United States and is maintained or contributed to by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group.
Foreign Plan Event means, with respect to any Foreign Plan, (A) the failure to make or, if applicable, accrue in
accordance with normal accounting practices, any employer or employee contributions required by applicable law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan; (B) the failure to register or loss of good standing with applicable regulatory authorities of
any such Foreign Plan required to be registered; or (C) the failure of any Foreign Plan to comply with any material provisions of applicable law and regulations or with the material terms of such Foreign Plan.
Foreign Subsidiary means each Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States.
Future Target is defined in the definition of Hostile Acquisition.
Future Acquisition means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date of this
Agreement, other than the Acquisition, by which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, business line or division thereof, whether through
purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the Voting Stock of any Person.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.
German Takeover Code means the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Code (Wertpapiererwerbs- und
Übernahmegesetz).
Governmental Authority means any nation or government, any state, or other political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
Guarantee Obligation means as to any Person (the guaranteeing person), any obligation, including a
reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the
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guaranteeing Person that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or which is given to induce the creation of a separate obligation by another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit)
that guarantees or in effect guarantees, any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the primary obligations) of any other third Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds
(1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase
property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the
owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Guarantee Obligation 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 in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation 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 Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be
liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing persons maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Company in good faith.
Guarantor means, with respect to the Obligations of the Company, each present and future Subsidiary of the Company
executing a Guaranty as a guarantor at any time.
Guaranty means, with respect to any Guarantor, each guaranty
agreement in respect of the Obligations in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and agreed by the Company, executed and delivered by each such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, including any amendment,
modification, renewal or replacement of such guaranty agreement.
Hazardous Substances means any material or substance:
(1) which is or becomes defined as a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) (42 USC §9601 et. seq.) as amended
and regulations promulgated under it; (2) containing gasoline, oil, diesel fuel or other petroleum products; (3) which is or becomes defined as hazardous waste pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (42
USC §6901 et. seq.) as amended and regulations promulgated under it; (4) containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); (5) containing asbestos; (6) which is radioactive; (7) the presence of which requires
investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law; (8) which is or becomes defined or identified as a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous or toxic chemical, pollutant, contaminant, or biologically Hazardous Substance under
any Environmental Law.
Hedging Agreement means any agreement (i) 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,
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financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reserve repurchase transaction, securities lending
transaction, weather index transaction, spot contracts, fixed price physical delivery contracts, or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case of the foregoing, whether or not exchange traded; provided, that no
phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Hedging Agreement or (ii) in
respect of a hedging transaction entered into by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to hedge or mitigate risks of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries that is in effect on the Execution Date or thereafter and, in the case of both
clauses (i) and (ii) above, is by and among the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and a Hedge Bank; provided that, any Hedging Agreement may be designated in writing by the Company and such Hedge Bank to the Administrative
Agent to not be a Hedging Agreement (any such agreement, an Excluded Hedging Agreement).
Hedge Bank
means the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Affiliate thereof that is a party to a Hedging Agreement with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person that was the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate thereof at
the time it entered into a Hedging Agreement with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Hedging
Obligations of a Person means any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and
substitutions therefor), under (a) each Hedging Agreement (other than Excluded Hedging Agreements), and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging Agreement (other than Excluded Hedging
Agreements); provided, however, that the definition of Hedging Obligations shall not create any Guaranty or other Guarantee Obligation by any Guarantor of (or grant of security interest by any Guarantor to support, as
applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor for purposes of determining any obligations of any Guarantor.
Hostile Acquisition means any Future Acquisition of the Capital Stock of a Person (the Future Target)
through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such Capital Stock which has not been approved prior to such acquisition by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Future Target or by similar action if the Future Target is not a
corporation (and which approval has not been withdrawn).
Immaterial Subsidiary means each Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company now existing or hereafter acquired or formed and each successor thereto, which accounts for not more than (a) 5.0% of the consolidated gross revenues (after intercompany eliminations) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or
(b) 5.0% of the Total Assets (after intercompany eliminations) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements were
delivered pursuant to Section 6.10(i) or (ii); provided that if the Restricted Subsidiaries that constitute Immaterial Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding portion of this definition account for, in the aggregate, more than 10.0% of such
consolidated gross revenues and more than 10.0% of the Total Assets, each as described in the preceding portion of this definition, then the term Immaterial Subsidiary shall not include each such Subsidiary (starting with the Subsidiary
that accounts for
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the most consolidated gross revenues or Total Assets and then in descending order) necessary to account for at least 90% of the consolidated gross revenues and 90% of the Total Assets, each as
described in clause (a) above.
Indebtedness of a Person means, without duplication, such Persons
(a) obligations for borrowed money or similar obligations, (b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than accounts payable and/or accrued expenses and commercial Letters of Credit with respect
to the foregoing, in each case arising in the ordinary course of such Persons business payable in accordance with customary practices), (c) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other instruments (other than Hedging
Agreements), to the extent of the amounts actually borrowed, due, payable or drawn, as the case may be, (d) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (e) all reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit (other than commercial Letters of
Credit referenced in clause (b)), whether drawn or undrawn, contingent or otherwise, (f) any other obligation for borrowed money or similar financial accommodation which in accordance with GAAP would be shown as a liability on the consolidated
balance sheet of such Person, (g) Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities and Receivables Indebtedness, (h) Guarantee Obligations with respect to any of the foregoing and (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in the foregoing clauses
secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or
become liable for the payment of such obligation, provided that, if such Person has not assumed such obligations, then the amount of Indebtedness of such Person for purposes of this clause (i) shall be equal to the lesser
of the amount of the obligations of the holder of such obligations and the fair market value of the assets of such Person which secure such obligations.
Indemnified Taxes means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by any
Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) Other Taxes.
Indemnitee is defined in Section 10.6(b).
Indicative Company Rating means the indicative public corporate credit rating or public corporate family rating, as
applicable, in respect of the Company, from S&P and Moodys, giving effect to the Transactions.
Ineligible
Person means (a) a natural person or (b) other than as set forth and in accordance with Section 13.1(b)(iii), the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other controlled Affiliates.
Initial Acceptance Period means the acceptance period (Annahmefrist) for the Offer pursuant to Section 16(1) of
the German Takeover Code specified in the Offer Document (including any extensions thereof, if any, consented to by the Arrangers).
Initial Bridge Loan means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date is defined in the definition of Maturity Date.
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Integrated Service Contract means a contract pursuant to which the Company
and/or a Subsidiary provides both equipment and services to an customer.
Integrated Service Contract Debt means
Indebtedness of a type described on Schedule 1.1(b).
Interest Expense means, with respect to any period, the aggregate
of all interest expense reported by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP during such period, net of any cash interest income received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period from Investments,
provided that any Interest Expense on the portion of Integrated Service Contract Debt that is excluded from Total Debt shall be excluded from Interest Expense. As used in this definition, the term interest shall include, without
limitation, all interest, fees and costs payable with respect to the obligations under this Agreement (other than fees and costs which may be capitalized as transaction costs in accordance with GAAP), any discount in respect of sales of accounts
receivable and/or related contract rights and the interest portion of Capitalized Lease payments during such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Interest Period means with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan:
(a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date with respect to such Eurocurrency Loan and ending
three months thereafter; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period
applicable to such Eurocurrency Loan and ending three months thereafter;
provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to
Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan would
otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such
Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period applicable to a Eurocurrency
Loan that would otherwise extend beyond the termination or maturity date of the Bridge Facility, may be elected but shall end on the termination or maturity date of the Bridge Facility (and such Loan shall be due and payable on the termination or
maturity date of the Bridge Facility and any amounts due under Section 3.4 shall be payable) unless the termination or maturity date of the Bridge Facility is extended on or before the last day of such Interest Period to a date beyond the end
of such Interest Period; and
(iii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan that begins on the last Business
Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.
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Interpolated Rate means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per
annum (rounded upward to the nearest 1/1000th of 1%) reasonably determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating
on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Screen Rate (for the longest period for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which
such LIBOR Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period. When determining the rate for a period which is less than the shortest period for
which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available, the LIBOR Screen Rate for purposes of paragraph (a) above shall be deemed to be the overnight screen rate where overnight screen rate means, in relation to any currency, the overnight rate
for such currency reasonably determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent from such service as the Administrative Agent may reasonably select in good faith.
Investment of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar advances to officers and
employees made in the ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable and/or accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business payable in accordance with customary practices and loans to employees in the
ordinary course of business) or equity investment or contribution of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests, notes, debentures or other securities owned by such Person.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
JPMorgan Chase means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, and any successor-in-interest thereto.
Judgment Currency is defined in Section 16.6.
Key Offer Terms means the (a) maximum cash component of the consideration to be paid for Target Shares (provided,
however, for the avoidance of doubt, that issuances or sales of capital stock of the Company representing or in connection with elections by shareholders of the Target to receive all or a portion of the equity component of their consideration in the
form of cash from the sale of all or a portion of such equity component by the Company or its Subsidiaries shall not be part of the maximum cash consideration for the purposes of this definition), (b) the conditions to the Offer, including the
market and Target material adverse change conditions and the minimum tender condition (i.e. so many shares have to be tendered that after consummation of the Offer, AcquisitionCo (along, with, if applicable, the Company) holds (or
otherwise controls or is attributed) a number of the voting shares of the Target which represents (after deducting any treasury shares held by the Target at the time of the consummation of the Offer) at least 75% of the voting rights in the Target),
(c) the drop-dead date and (d) the limitations in Section 7.8 of the Business Combination Agreement regarding Indebtedness of the Target and its Subsidiaries, in each case set forth in the Business Combination Agreement in the form
delivered to the Arrangers on or prior to the Execution Date.
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Latest Maturity Date means with respect to the issuance or incurrence of any
Indebtedness or Equity Interests, the latest maturity date applicable to the Bridge Facility as determined on the date such Indebtedness is issued or incurred or such Equity Interests are issued.
Lenders means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages of this Agreement or otherwise party hereto as a
Lender from time to time, and their respective successors and, to the extent permitted by Section 13.1, assigns.
Lending
Installation means, with respect to a Lender or the Administrative Agent, any office, branch, subsidiary or Affiliate of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
Letter of Credit of a Person means a letter of credit or similar instrument which is issued upon the application of such
Person or upon which such Person is an account party or for which such Person is in any way liable.
LIBO Rate means,
with respect to any Eurocurrency Advance and for any applicable Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other Person that generally takes over the administration of such
rate) for Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01, LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen or, if such rate does not appear on either of such Reuters pages, on any successor or substitute page on such screen
that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion (the LIBOR Screen Rate)
as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period; provided, that, (a) if a LIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available at the applicable time for the applicable Interest Period (the Impacted Interest
Period), then the Eurocurrency Rate for such currency and Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate, subject to Section 2.20, (b) if a LIBOR Screen Rate is less than zero it shall be deemed equal to zero and
(c) notwithstanding the rate calculated in accordance with the foregoing, at no time shall the LIBO Rate be less than 1.00% per annum.
LIBOR Screen Rate is defined in the definition of LIBO Rate.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance,
charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect
as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
Limited Condition Acquisition means any acquisition the consummation of which by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries is not expressly conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.
Loan means
the Initial Bridge Loan or Extended Term Loan made by the Lenders to the Company pursuant to this Agreement.
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Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Notes and any Guaranties (including
in each case, any amendments thereto).
Loan Party means the Company or any Guarantor.
Mandatory Cancellation Date means the earliest of (a) the date on which all payments made or to be made for Certain
Funds Purposes have been paid in full in cleared funds; (b) the Drop Dead Date, (c) the date of the closing of the Acquisition without the use of the Bridge Facility and (d) the date that the Company or its Affiliate publicly
announces that the Offer has lapsed or has been terminated, the date that BaFin has prohibited the Offer or February 15, 2016 to the extent the Offer Documentation has not been filed with BaFin on or prior to such date.
Margin Stock means margin stock as defined in Regulations U or X or marginable OTC stock or
foreign margin stock within the meaning of Regulation T.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse
effect on (i) the business, Property, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Company and Guarantors, taken as a whole, to pay the Obligations under the
Loan Documents, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders thereunder.
Maturity Date means (a) if the Initial Bridge Loans have not been converted to Extended Term Loans, the date that is
one year after the Acquisition Closing Date (the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date) or (b) if the Loans have been converted to Extended Term Loans, the date that is eight years after the Acquisition Closing Date (with respect
to clause (b) only, the Extended Term Loan Maturity Date).
Maximum Rate is defined in
Section 10.12.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., and any successor-in-interest thereto.
Multiemployer Plan means a plan defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Company or any member of the
Controlled Group has an obligation to contribute.
Net Cash Proceeds means (a) in connection with any Asset Sale
Prepayment Event or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price
adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys fees, accountants fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted
hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Event and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result
thereof and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys fees, investment banking fees, accountants
fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.
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New Senior Unsecured Notes means senior unsecured notes (including any
Securities (as defined in the Arranger Fee Letter) issued in lieu thereof) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500,000,000 at any one time outstanding, issued by the Company for the purpose of consummating the Acquisition, including any
senior unsecured exchange notes issued in lieu of all or a portion thereof.
Non-Tender Agreement means a non-tender
agreement among the Company, Target and certain of their Affiliates to be entered into substantially contemporaneously with the Business Combination Agreement in substantially in the form provided to BaFin on November 2, 2015.
Non-Tender Documents means (i) the Non-Tender Agreement and (ii) the Blocked Account Agreement, collectively.
Non-U.S. Lender means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
Notes is defined in Section 2.2.4.
Obligations means collectively, the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities
of the Company and each Guarantor to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement or any other
applicable Loan Document after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any
insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, in each
case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders
that are required to be paid by the Company or any Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document).
Off-Balance Sheet Liability of a Person means (i) any obligation under a Sale and Leaseback Transaction which is not a
Capitalized Lease Obligation, (ii) any so-called synthetic lease or tax ownership operating lease transaction entered into by such Person, (iii) any factoring or similar sale of accounts receivable and related
rights to the extent recourse to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including without limitation, to the extent so recourse, pursuant to any Permitted Factoring, under an Integrated Service Contract, or otherwise in connection with
the incurrence of Integrated Service Contract Debt, but excluding any Permitted Securitization), or (iv) any other transaction (excluding operating leases for purposes of this clause (iv)) which is the functional equivalent of or takes the
place of borrowing (in the case of transactions described in, or equivalent to those described in clause (iii) above, solely to the extent recourse to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) but which does not constitute a liability
on the balance sheet of such Person; in all of the foregoing cases,
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notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the outstanding amount of any Off-Balance Sheet Liability shall be calculated based on the aggregate outstanding amount of obligations outstanding
under the legal documents entered into as part of any such transaction on any date of determination that would be characterized as principal if such transaction were structured as a secured lending transaction, whether or not shown as a liability on
a consolidated balance sheet of such Person, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Offer
means the public offer by AcquisitionCo for Target Shares in connection with the Acquisition.
Offer Document
means the tender offer document (Angebotsunterlage) (including all exhibits, schedules, annexes and other attachments thereto) published by AcquisitionCo in connection with the Acquisition.
Offer Documentation means (i) the Offer Document and (ii) and all other related documents made available by
AcquisitionCo or the Company to BaFin in respect to the acquisition of the Target Shares.
Organizational Documents
means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws; (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement;
and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with
respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of
such entity (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction).
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 Taxes (other than a connection arising from such Recipient having executed,
delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, or enforced, any Loan Document, or sold or assigned
an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
Other Taxes means any present or future stamp, court, documentary,
intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration, 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 under Section 3.5(b)).
Parent means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
Participant is defined in Section 13.1(c).
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Participant Register has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 13.1(c).
Patriot Act means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001.
Payment Date
means the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December occurring after the Execution Date.
PBGC means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
Permitted Encumbrances means:
(a) Liens imposed by law or any Governmental Authority for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies that are not yet overdue for a
period of more than 45 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP;
(b) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in
the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and
other social security or employment laws or regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, tenders,
government contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, custom and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute a Default under Section 7.9 or that secure appeal or surety bonds
related to such judgments;
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or
arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
(g) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, use restrictions, encroachments, protrusions, minor defects or
irregularities in title, reservations (including reservations in any original grant from any government of any water or mineral rights or interests therein) and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course
of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
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(h) Liens in favor of payor banks having a right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with
respect of money or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary on deposit with or in possession of such bank;
(i) Liens granted by
(1) a Domestic Loan Party to another Domestic Loan Party, (2) a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Loan Party to a Domestic Loan Party and (3) a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Loan Party to another Subsidiary that is not a Domestic
Loan Party;
(j) for the avoidance of doubt, other Liens (not securing Indebtedness) incidental to the conduct of the business of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or the ownership of their assets which do not individually or in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of the Company or materially impair the operation of the business of the
Company or its Subsidiaries;
(k) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such
Persons obligation in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(l) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Subsidiaries and do not secure any Indebtedness;
(m) deposits in the ordinary
course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(n) options, put and call arrangements, rights of first refusal and similar
rights relating to Investments in joint ventures, partnerships and the like permitted to be made under this Agreement;
(o) Liens arising
out of any conditional sale, title retention, consignment or other similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Subsidiary;
(p) rights of set-off, bankers lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by operation of law or by of the terms of documents of
banks or other financial institutions (i) in relation to the establishment, maintenance or administration of deposit accounts, securities accounts or arrangements relating to a Cash Management Agreement or Hedging Agreement, (ii) in
relation to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Subsidiary or (iii) in relation to the right of setoff, revocation, refund
or chargeback of a collecting bank with respect to money or instruments in the possession of such bank;
(q) Liens in favor of customs and
revenues 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; and
(r) precautionary financing statement filings in connection with operating leases.
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provided that the term Permitted Encumbrances shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness
for borrowed money.
Permitted Factoring means a factoring or similar sale of accounts receivable and related rights
and property on a non-recourse basis which is not entered into in connection with or as part of a Permitted Securitization and is not Integrated Service Contract Debt, in each case pursuant to documentation reasonably customary for such
transactions.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
which are used to extend, renew, refinance, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to Refinance), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that
(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and
premium (including tender premiums) thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses, associated with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), (b) the final maturity date
and weighted average life of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is no earlier than the final maturity date and weighted average life of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (c) if the original Indebtedness being Refinanced is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing
the Indebtedness being Refinanced, taken as a whole, (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have obligors or contingent obligors that were not obligors or contingent obligors in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced unless such
obligor or contingent obligor would be permitted to otherwise incur such Indebtedness hereunder and (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is (or would have been required to be) secured by any collateral securing the Senior Secured Credit
Facilities, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral on terms no less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Lenders than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, taken as a
whole, or on terms that are otherwise permitted by Section 6.16 (as determined by the Company in good faith).
Permitted
Securitization means any receivables financing program providing for the sale of accounts receivable and related rights and property by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to an SPC in transactions purporting to be sales (and
treated as sales for GAAP purposes), which SPC shall finance the purchase of such assets by the sale, transfer, conveyance, lien or pledge of such assets to one or more limited purpose financing companies, special purpose entities and/or other
financial institutions, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and permitted under Section 6.24.
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Person means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture, limited
liability company, partnership, association, enterprise, company or other entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
Plan means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding
standards under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and as to which the Company or any member of the Controlled Group has any obligation to contribute to on or after the Execution Date or has made contributions within the
preceding five years.
Pounds Sterling or £ means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
Pre-Closing Sweep Amount is defined in Section 2.4(c).
Press Releases means the October 22, 2013 press releases regarding the Company issued by (a) the United States
Department of Justice and (b) the SEC.
Prime Rate means the per annum rate announced or established by the
Administrative Agent from time to time as its prime rate (it being acknowledged that such announced rate may not necessarily be the lowest rate charged by the Administrative Agent to any of its customers) or the corporate base rate of
interest announced or established by the Administrative Agent, which Prime Rate shall change simultaneously with any change in such announced or established rates.
Pro Forma Basis means, for purposes of calculating compliance of any transaction with any provision hereof which refers to
a Pro Forma Basis, that the transaction in question (including any related Future Acquisition, or other Investment and, in each case, payment of consideration therefor) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the most recent period
of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial statements are required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) or, if such calculation is made prior to the first delivery of such financial
statements, as of the first day of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on September 30, 2015. In connection with any calculation of the Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage Ratio, in each case upon giving
effect to a transaction on a Pro Forma Basis, (i) any Indebtedness incurred or repaid by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such transaction (or any other transaction which occurred during the
relevant four fiscal quarter period or during the period from the last day of such period to and including the date of determination) shall be deemed to have been incurred or repaid, as the case may be, as of the first day of the relevant four
fiscal quarter period, (ii) if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, then the rate of interest for such Indebtedness for the applicable period for purposes of the calculations contemplated by this definition shall be determined by
utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of such calculations (giving consideration to any applicable rate floor), (iii) in the case of any determination of the
permissibility of the incurrence of Indebtedness, if such Indebtedness is revolving in nature, a borrowing of the maximum amount of loans available shall be assumed, (iv) in the case of any determination of the permissibility of the incurrence
of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds of all such Indebtedness shall be disregarded in calculating the Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the Total Net Leverage
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Ratio, as applicable, (v) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to all property acquired in such transaction or to the Investment comprising such transaction, as
applicable, shall be included as if such transaction has occurred as of the first day of the relevant four-fiscal-quarter period and (vi) without duplication of subclauses (g), (h) or (i) of the definition of EBIT, such
calculation shall give effect to Synergies and Costs of Synergies resulting from or relating to the transaction in question and projected by the Company in good faith to be realized by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries subject, in any
calculation of pro forma EBIT or EBITDA, to the applicable limitations on such Synergies and Cost Savings set forth in the definition of EBIT.
Pro Rata Share means, for each Lender, the ratio that such Lenders outstanding Loans and Commitments bear to the
aggregate amount of all outstanding Loans and Aggregate Commitments.
Property of a Person means any and all property,
whether real, personal, movable, immovable, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned, leased or operated by such Person.
Proposed New Lender is defined in Section 2.19.
Quotation Day means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Advance for any Interest Period two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest period.
Receivables Indebtedness means, at any time and without duplication, the
aggregate amount of outstanding obligations incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any SPC) in connection with a Permitted Securitization that would be characterized as principal if such Permitted Securitization in its
entirety were structured as a secured lending transaction rather than a purchase (regardless, in either case, of whether any liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of related accounts receivable and related rights
and property would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles).
Recipient means, as applicable, (a) the Administrative Agent, and (b) any Lender.
Recovery Event means any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any
condemnation proceeding relating to any Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in an amount that if constituting a Disposition of such Property would have constituted an Asset Sale Prepayment Event.
Refinance is defined in the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.
Registration Rights Agreement means the registration rights agreement related to the Exchange Notes, among the Company, the
Guarantors and the Administrative Agent, which will include the Registration Rights Agreement Terms and otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Registration Rights Agreement Terms means the terms set forth in Exhibit H hereto.
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Register has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.1(b)(v).
Regulation D means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect
and any successor thereto or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
Regulation T means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and
any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors.
Regulation U means Regulation
U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors.
Regulation X means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and
any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors.
Reinvestment Deferred Amount
means with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.6.2 as a result of the
delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.
Reinvestment Event means any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Event in
respect of which the Company has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
Reinvestment Notice means a written notice executed
by an Authorized Officer stating that no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Company (directly or indirectly through a Restricted Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash
Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Event to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets (other than current assets) useful in its business or to make a Future Acquisition or other Investments
consisting of an acquisition of such assets.
Reinvestment Prepayment Amount means with respect to any Reinvestment
Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire or repair assets (other than current assets) useful in the Companys or its Restricted
Subsidiaries business or to make a Future Acquisition or other Investment consisting of an acquisition of such assets.
Reinvestment Prepayment Date means with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring
twelve months after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date on which the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire or repair assets (other than current assets) useful in the Companys or its
Restricted Subsidiaries business with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount or to make a Future Acquisition or other Investment consisting of an acquisition of such assets with all or any portion of the relevant
Reinvestment Deferred Amount (it being understood that if any portion of
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the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount is not used within twelve months after any Reinvestment Event but within such twelve month period is contractually committed to be used, then such
remaining portion if not so used within six months following the end of such twelve month period shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds as of such date).
Related Parties means, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the respective directors,
officers, employees, agents and advisors, representatives and controlling persons of such Person and such Persons Affiliates.
Release means any release, spill, leak, discharge or leaching of any Hazardous Substances into the environment in violation
of any Environmental Law.
Remedial Action means an action to address a Release or other violation of Environmental
Laws required by any Environmental Law.
Replacement Facilities has the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior
Secured Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Replacement Facilities Effective Date
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Reportable Event means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued under such
section with respect to a Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such
event, provided, however, that a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such waiver of the notice
requirement in accordance with Section 4043(a) of ERISA or of the minimum funding standard under Section 412(c) of the Code.
Required Lenders means Lenders whose Aggregate Outstandings and Aggregate Commitments (without duplication) exceed 50% of
the Aggregate Outstandings and Aggregate Commitments (without duplication) of all Lenders.
Requirement of Law means as
to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each
case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its Property is subject.
Reserve Requirement means, with respect to an Interest Period for Eurocurrency Loans, the maximum aggregate reserve
requirement (including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves), assessments or similar requirements under any regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with
respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency Liabilities in Regulation D).
Restricted Indebtedness is defined in Section 6.26.
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Restricted Subsidiary means each Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
Rollover Date means the earlier to occur of the first anniversary of the date hereof and the date of the
occurrence of a Demand Failure Event.
S&P means Standard & Poors Financial Services, LLC and any
successor-in-interest thereto.
Sale and Leaseback Transaction means any sale or other transfer of property by any
Person with the intent to lease or use such Property as lessee or in any other similar capacity (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any sale and leaseback of inventory or equipment that is subleased or otherwise leased directly or indirectly
to any customer of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary).
Sanctions means economic or financial sanctions or trade
embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or
(b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom.
Sanctioned Country means, at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions (which, as of
the Execution Date, were Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
Sanctioned Person means, at any time,
(a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the
European Union or any EU member state, (b) any Person located, operating or ordinarily resident in, or organized under the laws of, a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the
foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental authority
succeeding to any or all of the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Section means a numbered section
of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.
Secured Net Leverage Ratio means, as of any
date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Debt on such date that is secured by a Lien to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on or most recently prior to such date.
Senior Note Purchase Agreement means the Companys Note Purchase Agreement dated as of March 2, 2006.
Senior Notes means the $175,000,000 5.50% Series 2006-A Guaranteed Senior Notes, Tranche 2, due March 2, 2016 and the
$50,000,000 5.55% Series 2006-A Guaranteed Senior Notes, Tranche 3, due March 2, 2018 issued under the Senior Note Purchase Agreement.
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Senior Secured Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement dated as
of the date hereof among the Company, the other borrowers party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders and other agents party thereto.
Senior Secured Credit Facilities means the senior secured credit facilities set forth in the Senior Secured Credit
Agreement.
Senior Secured Domestic Loan Party has the meaning provided to the term Domestic Loan Party
under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Senior Secured External
Subsidiary has the meaning provided to the term External Subsidiary under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Senior Secured Foreign Loan Party has the meaning provided to the term Foreign Loan Party under the Senior
Secured Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Senior Secured Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower has the meaning provided to the term Foreign Subsidiary Borrower under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Senior Secured Loan Documents has the meaning provided to the term Loan Documents under the Senior Secured
Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Senior Secured Loan Party has the meaning
provided to the term Loan Party under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Senior Secured Obligations has the meaning provided to the term Obligations under the Senior Secured Credit
Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Senior Secured Security Documents has the meaning
provided to the term Security Documents under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as such agreement is in effect on the date hereof).
Senior Secured Term B Facility means the term B facility set forth in the Senior Secured Credit Agreement.
Significant Subsidiary means each present or future subsidiary of the Company which would constitute a significant
subsidiary within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X as currently in effect promulgated by the SEC.
Single
Employer Plan means a Plan which is maintained by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group for employees of the Company or any member of the Controlled Group.
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SPC means a special purpose, bankruptcy-remote Person formed for the sole and
exclusive purpose of engaging in activities in connection with the purchase, sale and financing of accounts receivable and related rights and property in connection with and pursuant to a Permitted Securitization.
Specified Time means 11:00 a.m., London time.
Subordinated Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that is by its terms contractually
subordinated in right of payment to any of the Obligations.
Subsequent Acceptance Period means the subsequent
acceptance period (weitere Annahmefrist) for the Offer pursuant to Section 16(2) of the German Takeover Code.
Subsidiary of a Person means (a) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting
power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (b) any partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture or other business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a
Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of the Company.
Substantial Portion means, with respect to the Property of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, Property which (a) represents more than 15% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Pro Forma Basis as would be shown in the consolidated financial statements
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at the beginning of the twelve-month period ending with the most recent month prior to the applicable determination date and for which consolidated Company financial statements were available,
(b) is responsible for more than 15% of the consolidated net sales of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Pro Forma Basis as reflected in the financial statements referred to in clause (a) above, (c) represents more than
25% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as would be shown in the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Execution Date or (d) is responsible
for more than 25% of the consolidated net sales of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as reflected in the financial statements referred to in clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, after the Acquisition Closing Date,
Substantial Portion above shall include the assets and net sales of Target and its Subsidiaries on a Pro Forma Basis.
Syndication Agent means Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in its capacity as syndication agent for the Bridge
Facility evidenced by this Agreement.
Target means Wincor Nixdorf AG, a German Stock Corporation listed at the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Target Group means the Target and its Subsidiaries.
Target Refinancing means the repayment in full of outstanding obligations (other than contingent indemnification claims not
then due) under and termination of any guarantees and security in respect of (a) the Targets 400,000,000 revolving dual-currency credit agreement
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dated December 13, 2011 with Bayerische Landesbank as agent (100,000,000 of which was cancelled on 28 January 2014) and (b) the Targets 100,000,000 (project)
financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) (and, in the case of Indebtedness listed in clauses (a) and (b), including any Indebtedness that refinances, renews or replaces any such Indebtedness).
Target Shares means the Capital Stock of Target proposed to be acquired by the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries
in connection with the Acquisition (for the avoidance of doubt including acquisitions thereof subsequent to the Acquisition Closing Date).
Taxes means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other
charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Total
Assets means the total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Total Cap means 10.00% per annum (plus an additional 0.50% per annum if the Indicative Company Rating is less
than either Ba3 (with stable or better outlook) from Moodys or BB- (with stable or better outlook) from S&P; plus an additional 0.50% per annum on and after the date that is 3 months from the execution date of the Arranger Fee Letter,
plus an additional 0.50% per annum on and after the date that is 6 months from the execution date of the Arranger Fee Letter. It is understood that the interest rate on Loans may exceed the Total Cap solely to the extent provided in
Section 2.9.
Total Debt as of any date, means all of the following for the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and without duplication: (i) all debt for borrowed money and similar monetary obligations evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, Capitalized Lease Obligations or otherwise, including without limitation
obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of properties or assets, in each case whether direct or indirect (other than accounts payable and/or accrued expenses and commercial Letters of Credit with respect to the foregoing, in each case
arising in the ordinary course of such Persons business payable in accordance with customary practices); (ii) all reimbursement obligations under outstanding Letters of Credit (other than commercial Letters of Credit referenced in clause
(i) above) in respect of drafts which (A) may be presented (other than performance or standby Letters of Credit) or (B) have been presented and have not yet been paid and are not included in clause (i) above; (iii) all
Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities and Receivables Indebtedness; (iv) all Guarantee Obligations of indebtedness or liabilities of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above and (v) all obligations of the kind referred to
in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned
by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, provided that, if such Person has not assumed such obligations, then the amount of debt of such Person for purposes of this
clause (v) shall be equal to the lesser of the amount of the obligations of the holder of such obligations and the fair market value of the assets of such Person which secure such obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the
following shall be excluded from, and not considered part of, Total Debt: (1) money borrowed by the Company against the cash value of life insurance policies owned by the Company; (2) Integrated
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Service Contract Debt up to an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $100,000,000; (3) Indebtedness consisting of avals by any of the Companys Restricted
Subsidiaries for the benefit of, and with respect to obligations which are not classified as Indebtedness of, any of the Companys other Restricted Subsidiaries which are entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
standard business practices; (4) Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.18(x) and (5) any Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities arising in connection with (x) any sale of accounts or lease receivables under an Integrated Service Contract
to the extent relating to the product (as opposed to the service) portion of the Integrated Service Contract, or otherwise in connection with the incurrence of Integrated Service Contract Debt, or (y) any other sale of accounts or lease
receivables that is not part of an ongoing factoring or similar program (including a Permitted Factoring that is not part of an ongoing factoring or similar program) and do not arise under an Integrated Service Contract or otherwise in connection
with the incurrence of Integrated Service Contract Debt, in each case to the extent such transferred accounts or lease receivables are non-recourse to any of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Total Net Debt means, at any time, Total Debt minus 75% of all Unencumbered Cash with maturities of less than one year of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Total Net Leverage
Ratio means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Total Net Debt on such date to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on or most recently prior to such date.
Total Tangible Assets means the total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, calculated on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP, other than intangible assets (as determined in accordance with GAAP).
Transactions
means the Acquisition (and subsequent acquisitions of any Target Shares by the Company or its applicable Restricted Subsidiaries), the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, the
borrowing of Loans hereunder, the execution, delivery and performance of the Senior Secured Loan Documents, the incurrence of the New Senior Unsecured Notes, the refinancing of Indebtedness of the Company, the Target and their Subsidiaries and the
issuance/payment in kind of Capital Stock of the Company in connection therewith, and in each case, the use of the proceeds thereof and the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing.
Transferee is defined in Section 13.2.
Type means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as a Floating Rate Advance or Eurocurrency Advance.
Unconditional Date means the date on which all conditions of the Offer specified in the Offer Document have been satisfied
(or, to the extent permitted hereunder, waived or treated as satisfied by AcquisitionCo).
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Unencumbered Cash means all cash and Cash Equivalents owned by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary not disclosed as restricted cash or restricted Cash Equivalents in the Companys financial statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.1 (or as applicable prior to delivery thereof, those referenced in
Section 5.4); provided that (i) cash or Cash Equivalents held in escrow for Certain Funds Purposes shall not be disqualified from being considered Unencumbered Cash solely due to Liens or escrow restrictions arising from such escrow
arrangement (it being understood the proceeds of escrowed loans under the Senior Secured Term B Facility and/or New Senior Unsecured Notes shall be disregarded from financial ratio calculations pursuant to Section 16.7) and (ii) any cash
and Cash Equivalents subject to any cash pooling arrangement or cash management in respect of netting services and similar arrangements shall be considered Unencumbered Cash only to the extent, with respect to any such arrangements, that the total
amount of cash and Cash Equivalent on deposit subject to such arrangements equals or exceeds the total amount of overdrafts or similar obligations subject thereto.
Unfunded Liabilities means the amount (if any) by which the actuarial present value of all benefit liabilities under a
Single Employer Plan exceeds the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such benefit liabilities, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan in accordance with Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA.
Unmatured Default means an event which but for the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a
Default.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means (a) any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary by the Company pursuant to Section 6.30 subsequent to the Execution Date and (b) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
U.S. Person means a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Tax Certificate has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(f)(ii)(D)(2).
Voting Stock of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or similar persons thereof.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Person means any other Person of which 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other
than directors qualifying shares required by law) shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person. Wholly Owned Domestic
Subsidiary, Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary and Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary have correlative meanings with respect to the applicable type of Subsidiary.
Withholding Agent means, as applicable, any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent.
1.2 Rules of Construction. All terms defined in Section 1.1 shall include both the singular and the plural forms thereof and shall
be construed accordingly. Use of the terms herein, hereof, and hereunder shall be deemed references to this Agreement in its entirety
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and not to the Section or clause in which such term appears. References to Sections and subsections shall be to Sections and subsections, respectively, of
this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. Notwithstanding anything herein, in any financial statements of the Company or in GAAP to the contrary, for purposes of calculating the Applicable Margin and of calculating and determining
compliance with the financial covenants in Sections 6.22 and 6.23 of the Senior Secured Credit Agreement, including defined terms used therein, and for purposes of calculating any other applicable financial ratios or incurrence tests hereunder, any
acquisitions or Dispositions outside the ordinary course of business made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness and any other applicable
transactions related thereto and occurring during the period for which such items were calculated, shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the relevant period for which such items were calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
To the extent any provision of the Exchange Indenture is deemed to be incorporated and set forth in this Agreement, (i) any reference to
the Issuer or the Company or similar terms in the Exchange Indenture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Company, (ii) any reference to a Holder or similar term in the Exchange Indenture shall be deemed
to be a reference to a Lender, (iii) any reference to the Trustee or similar term in the Exchange Indenture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Administrative Agent, (iv) any reference to the Notes or similar
term in the Exchange Indenture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Loans and (v) any reference to this Indenture or similar term in the Exchange Indenture shall be deemed to be a reference to this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, in each case as the context may require.
1.3 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision
hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company 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 without giving effect to such
change in GAAP or in the application thereof that is the subject of such notice until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith; provided, further, that if GAAP is amended or revised subsequent to
the date hereof to cause operating leases to be treated as capitalized leases, then such change shall not be given effect hereunder, and those types of leases which were treated as operating leases as of the date hereof shall continue to be treated
as operating leases and not capitalized leases. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall
be made, (i) without giving effect to any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result
or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary at fair value, as defined therein, (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments
under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards
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Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall
at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and (iii) for the avoidance of doubt, except as provided in the definition of Consolidated Net Income, without giving effect to the financial condition, results and
performance of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
1.4 [Reserved].
1.5 Foreign Currency Calculations.
(a) For purposes of determining any amount as a result of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation, the Administrative Agent shall determine
the Exchange Rate as of the applicable date in a manner consistent with such determinations under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as in effect in the date hereof). For purposes of any determination under Section 6.16 or 6.18, 7.5, 7.9,
7.10, all amounts incurred, outstanding or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than U.S. Dollars shall be translated into U.S. Dollars at the Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such determination; provided that no Default
shall arise as a result of any limitation set forth in U.S. Dollars in Section 6.16 or 6.18 being exceeded solely as a result of changes in the Exchange Rate from those rates applicable at the time or times Indebtedness or Liens were initially
consummated in reliance on the exceptions under such Sections.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
2.1
Commitments.
(a) Each Lender severally and not jointly agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make to
the Company on the Acquisition Closing Date, an Initial Bridge Loan in a single draw denominated in Dollars in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Lenders Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and repaid
or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
2.2 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
2.2.1 The Company hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in Dollars the then unpaid
principal amount of each Initial Bridge Loan of such Lender made to the Company on the Maturity Date and on such other dates and in such other amounts as may be required from time to time under the terms of this Agreement.
2.2.2 The Company hereby further agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender thereof, interest in Dollars on the
unpaid principal amount of the Loans made to the Company from time to time outstanding until payment thereof in full at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 2.8.
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2.2.3 The books and records of the Administrative Agent and of each Lender shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Company therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to
maintain any such books and records or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Company by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.2.4 The Company agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Lender from time to time and the subsequent request to
the Company by the Administrative Agent, the Company will execute and deliver to such Lender promissory notes evidencing the Loans of any such requesting Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto with appropriate insertions as
to date, currency and principal amount (each, a Note); provided that the delivery of such Notes shall not be a condition precedent to the Execution Date, the Acquisition Closing Date or any Advance.
2.3 Procedures for Borrowing Loans. To request a Loan under the Bridge Facility (which such Loan shall only be required to be made on a
Business Day), the Company shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 a.m., Chicago time three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date if all or any
part of the requested Loans are to be Eurocurrency Loans or one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date if all or any part of the requested Loans are to be Floating Rate Loans) specifying in each case (each such notice, a
Borrowing Notice) (i) the amount to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date, (iii) whether such Loan is a Floating Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan and (iv) if applicable, the length of the initial
Interest Period therefor. Each Advance shall be in Dollars. Each such Advance shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or such other amounts as may be agreed upon between the Company and the
Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Company, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders with respect to such Advance. Not later than 1:00 p.m., local time of the Administrative Agents funding office
for the Company, on the requested Borrowing Date, each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the principal amount of such Loans requested to be made on such Borrowing Date available to the Administrative Agent at the
Administrative Agents funding office for the Company specified by the Administrative Agent from time to time by notice to the Lenders and in immediately available or other same day funds customarily used for settlement in Dollars. The amounts
made available by each Lender will then be made available to the Company at the funding office for the Company and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
2.4 Termination or Reduction.
(a) Unless previously terminated, (i) the Commitments shall terminate and be reduced to zero on the earlier of (x) the occurrence of
the Mandatory Cancellation Date prior to the consummation of the Acquisition, (y) the making of the Initial Bridge Loans on the Acquisition Closing Date and (z) 5:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the Acquisition Closing Date.
(b) The Company may permanently reduce the Commitments, in whole or in part, ratably among the Lenders thereunder in, if less than all such
Commitments, integral
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multiples of $10,000,000, in each case upon at least three Business Days irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent, and which notice shall specify the amount of any such
reduction; provided, however, that a notice of termination of Commitments may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, incurrence of other Indebtedness, or consummation of another transaction
(such as a Change of Control), in which case such notice may be revoked (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. In addition, all accrued fees under any Commitments shall
be payable on the effective date of any termination of such Commitments.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
if on any date on or prior to the Acquisition Closing Date the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Target and its Subsidiaries) receive proceeds that would, if received on or after the Acquisition
Closing Date, otherwise have required a prepayment of Initial Bridge Loans under Section 2.6.2 (such proceeds, the Pre-Closing Sweep Amounts), the Company shall (x) segregate such Pre-Closing Sweep Amounts in an account
to facilitate reducing Advances to be made under the Bridge Facility by using the Pre-Closing Sweep Amounts in lieu thereof; provided that the Bridge Facility shall not be drawn in an amount less than $250,000,000 (unless the drawn amount is
zero) as a result of this clause (x) and (y) take commercially reasonable efforts to place such Pre-Closing Sweep Amounts into escrow for application to Certain Funds Purposes and obtain the approval of its financial advisor to reduce the
Commitments by such escrowed amount; provided that the Commitments shall not be reduced below $250,000,000 as a result of this clause (y) unless they are reduced to zero. For the avoidance of doubt, in determining if a drawing or
Commitment, as applicable, can be reduced to zero pursuant to the preceding sentence, amounts that previously did not reduce potential draws or Commitments because of the restriction on reducing such amounts below $250,000,000 shall be aggregated
with any such subsequently received amounts.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Commitments shall be
automatically and ratably reduced by the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds that the Company and any of its Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Unrestricted Subsidiary) shall have received from the issuance (including into
escrow provided that the conditions to release from escrow are no more restrictive than the conditions to funding the Initial Bridge Loans set forth in Section 4.2) of any New Senior Unsecured Notes issued on or prior to the Acquisition Closing
Date.
2.5 Fees. The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers such other fees as separately agreed to in
writing by the Company and such Persons and/or their applicable Affiliates.
2.6 Optional and Mandatory Principal Payments.
2.6.1 The Company may at any time and from time to time prepay Floating Rate Loans, if any, in whole or in part, without penalty or premium,
except as set forth below and in Section 2.6.3, upon at least one Business Days irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, specifying the date and amount of prepayment. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice
shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Partial prepayment of Floating Rate Loans shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
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The Company may at any time and from time to time prepay, without premium or penalty, except as
set forth below and in Section 2.6.3 (together with payment of any amount payable pursuant to Section 3.3), its Eurocurrency Loans in whole or in part, upon at least three Business Days irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent
specifying the date and amount of prepayment. Partial prepayments of Eurocurrency Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, or such lesser principal amount as may equal
the outstanding Eurocurrency Loans or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
from and after the occurrence of a Demand Failure Event, in connection with each prepayment of Loans pursuant to this Section 2.6.1, the Company shall at the time of such prepayment to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Lenders
whose Loans are being prepaid, pay a prepayment premium equal to the redemption premium then applicable to a redemption of Exchange Notes under the Exchange Indenture (without regard to whether any Exchange Notes are outstanding or the Exchange
Indenture has been entered into); provided that Loans made by the Commitment Parties and held by the Commitment Parties or investors that are Affiliates of the Commitment Parties (other than bona fide investment funds and asset management
Affiliates and other than Loans purchased in an open market sale from a third parties or as a result of market making activities) shall be prepayable at par plus accrued interest and accrued original issue discount for so long as such Loans are held
by them.
2.6.2 Mandatory Prepayment of Loans.
(a) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date and prior to the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, (i) if any New Senior Unsecured Notes
shall be issued or incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of such issuance or incurrence toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.6.4 and (ii) if any other Indebtedness (other than as set forth in clause (i) or permitted under Section 6.18) shall be issued or incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary an amount (less the amount required
or applied, if any, to repay or reduce commitments under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) or other senior secured Indebtedness that such Senior Secured Credit Facilities (or any Permitted Refinancing
thereof) permit such proceeds to be shared with in accordance with their terms) equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of such issuance or incurrence toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.6.4.
(b) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date and prior to the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, if the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance or sale of Capital Stock (other than (x) issuances pursuant to the Companys or any Subsidiarys equity compensation plans, employee stock purchase plan and
any dividend reinvestment or direct purchase plan and issuances similar to the foregoing and (y) for the avoidance of doubt, issuances or sales of Capital Stock of the Company representing or in connection with elections by shareholders of the
Target to receive all or a portion of the equity
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component of their consideration in the form of cash from the sale of all or a portion of such equity component by the Company or its Subsidiaries), 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds shall be
applied on the date of such issuance or sale toward the prepayment of the Loans. After the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, Loans hereunder, if any, shall be subject to mandatory redemption provisions applicable to the Exchange Notes in the
Exchange Indenture, and shall be entitled to offers for mandatory redemption ratably with any such Exchange Notes and, if applicable, New Senior Unsecured Notes, if any.
(c) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale
Prepayment Event or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in respect thereto, 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds not required or applied to repay or reduce commitments under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (or any
Permitted Refinancing thereof) or other senior secured Indebtedness that such Senior Secured Credit Facilities (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) permit such proceeds to be shared with in accordance with their terms, shall be applied on or prior
to the fifth Business Day after such receipt (or in the case of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Event in an amount less than $75,000,000, on or prior to the date five Business Days after the date the financial statements for the fiscal
quarter in which such event occurred are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(i) or (ii)) toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.6.4; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no later than
each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event (less amounts required or applied to repay or reduce commitments under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (or
any Permitted Refinancing thereof) or other senior secured Indebtedness that such Senior Secured Credit Facilities (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) permit such proceeds to be shared with in accordance with their terms) shall be applied toward
the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.6.4.
Prepayments from, and, without duplication, of amounts equal to, Net Cash
Proceeds of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Event by or of a Foreign Subsidiary (to the extent otherwise required) will be limited to the extent (x) the repatriation of Foreign Subsidiaries funds to fund such prepayments is
prohibited, restricted or delayed by applicable laws, (y) repatriation of Foreign Subsidiaries funds to fund such prepayment could reasonably be expected to result in adverse tax consequences to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
or (z) such funds originate at the Target or its Subsidiaries prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date. All mandatory prepayments are subject to permissibility under (a) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, local law restrictions
(such as restrictions relating to financial assistance, corporate benefit, restrictions on upstreaming of cash intra-group and the fiduciary and statutory duties of the directors of the relevant Restricted Subsidiaries) and (b) with respect to
non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries, organizational document restrictions, to the extent not created in contemplation of such prepayments. The non-application of any such mandatory prepayment amounts in compliance with the foregoing provisions
of this paragraph will not constitute an Unmatured Default or Default and such amounts shall be available for working capital purposes of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company will undertake to use commercially reasonable efforts
to overcome or eliminate any such restrictions and/or minimize any such costs of prepayment (subject to the considerations above) to make the relevant payment, other than, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent resulting from asset sales or
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operations of the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any prepayments made after application of the above
provisions shall be net of any costs, expenses or taxes incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates or equity partners and arising as a result of compliance with this paragraph.
2.6.3 Each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.6 and each conversion (other than a conversion of a Floating Rate Loan to a Eurocurrency
Loan) pursuant to Section 2.7 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid to the date of prepayment and any amounts payable under Section 3.3 in connection with such payment.
2.6.4 If two different Types of Loans are outstanding, the applicable prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be applied first to
prepay Floating Rate Loans and second to prepay Eurocurrency Loans then outstanding in such order as the Company may direct
2.7
Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances. Floating Rate Advances shall continue as Floating Rate Advances unless and until such Floating Rate Advances are converted into Eurocurrency Advances. Each Eurocurrency Advance shall
continue as a Eurocurrency Advance until the end of the then applicable Interest Period therefor, at which time such Eurocurrency Advance shall be automatically converted into a Floating Rate Advance unless the Company shall have given the
Administrative Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period, such Eurocurrency Advance continue as a Eurocurrency Advance for the same or another Interest Period. Subject to the terms hereof, the Company
may elect from time to time to convert all or any part of an Advance of any Type into any other Type or Types of Advance (subject to, in the case of conversion of any Eurocurrency Advance other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, payment of any amounts payable under Section 3.3 in connection therewith). The Company shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a Conversion/Continuation Notice) of each conversion of an Advance or
continuation of a Eurocurrency Advance not later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least one Business Day, in the case of a conversion into a Floating Rate Advance, or three Business Days, in the case of a conversion into or continuation of a
Eurocurrency Advance, prior to the date of the requested conversion or continuation, specifying:
(a) the requested date, which shall be a
Business Day, of such conversion or continuation,
(b) the aggregate amount and Type of the Advance which is to be converted or continued,
and
(c) the amounts and Type(s) of Advance(s) into which such Advance is to be converted or continued and, in the case of a conversion
into or continuation of a Eurocurrency Advance, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
2.8 Interest Rates, Interest
Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis.
(a) Prior to Rollover Date. Prior to the Rollover Date, each Floating Rate Loan shall
bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and including the date such Loan is made or is converted from a Eurocurrency Loan into a Floating
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Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.7 to but excluding the date it ceases to be a Floating Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate for such day. Prior to the Rollover Date,
each Eurocurrency Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate determined for such Interest Period.
(b) After Rollover Date. On and after the Rollover Date, each Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for
each day from and including the Rollover Date, at a rate per annum equal to the Total Cap, except as set forth in Section 2.9.
(c)
Total Cap. Notwithstanding anything contained in clauses 2.8(a) and (b) above, the per annum interest rate on the Loans shall not exceed the Total Cap.
(d) Interest accrued on each Initial Bridge Loan shall be payable on the last day of its applicable Interest Period (or if a Demand Failure
Event has occurred, on such date and each Payment Date thereafter), on any date on which such Initial Bridge Loan is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and on the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date. Interest accrued on each Extended Term
Loan shall be payable semi-annually, commencing on the date that is six months after the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, on any date on which such Extended Term Loan is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and on the Extended Term Loan
Maturity Date.
(e) Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if
payment is received prior to 1:00 p.m. (local time) at the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or interest or fee on an Advance shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, except as otherwise provided in the definition of
Interest Period, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing interest in connection with such payment.
(f) All interest and fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day)
occurring during the period such interest or fee is payable over a year comprised of 360 days or, in the case of Floating Rate Loans based on the Prime Rate, 365/366 days.
(g) Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Advance maintained as a Floating Rate Advance will take effect simultaneously with
each change in the Alternate Base Rate. Each Eurocurrency Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from and including the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including) the last day of such
Interest Period at the interest rate determined as applicable to such Eurocurrency Advance.
2.9 Rates Applicable After Default.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, during the continuance of a Default the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Company (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders
notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates), declare that no Advance may be made as, converted into or continued (after the expiration of the then current Interest
Period) as a Eurocurrency Advance.
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Upon and during the continuance of any Default under Section 7.2 with respect to principal, interest or fees, the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Company (which
notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders as to changes and interest rates) declare that (i) each Eurocurrency Advance shall bear
interest for the remainder of the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such Interest Period plus 2% per annum and (ii) each Floating Rate Advance and any other amount due under this Agreement shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate otherwise applicable to Floating Rate Loans plus 2% per annum; provided that, upon and during the continuance of any acceleration for any reason of any of the Obligations, the interest rate
set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) shall be applicable to all Advances without any election or action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
2.10 Pro Rata Payment, Method of Payment; Proceeds of the Guaranty.
(a) Each borrowing of Loans from the Lenders thereunder shall be made pro rata according to the Pro Rata Shares of the Lenders in effect on
the date of such borrowing. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any reduction of Commitments of the Lenders shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among the Lenders pro rata according to the Pro Rata Shares of the Lenders with
respect thereto. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each payment (including each prepayment) by the Company hereunder on account of principal, or interest on Loans shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent pro rata to the Lenders
according to the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Company hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or
counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders at the applicable payment office of the Administrative Agent for such payment specified from time to time in writing by the Administrative Agent
to the Company by 1:00 P.M. (local time) on the date when due. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds received
by the Administrative Agent. All payments hereunder shall be in Dollars; provided that with respect to other payments required to be made by it pursuant to Section 10.6 that are invoiced in a currency other than Dollars, shall be payable
in the currency so invoiced.
(b) Application of Proceeds of the Guaranty. All amounts received under any Guaranty when a Default
exists shall first be applied as payment of the accrued and unpaid fees of the Administrative Agent hereunder and then to all other unpaid or unreimbursed Obligations (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses in accordance with
Section 10.6) owing to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as Administrative Agent only, and then any remaining amount of such proceeds shall be distributed:
(i) first, to the Persons owed any Obligations, pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid amounts of Obligations
then owing, until all the Obligations then owing have been paid and satisfied in full; and
(ii) second, to the
Person entitled thereto as directed by the Company or as otherwise determined by applicable law or applicable court order.
(c) Return
of Proceeds. If at any time payment, in whole or in part, of any amount distributed by the Administrative Agent hereunder is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent as a preference, fraudulent conveyance,
or otherwise under any bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law, then each Person receiving any portion of such amount agrees, upon demand, to return the portion of such amount it has received to the Administrative Agent.
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2.11 Telephonic Notices. The Company hereby authorizes the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect selections of Types of Advances and to transfer funds based on telephonic notices made by any Person or Persons the Administrative Agent or any Lender reasonably and in good faith believes to be
an Authorized Officer. The Company agrees to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent a written confirmation, if such confirmation is requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, of each telephonic notice signed by an Authorized Officer.
If the written confirmation differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall govern absent manifest error.
2.12 Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions. Promptly after receipt thereof, the
Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each Commitment reduction notice, Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice received by it hereunder. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of
the interest rate applicable to each Eurocurrency Advance promptly upon determination of such interest rate and will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate Base Rate.
2.13 Lending Installations. Each Lender may, subject to Section 3.5, make and book its Loans at any Lending Installation(s)
selected by such Lender and may change its Lending Installation(s) from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such Lending Installation(s) and the Notes, if any, shall be deemed held by each Lender for the benefit of such
Lending Installation(s). Each Lender may, by written or telex notice to the Administrative Agent and the Company, designate one or more Lending Installations which are to make and book Loans and for whose account Loan payments are to be made.
2.14 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent. Unless the Company or a Lender, as the
case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent of (a) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (b) in the case of the Company, a payment of
principal, interest or fees to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be
obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or the Company, as the case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of
such payment shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made
available by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of payment by a Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the first five days and the interest
rate applicable to the relevant Loan for each day thereafter or (ii) in the case of payment by the Company, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan.
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2.15 [Reserved]
2.16 [Reserved].
2.17
Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) the Commitments and Aggregate Outstandings of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders, all
affected Lenders or Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 8.2), provided that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all
Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders (other than as a result of such Defaulting Lender having a greater or lesser Aggregate Outstandings or Commitments) or which increases the
amount of any Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, forgives any principal amount of any Loans owing to such Defaulting Lender or any interest (other than default interest) or fees owing to such Defaulting Lender previously accrued at the time of
such forgiveness or extends the termination date of such Commitment or extends the final maturity beyond the then maturity date of any Loan or Note with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender; and
(b) any amount payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder (whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise but excluding
Section 3.5) shall, in lieu of being distributed to such Defaulting Lender, be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated account and, subject to any applicable Requirements Of Law, be applied at such time or times as may be
determined by the Administrative Agent (i) first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, (ii) second, 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, (iii) third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Company, held in such account as cash collateral for future funding
obligations of the Defaulting Lender under this Agreement, (iv) fourth, pro rata, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Company or the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Company or any
Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement and (v) fifth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction;
provided that if such payment is a prepayment of the principal amount of any Loans for which a Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its applicable share, such payment shall be applied solely to prepay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders
pro rata prior to being applied to the prepayment of any Loans owed to any Defaulting Lender.
In the event that the Administrative Agent
and the Company each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender and the Pro Rata Shares of
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the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lenders Commitment; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments
made by or on behalf of the Company 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 Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
2.18 Guaranties.
(a)
During the period prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, the Company shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, Guaranties of Domestic Subsidiaries such that, at all times during
such period, all Domestic Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors do not, if considered in the aggregate as a single Subsidiary, constitute a Significant Subsidiary (and for purposes of making such determination, it is acknowledged that, as provided
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X as currently in effect promulgated by the SEC, the investment in and advances to, and share of total assets and income of, any Domestic Subsidiary shall be determined based on the investment in and advances to, and
share of total assets and income of, such Domestic Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis).
(b) On and after the
Acquisition Closing Date, within 45 days (or such longer period of time as the Administrative Agent shall agree) after delivery (or date of required delivery) of each set of applicable financial statements pursuant to Sections 6.1(i) and (ii), the
Company shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, Guaranties from its present and future Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries and
Immaterial Subsidiaries) such that all Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries and Immaterial Subsidiaries) are Guarantors as of such date.
(c) In connection with the delivery of any such Guaranties, the Company shall provide such other documentation to the Administrative Agent,
including, without limitation, one or more opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, corporate documents and resolutions, which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent is necessary or advisable in
connection therewith. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the above, for so long as a Subsidiary of the Company guarantees the Senior Notes, any Securities (as defined in the Arranger Fee Letter), the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the
facilities under the Existing Loan Agreement or Indebtedness for borrowed money subject to the covenant set forth in Section 6.28 (or in each case any refinancing, renewal or replacement thereof), such Subsidiary will be required to guaranty
the Obligations.
2.19 Permanent Refinancing; Option to Exchange Initial Bridge Loans for Exchange Notes.
(a) On the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, all outstanding Initial Bridge Loans shall be automatically converted into term loans (each, an
Extended Term Loan) having an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of such Initial Bridge Loans, in each case to the extent such Loans are not repaid in whole or in part in cash on or prior to such date
and no Default with respect to the Company under Sections 7.6 or 7.7 shall have occurred and be continuing.
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(b) On any Business Day on or after the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, at the option of the
applicable Lender, the Extended Term Loans may be exchanged in whole or in part for one or more senior unsecured notes (the Exchange Notes) issued pursuant to the Exchange Indenture having an aggregate principal amount equal to
the unpaid principal amount of such Extended Term Loans; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be required to issue Exchange Notes until the Company shall have received requests to issue at least $50,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of Exchange Notes (the Initial Exchange Note Issuance) and (ii) the Company may defer any subsequent issuance of Exchange Notes (a Subsequent Exchange Note Issuance) until such time as it
shall have received an additional request to exchange an aggregate principal amounts of Extended Term Loans that equals or exceeds $1,000,000.
(i) Such Lender shall provide the Company prior irrevocable written notice of such election (each such notice, an
Exchange Notice) at least five Business Days prior to the date of exchange specified in such Exchange Notice (each such date, an Exchange Date). The Exchange Notice shall specify the principal amount of Extended
Term Loans to be exchanged (which shall be at least $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or the entire remaining aggregate principal amount of Loans of such Lender) and, subject to the terms of the Exchange Indenture,
the name of the proposed registered holder and the amount of each Exchange Note requested. Extended Term Loans exchanged for Exchange Notes pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall be deemed repaid and canceled, and the Exchange Notes so issued
shall be governed by the provisions of the Exchange Indenture. The Exchange Notes shall be issued in the form set forth in the Exchange Indenture.
(ii) As more particularly provided in the Exchange Indenture, (A) Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Indenture
shall bear interest at the Total Cap and (B) Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Indenture (I) shall mature on the Extended Term Loan Maturity Date, and (II) shall be redeemable as set forth in the Exchange Indenture and
the form of Exchange Notes attached thereto.
(iii) Following delivery of any Exchange Notice, the Company shall
(A) deliver a written notice to the trustee under the Exchange Indenture (the Trustee), directing such Trustee to authenticate and deliver Exchange Notes as specified in the Exchange Notice and (B) use all commercially
reasonable efforts to effect delivery of such Exchange Notes to the requesting Lender on the applicable Exchange Date.
(c) The Company
agrees that as a condition to the effectiveness of the exchange of Extended Term Loans for Exchange Notes in the Initial Exchange Note Issuance (unless waived by the Administrative Agent):
(i) The Company shall have selected a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Lenders to act as Trustee.
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(ii) The Company shall have issued the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange
Indenture substantially in the applicable form set forth therein, and the Company and each Guarantor shall have executed and delivered the Exchange Indenture.
(iii) The Company and each Guarantor shall have provided to the Administrative Agent copies of resolutions of its Board of
Directors approving the execution and delivery of the Exchange Indenture and, in the case of the Company, the issuance of the Exchange Notes, together with a customary certificate of the secretary of the Company or such Guarantor certifying such
resolutions.
(iv) The Company and each Guarantor shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement.
(v) The Company and each Guarantor shall have provided to the Administrative Agent copies of resolutions of its Board of
Directors approving the execution and delivery of the Registration Rights Agreement, together with a customary certificate of the secretary of the Company and such Guarantor certifying such resolutions.
(vi) The Company shall have caused its counsel to deliver to the Administrative Agent executed legal opinions in form and
substance customary for a transaction of that type to be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, with respect to due authorization, execution and delivery, validity and enforceability of the
Exchange Notes and the related guarantees, the Exchange Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement).
(d) The Company agrees that as
a condition to the effectiveness of the exchange of Extended Term Loans for Exchange Notes in any Subsequent Exchange Note Issuance (unless waived by the Administrative Agent):
(i) the Company shall have issued the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Indenture substantially in the applicable form
set forth therein.
(ii) The Company and each Guarantor the shall have provided to the Administrative Agent copies of
resolutions of its Board of Directors approving the execution and delivery of the Exchange Indenture and, in the case of the Company, the issuance of the Exchange Notes, together with a customary certificate of the secretary of the Company or such
Guarantor certifying such resolutions.
(iii) The Company shall have caused its counsel to deliver to the Administrative
Agent executed legal opinions in form and substance customary for a transaction of that type to be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, with respect to due authorization, execution and
delivery, validity and enforceability of the Exchange Notes and the related guarantees).
(e) If the foregoing conditions set forth in
Section 2.19(c) or Section 2.19(d), as applicable, are not satisfied on any applicable Exchange Date, then the Lenders shall retain all
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of their rights and remedies with respect to the Extended Term Loans pursuant to this Agreement until such conditions are satisfied and the Extended Term Loans are so exchanged for Exchange
Notes. The Company agrees to satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 2.19(c) no later than 10 Business Days after the receipt of one or more Exchange Notices requesting issuance of at least $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
Exchange Notes, and the Company agrees to satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 2.19(d) no later than 5 Business Days after receipt of one or more Exchange Notices requesting issuance of at least $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount
of Exchange Notes. The Company agrees it shall deliver the Exchange Notes in escrow, subject to release upon satisfaction or waiver of the applicable issuance conditions, to the Administrative Agent upon its request after the Companys receipt
of the first Exchange Notice which causes the requested amount to date to exceed in aggregate at least $50,000,000.
(f) It is understood
and agreed that the Extended Term Loans exchanged for Exchange Notes constitute the same indebtedness as such Exchange Notes and that no novation shall be effected by any such exchange.
2.20 Inability to Determine Rates.
(a) If at the time that the Administrative Agent shall seek to determine the LIBOR Screen Rate on the Quotation Day for any Interest Period
for an Advance the LIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available for such Interest Period for any reason and the Administrative Agent shall determine in good faith that it is not possible to determine the Interpolated Rate (which conclusion shall be
conclusive and binding absent manifest error), then such Advance shall be made or continued as a Floating Rate Advance at the Floating Rate.
(b) If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for an Advance:
(i) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate for a Loan for the applicable Interest Period; or
(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate for a Loan for
the applicable Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Advance for such Interest Period,
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Company and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until the Administrative Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist (which notification the Administrative Agent agrees to promptly give in such circumstance), (A) any
Conversion/Continuation Notice that requests the conversion of any Eurocurrency Advance to, or continuation of any Eurocurrency Advance in the applicable currency or for the applicable Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be ineffective and
(B) such Advance shall be made as a Floating Rate Advance.
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ARTICLE III
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES, TAXES
3.1 [Reserved].
3.2
Increased Costs.
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate);
(ii) impose on any Lender the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans made
by such Lender; or
(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments,
or other obligations hereunder, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes; (B) Excluded Taxes and (C) Other Connection Taxes on gross or net income, profits or
revenue (including value-added or similar Taxes));
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other
Recipient of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such other Recipient hereunder, whether of principal,
interest or otherwise, then the Company will pay to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes; (B) Excluded Taxes and (C) Other Connection Taxes on gross or net income, profits or revenue (including value-added or similar Taxes)).
(b) If any Change in Law regarding capital requirements or liquidity has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lenders capital or on the capital of such Lenders holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lenders holding company could have
achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders policies and the policies of such Lenders holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Company will pay to such
Lender, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lenders holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may
be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 3.2 shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Subject to paragraph (d) of this Section 3.2, the Company shall pay such Lender,
the amount shown as due on any such certificate, absent manifest error, within 30 days after receipt thereof.
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(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this
Section 3.2 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders right to demand such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 3.2 for any increased costs or
reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lenders intention to claim compensation therefor; provided
further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
3.3 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day
of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of a Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue
or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked and is revoked), or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 3.5, then, in any such event, the Company shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits due to
the addition of the Applicable Margin to the Adjusted LIBO Rate) attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount reasonably 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 Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of
such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest 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 dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar
market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay
such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.
3.4 Withholding of Taxes;
Gross-Up. (a) Each payment by any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, unless such deduction or withholding is required by any law. If any Withholding Agent determines, in its sole
discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to deduct or withhold Taxes, then such Withholding Agent may so deduct or withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of Taxes deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority
in accordance with applicable law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by such Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such deduction or withholding (including such deduction or withholding applicable to
additional amounts payable under this Section 3.4), the applicable Recipient receives the amount it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
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(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Company. The Company shall timely pay any Other Taxes to
the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any
payment of Indemnified Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy
of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d)
Indemnification by the Loan Parties. Each applicable Loan Party shall indemnify each Recipient for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Recipient in connection with any Loan Document (including amounts
paid or payable under this Section 3.4(d)) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The
indemnity under this Section 3.4(d) shall be paid within 10 days after demand therefor. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the applicable Loan Party by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or
by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Indemnification
by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, 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 Parties to do so) attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom
or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this Section 3.4(e) shall be paid within 10 days after demand therefor. A certificate
as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time
owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).
(f) Status of Lenders. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, any applicable withholding Tax with
respect to any payments under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent and at the time or times prescribed by applicable law,
such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or as reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding. In addition,
any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Company
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or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or
information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.4(f)(ii)(A)
through (E) and Section 3.4(f)(iii) below) shall not be required if in the Lenders 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, each Lender shall,
if it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies reasonably requested by the Company and the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party hereto,
duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) in the case of a Lender that is a
U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;
(B) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a
party (1) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the interest
article of such tax treaty and (2) with respect to any other applicable payments under this Agreement, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant
to the business profits or other income article of such tax treaty;
(C) in the case of a
Non-U.S. Lender for whom payments under this Agreement constitute income that is effectively connected with such Lenders conduct of a trade or business in the United States, IRS Form W-8ECI;
(D) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under
Section 881(c) of the Code both (1) IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, and (2) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (a U.S. Tax Certificate) to the effect that such
Lender is not (a) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b) a 10 percent shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code and (c) a
controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code;
(E) in the case of a
Non-U.S. Lender that is not the beneficial owner of payments made under any Loan Document (including a partnership or a participating Lender) (1) an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (2) the relevant forms prescribed in
clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (F) of this paragraph (f)(ii) and in paragraph (f)(iii) that would be required of each such beneficial owner or partner of such partnership if such beneficial owner or partner
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were a Lender; provided, however, that if the Lender is a partnership and one or more of its partners are claiming the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of
the Code, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Certificate on behalf of such partners; or
(F) in the case of a
Non-U.S. Lender, any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax together with such supplementary documentation necessary to enable the Company or the
Administrative Agent to determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by law to be withheld or deducted.
(iii) 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 Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the
Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company and the Administrative Agent as may be
necessary for the Company and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to
deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 3.4(f)(iii), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it
shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a
refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.4 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section 3.4), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the
extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 3.4 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid
by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid to such indemnified party pursuant to the previous
sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Section 3.4(g), in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 3.4(g) if such payment would place such indemnified party in a less favorable position (on a net
after-Tax basis) than such indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted,
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withheld, or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 3.4(g) shall not be construed to require any
indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Survival. Each partys obligations under this Section 3.4 shall survive any assignment of rights by, or the replacement
of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations under any Loan Document.
3.5 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Recipient requests compensation under Section 3.2, or if the Company is required to pay any additional amount to any Recipient
or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Recipient pursuant to Section 3.4, then such Recipient shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights
and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Recipient, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.2 or 3.4, as the case
may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Recipient to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Recipient. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any
Recipient in connection with any such designation or assignment including the $3,500 fee contemplated by Section 13.1(b).
(b) If any
Lender (i) shall become affected by any of the changes or events described in Section 3.2 or 3.4 and the Company is required to pay additional amounts or make indemnity payments with respect to the Lender thereunder, (ii) is a
Defaulting Lender, or (iii) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination which pursuant to the terms of Section 8.2 or any other provision of any Loan Document requires the consent of all Lenders or all
affected Lenders and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent (any such Lender being hereinafter referred to as a Departing Lender), then in such case, the Company may, upon at least five
Business Days notice to the Administrative Agent and such Departing Lender (or such shorter notice period specified by the Administrative Agent), designate a replacement lender reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (a
Replacement Lender) to which such Departing Lender shall, subject to its receipt (unless a later date for the remittance thereof shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Departing Lender) of all amounts then owed to such
Departing Lender under Sections 3.2 or 3.4, if any, assign all (but not less than all) of its interests, rights, obligations, Loans and Commitments hereunder; provided, that the Departing Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal
to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the Replacement Lender (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company
(in the case of all other amounts). Upon any assignment by any Lender pursuant to this Section 3.5 becoming effective, the Replacement Lender shall thereupon be deemed to be a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement (unless such
Replacement Lender was, itself, a Lender prior thereto) and such Departing Lender shall thereupon cease to be a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement and shall have no further rights or obligations hereunder (other than pursuant to
Section 3.2 or 3.4 and Section 10.6).
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(c) Notwithstanding any Departing Lenders failure or refusal to assign its rights,
obligations, Loans and Commitments under this Section 3.5, the Departing Lender shall cease to be a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement and the Replacement Lender shall be substituted therefor upon payment to the Departing
Lender by the Replacement Lender of all amounts set forth in paragraph (b) of Section 3.5 without any further action of the Departing Lender.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1 Execution Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived
in accordance with Section 8.2):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a counterpart of
(x) this Agreement signed by the Company and (y) a Guaranty signed by each of the Guarantors required to be a party hereto as of the Execution Date, or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which
may include telecopy or electronic mail transmission of a signature page of this Agreement and the Guaranty) that such party has signed a counterpart of such agreements.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the articles of incorporation, partnership agreement or similar
organizational documents of the Company and each Guarantor as of the Execution Date, together with all amendments thereto, and a certificate of good standing or similar governmental evidence of corporate existence (to the extent applicable),
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other duly authorized representative of the Company or each Guarantor, as the case may be, or of the Company.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the by-laws or other similar operating agreement (to the extent
applicable) and Board of Directors resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies, if any are reasonably deemed necessary by counsel for the Administrative Agent) of the Company and each Guarantor authorizing the execution and performance of the
Loan Documents, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or other duly authorized representative of the Company or each Guarantor, as the case may be, or of the Company.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received an incumbency certificate of the Company and each Guarantor, which shall
identify by name and title and bear the signature of the officers of the Company or such Guarantor authorized to sign the applicable Loan Documents and to make borrowings hereunder, upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the Company or such Guarantor.
(e) The Administrative
Agent shall have received a customary written opinion or opinions of the Companys and Guarantors counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and Lenders, in form and substance customary for unsecured transactions of this type.
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(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received at least 3 Business Days prior
to the Execution Date all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, requested by any Arranger at
least 10 Business Days prior to the Execution Date.
(g) Payment of all fees, interest and other amounts due and payable as
of the Execution Date from the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Arrangers, Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents and pursuant to any fee or similar letters executed by the Company in connection herewith shall be paid,
including reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required thereunder to be reimbursed or paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case solely to the extent invoiced in writing to the Company in reasonable detail at least one
Business Day prior to the Execution Date; provided that this condition will be satisfied on the Execution Date prior to such payment if arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers are in place at such time for the payment of such fees and
expenses on the Execution Date.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) audited consolidated balance
sheets and related statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the three most recently completed fiscal years ended at least 90 days prior to the Execution Date, (ii) unaudited
consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for each subsequent fiscal quarter ended (x) at least 45 days prior to the Execution Date if such period
is one of the first three fiscal quarters of a fiscal year or (y) at least 90 days prior to the Execution Date if such period is the fourth fiscal quarter of a fiscal year, (iii) the audited consolidated group balance sheet and group
income statement, group cash flow statement and changes in group equity of the Target and its Subsidiaries for the three most recent fiscal years that are publicly available as of the Execution Date and (iv) the unaudited consolidated group
balance sheet, group income statement, group cash flow statement and changes in group equity of the Target and its Subsidiaries for each subsequent fiscal quarter that are publicly available as of the Execution Date; provided that public
filing of the required financial statements on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q by the Company (and the public filing of such financial statements on the website of the Target) will satisfy the foregoing requirements.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma consolidated
statement of income of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of and for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period for which financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries were
delivered under clause (h) above (or more recent financial statements if available at the Companys sole discretion) (it being agreed that the most recent financials statements of the Target and its subsidiaries delivered under paragraph
(h) above shall be used to construct such pro formas, even if the four-fiscal quarter period thereof is not the same four-fiscal quarter period applicable to the most
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recently delivered Company financial statements), prepared after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated on the Acquisition Closing Date
as if the Transactions and such other transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such income statements), which need not be prepared in compliance with Regulation
S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or include adjustments for purchase accounting (including adjustments of the type contemplated by Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations
(formerly SFAS 141R)).
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer or
treasurer of the Company in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto certifying the solvency of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to be consummated on
the Execution Date.
(k) The terms of the Business Combination Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers
(which in any event shall provide as a closing condition that the Offer is accepted for a number of shares representing at least 75% of the outstanding voting shares of the Target (after deducting any treasury shares held by the Target which are
subject to the Non-Tender Agreement)).
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders that the conditions in this
Section 4.1 have been satisfied (or waived), as of the Execution Date, in writing on the date thereof and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
4.2 Acquisition Closing Date. The respective obligations of the Lenders to make Initial Bridge Loans on the Acquisition Closing Date
shall become effective on the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 8.2):
(a) The Execution Date shall have occurred.
(b) Payment of all fees, interest and other amounts due and payable as of the Acquisition Closing Date from the Company and its
Subsidiaries to the Arrangers, Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents and pursuant to any fee or similar letters executed by the Company in connection herewith shall be paid, including reimbursement or payment of all
out-of-pocket expenses required thereunder to be reimbursed or paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case solely to the extent invoiced in writing to the Company in reasonable detail at least one Business Day prior to the Acquisition
Closing Date (provided that such applicable payments may be made by net rather than gross proceeds of Loans as agreed).
(c) (x) The terms
of the Offer Documentation, to the extent material to the interest of the Lenders, shall be consistent with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and shall in any event, contain the Key Offer Terms unless consented to in writing by the
Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, it being agreed such consent shall
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be deemed given if the Arrangers fail to respond within 2 Business Days after written notice from the Company). The Acquisition shall have been consummated, or will be consummated substantially
concurrently with the funding of the Advances on the Acquisition Closing Date, in accordance with the Offer Documentation and no amendments, consents or waivers to or of the Acquisition Documentation and/or Non-Tender Documents that are materially
adverse to the Lenders or the Arrangers shall have been made without the consent of the Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, it being agreed such consent shall be deemed given if the Arrangers fail to
respond within 2 Business Days after written notice from the Company), it being understood that any amendments, consents or waivers in respect of the Key Offer Terms or the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement limiting recourse against
financing sources shall be material and adverse to the Lenders and Arrangers. The Non-Tender Documents shall be effective.
(y) (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received (x) a copy of the draft Offer Documentation at least 3 Business
Days (or such shorter period of time as the Arrangers agree, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) prior to submission to the BaFin and (y) (A) copies of any amendments, supplements or modifications to the
Business Combination Agreement and (B) copies of any amendments, supplements or modifications to, the Offer Documentation since the drafts thereof referred to in clause (x) and (ii) the Unconditional Date shall have occurred.
(d) As of the Acquisition Closing Date, the Certain Funds Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects
(or, if qualified by materiality, in all respects) and no Certain Funds Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the from the extensions of credit hereunder on the Acquisition Closing Date.
(e) The Existing Company Debt Refinancing shall have occurred or shall occur substantially concurrently with the funding of the
Advances on the Acquisition Closing Date and the Company and its Subsidiaries (including the Target and its Subsidiaries) shall have no material Indebtedness for borrowed money outstanding other than (i) the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (or
in lieu of the Replacement Facilities, the Existing Loan Agreement or new backstop facilities not in excess of $750 million in aggregate amount), (ii) the Bridge Facility and/or the New Senior Unsecured Notes in lieu of all or a portion
thereof, (iii) ordinary course deferred purchase price obligations, ordinary course working capital facilities, ordinary course cash management, ordinary course capital leases, ordinary course letters of credit, ordinary course purchase money
and ordinary course equipment financings and ordinary course foreign subsidiary credit facilities (in the case of such ordinary course foreign subsidiary credit facilities, any replacements, extensions and renewals thereof not materially in excess
of the amounts (inclusive of unfunded commitments) as of the date hereof), (iv) indebtedness of the Target and its Subsidiaries permitted to survive the Acquisition under the Business Combination Agreement and the Offer Documentation and
(v) additional indebtedness as consented to by the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
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(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received (x) a certificate from the
chief financial officer or treasurer of the Company in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto certifying the solvency of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis immediately after giving effect to the Transactions contemplated
hereby to be consummated on the Acquisition Closing Date and (y) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Company certifying as to the matters set forth in Sections 4.2(c), (d) and (e).
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Notice in accordance with Section 2.3 with respect to the
Advances being made on the Acquisition Closing Date.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders that the
conditions in this Section 4.2 have been satisfied (or waived) in writing on the date thereof, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
4.3 Actions by Lenders During the Certain Funds Period. During the Certain Funds Period and notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary in the Loan Documents or otherwise, but subject to the applicable conditions in Sections 4.1 and 4.2, none of the Lenders nor the Agents shall, unless (x) a Certain Funds Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of
or immediately after giving effect to a proposed Advance or (y) a Certain Funds Representation remains incorrect in any material respect or, if a Certain Funds Representation contains a materiality concept, incorrect in any respect, be entitled
to:
(a) cancel any of its Commitments, except as set forth in Section 2.4 above;
(b) rescind, terminate or cancel the Loan Documents or the Commitments or exercise any similar right or remedy or make or
enforce any claim under the Loan Documents it may have to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of Advances, except as set forth in Section 2.4 above;
(c) refuse to participate in the making of Advances unless the conditions expressly applicable to drawing thereof set forth in
Sections 4.1 or 4.2, as applicable, have not been satisfied;
(d) exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim in respect
of a Loan under the Commitments for Certain Funds Purposes to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of Advances; or
(e) cancel, accelerate or cause repayment or prepayment of any amounts owing under any Loan Document to the extent to do so
would prevent or limit the making of Advances;
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provided that immediately upon the expiry of the Certain Funds Period all such rights, remedies and
entitlements shall be available to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent notwithstanding that they may not have been used or been available for use during the Certain Funds Period.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Company represents and warrants to the Lenders on the Execution Date, the Acquisition Closing Date and each other date such
representations and warranties are made pursuant to the Loan Documents (provided that prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date such representations and warranties shall not apply to or otherwise include the Target or its Subsidiaries), that:
5.1 Corporate Existence and Standing. Each of the Company and, other than as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, its Restricted Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other organization, duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate,
partnership, company or similar authority to conduct its business as presently conducted (in each case, in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent such legal concepts are applicable thereto).
5.2 Authorization and Validity. Each Loan Party has the corporate or other power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver
the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly
authorized by proper corporate or other applicable company proceedings. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto. Each Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each
Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and by
general principles of equity.
5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent. Neither the execution and delivery by the Loan Parties of the
Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the Companys or any Restricted Subsidiarys constitutive documents or the provisions of any material indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or is
subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than any Lien permitted by Section 6.16) in, of or on the Property of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement. Other than those that have been obtained, no order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or
registration with, or exemption by, or other action in respect of any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to authorize, or is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of, or
the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of, any of the Loan Documents.
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5.4 Financial Statements. The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders:
(a) the Companys consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of and for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, reported on by KPMG, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015; and
(b) the audited consolidated group balance sheet and group income statement, group cash flow statement and changes in group equity of the
Target and its subsidiaries for the three most recent fiscal years that are publicly available as of the Execution Date and (ii) the consolidated group balance sheet and group income statement, group cash flow statement and changes in group
equity of the Target and its subsidiaries for each subsequent fiscal quarter that are publicly available as of the Execution Date.
All
financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.1 or Article IV on and after the Execution Date were prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in effect on the date such statements were prepared and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than in the case of annual
financial statements, subject to the absence of footnotes and year-end audit adjustments).
5.5 Material Adverse Change. Since
December 31, 2014, there has been no change in the business, Property, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.6 Taxes. Each of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all United States federal tax returns and
all other material tax returns that are required to be filed with any Governmental Authority and has paid all Taxes required to be paid by it, except (i) such Taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which reserves have
been provided in accordance with GAAP and as to which no Lien (other than as permitted by Section 6.16) exists or (ii) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No tax Liens have
been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to any such Taxes, other than as permitted by Section 6.16.
5.7
Litigation and Guarantee Obligations. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.7 hereto, there is no litigation, arbitration or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of any of the Companys executive officers, any governmental investigation
or inquiry pending or any litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry threatened in writing against or affecting the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or which seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making of the Loans or Advances (other than Loans or Advances for Certain Funds Purposes). Other than any liability incident to such litigation, arbitration or proceedings listed on
Schedule 5.7, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have no material Guarantee Obligations not provided for or disclosed in financial statements referred to in Section 5.4 that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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5.8 Subsidiaries. Schedule 5.8 hereto contains an accurate list of all Subsidiaries of the
Company as of the Execution Date, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization and the percentage of their respective Capital Stock owned by the Company or other Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding shares
of Capital Stock of such Subsidiaries held by the Company have been duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent such concepts are applicable). As of the Execution Date there
are no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
5.9 ERISA. Except where noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, each member of the Controlled Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Single Employer Plan. Each member of the Controlled Group is in compliance with the
applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan except where such non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Single Employer Plan
complies in all respects with all applicable requirements of law and regulations, no Reportable Event which has or may result in any liability has occurred with respect to any Single Employer Plan, and no steps have been taken to terminate any
Single Employer Plan. No member of the Controlled Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Single
Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or made any amendment to any Plan, which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Code having a value
individually or collectively in excess of $50,000,000 or (iii) incurred any actual liability under Title IV of ERISA that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under
Section 4007 of ERISA or a liability that has been satisfied.
5.10 Accuracy of Information. No information, exhibit or report
furnished by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in writing to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender in connection with the negotiation of the Loan Documents contained (with respect to the information or data relating to Target, its
Subsidiaries or their respective businesses prior to the Acquisition, to Companys knowledge) any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in
light of the circumstances in which made, as of the date thereof; provided, however, that with respect to projected financial information and information of a general economic or industry specific nature, the Company represents only
that such information has been prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable.
5.11 Regulations
T, U and X. Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries extends or maintains, in the ordinary course of business, credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental, or ultimate, of buying or carrying Margin Stock, and no part
of the proceeds of any Advance will be used for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental, or ultimate, of buying or carrying any such Margin Stock or maintaining or extending credit to others for such purpose in any way that would violate
Regulation T, U or X. After applying the proceeds of each Advance, Margin Stock will not constitute more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Company alone or of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) that are
subject to any provisions of any Loan Document that may cause the Advances to be deemed secured, directly or indirectly, by Margin Stock. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with Section 6.2.
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5.12 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Bridge Facility shall only be used for Certain
Funds Purposes.
5.13 Compliance With Laws; Properties. The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have complied with all
applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency thereof having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership of their respective
Property, failure to comply with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.14 Plan Assets; Prohibited
Transactions. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not engaged in any non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and neither the execution of this Agreement nor the making of Loans (assuming the accuracy of the following representations and warranties which the Lenders hereby make for the benefit of the Company: (i) that no part of the
funds to be used by the Lenders for funding any of the Loans shall constitute assets of an employee benefit plan within the meaning of ERISA or the assets of a plan as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code and
(ii) that no Lender will transfer its interest herein unless the prospective transferee makes the representations and warranties set forth in this parenthetical phrase as if had originally been a party to this Agreement) hereunder will
constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
5.15
Environmental Matters. In the ordinary course of its business, the officers of the Company consider the effect of Environmental Laws on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in the course of which they identify and evaluate
potential risks and liabilities accruing to the Company and its Subsidiaries due to Environmental Laws. On the basis of this consideration, the Company has reasonably concluded that the Company and its Subsidiaries are not in violation of any
Environmental Laws in such a fashion that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice to the effect that its operations are not in material compliance with
any of the requirements of applicable Environmental Laws or, to the knowledge of the Company, are the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any Remedial Action is required to be performed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, which non-compliance or Remedial Action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.16 Investment Company Act. No Loan Party is an investment company or a company controlled by an
investment company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5.17 [Reserved].
5.18 Insurance. The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
(or self-insurance programs) on their Property in such amounts (with such customary deductibles, exclusions and self-insurance) and covering such risks as management of the Company reasonably considers consistent with sound business practice.
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5.19 Ownership of Properties. On the Execution Date, the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries will have good title, free of all Liens (other than as permitted by Section 6.16), to all Property and assets reflected in their financial statements for such date as owned by them.
5.20 Labor Controversies. There are no labor controversies pending or, to the best of the Companys knowledge, threatened against
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.21 Burdensome
Obligations. The Company does not presently anticipate that future expenditures needed to meet the provisions of federal or state statutes, orders, rules or regulations will be so burdensome as to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
5.22 Patriot Act. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries is in violation, in any material respects, of any applicable law primarily
relating to counter-terrorism including, without limitation, the United States Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2011, the Patriot Act.
5.23 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Company has implemented, maintains in effect and enforces policies and procedures designed
to ensure compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (in their respective capacities as such) with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions, and, subject to the matters prior to the Execution
Date as described in the Press Releases, the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees (in their respective capacities as such) and to the knowledge of the Company, its directors and agents (in their respective capacities
as such), are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Company, any
director or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person described in clause (a) of the definition thereof (or a Person
owned or controlled by any Person described in such clause (a)), or a Sanctioned Person as described in clause (b) of the definition thereof in violation in any material respect of Sanctions. No Advance, use of proceeds or other transaction
contemplated by this Agreement will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or Sanctions in any material respect.
5.24 [Reserved].
5.25 Solvency. As of the Execution Date, immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Execution Date, and as
of the Acquisition Closing Date, immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Acquisition Closing Date, as applicable (i) each of the Fair Value and the Present Fair Salable Value of the assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole exceed their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities; (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole Do Not Have Unreasonably Small Capital; and (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole Can Pay Their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature.
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For the purposes hereof, (a) the term Fair Value means the amount at which the
assets (both tangible and intangible), in their entirety, of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, within a commercially reasonable period of time, each having reasonable
knowledge of the relevant facts, with neither being under any compulsion to act; (b) the term Present Fair Salable Value means the amount that could be obtained by an independent willing seller from an independent willing buyer if
the assets (both tangible and intangible) of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are sold on a going concern basis with reasonable promptness in an arms-length transaction under present conditions for the sale of comparable
business enterprises insofar as such conditions can be reasonably evaluated; (c) the term Stated Liabilities means the recorded liabilities (including contingent liabilities that would be recorded in accordance with GAAP) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as of the applicable date, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such
Loans on such applicable date), determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; (d) the term Identified Contingent Liabilities means the maximum estimated amount of liabilities reasonably likely to result from pending
litigation, asserted claims and assessments, guaranties, uninsured risks and other contingent liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such Loans on the applicable date) (including all fees and expenses related thereto but exclusive of such contingent liabilities to the extent reflected in Stated Liabilities), as
identified and explained in terms of their nature and estimated magnitude by responsible officers of the Company, (e) the term Can Pay Their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature means that the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such Loans on the applicable date) have sufficient
assets and cash flow to pay their respective Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as those liabilities mature or (in the case of contingent liabilities) otherwise become payable; and (f) the term Do Not Have
Unreasonably Small Capital means the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such Loans
on the applicable date) have sufficient assets and cash flow to pay their respective Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as those liabilities mature or (in the case of contingent liabilities) otherwise become payable.
5.26 Business Combination Agreement; Non-Tender Documents. As of the Execution Date the Business Combination Agreement contain all of
the terms material to the interest of the Lenders agreed between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the Target or any of its shareholders or its Subsidiaries, other than such as contained in the Non-Tender Documents (to the extent then in
effect).
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
On or
after the earlier of the Replacement Facilities Effective Date and the Acquisition Closing Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing (provided that prior
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to the Domination Agreement Effective Date such covenants shall not apply to the Target or its Subsidiaries), the following covenants shall apply; provided that from the date on which all
Initial Bridge Loans have been converted to Extended Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.19(a) and until the Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations not then due) are paid in full and the Commitments are terminated, the Company
covenants and agrees with the Lenders that in lieu of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.13 through 6.27 it shall comply with the negative covenants contained in the Exchange Indenture.
6.1 Financial Reporting. The Company will maintain, for itself and each Subsidiary, a system of accounting established and administered
in accordance with GAAP, and furnish to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders:
(i) Within 90 days (or
such earlier date as the Company may be required to file its applicable annual report on Form 10-K by the rules and regulations of the SEC) after the close of each of its fiscal years, an audit report (without a going concern or like
qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) certified by independent certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, prepared in accordance with GAAP on a
consolidated basis for itself and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets as of the end of such period, related profit and loss statements, and a statement of cash flows, and if available to the Company after the Companys use of
commercially reasonable efforts to so obtain, accompanied by a certificate of said accountants that, in the course of their examination necessary for their certification of the foregoing, they have obtained no knowledge of any Default or Unmatured
Default, or if, in the opinion of such accountants, any Default or Unmatured Default shall exist, stating the nature and status thereof.
(ii) Within 45 days (or such earlier date as the Company may be required to file its applicable quarterly report on Form 10-Q
by the rules and regulations of the SEC) after the close of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year, for itself and its Subsidiaries, consolidated unaudited balance sheets as at the close of each such period and consolidated
unaudited profit and loss statements and a consolidated unaudited statement of cash flows for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such quarter, all certified by a Designated Financial Officer.
(iii) If any Subsidiary has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, concurrently with each delivery of financial
statements under Section 6.01(i) or (ii) above, financial statements (in substantially the same form as the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(i) or (ii) above) prepared on the basis of consolidating the
accounts of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and treating any Unrestricted Subsidiaries as if they were not consolidated with the Company or accounted for on the basis of the equity method but rather accounting for an investment and
otherwise eliminating all accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, together with an explanation of reconciliation adjustments in reasonable detail.
(iv) Together with the financial statements required under Sections 6.1(i) and (ii), a compliance certificate in substantially
the form of Exhibit F attached
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hereto (a Compliance Certificate) signed by a Designated Financial Officer and stating (i) that no Default or Unmatured Default exists, or if any Default or Unmatured
Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof and (ii) setting forth the calculation and uses of the Available Amount for the fiscal period then ended if the Company shall have used the Available Amount for any purpose during such
fiscal period.
(v) Promptly and in any event within 30 Business Days after the Company knows that any Reportable Event has
occurred with respect to any Plan (or such longer period as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent), a statement, signed by a Designated Financial Officer of the Company, describing said Reportable Event and the action which the Company proposes
to take with respect thereto.
(vi) Promptly and in any event within 15 Business Days after receipt by the Company (or such
longer period as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent), a copy of (a) any written notice or claim to the effect that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of the Release by the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries, or any other Person of any Hazardous Substances into the environment, and (b) any written notice alleging any violation of any Environmental Law by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which, in either case, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) Promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of
all reports, proxy statements and financial statements that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sends to or files with any of their respective securities holders (other than the Company or another Subsidiary) or any securities exchange
or the SEC pertaining to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as the issuer of securities.
(viii) Such other
information (including non-financial information) as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may from time to time reasonably request.
Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) above, as to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to clause
(vii) above, the Company shall not be separately required to furnish such information under the clauses (i) or (ii) above, provided the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Company to furnish the information
and materials described in the above clauses (i) and (ii) above at the times specified therein. Materials required to be delivered pursuant to any of clauses (i) through (vii), inclusive, above (to the extent any such documents are
included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Company posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Companys website
on the Internet, and gives written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Companys behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which the Administrative Agent has access
(whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent), and the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice of such posting.
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6.2 Use of Proceeds.
(a) The Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, (i) use the proceeds of the Advances under the Bridge Facility for Certain Funds
Purposes only. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, use any of the proceeds of the Advances to purchase or carry any Margin Stock in any way in violation of Regulation T, U or X.
(b) The Company will not request any Advance, and the Company shall not use, and shall ensure that their respective Subsidiaries and its or
their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Advance directly or indirectly (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or
anything else of value, to any Person in violation in any material respect of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in
any Sanctioned Country, in violation of Sanctions, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions by any Lender or Agent party hereto. The Company will take actions designed to ensure compliance by the Company, its
Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (in their respective capacities as such) with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions in all material respects.
6.3 Notice of Default. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, give prompt notice in writing to the
Administrative Agent of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default and of any other development, financial or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.4 Conduct of Business. Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall enter into any material business, either
directly or through any Restricted Subsidiary, except for those businesses (a) in which the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and/or the Target and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement or (b) that are
reasonably related, incidental, ancillary, complementary (including related, complementary, synergistic or ancillary technologies) or similar thereto, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof. The Company will, and will cause each
Restricted Subsidiary to do all things necessary to remain duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing as a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
organizational form in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be (unless, with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries, the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), and maintain all
requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, unless the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.5 Taxes. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, timely file complete and correct United States federal and
applicable foreign, state and local tax returns required by law and pay when due all Taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or Property, except (i) those that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP or (ii) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.6 Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain
with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all their Property in such amounts (with such customary deductibles, exclusions and self-insurance) and covering such risks as is consistent with sound business practice.
6.7 Compliance with Laws. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, comply with all Requirements of Law, except
where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.8 Properties; Inspection. The
Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, do all things reasonably necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep its material Property in good repair, working order and condition, and make all necessary and proper repairs,
renewals and replacements to the extent the Company reasonably deems consistent with sound business practice. The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent (and through the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders), to reasonably inspect any of the Property of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, the financial or accounting records of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary and other documents of the Company and
each Restricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent any of the foregoing is reasonably related to the credit evaluation by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement, to examine and make copies of such records and
documents of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary with, and to be advised as to the same by, their respective officers upon reasonable prior
notice at such reasonable times and intervals as the Administrative Agent may designate.; provided that (x) other than after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, no more than one such inspection shall be conducted in any
fiscal year and (y) only after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default shall such inspections be at Companys expense; provided further that all such inspection rights will be limited to the extent necessary for the Company
and its Subsidiaries to comply with contractual confidentiality obligations not entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of avoiding obligations under this Section 6.8. The Agents and the Lenders agree to use
reasonable efforts to coordinate and manage the exercise of their rights under this Section 6.8 so as to minimize the disruption to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries resulting therefrom.
6.9 Further Assurances, Etc.
(a) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date the Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor (including any
Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries required to enter into the Guaranty pursuant to Section 2.18), to execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions, which
may be required under any applicable law, or which the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, all at the expense of the Company.
6.10 Maintenance of Ratings. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be maintained at all times (a)(i) a
corporate family rating, in the case of Moodys or (ii) an issuer credit rating, in the case of S&P, for the Company and (b) credit ratings for the Bridge Facility from Moodys and S&P, but in the case of clauses
(a) and (b), for the avoidance of doubt, not any specific rating.
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6.11 Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control.
(a) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, if a Change of Control occurs the Company shall make an offer to prepay all of the Loans
pursuant to the offer described below (the Change of Control Offer) at a price in cash (the Change of Control Prepayment) equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest,
to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer by first-class mail, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, to each Lender to the address of such Lender
appearing in the register with a copy to the Administrative Agent, with the following information:
(i) that a Change of
Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 6.11 and that such Lender has the right to require the Company to prepay such Lenders Loans;
(ii) the prepayment amount and the prepayment date, which will be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date
such notice is mailed (the Change of Control Prepayment Date);
(iii) that any Loans not properly
accepted for prepayment pursuant to this Section 6.11 will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;
(iv)
that unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Prepayment, all Loans accepted for prepayment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Prepayment Date;
(v) that Lenders shall be entitled to withdraw their election to require the Company to prepay such Loans, provided that the
Company receives, not later than the close of business on the expiration date of the Change of Control Offer, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Lender, the principal amount of Loans accepted for prepayment, and a
statement that such Lender is withdrawing its election to have such Loans prepaid;
(vi) that if such notice is delivered
prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control; and
(vii) the other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 6.11, that a Lender must follow.
The notice, if mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Lender receives
such notice. If (a) the notice is mailed in a manner herein provided and (b) any Lender fails to receive such notice or a Lender receives such notice but it is defective, such Lenders failure to receive such notice or such defect
shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Loans as to all other Lenders that properly received such notice without defect.
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(b) On the Change of Control Prepayment Date, the Company shall:
(i) prepay all Loans, or portions thereof, accepted for prepayment in accordance with this Section 6.11, pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer by means of depositing with the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Prepayment in respect of all Loans or portions thereof so accreted for prepayment; and
(ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent, a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Company
stating that such Loans or portions thereof have been prepaid by the Company.
(c) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of
Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third-party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 6.11 applicable to a Change of Control Offer
made by the Company and repays all Loans accepted for prepayment pursuant to such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon
such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
Other than
as specifically provided in this this Section 6.11, any prepayment pursuant to this this Section 6.11 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.6.2.
6.12 Guaranties. The Company will cause each applicable Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to guarantee the
Obligations pursuant to a Guaranty to the extent required by Section 2.18.
6.13 Merger; Consolidations; Fundamental Changes.
The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge or consolidate with or into any other Person; provided that, so long as no Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom on a Pro Forma Basis, the Company may merge or consolidate with any other corporation and each Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person, provided, further, that (i) in the case of any such
merger or consolidation involving the Company, the Company is the surviving corporation and continues to be organized in the United States, (ii) in the case of any such merger or consolidation involving a Guarantor that does not survive such
merger or consolidation, the surviving Person assumes all of such Guarantors obligations under the Loan Documents and, if not already the Company or a Guarantor, becomes a Guarantor pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and (iii) any Disposition of a Subsidiary otherwise permitted under Section 6.14. It is understood that in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition otherwise permitted hereunder, the Company may elect to test
the no Default or Unmatured Default requirement set forth above on the date the definitive documentation with respect to such Limited Condition Acquisition is entered into and not on the date such transaction is consummated.
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The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, liquidate or dissolve,
provided that a Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the interest of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders (it being agreed that
Guarantor that liquidates or dissolves shall transfer any of its assets to the Company or another Guarantor, unless otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 6.15).
For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6.13 shall permit the Acquisition (and subsequent acquisitions of any Target Shares by the
Company or its applicable Restricted Subsidiaries) pursuant to the Acquisition Documentation.
6.14 Sale of Assets. The Company
will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, lease, sell or otherwise Dispose of its Property, to any other Person (other than to the Company or a Guarantor or between Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors), except:
(i) Sales and leases of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Dispositions of assets that are obsolete, damaged, worn out or surplus, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) Dispositions of machinery, equipment or other fixed assets to the extent that (A) such assets are exchanged for
credit against the purchase price of similar replacement assets that are purchased within 180 days or (B) the proceeds of such Disposition are applied to the purchase price of replacement assets within 180 days;
(iv) Dispositions of cash, Cash Equivalents and the like in the ordinary course of business or in connection with cash
management activities;
(v) Discounts, adjustments or forgiveness of accounts receivable and other contract claims in the
ordinary course of business or in connection with collection or compromise thereof and sales of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business and at the request of the account debtor thereon to facilitate the processing and payment thereof;
(vi) Dispositions resulting from any taking or condemnation of any property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary by
any Governmental Authority or any assets subject to a casualty;
(vii) (x) The lease or sublease of real property in the
ordinary course of business and not constituting a sale and leaseback and (y) the sale and leaseback of real property provided any Indebtedness arising from such sale and leaseback is not prohibited hereunder;
(viii) Assignments and licenses of intellectual property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business;
(ix) Sales of accounts receivable (and rights and property ancillary thereto) pursuant to, and in accordance
with the terms of, a Permitted Securitization;
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(x) Sales, assignments or other transfers of accounts or lease receivables (and
rights and property ancillary thereto) (i) pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of a Permitted Factoring that is part of an ongoing factoring or similar program, or (ii) arising under an Integrated Service Contract or otherwise
in connection with the incurrence of Integrated Service Contract Debt;
(xi) Dispositions constituting Investments
permitted by Section 6.15 and Dispositions constituting Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.25;
(xii)
Disposition of any property, interests or assets (i) to any Domestic Loan Party and (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;
(xiii) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may consummate the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of property useful
in a similar business between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another person to the extent that the assets received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries are of equivalent or greater fair market value than the assets
transferred; provided that to the extent the assets Disposed of pursuant to this clause (xiii) constituted collateral under the Senior Secured Loan Documents, the assets received by the Company or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall also
constitute Collateral;
(xiv) Dispositions of treasury stock of the Company to Restricted Subsidiaries for use as
consideration for acquisitions permitted under Section 6.15;
(xv) That certain sale of the Companys North
America based e-security business announced prior to the Execution Date;
(xvi) Other leases, sales (including
sale-leasebacks) or other Dispositions of Property that, together with all other Property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries previously leased, sold or Disposed of in reliance upon this clause (xvi) during the twelve-month period
ending with the most recent month prior to the month in which any such lease, sale or other Disposition occurs for which financial statements of the Company have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii), did not constitute a
Substantial Portion of the Property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of such most recent prior month;
(xvii) Sale and/or transfers of joint venture equity interests and assets to facilitate that certain contemplated joint venture
transaction disclosed to the Arrangers prior to the Execution Date; and
(xviii) Dispositions of Target Shares to Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Target and its Subsidiaries).
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.14 to the contrary, no such
leases, sales or other dispositions of property may be made (other than pursuant to clause (i) above) if any Default or, in the case of clauses (ix) and (xvi), Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing.
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6.15 Investments and Acquisitions. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, make any Investments or to make any Future Acquisition of any Person, except:
(i) Investments in cash and
Cash Equivalents;
(ii) Investments in the Company and the Guarantors;
(iii) (a) Investments in existence on the Effective Date and (b) so long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred
and is continuing or would be caused thereby, Investments in an SPC in connection with a Permitted Securitization and in an aggregate outstanding amount for this clause (b) not to exceed (x) 10% of the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred in respect of Permitted Securitizations plus (y) the aggregate amount of accounts and notes receivables and related rights and property transferred to an SPC in connection with Permitted Securitizations
plus (z) the aggregate amount of capital contributions and loans made or deemed made by the transferor to the SPC in respect of a portion of the purchase price for such transferred assets not paid in cash;
(iv) Investments by Foreign Subsidiaries that are not Senior Secured Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers in other Foreign
Subsidiaries;
(v) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make intercompany loans between and among one another
(including through cash pooling arrangements) (collectively, Intercompany Loans); provided that at no one time shall the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all net Intercompany Loans made in reliance on this clause
(v) by Senior Secured Loan Parties to Senior Secured External Subsidiaries or by Senior Secured Domestic Loan Parties to Senior Secured Foreign Loan Parties, exceed the Dollar Equivalent Amount of $75,000,000 (determined without regard to any
write-downs or write-offs of such Intercompany Loans) and no Intercompany Loan shall be permitted under this clause (v) if a Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby;
(vi) Investments received as part of the settlement of litigation or in satisfaction of extensions of credit to any Person
pursuant to the reorganization, bankruptcy or liquidation of such Person or a good faith settlement of debts with such Person;
(vii) Investments received in settlement of amounts due to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary effected in the ordinary
course of business;
(viii) so long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused
thereby, other Investments provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments made (net of any return in cash (including via book entry) of the principal amount thereof) in any consecutive four fiscal quarter period does not exceed 10% of Total
Tangible Assets as of the beginning of such period, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company included in the financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) for the most recently ended
fiscal quarter (or fiscal year if such fiscal quarter is the fourth fiscal quarter of the Companys fiscal year) prior to such period;
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(ix) so long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, any Future Acquisition so long as (A) in the case of the acquisition of Persons that do not become Guarantors or acquired property or assets that is not acquired by the Company or a Guarantor the aggregate amount of
consideration in respect of such Persons that do not become Guarantors or acquired property or assets that is not acquired by the Company or a Guarantor (including without limitation any payments in cash, Capital Stock or other consideration, any
direct or deferred payments (to the extent such deferred payments should be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP) and the amount of any Indebtedness (other than Letters of
Credit incurred in the ordinary course of business) assumed pursuant to such Future Acquisition) paid or payable by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any such Future Acquisition to the extent pursuant to this clause
(ix) does not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Tangible Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii), (B) such
Future Acquisition is not a Hostile Acquisition and (C) on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Investment, the Company is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.22 and 6.23 of the Senior Secured Credit
Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available under 6.1(i) or (ii). Any Investments acquired in connection with such
permitted Future Acquisition shall be permitted, provided that such Investments were not made in connection with the anticipation of such Future Acquisition;
(x) so long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, Investments to the
extent that on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to such Investment, the Companys Total Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to the Total Net Leverage Ratio applicable as of such date as set forth in Section 6.22 of
the Senior Secured Credit Agreement less 0.25 to 1.00 (provided that if such ratio under Section 6.22 of the Senior Secured Credit Agreement is 4.00 to 1.00 or less no such reduction of 0.25 to 1.00 shall be made), recomputed as of the last day
of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available under 6.1(i) and (ii);
(xi) so long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, on and after the
Acquisition Closing Date, Investments consisting of loans on arms-length terms, or terms more favorable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the Target (in each case as determined in good faith judgment of the Company) to the
Target and/or its Subsidiaries (and Investments in the form of intermediate intercompany loans to Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Target and its Subsidiaries) to finance the same), provided that such outstanding Investments to
the Target and its Subsidiaries shall not in the aggregate (without duplication) exceed 500,000,000 at any one time;
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(xii) the Acquisition pursuant to the Acquisition Documentation and any
subsequent acquisitions of Target Shares (including any Investments in connection therewith to permit the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to consummate the Transactions as contemplated by the Acquisition Documentation or subsequently cause
the Target to become a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, including investments in the form of the contribution of Target Shares to Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Target and its Subsidiaries));
(xiii) Receivables owing to the Company and extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Investments held by Target in the case of the Acquisition or a Person acquired in a Future Acquisition in each case to
the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition and were in existence on the date of such acquisition;
(xv) Investments consisting of the licensing, sublicensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing
arrangements with other Persons;
(xvi) any Investment consisting of cash deposits (including escrowed deposits) pursuant
to binding commitments of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in effect with respect to (i) issuances or refinancings of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder and (ii) Future Acquisitions permitted hereunder and not yet
consummated;
(xvii) prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection, lease, utility, workers
compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business;
(xviii)
So long as no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing, Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the unused Available Amount; and
(xix) to the extent constituting Investments, transactions to facilitate that certain contemplated joint venture transaction
disclosed to the Arrangers prior to the Execution Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the option of the Company by written notice to
the Administrative Agent, any Investment that is or is in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition shall be deemed to have been incurred on the date the definitive acquisition agreement relating to such Limited Condition Acquisition was
entered into (and not at the time such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated) and any applicable financial ratio tests and no Default or Unmatured Default tests shall be tested in connection with such incurrence, as of the date the definitive
acquisition agreement relating to such Limited Condition Acquisition was entered into, giving pro forma effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition, to any Investment, and to all transactions in connection therewith. In the event such election is
made, any further transactions undertaken in reliance on complying with a particular financial ratio after the date the definitive acquisition agreement relating to such Limited Condition Acquisition was entered
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into and prior to the earlier of the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or the termination of such definitive agreement prior to the incurrence, such financial ratio test must be
satisfied both (i) assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition has occurred, on a Pro Forma Basis and (ii) without giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition or any Investment, incurrence of Indebtedness or the other transactions
in connection therewith.
Any Investment in any Person other than a Loan Party that is otherwise permitted by this Section 6.15 may
be made through intermediate Investments in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and such intermediate Investments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the outstanding amount of Investments pursuant to any clause set forth
above. The amount of any Investment made other than in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent write-downs or write-offs
thereof.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.15, if an Investment meets, in whole or in part, the criteria of
one or more of the categories of Investments (or any portion thereof) permitted in this Section 6.15, the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or divide (and reclassify and redivide) such Investment (or any portion thereof) in any
manner that complies with this Section 6.15 and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such Investment (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such Investment will be treated as being incurred or existing
pursuant to only such clause or clauses (or any portion thereof).
6.16 Liens. The Company will not, nor will it permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except:
(i) (a) Permitted Encumbrances, (b) Liens, if any, created under the Loan Documents or the Senior Secured Loan Documents
(including Liens created under the Senior Secured Security Documents securing Senior Secured Obligations) and (c) on and after the Acquisition Closing Date, if the Replacement Facilities Effective Date has not occurred and the Existing Loan
Agreement (or backstop facilities in replacement thereof) remains outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18(i)(c), Liens securing obligations in respect of such Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18(i)(c);
(ii) Liens existing on the date hereof and described on Schedule 6.16, but not including any subsequent increase in the
principal amount secured thereby;
(iii) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses or in clause (viii) or (ix) below, provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the principal
amount of Indebtedness so secured prior to such extension, renewal or replacement (plus accrued interest, fees and expenses in connection with such extension, renewal or replacement) and that such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be
limited to all or a part of the assets that secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements and construction on such property);
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(iv) Liens upon assets of an SPC granted in connection with a Permitted
Securitization permitted hereunder and customary backup Liens granted by the transferor in accounts receivable and related rights and property transferred to an SPC;
(v) Liens arising out of or related to the rights of buyers of accounts under any Permitted Factoring or Integrated Service
Contract or otherwise in connection with the incurrence of Integrated Service Contract Debt permitted hereunder.
(vi)
Liens in favor of financial institutions against cash pooling arrangements or bank account deposits in foreign bank accounts at such financial institution granted in the ordinary course of business and consistent with standard business practices in
such foreign jurisdiction, provided that any such deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vii) Liens customary in the banking industry constituting a right of set-off, revocation, refund or chargeback under a
customary deposit agreement or under the Uniform Commercial Code of a bank or other financial institution (or similar Liens of non-U.S. financial institutions) incurred in the ordinary course of business where deposits are maintained by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(viii) Liens on property and assets of the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted
to survive the Acquisition or be incurred thereafter and prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date under the terms of the Acquisition Documentation;
(ix) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or
existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in
connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary 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 Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(x) Liens on assets and property of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness and other obligations of such Foreign
Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Tangible Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to
Section 6.1(i) or (ii) at any one time;
(xi) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by 6.18(xix), (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 180 days
after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness
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secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property
or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(xii) Liens arising from filing UCC (or similar law of any
jurisdiction) financing statements or similar public filings, registrations or agreements in foreign jurisdiction regarding leases and consignment or bailee arrangements in the ordinary course of business permitted or not prohibited by any of the
Loan Documents or Senior Secured Loan Documents and Liens securing liabilities in respect of indemnification obligations thereunder as long as each such Lien only encumbers the assets that are the subject of the related lease (or contained in such
leasehold) or consignment or bailee, and other precautionary statements, filings or agreements;
(xiii) 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 and exportation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Liens on cash or Investments permitted by Section 6.15 securing Hedging Agreements in the ordinary course of
business submitted for clearing in accordance with applicable law;
(xv) Liens in favor of a Domestic Loan Party;
(xvi) Liens in favor of a commodity, brokerage or security intermediary who holds a commodity, brokerage or, as applicable, a
security account on behalf of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary provided such Lien encumbers only the related account and the property held therein and relates to the security for the activities associated with such account;
(xvii) Liens on deposits or other amounts held in escrow to secure contractual payments (contingent or otherwise) payable by
the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to a seller after the consummation of a Future Acquisition;
(xviii) Liens not
otherwise permitted by the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.16, provided that (1) the aggregate outstanding amount secured by all such Liens shall not at any time exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and 5% of Total Tangible
Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii), (2) such Liens (x) do not secure the Senior Notes or New Senior Unsecured Notes and
(y) do not secure Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18(i)(c) (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) and (3) at the time of such incurrence and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or
Unmatured Default shall have occurred or be continuing; and
(xix) On and after the Acquisition Closing Date, Liens on the
collateral in respect of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities securing obligations in respect of any Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreement outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18(xxii).
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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.16, if a Lien meets, in whole or
in part, the criteria of one or more of the categories of Liens (or any portion thereof) permitted in this Section 6.16, the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or divide (and reclassify and redivide) such Lien (or any portion
thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.16 and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such Lien or liability secured by such Lien (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such Lien will be
treated as being incurred or existing pursuant to only such clause or clauses (or any portion thereof).
6.17 Affiliates. The
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase or sale of any Property or service) with, or make any payment or transfer to, any Affiliate unless such
transaction, payment or transfer is (a) otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (b) in the ordinary course of business of the Company and/or such Restricted Subsidiary, (c) solely between or among the Company and the other
Guarantors, or solely among non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, (d) upon fair and reasonable terms (taken as a whole) not materially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would obtain
in a comparable arms-length transaction, (e) a Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.25, (f) an Investment permitted by Section 6.15, or (g)(x) with the Target and/or its Subsidiaries in connection with the consummation of
the Transactions as contemplated by the Acquisition Documents or in accordance with the terms of a Domination Agreement or (y) any transactions existing at or with the Target or its Subsidiaries permitted to survive the Acquisition or be
incurred thereafter and prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date under the terms of the Acquisition Documentation.
6.18
Indebtedness. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, to create, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) (a) The Loans and other Obligations under the Loan Documents, (b) Indebtedness under the Senior Secured Loan Documents
in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $2,691,000,000 (less the amount of any Indebtedness outstanding, if any, under clause (d) below), (c) Indebtedness of the Company in respect of the New Senior Unsecured Notes;
provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness at any time outstanding under clauses (a) and (c) shall not exceed $500,000,000 and (d) if the Replacement Facilities Effective Date has not occurred and the Existing
Loan Agreement (or backstop facilities in replacement thereof) remains outstanding, Indebtedness thereunder in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $750,000,000 (it being understood that to the extent the Replacement Facilities are
outstanding, such Indebtedness under this clause (d) shall not be outstanding at the same time);
(ii) Indebtedness of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries existing as of the Execution Date and set forth on Schedule 6.18 and additional Indebtedness consisting of working capital facilities, letter of credit facilities, bank guarantee facilities or similar
facilities; provided that Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (ii) shall not in the aggregate exceed $50,000,000;
(iii) Indebtedness consisting of avals by any of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries for the benefit of, and with
respect to obligations which are not
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classified as Indebtedness of, any of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries which are entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with standard business practices;
(iv) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the date hereof (other than the Target and its
Restricted Subsidiaries); provided that such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and was not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, and the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this Section 6.18(iv) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(v) Any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i)(b), (i)(c) or (i)(d) (to
the extent such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness otherwise complies with the requirements set forth in clause (i)(d) (it being understood such amount may be increased in compliance with the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness)), (ii),
(iii) or (iv) above;
(vi) Indebtedness arising from (a) the endorsement of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business, or (b) the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts)
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) Receivables Indebtedness (excluding any
intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries) permitted under Section 6.24;
(viii)
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) arising from agreements of the Company or a Subsidiary providing for indemnification, contribution, earnout, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or
assumed in connection any acquisition or Disposition otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(ix) Integrated Service
Contract Debt in an aggregate amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $100,000,000;
(x) Indebtedness incurred in
the ordinary course of business in connection with cash pooling arrangements and cash management incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of netting services and similar arrangements in each case in connection with cash management and
deposit accounts, but only to the extent, with respect to any such arrangements, that the total amount of deposits subject to such arrangements equals or exceeds the total amount of overdrafts or similar obligations subject thereto;
(xi) Indebtedness in respect of performance, surety, customs and appeal bonds, or any indemnity agreement related thereto,
arising in the ordinary course of business;
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(xii) Other Indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantors; provided that,
at the time of the creation, incurrence or assumption of such other Indebtedness and after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all such other Indebtedness does not exceed an amount equal to the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total
Tangible Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii);
(xiii) Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted under this Section 6.18; provided that
(i) if any Indebtedness that is Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations then any Guarantee Obligations in respect of such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations of the applicable Loan Party to the same extent and on terms
not materially less favorable to the Lenders as the Indebtedness so Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations and (ii) no such permitted Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, Senior Notes, New Senior Unsecured
Notes and/or the Existing Loan Agreement (or backstop facilities in replacement thereof) (or in each case any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof) shall be Guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary unless such Restricted Subsidiary has
Guaranteed the applicable Obligations pursuant to a Guaranty and (iii) such Guarantee Obligations shall be incurred in compliance with Section 6.15;
(xiv) Intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with effectuating the
Transactions;
(xv) Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 6.21;
(xvi) Indebtedness among the Company and its Subsidiaries (including between or among Subsidiaries); provided that, any
such Indebtedness owing by any Senior Secured Loan Party to any Subsidiary other than a Senior Secured Domestic Loan Party shall be unsecured;
(xvii) So long as no Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Indebtedness of the Company and the
Guarantors if on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness the Companys Total Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to the Total Net Leverage Ratio applicable as of such date as set forth in
Section 6.22 of the Senior Secured Credit Agreement less 0.25 to 1.00 (provided that if such ratio under Section 6.22 of the Senior Secured Credit Agreement is 4.00 to 1.00 or less no such reduction of 0.25 to 1.0 shall be made),
recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available under 6.1(i) and (ii);
(xviii) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and
2.5% of Total Tangible Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) outstanding at any time;
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(xix) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the
acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capitalized 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 (and not in contemplation thereof), and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred
prior to or within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(xx) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of incurrence;
(xxi) Indebtedness of the Target and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to survive the Acquisition or be incurred thereafter
and prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date under the terms of the Acquisition Documentation (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) not secured by assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the
Target and its Subsidiaries) or guaranteed by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Target and its Subsidiaries);
(xxii) Indebtedness consisting of Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreements in an aggregate maximum principal exposure amount at any one time
up to $300,000,000 (it being agreed the maximum principal exposure amount in respect of Bi-lateral LC/WC Agreements constituting revolving loan credit facilities outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $50,000,000 (in each case, such cap
limitations to be calculated exclusive of any bank guarantee or the like issued in connection with a squeeze-out of any minority shareholders of the Target (i) in accordance with Sec. 327b(3) of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz),
(ii) in accordance with Sec. 62 of the German Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz) in conjunction with 327b(3) of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) or (iii) in relation to a squeeze-out pursuant to 39a and 39b of the German
Takeover Code (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz)); and
(xxiii) Intercompany Indebtedness representing
consideration for any intercompany Disposition permitted by Section 6.14(xviii).
The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted
value, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness, the payment of dividends on Disqualified Equity Interests in the form of additional shares of Disqualified Equity Interests, accretion or amortization of original issue discount
or liquidation preferences and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the Exchange Rate or currencies will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 6.18.
The principal amount of any non-interest bearing Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company dated such date
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior in right
of payment to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior in right of payment to any other senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same
collateral.
Further, for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.18, if an item of Indebtedness (or any portion
thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) permitted by this Section 6.18, the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or divide (and reclassify and redivide) such item of
Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.18 and will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses (or any portion
thereof) and such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) shall be treated as having been incurred or existing pursuant to only such clause or clauses (or any portion thereof); provided, that all Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement
shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 6.18.
6.19 Negative Pledge
Clauses. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than (a) restrictions and conditions in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Indebtedness permitted by
Section 6.18(i) or (iv), any documentation governing the Senior Notes, any credit agreements, indentures or similar agreements governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred or outstanding pursuant to Section 6.18 to the extent such
agreements contain applicable Lien restrictions, in the good faith determination of the Company, not materially less favorable to the Lenders than those contained in customary documentation governing similar Indebtedness in the market at the time of
such incurrence, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (b) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to Dispositions permitted by Section 6.14 pending the consummation of such
Dispositions, (c) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or the Persons
obligated thereon, (d) customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment, subletting or other transfer thereof (including the granting of any Lien), (e) restrictions or conditions imposed by restrictions on cash
and other deposits or net worth provisions in leases and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (f) restrictions and conditions binding on a Restricted Subsidiary or its assets at the time such Restricted Subsidiary
first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such assets were first acquired by such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Restricted Subsidiary that was a Restricted Subsidiary on the Execution Date or assets owned by any Restricted Subsidiary on the
Execution Date), so long as such contractual obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or assets being acquired, (g) customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited
liability company governance documents, joint venture agreements and other similar agreements that restrict the transfer of
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assets of, or ownership interests in, the relevant partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or similar Person, (h) any instrument governing Indebtedness assumed in connection
with the Acquisition (to the extent permitted to survive the Acquisition pursuant to the Acquisition Documentation), (i) with respect to bank deposit accounts, cash sweep arrangements, cash management services or cash pooling arrangements,
conditions that require consent of the bank before any lien or pledge arrangement securing obligations and liabilities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary are enacted (with each of the foregoing being within the general parameters customary
in the banking industry or arising pursuant to the applicable banking institutions general terms and conditions) or (j) restrictions in respect of assets that, taken as a whole, are immaterial, provided that in good faith judgment of the
Company, such conditions would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of any Borrower to satisfy its Obligations hereunder.
6.20 Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions in respect of any Capital Stock of such
Restricted Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, any Loan Party or Senior Secured Loan Party, (ii) make loans or advances to or Investments in any Loan Party or Senior Secured Loan Party or (iii) transfer any of its assets
to any Loan Party, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (a) restrictions and conditions existing under the Loan Documents, any other Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.18(i) or (iv), the Senior
Notes, any credit agreements, indentures or similar agreements governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.18 to the extent such agreements applicable restrictions will not materially impair the Companys
ability to make principal or interest payment on the Loans, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (b) any restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement which has been entered into
in connection with the disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary, (c) any restrictions with respect to assets encumbered by a Lien permitted by Section 6.16 so long as such
restriction applies only to the assets encumbered by such permitted Lien, (d) to the extent required by the minority shareholders thereof, any restriction with respect to a Foreign Subsidiary of which less than 90% of the Voting Stock is owned
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (e) customary restrictions in connection with Permitted Securitizations, (f) applicable Requirements of Law, (g) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to
the Disposition of any property not prohibited by Section 6.14 pending the consummation of such Disposition, (h) any agreement in effect at the time a Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, so long as such
agreement was not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (i) any instrument governing Indebtedness assumed in connection with the Acquisition or any permitted Future
Acquisition and permitted pursuant to Section 6.18, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person so acquired; or
(j) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (b), (h) or (i) above;
provided that such amendments or refinancings are no more materially restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendment or refinancing; provided,
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further, that this Section 6.20 shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions (x) arising by reason of customary non-assignment or no-subletting clauses in leases or other
contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices or (y) in agreements governing any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.18(xix) otherwise permitted hereby and covering only those assets
financed by such Indebtedness.
6.21 Hedging Agreements. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
enter into or remain a party to any Hedging Agreement for purposes of financial speculation.
6.22 [Reserved].
6.23 [Reserved].
6.24
Receivables Indebtedness. The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not permit the aggregate outstanding amount of Receivables Indebtedness and, without duplication, aggregate outstanding amount of any Permitted Factoring in each case
to the extent recourse to the Company or any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, at any one time to exceed the Dollar Equivalent Amount of $100,000,000.
6.25 Restricted Payments. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, declare or pay any dividend (other
than dividends payable solely in Capital Stock of the Person making such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other
acquisition of, any Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (collectively, Restricted Payments), except that:
(a) any Restricted
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Company, any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or on account of its Capital Stock ratably to the holders thereof (or more favorably with respect to the Loan Parties or any other Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary);
(b) Restricted Payments may be made as required pursuant to the terms of the Domination Agreement;
(c) the Company may make payments in cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares or may repurchase partial interests in its Capital
Stock for nominal amounts which are required to be repurchased in connection with the exercise of stock options or warrants to permit the issuance of only whole shares of Capital Stock;
(d) Restricted Payments shall be permitted to consummate the Transactions as contemplated by the Acquisition Documents and any subsequent
acquisitions of Target Shares;
(e) the Company may repurchase its Capital Stock upon the cashless exercise of stock options, warrants or
other convertible securities as a result of the Company accepting such options, warrants or other convertible securities as satisfaction of the exercise price of such Capital Stock;
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(f) the Company may pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for
value of Capital Stock of the Company (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by any future, present or former director, officer, member of management, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (or the estate, heirs, family members or former family members of any of the foregoing) (collectively, Covered Persons); provided that (A) at the time of any such repurchase, retirement or other
acquisition or retirement for value no Unmatured Default or Default exists or would result, (B) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made under this clause (f) in any fiscal year does not exceed (x) $5.0 million (the
Yearly Limit) plus (y) the portion of the Yearly Limit from each of the immediately preceding two fiscal years (but not fiscal years ended prior to the Effective Date) which was not expended by the Company for Restricted
Payments in such fiscal years (the Carryover Amount and in calculating the Carryover Amount for any fiscal year, the Yearly Limit applicable to the previous fiscal years shall be deemed to have been utilized first by any
Restricted Payments made under this clause (f) in such fiscal year) plus (z) the net cash proceeds of any key-man life insurance policies of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that have not been used to make any
repurchases, retirements or acquisitions under this clause (f); provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from Covered Persons in connection with a repurchase of such securities of the
Company will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 6.25;
(g) provided no Unmatured Default
or Default has occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments may be made in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $100,000,000 or 2.5% of Total Tangible Assets as shown on or determined in accordance with the most recent financial
statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(i) or (ii) (with such amount reduced by the amount of any payments, prepayments, repurchases or redemptions of or other optional or voluntarily defeasements pursuant to
Section 6.26(b));
(h) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments constituting a
quarterly cash dividend to the shareholders of the Company shall be permitted in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 per quarter; provided that such amount shall automatically be modified to be 12.5 cents per share of common equity of the
Company (for the avoidance of doubt, without taking into account any share splits or comparable transactions with similar effect) per quarter upon the occurrence of the Acquisition Closing Date;
(i) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments shall be permitted to the extent the
Companys Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00;
(j) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing and the Companys Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma
Basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00, Restricted Payments shall be permitted in an aggregate amount not to exceed the unused Available Amount; and
(k) Restricted Payments pursuant to the Diebold, Incorporated 2014 Non-Qualified Stock Purchase Plan (or any successor thereto) in an
aggregate amount (net of employee contributions) not to exceed $3,000,000 in any fiscal year.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of Section 6.25
will not prohibit the payment of any Restricted Payment or the consummation of any redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of notice, as applicable, if at the date of
declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Section 6.25 (it being understood that such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been made on the date of declaration or notice for
purposes of such provision).
6.26 Certain Payments of Indebtedness. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to make or offer to make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness, the New Senior Unsecured
Notes or other unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money represented by debt securities of the Company or a Guarantor (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Bridge Facility), and in each case any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
thereof (collectively, the Restricted Indebtedness) except for (a) payments, prepayments, repurchases or redemptions, or other optional or voluntary defeasements, with the proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in
respect of such Restricted Indebtedness that is permitted by Section 6.18, (b) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing at the same time thereof, payments, prepayments, repurchases or redemptions of or other
optional or voluntarily defeasements not in excess of the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.5% of Total Tangible Assets (with such amount reduced by the amount of any Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.25(g)); (c) provided no Unmatured
Default or Default has occurred and is continuing at the time thereof, to the extent the Secured Net Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 on a Pro Forma Basis, other payments,
prepayments, repurchases or redemptions of or other optional or voluntary defeasements; (d) provided no Unmatured Default or Default has occurred and is continuing at the time thereof, payments, prepayments, repurchases and redemptions and
other optional or voluntary defeasements shall be permitted in an aggregate amount not to exceed the unused Available Amount, (e) payments, prepayments, repurchases and redemptions of (and optional or voluntary defeasements of) indebtedness set
forth in the definition of Existing Company Debt Refinancing, Target Refinancing and any Indebtedness of the Target and its Subsidiaries existing as of the Acquisition Closing Date or that was incurred after the Acquisition
Closing Date and prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date and permitted under the terms of the Acquisition Documentation and (f) repayments of intercompany debt.
6.27 Amendments to Organizational Documents. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to amend, supplement,
terminate, replace or waive or otherwise modify any Organizational Document of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
6.28 Additional Covenants. If at any time after the date hereof the Company or any Guarantor shall become party to any instrument or
agreement (including all such instruments or
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agreements in existence as of the date hereof) in respect of the Senior Notes, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the Existing Credit Agreement (including any backstop facilities in
replacement thereof and the documentation in respect thereof), the New Senior Unsecured Notes (and the documentation in respect thereof), and/or other material indebtedness for borrowed money with an outstanding individual principal or outstanding
committed amount in excess of $125 million, and in each case any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, that includes any guarantee, or solely in the case of the Senior Notes, Senior Notes Documents and the New Senior Unsecured Notes
(and the documentation in respect thereof) and other Indebtedness for borrowed money subject to this covenant that are unsecured debt securities, security or financial covenants or, other than defaults relating to security or financial covenants if
this Section 6.28 would otherwise not be applicable to such security provisions or financial covenants, defaults (in each case solely to the extent then in effect) and not substantially provided for in this Agreement or more favorable in any
material manner to the lenders or holders thereunder than those provided for in this Agreement, then the Company shall promptly so advise the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior (or such later date as is acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) to entering into any such instrument or agreement and provide the Administrative Agent with true and complete copies of such instrument or agreement after the execution thereof. Thereupon, if the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders shall request, the Company shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement or an additional agreement (as the Administrative Agent may request), providing for substantially the same such guarantee, security or financial covenants or
defaults as provided for in such instrument or agreement to the extent required and as may be selected by the Administrative Agent.
6.29
The Offer, the Acquisition and Related Matters. The Company shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to:
(a) Conduct the Offer in
accordance with, and otherwise comply in all material respects with, the German Takeover Code and all other applicable laws and regulations relating to the Offer.
(b) Except as consented to by the Arrangers in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), ensure that the
Offer Document corresponds in all material respects to the terms and conditions of the Offer as set out, and to the extent set out, in the Business Combination Agreement.
(c) Promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) at least 3 Business Days prior to the first submission to BaFin (and as soon as
reasonably practicable prior to each other submission to BaFin, if any), a copy of the draft Offer Document to be submitted to BaFin; and (ii) promptly after its publication, a copy of any amendment, supplement or modification to the Offer
Document.
(d) Ensure that the Offer Document contains all the Key Offer Terms.
(e) Upon request of the Administrative Agent, inform the Administrative Agent as to the status and progress of the Offer, and any material
post-Acquisition transactions related thereto, including without limitation (i) any event or circumstance which may reasonably be expected to cause the Offer to lapse and, promptly upon request, details of the current level of
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acceptances of the Offer of which the Company is aware, (ii) a running tally (reported to the Administrative Agent from time to time after the initial Advance on the Acquisition Closing Date
hereunder, on the number of shares of the Target acquired by AcquisitionCo, (iii) the status of AcquisitionCos efforts to enter into a Domination Agreement and (iv) the status of any squeeze out of minority Shareholders of Target.
(f) Unless the Target has been merged into AcquisitionCo or converted into a limited liability company, cause AcquisitionCo to use all
commercially reasonable efforts to enter into the Domination Agreement as soon as practicable after the Final Settlement Date and shall cause AcquisitionCo and Target not to terminate such Domination Agreement.
(g) Except as consented to by the Arrangers in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), not amend,
waive, consent to or otherwise modify any term of the Acquisition Documentation and/or Non-Tender Documents in a manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders or Arrangers (it being understood that any amendments, waivers in respect of
the Key Offer Terms or the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement limiting recourse against financing sources shall be material and adverse to the interest of the Lenders and Arrangers).
(h) As promptly as reasonably practicable after AcquisitionCo holds (or otherwise controls or is attributed) a number of Target Shares which
permit the squeeze-out of any minority shareholders of Target, ensure that squeeze-out procedures pursuant to Sections 39a sub. seq. of the German Takeover Code, 327a of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) or Section 62 of
the German Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz) (whatever the Company considers more appropriate to achieve timely squeeze-out of any remaining shareholders of the Target) are initiated.
(i) Unless consented to by the Arrangers, not permit AcquisitionCo to take any action or step (or permit the taking of any action or step)
which may result in AcquisitionCo, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries being or becoming obliged to make a mandatory offer pursuant to Section 35 of the German Takeover Code.
(j) On or prior to the date that is 90 days after the Domination Agreement Effective Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent
shall agree in its sole discretion) the Target Refinancing shall have occurred; provided that if the proceeds of Indebtedness are utilized to effect the Target Refinancing, such Indebtedness shall be incurred and guaranteed only by the
Company and the Guarantors.
6.30 Designation of Certain Subsidiaries. The Company may at any time designate any Restricted
Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary by delivering to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Company specifying such designation and certifying that the conditions to such
designation set forth below are satisfied; provided that:
(i) both immediately before and immediately after any
such designation, no Unmatured Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
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(ii) on a Pro Forma Basis, the Company shall be in compliance with the financial
covenants set forth in Sections 6.22 and 6.23 of the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) immediately after giving effect to such designation;
(iii) in the case of a designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall
be an unrestricted subsidiary or otherwise not subject to the covenants under any agreements governing the Material Indebtedness for borrowed money subject to the covenant in Section 6.28; and
(iv) in the case of a designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, each Subsidiary of such designated
Subsidiary has been, or concurrently therewith will be, designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Section 6.30.
The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Company in such designated
Subsidiary on the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries Investment therein, as estimated in good faith at such time by the Company. The designation of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such previously Unrestricted Subsidiary existing at such time. and (ii) a return on any
Investment by the applicable Loan Party (or its relevant Subsidiaries) in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding sentence in an amount equal to the fair market value at the date of such designation of such Loan Partys (or its
relevant Subsidiaries) Investment in such Subsidiary.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS
The
occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a Default (provided that prior to the Domination Agreement Effective Date such provisions shall not apply to the Target or its Subsidiaries):
7.1 Any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent in any
Loan Document, in connection with any Loan, or in any certificate or information delivered in writing in connection with any Loan Document, shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made.
7.2 Nonpayment of principal of any Loan when due, or nonpayment of interest on any Loan or of any fee within five Business Days after written
notice from the Administrative Agent that the same has become due, or nonpayment of any other obligations under any of the Loan Documents within five Business Days after written notice from the Administrative Agent that the same has become due.
7.3 The breach by any Loan Party of any of the terms or provisions in Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.16, 6.17, 6.18, 6.19,
6.20, 6.21, 6.24, 6.25, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28, 6.29; 10.4(b) and/or if the proviso to the lead in to Article VI is applicable and the Loan Parties are required to comply with the negative covenants in the Exchange Indenture, a breach by any Loan Party of
any such negative covenants.
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7.4 The breach by any Loan Party of, or other default by any Loan Party under, any of the terms
or provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than a breach or default which constitutes a Default under Section 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3) which is not remedied within 30 days after written notice from the Administrative Agent.
7.5 Failure of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal of, or premium or interest on (beyond any
applicable grace period therefor) any Indebtedness or net Hedging Obligations to the extent such Indebtedness and/or net Hedging Obligations aggregate in excess of $50,000,000 (Material Indebtedness); or the default by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the performance of any term, provision or condition contained in any agreement under which any such Material Indebtedness was created or is governed, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the
effect of which is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness to cause, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or any Material Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the stated maturity thereof.
7.6 The Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary), shall (i) voluntarily have an order
for relief entered with respect to it under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, (ii) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
(iii) apply for, seek, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any Substantial Portion of its Property, (iv) institute any proceeding seeking an
order for relief under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding
up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts or seeking similar relief under any law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or
similar proceeding or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (v) take any corporate, company or other action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing actions set
forth in this Section 7.6, (vi) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 7.7, (vii) not pay, or admit in writing its inability to pay, its debts generally as they become due, or
(viii) with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) incorporated in Germany is over indebted within the meaning of section 19 of the Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung).
7.7 Without its application, approval or consent, a receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official shall be appointed for the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) or any Substantial Portion of their respective Property, or a proceeding described in Section 7.6(iv) shall be instituted against the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) and such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days.
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7.8 Any court, government or governmental agency shall without appropriate compensation condemn,
seize or otherwise appropriate, or take custody or control of (each a Condemnation), all or any portion of the Property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which, when taken together with all other Property of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries so condemned, seized, appropriated, or taken custody or control of, during the twelve-month period ending with the month in which any such Condemnation occurs,
constitutes a Substantial Portion and is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.9 One or more judgments for the payment
of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 (other than judgments covered by insurance issued by an insurer that has accepted coverage and has the ability to pay such judgments) shall be rendered against the Company, any Restricted
Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 90 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or
levy upon any assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment which is not effectively stayed for a period of 30 consecutive days;
7.10 Any member of the Controlled Group shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $50,000,000 which it shall
have become liable to pay under Title IV of ERISA or Sections 412, 431 or 432 of the Code; or notice of intent to terminate a Single Employer Plan with Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $50,000,000 (a Material Plan) shall be filed
under Section 4041(c) of ERISA by any member of the Controlled Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate, to impose liability (other than for
premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in excess of $50,000,000 in respect of, or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any Material Plan; or a condition shall exist that could reasonably be expected to result in PBGC obtaining a
decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be terminated; or the determination by the PBGC of liability in excess of $50,000,000 on any member of the Controlled Group pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the
application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; there shall occur a complete or partial withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to one or more Multiemployer Plans which causes one or more
members of the Controlled Group to incur a current payment obligation in excess of $50,000,000; or there shall occur a Foreign Plan Event which causes one or more members of the Controlled Group to incur liability in excess of $50,000,000.
7.11 The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be the subject of any proceeding or investigation pertaining to the Release by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person of any Hazardous Substance, or any violation of any applicable Environmental Law, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.12 This Agreement, any Guaranty (after effectiveness thereof) or, after the Domination Agreement Effective Date and prior to the date the
Target has merged into AcquisitionCo or been converted into a limited liability company, the Domination Agreement,
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shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect and valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms after its date of execution, or any Loan Party shall so state in writing,
in each case other than in connection with a release of any Guaranty in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
8.1 Acceleration.
(a)
If any Default described in Section 7.6 or 7.7 occurs, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Obligations shall immediately become due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Company hereby expressly waives and without any election or action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
(b) If any Default occurs and is continuing (other than a Default described in Section 7.6 or 7.7, and subject to Section 4.3),
(i) the Required Lenders may terminate or suspend the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans or the Commitments or declare the Obligations to be due and payable, or both, whereupon (if so declared) the Obligations shall become immediately due
and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Company hereby expressly waives.
8.2
Amendments.
8.2.1 Subject to the provisions of this Article VIII, the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the
consent in writing of the Required Lenders) and the Company may enter into agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding or modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Company
hereunder or waiving any Unmatured Default or Default hereunder; provided, however, no such supplemental agreement shall, without the consent of the Administrative Agent, modify any rights or obligations of any kind of the
Administrative Agent, and provided further, that no such supplemental agreement shall,
(a) without the consent of each
Lender directly and adversely affected thereby:
(i) increase any Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of
such Lender;
(ii) extend the final maturity of any Loan, Commitment, Note or forgive all or any portion of the principal
amount thereof (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent or the waiver of any default, event of default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute a reduction in principal), or reduce the stated rate of interest (it being
understood a waiver of default interest is not a reduction in the stated rate of interest) or fees or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (it being understood that no consent of any Lender shall be required in connection with a
conversion of Initial Bridge Loans into Extended Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.19);
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(iii) reduce or extend the scheduled amortization of any Loans or Commitments;
(iv) change the currency in which any Loan or Commitment of any Lender is denominated;
(v) impose additional restrictions on the right to exchange Extended Term Loans for Exchange Notes or amend the rate of such
exchange or, after the Initial Bridge Loan Maturity Date, reduce the premium payable upon the redemption or repurchase of any Loan or change the time at which any Loan may be redeemed or repurchased as the result of a Change of Control or Asset Sale
Prepayment Event described in Sections 2.6.2(b) or 6.11, respectively, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise (but for the avoidance of doubt not amendments to the definition of Asset
Sale Prepayment Event or Change of Control);
(vi) amend Section 2.10 in a manner that would alter
the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby;
(b) without the consent of all Lenders:
(i) Amend this Section 8.2.1 or reduce the percentage specified in the definitions of Required Lenders.
(ii) Release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty, provided that for the avoidance of doubt releases
pursuant to Section 11.9 will not require any amendment or waiver of this Agreement.
(iii) Permit the Company to
assign its rights under this Agreement.
8.2.2 [Reserved]
8.2.3 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Defaulting Lenders shall not be entitled to vote (whether to consent or to withhold its
consent) with respect to any amendment, modification, termination or waiver and, for purposes of determining the Required Lenders, the Commitments and the Aggregate Outstandings of such Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded except as provided in
Section 2.17(b).
8.2.4 [Reserved]
8.2.5 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the
Company only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to cure any error, ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in order to more accurately reflect the intent of
the parties, provided that (x) prior written notice of such proposed
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cure shall be given to the Lenders and (y) the Required Lenders do not object to such cure in writing to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days of such notice. In connection with
any amendments required by or appropriate to effectuate Sections 6.28, the Administrative Agent and the Company may, without the consent of any other party hereto, make such changes to this Agreement as they deem necessary to reflect the changes
required by such Sections.
8.2.6 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, (a) no modification
or waiver of any provision of this Agreement relating to the Administrative Agent shall be effective without the written consent of the Administrative Agent; and (b) the Administrative Agent may waive payment of the fee required under
Section 13.1 without obtaining the consent of any other party to this Agreement.
8.2.7 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein or in any other Loan Document, guarantees and related documents executed by Loan Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with any other Loan Document,
entered into, amended, supplemented or waived, without the consent of any other person, by the applicable Loan Party or Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects or to cause
such guarantee or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
8.3 Preservation of Rights. No
delay or omission of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and the making of a Loan notwithstanding
the existence of a Default or the inability of the Company to satisfy the conditions precedent to such Loan shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to
Section 8.2, and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained in the Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders until
the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations in respect of which no claim has been made) have been paid in full.
ARTICLE IX
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE X
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
10.1 Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement
shall survive delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the Loans herein contemplated.
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10.2 Governmental Regulation. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Company in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or regulation.
10.3 Headings. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of
any of the provisions of the Loan Documents.
10.4 Entire Agreement; Integration. (a) The Loan Documents embody the entire
agreement and understanding among the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders relating to the subject matter thereof other
than any separate letter agreements among the Company and any Arrangers and/or the Administrative Agent which survive the execution of the Loan Documents.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary (including Section 8.2), upon the Administrative Agents
request, the Company agrees to promptly execute and deliver such amendments to this Agreement as shall be necessary to implement any modifications pursuant to any separate letter agreements referenced in Section 10.4(a), and such amendments
shall only require the consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Arranger(s) required to effect such change under such letter agreements) and the Company.
10.5 Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement. The respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and
no Lender shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to which the Administrative Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from
any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.
10.6 Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) The Company shall reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses documented in reasonable detail (limited in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel and a single firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, in each case
acting for the foregoing collectively), upon presentation of a reasonably detailed statement of all such costs and expenses, paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates in connection with the
preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, syndication, review, amendment, modification, and administration (including, without limitation, preparation of the reports described below) of the Loan Documents (which, in the case of preparation,
negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents shall be limited to a single counsel and a single local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction). The Company also agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (limited in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel and a
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single firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, in each case acting for the foregoing collectively, plus in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the person
affected by such conflict informs the Company of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected person and, if necessary, of a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which
may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for such affected person) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the collection and enforcement of the Loan Documents.
(b) The Company hereby further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, each Lender and the respective Related Parties of
each of the foregoing (each such party, an Indemnitee) and hold them harmless from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including without limitation, any reasonable and documented (in
reasonable detail) legal fees and expenses (but limited in the case of legal fees and expenses, to a single firm of counsel for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, of a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate
jurisdiction (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such
conflict informs the Company of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnitee and, if necessary, of a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a
single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for such affected Indemnitee)) of any such Indemnitee to the extent arising out of, in connection with or as a result of the Transactions, including, without limitation, the financings
contemplated thereby, or any transactions connected therewith or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (regardless of whether any such Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether such claim, litigation, investigation or
proceeding is brought by a third party or by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) to the extent related to any of the foregoing; provided that the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any Indemnitee, apply to losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and related expenses to the extent they (a) are found in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or any of its
Related Parties, (b) result from a claim brought by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries against such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties for material breach of such Indemnitees or any of its Related Parties obligations
hereunder if the Company or such Subsidiary has obtained a final and non-appealable judgment in its or its Subsidiarys favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or (c) any dispute solely among Indemnitees or
their respective Related Parties other than claims against any agent or arranger in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as agent or arranger or any similar role under the Bridge Facility and other than claims to the extent arising out of any act
or omission on the part of the Company or its Affiliates. This paragraph shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim. The obligations of the Company under this
Section 10.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
10.7 Severability of Provisions. Any provision in any Loan
Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation,
enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared to be severable.
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10.8 Nonliability of Lenders. The relationship between the Company and the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent shall be solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Company. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility
to the Company to review or inform the Company of any matter in connection with any phase of the Companys business or operations. The Company agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have liability to the Company
(whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by the Company in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, the transactions contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan Documents, or any act,
omission or event occurring in connection therewith, except to the extent it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable order that such losses resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or
material breach of any of the Loan Documents by, the party from which recovery is sought. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability with respect to, and the Company hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue for,
any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages suffered by the Company in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to the Loan Documents, the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated thereby.
10.9 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that
Information may be disclosed (i) to its and its Affiliates directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and be instructed and agree to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or by applicable laws or regulations, (iii) to the extent
required by any subpoena or similar legal process, provided, however, to the extent permitted by applicable law and if practical to do so under the circumstances, that the Person relying on this clause (iii) shall provide the
Company with prompt notice of any such required disclosure so that the Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy, and in the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, such Person will furnish only that
portion of the Information which is legally required, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement
of rights hereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Company
and its obligations, (vii) as permitted by Section 13.2 hereof, (viii) with the consent of the Company or (ix) to the extent such Information (1) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section
or any agreement contemplated by this Section or (2) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company (and not in breach of this Section or any agreement contemplated by
this Section). For the purposes of this Section, Information means all information received from the Company or any Subsidiary relating to the Company or any Subsidiary or their business, other than any such information that
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is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary and other than information pertaining to this Agreement
routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry. 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.
(b) EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 10.9(a) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL
NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL
NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
(c)
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY HEREIN, EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SOME OR ALL OF THE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 10.9(a) IS OR MAY BE PRICE SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND THAT THE USE OF SUCH
INFORMATION MAY BE REGULATED OR PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LEGISLATION INCLUDING SECURITIES LAWS RELATING TO INSIDER TRADING (UNDER THE GERMAN SECURITIES TRADING ACT (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz WpHG) OR
OTHERWISE) AND EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS UNDERTAKES NOT TO USE ANY INFORMATION FOR ANY UNLAWFUL PURPOSE.
(d) ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE COMPANY OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN
THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE
COMPANY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE
LAW.
10.10 Nonreliance. Each Lender hereby represents that it is not relying on or looking to any Margin Stock for the
repayment of the Loans provided for herein.
10.11 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot
Act hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and address of the Loan
Parties and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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10.12 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, 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 10.12 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans 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.
ARTICLE XI
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
11.1 Appointment. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent 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, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
11.2 Rights as a Lender. The bank 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 such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any
Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
11.3 Limitation of Duties and
Immunities. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or
other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except
discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby 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 necessary under the
circumstances as required hereunder), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent
or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage
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of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.2.1) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall
be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Unmatured Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty
to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith,
(iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement 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.
11.4 Reliance on Third Parties. 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 believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent 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 be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), 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.
11.5 Sub-Agents. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one
or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of
the preceding paragraphs 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.
11.6 Successor Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign upon
30 days notice by notifying the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor from among the Lenders that is a bank with an
office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If no 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, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent. Whether or not a successor has been appointed
such resignation shall become effective in accordance with the notice given by the Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Company to a
successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise
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agreed between the Company and such successor. After the Administrative Agents resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.6 shall continue in effect for the
benefit of such retiring 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 while it was acting as Administrative
Agent.
11.7 Independent Credit Decisions. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making,
acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender
acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities.
11.8 Other Agents. Neither any of the Lenders identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent, Arranger, documentation agent and/or
co-agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as a Lender. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a
fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
11.9 Permitted Release of Guarantors.
(a) [Reserved]
(b)
[Reserved].
(c) [Reserved]
(d) Authorized Release of Guarantors. If the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the
Company requesting the release of a Guarantor, certifying that the Administrative Agent is authorized to release such Guarantor because (x) the Capital Stock issued by such Guarantor have been disposed of to a Person other than a Domestic Loan
Party in a transaction permitted by Section 6.14 (or with the consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 8.2)) or (y) such Guarantor is no longer required to provide a guaranty pursuant to Section 2.18 (including, but
not limited to, the release upon or after the Acquisition Closing Date of any Guarantor that is an Excluded Subsidiary), then the Administrative Agent is irrevocably authorized by the Lenders, without any consent or further agreement of any Lender
to release such Guarantor from all obligations under the Loan Documents; provided that no such release shall occur if such Guarantor continues to be a guarantor in respect of any Senior Notes, New Senior Unsecured Notes, the Existing Loan
Agreement (or any backstop facilities in replacement thereof) or any Indebtedness Refinancing of any of the foregoing. To the extent the Administrative Agent is required to execute any
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release documents in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall do so promptly upon request of the Company without the consent or further agreement of any
Lender.
(e) Intercreditor Agreements. The Administrative Agent is authorized to enter into any intercreditor or subordination
agreement with respect to Indebtedness that is required or permitted to be subordinated hereunder or would necessitate an intercreditor or subordination agreement (any such agreement, an Additional Agreement), and the Credit
Parties acknowledge that any Additional Agreement is binding upon them. Each Lender (a) agrees that it will be bound by, and will not take any action contrary to, the provisions of any Additional Agreement and (b) hereby authorizes and
instructs the Administrative Agent to enter into any Additional Agreement.
11.10 [Reserved].
11.11 Lender Affiliates Rights. By accepting the benefits of the Loan Documents, any Person (other than a party hereto) (a
non-Party Credit Party) that is owed any Obligation is bound by the terms of the Loan Documents. But notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any Loan Party shall be obligated to
deliver any notice or communication required to be delivered to any Lender under any Loan Documents to any non-Party Credit Party; and (b) no non-Party Credit Party that is owed any Obligation shall be included in any voting determinations
under the Loan Documents or entitled to consent to, reject, or participate in any manner in any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Document. The Administrative Agent shall not have any liabilities, obligations or responsibilities of
any kind whatsoever to any non-Party Credit Party who is owed any Obligation. The Administrative Agent shall deal solely and directly with the parties to the Loan Documents in connection with all matters relating to the Loan Documents. The
Obligation owed to any non-Party Credit Party that is an Affiliate of a Lender (or a Person that was a Lender at the time of designation of any such obligation as an Obligation) shall be considered the Obligation of its related Lender for all
purposes under the Loan Documents and such Lender shall be solely responsible to the other parties hereto for all the obligations of such Affiliate under any Loan Document.
11.12 Actions in Concert. Notwithstanding anything contained in any of the Loan Documents, the Company, the Administrative Agent and
each Lender hereby agree that no Credit Party shall have any right individually to enforce the guarantee set forth in any Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under any Guaranty may be exercised solely by the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in accordance with the terms thereof.
ARTICLE XII
SETOFF; ADJUSTMENTS AMONG LENDERS
12.1 Setoff. In addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of the Lenders under applicable law, if any Default occurs and is
continuing, any and all deposits (including all account balances, whether provisional or final and whether or not collected or available) and any
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other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by any Lender to or for the credit or account of the Company may be offset and applied toward the payment of the Obligations owing to such Lender by
the Company; provided, that if any Defaulting Lender shall exercise such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide
promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
12.2 Ratable Payments. If any Lender, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it upon its Obligations owing from the
Company (other than payments received pursuant to Section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 10.6 or as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement) in a greater proportion than that received by any other Lender on its Obligations owing from the Company, such
Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase a portion of the Advances to the Company held by the other Lenders so that after such purchase each Lender will hold its ratable proportion of Advances to the Company. If any Lender, whether in
connection with setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or otherwise, receives any protection for its Obligations or such amounts which may be subject to setoff from or with respect to the Company, such Lender agrees, promptly upon
demand, to take such action necessary such that all Lenders share in the benefits of such protection ratably in proportion to their Obligations owing by the Company.
ARTICLE XIII
BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
13.1 Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Company may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Company without
such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related
Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees, other than an
Ineligible Person or a Disqualified Lender, all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
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portion of any of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) in consultation with, but, except as provided in clause (A) below, without the consent of, the Company, and with the
prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A) the Company (such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed) with respect to an assignment of Commitments prior to the Acquisition Closing Date unless (i) a Demand Failure Event has occurred or (ii) a Default under Sections 7.2, 7.6 or 7.7 has occurred and is
continuing; provided that no such consent of the Company shall be required if immediately after giving effect to such assignment, the Commitment Parties (and their Affiliates) would hold, in the aggregate 51% or more of the aggregate
principal amounts of outstanding Commitments; and provided, further, that the Company 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; and
(B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no
consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Loans to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining
amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment or Loans, the amount of such Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is
delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000, unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Company shall be required if a Default under Sections
7.2, 7.6 or 7.7 has occurred and is continuing or if the assignment is to another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender;
(B)
each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to any Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption,
together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and
(D) the assignee, if it has not already done so, shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent any tax forms required by Section 3.4(f) and an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material
non-public information about the Company and their related parties or their
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respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignees compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state
securities laws.
For the purposes of this Section 13.1, the term Approved Fund has the following
meaning:
Approved Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate
of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) [Reserved].
(iv) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the
effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, subject to paragraph (d) of this Section, 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 Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
(subject to the requirements and limitations of Section 3.4) and 10.6 and the obligations of Section 10.9 with respect to Information (as defined in such Section) received by it while a Lender). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of
rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 13.1 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 paragraph
(c) of this Section.
(v) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Company,
shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of and stated interest on the
Loans 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 Company, 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, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company and
any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(vi) Upon its receipt of a duly
completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required by Section 3.4(f) (unless the
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assignee shall already have provided such forms), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by
paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee is a
Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued
interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other
entities, other than an Ineligible Person or, to the extent a list thereof has been posted by the Administrative Agent to all the Lenders, Disqualified Lenders (a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Company, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and 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, modification or waiver
described in the second proviso to Section 8.2.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (d) of this Section, the Company agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 (subject to
the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.4(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.4(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if
it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, except as provided under Section 13.1(d). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 12.1 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 12.2 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 Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts of and stated interest on each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the
Participant Register); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants
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 such participation 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.
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(d) No Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.2 or 3.4
than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the
Participant acquired the applicable participation. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge
or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking authority, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a
security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
13.2 Dissemination of Information. The Company authorizes each Lender to disclose, solely in compliance with applicable laws, to any
Participant or potential assignee or any other Person acquiring an interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each a Transferee) and any prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lenders possession
concerning the Loan Documents and the creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, provided that each Transferee and prospective Transferee agrees to be bound by Section 10.9.
ARTICLE XIV
NOTICES
14.1 Notices. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 2.11 with respect to Borrowing Notices, all notices, requests
and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including electronic transmission, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such party:
(x) in the case of the Company to:
Diebold, Incorporated
5995 Mayfair Road
North Canton, Ohio 44720-1507
Attention: Vice President & Assistant Treasurer
Telecopy No.: 330-490-6823
Telephone: 330-490-6713
E-mail: steve.wolgamott@diebold.com
with a copy to:
Jones Day
222 East 41st Street
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Charles N. Bensinger III
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Telecopy No.: 212-755-7306
Telephone: 212-326-3797
E-mail: cnbensinger@jonesday.com
(y) in the case of the Administrative Agent to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Address: 10 South Dearborn, Floor L2
Chicago, IL, 60603-2300, United States
Attention: Joyce King
Client Processing Specialist
Telecopy No.: 1-888-303-9732
Telephone: 312-385-7025
Email: jpm.agency.servicing.1@jpmorgan.com
(z) in the case of any Lender, at its address, facsimile number or e-mail address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire or as
otherwise established pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption (and the related Administrative Questionnaire); or
(aa) in the case of any
party, at such other address, facsimile number or e-mail address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.1.
Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the
facsimile number specified in this Section and confirmation of receipt is received and during normal business hours, (ii) if given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed
as aforesaid, (iii) if given by electronic transmission, when transmitted and received (with an appropriate confirmation of receipt of delivery and during normal business hours), all pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent,
provided that the approval of such procedures may be modified or revoked by the Administrative Agent from time to time with reasonable prior notice to the Company and may be limited to particular notices or other communications, or (iv) if
given by any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section; provided that notices to the Administrative Agent under Article II shall not be effective until received.
14.2 Change of Address. The Company, the Administrative Agent and any Lender may each change the address for service of notice upon it
by a notice in writing to the other parties hereto.
ARTICLE XV
COUNTERPARTS
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Except as provided in Section 4.1,
this Agreement
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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 electronic mail message shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XVI
CHOICE
OF LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION,
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, JUDGMENT CURRENCY
16.1 Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York; provided
that the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany shall govern in determining whether the Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Documents.
16.2 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO
A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
16.3
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. (a) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(i)
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 arising out of or relating to this Agreement, 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; provided, that nothing contained herein or in any other Loan Document will
prevent any Lender or the Administrative Agent from bringing any action to enforce any award or judgment or exercise any right against any property of any Loan Party in any other forum in which jurisdiction can be established;
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(ii) 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 in any court referred to in paragraph (i) of this Section;
(iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered
or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to its address specified in Section 14.1, or (in the case of the Company) at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant
thereto;
(iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted
by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction in which the defendant is domiciled; and
(v) waives, to
the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this subsection any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
(b) 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. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party hereto may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against any other
party or the property thereof in the courts of any jurisdiction where such party is domiciled. 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.
16.4 Acknowledgments. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) no
fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent or Lenders is intended to be or has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or Lenders have advised or are advising the Loan Parties on other matters, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand,
in connection herewith and therewith is solely that of creditor and debtor, (b) the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, have an arms length business relationship that does not
directly or indirectly give rise to, nor do the Loan Parties rely on, any fiduciary duty to the Loan Parties or their Affiliates on the part of the Administrative Agent and Lenders, (c) the Loan Parties are capable of evaluating and
understanding, and the Loan Parties understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (d) the Loan Parties have been advised that the Administrative Agent and
Lenders are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from the Loan Parties interests and that the Administrative Agent and Lenders have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the
Loan Parties, (e) the Loan Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent the Loan Parties have deemed appropriate in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (f)
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each Administrative Agent and Lender has been, is, and will be acting solely as a principal and, except as otherwise expressly agreed in writing by it and the relevant parties, has not been, is
not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Loan Parties, any of their affiliates or any other Person, (g) none of the Administrative Agent or Lenders has any obligation to the Loan Parties or their affiliates with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents except those obligations expressly set forth herein or therein or in any other express writing executed and delivered by such Administrative Agent or Lender and
the Loan Parties or any such Affiliate and (h) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Administrative Agent or Lenders or among the Loan
Parties and the Administrative Agent or Lenders.
16.5 [Reserved]
16.6 Judgment.
(a) If
for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in one currency into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, under applicable law that the
rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency in the city in which it normally conducts its foreign exchange operation
for the first currency on the Business Day preceding the day on which final judgment is given.
(b) The obligation of the Company in
respect of any sum due from it to any Lender hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the Judgment Currency) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
Agreement (the Agreement Currency), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency such Lender may in accordance with normal
banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender in the Agreement Currency, the Company agrees notwithstanding any such
judgment to indemnify such Lender against such loss, and if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to any Lender, such Lender agrees to remit to the Company such excess.
16.7 Other Matters. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent agreed among the Company and the Arrangers, the
loans under the Senior Secured Term B Facility and any New Senior Unsecured Notes may be funded into escrow (the Escrow Funding) prior to the Acquisition Closing Date. While in escrow, the Indebtedness represented by the Escrow
Funding and the proceeds thereof shall not be included in calculations under this Agreement with respect to the financial covenants in Sections 6.22 and 6.23 of the Senior Secured Credit Agreement or any other financial ratios or incurrence tests
hereunder and any applicable Indebtedness represented by the Escrow Funding, any Liens on the escrow account and any proceeds therein and any Investments thereof shall be permitted under Article VI hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
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DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED |
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/s/ Christopher A. Chapman |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as a Lender |
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Lisa Whatley |
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Managing Director |
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Syndication Agent and as a Lender |
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/s/ Bill ODaly |
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