Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of August 6, 2021 by and among THE ONE GROUP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”); the other Credit Parties signatory hereto; the Lenders signatory hereto and GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
RECITALS
A.The Credit Parties, Lenders and Administrative Agent are parties to a certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2019 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2020, and by that certain Second Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2020, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”; the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain financial accommodations available to the Company;
B.The Company has requested that the Lenders amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Lenders executing this Amendment, which Lenders constitute the Requisite Lenders, are willing to do so;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
A.AMENDMENTS
1. Effective as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement (excluding all Exhibits and Schedules thereto) is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: underlined text) as set forth in the Credit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, except that any Schedule, Exhibit or other attachment to the Credit Agreement not amended pursuant to the terms of this Amendment or otherwise included as part of said Exhibit A shall remain in effect without any amendment or other modification thereto.
B.CONSENTS
1. Effective as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, the Lenders agree that the Company shall no longer be required to deliver the 13-week cash flow projection to the
Administrative Agent on a weekly basis, as required under that certain Consent Letter dated as of May 4, 2020, executed by the Lenders in favor of the Company.
C.CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amendment and without affecting in any manner the rights of the Lenders hereunder, it is understood and agreed that this Amendment shall not become effective, and the Credit Parties shall have no rights under this Amendment, until the following conditions are satisfied:
1.Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i)executed counterparts of (A) this Amendment from the Company, each other Credit Party, each of the Guarantors and the Lenders and (B) the Fee Letter from the Company, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
(ii)for each Credit Party, a certificate from an Authorized Officer of such Credit Party certifying that its Organizational Documents are in full force and effect and have not been amended or otherwise altered since the Closing Date (or, if applicable, the most recent date such Organizational Documents were certified by an Authorized Offer of the Company), and attaching (a) (x) a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of such Credit Party that were delivered to Administrative Agent on the Closing Date, certified as of the Third Amendment Effective Date by an Authorized Officer as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment and/or (y) and (y) resolutions of the Board of Directors of Holdings authorizing this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby on behalf of itself and, as a member of the other Credit Parties, on behalf of the other Credit Parties, and (b) a good standing certificate or other equivalent evidence, if applicable, dated a recent date from the applicable Governmental Authority of such Credit Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business;
(iii)payment of a principal amount equal to $22,160,000, which constitutes the amount necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans to $25,000,000, together with all accrued interest on such principal amount and the Prepayment Fee required under the Fee Letter in connection with such prepayment; and
(iv)reimbursement or payment of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment or the Credit Agreement (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to Administrative Agent).
2.Administrative Agent shall have completed, to its satisfaction, all legal, regulatory, financial, accounting and other due diligence with respect to the business, assets, liabilities, operations and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Credit Parties in scope and determination satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and shall have received internal credit committee approval for the transactions contemplated by this Amendment.
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3.The organizational structure and capital structure of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, shall be satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
4.The pro forma income statement or other financial information delivered to the Administrative Agent shall demonstrate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent that the Company shall have generated Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2021 of at least $24,000,000.
5.The pro forma balance sheet or other financial information delivered to the Administrative Agent shall demonstrate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent that on the Third Amendment Effective Date and immediately after giving effect to any Credit Extensions to be made on the Third Amendment Effective Date, including the payment of all Transaction Costs required to be paid in Cash, the ratio of (i) total Indebtedness for Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, to (ii) pro forma Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2021 shall not be greater than 1.10:1.00.
D.REPRESENTATIONS
To induce the Lenders and Administrative Agent to enter into this Amendment, each Credit Party hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that:
1.Each of the Credit Parties and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (if applicable and provided that an English Credit Party shall not be required at any time to make such good standing representation and warranty) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;
2.The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Credit Party that is a party hereto;
3.After giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Third Amendment Effective Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;
4.The Credit Parties have, at all times following May 4, 2020, complied with the terms of that certain letter agreement, dated May 4, 2020, from Goldman Sachs Bank USA to the Company; all proceeds of the CARES Act Loans (as defined in such letter agreement) were applied in accordance with such letter agreement and all such loans have been forgiven; and
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5.After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default exists under the Credit Agreement, nor will any occur immediately after the execution and delivery of this Agreement or by the performance or observance of any provision hereof.
E.OTHER AGREEMENTS
1.Continuing Effectiveness of Credit Documents. As amended hereby, all terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Credit Parties party thereto. To the extent any terms and conditions in any of the other Credit Documents shall contradict or be in conflict with any terms or conditions of the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to this Amendment, such terms and conditions are hereby deemed modified and amended accordingly to reflect the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement as modified and amended hereby. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment such terms and conditions are hereby deemed modified and amended accordingly to reflect the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement as modified and amended hereby.
2.Reaffirmation of Guaranty. Each Guarantor consents to the execution and delivery by the Credit Parties of this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions described herein, and ratifies and confirms the terms of the Guaranty to which such Guarantor is a party with respect to the indebtedness now or hereafter outstanding under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and all promissory notes issued thereunder. Each Guarantor acknowledges that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other document evidencing any indebtedness of the Credit Parties to the Lenders or any other obligation of the Credit Parties, or any actions now or hereafter taken by the Lenders with respect to any obligation of the Credit Parties, the Guaranty to which such Guarantor is a party (i) is and shall continue to be a primary obligation of such Guarantor, (ii) is and shall continue to be an absolute, unconditional, continuing and irrevocable guaranty of payment, and (iii) is and shall continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Nothing contained herein to the contrary shall release, discharge, modify, change or affect the original liability of any Guarantor under the Guaranty to which such Guarantor is a party.
3.Acknowledgment of Perfection of Security Interest. Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges that, as of the date hereof, the security interests and liens granted to Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents are in full force and effect, are properly perfected and are enforceable in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
4.Effect of Agreement. Except as set forth expressly herein, all terms of the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other Credit Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Credit Parties to the Lenders and Administrative Agent, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement. This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Credit
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Agreement.
5.Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York and all applicable federal laws of the United States of America.
6.No Novation. This Amendment is not intended by the parties to be, and shall not be construed to be, a novation of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents or an accord and satisfaction in regard thereto.
7.Costs and Expenses. The Credit Parties agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel for Administrative Agent with respect thereto.
8.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by facsimile transmission, electronic transmission (including delivery of an executed counterpart in .pdf format) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. Each party agrees that the electronic signatures, whether digital or encrypted, of the parties included in this Amendment are intended to authenticate this writing and to have the same force and effect as manual signatures. Electronic signature and, when used elsewhere in this Amendment, “electronic transmission,” means any electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed and adopted by a party with the intent to sign such record, including facsimile or email electronic signatures.
9.Binding Nature. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective successors, successors-in-titles, and assigns. No third party beneficiaries are intended in connection with this Amendment.
10.Entire Understanding. This Amendment sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein, and shall supersede any prior negotiations or agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto.
11.Release. (a) Each Credit Party hereby releases, acquits, and forever discharges Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders, and each and every past and present subsidiary, affiliate, stockholder, officer, director, agent, servant, employee, representative, and attorney of Administrative Agent and the Lenders (each a “Releasee”), from any and all claims, causes of action, suits, debts, liens, obligations, liabilities, demands, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of any kind, character, or nature whatsoever, known or unknown, fixed or contingent, which such Credit Party may have or claim to have now or which may hereafter arise out of or connected with any act of commission or omission of Releasee existing or occurring on or prior to the date of this Amendment or any instrument executed on or prior to the date of this Amendment including, without limitation, any claims, liabilities or obligations arising with respect to the Credit Agreement or the other of the Credit Documents. The provisions of this paragraph shall be binding upon each Credit Party and shall inure to the benefit of Releasees, and their
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respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and the other released parties set forth herein. No Credit Party is aware of any claim or offset against, or defense or counterclaim to, any Credit Party’s obligations or liabilities under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document. The provisions of this Section shall survive payment in full of the Obligations, full performance of the terms of this Amendment and the Credit Documents, and/or Administrative Agent’s or each Lender’s actions to exercise any remedy available under the Credit Documents or otherwise. Each Credit Party warrants and represents that such Credit Party is the sole and lawful owner of all right, title and interest in and to all of the claims released hereby and each Credit Party has not heretofore voluntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, assigned or transferred or purported to assign or transfer to any person any such claim or any portion thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the date first written above.
| THE ONE GROUP, LLC, as the Company | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| THE ONE GROUP HOSPITALITY, INC., as Holdings | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| LITTLE WEST 12TH LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| BASEMENT MANAGER, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| MPD SPACE EVENTS, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]
| ONE 29 PARK MANAGEMENT, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK MIDTOWN HOLDINGS, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK MIDTOWN, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| ONE MARKS, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| WSATOG (MIAMI) LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK MIAMI, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]
| STK MIAMI SERVICE, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK-LA, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK – LAS VEGAS, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK ATLANTA, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK ORLANDO LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK CHICAGO LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]
| STK WESTWOOD, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK DENVER, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK DALLAS, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK REBEL AUSTIN, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK TEXAS HOLDINGS, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK TEXAS HOLDINGS II, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
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| STK REBEL SAN DIEGO, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK ROOFTOP SAN DIEGO, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK IBIZA, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| THE ONE GROUP – STKPR, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| THE ONE GROUP - MENA, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| THE ONE GROUP - QATAR VENTURES, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
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| THE ONE GROUP – MEXICO, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| SEAPORT REBEL RESTAURANT LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK NASHVILLE, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| TOG MARKETING LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK ASPEN, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| TOG ORLANDO F&B MANAGER LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
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| KONA GRILL ACQUISITION, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| TOG KONA MACADAMIA, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| TOG KONA BALTIMORE, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| TOG KONA TEXAS, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| TOG KONA SUSHI, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| T.O.G. (UK) LIMITED | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
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| HIP HOSPITALITY LIMITED | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| T.O.G. (ALDWYCH) LIMITED | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| CA ALDWYCH LIMITED | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| 9401415 CANADA LTD. | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| TOG KONA TEXAS CONCESSION, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| STK SCOTTSDALE, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]
| STK BELLEVUE, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| JEC II LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
| KGA TEXAS, LLC | |
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| By: | /s/ Tyler Loy |
| | Name: Tyler Loy |
| | Title: Authorized Officer |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]
| GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Administrative Agent and as a Lender | |
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| By: | /s/ Greg Watts |
| Name: | Greg Watts |
| Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]
Exhibit A to Third Amendment
[see attached]
CONFORMED
through Second
Exhibit A to Third Amendment August 10, 2020
CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
dated as of October 4, 2019
among
THE ONE GROUP HOSPITALITY, INC.,
as Holdings,
THE ONE GROUP, LLC,
as Company,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS,
as Guarantors
VARIOUS LENDERS,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Lead Arranger
$60,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | 1 | |
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1.1 | Definitions | 1 |
1.2 | Accounting Terms, Financials Statements, Calculations, Etc | 60 |
1.3 | Interpretation, Etc | 61 |
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SECTION 2 LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT | 62 | |
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2.1 | Term Loans | 62 |
2.2 | Revolving Loans | 5663 |
2.3 | Issuance of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein | 64 |
2.4 | Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds | 6269 |
2.5 | Use of Proceeds | 6370 |
2.6 | Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes | 6370 |
2.7 | Interest on Loans | 6471 |
2.8 | and Letter of Credit Disbursements. | 6471 |
2.8 | Conversion/Continuation | 73 |
2.9 | Default Interest | 6673 |
2.10 | Fees | 74 |
2.11 | Scheduled Payments | 75 |
2.12 | Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions | 6875 |
2.13 | Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions | 6977 |
2.14 | Application of Prepayments/Reductions | 7280 |
2.15 | General Provisions Regarding Payments | 7381 |
2.16 | Ratable Sharing | 7482 |
2.17 | Making or Maintaining LIBO Rate Loans | 7583 |
2.18 | Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy | 87 |
2.19 | Taxes; Withholding, Etc. | 7988 |
2.20 | Obligation to Mitigate | 91 |
2.21 | Defaulting Lenders | 92 |
2.22 | Removal or Replacement of a Lender | 95 |
2.23 | Limitation on Interest. | 97 |
2.24 | Interest Act (Canada). | 97 |
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SECTION 3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 98 | |
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3.1 | Closing Date | 98 |
3.2 | Conditions to Each Credit Extension | 104 |
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SECTION 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 95105 | |
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4.1 | Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification | 95106 |
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4.2 | Capital Stock and Ownership | 106 |
4.3 | Due Authorization | 106 |
4.4 | No Conflict | 106 |
4.5 | Governmental Consents | 96107 |
4.6 | Binding Obligation | 107 |
4.7 | Historical Financial Statements | 107 |
4.8 | Projections | 107 |
4.9 | No Material Adverse Change | 97107 |
4.10 | [Reserved] | 97108 |
4.11 | Adverse Proceedings, etc | 97108 |
4.12 | Payment of Taxes | 108 |
4.13 | Properties | 108 |
4.14 | Environmental Matters | 109 |
4.15 | No Defaults | 109 |
4.16 | Material Contracts | 99110 |
4.17 | Governmental Regulation | 99110 |
4.18 | Federal Reserve Regulations; Exchange Act | 110 |
4.19 | Employee Matters | 110 |
4.20 | Employee Benefit Plans | 100111 |
4.21 | Certain Fees | 112 |
4.22 | Solvency | 101112 |
4.23 | Related Agreements | 101112 |
4.24 | Compliance with Statutes, Etc. | 112 |
4.25 | Disclosure | 102113 |
4.26 | Sanctions; Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws; Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws; Etc. | 113 |
4.27 | Senior Indebtedness | 103114 |
4.28 | Government Contracts | 103114 |
4.29 | Growers’ Liens | 103114 |
4.30 | Food Safety Laws | 104115 |
4.31 | Indemnification and other Similar Obligations | 116 |
4.32 | Data Privacy and Security | 116 |
4.33 | Canadian Defined Benefit Plan | 117 |
4.34 | Governmental Contracts | 106117 |
4.35 | Centre of main interests and establishments | 106117 |
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SECTION 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 117 | |
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5.1 | Financial Statements and Other Reports | 118 |
5.2 | Existence | 123 |
5.3 | Payment of Taxes and Claims | 112124 |
5.4 | Maintenance of Properties | 124 |
5.5 | Insurance | 124 |
5.6 | Books and Records; Inspections | 113125 |
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5.7 | Lenders Meetings | 125 |
5.8 | Compliance with Laws | 125 |
5.9 | Environmental | 126 |
5.10 | Additional Guarantors | 115127 |
5.11 | Additional Locations | 128 |
5.12 | Growers’ Liens. | 129 |
5.13 | Further Assurances | 131 |
5.14 | Miscellaneous Covenants | 119131 |
5.15 | Post Closing Matters | 132 |
5.16 | Data Privacy and Security | 132 |
5.17 | UK PSC Register | 120132 |
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SECTION 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 120133 | |
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6.1 | Indebtedness | 120133 |
6.2 | Liens | 122135 |
6.3 | Equitable Lien | 124137 |
6.4 | No Further Negative Pledges | 137 |
6.5 | Restricted Junior Payments | 138 |
6.6 | Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions | 139 |
6.7 | Investments | 139 |
6.8 | Financial Covenants | 127140 |
6.9 | Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions | 128143 |
6.10 | Disposal of Subsidiary Interests | 129144 |
6.11 | Sales and Lease-Backs | 130144 |
6.12 | Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates | 130145 |
6.13 | Conduct of Business | 130145 |
6.14 | Permitted Activities of Holdings | 130145 |
6.15 | Amendments or Waivers of Certain Related Agreements | 131146 |
6.16 | Amendments or Waivers with Respect to Certain Indebtedness | 131146 |
6.17 | Fiscal Year; Accounting Policies | 131146 |
6.18 | Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts | 131146 |
6.19 | Amendments to Organizational Agreements and Material Contracts | 131146 |
6.20 | Prepayments of Certain Indebtedness | 132146 |
6.21 | Use of Proceeds | 132147 |
6.22 | New Restaurants | 132[Reserved] 147 |
6.23 | Canadian Defined Benefit Plans | 132147 |
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SECTION 7 GUARANTY | 132147 | |
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7.1 | Guaranty of the Obligations | 132147 |
7.2 | Contribution by Guarantors | 132147 |
7.3 | Payment by Guarantors | 133148 |
7.4 | Liability of Guarantors Absolute | 133148 |
7.5 | Waivers by Guarantors | 135150 |
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7.6 | Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc | 136151 |
7.7 | Subordination of Other Obligations | 136152 |
7.8 | Continuing Guaranty | 137152 |
7.9 | Authority of Guarantors or Company | 137152 |
7.10 | Financial Condition of Company | 137152 |
7.11 | Bankruptcy, etc | 137153 |
7.12 | Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor | 138153 |
7.13 | Keepwell | 138154 |
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SECTION 8 EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 139154 | |
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8.1 | Events of Default | 139154 |
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SECTION 9 AGENTS | 143159 | |
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9.1 | Appointment of Agents | 143159 |
9.2 | Powers and Duties | 143159 |
9.3 | General Immunity | 144160 |
9.4 | Agents Entitled to Act as Lender | 145162 |
9.5 | Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment | 146162 |
9.6 | Right to Indemnity | 148165 |
9.7 | Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent | 149165 |
9.8 | Collateral Documents and Guaranty | 151167 |
9.9 | Withholding Taxes | 153169 |
9.10 | Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim | 153170 |
9.11 | Bankruptcy Plan Voting | 154171 |
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SECTION 10 MISCELLANEOUS | 155171 | |
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10.1 | Notices | 155171 |
10.2 | Expenses | 156173 |
10.3 | Indemnity and Related Reimbursement | 157174 |
10.4 | Set-Off | 159175 |
10.5 | Amendments and Waivers | 159176 |
10.6 | Successors and Assigns; Participations | 163180 |
10.7 | Independence of Covenants | 167184 |
10.8 | Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements | 167185 |
10.9 | No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative | 167185 |
10.10 | Marshalling; Payments Set Aside | 168185 |
10.11 | Severability | 168185 |
10.12 | Obligations Several; Actions in Concert | 168186 |
10.13 | Headings | 168186 |
10.14 | APPLICABLE LAW | 169186 |
10.15 | CONSENT TO JURISDICTION | 169186 |
10.16 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 169187 |
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10.17 | Confidentiality | 170188 |
10.18 | Usury Savings Clause | 171189 |
10.19 | Effectiveness; Counterparts | 171189 |
10.20 | Entire Agreement | 172189 |
10.21 | PATRIOT Act | 172189 |
10.22 | Electronic Execution of Assignments and Credit Documents | 172190 |
10.23 | No Fiduciary Duty | 172190 |
10.24 | Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | 173190 |
10.25 | Limitations Act, 2002. | 173191 |
10.26 | Language. | 173191 |
10.27 | Joint and Several Obligations. | 173191 |
10.28 | Judgment Currency. | 174192 |
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APPENDICES: | A-1 Term Loan Commitments |
| A-2 Revolving Commitments |
| B Notice Addresses |
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SCHEDULES: | 1.1(a) Historical Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA |
| 1.1(b) Certain Material Real Estate Assets |
| 1.1(c) Existing Indebtedness |
| 3.1 Closing Date Collateral Documents |
| 4.1 Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification |
| 4.2 Capital Stock and Ownership |
| 4.13 Real Estate Assets |
| 4.16 Material Contracts |
| 4.20 Pension Schemes |
| 4.29 Protected Vendor Claims |
| 5.15 Certain Post Closing Matters |
| 6.1 Certain Indebtedness |
| 6.2 Certain Liens |
| 6.7 Certain Investments |
| 6.12 Certain Affiliate Transactions |
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EXHIBITS: | A-1 Funding Notice A-2 Issuance Notice |
| B Conversion/Continuation Notice C Compliance Certificate |
| D Assignment Agreement |
| E-1 U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate E-2 |
| F-2 Solvency Certificate |
| G Counterpart Agreement |
| H Intercompany Note and Subordination |
| I Wind-Down Budget |
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CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of October 4, 2019, is entered into by and among THE ONE GROUP HOSPITALITY, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), THE ONE GROUP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and certain of their respective Subsidiaries, as Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto from time to time, and GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA (“GSB”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”) for the Lenders.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Lenders and Issuing Bank have agreed to extend certain credit facilities to the Company in the amounts and upon the terms and conditions more particularly set forth herein, the proceeds of which will be used in accordance with Section 2.5; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the other Guarantors party hereto have agreed to guarantee the Obligations of the other Credit Parties hereunder and to secure all such Persons’ respective Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of their respective assets, including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock issued by Company and all of the Capital Stock issued by any Subsidiary of Company or Holdings, subject to the limitations set forth herein and in the Collateral Documents.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:
“Accounts” means all “accounts” (as defined in the UCC) of any Credit Party and its Subsidiaries (or, if referring to another Person, of such Person), including accounts, accounts receivable, monies due or to become due and obligations in any form (whether arising in connection with contracts, contract rights, instruments, general intangibles, or chattel paper), in each case whether arising out of goods sold or services rendered or from any other transaction and whether or not earned by performance, now or hereafter in existence, and all documents of title or other documents representing any of the foregoing, and all collateral security and guaranties of any kind, now or hereafter in existence, given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Acquisition” means the acquisition of, by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and capital expenditures, in each case in the ordinary course of business), the business, a substantial portion of the property or assets of, or a substantial portion of the Capital Stock or other evidence of beneficial
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ownership of, any Person, any division or line of business, or any other business unit of any Person.
“Acquisition Consideration” means, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition of any property or assets by any Person (including in connection with an Asset Sale consummated by a Credit Party), the aggregate purchase consideration for such Permitted Acquisition or other Acquisition and all other payments by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, such Permitted Acquisition or other Acquisition, whether paid in cash, by issuance of a note, or by exchange of Capital Stock or of other assets or otherwise, and, in each case, whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, and whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, earn out obligations (or similar deferred purchase price obligations), seller financing indebtedness, and agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow, profits or other performance (or the like) of any Person or business. For purposes of this Agreement, any such consideration not consisting of Cash paid or payable upon the closing of any such Permitted Acquisition or other Acquisition shall be valued at the principal amount thereof in the case of notes or other debt Securities, the stated amount thereof in the case of fixed post-closing installments or similar seller financing indebtedness obligations, the maximum payout amount in the case of any capped earn out obligations or similar deferred contingent payment obligations, and reasonably estimable fair market value in the case of any other non-Cash consideration.
“Additional Collateral Documents” means each fixed or floating charge, debenture, deed, mortgage, security agreement, filing, assignment or security instrument or other similar instrument or agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, executed by any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries with or in favor of the Collateral Agent in order to grant Liens in the Capital Stock of and all real, personal or mixed property of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries organized or incorporated in any jurisdiction located outside of the United States to secure the Obligations; provided that Additional Collateral Documents shall exclude the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Canadian Collateral Documents, the English Collateral Documents, the Mortgages and the Landlord Collateral Access Agreements.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for a LIBO Rate Loan, the greater of (x) 1.751.00% per annum, and (y) the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i)(a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of that rate) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars displayed on the ICE LIBOR USD page of the Reuters Screen (or any replacement Reuters page that displays such rate) or on the appropriate page of any other information service that publishes that rate from time to time in place of Reuters, determined as of approximately
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11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date (the rate referenced in this clause (a), the “Eurodollar Screen Rate”), or (b) in the event the Eurodollar Screen Rate is not available, the rate per annum equal to the offered rate, truncated at five decimal digits, that is set forth on or in such other available quotation page or service as is acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and that provides an average ICE Benchmark Administration Limited Interest Settlement Rate or another London interbank offered rate administered by any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (c) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not available or if such information, in the reasonable judgment of Administrative Agent, shall cease to accurately reflect the rate offered by leading banks in the London interbank market as reported by any publicly available source of similar market data selected by Administrative Agent, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate, truncated at five decimal digits, to first class banks in the London interbank market for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by (ii) an amount equal to (a) one, minus (b) the Applicable Reserve Requirement.
“Adjustment Event” as defined in the definition of Applicable Margin.
“Administrative Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding, hearing (in each case, whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claims), whether pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Affected Lender” as defined in Section 2.17(c).
“Affected Loans” as defined in Section 2.17(c).
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling (including any member of the senior management group of such Person), controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote 5% or more of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of members of the Board of Directors of such Person, or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
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“Agent” means each of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and any other Person appointed as an agent, arranger, bookrunner or similar title or capacity under or otherwise in connection with the Credit Documents.
“Agent Affiliates” as defined in Section 10.1(b)(iii).
“Aggregate Amounts Due” as defined in Section 2.16.
“Aggregate Payments” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Agreement” means this Credit and Guaranty Agreement.
“Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws” means any and all requirements of law related to anti-bribery or anti-corruption matters, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada).
“Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means any and all requirements of law related to engaging in, financing, or facilitating terrorism or money laundering, including the PATRIOT Act, The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act”, 31 U.S.C. §§5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959), Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. §1 et seq.), Executive Order 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Laws, the Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and each of the laws, regulations, and executive orders administered by OFAC (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V).
“Applicable Margin” means (i) with respect to Loans that are LIBO Rate Loans, (a) from the Closing Date until (1) the date of delivery of the Compliance Certificate and the financial statements for the period ending December 31, 2020 or (2) the date of the first Adjustment Event (as defined below), a percentage, per annum, determined by reference to the following table as if the Leverage Ratio then in effect was greater than 1.75:1.00; and (b) thereafter, a percentage, per annum, determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time as set forth below:5.00% per annum, and (ii) with respect to any Loans that are Base Rate Loans, 4.00% per annum.
Leverage | Applicable Margin for Loans |
Greater than or | 6.75% |
Less than 1.75:1.00 | 6.25% |
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Leverage | Applicable Margin for Loans |
Less than 1.25:1.00 | 5.75% |
and (ii) with respect to any Loans that are Base Rate Loans, an amount equal to (a) the Applicable Margin for LIBO Rate Loans as set forth in clause (i)(a) or (i)(b) above, as applicable, minus (b) 1.00% per annum. With respect to changes in the Applicable Margin resulting from the delivery of the applicable financial statements, no change in the Applicable Margin shall be effective until three Business Days after the date on which Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements and a Compliance Certificate calculating the Leverage Ratio pursuant to Section 5.1(a), (b), (c), or (d). With respect to changes in the Applicable Margin arising from changes in the Leverage Ratio due to Company’s payment of the Loans or additional borrowings hereunder (including prior to the initial delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1(b) after the Closing Date), any such change shall be effective one Business Day following the effective date of any applicable Funding Notice with respect to any borrowing and/or delivery of any Compliance Certificate in connection with any payment of the Loans, and such Funding Notice or Compliance Certificate, as applicable, shall include a calculation of the Leverage Ratio at such time (each, an “Adjustment Event”). At any time when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or Company has not submitted to Administrative Agent the applicable information as and when required under Section 5.1(a), (b), (c), or (d) or the Funding Notice or the Compliance Certificate, as applicable, the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the Leverage Ratio were greater than or equal to the highest percentage set forth in the table above. After its receipt of the applicable information under Section 5.1(d) or the occurrence of an Adjustment Event, Administrative Agent will reasonably promptly give each Lender notice of the Applicable Margin in effect as a result of such event. Without limitation of any other provision of this Agreement or any other remedy available to Administrative Agent or Lenders under any of the Credit Documents, to the extent that any financial statements or any information contained in any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a), (b), (c), or (d) or the calculation of the Leverage Ratio as set forth in the Funding Notice or Compliance Certificate, as applicable, delivered in connection with an Adjustment Event is incorrect in any manner and such financial statements or other information, if correct, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (the “Applicable Period”), then (x) Company or any other Credit Party shall immediately deliver to Administrative Agent and/or Lenders corrected financial statements or other corrected information for such Applicable Period, (y) Administrative Agent may recalculate the Applicable Margin based upon such corrected financial statements or such other corrected information, and (z) upon notice thereof to Company, the Loans shall bear interest based upon such recalculated Applicable Margin retroactively from the date of delivery of the erroneous financial statements or other erroneous information in question. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the right of Administrative Agent or any Lender under Section 2.9 or Section 8.
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“Applicable Reserve Requirement” means, at any time, for any LIBO Rate Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including any basic marginal, special, supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is defined in Regulation D) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors or other applicable banking regulator. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (i) any category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate or any other interest rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (ii) any category of extensions of credit or other assets that include LIBO Rate Loans. A LIBO Rate Loan shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credit for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on LIBO Rate Loans shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.
“Approved Electronic Communications” means any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Credit Party provides to Administrative Agent pursuant to any Credit Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to Agents, Lenders or Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 10.1(b).
“Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts” as defined in Section 2.13(a).
“Asset Sale Reinvestment Period” as defined in Section 2.13(a).
“Assignment Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Assignment Effective Date” as defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Authorized Officer” means, as applied to any Person that is an entity, any duly authorized individual natural Person holding the position of chairman of the Board of Directors (if an officer), chief executive officer, president’, vice president, Chief Financial Officer, or, if approved by Administrative Agent, any other officer position with similar authority; provided, that the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person, or another officer of such Person satisfactory to Administrative Agent, shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to Administrative Agent verifying the authority of such Authorized Officer.
“Availability” means, at any time of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of undrawn Revolving Loan Commitments, and (ii) the difference of (A) the Maximum Credit Amount less (B) the aggregate outstanding principal (or equivalent) balance of Consolidated Total Debt (including any outstanding Loans and any other Indebtedness that will be incurred simultaneously with or on the same date as such Credit Extension) at such time.
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“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Bank of America Letters of Credit” means the letter of credit issued by Bank of America, N.A. and as set forth on Schedule 6.1.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of any jurisdiction including any law of any jurisdiction permitting a debtor to obtain a stay or a compromise of the claims of its creditors against it from time to time in effect including the BIA, the CCAA, the CBCA and the WURA.
“Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%, (iii) the sum of (a) the Adjusted LIBO Rate (after giving effect to any Adjusted LIBO Rate “floor”) that would be payable on such day for a LIBO Rate Loan with a one-month Interest Period plus (b) the difference between the Applicable Margin for LIBO Rate Loans and the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans, and (iv) 4.754.00%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Benchmark Delayed Discontinuance” means, initially, Adjusted LIBO Rate; provided that if a replacement of the Benchmark has occurred pursuant to Section 2.17(b), then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark
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Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate. Any reference to “Benchmark” shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor:
(1)for purposes of Section 2.17(b)(i), the first alternative set forth below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent:
(a)the sum of: (i) Term SOFR and (ii) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Available Tenor of one-month’s duration, 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Available Tenor of three-months’ duration, and 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Available Tenor of six-months’ duration, or
(b)the sum of: (i) Daily Simple SOFR and (ii) the spread adjustment selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of the tenor of Adjusted LIBO Rate with a SOFR-based rate having approximately the same length as the interest payment period specified in Section 2.17(b)(i); and
(2)for purposes of Section 2.17(b)(ii), the sum of (a) the alternate benchmark rate and (b) an adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), in each case, that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company as the replacement for such Available Tenor of such Benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention, including any applicable recommendations made by the Relevant Governmental Body, for U.S. dollar- denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time;
provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents).
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“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark other than Adjusted LIBO Rate, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate: (1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Ratethen-current Benchmark, the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark, the Board of Governors, the NYFRB, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark, announcing or stating that:
(1)such administrator has ceased or will cease aton a futurespecified date to provide the Adjusted LIBO Rateall Available Tenors of such Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Adjusted LIBO Rate; (2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Adjusted LIBO Rate, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Adjusted LIBO Rate or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Adjusted LIBO Rate, which states that the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate will cease to provide the Adjusted LIBO Rate permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of the statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Adjusted LIBO Rate; or (3) a public statement or publication of information by the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate that it will invoke, permanently or indefinitely, its insufficient submissions policy.any Available Tenor of such Benchmark; or
“Benchmark Discontinuance Event” means a Benchmark Delayed Discontinuance Event or a Benchmark Immediate Discontinuance Event.
“Benchmark Immediate Discontinuance Event” means (1) a public statement by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Lender announcing that the Adjusted LIBO Rate is no longer representative or may no longer be used; (2) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate announcing that such administrator has ceased to provide the Adjusted LIBO Rate, permanently or indefinitely, and there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Adjusted LIBO Rate; (3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Adjusted LIBO Rate, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Adjusted LIBO Rate or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Adjusted LIBO Rate, which states that the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate has ceased to provide the Adjusted LIBO Rate permanently or indefinitely, and there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Adjusted LIBO Rate; (4) the Adjusted LIBO Rate is not published by the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate for five consecutive Business Days and such
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failure is not the result of a temporary moratorium, embargo or disruption declared by the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate or by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate; (5) a public statement or publication of information by the administrator of the Adjusted LIBO Rate that it has invoked, permanently or indefinitely, its insufficient submissions policy; or (6) a Benchmark Delayed Discontinuance Event has occurred and the Adjusted LIBO Rate event about which a public statement or publication of information is made giving rise to such Benchmark Delayed Discontinuance Event has actually occurred or transpired.
(2)all Available Tenors of such Benchmark are or will no longer be representative of the underlying market and economic reality that such Benchmark is intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Beneficiary” means each Agent, Issuing Bank, Lender and Lender Counterparty.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“BIA” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada).
“Board of Directors” means, (a) with respect to any corporation or company, the board of directors of the corporation or company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the manager, the managing member or members or any controlling committee or board of managers (or equivalent governing body) of such company or the sole member or the managing member thereof, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the entity, individual, board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
“Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor Governmental Authority.
“Business Day” means (i) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York, or the State of Texas or is a day on
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which banking institutions located in any such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close, (ii) with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted LIBO Rate or any LIBO Rate Loans, the term “Business Day” means any day that is a Business Day described in clause (i) and that is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market and (iii) with respect to any action taken under, or in relation to, the Canadian Collateral Documents, the English Collateral Documents and the Additional Collateral Documents, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in the applicable collateral jurisdiction, respectively.
“Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means (a) the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), and (b) Part XII.2 of the Criminal Code (Canada).
“Canadian Anti-Terrorism Laws” means (a) Part II.1 of the Criminal Code (Canada), (b) the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on the Suppression of Terrorism (Canada), (c) United Nations Al-Qaida and Taliban Regulations (Canada) and (d) the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act.
“Canadian Collateral Documents” means, collectively, (i) each agreement, debenture, share charge, guarantee, equity pledge and supplemental deed described in Part B of Schedule 3.1 and (ii) each charge, debenture, instrument, document and agreement delivered by the Canadian Credit Parties and by any other Credit Party that owns Capital Stock of a Canadian Credit Party, in each case pursuant to this Agreement or any other Credit Document in order to grant to Collateral Agent (or its subagent, trustee or assignee) a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of such Canadian Credit Party or its Capital Stock as security for the Secured Obligations, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and as amended, restated, joined, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their terms (including any amendments contemplated to be executed in accordance with Section 5.15 and described on Schedule 5.15).
“Canadian Credit Party” means each Credit Party incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any province thereof.
“Canadian Defined Benefit Plans” means any Canadian Pension Plan which contains a “defined benefit provision” as defined in subsection 147.1(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
“Canadian Foreign Subsidiary” means any Foreign Subsidiary organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.
“Canadian Pension Plan” means a pension plan or plan that is subject to applicable pension benefits legislation in any jurisdiction of Canada and that is organized and administered to provide pensions, pension benefits or retirement benefits for employees and former employees of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof.
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“Canadian Sanction Laws” means (a) the United Nations Act (Canada) and (b) the Special Economic Measures Act (Canada).
“Canadian Security Agreement” means the Canadian Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Canadian Foreign Subsidiaries party thereto and the Collateral Agent, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Capital Lease Obligation” means, as applied to any Person that is a lessee under any Capital Lease, that portion of obligations under such Capital Lease that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP.
“Capital Stock” means any and all shares, stock, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership or profits interests in a Person that is another type of entity, including partnership interests, membership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest, and profits interests, participations, or similar arrangements, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase, or other arrangements or rights to acquire, subscribe, convert to or otherwise receive or participate in the economic or other rights associated with any of the foregoing.
“Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit Account.
“Cash Collateralize” means, in respect of an Obligation, to provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest) cash collateral in Dollars (or, if Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank agree in their sole discretion, other credit support), at a location and pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank (and “Cash Collateralization” has a corresponding meaning). “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, (i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the U.S. Federal Government, or (b) issued by any agency of the U.S., in each case of sub-clauses (a) and (b), the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S., mature within one year after such date, and have, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P and at least P-1 from Moody’s; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the U.S. or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iii) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within three months after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the U.S. or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (a) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in
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the regulations of its primary federal banking regulator), and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $500,000,000; and (iv) shares of any money market mutual fund that (a) has at least 95% of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (b) has net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating obtainable from both S&P and Moody’s.
“CBCA” means the Canada Business Corporations Act.
“CCAA” means the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada).
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date hereof, 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, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the U.S. or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means, at any time: (i) any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) (a) shall have acquired beneficial ownership or control of (x) 30% or more on a fully diluted basis of (1) the voting interests in the Capital Stock of Holdings and/or (2) the economic interests in the Capital Stock of Holdings, or (b) shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Holdings; (ii) Holdings shall cease to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interests in the Capital Stock of Company; (iii) during any twelve (12) consecutive months, the majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors of Company cease to be occupied by Persons who either (a) were members of the Board of Directors of Company on the Closing Date, or (b) were nominated for election by the Board of Directors of Company, a majority of whom were directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved by a majority of such directors; or (iv) any “change of control”, “change of management” or similar event under any Subordinated Indebtedness or any material lease, license or management agreement associated with any Restaurant shall occur.
“Chief Financial Officer” means, as applied to any Person that is an entity, any duly authorized individual natural Person holding the position of chief financial officer or, if approved by Administrative Agent, any other officer position with similar financial responsibility; provided, that the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person, or another officer of such Person satisfactory to Administrative Agent, shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to Administrative Agent verifying the authority of such Authorized Officer.
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“Class” means (i) with respect to Lenders, each of the following classes of Lenders: (a) Lenders having Term Loan Exposure and (b) Lenders having Revolving Exposure, (ii) with respect to Loans, each of the following classes of Loans: (a) Term Loans and (b) Revolving Loans and (iii) with respect to Commitments, each of the following classes of Commitments: (a) Term Loan Commitments and (b) Revolving Commitments.
“Closing Date” means October 4, 2019, the date on which the Term Loans are made.
“Closing Date Acquired Business” means Kona Grill, Inc., its Subsidiaries and the debtors and debtors in possession in the Kona Bankruptcy Proceeding.
“Closing Date Acquisition” means the Acquisition by Kona Acquisition of certain properties, rights and assets of the Closing Date Acquired Business and the assumption by Kona Acquisition of certain liabilities of the Closing Date Acquired Business on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Closing Date Acquisition Agreement.
“Closing Date Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2019, by and among the Closing Date Acquired Business and Kona Acquisition.
“Closing Date Certificate” means a certificate dated as of the Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1.
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Capital Stock) in which Liens are granted and/or purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations.
“Collateral Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Collateral Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, any Intellectual Property Security Agreements, any Mortgages, any Deposit Account Control Agreements, any Securities Account Control Agreements, any Landlord Collateral Access Agreements, the English Collateral Documents, the Canadian Collateral Documents, the Additional Collateral Documents and all other instruments, documents and agreements that are expressly designated pursuant to their terms to be “Collateral Documents” or are otherwise executed and delivered by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any other Person pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in order to grant to, or perfect in favor of, Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as security for the Obligations.
“Collateral Questionnaire” means a collateral questionnaire and/or perfection certificate in form satisfactory to Collateral Agent that provides information with respect to the personal or mixed property of each Credit Party and their respective Subsidiaries and Controlled Entities.
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“Commitment” means any Revolving Commitment or Term Loan Commitment.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).
“Company” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of Holdings substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount determined for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to (i) Consolidated Net Income plus (ii) in each case to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (b) provisions for taxes based on income, plus (c) total depreciation expense, plus (d) total amortization expense, plus (e) other non-Cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income (including the non-Cash impairment of assets and write-down of assets and deferred (straight-line) rent expense, but excluding any such non-Cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential Cash charges in any future period, amortization of a prepaid Cash charge that was paid in a prior period and write-downs, write offs or reserves with respect to accounts receivable or inventory), plus (f) Transaction Costs in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000 that are not capitalized or that are written-off, plus (g) integration expenses paid to Persons that are not Affiliates of the Credit Parties in connection with the Closing Date Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000, to the extent that (x) Company provides reasonable detail of such expenses to the Administrative Agent, (y) such expenses are certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and (z) such expenses are either (1) incurred on or prior to the Closing Date or within 365 days of the Closing Date or (2) incurred in connection with satisfying the post-closing requirements set forth on Schedule 5.15under this Agreement, plus (h) pro forma “run rate” cost savings and synergies related to the Closing Date Acquisition that are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable, certified by the chief financial officer of the Company, projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or initiated within 6 months after the Closing Date, reasonably anticipated (in the good faith determination of the Company) to be realized during such period, and net of any benefits actually achieved in that period and benefits that are no longer expected by the Company to be achievable (provided that such netting shall apply to current periods only and not to any prior periods), in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000; provided, that to the extent that such cost savings and synergies are no longer reasonably expected by the Company to be realizable within 6 months following the Closing Date Acquisition, such amounts shall no longer be added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus (i) “Start-up costs” (such term used herein as defined in ASC 720-15 (formerly SOP 98-5) published by the American Institute of Certified Public
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Accountants) relating to the opening of Restaurants incurred by Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during the 120-day period prior to and the 60-day period following the opening of such Restaurants in an amount not to exceed (x) $500,000 for any such Restaurant and (y) $1,500,000 in the aggregate for all such Restaurants, 15% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period (calculated prior to giving effect to the addback under this clause (i)), plus (j) non-cash stock-based compensation expense for such period (including, for the avoidance of doubt, stock options), plus (k) other non-recurring cash expenses and charges incurred during such period mutually agreed to by Company and the Administrative Agent, minus (iii) in each case to the extent increasing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) other non-Cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-Cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential Cash gain in any prior period), plus (b) interest income, plus (c) other non-ordinary course income.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall be reduced to the extent Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors (measured in a manner that eliminates all intercompany transactions with the Credit Parties) exceed 5% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA during any period, (ii) with respect to any fiscal month set forth on Schedule 1.1(a), the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such fiscal month shall be the amount set forth opposite thereto on Schedule 1.1(a), (iii) for purposes of “annualizing” any calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA under this Agreement, no add-backs, adjustments or other income or gain items that are in the nature of “one-time” or “non-recurring” items or are otherwise made in respect of transactions, events, or circumstances that are not expected to recur in future periods may be “annualized” unless approved by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, and (iv) with respect to any period during which an Asset Sale has occurred (each, a “Subject Transaction”), for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.8 or any other calculation herein using Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (but not for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin), Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall be calculated with respect to such period on a pro forma basis (which pro forma adjustments shall be certified by a Chief Financial Officer of Company and may only be included in determining such compliance to the extent approved by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) using the historical financial statements of any business so acquired or to be acquired or sold or to be sold and the consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, which shall be reformulated as if such Subject Transaction, and any Indebtedness incurred or repaid in connection therewith, had been consummated or incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period (and assuming that such Indebtedness bears interest during any portion of the applicable measurement period prior to the relevant acquisition at the weighted average of the interest rates applicable to outstanding Loans incurred during such period); provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any adjustments specified in this clause (iii) shall be subject to the approval of Administrative Agent in its sole discretion for all purposes of this Agreement.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR” means, for any period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, plus (b) Consolidated Rental Expense for such period.
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“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures of Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “purchase of property and equipment or similar items”, or that should otherwise be capitalized, as reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, excluding any paid-in-kind interest, any amortization of deferred financing costs, and any realized or unrealized gains or losses attributable to Interest Rate Agreements.
“Consolidated Current Assets” means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that are properly classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding Cash and Cash Equivalents.
“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that are properly classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding the current portion of long-term debt.
“Consolidated Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount (if positive) determined for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to:
(i) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus (b) to the extent deducted in the calculation Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, (1) interest income, plus (2) other non-ordinary course income (excluding any gains or losses attributable to Asset Sales), plus (c) the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment; minus
(ii) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period paid from Internally Generated Cash of (a) to the extent permitted hereunder, voluntary and scheduled repayments (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, mandatory prepayments) of Indebtedness for borrowed money (excluding repayments of Revolving Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) and scheduled payments of Capital Lease Obligations (excluding any interest expense portion thereof), plus (b) Consolidated Capital Expenditures, plus (c) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, plus (d) provisions for current taxes based on income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and payable by such Persons in cash with respect to such period, plus (e) Investments made under Section 6.7(g), plus (f) items added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clauses (f), (g) and (i) of the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts determined for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to (i) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, (ii) scheduled payments of principal (or equivalent amounts) on Consolidated Total Debt and (iii) Consolidated Rental Expense paid in cash. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any period during which a Subject
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Transaction has occurred, for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.8(a), the components of Consolidated Fixed Charges shall be calculated with respect to such period on a pro forma basis (which pro forma adjustments shall be certified by a Chief Financial Officer of Company and may only be included in determining such compliance to the extent approved by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) using the historical financial statements of any business so acquired or to be acquired or sold or to be sold and the consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, which shall be reformulated as if such Subject Transaction, and any Indebtedness incurred or repaid in connection therewith, had been consummated or incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period (and assuming that such Indebtedness bears interest during any portion of the applicable measurement period prior to the relevant acquisition at the weighted average of the interest rates applicable to outstanding Loans incurred during such period); provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any adjustments specified in this sentence shall be subject to the approval of Administrative Agent in its sole discretion for all purposes of this Agreement.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and capitalized interest) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and net costs under Interest Rate Agreements, but excluding, however, any amounts referred to in Section 2.10(d) payable on or before the Closing Date.
“Consolidated Liquidity” means, at any time of determination, an amount determined for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to the sum of (i) Qualified Cash of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, plus (ii) Availability under the Revolving Commitments; provided that, at any time that the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 cannot be satisfied as of such time, the Availability under the Revolving Commitments shall be deemed to be zero.
“Consolidated Maintenance Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all Consolidated Capital Expenditures of Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period to the extent such Consolidated Capital Expenditures are incurred to maintain existing property and equipment rather than to build or acquire new property and equipment or otherwise grow and expand the Credit Parties’ business.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, (i) the net income (or loss) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP, minus (ii) in each case to the extent otherwise included in such net income (or loss) and without duplication, (a) the income (or loss) of any Person that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (except that the income (or loss) of Little West 12th LLC may be included, net of minority interest), (b) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Credit Party or is merged into or consolidated with any Credit Party or that Person’s assets are acquired by any Credit Party, (c) the income of any Subsidiary of Holdings to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
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distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, (d) any after-tax gains or losses attributable to Asset Sales or returned surplus assets of any Pension Plan and (e) (to the extent not included in clauses (a) through (e) above) any net extraordinary gains or net extraordinary losses.
“Consolidated Rental Expense” means, for any period, the aggregate fixed amounts payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries under (a) any lease of real property between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and an Affiliate of the Company and (b) operating leases, in each case calculated on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period in accordance with GAAP and normalized for any “run rate” cost savings and synergies related to the Closing Date Acquisition that are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable and certified by the chief financial officer of the Company.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, as at any date of determination, the difference of Consolidated Current Assets minus Consolidated Current Liabilities.
“Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment” means, for any period of determination on a consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative number) equal to the difference of (i) Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such period minus (ii) Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of such period. In calculating the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment there shall be excluded the effect of reclassification during such period of current assets to long term assets and current liabilities to long term liabilities.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
“Contributing Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Controlled Account” means (a) any Deposit Account of a Credit Party that is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement, and (b) any Securities Account of a Credit Party that is subject to a Securities Account Control Agreement.
“Controlled Entity” means any Credit Party’s Controlled Affiliates. As used in this definition, “Control” means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
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“Conversion/Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Counterpart Agreement” means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.10.
“Credit Date” means the date of a Credit Extension.
“Credit Document” means any of this Agreement, the Collateral Documents, the Fee Letter, any documents or certificates executed by Company in favor of Issuing Bank relating to Letters of Credit, any Subordination Agreement, and all other documents, certificates, instruments, including any promissory notes issued from time to time hereunder to evidence the Loans, or agreements that are expressly designated pursuant to their terms to be “Credit Documents” or are otherwise executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Credit Party or any other Person for the benefit of any Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection herewith.
“Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan or the issuing of a Letter of Credit (or the amending of a Letter of Credit at Company’s request to extend the term or increase the amount of such Letter of Credit).
“Credit Party” means the Company, as a borrower, and each Guarantor.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the U.S., any state or territory thereof, the District of Columbia, Canada, England, Scotland, Italy or any other applicable jurisdictions.
“Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means subject to Section 2.21(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder or (ii) pay to Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its
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participation in Letters of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified Company, Administrative Agent, or Issuing Bank in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or Company, to confirm in writing to Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Company that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Company), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that (i) has become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, trustee, conservator, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors, or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) has become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Capital Stock in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the U.S. or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.21(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to Company, each Issuing Bank, and each Lender.
“Default Rate” means any interest payable pursuant to Section 2.9.
“Deposit Account” means any “deposit account” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Deposit Account Control Agreement” means, with respect to a Deposit Account, an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent that (i) is entered into among Collateral Agent, the financial institution or other Person at which such Deposit Account is maintained, and the Credit Party maintaining such Deposit Account and (ii) is effective for Collateral Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC) of such Deposit Account, or any similar agreement or notice necessary or advisable under the laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States or Canada to perfect (or the local law equivalent thereof) a Lien in such Deposit Account.
“Director” means any natural Person constituting the Board of Directors or an individual member thereof.
“Dispose” means, with respect to any Person, any conveyance, sale, lease (as lessor), license (as licensor), exchange, assignment, transfer or other disposition by such Person of any property or assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to any other Person, in each
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case, whether or not the consideration therefor consists of Cash, Cash Equivalents, Securities or any other property or assets. For purposes of clarification, “Dispose” shall include (a) the sale or other disposition for value of any contracts, (b) the early termination or modification of any contract by any Person resulting in the receipt by such Person of a Cash payment or other consideration in exchange for such event (other than payments in the ordinary course for previously accrued and unpaid amounts due through the date of termination or modification) or (c) any sale of merchant accounts (or any rights thereto (including any rights to any residual payment stream with respect thereto)).
“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any other instrument, agreement or Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the occurrence of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Capital Stock that is not otherwise Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder or beneficial owner thereof (other than solely for Capital Stock that is not otherwise Disqualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, (iii) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends, distributions or other Restricted Junior Payments in cash, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other obligation, instrument, agreement, or Capital Stock that would meet any of the conditions in clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) of this definition, in each case, prior to the date that is one hundred eighty days after the Latest Maturity Date.
“Distribution” as defined in Section 7.7.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the U.S.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Early Opt-in Effective Date” means, with respect to any Early Opt-in Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Requisite Lenders.
“Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of:
(1)a notification by the Administrative Agent to (or the request by the Company to the Administrative Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly available for review), and
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(2)the joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Company to trigger a fallback from Adjusted LIBO Rate and the provision by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Lenders.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or clause (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any other Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means (i) in the case of the Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments, (a) any Lender with Revolving Exposure or any Affiliate (other than a Natural Person) of a Lender with Revolving Exposure, (b) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the U.S. or any state thereof, and having total assets or net worth in excess of $100,000,000, (c) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of any such country and that has total assets or net worth in excess of $100,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the U.S. , and (d) a finance company, insurance company, or other financial institution or fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, or otherwise investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and having (together with its Affiliates) total assets or net worth in excess of $100,000,000, provided that with respect to subclauses (b), (c), and (d) of this clause (i), Administrative Agent’s consent shall be required for any such Person to become a Lender or participant, (ii) in the case of the Term Loans, (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), and (b) any commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act or the Canadian Securities Administrators National Instrument 45-106, as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time) and extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses, provided that with respect to subclause (b) of this clause (ii), Administrative Agent’s consent shall be required for any such Person to become a Lender or participant, and (iii) any other Person (other than a Natural Person) approved by Administrative Agent; provided, (x) neither Holdings nor any Affiliate of Holdings shall, in any event, be an Eligible Assignee and (y) no Person owning or controlling any trade obligations or Indebtedness of any Credit Party (other than the Obligations) or any Capital Stock of any Credit Party (in each case, other than any other Person approved by Administrative Agent) shall, in any event, be an Eligible Assignee.
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“Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA that is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“English Collateral Documents” means, collectively, (i) each counterpart agreement, debenture, share charge and supplemental deed described in Part A of Schedule 3.1 and (ii) all charge, debenture, instrument, document and agreement delivered by the English Credit Parties and by any other Credit Party that owns Capital Stock of a English Credit Party, in each case pursuant to this Agreement or any other Credit Document in order to grant to Collateral Agent (or its subagent, trustee or assignee) a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of such English Credit Party or its Capital Stock as security for the Secured Obligations, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and as amended, restated, joined, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their terms (including any amendments contemplated to be executed in accordance with Section 5.15 and described on Schedule 5.15).
“English Credit Party” means each Credit Party incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
“Environmental Claim” means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all current or future foreign or domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of Governmental Authorities relating to (i) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; (ii) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any Facility.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any corporation that is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or business described in clause (ii) above is a member. Any former
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ERISA Affiliate of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Holdings or any such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of Holdings or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which Holdings or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (i) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for thirty day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation); (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition that might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal of Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii) the occurrence of an act or omission that could give rise to the imposition on Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (ix) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (x) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (xi) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to Section 303(k) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
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“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person).
“Event of Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 8.1.
“Excess Cash Flow Percentage” means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, (i) in the event the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year is greater than 1.75:1.00, fifty percent (50%), (ii) in the event the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year is less than or equal to 1.75:1.00 but greater than to 1.25:1.00, twenty-five percent (25%) and (iii) in the event the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the relevant Fiscal Year is less than or equal to 1.25:1.00, zero percent (0%).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Excluded Accounts” means (i) payroll, employee benefits or zero balance accounts maintained by the Credit Parties, as long as (A) in the case of payroll accounts, the total amount on deposit at any time does not exceed the current amount of payroll obligations of the Credit Parties, and (B) in the case of zero balance accounts, any deposits or funds in any such accounts are transferred at least once each Business Day into a Controlled Account (including, for the avoidance of doubt, at any time following the exercise of exclusive control by any Agent under the applicable control agreement with respect to such Controlled Account), (ii) other accounts that have an aggregate balance of less than $100,000 at all times and (iii) other accounts held in jurisdictions outside the United States (other than Canada) that do not permit or require the perfection of Liens in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts through notice to the depository institution, by filing of public notice (such as a financing statement), by execution of an agreement with the depository bank, automatically or through another method reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, so long as the aggregate balance held in all such accounts referred to in this clause (iii) does not exceed $500,000 at any time.
“Excluded Foreign Subsidiary Threshold” as defined in Section 5.10.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, any obligation (a “Swap Obligation”) of such Guarantor 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, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is illegal at such time under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time such guarantee or grant of a security interest becomes 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 guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
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“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. 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 Company under Section 2.22) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.19, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.19(c) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of May 15, 2019 among Holdings, the guarantors party thereto from time to time, the lenders party thereto from time to time and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, as in effect on the Closing Date immediately prior to giving effect to any payment of such Indebtedness and other obligations on the Closing Date, (ii) Indebtedness or other obligations set forth on Schedule 1.1(c), attached hereto as in effect on the Closing Date, immediately prior to giving effect to any payment of such Indebtedness and other obligations (whether such payment occurs in the Kona Bankruptcy Proceeding or otherwise) on the Closing Date, and (iii) all liability and claims owed to parties with Liens and trusts over the assets of (or previously owned by to the extent the ownership of such assets have been transferred to trusts in favor Protected Vendors pursuant to Growers’ Lien Laws) the Closing Date Acquired Business arising under the Growers’ Lien Laws to the extent such obligations are assumed by Holdings and/or Kona Acquisition through the Kona Bankruptcy Proceeding.
“Extraordinary Receipts” means any Cash received by or paid for the account of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries outside of the ordinary course of such Person’s business, including any such payment under any Related Agreement, any such payments in respect of purchase price adjustments (excluding working capital adjustments), any such payments under representation and warranty insurance, tax refunds, judgments, settlements for actual or potential litigation or similar claims, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance, indemnity payments, any cash payment or other consideration received on account of the sale or other disposition for value of any contracts or the early termination or modification of any contact (other than payments in the ordinary course for accrued and unpaid amounts that would have been due through the date of termination or modification without giving effect thereto), and similar payments; provided, however, that “Extraordinary Receipts” shall not include (i) proceeds of any indemnity payment to the extent that no Event of Default exists at the time of receipt of such proceeds and such proceeds are promptly (and in any event within five Business Days) used to
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pay related third party claims and expenses or (ii) proceeds otherwise subject to Sections 2.13(a) through 2.13(gd), Section 2.13(g) or Section 2.13(i).
“Facility” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates.
“Fair Share” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Fair Share Contribution Amount” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Farm Products” means all grapes, vines, agricultural products and other farm products (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries.
“Farm Product Purchase Agreements” mean all agreements to which a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries are parties pursuant to which such Credit Party or Subsidiary acquires Farm Products.
“Farm Product Seller” as defined in Section 4.29.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, or official practices adopted pursuant to any such agreements.
“FCA” as defined in Section 2.17(b).
“FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration or its successor agency in the United States.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNYFRB on the next Business Day; provided, (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the preceding Business Day as so published on the next Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to GSB or any other Lender selected by Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letter” means the amended and restated fee letter, dated as of the SecondThird Amendment Effective Date, between the Company and Administrative Agent.
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“Financial Officer Certification” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Holdings that, as of the date of such certification, such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
“Financial Plan” as defined in Section 5.1(i).
“First Amendment Effective Date” means May 8, 2020.
“First Priority” means, (i) with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral not consisting of Capital Stock pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien, and (ii) with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral consisting of Capital Stock, that such Lien is the highest priority Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any non-consensual Permitted Liens for Taxes, statutory obligations, or other obligations that arise and have higher priority by operation of law .
“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of Holdings and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any period of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR for such period, minus Consolidated Maintenance Capital Expenditures funded with Internally Generated Cash for such period, minus the current portion of cash Taxes for such period calculated in accordance with GAAP, (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period. The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be tested on (i) March 31, 2020, for the Fiscal Quarter ending on such date, (ii) June 30, 2020 for the two Fiscal Quarters ending on such date, (iii) September 30, 2020, for the three Fiscal Quarters ending on such date and (iv) the last day of each subsequent Fiscal Quarter, for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date.
“Flood Certificate” means a “Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and any successor Governmental Authority performing a similar function.
“Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Estate Asset subject to a mortgage in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, and located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.
“Flood Program” means the National Flood Insurance Program created by the U.S. Congress pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster
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Protection Act of 1973, the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004.
“Flood Zone” means areas having special flood hazards as described in the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.
“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Food Safety Laws” means, collectively, to the extent applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries, (i) the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended; (ii) the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, the Food Safety Modernization Act, the Lanham Act, the Food Security Act, PASA and PACA, in each case, as amended; (iii) the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, as amended; (iv) the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended; and (v) any other applicable federal, state and municipal, domestic and foreign law governing the import, export, procurement, holding, distribution, sale, manufacturing, processing, packing, packaging, safety, purity, taxation, labeling, and/or advertising of food (including state and local food codes and alcohol-related laws) as amended and in effect from time to time or that are similar or analogous to any of the foregoing; and, in respect to all such laws, all rules, regulations, standards, guidelines, policies and orders administered by the FDA, USDA, TTB, FTC, and any other Governmental Authority.
“Food Security Act” means the Food Security Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1631.
“Food Security Act Notices” as defined in Section 4.29.
“FTC” means the United States Federal Trade Commission or its successor agency in the United States.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Bank other than such Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a Natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“Funding Guarantor” as defined in Section 7.2.
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“Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.
“GAAP” means, subject to Section 1.2, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination thereof.
“Goldman Sachs” means Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC.
“Governmental Acts” means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the U.S., the U.S., a region or county of England or Wales, England or Wales, a province or territory in Canada, Canada, or a foreign entity or government.
“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
“Grantor” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Growers’ Lien Laws” means, collectively, state and federal laws of the United States of America applicable to agricultural products purchased on credit from any selling party that create a Lien or imposes a trust upon the agricultural products sold and/or the proceeds of such agricultural products for the benefit of such selling party or a creditor thereof to secure payment for such agricultural products, including without limitation PACA, PASA and the Food Security Act to the extent applicable.
“Growers’ Lien Liabilities” means all payables or other liabilities owed by the Closing Date Acquired Business to Protected Vendors that have resulted in the creation of a trust under Growers’ Lien Laws.
“GSB” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Guaranteed Obligations” as defined in Section 7.1.
“Guarantor” means (a) the Company, to the extent that the Company is not already the primary obligor in respect of any Obligations, (b) Holdings and each Subsidiary of Holdings (other than Company) that executes this Agreement on the Closing Date, and (c) each other Person that guarantees, pursuant to Section 5.10, Section 7.1 or otherwise, all or any part of the Obligations.
“Guarantor Subsidiary” means each Guarantor other than Holdings.
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“Guaranty” means (a) the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Section 7 and (b) each other guaranty of the Obligations that is made by any other Guarantor in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties.
“Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority or that may or could pose a hazard to the health and safety of the owners, occupants or any Persons in the vicinity of any Facility or to the indoor or outdoor environment.
“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Hedge Agreement” means any Interest Rate Agreement, and any other derivative or hedging contract, agreement, confirmation, or other similar transaction or arrangement that is entered into by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, including any commodity or equity exchange, swap, collar, cap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or forward rate agreement, spot or forward foreign currency or commodity purchase or sale, listed or over-the-counter option or similar derivative right related to any of the foregoing, non-deliverable forward or option, foreign currency swap agreement, currency exchange rate price hedging arrangement, or other arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates, commodity, currency, or Securities values, or any combination of the foregoing agreements or arrangements.
“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender that are in effect as of the Closing Date or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws that may be in effect after the Closing Date and allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws in effect as of the Closing Date.
“Historical Financial Statements” means as of the Closing Date, (i) the audited financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (other than the Closing Date Acquired Business) for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2018, consisting of balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Years, (ii) for the interim period from January 1, 2019 to the Closing Date, the unaudited financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (other than the Closing Date Acquired Business), consisting of a balance sheet and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each quarterly period completed prior to forty-six days before the Closing Date and for each monthly period completed prior to thirty-one days prior to the Closing Date, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), certified by the Chief Financial Officer of Holdings that they fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their
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cash flows for the periods indicated, subject, if applicable, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments and (iii) that certain quality of earnings report with respect to the Closing Date Acquired Business prepared by Plante Morgan and delivered to the Requisite Lenders on September 14, 2019.
“Holdings” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“IBA” as defined in Section 2.17(b).
“Immaterial Fee-Owned Properties” means, as of any date of determination, any individual fee-owned Real Estate Asset having a fair market value less than $500,0001,500,000; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) if at any time the Company and its Subsidiaries own, in the aggregate, multiple fee-owned Real Estate Assets that, in the aggregate, have a fair market value in excess of $750,0002,000,000, then Company shall notify Administrative Agent thereof and Administrative Agent shall have the option, exercisable in its sole discretion, to designate any such Real Estate Assets as Material Real Estate Assets, and (b) any fee-owned Real Estate Asset designated as a Material Real Estate Asset pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition thereof and any fee-owned Real Estate Asset set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) shall not constitute “Immaterial Fee-Owned Properties”.
“Immaterial Leasehold Properties” means, as of any date of determination, any individual Leasehold Property with respect to which the aggregate payments by the Company and its Subsidiaries under the term of the underlying lease are less than $350,0001,000,000 per annum; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Leasehold Property designated as a Material Real Estate Asset pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition thereof and any Leasehold Property set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) shall not constitute “Immaterial Leasehold Properties”.
“Inactive Subsidiaries” shall mean the following Subsidiaries unless and until such Subsidiaries have been Guarantors in accordance with Section 5.10: STK, DC, LLC, JEC II, LLC, Bridge Hospitality, LLC and BBCLV, LLC.
“Increased-Cost Lender” as defined in Section 2.21.
“Indebtedness,” as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) Capital Lease Obligations; (iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (including earnout obligations and seller financing obligations but excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA or any trade payable incurred in the ordinary course of business unless (a) due more than ninety days from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof, or (b) such obligations is evidenced by a note or a similar written instrument); (v) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person; (vi) the face amount of any letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the account of (or similar credit transaction entered into for the benefit of) that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of
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drawings or is otherwise an obligor; (vii) Disqualified Capital Stock, with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price (for purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Agreement, and as if such price were based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital Stock); (viii) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another; (ix) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance to an obligee that the obligation of the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof; (x) any liability of such Person for an obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or provide any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (b) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (a) or (b) of this clause (x), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (ix) above; (xi) all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including under any Hedge Agreement, in each case whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise, provided, the “principal” amount of obligations under any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be deemed to be the Net Mark-to-Market Exposure of Company and its Subsidiaries thereunder, and (xii) any obligations consisting of accounts payable or other monetary liabilities that do not fall into the foregoing categories of Indebtedness but are overdue more than ninety days.
“Indemnified Liabilities” means, collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages), penalties, claims (including Environmental Claims), actions, judgments, suits, costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity), Taxes, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including attorneys’ fees and any fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct, indirect, special, or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out (i) this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Lenders’ agreement to make Credit Extensions or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, or any enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)); (ii) the statements contained in the commitment letter or proposal
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letter delivered by any Agent or Lender to Holdings with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (iii) any Environmental Claim or Hazardous Materials Activity relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of Company under any Credit Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” means, each of any Agent, Issuing Bank, and any Lender, and each of their respective affiliates, officers, partners, members, Directors, trustees, employees, agents and sub-agents.
“Indemnitee Agent Party” as defined in Section 9.6.
“Installment” as defined in Section 2.11(a).
“Installment Date” as defined in Section 2.11(a).
“Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Amounts” as defined in Section 2.13(b).
“Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Period” as defined in Section 2.13(b). “Intellectual Property” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement. “Intellectual Property Asset” means, at any time of determination, any interest (including any fee, license or other interest) then owned by any Credit Party in any Intellectual Property.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Intercompany Note and Subordination” means a “global” intercompany promissory note and subordination that evidences and subordinates certain Indebtedness and other monetary liabilities owed among Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries and certain other controlled Affiliates, as applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit H.
“Interest Payment Date” means with respect to (i) any Base Rate Loan, (a) the last day of each month, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and (b) the final maturity date of such Loan; and (ii) any LIBO Rate Loan, (a) the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and (b) the final maturity date of such Loan.
“Interest Period” means, in connection with a LIBO Rate Loan, an interest period of one-, two- or three-months, as selected by Company in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (i) initially, commencing on the Credit Date or
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Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and (ii) thereafter, commencing on (and including) the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided, (a) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clauses (c) and (d), of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; (c) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Term Loans shall extend beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date; and (d) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
“Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging or managing the interest rate exposure associated with Holdings’ and its Subsidiaries’ operations.
“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Internally Generated Cash” means, with respect to any period, any cash of Holdings or any Subsidiary generated during such period as a result of such Person’s operations, excluding Net Asset Sale Proceeds, Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Extraordinary Receipts, Net Equity Proceeds, and any cash that is generated from an incurrence of Indebtedness or any other liability.
“Investment” means (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any other Person, including the establishment or other creation of a Subsidiary or any other interest in the Securities of any Person; (ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of Holdings from any Person, of any Capital Stock of such Person; and (iii) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for customary moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice) or capital contributions by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person, including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales of inventory to that other Person in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment.
“ISP” as defined in Section 2.3(a).
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“Issuance Notice” means an Issuance Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.
“Issuing Bank” means, individually or collectively as the context requires, each of GSB or other Issuing Bank and any other legally authorized Person acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion that is appointed as “Issuing Bank” hereunder from time to time.
“Joint Venture” means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form; provided, in no event shall any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a “Joint Venture” to which such Person is a party.
“"Key Performance Indicator Report”" means a report including commentary, summaries by management pertaining to same-store-sales, traffic and average ticket metrics, in each case, (i) on a restaurant by restaurant basis, (ii) on a concept by concept basis, (iii) on a system wide basis and (iv) otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
“Kona Acquisition” means Kona Grill Acquisition, LLC., a Delaware limited liability company.
“Kona Bankruptcy Proceeding” means the cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court captioned In re Kona Grill, Inc., et al., Case No. 19-10953, jointly administered.
“Landlord Consent and Estoppel” means, with respect to any Leasehold Property in respect of which a Mortgage is required pursuant to this Agreement, a letter, certificate or other instrument in writing from the lessor under the related lease, pursuant to which, among other things, the landlord consents to the granting of a Mortgage on such Leasehold Property by the Credit Party tenant, such Landlord Consent and Estoppel to be in form and substance acceptable to Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion, but in any event sufficient for Collateral Agent to obtain a Title Policy with respect to such Mortgage.
“Landlord Collateral Access Agreement” means a landlord agreement in form and substance reasonable acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, as of any time of determination, the latest possible maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time, as the case may be.
“"Las Vegas Excess Termination Payments”" shall mean the greater of (x) (1) the Las Vegas Termination Payments minus (2) any prepayment made by the Credit Parties pursuant to Section 2.13(i) and (y) $0.
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“"Las Vegas Management Agreement”" means that certain Restaurant Management Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2010, between Nevada Restaurant Venture 1 LLC, as owner, and STK –- Las Vegas, LLC, as operator.
“"Las Vegas Termination Payments”" shall mean any Net Asset Sale Proceeds received by Holdings and its Subsidiaries as a result of the termination of the Las Vegas Management Agreement.
“Lead Arranger” means GSB in its capacity as such the lead arranger hereunder.
“Leasehold Property” means any leasehold interest of any Credit Party as lessee under any lease of real property, other than any such leasehold interest designated from time to time by Collateral Agent in its sole discretion as not being required to be included in the Collateral.
“Leasehold Property Documents” means, with respect to each Leasehold Property that is a Material Real Estate Asset:
(i)a Landlord Consent and Estoppel;
(ii)evidence that such Leasehold Property is a Recorded Leasehold Interest;
(iii)a title report reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent issued by a title company with respect thereto, dated not more than thirty days prior to the Closing Date and issued by a title company reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, together with copies of all recorded documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent;
(iv)a subordination non-disturbance agreement duly executed by any Person that has a Lien on the fee interest in such Material Real Estate Asset and Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and in recordable;
(v)to the extent available, copies of any surveys of all such Material Real Estate Asset and reports and other information regarding environmental matters relating to such Material Real Estate Assets;
(vi)one or more fully executed and notarized Mortgages encumbering such Material Real Estate Asset, in each case in proper form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions;
(vii)an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) in the state or province in which such Material Real Estate Asset is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgage to be recorded in such state or province and such other matters as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent;
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or, in the case of any Material Real Estate Asset located in any jurisdiction other than any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, the delivery of the functional equivalent of the foregoing in such jurisdiction.
“Lender” means each financial institution listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement.
“Lender Counterparty” means each Lender, each Agent, and each of their respective Affiliates, in each case that is a counterparty to a Hedge Agreement (including any Person that is a Lender or an Agent (or any Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent) as of the Closing Date but subsequently, whether before or after entering into such Hedge Agreement, ceases to be an Agent or a Lender or any Affiliate of an Agent or a Lender, as the case may be); provided, that at any time a Lender is a Defaulting Lender and such Lender or its Affiliate enters into a Hedge Agreement, such Lender or Affiliate shall be deemed not to be a Lender Counterparty for purposes of such Hedge Agreement so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender.
“Letter of Credit” means a standby letter of credit issued or to be issued by Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, at any time of determination, the lesser of (i) $5,000,000, and (ii) the aggregate unused amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as at any time of determination, the sum of (i) the maximum aggregate undrawn amount that is, or at any time thereafter may become, available under all Letters of Credit then outstanding, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by Issuing Bank and not theretofore reimbursed by or on behalf of Company. For all purposes of this Agreement, at any time of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.13 or 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
“Leverage Incurrence Multiple” means, as of any date of determination during the periods set forth below, the correlative multiple set forth opposite such period below:, 1.75:1.00.
Periods | Leverage Incurrence |
ClosingDate | 2.50:1.00 |
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Periods | Leverage Incurrence |
through June 30, 2020 | |
July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 | 2.25:1.00 |
January 1, 2021 through March 31, 2021 | 2.00:1.00 |
April 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021 | 1.75:1.00 |
July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021 | 1.70:1.00 |
October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 | 1.65:1.00 |
January 1, 2022 and thereafter | 1.50:1.00 |
“Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date, to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date (or if such date of determination is not the last day of a Fiscal Quarter in respect of which financial statements and a compliance certificate are being delivered, for the four-Fiscal Quarters period ending as of the most recently concluded Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have previously been or were required to be delivered).
“LIBO Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Lien” means (i) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, hypothecation, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease or other right of occupation or license in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential
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arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, and (ii) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities.
“Licensing Management Agreement” means that certain Management Agreement, by and among Kona Grill Acquisition, LLC, and each of Kona Grill, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Kona Restaurant Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Kona Sushi, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Kona Macadamia, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Kona Texas Restaurants, Inc., a Texas corporation, Kona Baltimore, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Kona Grill International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Kona Grill International, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Kona Grill Puerto Rico, Inc., an Arizona corporation, effective as of October 4, 2019.
“Loan” means a Term Loan and a Revolving Loan.
“Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on and/or material adverse developments with respect to (i) the business operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) a significant portion of the industry or business segment in which Holding or its Subsidiaries operate or rely upon if such effect or development is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (iii) the ability of any Credit Party to fully and timely perform its Obligations; (iv) the legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability against a Credit Party of a Credit Document to which it is a party; (v) the validity, perfection or priority of a Lien in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties on the Collateral, taken as a whole, or (vi) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent, any Lender, Issuing Bank or any other Secured Party under any Credit Document.
“Material Contract” means (i) the Related Agreements, (ii) the Licensing Management Agreement, (iii) any and all contracts or other arrangements to which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Credit Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) all agreements, leases and other documents governing or evidencing transactions with Affiliates, including each agreement set forth on Schedule 6.12, (vi) all leases, management agreements and license agreements associated with a Restaurant location that generates at least $500,0001,500,000 of Restaurant Level EBITDA and (vi) those contracts and arrangements that are otherwise listed on Schedule 4.16.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any one or more of Holdings and its Subsidiaries with an individual principal amount (or Net Mark-to-Market Exposure) of $250,0001,000,000 or more or, solely for purposes of Section 8.1(b), that, collectively with any other Indebtedness in respect of which any relevant default or other specified event has occurred, has an aggregate principal amount of $500,0002,000,000 or more.
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“Material Real Estate Asset” means any and all of the following: (i) all fee owned Real Estate Assets other than any Immaterial Fee-Owned Properties, (ii) all Leasehold Properties other than any Immaterial Leasehold Properties, (iii) any Real Estate Asset that Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders determine after the Closing Date, in their respective reasonable discretion, to be material to the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and designate in writing to be a “Material Real Estate Asset”, and (iv) any Real Estate Asset listed on Schedule 1.1(b).
“Maximum Credit Amount” means, at any time of determination, an amount equal to the product of (a) the sum of the trailing twelve months Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the most recently ended month for which financial statements have been or were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) multiplied by (b) the then in effect Leverage Incurrence Multiple. The Maximum Credit Amount shall be determined on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of Cash or Deposit Account balances, an amount equal to 105% of the amount of the Obligation with respect to which such Cash Collateral will be or has been provided and pledged and (ii) otherwise, an amount determined by Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank in their sole discretion.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, or similar instrument in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“Mortgaged Real Estate Documents” means, with respect to each Material Real Estate Asset that is required to be subject to a Mortgage pursuant to this Agreement:
(i)one or more fully executed and notarized Mortgages encumbering such Material Real Estate Asset, in each case in proper form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions;
(ii)(a) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or, solely to the extent that Collateral Agent in its sole discretion waives the requirement for a policy to be issued, unconditional commitments therefor, in each case issued by one or more title companies reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent with respect to each Material Real Estate Asset (each, a “Title Policy”), each such Title Policy to be in amounts not less than the fair market value of each Material Real Estate Asset, together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto and dated not more than thirty days prior to the date of the applicable Mortgage, (b) copies of all documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, and (c) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent that such Credit Party has paid to the title company or to the appropriate Governmental Authorities all expenses and premiums of the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of each Title Policy and all recording and stamp taxes
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(including mortgage recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgages for each such Material Real Estate Asset in the appropriate real estate records;
(iii)(A) a completed Flood Certificate with respect to each such Material Real Estate Asset, which Flood Certificate shall (x) be addressed to Collateral Agent and (y) otherwise comply with the Flood Program and be in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent in its sole discretion; (B) if the Flood Certificate indicates that such Material Real Estate Asset is located in a Flood Zone, Company’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from Collateral Agent (x) as to the existence of such Material Real Estate Asset in a Flood Zone and (y) as to whether the community in which such Material Real Estate Asset is located is participating in the Flood Program; and (C) if such Material Real Estate Asset is located in a Flood Zone and is located in a community that participates in the Flood Program, evidence that Company has obtained a policy of flood insurance that is in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Flood Program or, solely to the extent agreed to by Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, excluded any structures existing in such Flood Zone from any such Mortgage in a manner satisfactory to Collateral Agent in its sole discretion;
(iv)ALTA surveys of such Material Real Estate Asset (other than any Leasehold Property, unless reasonably requested by Collateral Agent), certified to Collateral Agent and dated not more than thirty days prior to the date of the applicable Mortgage and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent in its sole discretion;
(v)an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) in the state or province in which such Material Real Estate Asset is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgage to be recorded in such state or province and such other matters as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent; and
(vi)reports and other information, in each case in form, scope and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, regarding environmental matters relating to such Material Real Estate Asset, including any Phase I Report requested by Collateral Agent with respect to such Material Real Estate Asset; or, in the case of any Material Real Estate Asset located in any jurisdiction other than any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, the delivery of the functional equivalent of the foregoing in such jurisdiction.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
“NAIC” means The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any successor thereto.
“Narrative Report” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such narrative report is required, a narrative report describing the operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in the form prepared for presentation to senior management thereof for the
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applicable fiscal month, Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such period to which such financial statements relate with comparison to and variances from the immediately preceding period and budget.
“Natural Person” means a natural Person or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person.
“Net Asset Sale Proceeds” means, with respect to any Disposition (other than Dispositions permitted under Section 6.9(a), (b) and (d)), an amount equal to: (i) Cash payments received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale (including any Cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise (including by way of a milestone payment, as applicable), but only as and when so received), minus (ii) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including (a) income or gains taxes payable by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale during the tax period the sale occurs, (b) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale, and (c) a reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale; provided that upon release of any such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Asset Sale Proceeds.
“Net Equity Proceeds” means an amount equal to any Cash proceeds from a capital contribution to, or the issuance of any Capital Stock of, Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable, out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, in each case, solely to the extent such discounts, commissions, costs, fees and expenses are paid to non-Affiliates.
“Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” means an amount equal to: (i) any Cash payments or proceeds received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (a) under any casualty, business interruption or “key man” insurance policies in respect of any covered loss thereunder, or (b) as a result of the taking of any assets of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii) (a) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of Holdings or such Subsidiary in respect thereof, and (b) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this definition to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including income or gains taxes payable by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith during the tax period the Cash payments or proceeds are received.
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“Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i)(a) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date minus (b) Qualified Cash in excess of $2,000,000, but not to exceed $10,000,000, as of such date, to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date (or if such date of determination is not the last day of a Fiscal Quarter in respect of which financial statements and a compliance certificate are being delivered, for the four-Fiscal Quarters period ending as of the most recently concluded Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have previously been or were required to be delivered).
“Net Mark-to-Market Exposure” of a Person means, as of any time of determination, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from Hedge Agreements or other Indebtedness of the type described in clause (xi) of the definition thereof. As used in this definition, “unrealized losses” means the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the date of determination (assuming the Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness were to be terminated as of that date), and “unrealized profits” means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the time of determination (assuming such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness were to be terminated as of that time).
“Non-Consenting Lender” as defined in Section 2.22.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-U.S. Lender” as defined in Section 2.19(c).
“Notice” means a Funding Notice, an Issuance Notice, or a Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“Obligations” means all obligations (whether now existing or hereafter arising, absolute or contingent, joint, several, or independent) of every nature of each Credit Party from time to time owed to the Agents (including former Agents), Issuing Bank the Lenders or any of them and Lender Counterparties, under any Credit Document or Secured Hedge Agreement, whether for principal, interest (including interest that, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Credit Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Credit Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, payments for early termination of Secured Hedge Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, in each case excluding, with respect to any Guarantor, Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.
“Obligee Guarantor” as defined in Section 7.7.
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“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and any successor Governmental Authority.
“Organizational Documents” means (i) with respect to any corporation or company, its certificate, memorandum, or articles of incorporation or organization, and its by-laws, (ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate or declaration of limited partnership and its partnership agreement, (iii) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, (iv) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization or certificate of formation, as applicable, and its operating agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable and (v) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, the functional equivalent of the foregoing as is customary in the applicable relevant jurisdiction. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document).
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, court, intangible, recording, filing or documentary, excise, property, or similar Taxes (and interest, fines, penalties and additions related thereto) arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
“PACA” means the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930, 7 U.S.C., Chapter 20A, § 499a et seq., and all regulations promulgated thereunder.
“PASA” means the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, 7 U.S.C., Chapter 9, §181 et seq., and all regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Paid in Full” and “Payment in Full” mean, with respect to any or all of the Obligations or Guaranteed Obligations, as the context requires, that each of the following events has occurred, as applicable: (a) the payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds of (i) the principal amount of all outstanding Loans, (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest, fees, premiums or other charges owing in respect of any Loan or Commitment or otherwise under any Credit Document, and (iii) all accrued and unpaid costs and expenses payable by any Credit Party to any Agent or Lender pursuant to any Credit Document, whether or not demand has been made therefor, including any and all indemnification and reimbursement claims that have been asserted by any such Person prior to such time, (b) the payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds or all other outstanding Obligations or Guaranteed Obligations other than unasserted contingent indemnification and contingent reimbursement obligations, (c) the
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termination in writing of all of the Commitments, (d) the termination in writing, expiration, Cash Collateralization, cancellation or expiration (without any pending drawing on), backstop, or rollover of all Letters of Credit to the satisfaction of each relevant Issuing Bank in its sole discretion, (e) the termination in writing, expiration, Cash Collateralization, novation, unwinding, or rollover of all Secured Hedge Agreements to the satisfaction of the applicable Lender Counterparties in their respective sole discretion and (e) upon the request of Administrative Agent, receipt by Administrative Agent of a release from the Credit Parties in favor of the Secured Parties in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“Participant Register” as defined in Section 10.6(h)(i).
“PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
“Pensions Act 2004” means the Pensions Act 2004 under the laws of England and Wales.
“Pensions Regulator” means the body corporate called the Pensions Regulator established under Part I of the Pensions Act 2004.
“Pensions Schemes Act 1993” means the Pensions Schemes Act 1993 under the laws of England and Wales.
“Permitted Acquisitions” means an Acquisition by Company or a Wholly-Owned Guarantor Subsidiary of any one or more “STK” or “Kona” brand restaurants (or any Person that owns and operates only “STK” or “Kona” brand restaurants)Capital Stock in, or the assets of, any business which constitutes a business permitted under Section 6.13, in each case so long as:
(i)no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately prior thereto or would exist after giving effect thereto;
(ii)the chief financial officer or chief executive officer of Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a pro forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that, after giving effect to such Acquisition (and any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith) on a Pro Forma Basis, (i) the Leverage Ratio would not be greater than the ratio that is 0.25 to 1.00 less than the maximum ratio permitted under Section 6.8(b) as of the last day of the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which the Credit Parties were required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1 and (ii) the Credit Parties would otherwise be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.8 as of the last day of the most recent Fiscal
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Quarter for which the Credit Parties were required to deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1;
(iii)the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall have received (or shall receive in connection with the closing of such Acquisition) First Priority perfected Liens (subject to Permitted Liens) in all property (including, without limitation, Capital Stock, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Leasehold Property) acquired, and Company shall have taken, or caused to be taken, each of the actions set forth in Sections 5.10, 5.11 and/or 5.13, as applicable;
(iv)in the case of the Acquisition of Capital Stock, all of the Capital Stock (except for any such Capital Stock in the nature of directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed Guarantor Subsidiary of Company in connection with such Acquisition shall be owned 100% by Company or a Wholly-Owned Guarantor Subsidiary thereof, and Company shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Company, each of the actions set forth in Sections 5.10, 5.11 and/or 5.13, as applicable;
(v)the Administrative Agent shall have received (a) not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the consummation of any such Acquisition (or by such later date as is approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), (1) a description of the material terms of such Acquisition, (2) audited financial statements (or, if unavailable, management-prepared financial statements) of the target of such Acquisition for its two most recent fiscal years and for any fiscal quarters ended within the fiscal year to date and (3) consolidated projected balance sheets and income statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (giving effect to such Acquisition) and (b) promptly upon request of the Administrative Agent and in any event at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the consummation of such Acquisition (or by such later date as is approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) (1) a copy of the purchase agreement related to the proposed Acquisition (and any related documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent and (2) a quality of earnings report (including cash proof analysis) with respect to the Person or assets or division to be acquired in accordance herewith;
(vi)after giving effect to such Acquisition and any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith, Consolidated Liquidity shall be at least $3,000,0002,000,000;
(vii)such Acquisition shall not be a “hostile” Acquisition and shall have been approved by the board of directors (or equivalent) and/or shareholders (or equivalent) of the applicable Credit Party and the Target;
(viii)the aggregate Acquisition Consideration for all such Acquisitions made during the term of this Agreementconsolidated revenue of the Target and its Subsidiaries shall not exceed $5,000,000100,000,000 for the most recent trailing twelve month period;
(ix)any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith for the four quarter period most recently ended prior to the date of such Acquisition, shall have
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generated earnings before income taxes, depreciation, and amortization during such period that shall exceed $0; and
(x)the chief financial officer or chief executive officer of Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate (which may be part of the pro forma Compliance Certificate required by clause (b) above) certifying that such Acquisition complies with the requirements of this definition.
“Permitted Liens” means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2.
“Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.
“Personal Information” means any information that identifies or, alone or in combination with any other information, could reasonably be used to identify, locate, or contact an individual, including name, street address, email address, telephone number, bank account information, credit card information, health-related information, any identification number issued by a governmental entity (including, without limitation, social security number and tax identification numbers), or any other information that is considered “personally identifiable information”, “personal information” or “personal data” under applicable Law
“Petition Date” means April 30, 2019.
“Phase I Report” means, with respect to any Facility, a report that (i) conforms to the ASTM Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, E 1527, (ii) was conducted no more than six months prior to the date such report is required to be delivered hereunder, by one or more environmental consulting firms reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, (iii) includes an assessment of asbestos-containing materials at such Facility, (iv) is accompanied by (a) an estimate of the reasonable worst-case cost of investigating and remediating any Hazardous Materials Activity identified in the Phase I Report as giving rise to an actual or potential material violation of any Environmental Law or as presenting a material risk of giving rise to a material Environmental Claim, and (b) a current compliance audit setting forth an assessment of Holdings’, its Subsidiaries’ and such Facility’s current and past compliance with Environmental Laws and an estimate of the cost of rectifying any non-compliance with current Environmental Laws identified therein and the cost of compliance with reasonably anticipated future Environmental Laws identified therein.
“Platform” as defined in Section 10.1(b).
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“Pledge and Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement to be executed by the Company and each Guarantor in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“Post-Closing Growers’ Lien Liabilities” as defined in Section 3.1(e)(i). “PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) as in effect from time to time; provided, however, if the validity, attachment, perfection (or opposability), effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s Liens in any Collateral are governed by the personal property security laws or laws relating to movable property of any jurisdiction other than Ontario, “PPSA” shall also include those personal property security laws or laws relating to movable property in such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions of this Agreement relating to such validity, attachment, perfection (or opposability), effect of perfection or of non-perfection or priority and for the definitions related to such provisions.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest quoted in the print edition of The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate (currently defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s thirty largest banks), as in effect from time to time, or, if such source or rate is unavailable, any replacement or successor source or rate as determined by Administrative Agent. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. Administrative Agent or any other Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.
“Principal Office” means, for each of Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank, such Person’s “Principal Office” as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office or office of a third party or sub-agent, as appropriate, as such Person may from time to time designate in writing to Company, Administrative Agent and each Lender; provided, however, that for the purpose of making any payment on the Obligations or any other amount due hereunder or any other Credit Document, the Principal Office of Administrative Agent shall be 200 West Street, New York, New York, 10282 (or such other location within the City and State of New York as Administrative Agent may from time to time designate in writing to Company and each Lender); provided further that all wires to Administrative Agent shall be made to the wiring instructions provided by Administrative Agent in writing from time to time.
“Pro Forma Basis” means a calculation giving pro forma effect to (i) the adjustments related to Subject Transactions described in “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges”, as applicable, and (ii) when used with respect to determining the permissibility of any specific transaction hereunder, such specific transaction as if it were a Subject Transaction.
“Pro Rata Share” means (i) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Term Loan Exposure of that Lender, by (b) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; and (ii) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Revolving Commitment or Revolving Loans of any Lender or any Letters of Credit issued or participations
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purchased therein by any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Revolving Exposure of that Lender, by (b) the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders. For all other purposes with respect to each Lender, “Pro Rata Share” means the percentage obtained by dividing (A) an amount equal to the sum of the Term Loan Exposure and the Revolving Exposure of that Lender, by (B) an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure and the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders.
“Projections” as defined in Section 4.8.
“Protective Advances” as defined in Section 2.2(c).
“PSC Register” means a PSC register within the meaning of section 790C(10) of the UK Companies Act 2006.
“Protected Vendor” means any Person that is afforded the benefit of any Lien or trust upon agricultural or animal products sold to the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and/or any proceeds of such agricultural or animal products under any Growers’ Lien Law.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Qualified Cash” means, at any time of determination, the aggregate balance sheet amount of unrestricted Cash and, to the extent readily monetized, Cash Equivalents included in the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of such time that
(i) is free and clear of all Liens other than Liens in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties and non-consensual Permitted Liens, (ii) may be applied to payment of the Obligations without violating any law, contract, or other agreement, (iii) is in Controlled Accounts, and (iv) is not Net Asset Sale Proceeds or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Credit Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time such Swap Obligation is incurred 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.
“Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party in any real property.
“Recall” as defined in Section 4.30.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender or (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.
“Record Document” means, with respect to any Leasehold Property, (i) the lease evidencing such Leasehold Property or a memorandum thereof, executed and acknowledged by
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the owner of the affected real property, as lessor, or (ii) if such Leasehold Property was acquired or subleased from the holder of a Recorded Leasehold Interest, the applicable assignment or sublease document, executed and acknowledged by such holder, in each case in form sufficient to give such constructive notice upon recordation and otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent.
“Recorded Leasehold Interest” means a Leasehold Property with respect to which a Record Document has been recorded in all places necessary or desirable, in Collateral Agent’s reasonable judgment, to give constructive notice of such Leasehold Property to third party purchasers and encumbrancers of the affected real property
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is the Adjusted LIBO Rate, 11:00 a. m. (London time) on the day that is two London banking days preceding the date of such setting and (2) if such Benchmark is not the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register” as defined in Section 2.6(b).
“Regulation” as defined in Section 4.33.
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board of Governors and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Reimbursement Date” as defined in Section 2.3(d).
“Related Agreements” means, collectively, the Closing Date Acquisition Agreement, the “Assignments of Restaurant Leases”, the “Assignment of Other Contracts”, the “Assignment of Intangible Property Assets”, the “Bill of Sale”, and the “Management Agreement” (as such terms are defined in the Closing Date Acquisition Agreement) and each other material agreement related thereto.
“Related Fund” means any Fund that is managed, advised, or administered by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (c) an entity or affiliate of an entity that manages, administers, or advises a Lender.
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“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors or the NYFRB, or any successor thereto.
“Replacement Lender” as defined in Section 2.22.
“Required Prepayment Date” as defined in Section 2.14(c).
“Requisite Class Lenders” means, at any time of determination for any Class of Lenders, Loans, and/or Commitments, as applicable, Lenders of such Class holding more than 50% of the aggregate Voting Power Determinants of such Class of Loans and Commitments held by all Lenders; provided that the amount of Voting Power Determinants of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded for purposes of this definition.
“Requisite Lenders” means one or more Lenders having or holding Term Loan Exposure and/or Revolving Exposure and representing more than 50% of the aggregate Voting Power Determinants of all Lenders; provided that the amount of Voting Power Determinants of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded for purposes of this definition.
“Restaurant” means, collectively, each restaurant, similar facility and other point of sale of the Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary.
“Restaurant Level EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount determined for each Restaurant location equal to (i) the net income (or loss) for such Restaurant location for such period determined in conformity with GAAP plus (ii) in each case to the extent reducing such net income, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) interest expense, plus (b) provisions for taxes based on income, plus (c) total depreciation expense, plus
(d) total amortization expense.
“Restricted Junior Payment” means (i) any dividend, other distribution, or liquidation preference, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of Capital Stock (other than any Disqualified Capital Stock) to the holders of that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Capital Stock of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) now or hereafter outstanding; (iv) management or
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similar fees payable to any Person owning Capital Stock in Holdings or any of its Affiliates (in each case, other than a Credit Party); and (v) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness.
“Retained Excess Cash Flow” means the cumulative amount of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow (which amount shall not be less than zero) calculated for each Fiscal Year of the Company commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2020 for which audited financial statements and a Compliance Certificate have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.1(c) and 5.1(d), equal to the applicable percentages thereof that are not taken into account when calculating the prepayment in respect thereof required under Section 2.13(e) hereof.
“Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount” as of the applicable date of determination (i) Retained Excess Cash Flow, minus (ii) any Retained Excess Cash Flow previously utilized pursuant to Section 6.5(e).
“Revolving Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any Revolving Loan and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and “Revolving Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-3 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date is $12,000,000.
“Revolving Commitment Period” means the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
“Revolving Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) October 4August 6, 20242026; (ii) the date the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.12(b) or 2.14; and (iii) the date of the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 8.1.
“Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender or Issuing Bank as of any time of determination, (i) prior to the termination of the Revolving Commitments, that Lender’s Revolving Commitment; and (ii) after the termination of the Revolving Commitments, the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender, (b) in the case of Issuing Bank, the aggregate Letter of Credit Usage in respect of all Letters of Credit issued by that Lender (net of any participations by Lenders in such Letters of Credit), and
(c)the aggregate amount of all participations by that Lender in any outstanding Letters of Credit or any unreimbursed drawing under any Letter of Credit.
“Revolving Lender” means a Lender having a Revolving Commitment.
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“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made by a Lender to Company pursuant to Section 2.2(a).
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.
“Sale Order” means that certain Order (A) Authorizing The Sale Of Substantially All Of The Debtors’ Assets Pursuant To Asset Purchase Agreement(S) Free And Clear Of Liens, Claims And Encumbrances, And Other Interests, And Other Interests; (B) Approving The Assumption And Assignment Of Certain Executory Contracts And Unexpired Leases Related Thereto; And (C) Granting Related Relief entered on September 24, 2019 by the Bankruptcy Court in the Kona Bankruptcy Proceedings as Docket No. 428, as may be amended by further court order.
“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, territory or region that is, or whose government is, the subject or target of any Sanctions, including, as of the Closing Date, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, any Person with whom dealings are restricted or prohibited under Sanctions, including (i) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the U.S. (including by OFAC, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, or the U.S. Department of State), or by the United Nations Security Council, Global Affairs Canada, the European Union or any EU member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or any other relevant sanctions authority, (ii) any Person located, operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (iii) any Person owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any such Person described in clause (i) or (ii) of this definition.
“Sanctions” means sanctions or trade embargoes enacted, imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (i) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC, U.S. Department of State, or U.S. Department of Commerce, (ii) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any of its member states, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (iii) Global Affairs Canada (including Canadian Sanction Laws) or (iv) any other relevant sanctions authority.
“Second Amendment Effective Date” means August 10, 2020.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means, at any time of determination, any and all Hedge Agreements between any of the Credit Parties and either (x) GSB and any of its Affiliates and (y) any other Lender Counterparty so long as for purposes of this clause (y), the relevant Credit Parties or Lender Counterparties have provided Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent written notice and copies of such Hedge Agreements.
“Secured Parties” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or
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arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing, including any Capital Stock and any Hedge Agreements or other derivatives.
“Securities Account” means any “securities account” as defined in Article 8 of the UCC and any “commodity account” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Securities Account Control Agreement” means, with respect to a Securities Account, an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent that (i) is entered into among Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary at which the applicable Securities Account is maintained, and the Credit Party having rights in or to the underlying financial assets credited to or maintained in such Securities Account and (ii) is effective for Collateral Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC) of such Securities Account, or any similar agreement or notice necessary or advisable under the laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States or Canada to perfect (or the local law equivalent thereof) a Lien in such Securities Account.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securities Intermediary” means any “securities intermediary” or “commodity intermediary” as such terms are defined in the UCC.
“SOFR” means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate) on the website of the NYFRB, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org (or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the administrator of the secured overnight financing rate from time to time).
“Solvency Certificate” means a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of Holdings substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.
“Solvent”
(a)means, with respect to any Credit Party other than a Canadian Foreign Subsidiary or an English Credit Party, that as of the date of determination, both (i) (a) the sum of such Credit Party’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Credit Party’s present assets; (b) such Credit Party’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on such date of determination and reflected in the Projections or with respect to any transaction contemplated or to be undertaken after such date of determination; and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (ii) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under the Bankruptcy Code and other applicable laws relating to
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fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 450-20);
(b)with respect to a Canadian Foreign Subsidiary means, that as of the date of determination, (i) the property of such Person is sufficient, if disposed of at a fairly conducted sale under legal process, to enable payment of all its obligations, due and accruing due, (ii) the property of such Person is, at a fair valuation, greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person; and (iii) such Person has not ceased and is not unable to pay its current obligations in the ordinary course of business as they generally become due. The amount of contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guaranties and pension plan liabilities) at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability;
(c)with respect to an English Credit Party means, that as of the date of determination, (i) that Person is not unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986, and would not become unable to do so as a consequence of entering into the Credit Documents to which it is a party or granting any security under the English Collateral Documents to which it is a party; (ii) that Person’s assets currently exceed its liabilities (taking into account its actual, contingent and prospective liabilities) and that Person has the resources to discharge its debts as they fall due; and (iii) no corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of Section 8.1(o) or creditor’s process described in Section 8.1(p) has been taken or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened in relation to that Person.
“Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties made by, with respect to, or on behalf of the Closing Date Acquired Business in the Closing Date Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, but only to the extent that Company or its applicable Affiliates have the right to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Closing Date Acquisition (or decline to consummate the Closing Date Acquisition) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties.
“Specified Representations” shall mean the representations made by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date with respect to Sections 2.5, 4.1(a), 4.1(b), 4.3, 4.4(a), 4.4(d), 4.5, 4.6, 4.17 (solely with respect to the Investment Company Act of 1940), 4.18(b), 4.22 and 4.26 of this Agreement and Section 4.1(a)(vii) of the Security Agreement.
“Subject Transaction” as defined in “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”.
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“Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that is contractually or structurally subordinated in payment or lien ranking to the Obligations or related Liens on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Subordination Agreement” means with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness, the corresponding subordination or intercreditor agreement, if any, among Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, on the one hand, and the creditor or creditors (or their respective agents) in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness, on the other hand, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity (a) the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of such Person in such Person’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP or (b) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election or appointment of the Person or Persons (whether Directors, trustees, or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding. Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein to a Subsidiary shall refer to a Subsidiary of Holdings.
“Swap Obligation” as defined in “Excluded Swap Obligation”.
“Tax” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding (together with interest, penalties and other additions thereto) of any nature and whatever called, imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority.
“Term Loan” means a term loan made by a Lender to the Company pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
“Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Term Loan and “Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date immediately prior to giving effect to the funding of Term Loans is $48,000,000.
“Term Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any time of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of such Lender; provided, at
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any time prior to the making of the Term Loans, the Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment.
“Term Loan Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) October 4August 6, 20242026, and (ii) the date that all Term Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
“Term SOFR” means, for the applicable corresponding tenor, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“Terminated Lender” as defined in Section 2.22.
“Title Policy” as defined in the definition of Mortgaged Real Estate Documents.
“Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments” means, as at any time of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans (other than Revolving Loans made for the purpose of reimbursing Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, but not yet so applied), and (ii) the Letter of Credit Usage.
“Transaction Costs” means the fees, costs and expenses payable by Holdings, Company or any of Company’s Subsidiaries to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates on or before the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and the Related Agreements, in each case to the extent approved in writing by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“TTB” means the United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau or its successor agency in the United States.
“Type of Loan” means with respect to either Term Loans or Revolving Loans, a Base Rate Loan or a LIBO Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent statute or law) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
“UK Companies Act 2006” means the Companies Act 2006 as in force in England and Wales from time to time.
“U.S.” means the United States of America.
“USDA” means the United States Department of Agriculture or its successor agency in the United States.
“USD LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars.
“U.S. Lender” as defined in Section 2.19(c).
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“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of one of Exhibits E-1, E-2, E-3 or E-4, as applicable.
“Voting Power Determinants” means, collectively, Term Loan Exposure and/or Revolving Exposure.
“WARN” as defined in Section 4.19.
“Weighted Average Yield” means, with respect to any Loan on any date of determination, the weighted average yield to maturity, in each case, based on the interest rate applicable to such Loan on such date and giving effect to all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable with respect to such Loan.
“Wholly-Owned” means, in reference to any Subsidiary of a specified Person, that 100% of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary (other than (x) Directors’ qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or one or more of such specified Person’s other Subsidiaries that also qualify as Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries under this definition.
“Wind-Down Budget” means the “Wind-Down Budget” as defined in the Sale Order.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“WURA” means the Winding-up and Restructuring Act (Canada).
1.2Accounting Terms, Financials Statements, Calculations, Etc. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information required to be delivered by Holdings to Lenders pursuant to Section 5.1(a), 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation (and delivered together with the reconciliation statements provided for in Section 5.1(e), if applicable). Subject to the foregoing, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the Historical Financial Statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants contained in this Agreement, any election by any Credit Party to measure an item of Indebtedness using fair value (as permitted by Accounting Standards Codification Section 825-10 or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made and (ii) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made without giving effect to any change to GAAP occurring after the date hereof as a result of the adoption of any proposals set forth in the Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 840), issued by
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the Financial Accounting Standards Board on August 17, 2010, the Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Leases (Topic 842), issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board on May 16, 2013, or any other proposals issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in connection therewith, in each case if such change would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) was not required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018. For purposes of determining pro forma compliance with any financial covenant as of any date prior to the initial test date on which such financial covenant is to be tested hereunder, the level of any such financial covenant shall be deemed to be the covenant level for such initial test date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for purposes of determining compliance with any basket, accordion or incremental feature, test, or condition under any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, no Credit Party may retroactively divide, classify, re-classify or deem or otherwise treat a historical transaction as having occurred in reliance on a basket or exception that was not available at the time of such historical transaction or if and to the extent that such basket or exception was relied upon for any later transaction. When used herein, the term “financial statements” shall be construed to include all notes and schedules thereto. Whenever the terms “Holdings” or “Company” are used in respect of a financial covenant or a related definition, they shall be construed to mean “Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis” unless the context clearly requires otherwise. Except as otherwise provided therein, this Section 1.2 shall apply equally to each other Credit Document as if fully set forth therein, mutatis mutandis.
1.3Interpretation, Etc. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. Any requirement for a referenced agreement, instrument, certificate or other document to be in “substantially” the form of an Appendix, Schedule, or Exhibit hereto means that such referenced document shall be in the form of such Appendix, Schedule, or Exhibit with such modifications to such form as are approved by Administrative Agent, and, in the case of any Collateral Document, Collateral Agent, in each case in such Agent’s sole discretion. The words “hereof”, “hereunder”, “hereby”, and words of similar import used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The use herein of the words “include” or “including,” when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. The use herein of the words “continuing”, “continuance”, “existing”, or any words of similar import or derivatives of any such words in reference to any Event of Default means that such Event of Default has not been expressly waived in accordance with Section 10.5. The word “will” shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The words “assets” and “property” shall be construed as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties of any relevant Person or Persons. The terms lease and license
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shall be construed to include sub-lease and sub-license. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall be construed to include the corresponding masculine, feminine, and neuter forms. References to Persons include their respective permitted successors and assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, references to statutes, legislative acts, laws, regulations, and rules shall be deemed to refer to such statutes, acts, laws, regulations, and rules as in effect from time to time, including any amendments of the same and any successor statutes, acts, laws, regulations, and rules, unless any such reference is expressly limited to refer to any statute, act, law, regulation, or rule “as in effect on” a specified date. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in or to this Agreement (including any Appendix, Schedule, or Exhibit hereto), any other Credit Document, or any other agreement, instrument, or other document shall be construed to refer to the referenced agreement, instrument, or document as assigned, amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, in each case in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement and any other relevant Credit Document unless such reference is expressly limited to refer to such agreement, instrument, or other document “as in effect on” a specified date. Unless otherwise expressly stated, if a Person may not take an action under this Agreement, then it may not take that action indirectly, or take any action assisting or supporting any other Person in taking that action directly or indirectly. “Taking an action indirectly” means taking an action that is not expressly prohibited for the Person but is intended to have substantially the same effects as the prohibited action. Except as otherwise provided therein, this Section 1.3 shall apply equally to each other Credit Document as if fully set forth therein, mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 2 LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
2.1 | Term Loans. |
(a)Loan Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a term loan to Company in an amount equal to such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment. The Company may make only one borrowing under the Term Loan Commitment, which borrowing may only occur on the Closing Date. Any amount borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Subject to Sections 2.11(a) and 2.13, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Term Loans shall be Paid in Full no later than the Term Loan Maturity Date. Each Lender’s Term Loan Commitment shall terminate immediately and fully without further action by any Person upon the funding of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment on the Closing Date.
(b)Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loans.
(i)Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than three Business Days prior to the Closing Date. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing.
(ii)Each Lender shall make its Term Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office.
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Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the Term Loans available to the Company on the Closing Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the accounts designated in writing by Company to Administrative Agent in the Funding Notice.
2.2 | Revolving Loans. |
(a)Revolving Commitments. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to Company in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, that after giving effect to the making of any Revolving Loans in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. Each Lender’s Revolving Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all Revolving Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Revolving Loans and the Revolving Commitments shall be Paid in Full no later than such date.
(b)Borrowing Mechanics for Revolving Loans.
(i)Except pursuant to Section 2.3(d), Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $100,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount, and Revolving Loans that are LIBO Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $100,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii)Subject to Section 3.2(b), whenever Company desires that Lenders make Revolving Loans, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a LIBO Rate Loan, and at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan; provided that, if such Credit Date is the Closing Date, such Funding Notice may be delivered on the Closing Date with respect to Base Rate Loans and such period with respect to LIBO Rate Loans may be shorter than three Business Days if agreed by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Funding Notice for a Revolving Loan that is a LIBO Rate Loan shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith.
(iii)Notice of receipt of each Funding Notice in respect of Revolving Loans, together with the amount of each Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, if any, together with the applicable interest rate, will be provided by Administrative Agent to each applicable Lender with reasonable promptness, but (if Administrative Agent
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received such notice by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time)) not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same day as Administrative Agent’s receipt of such Notice from Company.
(iv)Each Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to Company on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account as designated in writing to Administrative Agent on Funding Notice by Company.
(c)Protective Advances. Subject to the limitations set forth below, and whether or not an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Administrative Agent is authorized by Company and the Lenders, from time to time in Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (but Administrative Agent shall have absolutely no obligation to), to make Revolving Loans to Company on behalf of the Revolving Lenders, that Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable (i) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (ii) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other Obligations, or (iii) to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, including payments of principal, interest, fees and reimbursable expenses (any of such Loans are in this clause (c) referred to as “Protective Advances”); provided, that the amount of Revolving Loans plus Protective Advances shall not exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect. Protective Advances may be made even if the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 have not been satisfied. All Protective Advances shall be Base Rate Loans. Each Protective Advance shall be secured by the Liens in favor of Collateral Agent in and to the Collateral and shall constitute Obligations hereunder. Company shall pay the unpaid principal amount and all unpaid and accrued interest of each Protective Advance on the earlier of the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and the date on which demand for payment is made by Administrative Agent.
2.3 | Issuance of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein. |
(a)Letters of Credit. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit at the request of and for the account of Company in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided, (i) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (ii) the stated amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be less than $50,000 or such lesser amount as is acceptable to Issuing Bank; (iii) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect; (iv) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall the Letter of Credit Usage exceed the Letter
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of Credit Sublimit then in effect; (v) in no event shall any Letter of Credit have an expiration date later than the earlier of (1) thirty days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, and (2) the date that is one year from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit; (vi) in no event shall any Letter of Credit be issued if the issuance thereof would violate one or more provisions of any applicable law, rule, or regulation or one or more policies of Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit; (vii) each Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Issuing Bank and issued in accordance with Issuing Bank’s standard operating procedures; and (viii) with respect to any Letter of Credit to be issued by GSB, such Letter of Credit shall be subject to the immediately succeeding sentence; provided, Issuing Bank shall not extend any such Letter of Credit if it has received written notice from Company, Administrative Agent, or any Lender that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time Issuing Bank must elect to allow such extension; provided, further, in the event any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit or extend the expiry date or increase the amount of any outstanding Letter of Credit unless Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and Company to eliminate Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the participation in Letters of Credit of the Defaulting Lender, including by Cash Collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount. With respect to any Letter of Credit to be issued by GSB, without the consent of GSB, such Letter of Credit shall (i) have a stated final expiration date, (ii) not permit the transfer or assignment thereof (or the right to draw thereunder) without the prior written consent of GSB, (iii) not permit cancellation thereof without the consent of the beneficiary thereof, (iv) not be subject to any rules or practices other than the International Standby Practices 1998, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 or such later supplement to or revision thereof as is in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit (“ISP”), (v) not cause the aggregate number of outstanding Letters of Credit issued by GSB under this Agreement at any time to exceed ten (10), (vi) not have more than one (1) beneficiary, (vii) have been the subject of a written notice of the Company’s request for issuance thereof that the Company has given Goldman Sachs Bank USA not less than three (3) Business Day’s prior to such requested issuance, (viii) not permit reduction of the amount thereof other than on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis, (ix) for purposes of a demand for payment thereunder, require physical presentation to GSB of an original or copy thereof, together with any amendments thereto, (x) have attached thereto as an exhibit a form of demand for payment thereunder, (xi) not permit more than three (3) demands for payment thereunder, and (xii) in connection with any demand for payment thereunder, not require disbursement of such payment to the beneficiary thereof within seventy-two hours after such demand for payment is made.
(b)Notice of Issuance. Subject to Section 3.2(b), whenever Company desires the issuance of a Letter of Credit, it shall deliver to Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank an Issuance Notice no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days, or such shorter period as may be agreed to by Issuing Bank in any particular instance, in advance of the proposed date of issuance. At the request of Issuing Bank, Company shall also complete and submit to Issuing Bank the standard letter of credit application of Issuing Bank. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2, Issuing Bank shall issue the requested Letter of Credit in accordance with Issuing Bank’s standard operating procedures.
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Upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit or amendment to a Letter of Credit, Issuing Bank shall promptly notify Administrative Agent and each Lender with a Revolving Commitment of such issuance or amendment, which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c)Responsibility of Issuing Bank With Respect to Requests for Drawings and Payments. In determining whether to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, Issuing Bank shall be responsible only to examine the documents delivered under such Letter of Credit so as to ascertain whether they appear on their face to be in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. As between Company and Issuing Bank, Company assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Bank or any proceeds thereof, by the respective beneficiaries, transferees, and assignees of proceeds of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Issuing Bank shall not be responsible to any Credit Party, any Agent, any Lender, or any other party hereto 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 (or amendment) of any Letter of Credit, any drawing under any Letter of Credit, or any consent to the amendment or cancellation of any Letter of Credit, even if such document 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 any 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 any Letter of Credit to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary, transferee or assignee of letter of credit proceeds of any Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Issuing Bank, including any Governmental Acts. Nothing in the previous sentence shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted by Issuing Bank under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith (i.e., honesty in fact), shall not give rise to any liability on the part of Issuing Bank to any Credit Party, any Agent, any Lender, or any other party hereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.3(c), Company shall retain any and all rights it may have against Issuing Bank for any liability for direct damages (as opposed to punitive, exemplary, consequential, or punitive damages) arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d)Reimbursement by Company of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Letters of Credit. In the event Issuing Bank has determined to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit, it shall promptly notify Company and Administrative Agent, and Company shall reimburse Issuing
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Bank on or before the Business Day immediately following the date on which such drawing is honored (the “Reimbursement Date”) in an amount in Dollars and in same day funds equal to the amount of such honored drawing; provided, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) unless Company shall have notified Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date such drawing is honored that Company intends to reimburse Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Loans, Company shall be deemed to have given a timely Funding Notice to Administrative Agent requesting Lenders with Revolving Commitments to make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans on the Reimbursement Date in an amount in Dollars equal to the amount of such honored drawing, and (ii) subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in Section 3.2, Lenders with Revolving Commitments shall, on the Reimbursement Date, make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans in the amount of such honored drawing, the proceeds of which shall be applied directly by Administrative Agent to reimburse Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing; and provided further, if for any reason proceeds of Revolving Loans are not received by Issuing Bank on the Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such honored drawing, Company shall reimburse Issuing Bank, on demand, in an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of such honored drawing over the aggregate amount of such Revolving Loans, if any, the proceeds of which are so received. Nothing in this Section 2.3(d) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to make Revolving Loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and Company shall retain any and all rights it may have against any Lender resulting from the failure of such Lender to make such Revolving Loans under this Section 2.3(d).
(e)Lenders’ Purchase of Participations in Letters of Credit. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender having a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed to have purchased, and hereby agrees to irrevocably purchase, from Issuing Bank a participation in such Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (with respect to the Revolving Commitments) of the maximum amount that is or at any time may become available to be drawn thereunder. In the event that Company shall fail for any reason to reimburse Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.3(d), Issuing Bank shall promptly notify each Lender with a Revolving Commitment of the unreimbursed amount of such honored drawing and of such Lender’s respective participation therein based on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Commitments. Each Lender with a Revolving Commitment shall make available to Issuing Bank an amount equal to its respective participation, in Dollars and in same day funds, at the office of Issuing Bank specified in such notice, not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the first business day (under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such office of Issuing Bank is located) after the date on which it is so notified by Issuing Bank. In the event that any Lender with a Revolving Commitment fails to make available to Issuing Bank on such business day the amount of such Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit as provided in this Section 2.3(e), Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by Issuing Bank for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate. Nothing in this Section 2.3(e) shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any Lender with a Revolving Commitment to recover from Issuing Bank any amounts made available by such Lender to Issuing Bank pursuant to this
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Section 2.3(e) in the event that it is determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that the payment with respect to a Letter of Credit in respect of which payment was made by such Lender constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Issuing Bank. In the event Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by other Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.3(e) for all or any portion of any drawing honored by Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender that has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.3(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments subsequently received by Issuing Bank from Company in reimbursement of such honored drawing when such payments are received. Any such distribution shall be made to a Lender at its primary address set forth below its name on Appendix B or at such other address as such Lender may request.
(f)Obligations Absolute. The obligation of Company to reimburse Issuing Bank for drawings honored under the Letters of Credit issued by it and to repay any Revolving Loans made by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.3(d) and the obligations of Lenders under Section 2.3(e) shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances including any of the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit; (ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that Company or any Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), Issuing Bank, Lender or any other Person or, in the case of a Lender, against Company, whether in connection herewith, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between Company or one of its Subsidiaries and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured); (iii) any draft or other document presented under any 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) payment by Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not substantially comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; (v) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) any breach hereof or any other Credit Document by any party thereto; (vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; or (viii) the fact that an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided, in each case, that payment by Issuing Bank under the applicable Letter of Credit shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank under the circumstances in question, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(g)Indemnification. Without duplication of any obligation of Company under Section 10.2 or 10.3, in addition to amounts payable as provided herein, Company hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless Issuing Bank from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel) that Issuing Bank may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (i) the issuance of any Letter of Credit by Issuing Bank, other than as a result of (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
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jurisdiction, or (2) the wrongful dishonor by Issuing Bank of a proper demand for payment made under any Letter of Credit issued by it, or (ii) the failure of Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under any such Letter of Credit as a result of any Governmental Act.
(h)Resignation and Removal of Issuing Bank. An Issuing Bank may resign as Issuing Bank upon sixty days prior written notice to Administrative Agent, Lenders and Company. An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among Company, Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank (provided that the replaced Issuing Bank shall not be required to execute or deliver any written agreement if the replaced Issuing Bank has no Letters of Credit or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto outstanding; provided, further, that Company shall promptly notify Issuing Bank upon the execution and delivery of any such written agreement by the parties thereto) and the successor Issuing Bank. Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of such Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement or resignation shall become effective, Company shall (A) pay all unpaid fees and other amounts accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank and (B) Cash Collateralize or replace any existing Letters of Credit or cause a bank or other financial institution acceptable to the replaced Issuing Bank to issue backstop letters of credit (naming the replaced Issuing Bank as the beneficiary thereof and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the replaced Issuing Bank) in respect of existing Letters of Credit, in each case on terms satisfactory to the replaced Issuing Bank. From and after the effective date of any such replacement or resignation, (i) any successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement or resignation of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto to the extent that Letters of Credit issued by it remain outstanding and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement or resignation, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
2.4 | Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds. |
(a)Pro Rata Shares. All Loans shall be made, and all participations purchased, by Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby nor shall any Term Loan Commitment or any Revolving Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby.
(b)Availability of Funds. Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the applicable Credit Date that such Lender does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent the amount of such Lender’s Loan requested on such Credit Date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount
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available to Administrative Agent on such Credit Date and Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to Company a corresponding amount on such Credit Date. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set by Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. In the event that (i) Administrative Agent declines to make a requested amount available to Company until such time as all applicable Lenders have made payment to Administrative Agent, (ii) a Lender fails to fund to Administrative Agent all or any portion of the Loans required to be funded by such Lender hereunder prior to the time specified in this Agreement, and (iii) such Lender’s failure results in Administrative Agent failing to make a corresponding amount available to Company on the Credit Date, at Administrative Agent’s option, such Lender shall not receive interest hereunder with respect to the requested amount of such Lender’s Loans for the period commencing with the time specified in this Agreement for receipt of payment by Company through and including the time of Company’s receipt of the requested amount. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Company and Company shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans for such Class of Loans. Nothing in this Section 2.4(b) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Term Loan Commitments and Revolving Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Company may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
2.5Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans and the Revolving Loans, if any, made on the Closing Date shall be applied by Company to finance the purchase price for the Closing Date Acquisition, to refinance Existing Indebtedness and to pay Transaction Costs. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit made after the Closing Date shall be applied by Company for working capital and general corporate purposes of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, excluding Restricted Junior Payments and prepayments of the Term Loans or other long-term Indebtedness for borrowed money. Letters of Credit shall be used by Company for working capital and general corporate purposes of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and may not be issued to any Credit Party or any of its Affiliates without the approval of Administrative Agent in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Credit Extension or proceeds thereof may be used in any manner that conflicts with Section 4.18(b) or Section 4.26(a).
2.6 | Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes. |
(a)Lenders’ Evidence of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of Company to such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company, absent manifest
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error; provided, that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Revolving Commitments or Company’s Obligations in respect of any applicable Loans; and provided further, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall govern.
(b)Register. Administrative Agent (or an agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall maintain at its Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and the Revolving Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The Register shall be available for inspection by Company or any Lender (with respect to (i) any entry relating to such Lender’s Loans, and (ii) the identity of the other Lenders (but not any information with respect to such other Lenders’ Loans)) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.Administrative Agent shall record, or shall cause to be recorded, in the Register the Revolving Commitments and the Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided, failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Revolving Commitments or Company’s Obligations in respect of any Loan. Company hereby designates Administrative Agent to serve as Company’s non-fiduciary agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.6, and Company hereby agrees that, to the extent Administrative Agent serves in such capacity, Administrative Agent and its officers, Directors, employees, agents, sub-agents, and affiliates shall constitute “Indemnitees.”
(c)Promissory Notes. If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, Company shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 10.6) on the Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing Date, promptly after Company’s receipt of such notice) a promissory note or notes, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, to evidence such Lender’s Term Loan or Revolving Loan, as the case may be.
2.7 | Interest on Loans and Letter of Credit Disbursements. |
(a)Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Class of Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows:
(i)if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or
(ii)if a LIBO Rate Loan, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
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(b)The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan, and the Interest Period with respect to any LIBO Rate Loan, shall be selected by Company and notified to Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be.
(c)In connection with LIBO Rate Loans there shall be no more than five Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event Company fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or a LIBO Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (if outstanding as a LIBO Rate Loan) will be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then-current Interest Period for such Loan (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or (if not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Loan). In the event Company fails to specify an Interest Period for any LIBO Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, Company shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the LIBO Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and will promptly give notice thereof to Company and each Lender.
(d)Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.7(a) shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty-day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted from a LIBO Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such LIBO Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to a LIBO Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such LIBO Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.
(e)Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan (i) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect to interest accrued on and to each such Interest Payment Date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; (iii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears at maturity of the Loans, including final maturity of the Loans; and (iv) shall be payable in cash.
(f)Company agrees to pay to Issuing Bank, with respect to drawings honored under any Letter of Credit, interest on the amount paid by Issuing Bank in respect of each such honored drawing from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the date such amount is reimbursed by or on behalf of Company at a rate equal to (i) for the period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the applicable Reimbursement Date, the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and (ii)
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thereafter, a rate that is the lesser of (y) two percent per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and (z) the Highest Lawful Rate.
(g)Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.7(f) shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty-day year for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues, and shall be payable on demand or, if no demand is made, on the date on which the related drawing under a Letter of Credit is reimbursed in full. In the event Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by Lenders for all or any portion of such honored drawing, Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender that has paid all amounts payable by it under Section 2.3(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any interest received by Issuing Bank in respect of that portion of such honored drawing so reimbursed by Lenders for the period from the date on which Issuing Bank was so reimbursed by Lenders to but excluding the date on which such portion of such honored drawing is reimbursed by Company.
2.8 | Conversion/Continuation. |
(a)Subject to Section 2.17 and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, Company shall have the option:
(i)to convert at any time all or any part of any Term Loan or Revolving Loan equal to $250,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of Loan; provided, a LIBO Rate Loan may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such LIBO Rate Loan unless the Company shall pay all amounts due under Section 2.17 in connection with any such conversion; or
(ii)upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any LIBO Rate Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $250,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount as a LIBO Rate Loan.
(b)Subject to Section 3.2(b), Company shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a LIBO Rate Loan). Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any LIBO Rate Loans shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then, for that day, such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
2.9Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the principal amount of all Loans outstanding and, to the extent permitted by applicable
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law, any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts owed hereunder, shall thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws) payable on demand at a rate that is two percent per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other amounts, at a rate that is two percent per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans); provided, any LIBO Rate Loans (a) may be converted to Base Rate Loans at the revocable election of Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence of such Event of Default (irrespective of whether the Interest Period in effect at the time of such conversion has expired), and (b) unless Requisite Lenders otherwise consent in writing that LIBO Rate Loans are available, will automatically be converted to Base Rate Loans upon the expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such increase in the interest rate is effective, and in each case thereupon shall become Base Rate Loans and shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate that is two percent per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of (i) the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.9 or (ii) any amount of interest that is less than the amount due, in each case is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent or any Lender.
2.10 | Fees. |
(a)Company agrees to pay to Lenders having Revolving Exposure:
(i)commitment fees equal to (1) the average of the daily difference between (a) the Revolving Commitments, and (b) the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments, times (2) one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum; and
(ii)letter of credit fees equal to (1) the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are LIBO Rate Loans, times (2) the average aggregate daily maximum amount available to be drawn under all such Letters of Credit (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met and determined as of the close of business on any date of determination).
All fees referred to in this Section 2.10(a) shall be paid to Administrative Agent as set forth in Section 2.15(a) and upon receipt, Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof.
(b)Company agrees to pay directly to Issuing Bank, for its own account, the following fees:
(i)a fronting fee equal to one-quarter of one percent (0.250%), per annum, times the average aggregate daily maximum amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit (determined as of the close of business on any date of determination); and
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(ii)such documentary and processing charges for any issuance, amendment, transfer or payment of a Letter of Credit as are in accordance with Issuing Bank’s standard schedule for such charges and as in effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or payment, as the case may be.
(c)All fees referred to in Section 2.10(a) and 2.10(b)(i) shall be calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty-day year and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each month during the Revolving Commitment Period, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
(d)In addition to any of the foregoing fees, Company agrees to pay to Agents such other fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon, including the fees set forth in the Fee Letter.
2.11 | Scheduled Payments. |
(a)Scheduled Installments: The principal amounts of the Term Loans shall be repaid in consecutive calendar quarterly installments of $120,000125,000 (each such payment, an “Installment”) on the last day of each calendar quarter (each, an “Installment Date”), commencing December 31September 30, 20192021, with a final installment equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans, together with all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto, to be paid on the Term Loan Maturity Date.
(b)All Revolving Loans, together with all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to any Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans, shall be Paid in Full on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
2.12 | Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions. |
(a)Voluntary Prepayments.
(i)Any time and from time to time:
(1)with respect to Base Rate Loans, Company may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of $250,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount; and
(2)with respect to LIBO Rate Loans, Company may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part (together with any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.17(d)) in an aggregate minimum amount of $250,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii)All such prepayments shall be made:
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(1)upon not less than one Business Day’s prior written or telephonic notice in the case of Base Rate Loans; and
(2)upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice in the case of LIBO Rate Loans,
in each case given to Administrative Agent by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such written notice for Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as the case may be, to each Lender). Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein. Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in Section 2.14(a) with respect to Revolving Loans and Section 2.14(b) with respect to Term Loans.
(b)Voluntary Commitment Reductions.
(i)Company may, upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (which original written notice Administrative Agent will promptly transmit to each applicable Lender), at any time and from time to time terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part the Revolving Commitments in an amount up to the amount by which the Revolving Commitments exceed the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments at the time of such proposed termination or reduction; provided, any such partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $250,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii)Company’s notice to Administrative Agent shall be irrevocable (unless otherwise agreed to by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and shall designate the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be effective on the date specified in Company’s notice and shall reduce the Revolving Commitment of each Lender proportionately to its Pro Rata Share thereof.
(c)Partial Payments or Reductions. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.12 to the contrary, Company shall not partially prepay any Term Loan and/or partially reduce any Revolving Commitment or Term Loan Commitment unless (x) the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of the remaining Revolving Commitments, plus (2) the aggregate remaining unused Term Loan Commitments, plus (3) the remaining outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans is equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of (y) the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date, plus (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans that have been funded pursuant to the Term Loan Commitments, plus (3) the initial stated principal amount of the Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date immediately prior to any funding thereof on the Closing Date to the extent such Term Loan Commitments have not been used.
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2.13 | Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions. |
(a)Asset Sales. No later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds (it being understood that such Net Asset Sale Proceeds shall be deposited into a Controlled Account on the same Business Day as receipt thereof), Company shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds; provided, that (i) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) to the extent that aggregate Net Asset Sale Proceeds from the Closing Date through the applicable date of determination do not exceed $250,0001,500,000 in any twelve consecutive month period, upon delivery of a written notice to Administrative Agent, Company shall have the option, directly or through one or more Subsidiaries, to invest Net Asset Sale Proceeds (the “Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts”) in long-term productive assets of the general type used in the business of Company if such assets are purchased or constructed within onetwo hundred eightyseventy (180270) days following receipt of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds (and so long as any such individual or aggregate investment in the amount of $250,0001,500,000 or more in any twelve consecutive month period has been consented to by Administrative Agent and Required Lenders); provided further, pending any such reinvestment all Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts shall be applied to prepay Revolving Loans to the extent then outstanding (without a reduction in Revolving Commitments) and, to the extent such Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts exceed the amount required to prepay all such Revolving Loans, the balance thereof shall, if requested by Administrative Agent, be held at all times prior to such reinvestment, in an escrow account in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Las Vegas Termination Payments, the Company shall be required to prepay the Obligations by an amount equal to the Las Vegas Excess Termination Payments in accordance with Section 2.14(b) (in lieu of reinvestment), unless the Company has notified the Administrative Agent, in writing and prior to 30 days after receipt by Holdings or its Subsidiaries of any Las Vegas Termination Payments, of the specific investment into which such Las Vegas Excess Termination Payments shall be re-invested, in which case, the Las Vegas Excess Termination Payments may be reinvested in accordance with this Section 2.13(a) in such designated specific investment (or applied to prepay the Obligations in accordance with this Section 2.13(a)). In the event that the Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts are not reinvested by Company prior to the earlier of (i) the last day of such onetwo hundred eightyseventy (180270) day period, and (ii) the date of the occurrence of an Event of Default, Administrative Agent shall apply such Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts to the Obligations as set forth in Section 2.14(b).
(b)Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds. No later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or Administrative Agent as lender loss payee, of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds (it being understood that such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds shall be deposited into a Controlled Account on the same Business Day as receipt thereof), Company shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds; provided, (i) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) to the extent that
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aggregate Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds from the Closing Date through the applicable date of determination do not exceed $250,0001,500,000 in any twelve consecutive month period (such amounts, the “Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestments Amounts”), Company shall have the option, directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries to invest such Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Amounts within one hundred eighty days of receipt thereof (the “Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Period”) in long term productive assets of the general type used in the business of Company and its Subsidiaries, which investment may include the repair, restoration or replacement of the relevant assets in respect of which such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds were received; provided further, pending any such investment all such Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Amounts, as the case may be, shall be applied to prepay Revolving Loans to the extent outstanding (without a reduction in Revolving Commitments) and, to the extent such Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Amounts exceed the amount required to prepay all such Revolving Loans, the balance thereof shall, if requested by Administrative Agent, be held at all times prior to such reinvestment, in an escrow account in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent. In the event that such Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Amounts are not reinvested by Company prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the applicable Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Period, and (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default, then, at such time, an Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred and be continuing under this Section 2.13(b) until a prepayment is made (or any such escrow is applied by Administrative Agent as a prepayment) in an amount equal to such Insurance/Condemnation Reinvestment Amounts that have not been so reinvested.
(c)Issuance of Equity Securities. On the date of receipt by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Equity Proceeds from any Person other than a Credit Party (it being understood that any such Net Equity Proceeds shall be deposited into a Controlled Account on the same Business Day as receipt thereof), Company shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Equity Proceeds, excluding any such Net Equity Proceeds used for (x) purposes approved in writing by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion or (y) repayment of any loans incurred on May 4, 2020 pursuant to Section 1102 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (together with all regulations and guidance issued by any Governmental Authority with respect thereto, and as in effect on the date hereof), solely to the extent (1) the Credit Parties provide written notice to Administrative Agent of such intended use and the amount of such Net Equity Proceeds prior to the receipt of such Net Equity Proceeds and (2) the Credit Parties use such Net Equity Proceeds solely for the purposes described in this clause (y) within two (2) Business Days of receiptreceived when no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(d)Issuance of Debt. On the date of receipt by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Cash proceeds (it being understood that any such Cash proceeds shall be deposited into a Controlled Account on the same Business Day as receipt thereof) from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding any Cash proceeds received with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.1, Company shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such proceeds,
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net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, in each case, paid to non-Affiliates, including reasonable legal fees and expenses.
(e)Consolidated Excess Cash Flow. In the event that there shall be Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for any Fiscal Year (commencing with Fiscal Year December 31, 2020), the Company shall, no later than the date required for delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the such Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 5.1(c), prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to the Excess Cash Flow Percentage of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow as of the last day of such Fiscal Year. Any amounts prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.13(e) with respect to any Fiscal Year in excess of the amounts required pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be treated as voluntary prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.12(a)[Reserved].
(f)Extraordinary Receipts. On the date of receipt by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary Receipts (it being understood that such Extraordinary Receipts shall be deposited in a Controlled Account on the same Business Day as receipt thereof), to the extent that aggregate Extraordinary Receipts exceed $1,000,000 in the twelve consecutive month period ending on the date of receipt, Company shall prepay Loans and/or Revolving Commitments shall be reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in the amount of such Extraordinary Receipts.
(g)Revolving Loans. Company shall from time to time prepay the Revolving Loans to the extent necessary so that the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall not at any time exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
(h)Prepayment of Excess Outstanding Amounts. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1(a), Company shall prepay Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the amount by which (x) the Consolidated Total Debt as of the date of such financial statements, exceeds (y) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve month period ending on the last day of fiscal month for which such financial statements were prepared, multiplied by the most recently applicable maximum Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 6.8(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no prepayments shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.13(h) from the Second Amendment Effective Date through March 31, 2022.
(i)Las Vegas Management Agreement Termination. Within one Business Day after receipt by Holdings or its Subsidiaries of any Las Vegas Termination Payments, Company shall prepay Loans in an aggregate amount equal to the amount necessary to cause the Leverage Ratio on the date of receipt by Holdings or its Subsidiaries of notice of termination of the Las Vegas Management Agreement, measured after giving pro forma effect to the termination thereof (and the exclusion of such revenue and related expenses from Consolidated EBITDA) not to exceed the Leverage Ratio of such date measured immediately prior to giving effect to the termination of the Las Vegas Management Agreement or this required prepayment.
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(j)Prepayment Certificate. Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans and/or reduction of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Sections 2.13(a) through 2.13(i), Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of a Chief Financial Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net proceeds or Consolidated Excess Cash Flow and compensation owing to Lenders under any of the Credit Documents, if any, as the case may be. In the event that Company shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, Company shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced in an amount equal to such excess, and Company shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of a Chief Financial Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.
2.14 | Application of Prepayments/Reductions. |
(a)Application of Voluntary Prepayments of Revolving Loans. Any prepayment of any Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.12 shall be applied to repay outstanding Revolving Loans to the full extent thereof.
(b)Application of Prepayments by Type of Loans. Any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 and any mandatory prepayment of any Loans pursuant to Section 2.13 shall be applied as follows:
first, to the payment of all fees, all expenses specified in Section 10.2 and all other amounts payable pursuant to the Fee Letter, in each case to the full extent thereof;
second, to the payment of any accrued interest at the Default Rate, if any;
third, to the payment of any accrued interest (other than Default Rate interest);
fourth, to prepay Term Loans applied in inverse order ofpro rata across
maturity to reduce the remaining scheduled Installments of principal of the Term Loans;
fifth, to prepay the Revolving Loans and outstanding reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit to the full extent thereof and to further permanently reduce the Revolving Commitments by the amount of such prepayment;
sixth, to Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount and to further permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitments by the amount of such Cash Collateralization;
seventh, to further permanently reduce the Revolving Commitments to the full extent thereof;
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eighth, to payment of any remaining Obligations then due and payable.
(c)Application of Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and LIBO Rate Loans. Considering each Class of Loans being prepaid separately, any prepayment thereof shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to LIBO Rate Loans, in each case in a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by Company pursuant to Section 2.17(d).
2.15 | General Provisions Regarding Payments. |
(a)All payments by Company of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in Dollars in immediately available funds, without defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date due by wire transfer to an account designated by Administrative Agent from time to time that is maintained by Administrative Agent or its Affiliates for the account of the Lenders or Administrative Agent; provided that payments required to be made directly to Issuing Bank shall be so made. For purposes of computing interest and fees, funds received by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by Company on the next Business Day.
(b)All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan (other than voluntary prepayments of Revolving Loans) shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any payment received in respect of any Loan on a date when interest or premium is due and payable with respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest and premium then due and payable before application to principal.
(c)Administrative Agent (or an agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder, together with all other amounts due thereto, including all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by Administrative Agent.
(d)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/Continuation Notice is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any LIBO Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter.
(e)Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the commitment fees hereunder.
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(g)Administrative Agent shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Company hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received by Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and (ii) the applicable next Business Day. Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic notice to Company and each applicable Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 8.1(a). Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next Business Day) at the Default Rate from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is Paid in Full.
(h)If an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived, and the Obligations have become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration, maturity or otherwise, all payments or proceeds received by any Agent hereunder or under any Collateral Document in respect of any of the Obligations, including all proceeds received by any Agent in respect of any sale, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral, shall be applied in full or in part as follows: first, to the payment of all costs and expenses of such sale, collection or other realization, including reasonable compensation to each Agent and its agents and counsel, and all other expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by any Agent in connection therewith, and all amounts for which any Agent is entitled to indemnification hereunder or under any Collateral Document (in its capacity as an Agent and not as a Lender) and all advances made by any Agent under any Collateral Document for the account of the applicable Grantor, and to the payment of all costs and expenses paid or incurred by any Agent in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any Collateral Document, all in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof; second, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of all other Obligations for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Lender Counterparties; and third, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment to or upon the order of such Grantor or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
2.16Ratable Sharing. Lenders hereby agree among themselves that, except as otherwise provided in the Fee Letter, if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a portion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, amounts payable in respect of Letters of Credit, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate Amounts Due” to such Lender) that is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have
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purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided, if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Company or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Company expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, consolidation, set-off or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by Company to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder. The provisions of this Section 2.16 shall not be construed to apply to (a) any payment made by any Credit Party pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of any Credit Document (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or (b) any payment obtained by any Lender as consideration for the assignment or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or other Obligations owed to it.
2.17 | Making or Maintaining LIBO Rate Loans. |
(a)Changed Circumstances/Temporary LIBOR Unavailability. In the event that Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to any LIBO Rate Loans, that (i) subject to subsections (b) through (f) below, Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such LIBO Rate Loans, (ii) by reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank market adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such LIBO Rate Loans on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted LIBO Rate, or (iii) the Adjusted LIBO Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lenders of making or maintaining such LIBO Rate Loans during such Interest Period, Administrative Agent will reasonably promptly give notice to Company and each Lender of such determination, whereupon (A) no Loans may be made as, or converted to, LIBO Rate Loans until such time as Administrative Agent notifies Company and Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and (B) any Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice given by Company with respect to the Loans in respect of which such determination was made shall be deemed to be rescinded by Company.
(b)LIBOR Discontinuation. Benchmark Replacement Setting. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document:
(i)If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in clause (a) above have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) a Benchmark Discontinuance Event has occurred, the Administrative Agent and the Company shall endeavor to establish an alternate
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replacement rate of interest to the Adjusted LIBO Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for bank loans in the United States at such time as well as to the Administrative Agent's operational requirements, and the Administrative Agent and the Company shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable. If such replacement rate of interest as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero. In order to account for the relationship of the replacement interest rate to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, additional spread adjustment and/or other adjustments may be taken into account in the replacement rate of interest to preserve the economic yield of the Lenders in effect as of, and as contemplated on, the Closing Date. Replacing Adjusted LIBO Rate. On March 5, 2021 the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), the regulatory supervisor of USD LIBOR’s administrator (“IBA”), announced in a public statement the future cessation or loss of representativeness of overnight/Spot Next, 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month USD LIBOR tenor settings. On the earlier of (i) the date that all Available Tenors of USD LIBOR have either permanently or indefinitely ceased to be provided by IBA or have been announced by the FCA pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative and (ii) the Early Opt-in Effective Date, if the then-current Benchmark is Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of any setting of such Benchmark on such day and all subsequent settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document. If the Benchmark Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a quarterly basis.
(ii)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10.5, the amendment referred to in clause (i) above shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days' prior written notice of such amendment thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment. Replacing Future Benchmarks. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Requisite Lenders. At any time that the administrator of the then-current Benchmark has permanently or indefinitely ceased to provide such Benchmark or such Benchmark has been announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative of the underlying
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market and economic reality that such Benchmark is intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored, the Company may revoke any request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Loans to be made, converted or continued that would bear interest by reference to such Benchmark until the Company’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark, and, failing that, the Company will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans. During the period referenced in the foregoing sentence, the component of Base Rate based upon the Benchmark will not be used in any determination of Base Rate.
(iii)To the extent that a Benchmark Immediate Discontinuance Event has occurred, until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this paragraph, (x) no Loans may be made as, or converted to, LIBO Rate Loans, and (y) any Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice given by Company with respect to LIBO Rate Loans shall be deemed to be rescinded by Company. Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation and administration of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(iv)Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of (i) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (ii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.17(b), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.17(b).
(v)Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. At any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or Adjusted LIBO Rate), then the Administrative Agent may remove any tenor of such Benchmark that is unavailable or non-representative for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings and (ii) the Administrative Agent may reinstate any such previously removed tenor for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings.
(c)Illegality or Impracticability of LIBO Rate Loans. In the event that on any date any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and
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binding upon all parties hereto but shall be made only after consultation with Administrative Agent) that the making, maintaining, converting to, or continuation of its LIBO Rate Loans (i) has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or (ii) has become impracticable, as a result of contingencies occurring after the date hereof that materially and adversely affect the London interbank market or the position of such Lender in that market, then, and in any such event, such Lender shall be an “Affected Lender” and such Affected Lender shall on that day give written or telephonic (promptly confirmed in writing) notice to Company and Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Thereafter (1) the obligation of the Affected Lender to make Loans as, or to convert Loans to, LIBO Rate Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn by the Affected Lender, (2) to the extent such determination by the Affected Lender relates to a LIBO Rate Loan then being requested by Company pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Affected Lender shall make such Loan as (or continue such Loan as or convert such Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan, (3) the Affected Lender’s obligation to maintain its outstanding LIBO Rate Loans (the “Affected Loans”) shall be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law, and (4) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans on the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a LIBO Rate Loan then being requested by Company pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, Company shall have the option, subject to the provisions of Section 2.17(d), to rescind such Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice as to all Lenders by giving written or telephonic (promptly confirmed in writing) notice to Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described above (which notice of rescission Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender).
(d)Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. Company shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or calculated to be due and payable by such Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its LIBO Rate Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any LIBO Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing, or a conversion to or continuation of any LIBO Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Conversion/Continuation Notice or a telephonic request for conversion or continuation; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of, or any conversion of, any of its LIBO Rate Loans occurs on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or (iii) if any
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prepayment of any of its LIBO Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Company.
(e)Booking of LIBO Rate Loans. Any Lender may make, carry or transfer LIBO Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.
(f)Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBO Rate Loans. Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.17 and under Section 2.18 shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant LIBO Rate Loans through the purchase of a LIBOR deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Adjusted LIBO Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such LIBO Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such LIBOR deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender in the U.S.; provided, however, each Lender may fund each of its LIBO Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this Section 2.17 and under Section 2.18.
2.18 | Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy. |
(a)Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.19 (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank for purposes of this Section 2.18(a)) shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any Change in Law: (i) subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending office), Administrative Agent or any company controlling such Lender or Administrative Agent to any additional Tax (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, any payments to such Lender (or its applicable lending office) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, liquidity, compulsory loan, FDIC insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to LIBO Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition of Adjusted LIBO Rate) or any company controlling such Lender; or (iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any company controlling such Lender or such Lender’s obligations hereunder or the London interbank market; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining Loans hereunder or agreeing to issue, amend, or participate in, or issuing, amending, or participating in Letters of Credit or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or Administrative Agent with respect thereto; then, in any such case, Company shall promptly pay
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to such Lender or Administrative Agent, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Person in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Person for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable hereunder. Such Lender or Administrative Agent shall deliver to Company (in the case of a Lender, with a copy to Administrative Ag