EXECUTION VERSION
________________________________________________________________________
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 18, 2013
Among
LIVINGSTON INTERNATIONAL INC.
as the Borrower,
THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME
___________________________________________
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
and
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
and
BANK OF MONTREAL,
as Syndication Agent
__________________________________________________________________________
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS ............................................................... 2
Section 1.01 Defined Terms ................................................................................................ 2
Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions ....................................................................... 60
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms ........................................................................................ 61
Section 1.04 Rounding ...................................................................................................... 61
Section 1.05 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc .......................................................... 62
Section 1.06 Times of Day ................................................................................................ 62
Section 1.07 Timing of Payment or Performance ............................................................. 62
Section 1.08 Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Transactions ................................ 62
Section 1.09 Currencies Generally .................................................................................... 62
ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS ................................................ 63
Section 2.01 The Loans ..................................................................................................... 63
Section 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans ................................ 64
Section 2.03 Letters of Credit ........................................................................................... 66
Section 2.04 Swing Line Loans ......................................................................................... 75
Section 2.05 Prepayments ................................................................................................. 78
Section 2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments ................................................ 92
Section 2.07 Repayment of Loans ..................................................................................... 92
Section 2.08 Interest .......................................................................................................... 93
Section 2.09 Fees .............................................................................................................. 94
Section 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees ................................................................. 94
Section 2.11 Evidence of Indebtedness ............................................................................. 94
Section 2.12 Payments Generally ...................................................................................... 95
Section 2.13 Sharing of Payments ..................................................................................... 97
Section 2.14 Incremental Credit Extensions ..................................................................... 98
Section 2.15 Refinancing Amendments .......................................................................... 103
Section 2.16 Extension of Term Loans; Extension of Revolving Credit Loans.............. 105
Section 2.17 Defaulting Lenders ..................................................................................... 108
Section 2.18 Bankers’ Acceptances ................................................................................ 110
ARTICLE III. TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY ......................... 112
Section 3.01 Taxes .......................................................................................................... 112
Section 3.02 Illegality ..................................................................................................... 115
Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates ...................................................................... 115
Section 3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on
Eurocurrency Rate Loans ........................................................................... 115
Section 3.05 Funding Losses ........................................................................................... 117
Section 3.06 Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation .............................. 117
Section 3.07 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances .............................. 119
Section 3.08 Survival ...................................................................................................... 120
ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS ........................................ 120
Section 4.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension ........................................................ 120
Section 4.02 Conditions to All Credit Extensions ........................................................... 123
ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .............................................................. 123
Section 5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws .................... 123
Section 5.02 Authorization; No Contravention ............................................................... 124
Section 5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents ........................................... 124
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Section 5.04 Binding Effect ............................................................................................ 124
Section 5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect .................................... 124
Section 5.06 Litigation .................................................................................................... 125
Section 5.07 Compliance with Laws ............................................................................... 125
Section 5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens .................................................................... 125
Section 5.09 Environmental Matters ............................................................................... 126
Section 5.10 Taxes .......................................................................................................... 126
Section 5.11 ERISA and Canadian Benefit Plan Compliance ........................................ 126
Section 5.12 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests ..................................................................... 127
Section 5.13 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act ......................................... 128
Section 5.14 Disclosure ................................................................................................... 128
Section 5.15 Labor Matters ............................................................................................. 128
Section 5.16 Insurance .................................................................................................... 128
Section 5.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc ............................................................ 128
Section 5.18 Solvency ..................................................................................................... 129
Section 5.19 OFAC; Canadian Sanctions Legislation; AML Legislation; FCPA ........... 129
Section 5.20 Security Documents ................................................................................... 130
ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS ................................................................................... 131
Section 6.01 Financial Statements .................................................................................. 131
Section 6.02 Certificates; Other Information .................................................................. 133
Section 6.03 Notices ........................................................................................................ 135
Section 6.04 Payment of Taxes ....................................................................................... 135
Section 6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc .................................................................... 136
Section 6.06 Maintenance of Properties .......................................................................... 136
Section 6.07 Maintenance of Insurance .......................................................................... 136
Section 6.08 Compliance with Laws ............................................................................... 136
Section 6.09 Books and Records ..................................................................................... 137
Section 6.10 Inspection Rights ........................................................................................ 137
Section 6.11 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors ............................................ 137
Section 6.12 Compliance with Environmental Laws ...................................................... 139
Section 6.13 Further Assurances ..................................................................................... 139
Section 6.14 Maintenance of Ratings .............................................................................. 139
Section 6.15 Post-Closing Matters .................................................................................. 140
Section 6.16 Changes in Fiscal Year ............................................................................... 140
Section 6.17 Use of Proceeds .......................................................................................... 140
Section 6.18 Canadian Benefit Plans .............................................................................. 140
Section 6.19 Interest Rate Hedging ................................................................................. 140
ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS .......................................................................................... 140
Section 7.01 Liens ........................................................................................................... 140
Section 7.02 Investments................................................................................................. 144
Section 7.03 Indebtedness ............................................................................................... 146
Section 7.04 Sale and Leaseback Transactions ............................................................... 149
Section 7.05 Dispositions; Mergers and Acquisitions ..................................................... 149
Section 7.06 Restricted Payments ................................................................................... 151
Section 7.07 Change in Nature of Business .................................................................... 153
Section 7.08 Transactions with Affiliates ....................................................................... 154
Section 7.09 Burdensome Agreements; Restricted Indebtedness Payments ................... 155
Section 7.10 Financial Covenant ..................................................................................... 157
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Section 7.11 Swap Agreements ....................................................................................... 158
Section 7.12 Designation of Subsidiaries ........................................................................ 158
ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES ................................................................ 159
Section 8.01 Events of Default ........................................................................................ 159
Section 8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default ............................................................... 162
Section 8.03 Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries ......................................................... 162
Section 8.04 Application of Funds .................................................................................. 162
Section 8.05 Borrower’s Right to Cure ........................................................................... 163
ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS .............................................. 164
Section 9.01 Appointment and Authorization of Agents ................................................ 164
Section 9.02 Delegation of Duties ................................................................................... 166
Section 9.03 Liability of Agents ..................................................................................... 166
Section 9.04 Reliance by Agents ..................................................................................... 166
Section 9.05 Notice of Default ........................................................................................ 167
Section 9.06 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents .............................. 167
Section 9.07 Indemnification of Agents .......................................................................... 167
Section 9.08 Agents in Their Individual Capacities ........................................................ 168
Section 9.09 Successor Agents ........................................................................................ 168
Section 9.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim ....................................... 169
Section 9.11 Collateral and Guaranty Matters ................................................................ 169
Section 9.12 Other Agents; Lead Arrangers and Managers ............................................ 170
Section 9.13 Appointment of Supplemental Agents ....................................................... 171
Section 9.14 Withholding Tax Indemnity ....................................................................... 171
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS ...................................................................................................... 172
Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc ....................................................................................... 172
Section 10.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies ............................. 175
Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies ............................................................. 176
Section 10.04 Attorney Costs and Expenses ..................................................................... 176
Section 10.05 Indemnification by the Borrower ............................................................... 177
Section 10.06 Payments Set Aside .................................................................................... 178
Section 10.07 Successors and Assigns .............................................................................. 178
Section 10.08 Confidentiality ............................................................................................ 186
Section 10.09 Setoff .......................................................................................................... 187
Section 10.10 Interest Rate Limitation .............................................................................. 187
Section 10.11 Counterparts ............................................................................................... 188
Section 10.12 Integration; Termination ............................................................................ 188
Section 10.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties .............................................. 188
Section 10.14 Severability................................................................................................. 188
Section 10.15 GOVERNING LAW .................................................................................. 188
Section 10.16 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY ............................................ 189
Section 10.17 Binding Effect ............................................................................................ 189
Section 10.18 AML Legislation ........................................................................................ 190
Section 10.19 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility .................................................. 190
Section 10.20 Electronic Execution of Assignments ........................................................ 191
Section 10.21 Effect of Certain Inaccuracies .................................................................... 191
Section 10.22 Judgment Currency .................................................................................... 191
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ARTICLE XI. GUARANTY ................................................................................................................. 192
Section 11.01 The Guaranty .............................................................................................. 192
Section 11.02 Obligations Unconditional ......................................................................... 192
Section 11.03 Reinstatement ............................................................................................. 193
Section 11.04 Subrogation; Subordination ........................................................................ 193
Section 11.05 Remedies .................................................................................................... 194
Section 11.06 Instrument for the Payment of Money ....................................................... 195
Section 11.07 Continuing Guaranty .................................................................................. 195
Section 11.08 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations ........................................... 195
Section 11.09 Information ................................................................................................. 195
Section 11.10 Release of Guarantors ................................................................................ 195
Section 11.11 Right of Contribution ................................................................................. 196
Section 11.12 Keepwell..................................................................................................... 196
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SCHEDULES
1.01A Commitments and L/C Sublimit
1.01B Disqualified Lenders
1.01C Collateral Documents
1.01D Existing Letters of Credit
1.01E Excluded Subsidiaries
5.05 Certain Liabilities
5.08 Ownership of Property
5.09(a) Environmental Matters
5.12 Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments
5.16 Insurance
6.15 Post-Closing Matters
7.01 Existing Liens
7.02 Existing Investments
7.03 Existing Indebtedness
7.08 Transactions with Affiliates
10.02 Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
Form of
A Committed Loan Notice
B-1 Swing Line Loan Notice
B-2 Letter of Credit Request
B-3 Prepayment Notice
C-1 Term Note
C-2 Revolving Credit Note
C-3 Swing Line Note
D-1 Compliance Certificate
D-2 Solvency Certificate
E Assignment and Assumption
F-1 First Lien Canadian Security Agreement
F-2 First Lien Canadian Pledge Agreement
F-3 First Lien U.S. Security Agreement
G Perfection Certificate
H Intercompany Note
I-1 First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
I-2 Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement
J [Reserved]
K Administrative Questionnaire
L-1 Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption
L-2 Affiliated Lender Notice
L-3 Acceptance and Prepayment Notice
L-4 Discount Range Prepayment Notice
L-5 Discount Range Prepayment Offer
L-6 Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice
L-7 Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer
L-8 Specified Discount Prepayment Notice
L-9 Specified Discount Prepayment Response
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of April 18, 2013 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the date hereof, this “Agreement”)
among LIVINGSTON INTERNATIONAL INC., a corporation amalgamated under the laws of the
Province of Ontario (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party hereto from time to time, ROYAL BANK
OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and each
lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
1. The Borrower intends to repay all indebtedness of the Borrower outstanding
under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2010, among the Borrower,
the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent
(the “Existing Credit Agreement”), terminate all commitments to extend credit thereunder and release
and discharge all security and guarantees in respect thereof.
2. The Borrower intends to repay (i) all indebtedness of the Borrower outstanding
(approximately U.S. $35,000,000) under the notes due November 30, 2015, issued by the Borrower in
favor of CPPIB Sub (as hereinafter defined) and (ii) all indebtedness of the Borrower outstanding
(approximately Cdn. $42,700,000) under the notes due November 30, 2015, issued by the Borrower in
favor of Canco (as hereinafter defined) (collectively, clauses (i) and (ii), the “Existing Sponsor Interest
Bearing Notes”).
3. The Borrower intends to repurchase the Borrower’s outstanding Cdn.
$135,000,000 10.125% Notes due 2015 (the “Existing Notes”), issued by the Borrower pursuant to the
Indenture, dated as of November 9, 2010 (the “Existing Notes Indenture”), pursuant to a repurchase by
way of a tender offer for the Existing Notes commenced on March 5, 2013 with settlement occurring on
or prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), which tender offer includes a consent solicitation to
amend the Existing Notes Indenture to eliminate or modify substantially all of the restrictive covenants,
certain events of default and certain other provisions in the Existing Notes Indenture (the “Existing Notes
Tender”).
4. The Borrower intends to convert or exchange into Qualified Equity Interests all
outstanding indebtedness of the Borrower held by the Sponsors, the Sponsor Holdcos or any other
Affiliate of the Borrower or any officer, director or shareholder in each case thereof (other than
indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Sponsor Interest Bearing Notes and the
Existing Notes) (the “Equity Conversion”; the transactions described in this Preliminary Statement (4)
and the foregoing Preliminary Statements (1), (2) and (3), the “Refinancing”).
5. (a) The proceeds of (i) the Initial Term Loans, together with the proceeds of (ii)
the Second Lien Term Loans, shall be used by the Borrower to directly or indirectly finance the
Refinancing and fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and (b) the proceeds of the Initial
Revolving Borrowing, if any, shall be used by the Borrower to directly or indirectly finance the
Refinancing and fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and for general corporate purposes.
6. The applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend and the L/C
Issuer has indicated its willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein.
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In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
covenant and agree as follows:
EXECUTION VERSION
________________________________________________________________________
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 18, 2013
Among
LIVINGSTON INTERNATIONAL INC.
as the Borrower,
THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME
___________________________________________
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
and
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
and
BANK OF MONTREAL,
as Syndication Agent
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS ............................................................... 2
Section 1.01 Defined Terms ................................................................................................ 2
Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions ....................................................................... 60
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms ........................................................................................ 61
Section 1.04 Rounding ...................................................................................................... 61
Section 1.05 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc .......................................................... 62
Section 1.06 Times of Day ................................................................................................ 62
Section 1.07 Timing of Payment or Performance ............................................................. 62
Section 1.08 Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Transactions ................................ 62
Section 1.09 Currencies Generally .................................................................................... 62
ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS ................................................ 63
Section 2.01 The Loans ..................................................................................................... 63
Section 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans ................................ 64
Section 2.03 Letters of Credit ........................................................................................... 66
Section 2.04 Swing Line Loans ......................................................................................... 75
Section 2.05 Prepayments ................................................................................................. 78
Section 2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments ................................................ 92
Section 2.07 Repayment of Loans ..................................................................................... 92
Section 2.08 Interest .......................................................................................................... 93
Section 2.09 Fees .............................................................................................................. 94
Section 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees ................................................................. 94
Section 2.11 Evidence of Indebtedness ............................................................................. 94
Section 2.12 Payments Generally ...................................................................................... 95
Section 2.13 Sharing of Payments ..................................................................................... 97
Section 2.14 Incremental Credit Extensions ..................................................................... 98
Section 2.15 Refinancing Amendments .......................................................................... 103
Section 2.16 Extension of Term Loans; Extension of Revolving Credit Loans.............. 105
Section 2.17 Defaulting Lenders ..................................................................................... 108
Section 2.18 Bankers’ Acceptances ................................................................................ 110
ARTICLE III. TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY ......................... 112
Section 3.01 Taxes .......................................................................................................... 112
Section 3.02 Illegality ..................................................................................................... 115
Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates ...................................................................... 115
Section 3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on
Eurocurrency Rate Loans ........................................................................... 115
Section 3.05 Funding Losses ........................................................................................... 117
Section 3.06 Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation .............................. 117
Section 3.07 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances .............................. 119
Section 3.08 Survival ...................................................................................................... 120
ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS ........................................ 120
Section 4.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension ........................................................ 120
Section 4.02 Conditions to All Credit Extensions ........................................................... 123
ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .............................................................. 123
Section 5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws .................... 123
Section 5.02 Authorization; No Contravention ............................................................... 124
Section 5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents ........................................... 124
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Section 5.04 Binding Effect ............................................................................................ 124
Section 5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect .................................... 124
Section 5.06 Litigation .................................................................................................... 125
Section 5.07 Compliance with Laws ............................................................................... 125
Section 5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens .................................................................... 125
Section 5.09 Environmental Matters ............................................................................... 126
Section 5.10 Taxes .......................................................................................................... 126
Section 5.11 ERISA and Canadian Benefit Plan Compliance ........................................ 126
Section 5.12 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests ..................................................................... 127
Section 5.13 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act ......................................... 128
Section 5.14 Disclosure ................................................................................................... 128
Section 5.15 Labor Matters ............................................................................................. 128
Section 5.16 Insurance .................................................................................................... 128
Section 5.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc ............................................................ 128
Section 5.18 Solvency ..................................................................................................... 129
Section 5.19 OFAC; Canadian Sanctions Legislation; AML Legislation; FCPA ........... 129
Section 5.20 Security Documents ................................................................................... 130
ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS ................................................................................... 131
Section 6.01 Financial Statements .................................................................................. 131
Section 6.02 Certificates; Other Information .................................................................. 133
Section 6.03 Notices ........................................................................................................ 135
Section 6.04 Payment of Taxes ....................................................................................... 135
Section 6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc .................................................................... 136
Section 6.06 Maintenance of Properties .......................................................................... 136
Section 6.07 Maintenance of Insurance .......................................................................... 136
Section 6.08 Compliance with Laws ............................................................................... 136
Section 6.09 Books and Records ..................................................................................... 137
Section 6.10 Inspection Rights ........................................................................................ 137
Section 6.11 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors ............................................ 137
Section 6.12 Compliance with Environmental Laws ...................................................... 139
Section 6.13 Further Assurances ..................................................................................... 139
Section 6.14 Maintenance of Ratings .............................................................................. 139
Section 6.15 Post-Closing Matters .................................................................................. 140
Section 6.16 Changes in Fiscal Year ............................................................................... 140
Section 6.17 Use of Proceeds .......................................................................................... 140
Section 6.18 Canadian Benefit Plans .............................................................................. 140
Section 6.19 Interest Rate Hedging ................................................................................. 140
ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS .......................................................................................... 140
Section 7.01 Liens ........................................................................................................... 140
Section 7.02 Investments................................................................................................. 144
Section 7.03 Indebtedness ............................................................................................... 146
Section 7.04 Sale and Leaseback Transactions ............................................................... 149
Section 7.05 Dispositions; Mergers and Acquisitions ..................................................... 149
Section 7.06 Restricted Payments ................................................................................... 151
Section 7.07 Change in Nature of Business .................................................................... 153
Section 7.08 Transactions with Affiliates ....................................................................... 154
Section 7.09 Burdensome Agreements; Restricted Indebtedness Payments ................... 155
Section 7.10 Financial Covenant ..................................................................................... 157
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Section 7.11 Swap Agreements ....................................................................................... 158
Section 7.12 Designation of Subsidiaries ........................................................................ 158
ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES ................................................................ 159
Section 8.01 Events of Default ........................................................................................ 159
Section 8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default ............................................................... 162
Section 8.03 Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries ......................................................... 162
Section 8.04 Application of Funds .................................................................................. 162
Section 8.05 Borrower’s Right to Cure ........................................................................... 163
ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS .............................................. 164
Section 9.01 Appointment and Authorization of Agents ................................................ 164
Section 9.02 Delegation of Duties ................................................................................... 166
Section 9.03 Liability of Agents ..................................................................................... 166
Section 9.04 Reliance by Agents ..................................................................................... 166
Section 9.05 Notice of Default ........................................................................................ 167
Section 9.06 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents .............................. 167
Section 9.07 Indemnification of Agents .......................................................................... 167
Section 9.08 Agents in Their Individual Capacities ........................................................ 168
Section 9.09 Successor Agents ........................................................................................ 168
Section 9.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim ....................................... 169
Section 9.11 Collateral and Guaranty Matters ................................................................ 169
Section 9.12 Other Agents; Lead Arrangers and Managers ............................................ 170
Section 9.13 Appointment of Supplemental Agents ....................................................... 171
Section 9.14 Withholding Tax Indemnity ....................................................................... 171
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS ...................................................................................................... 172
Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc ....................................................................................... 172
Section 10.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies ............................. 175
Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies ............................................................. 176
Section 10.04 Attorney Costs and Expenses ..................................................................... 176
Section 10.05 Indemnification by the Borrower ............................................................... 177
Section 10.06 Payments Set Aside .................................................................................... 178
Section 10.07 Successors and Assigns .............................................................................. 178
Section 10.08 Confidentiality ............................................................................................ 186
Section 10.09 Setoff .......................................................................................................... 187
Section 10.10 Interest Rate Limitation .............................................................................. 187
Section 10.11 Counterparts ............................................................................................... 188
Section 10.12 Integration; Termination ............................................................................ 188
Section 10.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties .............................................. 188
Section 10.14 Severability................................................................................................. 188
Section 10.15 GOVERNING LAW .................................................................................. 188
Section 10.16 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY ............................................ 189
Section 10.17 Binding Effect ............................................................................................ 189
Section 10.18 AML Legislation ........................................................................................ 190
Section 10.19 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility .................................................. 190
Section 10.20 Electronic Execution of Assignments ........................................................ 191
Section 10.21 Effect of Certain Inaccuracies .................................................................... 191
Section 10.22 Judgment Currency .................................................................................... 191
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ARTICLE XI. GUARANTY ................................................................................................................. 192
Section 11.01 The Guaranty .............................................................................................. 192
Section 11.02 Obligations Unconditional ......................................................................... 192
Section 11.03 Reinstatement ............................................................................................. 193
Section 11.04 Subrogation; Subordination ........................................................................ 193
Section 11.05 Remedies .................................................................................................... 194
Section 11.06 Instrument for the Payment of Money ....................................................... 195
Section 11.07 Continuing Guaranty .................................................................................. 195
Section 11.08 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations ........................................... 195
Section 11.09 Information ................................................................................................. 195
Section 11.10 Release of Guarantors ................................................................................ 195
Section 11.11 Right of Contribution ................................................................................. 196
Section 11.12 Keepwell..................................................................................................... 196
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SCHEDULES
1.01A Commitments and L/C Sublimit
1.01B Disqualified Lenders
1.01C Collateral Documents
1.01D Existing Letters of Credit
1.01E Excluded Subsidiaries
5.05 Certain Liabilities
5.08 Ownership of Property
5.09(a) Environmental Matters
5.12 Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments
5.16 Insurance
6.15 Post-Closing Matters
7.01 Existing Liens
7.02 Existing Investments
7.03 Existing Indebtedness
7.08 Transactions with Affiliates
10.02 Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
Form of
A Committed Loan Notice
B-1 Swing Line Loan Notice
B-2 Letter of Credit Request
B-3 Prepayment Notice
C-1 Term Note
C-2 Revolving Credit Note
C-3 Swing Line Note
D-1 Compliance Certificate
D-2 Solvency Certificate
E Assignment and Assumption
F-1 First Lien Canadian Security Agreement
F-2 First Lien Canadian Pledge Agreement
F-3 First Lien U.S. Security Agreement
G Perfection Certificate
H Intercompany Note
I-1 First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
I-2 Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement
J [Reserved]
K Administrative Questionnaire
L-1 Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption
L-2 Affiliated Lender Notice
L-3 Acceptance and Prepayment Notice
L-4 Discount Range Prepayment Notice
L-5 Discount Range Prepayment Offer
L-6 Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice
L-7 Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer
L-8 Specified Discount Prepayment Notice
L-9 Specified Discount Prepayment Response
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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of April 18, 2013 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the date hereof, this “Agreement”)
among LIVINGSTON INTERNATIONAL INC., a corporation amalgamated under the laws of the
Province of Ontario (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party hereto from time to time, ROYAL BANK
OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and each
lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
1. The Borrower intends to repay all indebtedness of the Borrower outstanding
under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2010, among the Borrower,
the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent
(the “Existing Credit Agreement”), terminate all commitments to extend credit thereunder and release
and discharge all security and guarantees in respect thereof.
2. The Borrower intends to repay (i) all indebtedness of the Borrower outstanding
(approximately U.S. $35,000,000) under the notes due November 30, 2015, issued by the Borrower in
favor of CPPIB Sub (as hereinafter defined) and (ii) all indebtedness of the Borrower outstanding
(approximately Cdn. $42,700,000) under the notes due November 30, 2015, issued by the Borrower in
favor of Canco (as hereinafter defined) (collectively, clauses (i) and (ii), the “Existing Sponsor Interest
Bearing Notes”).
3. The Borrower intends to repurchase the Borrower’s outstanding Cdn.
$135,000,000 10.125% Notes due 2015 (the “Existing Notes”), issued by the Borrower pursuant to the
Indenture, dated as of November 9, 2010 (the “Existing Notes Indenture”), pursuant to a repurchase by
way of a tender offer for the Existing Notes commenced on March 5, 2013 with settlement occurring on
or prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), which tender offer includes a consent solicitation to
amend the Existing Notes Indenture to eliminate or modify substantially all of the restrictive covenants,
certain events of default and certain other provisions in the Existing Notes Indenture (the “Existing Notes
Tender”).
4. The Borrower intends to convert or exchange into Qualified Equity Interests all
outstanding indebtedness of the Borrower held by the Sponsors, the Sponsor Holdcos or any other
Affiliate of the Borrower or any officer, director or shareholder in each case thereof (other than
indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Sponsor Interest Bearing Notes and the
Existing Notes) (the “Equity Conversion”; the transactions described in this Preliminary Statement (4)
and the foregoing Preliminary Statements (1), (2) and (3), the “Refinancing”).
5. (a) The proceeds of (i) the Initial Term Loans, together with the proceeds of (ii)
the Second Lien Term Loans, shall be used by the Borrower to directly or indirectly finance the
Refinancing and fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and (b) the proceeds of the Initial
Revolving Borrowing, if any, shall be used by the Borrower to directly or indirectly finance the
Refinancing and fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and for general corporate purposes.
6. The applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend and the L/C
Issuer has indicated its willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein.
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In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Definitions and Accounting Terms
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:
“Acceptable Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(2).
“Acceptable Prepayment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Acceptance and Prepayment Notice” means a notice of the Borrower’s acceptance of the
Acceptable Discount in substantially the form of Exhibit L-3.
“Acceptance Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(2).
“Additional Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).
“Additional Refinancing Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
“Administrative Agent” means Royal Bank of Canada, in its capacity as administrative agent
under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and account as set
forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to
time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit
K or such other form as may be supplied from time to time by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person
specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power,
by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Affiliated Lender” means a Person that is (a) a Sponsor or any other Affiliate of the Borrower,
including any Non-Debt Fund Affiliates and (b) an officer, director or employee of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries (or any of the foregoing who ceases to be such an officer, director or employee, as
applicable, on or after the Closing Date) or any Person that is Controlled by one or more of any such
Persons; provided that “Affiliated Lenders” shall not include the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any
Debt Fund Affiliate.
“Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.07(l)(i).
“Affiliated Lender Cap” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(l)(iii).
“Agent-Related Persons” means the Agents, together with their respective Affiliates, and the
officers, directors, employees, partners, agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact and other representatives of
such Persons and Affiliates.
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“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Supplemental Agents (if any).
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement” means this First Lien Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“All-In Yield” means, as to any Indebtedness, the yield thereof, whether in the form of interest
rate, margin, OID, upfront fees, a Eurocurrency Rate, BA Rate, Base Rate or Canadian Prime Rate floor
greater than the “floor” then in effect on the Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, or
otherwise; provided that OID and upfront fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a 4-year life to
maturity (or, if less, the stated life to maturity at the time of its incurrence of the applicable Indebtedness);
and provided, further, that “All-In Yield” shall not include arrangement fees, structuring fees,
commitment fees, underwriting fees or other fees payable to any lead arranger (or its affiliates) in
connection with the commitment or syndication of such Indebtedness.
“AML Legislation” means the USA Patriot Act and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering)
and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada).
“Amortizing Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans.
“Applicable Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(2).
“Applicable ECF Percentage” means, for any fiscal year, (a) 50% if the Consolidated Secured
Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is greater than 4.00:1.00, (b) 25% if the Consolidated
Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 but greater
than 3.50:1.00 and (c) 0% if the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal
year is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00.
“Applicable Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.21.
“Applicable Rate” means a percentage per annum equal to:
(a) with respect to the Initial Term Loans, (i) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans
3.75%, (ii) Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Loans 4.50%, (iii) for Base Rate Loans
2.75% and (iv) Canadian Prime Rate Loans 3.50%; and
(b) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, Letter of Credit fees and
commitment fees on the unused Revolving Credit Commitments, the following percentages per
annum, based upon the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent
Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
Applicable Rate
Pricing Level Consolidated Total Eurocurrency Rate Base Rate Loans Unused
Leverage Ratio Loans, Bankers’ and Canadian Commitment Fee
Acceptances, BA Prime Rate Loans Rate
Equivalent Loans
and Letter of
Credit Fees
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1 < 3.25:1.00 2.75% 1.75% 0.55%
2 > 3.25:1.00 and < 3.00% 2.00% 0.60%
3.75:1.00
3 > 3.75:1.00 and < 3.25% 2.25% 0.65%
4.25:1.00
4 > 4.25:1.00 and < 3.50% 2.50% 0.70%
4.75:1.00
5 > 4.75:1.00 and < 3.75% 2.75% 0.75%
5.25:1.00
6 > 5.25:1.00 4.00% 3.00% 0.80%
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a
Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided that at the option of the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, the highest pricing level (i.e., Pricing Level 6) shall apply
(x) as of the first Business Day after the date on which a Compliance Certificate was required to have
been delivered but was not delivered, and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which
such Compliance Certificate is so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in
accordance with this definition shall apply) and (y) as of the first Business Day after an Event of Default
under Section 8.01(a), (f) or (g) shall have occurred and be continuing, and shall continue to so apply to
but excluding the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived (and thereafter the pricing level
otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of
such Class, (b) with respect to Letters of Credit, (i) the relevant L/C Issuers and (ii) the Revolving Credit
Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Facility, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing
Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Fund that is administered, advised or
managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity
that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
“Asset Acquisition” means any Permitted Business Acquisition, the aggregate consideration for
which exceeds $4,000,000.
“Asset Disposition” means any sale, transfer or other disposition by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary to any Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent
otherwise permitted hereunder of any asset or group of related assets (other than inventory or other assets
sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business) in one or a series of related
transactions, the Net Proceeds from which exceed $4,000,000.
“Assignees” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(b).
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form
of Exhibit E.
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“Assignment Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).
“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law
firm or other external legal counsel.
“Available Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount” means, at any date, the
Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount minus (a) any amounts thereof used to make
Investments pursuant to Section 7.02(a)(y) and/or clause (ii) of Section 7.02(i) (in each case other than
amounts used to make any such Investment in respect of subclause (a)(II) of the Available Investment
Basket Amount) after the Closing Date, in each case on or prior to such date, minus (b) the aggregate
amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(e)(i) after the Closing Date, minus (c) the
aggregate amount of payments, purchases and redemptions made after the Closing Date and on or prior to
such date pursuant to Section 7.09(b)(i)(E)(1).
“Available Investment Basket Amount” means, on any date of determination, an amount equal
to (a)(I) the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount on such date plus (II) the aggregate amount
of proceeds received after the Closing Date and prior to such date that would have constituted Net
Proceeds pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof except for the operation of clause (x) or (y) of the
second proviso thereof minus (b) any amounts thereof used to make Investments pursuant to Section
7.02(a)(y) and/or clause (ii) of Section 7.02(i) after the Closing Date, in each case on or prior to such date,
minus (c) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(e)(i) after the
Closing Date, minus (d) the aggregate amount of payments, purchases and redemptions made after the
Closing Date and on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 7.09(b)(i)(E)(1).
“Auction Agent” means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any other financial institution or
advisor employed by the Borrower (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an
arranger in connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v);
provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the
written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be
under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent); provided, further, that neither the Borrower nor
any of its Affiliates may act as the Auction Agent.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries as of each of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and related consolidated statements
of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“BA Equivalent Loan” means any Loan in Canadian Dollars bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the BA Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“BA Fee” means any amount calculated by multiplying the face amount of each Bankers’
Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan by the Applicable Rate, and then multiplying the result by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the duration of its term on the basis of the actual number of days to elapse from
and including the date of acceptance of a Bankers’ Acceptance or date of issuance of a BA Equivalent
Loan by the applicable Lender up to but excluding the maturity date of such Bankers’ Acceptance or BA
Equivalent Loan and the denominator of which is the number of days in the calendar year in question.
“BA Proceeds” means in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptance, an amount calculated on the date
of the applicable Credit Extension which is (rounded to the nearest full cent, with one half of one cent
being rounded up) equal to the face amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance multiplied by the price, where
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the price is calculated by dividing one by the sum of one plus the product of (i) the BA Rate applicable
thereto expressed as a decimal fraction multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the term of
such Bankers’ Acceptance and the denominator of which is 365, which calculated price will be rounded
to the nearest multiple of 0.001%.
“BA Rate” means with respect to an issue of Bankers’ Acceptances in Canadian Dollars with the
same maturity date or a Borrowing of BA Equivalent Loans, (a) for a Schedule I Lender, (i) the rate of
interest per annum equal to the rates applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans having
an identical or comparable term as the proposed BA Equivalent Loan or Bankers’ Acceptance, displayed
and identified as such on the display referred to as the “CDOR Page” (or any display substituted therefor)
of Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service as at or about 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) of such day (or, if such
day is not a Business Day, as of 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on the immediately preceding Business Day),
or (ii) if such rates do not appear on the CDOR Page at such time and on such date, the rate for such date
will be the annual discount rate (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1.0%) as of
10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on such day at which the Administrative Agent is then offering to purchase
Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by it having such specified term (or a term as closely as possible
comparable to such specified term) and (b) for a Lender that is not a Schedule I Lender, (x) for the
proposed Bankers Acceptances, the lesser of (i) the arithmetic average of the annual discount rates for
Bankers’ Acceptances for such term quoted by such financial institutions as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably select at or about 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) and (ii) the annual discount rate applicable
to Bankers’ Acceptances as determined for the Schedule I Lenders in (a) above for the same Bankers’
Acceptances issue plus 10 basis points; and (y) for the proposed BA Equivalent Loan, the rate as
determined for the Schedule I Lender in (a) above plus 10 basis points; provided that, solely with respect
to the Initial Term Loans, the BA Rate shall be deemed to be not less than 1.25% per annum.
“Bankers’ Acceptance” and “B/A” means a bill of exchange within the meaning of the Bills of
Exchange Act (Canada), including a depository bill issued in accordance with the Depository Bills and
Notes Act (Canada), denominated in Canadian Dollars, drawn by the Borrower and accepted by a Lender
in accordance herewith and includes a Discount Note.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Federal Funds
Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the Prime Rate in effect for such day and (c) the
Eurocurrency Rate for a one-month Interest Period plus 1.00%; provided that for the avoidance of doubt,
the Eurocurrency Rate for any day shall be based on the rate determined on such day at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) by reference to the British Bankers’ Association as an authorized vendor for the
purpose of displaying such rates) on such day; it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, solely
with respect to the Initial Term Loans, the Base Rate shall be deemed to be not less than 2.25% per
annum. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Rate for any reason, including the
inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the
terms of the definition thereof, the Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (a) of the
preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the
Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate shall be
effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the
Eurocurrency Rate, as the case may be.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“BIA” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada).
“Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the
board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers
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of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such
Person and (iv) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.
“Borrower Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment” means the offer by any Company Party
to make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a Specified Discount to par pursuant to
Section 2.05(a)(v)(B).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by any
Company Party of offers for, and the corresponding acceptance by a Lender of, a voluntary prepayment of
Term Loans at a specified range of discounts to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(C).
“Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offers” means the solicitation by any
Company Party of offers for, and the subsequent acceptance, if any, by a Lender of, a voluntary
prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(D).
“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a Term
Borrowing, as the context may require.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state of New York, the
province of Ontario or the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and if such day relates
to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and
payments in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings to be carried out pursuant
to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings
in deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Canadian Benefit Plan” means any material plan, fund, program or policy, whether oral or
written, formal or informal, funded or unfunded, insured or uninsured, providing employee benefits,
including medical, hospital care, dental, sickness, accident, disability, life insurance, pension, retirement
or savings benefits, under which any Loan Party has any liability with respect to any of its employees or
former employees employed in Canada, and includes any Canadian Pension Plan but excludes any plan,
fund, program or policy established pursuant to provincial or federal Law and any plans to which any
Loan Party contributes which are not maintained or administered by the Loan Party or any of its
Affiliates.
“Canadian DB Plan” shall mean each Canadian Pension Plan that is a defined benefit pension
plan or which contains a defined benefit pension provision contributed to or required to be contributed to
by the Borrower or any one or more of its Subsidiaries and that is or is required to be registered under the
PBA.
“Canadian Dollars”, “Cdn. $” and “$” each mean lawful money of Canada.
“Canadian Dollar Equivalent” means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any
amount in Canadian Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount in any other currency, the
equivalent in Canadian Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 1.09 using the Exchange Rate with respect to such currency at the time in effect under the
provisions of such Section.
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“Canadian Pension Plans” means each pension plan required to be registered under Canadian
federal or provincial law that is maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party for its employees or
former employees, but does not include the Canada Pension Plan or the Quebec Pension Plan as
maintained by the Government of Canada or the Province of Quebec and any plans to which any Loan
Party contributes which are not maintained or administered by the Loan Party or any of its Affiliates.
“Canadian Pledge Agreement” means the First Lien Canadian Pledge Agreement, substantially
in the form of Exhibit F-2, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the
Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
“Canadian Prime Rate” means, at any time, the annual rate of interest equal to the greater of (a)
the annual rate from time to time publicly announced by the principal office of the Administrative Agent
in Toronto, Ontario, as its prime rate in effect for determining interest rates on Canadian Dollar
denominated commercial loans made in Canada, (b) the annual rate of interest equal to the sum of the 30-
day CDOR Rate at such time plus 1% percent per annum and (c) solely with respect to the Initial Term
Loans, 2.25% per annum.
“Canadian Prime Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Canadian Prime
Rate.
“Canadian Sanctions Legislation” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.19(a).
“Canadian Securities Commissions” means, collectively, the Ontario Securities Commission
and each other Canadian provincial or territorial securities regulator having jurisdiction over the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Canadian Security Agreement” means the First Lien Canadian Security Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, certain
subsidiaries of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
“Canco” means 4513380 Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated under the federal Laws of
Canada.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any Person in respect of any period, the aggregate of all
expenditures incurred by such Person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be
included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of cash
flows of such Person; provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall not include:
(a) expenditures to the extent they are made with proceeds of the issuance of Equity
Interests of the Borrower after the Closing Date to the Sponsor Holdcos, any Sponsor or Sponsor
Fund Affiliate or any other equity holder of the Borrower or with funds that would have
constituted Net Proceeds under clause (a) of the definition of the term “Net Proceeds” (but that
will not constitute Net Proceeds as a result of the first proviso to such clause (a)),
(b) expenditures of proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and
other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other
property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed,
damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain,
develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries within 18 months of receipt of such proceeds,
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(c) interest capitalized in accordance with GAAP during such period,
(d) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such Person and
that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary)
and for which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has provided or is required to
provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any
other Person (whether before, during or after such period),
(e) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such Person in
connection with the Vastera Acquisition that are directly or indirectly funded or paid for by a
third party (excluding the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary),
(f) the book value of any asset owned by such Person prior to or during such period
to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a
result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a
corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period, provided that (i) any
expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital
Expenditure during the period that such expenditure actually is made and (ii) such book value
shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired,
(g) the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the
consideration therefor consists of any combination of (i) used or surplus equipment traded in at
the time of such purchase and (ii) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment,
in each case, in the ordinary course of business,
(h) Investments in respect of a Permitted Business Acquisition, or
(i) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased substantially
contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of
such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the
equipment being traded in at such time.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or
other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal
property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as
capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for purposes hereof, the amount of
such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Collateral Account” means a blocked account at a commercial bank specified by the
Administrative Agent in the name of the Administrative Agent and under the sole dominion and control
of the Administrative Agent, and otherwise established in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Equivalents” means:
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(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or Canada or in each
case any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or Canada or
in each case any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding two years;
(b) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits
maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that
is organized under the laws of the United States of America or Canada, or any state or province
thereof having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250,000,000 and whose long-
term debt, or whose parent holding company’s long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar
equivalent rating or higher) by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as
defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act);
(c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for
underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with a bank meeting
the qualifications described in clause (b) above;
(d) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of
acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) organized and in
existence under the laws of the United States of America or Canada or any foreign country
recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment
therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Moody’s, A-1 (or higher) according to S&P or R-1
Low (or higher) according to DBRS;
(e) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition
issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of
America, or by any province of Canada, or in each case by any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P, A-2 by Moody’s or A by DBRS;
(f) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such
funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above;
(g) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-
7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s
and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $500,000,000; and
(h) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits
in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 1/2 of 1% of Consolidated Total Assets.
“Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis for any period, Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of (a) pay-in-kind
Interest Expense or other noncash Interest Expense (including as a result of the effects of purchase
accounting), (b) to the extent included in Interest Expense, the amortization of any financing fees paid by,
or on behalf of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including such fees paid in connection with
the Transactions, (c) the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Swap Agreements, (d)
cash interest income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period and (e) all non-
recurring cash interest expense consisting of liquidated damages for failure to timely comply with
registration rights obligations and financing fees, all as calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP; provided that (i) Cash Interest Expense shall exclude any one-time financing fees paid in
connection with the Transactions or any amendment of this Agreement and (ii) Cash Interest Expense
shall exclude annual agency fees paid to the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent.
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“Cash Management Obligations” means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary to any Person that was an Agent, a Lender or any Affiliate of an Agent or Lender on the
Closing Date or at the time such arrangement was entered into (each, a “Cash Management Bank”), in
each case in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, purchase
card and cash management services or any automated clearinghouse transfers of funds.
“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment,
fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment,
fixed assets or real property.
“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as subsequently amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Change of Control” shall be deemed to occur if:
(a) at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, any combination of Permitted
Holders shall fail to own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as
in effect on the Closing Date), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate Equity Interests representing
at least a majority of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(b) at any time after a Qualified IPO, (i) any person or “group” (within the
meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), or
any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert (within the meaning of Canadian
federal and provincial securities laws), other than any combination of the Permitted Holders, shall
have acquired beneficial ownership of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting interest
in the Borrower’s Equity Interests and the Permitted Holders shall own, directly or indirectly, less
than such Person or “group” on a fully diluted basis of the voting interest in the Borrower’s
Equity Interests or (ii) during each period of twelve consecutive months, the Continuing Directors
shall fail to comprise a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower; or
(c) a “change of control” (or similar change of control event) shall occur
under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement, any Indebtedness for borrowed
money permitted under Section 7.03 with an aggregate principal amount in excess of the
Threshold Amount or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing
with an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount (subject to any grace
periods with respect thereto and to the extent not cured or waived); provided however,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition of “Change of Control,” any transfer of
all of the Equity Interests of the Borrower to Holdings in accordance with Section 7.05(m) shall
not constitute a Change of Control.
“Class” (a) when used with respect to any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or
Commitment with respect to a particular Class of Loans or Commitments, (b) when used with respect to
Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended
Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, Revolving Commitment Increases, Other
Revolving Credit Commitments, Initial Term B-1 Commitments, Initial Term B-2 Commitments,
Incremental Term Commitments or Refinancing Term Commitments of a given Refinancing Series and
(c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans
comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Revolving Credit Loans under Extended
Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, Revolving Credit Loans under Other
Revolving Credit Commitments, Initial Term B-1 Loans, Initial Term B-2 Loans, Incremental Term
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Loans, Refinancing Term Loans of a given Refinancing Series or Extended Term Loans of a given
Extension Series. Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments,
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments, Initial Term B-1
Commitments, Initial Term B-2 Commitments, Incremental Term Commitments or Refinancing Term
Commitments (and in each case, the Loans made pursuant to such Commitments) that have different
terms and conditions shall be construed to be in different Classes. Commitments (and, in each case, the
Loans made pursuant to such Commitments) that have the same terms and conditions shall be construed
to be in the same Class. There shall be no more than an aggregate of three Classes of revolving credit
facilities and five Classes of term loan facilities under this Agreement.
“Closing Date” means April 18, 2013, which is the first date on which all conditions precedent in
Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 4.01.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” means (i) the “Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreements, (ii) all the
“Collateral” or “Pledged Assets” as defined in any other Collateral Document and (iii) any other assets
pledged or in which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted, in each case, pursuant to any Collateral
Document.
“Collateral Agent” means Royal Bank of Canada, in its capacity as collateral agent or pledgee in
its own name under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor collateral agent.
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each Collateral Document
required to be delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01 or from time to time
pursuant to Section 6.11, Section 6.13 or Section 6.15, subject to the limitations and exceptions of
this Agreement, duly executed by each Loan Party (other than the Unsecured Guarantors) party
thereto;
(b) the Obligations and the Guaranty shall have been secured by a first-
priority security interest in all Equity Interests of each Restricted Subsidiary that is not an
Excluded Subsidiary or an Unsecured Guarantor (other than Livingston Luxco S.a r.l.), directly
owned by any Loan Party, in each case, subject to exceptions and limitations otherwise set forth
in this Agreement and the Collateral Documents (to the extent appropriate in the applicable
jurisdiction);
(c) the Obligations and the Guaranty shall have been secured by a first-
priority perfected security interest in, and Mortgages on, substantially all now owned or, in the
case of real property, fee owned, or at any time hereafter acquired tangible and intangible assets
of each Loan Party (other than the Unsecured Guarantors) (including Equity Interests,
intercompany debt, accounts, inventory, equipment, investment property, contract rights,
intellectual property, other general intangibles, Material Real Property and proceeds of the
foregoing), in each case, subject to exceptions and limitations otherwise set forth in this
Agreement and the Collateral Documents (to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction);
(d) subject to limitations and exceptions of this Agreement and the Collateral
Documents, to the extent a security interest in and Mortgages on any Material Real Property are
required pursuant to clause (c) above or under Section 6.11, 6.13 or Section 6.15 (each, a
“Mortgaged Property”), the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a Mortgage with
respect to such Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such
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property in form suitable for filing, registration or recording and together with duly executed
authorizations and directions for the electronic execution and filing, registration or recording of
such Mortgage, in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may reasonably
deem necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and subsisting perfected Lien (subject only
to Liens described in clause (ii) below) on the property and/or rights described therein in favor of
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and evidence that all filing and
recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that if a mortgage tax will be owed
on the entire amount of the indebtedness evidenced hereby, then the amount secured by the
Mortgage shall be limited to 100% of the fair market value of the property at the time the
Mortgage is entered into if such limitation results in such mortgage tax being calculated based
upon such fair market value), (ii) fully paid policies of title insurance (or marked-up title
insurance commitments having the effect of policies of title insurance) on the Mortgaged
Property naming the Collateral Agent as the insured for its benefit and that of the Secured Parties
and their respective successors and assigns (the “Mortgage Policies”) issued by a nationally
recognized title insurance company reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent in form
and substance and in an amount reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (not to exceed
100% of the fair market value of the real properties covered thereby), insuring the Mortgages to
be valid subsisting first priority Liens on the property described therein, free and clear of all Liens
other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 and other Liens reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, each of which shall (A) to the extent reasonably necessary, include such
reinsurance arrangements (with provisions for direct access, if reasonably necessary) as shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (B) contain a “tie-in” or “cluster” endorsement, if
available under applicable law (i.e., policies which insure against losses regardless of location or
allocated value of the insured property up to a stated maximum coverage amount), and (C) have
been supplemented by such endorsements as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral
Agent (including endorsements on matters relating to usury, first loss, last dollar, zoning,
contiguity, doing business, non-imputation, public road access, variable rate, environmental lien,
subdivision, mortgage recording tax, separate tax lot, revolving credit and so-called
comprehensive coverage over covenants and restrictions, to the extent such endorsements are
available in the applicable jurisdiction at commercially reasonable rates), (iii) such statutory
declarations or officers’ certificates as the title insurance company may require in order to issue
the Mortgage Policies, (iv) legal opinions, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the Secured Parties, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such
matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and (v) a completed “life of the
loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with
respect to each Mortgaged Property in the United States on which any “building” (as defined in
the Flood Insurance Laws) is located, duly executed and acknowledged by the appropriate Loan
Parties, together with evidence of flood insurance as and to the extent required under Section
6.07(c) hereof; and
(e) after the Closing Date, (i) each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower
that is not then a Guarantor (other than the Unsecured Guarantors) and not an Excluded
Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor and signatory to this Agreement pursuant to a joinder
agreement in accordance with Section 6.11 or 6.13 and a party to the Collateral Documents in
accordance with Section 6.11 and (ii) each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that ceases to be
an Unsecured Guarantor and is not otherwise an Excluded Subsidiary shall become a party to the
Collateral Documents in accordance with Section 6.11; provided that notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions, any Subsidiary of the Borrower that Guarantees any Restricted
Indebtedness, any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness or any Permitted Refinancing of
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any of the foregoing shall be a Guarantor hereunder for so long as it Guarantees such
Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement
or any other Loan Document to the contrary:
(A) the foregoing definition shall not require, unless
otherwise stated in this clause (A), the creation or perfection of pledges of,
security interests in, Mortgages on, or the obtaining of title insurance or taking
other actions with respect to, (i) any fee owned real property (other than Material
Real Properties) and any leasehold rights and interests in real property (including
landlord waivers, estoppels and collateral access letters), (ii) motor vehicles and
other assets subject to certificates of title and commercial tort claims where the
amount of damages claimed by the applicable Loan Party is less than $1,000,000
(it being understood that all such assets are still intended to constitute Collateral,
even though perfection beyond a UCC or PPSA filing is not required hereunder,
to the extent a security interest can be created therein without a specific
description thereof, without delivery of a supplement to a Collateral Document or
without the taking of any action or obtaining the consent of any Person, including
any Governmental Authority), (iii) any particular asset, if the pledge thereof or
the security interest therein is prohibited by Law (including any requirement to
obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority or third party) other than to
the extent such prohibition is expressly deemed ineffective under the Uniform
Commercial Code, the PPSA or other applicable Law notwithstanding such
prohibition, (iv) Equity Interests in any Person other than wholly owned
Restricted Subsidiaries that cannot be pledged without the consent of one or more
third parties other than the Sponsor Holdcos, the Management Holders, the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than to the extent such
prohibition is expressly deemed ineffective under the Uniform Commercial
Code, the PPSA or other applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition), (v)
any permitted agreements or other property or rights of a Loan Party arising
under or evidenced by any permitted contract, lease, instrument, license, state or
local franchises, charters and authorizations, purchase money security interest or
similar arrangement or document to the extent the pledges thereof and security
interests therein are prohibited by such permitted agreements (including
permitted liens, leases, licenses, state or local franchises, charters and
authorizations, purchase money security interest or similar arrangement or
document), other than proceeds and receivables thereof, except to the extent the
pledge of such permitted agreements or other property or rights is expressly
deemed effective (or such prohibition is deemed ineffective) under the Uniform
Commercial Code, the PPSA or other applicable Law or principle of equity
notwithstanding such prohibition, (vi) licenses, leases, other agreements and any
other property and assets to the extent that the Administrative Agent may not
validly possess a security interest therein under applicable Laws or the pledge or
creation of a security interest in which would require governmental consent,
approval, license or authorization (except that cash proceeds of dispositions
thereof in accordance with applicable Law shall constitute Collateral), (vii) the
creation or perfection of pledges of, or security interests in, any property or assets
that would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries, as determined in the reasonable judgment of the
Borrower and communicated in a writing delivered to the Collateral Agent, (viii)
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letter of credit rights, except to the extent constituting a support obligation for
other Collateral as to which perfection of the security interest in such other
Collateral is accomplished solely by the filing of a UCC financing statement or
PPSA registration statement (it being understood that no actions shall be required
to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights, other than the filing of a
Uniform Commercial Code financing statement and/or a PPSA registration
statement), (ix) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing of a
“Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the
extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a
security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-
to-use trademark application under applicable federal Law and (x) any particular
assets if, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent evidenced in
writing, determined in consultation with the Borrower, the burden, cost or
consequences of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such
assets or obtaining title insurance is excessive in relation to the benefits to be
obtained therefrom by the Lenders under the Loan Documents;
(B) the foregoing definition shall not require control
agreements with respect to any cash, deposit accounts or securities accounts
(other than cash collateral accounts created pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement and other than customary account pledge agreements in jurisdictions
other than the United States, Canada or any state, province or territory in each
case thereof);
(C) the Administrative Agent in its discretion may grant
extensions of time for the creation or perfection of security interests in, and
Mortgages on, or obtaining of title insurance or taking other actions with respect
to, particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date) or any other
compliance with the requirements of this definition where it reasonably
determines in writing, in consultation with the Borrower, that the creation or
perfection of security interests and Mortgages on, or obtaining of title insurance
or taking other actions, or any other compliance with the requirements of this
definition cannot be accomplished without undue delay, burden or expense by the
time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the
Collateral Documents; and
(D) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant
to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be subject to exceptions and
limitations set forth in this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, each Security Agreement, each Intellectual
Property Security Agreement, each of the Mortgages, collateral assignments, security agreements, pledge
agreements, intellectual property security agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 4.01, Section 6.11, Section 6.13 or
Section 6.15, and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to
create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
“Commitment” means a Revolving Credit Commitment, Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of a given Extension Series, Other Revolving
Credit Commitment of a given Refinancing Series, Initial Term B-1 Commitment, Initial Term B-2
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Commitment, Incremental Term Commitment or Refinancing Term Commitment of a given Refinancing
Series as the context may require.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from
one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA
Equivalent Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Company Parties” means the collective reference to the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, and “Company Party” means any one of them.
“Compensation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(c)(ii).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1.
“Consolidated First Lien Debt” means Consolidated Total Debt minus the sum of (i) the portion
of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary included in Consolidated Total Debt that is
not secured by any Lien on property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the
portion of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary included in Consolidated Total Debt
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness under the Second Lien Facility) that is secured by
Liens on property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, which Liens are expressly
subordinated in writing to the Liens securing the Obligations.
“Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) EBITDA for such Test
Period.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis; provided,
however, that
(a) fees, expenses or charges related to the Transactions, any ratings, any offering of
Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any Permitted Business
Acquisition or Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder (in each case, whether or not
successful), in each case, shall be excluded,
(b) any net after-tax income or loss from the disposal of discontinued operations
shall be excluded (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are
subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such
operations are actually disposed of),
(c) any net after-tax gain or loss (including the effect of all fees and expenses or
charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in
the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Borrower) shall be excluded,
(d) any net after-tax income or loss (including the effect of all fees and expenses or
charges relating thereto) attributable to the refinancing, modification of or early extinguishment
of Indebtedness (including obligations under Swap Agreements) shall be excluded,
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(e) (i) the Net Income (loss) for such period of any Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Borrower, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be
included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in
cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in
respect of such period and (ii) the Net Income for such period shall include any dividend,
distribution or other payment in respect of equity paid in cash by such Person in excess of the
amounts included in clause (i),
(f) for purposes of calculating the Available Investment Basket Amount and the
Available Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount only, the Net Income for such period
of any Subsidiary (that is not a Loan Party) of the Borrower shall be excluded to the extent that
the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of its Net
Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval
(which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter
or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation
applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders or members, unless such restriction with respect
to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived (provided that the net
loss of any such Subsidiary shall be included to the extent funds are disbursed by such Person or
any other Subsidiary of such Person in respect of such loss and that Consolidated Net Income of
such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that
are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) by such Subsidiary to the Borrower
or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such period to the extent not already included
therein),
(g) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect
of a change in accounting principles during such period,
(h) any non-cash charges from the application of the purchase method of accounting
in connection with any future acquisition, to the extent such charges are deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income shall be excluded,
(i) any long-term incentive plan accruals and any non-cash compensation expense
realized from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, any restricted stock
plan or other rights to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall be excluded,
(j) any net unrealized foreign exchange gain or loss (after any offset) shall be
excluded, and
(k) (i) the Net Income for such period of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be
included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in
cash (or to the extent converted into cash) by such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period and (ii) the Net Income for such period shall
include any dividend, distribution or other payment in respect of equity paid in cash by such
Person to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in excess of the amounts included in clause (i).
“Consolidated Secured Debt” means Consolidated Total Debt minus the portion of Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary included in Consolidated Total Debt that is not secured by
any Lien on property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
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“Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Secured Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) EBITDA for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, at any time of determination, the total assets of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on
the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or, for the
period prior to the time any such statements are so delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the Pro
Forma Financial Statements.
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such
date, in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting
from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any Permitted
Business Acquisition), consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capital Lease Obligations and
debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments; provided that (a) Consolidated
Total Debt shall not include Indebtedness (i) in respect of letters of credit, except to the extent of
unreimbursed amounts thereunder; provided that any unreimbursed amount under commercial letters of
credit shall not be counted as Consolidated Total Debt until three Business Days after such amount is
drawn, (ii) of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, (iii) constituting Sponsor Subordinated Debt and (iv) on or prior
to November 9, 2013, in respect of the Existing Notes, so long as in the case of this clause (iv), the
Existing Notes Escrow Condition shall be satisfied and (b) for the avoidance of doubt, obligations under
interest rate Swap Agreements shall not constitute Consolidated Total Debt; and provided further that
Consolidated Total Debt as of any date of determination shall be adjusted to include Indebtedness under
the Revolving Credit Facility using the average of the Net Revolving Credit Facility Balance for each day
during the 180-day period ending on the last date of the applicable Test Period (for greater certainty, on
any given day the Net Revolving Credit Facility Balance may be positive or negative but the average Net
Revolving Credit Facility Balance in respect of any Test Period shall be set at a minimum of zero).
“Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) EBITDA for such Test Period.
“Continuing Directors” means the directors of the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as applicable, on
the Closing Date, and each other director, if, in each case, such other director’s nomination for election to
the board of directors of the Borrower (or the direct or indirect parent of the Borrower after a Qualified
IPO of such direct or indirect parent) or such Subsidiary, as applicable, is recommended by a majority of
the then Continuing Directors or such other director receives the vote of the Permitted Holders in his or
her election by the stockholders of, the Borrower (or the direct or indirect parent of the Borrower after a
Qualified IPO of such direct or indirect parent) or such Subsidiary, as applicable.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such
Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which
it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Affiliate.”
“CPPIB Sub” means CPPIB Zambezi Holdings Inc., a corporation incorporated under the Laws
of Canada.
“Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means (a) Permitted First Priority Refinancing
Debt, (b) Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or (d)
other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or
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otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange
for, or to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire or refinance, in whole or part, existing Term Loans
and Revolving Credit Loans (or Revolving Credit Commitments), or any then-existing Credit Agreement
Refinancing Indebtedness (“Refinanced Debt”); provided that (i) such Indebtedness has a maturity no
earlier, and, in the case of Refinancing Term Loans, a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or
greater, than the Refinanced Debt, (ii) such Indebtedness shall not have a greater principal amount than
the principal amount of the Refinanced Debt plus accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties
thereon and reasonable fees and expenses associated with the refinancing, (iii) the terms and conditions of
such Indebtedness (except as otherwise provided in clause (ii) above and with respect to pricing,
premiums, fees, rate floors and optional prepayment or redemption terms) are substantially identical to, or
(taken as a whole) are no more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness, than those
applicable to the Refinanced Debt being refinanced (except for covenants or other provisions applicable
only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness) (provided
that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business
Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the
material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating
that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of
this clause (iii) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement
unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it
disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)), and
(iv) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, repurchased, retired, defeased or satisfied and discharged, all
accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties in connection therewith shall be paid, and all
commitments thereunder terminated, on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is
issued, incurred or obtained.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing, (b) an L/C Credit Extension
and (c) the creation and purchase of Bankers’ Acceptances or the purchase of completed Drafts by a
Lender or by any other Person.
“Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount” means, at any date, an amount, not less
than zero, determined on a cumulative basis equal to the amount of Excess Cash Flow for all Excess Cash
Flow Periods ending after the Closing Date that is not (and, in the case of any Excess Cash Flow Period
where the respective required date of prepayment has not yet occurred pursuant to Section 2.05(b), will
not on such date of required prepayment be) required to be applied in accordance with Section 2.05(b)
(for the avoidance of doubt, without giving effect to Section 2.05(b)(xi)).
“Current Assets” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis at any date of determination, the sum of all assets (other than cash and Cash
Equivalents or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of
determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits.
“Current Liabilities” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be
classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as current
liabilities at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any debt or Capital Lease
Obligations, (b) accruals of Interest Expense (excluding Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (c)
accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs
resulting from the Transactions, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or
termination of employees prior to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other post-retirement
benefit obligations, and (f) accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in the definition of such term.
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“DBRS” means Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited and any successor thereto.
“Debt Fund Affiliates” means any Affiliate of the Borrower that is a bona fide diversified debt
fund or an investment vehicle that is primarily engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course, and with
respect to which none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, a Sponsor or any fund that has a direct or
indirect equity investment in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, makes investment decisions for such
entity.
“Debt Service” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense for such period plus scheduled principal
amortization of Consolidated Total Debt for such period.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means, collectively, Title 11 of the United State Code, as amended, any
similar federal, state, provincial or territorial law for the relief of debtors, including the BIA, the
Companies Creditors’ Arrangement Act (Canada) and the Winding -up and Restructuring Act (Canada),
and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States, Canada or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights
of creditors generally or dealing with bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring of debt, the enforcement of
security interests or related remedies by a secured creditor, or analogous concepts, and including, without
limitation: (i) the filing of an application or commencement of proceedings under the reorganization or
arrangement provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act or the Business Corporations Act
(Ontario) (or any successors to such statutes or comparable legislation in other jurisdictions) and (ii) to
the extent applicable, the common law, civil law and court orders issued by a court of competent
jurisdiction in respect of the foregoing matters.
“Declined Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(ix).
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the
giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate, if
any, applicable to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2.0% per annum; provided that (i)
with respect to Canadian Prime Rate Loans, the Default Rate shall mean an interest rate equal to (A) the
Canadian Prime Rate plus (B) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Revolving Loans that are
Canadian Prime Rate Loans plus (c) 2.0% per annum and (ii) with respect to the overdue principal or
interest in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, Banker’s Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan, the Default
Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise
applicable to such Loan, plus 2.0% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or
indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of “Lender Default.”
“Designated Equity Contribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(a).
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value (as determined by the
Borrower in good faith) of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries
in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 7.05 that is designated as Designated Non-Cash
Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the
Administrative Agent, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair
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market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the
consummation of the applicable Disposition).
“Discount Note” means a promissory note evidencing a BA Equivalent Loan.
“Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(2).
“Discount Range” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Prepayment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of a Borrower Solicitation of
Discount Range Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(C) substantially in the form of
Exhibit L-4.
“Discount Range Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by a Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit L-5, submitted in response to an invitation to submit offers following
the Auction Agent’s receipt of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice.
“Discount Range Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Discount Range Proration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(3).
“Discounted Prepayment Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Discounted Prepayment Effective Date” means in the case of a Borrower Offer of Specified
Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount Range Prepayment Offer or Borrower
Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment Offer, five (5) Business Days following the Specified Discount
Prepayment Response Date, the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date or the Solicited Discounted
Prepayment Response Date, as applicable, in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1),
Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1) or Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1), respectively, unless a shorter period is agreed to
between the Borrower and the Auction Agent.
“Discounted Term Loan Prepayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(A).
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including
any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale or issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary)
of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without
recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith; provided that
“Disposition” and “Dispose” shall not be deemed to include any issuance by the Borrower of any of its
Equity Interests to another Person.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of
any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon
the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for
Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a
change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a
change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all
other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments and the
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termination or expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C
Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized, back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably
satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer or deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably
acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer)), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than
solely for Qualified Equity Interests and other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long
as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be
subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable
and the termination of the Commitments and the expiration or termination of all outstanding Letters of
Credit (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash
Collateralized, back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer or
deemed reissued under another agreement reasonably acceptable to the applicable L/C Issuer)), in whole
or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible
into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified
Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date
at the time of issuance of such Equity Interests; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant
to a plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or the
Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute
Disqualified Equity Interests solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or
its Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
“Disqualified Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 1.01B.
“Distressed Person” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Lender-Related Distress
Event”.
“Dodd-Frank Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any person, any obligation to pay or
perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of
section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Draft” means, at any time, (i) a bill of exchange, within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange
Act (Canada), drawn by the Borrower on a Lender or any other Person and bearing such distinguishing
letters and numbers as the Lender or the Person may determine, but which at such time has not been
completed as to the payee by the Lender or the Person; or (ii) a depository bill within the meaning of the
Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada).
“EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the
respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (ix) of this clause (a) reduced such Consolidated
Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):
(i) provision for Taxes based on income, profits, losses or capital of the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such provision for taxes was
deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income; adjusted for the tax effect of all adjustments
made to Consolidated Net Income),
(ii) Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period
(net of interest income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period) and to the
extent not reflected in Interest Expense, costs of surety bonds in connection with financing
activities,
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(iii) depreciation, amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of
intangibles and deferred financing fees) and other non-cash expenses (including, without
limitation write-downs and impairment of property, plant, equipment, goodwill and intangibles
and other long-lived assets and the impact of purchase accounting on the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period),
(iv) the amount of any Restructuring and Integration Costs; provided that with respect
to each such restructuring expense or charge, the Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate specifying and quantifying such expense or charge
and stating that such expense or charge is a Restructuring and Integration Cost; and provided
further that the aggregate amount of all Restructuring and Integration Costs added to EBITDA
pursuant to this clause (a)(iv) shall not exceed (1) 25% of EBITDA, for any Test Period ending
on or prior to September 30, 2013, (2) 22.5% of EBITDA, for any Test Period ending on
December 31, 2013, (3) 17.5% of EBITDA, for any Test Period ending on March 31, 2014, or (4)
15% of EBITDA, for any Test Period ending on June 30, 2014 or thereafter,
(v) any other non-cash charges,
(vi) [reserved],
(vii) the minority interest expense consisting of subsidiary income attributable to
minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted
Subsidiary in such period or any prior period, except to the extent of dividends declared or paid
on Equity Interests held by third parties,
(viii) extraordinary losses and unusual or non-recurring cash charges, severance,
relocation costs and curtailments, terminations or modifications to pension and post-retirement
employee benefit plans,
(ix) the amount of (A) management, consulting and financial services fees and related
expenses paid to Sterling Fund Management, LLC (or any accruals related to such fees and
related expenses) during such period pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement and
(B) monitoring and other expenses reimbursed to the Sponsors during such period, in each case,
to the extent permitted by this Agreement, and
(x) the amount of cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to
Asset Acquisitions, Asset Dispositions, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other similar
initiatives consummated after the Closing Date, in each case (1) projected by the Borrower in
good faith to result within 12 months after the last day of the Test Period for which EBITDA is
being determined or (2) otherwise permitted to be reflected in pro forma financial information
under Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X; provided that (A) such cost savings, operating expense
reductions and synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable in the good faith
judgment of the Borrower, and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an
officers’ certificate specifying and quantifying such cost saving, operating expense reduction or
synergy and (B) no cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies shall be added
pursuant to this clause (a)(x) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added
to EBITDA (or otherwise already reflected in EBITDA), whether through a pro forma adjustment
or otherwise, for such period; and provided further that the aggregate amount of all cost savings,
operating expense reductions and synergies added to EBITDA pursuant to this clause (a)(x) or in
the definition of “Pro Forma Basis”, shall not exceed 15% of EBITDA in any Test Period,
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minus (b) in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts
increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being
determined, non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding any such items which represent the reversal
in such period of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period
where such accrual or reserve is no longer required).
For purposes of determining EBITDA for any period that includes any of the fiscal quarters
ended March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012, September 30, 2012 or December 31, 2012, EBITDA for such
fiscal quarters shall be $15,777,000, $22,539,000, $17,232,000 and $20,376,000, respectively, in each
case, as may be subject to any adjustment on a Pro Forma Basis for the applicable Test Period with
respect to any Asset Acquisitions, Asset Dispositions, restructurings, cost savings initiatives or other
similar transactions or initiatives occurring after the Closing Date.
For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of calculating EBITDA for any period, if during such
period, the Borrower or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made an Asset Acquisition,
Asset Disposition, restructuring, cost savings initiative or other similar initiative, EBITDA will be
determined after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis in connection with such Asset Acquisition, Asset
Disposition, restructuring, cost savings initiative or other similar initiative.
“Eligible Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(a).
“Environment” means indoor air, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land
surface, subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
“Environmental Laws” means any applicable Law relating to Hazardous Materials, the
prevention of pollution or the protection of the Environment and natural resources, and the protection of
human health and safety as it relates to the environment, including any applicable provisions of
CERCLA, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Canada), the Fisheries Act (Canada), the
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act (Canada), the Hazardous Products Act (Canada), and any
analogous provincial, state, or local statutes.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability
for damages, costs of investigation and remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Loan Parties
or any Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any
Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of
any Hazardous Materials into the Environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual
arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other
authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit
interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase,
acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible
securities).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time
to time.
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“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with
a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of
the Code, or solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a U.S. Pension Plan; (b) a
withdrawal by a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a U.S. Pension Plan
subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under
Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by a Loan Party, any Restricted
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan
is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate any U.S. Pension Plan, the treatment of
a U.S. Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of
ERISA, respectively, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a U.S. Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any U.S. Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; (f) with respect to a U.S. Pension Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding
standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (g) the occurrence
of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of
ERISA) which could result in liability to a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (h) the imposition
of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under
Section 4007 of ERISA, upon a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate
Loan, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the date which is two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period by reference
to the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in U.S. Dollars (as set forth by
any service selected by the Administrative Agent which has been nominated by the British Bankers’
Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) for a period
equal to such Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant
to the foregoing provision of this definition, the “Eurocurrency Rate” shall be the interest rate per annum,
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average of the rates per annum at which deposits in
U.S. Dollars are offered for such relevant Interest Period to major banks in the London interbank market
in London, England by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date
which is two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period; provided that, solely with
respect to the Initial Term Loans, the Eurocurrency Rate shall be deemed to be not less than 1.25% per
annum.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency
Rate.
“euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis for any Excess Cash Flow Period, EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Excess Cash Flow Period, minus, without duplication,
(a) Debt Service for such Excess Cash Flow Period,
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(b) any voluntary prepayment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness during such
Excess Cash Flow Period (other than the Term Loans or the Revolving Credit Loans), in each
case to the extent not financed, or intended to be financed, using the proceeds of the incurrence of
Indebtedness or the issuance of Equity Interests, so long as the amount of such prepayment is not
already reflected in Debt Service,
(c) (i) Capital Expenditures by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period (excluding Capital Expenditures made
in such Excess Cash Flow Period where a certificate in the form contemplated by the following
clause (d) was previously delivered) that are paid in cash, and (ii) the aggregate consideration
paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions
and other Investments permitted under Section 7.02(i),
(d) (i) Capital Expenditures that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall,
during such Excess Cash Flow Period, become obligated to make but that are not made during
such Excess Cash Flow Period; provided that the Borrower shall certify in the Compliance
Certificate for such Excess Cash Flow Period that such Capital Expenditures and the delivery of
the related equipment will be made in the following excess Cash Flow Period, and (ii) the
aggregate consideration that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall, during such Excess
Cash Flow Period, become obligated to make in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions and
other Investments permitted under Section 7.02(i) but that are not made during such Excess Cash
Flow Period,
(e) Taxes paid in cash by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period or that will be paid within six months
after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period (provided that any amount so deducted that will
be paid after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period shall not be deducted again in a
subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period) and for which reserves have been established, including
income tax expense and withholding tax expense incurred in connection with cross-border
transactions involving foreign Subsidiaries,
(f) an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(g) cash expenditures made in respect of Swap Agreements during such Excess Cash
Flow Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Interest Expense,
(h) permitted dividends or distributions or repurchases of its Equity Interests paid in
cash by the Borrower during such Excess Cash Flow Period and permitted dividends paid by the
Borrower or by any Restricted Subsidiary to any Person other than the Borrower or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries during such Excess Cash Flow Period, in each case in accordance with
Section 7.06(b), (c), (g) or (i),
(i) amounts paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period on account of (x)
items that were accounted for as non-cash reductions of Net Income in determining Consolidated
Net Income or as noncash reductions of Consolidated Net Income in determining EBITDA of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in a prior Excess Cash Flow Period and (y) reserves or
accruals established in purchase accounting,
(j) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds in respect of any
asset disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory prepayment
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of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created hereunder or under any other Loan Document),
together with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in
connection therewith,
(k) the amount related to items that were added to or not deducted from Net Income
in calculating Consolidated Net Income or were added to or not deducted from Consolidated Net
Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash payment (which had
not reduced Excess Cash Flow upon the accrual thereof in a prior Excess Cash Flow Period), or
an accrual for a cash payment, by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or did not
represent cash received by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case on a
consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(l) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually
paid in cash by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required
to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness,
plus, without duplication,
(m) an amount equal to any decrease in Working Capital for such Excess Cash Flow
Period,
(n) all proceeds received during such Excess Cash Flow Period of Capital Lease
Obligations, purchase money Indebtedness, Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and any other
Indebtedness, in each case to the extent used to finance any Capital Expenditure (other than
Indebtedness under this Agreement to the extent there is no corresponding deduction to Excess
Cash Flow above in respect of the use of such Borrowings),
(o) all amounts referred to in clause (c) above to the extent funded with the proceeds
of the issuance of Equity Interests of, or capital contributions to, the Borrower after the Closing
Date (to the extent not previously used to prepay Indebtedness (other than Revolving Facility
Loans, Swing Line Loans, Sponsor Subordinated Debt or Indebtedness permitted pursuant to
Section 7.03(h))), or with the proceeds of Indebtedness (other than Revolving Facility Loans,
Swing Line Loans, Sponsor Subordinated Debt or Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section
7.03(h)); provided that, for any Excess Cash Flow Period, if the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries makes any such Investment or Capital Expenditures with the proceeds of Equity
Interests of, or capital contributions to, the Borrower, it may elect not to apply all or any portion
of such proceeds to the financing of such Investment or Capital Expenditure for the purposes of
this clause (o) to the extent it otherwise has sufficient Excess Cash Flow in such period to finance
such Investment or Capital Expenditure (without giving effect to this clause (o)),
(p) to the extent any permitted Investments or Capital Expenditures and the
corresponding delivery of equipment referred to in clause (d) above do not occur in the Excess
Cash Flow Period of the Borrower specified in the certificate of the Borrower provided pursuant
to clause (d) above, the amount of such Investments or Capital Expenditures that were not so
made in the Excess Cash Flow Period of the Borrower specified in such certificates,
(q) cash payments received in respect of Swap Agreements during such Excess Cash
Flow Period to the extent (i) not included in the computation of EBITDA or (ii) such payments do
not reduce Cash Interest Expense,
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(r) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Excess Cash
Flow Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds subject to Section
2.05(b)(ii)),
(s) to the extent deducted in the computation of EBITDA, cash interest income, and
(t) the amount related to items that were deducted from or not added to Net Income
in connection with calculating Consolidated Net Income or were deducted from or not added to
Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent either (x) such items represented
cash received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or (y) does not represent cash
paid by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, in each case on a consolidated basis
during such Excess Cash Flow Period.
“Excess Cash Flow Period” means each fiscal year of the Borrower commencing with the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2013.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Rate” means, on any day with respect to any currency, the rate at which such
currency may be exchanged into any other currency, as set forth at approximately 12:00 noon (Toronto
time) on such day at the Bank of Canada noon mid-point spot rate for such currencies on such date of
determination (as quoted or published from time to time by the Bank of Canada). In the event that such
rate does not appear on the Bank of Canada noon Spot page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by
reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall
instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market
where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at
or about 12:00 noon, (Toronto time), on such date of determination.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that does not have total assets
or annual EBITDA (together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) in excess of 3.0% of
Consolidated Total Assets and EBITDA, respectively, of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (in
each case calculated for the most recently-ended Test Period) (an “Immaterial Subsidiary”, to the extent
designated as such by the Borrower from time to time in writing to the Administrative Agent); provided
that the total assets or annual EBITDA of all Immaterial Subsidiaries and Unsecured Guarantors, taken
together, shall not exceed 15.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and EBITDA, respectively, of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case calculated for the most recently-ended Test
Period), (b) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable Law or Contractual Obligations existing on
the Closing Date (or, in the case of any newly acquired Subsidiary, in existence at the time of acquisition
but not entered into in contemplation thereof) from guaranteeing the Obligations or if guaranteeing the
Obligations would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization
(unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained), (c) any other Subsidiary with
respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the
Borrower, the burden or cost or other consequences (including any material adverse tax consequences) of
providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom,
(d) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries, (e) any Unrestricted Subsidiaries, (f) any captive insurance
subsidiaries, (h) any non-wholly owned Subsidiary if guaranteeing the Obligations would require third
party (other than the Sponsor Holdcos, the Management Holders, the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries) consent, approval, license or authorization, unless such consent, approval, license or
authorization has been obtained and (i) the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.01E.
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“Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Dodd-Frank Swap
Obligation 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, as applicable, such Dodd-Frank Swap Obligation (or any
Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or
order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any
thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant”
as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of
such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Dodd-Frank
Swap Obligation. If a Dodd-Frank Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more
than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Dodd-Frank Swap Obligation that is
attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the Preliminary Statements
to this Agreement.
“Existing Indenture” has the meaning given to such term in the Preliminary Statements to this
Agreement.
“Existing Letters of Credit” means each letter of credit of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.01D.
“Existing Notes” has the meaning given to such term in the Preliminary Statements to this
Agreement.
“Existing Notes Escrow Condition” means, in the event that the repurchase of the Existing
Notes has not occurred in full on or prior to the Closing Date, (a) the Borrower shall have given notice of
redemption of the remaining portion of the Existing Notes in accordance with the provisions of the
Existing Indenture, and such notice of redemption shall not be subsequently revoked or rescinded, and (b)
pending such redemption, the Borrower shall have set aside in a manner reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent an amount sufficient to redeem in full the remaining portion of the Existing Notes
(including accrued interest and any applicable premium for such redemption).
“Existing Revolver Tranche” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(b).
“Existing Sponsor Interest Bearing Notes” has the meaning given to such term in the
Preliminary Statements to this Agreement.
“Existing Term Loan Tranche” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
“Expiring Credit Commitment” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04(g).
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(b).
“Extended Term Loans” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
“Extending Revolving Credit Lender” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(c).
“Extending Term Lender” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension” means the establishment of an Extension Series by amending a Loan pursuant to
Section 2.16 and the applicable Extension Amendment.
“Extension Amendment” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(d).
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“Extension Election” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension Request” means any Term Loan Extension Request or Revolver Extension Request,
as the case may be.
“Extension Series” means any Term Loan Extension Series or a Revolver Extension Series, as
the case may be.
“Facility” means a given Class of Initial Term Loans, a given Class of Incremental Term Loans,
a given Refinancing Series of Refinancing Term Loans, a given Extension Series of Extended Term
Loans, the Revolving Credit Facility, a given Class of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, a
given Refinancing Series of Other Revolving Credit Commitments, or a given Extension Series of
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as the context may require.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code), as of the Closing Date (and any
amended or successor version thereof that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to
comply with), any current or future Treasury Regulations or other official administrative guidance
promulgated thereunder any related intergovernmental agreements and any non-U.S. legislation
implementing any of the foregoing.
“Fee Letter” means that certain Fee Letter dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower and
Royal Bank of Canada.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of
the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged
by federal funds brokers on such day, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate
for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published
on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published for any day that is a Business
Day, the average of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent
from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“FIRREA” means the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as
amended.
“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit I-1 (which agreement shall be in such form or with immaterial changes thereto) hereto
between the Collateral Agent and one or more collateral agents or representatives for the holders of
Permitted Ratio Debt issued or incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(r) that are intended to be secured on a
pari passu basis with the Obligations.
“Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as
now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform
Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iv) the Flood Insurance
Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C
Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C
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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, and (b) with respect to the Swing
Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans
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 engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary
course.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in
effect from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, province, territory or
other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Granting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(i).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness
or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i)
to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or
other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of
assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or
performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the
primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary
obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such
obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person
securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such
Indebtedness or other monetary obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or
otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term
“Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course
of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered
into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other
than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be
an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof,
in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term
“Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01.
“Guarantors” means, collectively, (i) the Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than any Excluded
Subsidiary), (ii) those Subsidiaries that issue a Guarantee of the Obligations after the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 6.11 or otherwise, at the option of the Borrower, issue a Guarantee of the Obligations
after the Closing Date and (iii) solely in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreement or Treasury Services
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Agreement to which the Borrower is not a party, the Borrower, in each case, until the Guaranty thereof is
released in accordance with this Agreement.
“Guaranty” means, collectively, the guaranty of the Obligations by the Guarantors pursuant to
this Agreement.
“Hazardous Materials” means all materials, pollutants, contaminants, chemicals, compounds,
constituents, substances or wastes, in any form, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or
asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, mold, or other emissions that are
regulated pursuant to, or which could give rise to liability under, applicable Environmental Law.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that was an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of any Agent or a
Lender on the Closing Date or at the time it entered into a Secured Hedge Agreement, in its capacity as a
party thereto.
“Holdings” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.05(m).
“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Identified Participating Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(3).
“Identified Qualifying Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International
Accounting Standards Board and as adopted by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”.
“Incremental Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(f).
“Incremental Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Facility Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d).
“Incremental Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).
“Incremental Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).
“Incremental Loan Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).
“Incremental Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).
“Incremental Term Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Incremental Term Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c).
“Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the
following:
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(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of
such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or
reductions which may have been reimbursed) of all outstanding letters of credit (including
standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance
bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Agreement;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than (i) trade accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary
course of business and (ii) any earn-out obligation that is payable based on the occurrence of
future events other than the passage of time until such obligation is no longer a contingent
liability and (iii) accruals for payroll and other liabilities accrued in the ordinary course);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on
property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond,
industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have
been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Capital Lease Obligations;
(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests;
and
(h) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Guarantees of such Person
in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) include the Indebtedness of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability
company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s
liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise expressly limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness
would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt and (B) exclude all intercompany
liabilities among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries having a term not exceeding 364 days
(inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries. The
amount of any net obligation under any Swap Agreement on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap
Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of
clause (e) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such
Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such
Person in good faith.
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.
“Indemnified Taxes” means, with respect to any Agent or any Lender, all Taxes other than (i)
Taxes imposed on or measured by its net income, however denominated, and franchise (and similar)
Taxes imposed in lieu of net income Taxes, in each case, by a jurisdiction (a) as a result of such recipient
being organized in or having its principal office (or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending
Office) in such jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof), or (b) as a result of any other connection
between such Lender or Agent and such jurisdiction other than any connections arising from executing,
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delivering, being a party to, engaging in any transactions pursuant to, performing its obligations under,
receiving payments under, or enforcing, any Loan Document, (ii) any branch profits Taxes imposed in the
United States or Canada or any similar Tax, imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (i) above,
(iii) Taxes attributable to the failure by any Agent or Lender to deliver the documentation required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(d), (iv) in the case of any Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a
request by the Borrower under Section 3.07), any Canadian federal withholding Tax that is in effect on
the date such Lender acquires an interest in a Loan or Commitment, or designates a new Lending Office,
except to the extent such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled immediately prior to the time of
designation of a new Lending Office (or acquisition of such interest) to receive additional amounts with
respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.01 and (v) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes
imposed under FATCA. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” for purposes of this definition
shall include each L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.
“Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.08.
“Initial Revolving Borrowing” means one or more borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans on the
Closing Date in an amount not to exceed the aggregate amounts specified or referred to in the definition
of the term “Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes”; provided, that, without limitation,
Letters of Credit may be issued on the Closing Date to backstop or replace letters of credit, guarantees
and performance or similar bonds outstanding on the Closing Date (including deemed issuances of Letters
of Credit under this Agreement resulting from existing issuers of letters of credit outstanding on the
Closing Date agreeing to become L/C Issuers under this Agreement).
“Initial Term B-1 Commitment” means, as to each Term B-1 Lender, its obligation to make an
Initial Term B-1 Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i) in an aggregate amount not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name in Schedule 1.01A under the caption
“Initial Term B-1 Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term B-1
Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The initial aggregate amount of the Initial
Term B-1 Commitments is U.S. $250,000,000.
“Initial Term B-2 Commitment” means, as to each Term B-2 Lender, its obligation to make an
Initial Term B-2 Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii) in an aggregate amount not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name in Schedule 1.01A under the caption
“Initial Term B-2 Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term B-2
Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The initial aggregate amount of the Initial
Term B-2 Commitments is Cdn. $65,000,000.
“Initial Term B-1 Loans” means the term loans made by the Lenders on the Closing Date to the
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i).
“Initial Term B-2 Loans” means the term loans made by the Lenders on the Closing Date to the
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii).
“Initial Term Loans” means the Initial Term B-1 Loans and the Initial Term B-2 Loans.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means each First Lien U.S. Copyright Short Form
Security Agreement, First Lien U.S. Trademark Short Form Security Agreement, First Lien U.S. Patent
Short Form Security Agreement and Intellectual Property Security Agreement (each as defined in the
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applicable Security Agreement), in each case executed and delivered pursuant to the applicable Security
Agreement.
“Intercompany Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit H.
“Intercreditor Agreements” means the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Lien
Intercreditor Agreement, collectively, in each case to the extent in effect.
“Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of (a) gross
interest expense of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of
debt discounts, (ii) the amortization of all fees (including fees with respect to Swap Agreements) payable
in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense, (iii) the
portion of any payments or accruals with respect to Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest
expense and (iv) redeemable preferred stock dividend expenses, (b) capitalized interest of such Person
and (c) dividends and similar distributions made in cash in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests of such
Person. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to
any net payments made or received and costs incurred by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
with respect to Swap Agreements.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan or any
Canadian Prime Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity
Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided that if any Interest Period for a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the
beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates and (b) as to any Canadian Prime
Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June,
September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or BA
Equivalent Loan the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or
converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan and
ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter or, to the extent agreed by each Lender of such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan, twelve months or at the
Administrative Agent’s discretion less than one month thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its
Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not
a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall
end on the next preceding Business Day (or, in the case of Bankers’ Acceptances and BA
Rate Loans, such other date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree in
accordance with customary industry practice);
(ii) any Interest Period (other than an Interest Period having a
duration of less than one month) that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month
(or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at
the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period; and
(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the
Facility under which such Loan was made.
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“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such
Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other
securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of
Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in,
another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, excluding, in the
case of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of
transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets
constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. For purposes of covenant
compliance, the amount of any Investment at any time shall be the amount actually invested (measured at
the time made), without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“IP Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.17.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998”
published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as
may be in effect at the time of issuance of the relevant Letter of Credit).
“Joint Bookrunners” means Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., in
their respective capacities as joint bookrunners under this Agreement.
“Junior Financing Documentation” means any documentation governing any Restricted
Indebtedness.
“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 hereto, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the
Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, the Collateral Agent, Royal Bank of
Canada, as collateral agent under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement and any Other
Debt Representative that may become a party thereto.
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date applicable
to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity date of any Refinancing
Term Loan, any Refinancing Term Commitment, any Extended Term Loan, any Extended Revolving
Credit Commitment, any Incremental Term Loans, any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or
any Other Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement
from time to time.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state, provincial, territorial and
local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial
precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable
administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements
with, any Governmental Authority.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of
its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share
provided for under this Agreement.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of
Credit which has not been reimbursed on the applicable Honor Date or refinanced as a Revolving Credit
Borrowing.
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“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or
extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Disbursement” means any payment made by an L/C Issuer pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“L/C Issuer” means Royal Bank of Canada, the other L/C Issuers listed on Schedule 1.01A
(solely with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit (including any amendment, renewal or replacement
thereof)) and any other Lender that becomes an L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03(k) or
10.07(k), in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer
of Letters of Credit hereunder. If there is more than one L/C Issuer at any given time, the term L/C Issuer
shall refer to the relevant L/C Issuer(s).
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn amount of all
outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C
Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the
amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 2.03(l). For all purposes
of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any
amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lead Arrangers” means Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., in
their respective capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners under this Agreement.
“Lender” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the
context requires, includes an L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, and their respective successors and
assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “Lender.”
“Lender Default” means (i) the refusal (which may be given verbally or in writing and has not
been retracted) or failure of any Lender to make available its portion of any incurrence of revolving loans
or reimbursement obligations required to be made by it, which refusal or failure is not cured within two
business days after the date of such refusal or failure; (ii) the failure of any Lender to pay over to the
Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it
hereunder within two business days of the date when due, unless subject to a good faith dispute; (iii) a
Lender has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its
funding obligations, or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations,
under the Revolving Credit Facility or under other agreements generally in which it commits to extend
credit; (iv) a Lender has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to
confirm that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility or
(v) a Lender has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Lender becomes subject to a Lender-
Related Distress Event. For the avoidance of doubt, a Lender Default shall only apply with respect to a
Lender in respect of each Facility with respect to which such Lender Default applies.
“Lender-Related Distress Event” means, with respect to any Lender or any person that directly
or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), as the case may be, a voluntary or
involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any Debtor Relief Laws, or a custodian,
conservator, receiver, trustee, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar
official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets,
or such Distressed Person or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person is
subject to a forced liquidation, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory
authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-
Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or
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acquisition of any Equity Interests in any Lender or any person that directly or indirectly Controls such
Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof so long as such ownership interest
does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United
States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or
such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow, disaffirm, disclaim or
resiliate any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such
in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time
to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder, including the Existing Letters of
Credit. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a Letter of Credit, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 or otherwise in a
form reasonably acceptable to the relevant L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to the
scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for the applicable Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not
a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, as to each L/C Issuer, an amount equal to the amount listed
on Schedule 1.01A. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit
Facility. The initial aggregate Letter of Credit Sublimit for all L/C Issuers is Cdn. $15,000,000.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, and any
Capital Lease Obligations having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of
a Term Loan, a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan (including any Incremental Term Loan and
any extensions of credit under any Revolving Commitment Increase).
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes and the Discount
Notes, (iii) the Collateral Documents, (iv) each Intercreditor Agreement to the extent then in effect, (v)
each Letter of Credit Application and (vi) any Refinancing Amendment, Incremental Amendment or
Extension Amendment.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Management Agreement” means the management services agreement entered into between the
Borrower and Sterling Fund Management, LLC as of January 20, 2010, as amended, restated,
supplemented, modified, renewed or replaced in accordance with this Agreement.
“Management Holder” means current and former management and directors of the Borrower or
its Subsidiaries (and their related parties) who are issued Equity Interests of the Borrower pursuant to a
management and employee share ownership plan.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning set forth in Regulation U issued by the FRB.
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“Master Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Swap Agreement.”
“Material Adverse Effect” means a (a) material adverse effect on the business, operations,
assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (b) material impairment of the validity and enforceability of, or a
material impairment of the material rights, remedies or benefits available to, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer
or any Agent under any Loan Document.
“Material Real Property” means any fee owned real property owned by any Loan Party with a
fair market value in excess of $3,000,000 (at the Closing Date or, with respect to real property acquired
after the Closing Date, at the time of acquisition, in each case, as reasonably estimated by the Borrower in
good faith).
“Maturity Date” means (i) with respect to the Initial Term Loans, the date that is six years after
the Closing Date, (ii) with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, the date that is five years after
the Closing Date, (iii) with respect to any tranche of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit
Commitments, the final maturity date applicable thereto as specified in the applicable Extension Request
accepted by the respective Lender or Lenders, (iv) with respect to any Refinancing Term Loans or Other
Revolving Credit Commitments, the final maturity date applicable thereto as specified in the applicable
Refinancing Amendment and (v) with respect to any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving
Credit Commitments, the final maturity date applicable thereto as specified in the applicable Incremental
Amendment.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.10.
“Minimum Contribution Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Canadian DB Plan, the
aggregate annual payments (including solvency and going concern deficit special payments and current
service contributions) required to be made under applicable law and the Canadian DB Plan terms based
on the most recently filed report on the actuarial valuation prepared with respect to such Canadian DB
Plan beginning as at the determination date of the actuarial valuation and delivered to the Lenders, as
updated from time to time.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement.”
“Mortgaged Property” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement.”
“Mortgages” means collectively, the debentures, deeds of trust, trust deeds, hypothecs and
mortgages made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the
Secured Parties creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Property in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent with such terms and provisions as may be required by the
applicable Laws of the relevant jurisdiction, and any other mortgages executed and delivered pursuant to
Sections 6.11, 6.13 and Section 6.15, in each case, as the same may from time to time be amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 3(37)
or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and subject to ERISA, to which the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any
ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has
made or been obligated to make contributions, but excludes any Canadian Benefit Plan.
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“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
“Net Proceeds” means:
(a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of
principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or
otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but in each
case only as and when received) from any Disposition or Casualty Event, net of (i) attorneys’
fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and
related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other
customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in
connection therewith, (ii) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other
amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien (other than a Lien that ranks pari passu
with or subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations) on the asset subject to such
Disposition or Casualty Event and that is required to be repaid (and is timely repaid) in
connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan
Documents), (iii) in the case of any Disposition or Casualty Event by a non-wholly owned
Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard
to this clause (iii)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the
account of the Borrower or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof, (iv) taxes
paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof, and (v) the amount of any
reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price
or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) related to any of
the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries
including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities
related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount
of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect
of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds of such Disposition or Casualty Event
occurring on the date of such reduction); provided, that, if no Default exists, the Borrower may
reinvest any portion of such proceeds in assets useful for its business (which shall include any
Investment permitted by this Agreement) within 12 months of such receipt and such portion of
such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 12 months of such
receipt, so reinvested or contractually committed to be so reinvested (it being understood that if
any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 12 month period but within such 12-
month period are contractually committed to be used, then upon the termination of such contract
or if such Net Proceeds are not so used within 18 months of initial receipt, such remaining portion
shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to
this proviso; it being further understood that such proceeds shall constitute Net Proceeds
notwithstanding any investment notice if there is a Specified Default at the time of a proposed
reinvestment unless such proposed reinvestment is made pursuant to a binding commitment
entered into at a time when no Specified Default was continuing); provided, further, that no
proceeds realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net
Proceeds unless (x) such proceeds shall exceed $3,000,000 or (y) the aggregate net proceeds
excluded under clause (x) exceeds $6,000,000 in any fiscal year (and thereafter only net cash
proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds under this clause (a)), and
(b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness, net of all taxes paid or
reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof and fees (including investment banking fees
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and discounts), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with
such incurrence, issuance or sale.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds, fees, commissions and other costs and
expenses payable to the Borrower or any Affiliate of the foregoing shall be disregarded, except for
financial advisory fees customary in type and amount paid to the Sponsors and Sponsor Fund Affiliates.
“Net Revolving Credit Facility Balance” means the amount of the Total Outstandings under the
Revolving Credit Facility minus Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than Restricted Cash).
“Non-BA Lender” means a Lender that cannot or does not as a matter of policy issue Bankers’
Acceptances.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(d).
“Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of a Sponsor or the Borrower other than (a) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) any Debt Fund Affiliates and (c) any natural person.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Expiring Credit Commitment” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04(g).
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to any amount of Net Proceeds of any
transaction or event, that such amount (a) was not required to be applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to
Section 2.05(b), and (b) was not previously (and is not concurrently being) applied in determining the
permissibility of a transaction under the Loan Documents where such permissibility was or is (or may
have been) contingent on receipt of such amount or utilization of such amount for a specified purpose;
provided that any Net Proceeds of Equity Interests, capital contributions or Indebtedness (including
Sponsor Subordinated Debt) used to make Investments or Capital Expenditures shall thereafter be
considered “applied” for purposes of this definition, except when such Net Proceeds are subsequently dis-
applied from the financing of such Investments or Capital Expenditures pursuant to clause (o) of the
definition of “Excess Cash Flow”. The Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any
application of such amount as contemplated by clause (b) of this definition.
“Note” means a Term Note, a Revolving Credit Note or a Swing Line Note, as the context may
require.
“Obligations” means all (x) advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties
of, any Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with
respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and
including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or Restricted
Subsidiary of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such
proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding and (y)
obligations of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof arising under any Secured Hedge
Agreement or any Treasury Services Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (and of their Restricted Subsidiaries to the
extent they have obligations under the Loan Documents) include (a) the obligation (including guarantee
obligations) to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit fees, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses,
fees, Attorney Costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan
Document and (b) the obligation of any Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the
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foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan
Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under
any Secured Hedge Agreement or any Treasury Services Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed
pursuant to the Collateral Documents and the Guaranty only to the extent that, and for so long as, the
other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed (other than in connection with a repayment of such other
Obligations during the continuation of an Event of Default). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Obligations of any Guarantor shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.
“OFAC” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.19(a).
“Offered Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Offered Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“OID” means original issue discount.
“Organization Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles
of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any
non-U.S. or non-Canadian jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate
or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership,
joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable
agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect
thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority
in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of
formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Applicable Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(ii).
“Other Debt Representative” means, with respect to any series of Permitted First Priority
Refinancing Debt or Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, the trustee, administrative agent,
collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such
Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in
such capacities.
“Other Revolving Credit Commitments” means one or more Classes of revolving credit
commitments hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Other Revolving Credit Loans” means one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Loans that
result from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and
Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to
any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans (including any
refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a
Revolving Credit Borrowing) and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b)
with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the aggregate outstanding amount thereof on such date
after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes thereto as of
such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters
of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit
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Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for
drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
“Overnight Rate” means (a) with respect to any amount denominated in U.S. Dollars, the
Federal Funds Rate and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate of
interest per annum at which overnight deposits in Canadian Dollars, in an amount approximately equal to
the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by Royal
Bank of Canada in the Canadian interbank market for Canadian Dollars to major banks in such interbank
market.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(f).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(f).
“Participating Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(2).
“PBA” shall mean the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) and all regulations made thereunder, as
amended from time to time, and any corresponding pension benefits standards legislation of other
Canadian jurisdictions.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit G hereto or any other form
reasonably approved by the Collateral Agent, as the same shall be supplemented from time to time.
“Permitted Business Acquisition” means any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of,
or all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, a Person or division or line of
business of a Person (or any subsequent investment made in a Person, division or line of business
previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided that (a) such acquisition was not
preceded by, or effected pursuant to, an unsolicited or hostile offer by a Loan Party, (b) immediately after
giving effect thereto: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result therefrom, (ii) after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis thereto, the Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio is no greater than 6.00:1.00, (iii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance
with applicable Laws and (iv) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any
Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03 and (c) the total consideration paid by the
Loan Parties for (i) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of any Person that does not become a Guarantor
and (ii) in the case of an asset acquisition, assets that are not acquired by a Loan Party, when taken
together with the total consideration for all such acquired Persons and assets acquired after the Closing
Date, shall not exceed, the greater of $15,000,000 and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (determined at
the time of, and after giving effect to, such acquisition) (plus any return of capital actually received by the
respective investors in respect of acquisitions previously made by them pursuant to this clause (c)(ii));
provided that the limitation under this clause (c) shall not apply to any acquisition to the extent (x) such
acquisition is made with the proceeds of Sponsor Subordinated Debt (except to the extent that such
proceeds are repaid, repurchased or redeemed pursuant to Section 7.09(b)(i)(I)) or the proceeds of sales of
or equity contributions in respect of, Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower Not Otherwise Applied
(and for the avoidance of doubt, not constituting a Designated Equity Contribution) or (y) the Person so
acquired (or the Person owning the assets so acquired) becomes a Guarantor even though such Guarantor
owns Equity Interests in Persons that are not otherwise required to become Guarantors so long as, after
giving effect thereto, Section 6.11 would be satisfied within the time periods required thereunder.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means, with respect to each Real Property, those Liens and other
encumbrances permitted by paragraphs (b), (d), (h), (i), (k), (m), (n), (o), (u) or (z) of Section 7.01,
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provided, however, that in the case of those Liens and other encumbrances permitted by clause (o) of
Section 7.01 and as described in this definition, in the event any Loan Party shall constitute the lessor
under any such lease or sublease, no Lien or encumbrance created or permitted to be incurred thereby
shall be permitted hereunder except to the extent such Lien or encumbrance would otherwise constitute a
Permitted Encumbrance.
“Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt” mean any Permitted First Priority Refinancing
Notes and any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Loans.
“Permitted First Priority Refinancing Loans” means any secured loans incurred by the
Borrower in the form of one or more tranches of loans under this Agreement; provided that (i) such
Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of
remedies) with the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets other than the Collateral (and
the Collateral securing the Obligations is perfected at least to the same extent as such other Indebtedness),
(ii) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Persons other than Persons that are Guarantors
and (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal
(other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and a
customary acceleration right after an event of default) on or prior to the date that is the Latest Maturity
Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred or issued.
“Permitted First Priority Refinancing Notes” means any secured Indebtedness (including any
Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior
secured notes; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but
without regard to the control of remedies) with the Obligations and is not secured by any property or
assets other than the Collateral (and the Collateral securing the Obligations is perfected at least to the
same extent as such other Indebtedness), (ii) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any
Persons other than Persons that are Guarantors, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled
amortization or payments of principal (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of
control, asset sale or event of loss and a customary acceleration right after an event of default) on or prior
to the date that is the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred or issued, (iv) the
security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as or more favorable to the
Loan Parties than the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) and (v) an Other Debt Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such
Indebtedness shall have become party to each Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted First Priority
Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
“Permitted Holders” means the Sponsors and the Sponsor Fund Affiliates.
“Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes” means (a) one or more Borrowings
of Revolving Credit Loans (i) to finance the Transactions and Transaction Expenses and (ii) for working
capital needs and other general corporate purposes and (b) one or more Borrowings of Revolving Credit
Loans to fund certain OID or upfront fees agreed to by the Administrative Agent in connection with this
Agreement or in connection with the borrowing of the Second Lien Term Loans on the Closing Date.
“Permitted Other Debt Conditions” means that such applicable debt (i) does not mature or have
scheduled amortization payments of principal or payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory
redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligations (except customary asset sale or change of
control provisions that provide for the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations), in
each case on or prior to the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (ii) is not at
any time guaranteed by any Persons other than Guarantors and (iii) to the extent secured, the security
agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as or more favorable to the Loan
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Parties than the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent).
“Permitted Ratio Debt” means Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary so
long as immediately after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis thereto and to the use of the proceeds
thereof (i) no Event of Default shall be continuing or result therefrom and (ii) (x) if such Indebtedness is
unsecured, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is no greater than 5.50:1.00, (y) if such Indebtedness is
secured on a pari passu basis with the Facilities, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio is no greater
than 3.75:1.00 and (z) if such Indebtedness is secured on a junior basis to the Facilities, the Consolidated
Secured Leverage Ratio is no greater than 5.25:1.00; provided that such Indebtedness shall (A) have a
maturity date that is (and in the case of any unsecured Indebtedness, no scheduled payment, redemption
or sinking fund or similar payments or obligations until) at least ninety-one (91) days after the Latest
Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (B) have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity
equal to or greater than the Term Loans outstanding at the time of incurrence thereof, (C) if such
Indebtedness is secured on a junior basis to the Facilities, be subject to the Junior Lien Intercreditor
Agreement and, if the Indebtedness is secured on a pari passu basis with the Facilities, be subject to the
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and (D) have terms and conditions (other than pricing, rate floors,
discounts, fees, premiums and optional prepayment or redemption provisions) that in the good faith
determination of the Borrower are not materially less favorable (when taken as a whole) to the Borrower
than the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents (when taken as a whole) (provided that a certificate
of the Borrower as to the satisfaction of the conditions described in this clause (D) delivered at least five
(5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed
description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of documentation relating
thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the
foregoing requirements of this clause (D), shall be conclusive unless the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a
description of the basis upon which it disagrees)); provided, further, that (i) any such Indebtedness
incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties does not exceed $10,000,000 in the
aggregate at any time outstanding and (ii) no Unsecured Guarantor shall be permitted to incur Permitted
Ratio Debt (it being understood that Unsecured Guarantors may provide Guarantees of Permitted Ratio
Debt to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 7.03(m)).
“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing,
refunding, renewal, replacement or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or
accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or
extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other
reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such
modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension and by an amount equal to any
existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (b) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in
respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(i), such modification, refinancing, refunding,
renewal, replacement or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date
of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended, (c)
other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to
Sections 7.03(i), at the time thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (d) (i)
to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is
subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal,
replacement or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as
favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being
modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended, (ii) such modification, refinancing,
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refunding, renewal, replacement or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor of, and does not
have greater guarantees or security than, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed,
replaced or extended and (iii) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced
or extended was subject to an Intercreditor Agreement, the holders of such modified, refinanced,
refunded, renewed, replaced or extended Indebtedness (if such Indebtedness is secured) or their
representative on their behalf shall become party to such Intercreditor Agreement.
“Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt” means secured Indebtedness (including any
Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of second lien
(or other junior lien) secured notes or second lien (or other junior lien) secured loans; provided that (i)
such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a second priority (or other junior priority) basis to the
liens securing the Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted First Priority Refinancing
Debt and is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than
the Collateral (and the Collateral securing the Obligations is perfected at least to the same extent as such
other Indebtedness), (ii) such Indebtedness may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the
Liens securing the Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted First Priority Refinancing
Debt, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the definition of “Credit Agreement
Refinancing Indebtedness,” (iii) an Other Debt Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such
Indebtedness shall have become party to the provisions of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as a
“Second Priority Representative” thereunder, and (iv) such Indebtedness meets the Permitted Other Debt
Conditions. Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes
issued in exchange therefor.
“Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” means unsecured Indebtedness (including any
Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior
unsecured notes or loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing
Indebtedness and (ii) meets the Permitted Other Debt Conditions.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture,
association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreements.
“Pledged Equity” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreements.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) and the regulations thereunder, as
from time to time in effect, provided, however, if attachment, perfection or priority of the Administrative
Agent’s or Collateral Agent’s security interests in any Collateral are governed by the personal property
security laws of any Canadian jurisdiction other than Ontario, “PPSA” shall mean those personal property
security laws in such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such
attachment, perfection or priority and for the definitions related to such provisions.
“Prime Rate” means, (a) for the purpose of U.S. Dollar denominated Loans made available to the
Borrower in the United States, at any time, the rate of interest from time to time publicly announced by
the principal office of the Administrative Agent as its prime commercial lending rate for U.S. Dollar loans
in the United States for such day and (b) for the purpose of U.S. Dollar denominated Loans made
available to the Borrower in Canada, at any time, the annual rate of interest from time to time publicly
announced by the principal office of the Administrative Agent in Toronto, Ontario as its prime rate in
effect for determining interest rates on U.S. Dollar denominated commercial loans made in Canada.
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“Prior Liens” means Liens that, pursuant to the provisions of any Collateral Document, are or
may be superior to the Lien of such Collateral Document.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, as to any Person, for any events as described in clauses (a) and (b)
below that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such
events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such
calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day of the
four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the “Reference
Period”):
(a) in making any determination of EBITDA, pro forma effect shall be given
to any Asset Disposition, Asset Acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions that require
a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 7.02 or 7.05), restructurings, cost
savings initiatives and other similar initiatives, in each case that occurred during the Reference
Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Asset
Acquisition,” occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the
date upon which the respective Asset Acquisition is consummated); and
(b) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness
(including Indebtedness incurred or assumed and for which the financial effect is being
calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal
fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes not to finance any
acquisition) incurred or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or, in the case of
determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Asset Acquisition,” occurring during
the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective
Asset Acquisition is consummated) shall be deemed to have been incurred or repaid at the
beginning of such period and (y) Interest Expense of such Person attributable to interest on any
Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (x),
bearing floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would
have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually
in effect during such periods.
Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis” shall be
determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and, for any fiscal period ending on or
prior to the first anniversary of an Asset Acquisition, an Asset Disposition (or any similar transaction or
transactions that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 7.02 or 7.05),
any restructurings, any cost savings initiatives or other similar initiatives, may include adjustments to
reflect operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected
to result from such Asset Acquisition, Asset Disposition, restructuring, cost savings initiative or other
similar transaction within 12 months after the consummation of such transaction, to the extent that the
Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
setting forth such operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies and (ii)
information and calculations supporting in reasonable detail such estimated operating expense reductions
and other operating improvements or synergies; provided that no cost savings, operating expense
reductions or operating improvements and synergies shall be made to the extent duplicative of any
expenses or charges otherwise added to EBITDA (or already reflected in EBITDA), whether through a
pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such period, and such adjustments shall be subject to the
limitations set forth in clause (a)(x) of the definition of “EBITDA”.
“Pro Forma Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a)(i).
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“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender, at any time a fraction (expressed as a
percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the
Commitments and, if applicable and without duplication, Term Loans of such Lender under the applicable
Facility or Facilities at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate
Commitments under the applicable Facility or Facilities and, if applicable and without duplication, Term
Loans under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time; provided that, in the case of the Revolving
Credit Facility, if such Commitments have been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall
be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and
after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Projections” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(c).
“Public Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means in respect of any Dodd-Frank Swap Obligation, each Loan
Party that, at the time the relevant guarantee (or grant of the relevant security interest, as applicable)
becomes or would become effective with respect to such Dodd Frank Swap Obligation, has total assets
exceeding $10,000,000 or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the
Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and which may cause another
person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” with respect to such Dodd-Frank Swap Obligation at
such time by entering into a keepwell pursuant to section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange
Act (or any successor provision thereto).
“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity
Interests.
“Qualified IPO” means the issuance by the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the
Borrower of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public
offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the Securities Act or
pursuant to a prospectus filed under applicable Canadian securities laws (in each case whether alone or in
connection with a secondary public offering).
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Real Property” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold, mineral
or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned or leased by any Person,
whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and
appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general
intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or
operation thereof.
“Reference Period” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis.”
“Refinanced Debt” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Credit Agreement Refinancing
Indebtedness.
“Refinancing” has the meaning given to such term in the Preliminary Statements to this
Agreement.
“Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement executed by each of (a) the
Borrower, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) each Additional Refinancing Lender and (d) each Lender that
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agrees to provide any portion of Refinancing Term Loans, Other Revolving Credit Commitments or Other
Revolving Credit Loans incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.15.
“Refinancing Series” means all Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term Commitments,
Other Revolving Credit Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Loans that are established pursuant to
the same Refinancing Amendment (or any subsequent Refinancing Amendment to the extent such
Refinancing Amendment expressly provides that the Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term
Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments or Other Revolving Credit Loans provided for
therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Refinancing Series) and that provide for the
same All-In Yield and, in the case of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Term Commitments,
amortization schedule.
“Refinancing Term Commitments” means one or more Classes of Term Commitments
hereunder that are established to fund Refinancing Term Loans of the applicable Refinancing Series
hereunder pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment.
“Refinancing Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans hereunder that result
from a Refinancing Amendment.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(d).
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in an offering
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or other private placement transaction under the
Securities Act, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar
exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing or dispersing.
“Remaining Present Value” means, as of any date with respect to any lease, the present value as
of such date of the scheduled future lease payments with respect to such lease, determined with a discount
rate equal to a market rate of interest for such lease reasonably determined at the time such lease was
entered into.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the
regulations issued thereunder, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been
waived.
“Repricing Transaction” means (a) any amendment, amendment and restatement or other
modification of the Loan Documents that has the effect of reducing the All-In Yield then in effect for
Initial Term Loans, (b) any transaction in which all or any portion of the Initial Term Loans are
voluntarily prepaid or mandatorily prepaid with the net cash proceeds of issuances, offerings or placement
of Indebtedness, or refinanced substantially concurrently with the incurrence of, or conversion of the
Initial Term Loans into, new Indebtedness that has an All-In Yield lower than the All-In Yield in effect
for the Initial Term Loans so prepaid or (c) any transaction in which a Lender must assign its Initial Term
Loans as a result of its failure to consent to an amendment, amendment and restatement or other
modification of the Initial Term Loans that would have the effect of reducing the All-In Yield then in
effect for the Initial Term Loans, in each case other than in connection with a Change of Control.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, continuation or
conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an
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L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing
Line Loan Notice.
“Required Class Lenders” means, with respect to any Class on any date of determination,
Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (i) the outstanding Loans under such Class and (ii) the
aggregate unused Commitments under such Facility; provided that the unused Commitments of, and the
portion of the Total Outstandings under such Class held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall
be excluded for purposes of making a determination of the Required Facility Lenders; provided, further,
that, to the same extent set forth in Section 10.07(n) with respect to determination of Required Lenders,
the Loans of any Affiliated Lender shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination
of Required Class Lenders.
“Required Facility Lenders” mean, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Facility,
Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the Total Outstandings under such Facility (with the
aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and
Swing Line Loans, as applicable, under such Facility being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes
of this definition) and (b) the aggregate unused Commitments under such Facility; provided that the
unused Commitments of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings under such Facility held or deemed
held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of the Required
Facility Lenders; provided, further, that, to the same extent set forth in Section 10.07(n) with respect to
determination of Required Lenders, the Loans of any Affiliated Lender shall in each case be excluded for
purposes of making a determination of Required Facility Lenders.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of
the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and
funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for
purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Term Commitments and (c) aggregate unused
Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused Term Commitment and unused Revolving
Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting
Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided, further,
that, to the same extent set forth in Section 10.07(n) with respect to determination of Required Lenders,
the Loans of any Affiliated Lender shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination
of Required Lenders.
“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving
Credit Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit
Loans, Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk
participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by
such Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments;
provided that unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Outstanding Amount of all
Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations held or deemed held by, any
Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving
Credit Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief
financial officer, treasurer, general counsel or other similar officer of a Loan Party and, as to any
document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of such Loan Party. Any
document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be
conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action
on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted
on behalf of such Loan Party.
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“Restricted Cash” means cash and Cash Equivalents held by Restricted Subsidiaries that are
contractually restricted from being distributed to the Borrower, or that are subject to any Lien, other than
nonconsensual Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and Liens permitted by Section 7.01(b), clauses (i) and
(ii) of Section 7.01(p), Section 7.01(q), Section 7.01(aa) (only to the extent the Obligations are secured by
such cash and Cash Equivalents), Section 7.01(bb) (only to the extent the Obligations are secured by such
cash and Cash Equivalents) and Section 7.01(cc) (only to the extent the Obligations are secured by such
cash and Cash Equivalents).
“Restricted Indebtedness” means (a) the Second Lien Term Loans and the Second Lien
Incremental Term Loans, (b) Permitted Ratio Debt of the type described in clauses (ii)(x) and (z) of the
definition thereof, (c) Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, (d) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing
Debt, (e) Sponsor Subordinated Debt, (f) any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is subordinated in writing to the Obligations and (g) any Indebtedness of the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens in the
Collateral securing the Obligations; and in each case any Indebtedness arising from a Permitted
Refinancing of any of the foregoing.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or
other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any
payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on
account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of
any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s or a Restricted
Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof).
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Restructuring and Integration Costs” means, without duplication, (a) business optimization
expenses and other restructuring and integration charges (which for the avoidance of doubt shall include,
without limitation, the effect of facility closures, retention and transition costs, severance costs, system
establishment costs and costs in respect of excess pensions of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
and related consulting and advisory fees and expenses), (b) non-recurring upfront costs of projects that are
factually supportable and that management reasonably expects to add value to the business of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (c) the costs of any temporary increase (and less the cost
savings from any temporary decrease) in wage and hour levels as compared to standard levels pursuant to
a formal program of the Borrower (determined on a pro forma basis as if the amount of such cost increase
or cost reduction had had effect from the first day of the applicable Test Period).
“Revolver Extension Request” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(b).
“Revolver Extension Series” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(b).
“Revolving Commitment Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit
Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances and BA
Equivalent Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to
(a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b), (b) purchase participations
in L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in
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an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite
such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01A under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as
such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section
2.14). The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be Cdn.
$125,000,000 on the Closing Date, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, the sum of the
amount of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans
and its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the amount of the
L/C Obligations and the Swing Line Obligations at such time.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit
Commitments at such time.
“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit
Commitment at such time or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated, Revolving Credit
Exposure.
“Revolving Credit Loans” means any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(b),
Revolving Commitment Increases, Other Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit
Commitments, as the context may require.
“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving
Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto, evidencing the
aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving
Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender to the Borrower.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means immediately available funds.
“Schedule I Lender” means a Lender that is a Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule I of
the Bank Act (Canada).
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Lien Incremental Term Loans” means the “Incremental Loans” (or equivalent)
borrowed by the Borrower under, and as such term (or equivalent term) is defined in, the Second Lien
Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Term Loan Facility” means the senior secured second lien term loan facility
under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement” means the Second Lien Credit
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, as the same may be amended, modified, refinanced and/or
restated from time to time in accordance with Section 7.09(b)(ii), among the Borrower, the other
guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Royal Bank of
Canada, as administrative agent and collateral agent.
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“Second Lien Term Loan Facility Documentation” means the “Loan Documents”, as such
term is defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Term Loans” means the term loans borrowed by the Borrower under the Second
Lien Term Loan Facility.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Agreement permitted under Article VII that is
entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Lenders, the L/C Issuers, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, the Supplemental Agents and
each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent from time to time
pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Agreements” means the Canadian Security Agreement, the Canadian Pledge
Agreement and/or the U.S. Security Agreement, as the context may require.
“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Senior Debt Obligations” means Senior Obligations (as defined in the Junior Lien Intercreditor
Agreement).
“Solicited Discount Proration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(3).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of the Borrower of Solicited
Discounted Prepayment Offers made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(D) substantially in the form of
Exhibit L-6.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer” means the irrevocable written offer by each Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit L-7, submitted following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice.
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)(1).
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person, on any date of determination, that
on such date (a) the fair value of the assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis,
exceeds, on a consolidated basis, their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b) the
present fair saleable value of the property of such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is
greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability, on a consolidated basis, of their
debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities
become absolute and matured, (c) such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to
pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such liabilities become absolute
and matured, (d) such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not engaged in, and are not
about to engage in, business for which they have unreasonably small capital and (e) solely with respect to
any Person that is organized under the Laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, (i) the
aggregate property of such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is, at a fair valuation,
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sufficient, or, if disposed of at a fairly conducted sale under legal process, would be sufficient, to enable
payment of all its obligations, due and accruing due, (ii) such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, have not ceased paying their current obligations in the ordinary course of business as
they generally become due, and (iii) such Person and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not for
any reason unable to meet its obligations as they generally become due. The amount of any contingent
liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that would reasonably be expected to become an
actual and matured liability.
“SPC” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(i).
“Specified Default” means a Default under Section 8.01(a), (f) or (g).
“Specified Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Prepayment Notice” means a written notice of the Borrower Offer of
Specified Discount Prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v)(B) substantially in the form of
Exhibit L-8.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response” means the irrevocable written response by each
Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit L-9, to a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice.
“Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(1).
“Specified Discount Proration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)(3).
“Specified Equity Contribution” means any cash contribution to the common equity of the
Borrower and/or any purchase or investment in an Equity Interest of the Borrower other than Disqualified
Equity Interests.
“Specified Foreign Subsidiaries” means (i) Livingston Luxco S.a r.l., (ii) the direct or indirect
Subsidiaries of Livingston Luxco S.a r.l. as of the Closing Date and (iii) the direct or indirect Subsidiaries
of Livingston Luxco S.a r.l. acquired or formed after the Closing Date (other than Subsidiaries of the
Borrower that are not direct or indirect Subsidiaries of Livingston Luxco S.a r.l. (unless otherwise
constituting an Excluded Subsidiary)).
“Specified Term B-1 Escrow Condition” means, with respect to any request by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent to disburse funds to the Borrower from the Specified Term B-1 Proceeds
Account: (a) at the time of the applicable withdrawal and after giving effect to the use of the proceeds
therefrom, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is equal to or less than the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the twelve-month period reflected in the Pro
Forma Financial Statements (on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to the Transactions), (b) at the time of
the applicable withdrawal and after giving effect to the use of the proceeds therefrom, the Consolidated
First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is equal to or less than the Consolidated First Lien
Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the twelve-month period reflected in the Pro Forma Financial
Statements (on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to the Transactions) and (c) the Borrower shall have
delivered to the Administrative Agent a duly executed certificate from a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower certifying (i) that the proceeds from such disbursement shall be reasonably promptly applied to
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a use in compliance with Section 6.17 hereof and (ii) compliance with the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) (a
“Specified Term B-1 Withdrawal Notice”).
“Specified Term B-1 Proceeds” means the amount of any Initial Term B-1 Loans funded on the
Closing Date in excess of U.S. $235,000,000.
“Specified Term B-1 Proceeds Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c).
“Specified Term B-1 Termination Date” means the date that is 180 days following the Closing
Date.
“Specified Term B-1 Withdrawal Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c).
“Specified Term B-1 Withdrawal Notice” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
“Specified Term B-1 Escrow Condition”.
“Specified Transaction” means any Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of
Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, Incremental Term Loan or Revolving
Commitment Increase in respect of which the terms of this Agreement require any test to be calculated on
a “Pro Forma Basis”; provided that a Revolving Commitment Increase, for purposes of this “Specified
Transaction” definition, shall be deemed to be fully drawn.
“Sponsors” means (i) SCP III A/V ONE, L.P., a fund managed by Sterling Capital, and (ii)
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
“Sponsor Fund Affiliate” means any Affiliate of a Sponsor that is neither a portfolio company
nor a company controlled by a portfolio company.
“Sponsor Holdcos” means CPPIB Sub and Canco.
“Sponsor Subordinated Debt” means unsecured Indebtedness (including any interest thereof) of
the Borrower owing to any Sponsor, any Sponsor Fund Affiliate and/or any Sponsor Holdco that: (i) is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations of the Loan Parties pursuant to
subordination terms that are customary for deeply subordinated affiliate Indebtedness (including
unlimited payment and remedies standstill periods after the occurrence of any Default or Event of
Default) and, in any case, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (ii) the terms of which
provide either for accrual or for payment of interest, fees and any other similar amounts, in kind or in cash
solely with Restricted Payments to the extent permitted under Section 7.06; (iii) matures after, and does
not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal, fees or any other
amounts prior to, the date that is six months after the Latest Maturity Date; (iv) by its terms, or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable or otherwise, would not be required for
any reason to be redeemed, repurchased or repaid on or prior to the date that is six months after the Latest
Maturity Date; provided that such Indebtedness may be payable upon demand so long as such payment is
expressly made subject to Section 7.09(b) and any successor or replacement provision thereto; (v) the
terms of which do not provide for any (x) negative or financial maintenance covenants (or any other terms
that have the effect of a negative or financial covenant) or (y) any cross-default to the Indebtedness under
this Agreement; and (vi) has other terms and conditions (including all economic terms) reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Submitted Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
“Submitted Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)(1).
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“Subordinated Intercompany Debt” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
7.03(e).
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which (i) a majority of the shares, securities or other interests having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than shares, securities
or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time
beneficially owned, (ii) more than half of the issued share capital is at the time beneficially owned or (iii)
the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Supplemental Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.13(a) and “Supplemental Agents”
shall have the corresponding meaning.
“Swap Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity
contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or
forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward
foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap
transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar
transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the
foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and
(b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master
agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”),
including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Agreements, after taking
into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements,
(a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s)
determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date
referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap
Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations
provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Agreements (which may include a Lender or any
Affiliate of a Lender).
“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Facility” means the swing line loan facility made available by the Swing Line
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Lender” means Royal Bank of Canada, in its capacity as provider of Swing Line
Loans or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section
2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1.
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“Swing Line Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the Swing Line Lender
or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-3 hereto, evidencing the aggregate
Indebtedness of the Borrower to the Swing Line Lender resulting from the Swing Line Loans.
“Swing Line Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate principal
amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) Cdn. $15,000,000 and (b) the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in
addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Syndication Agent” means Bank of Montreal, in its capacity as syndication agent under this
Agreement.
“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
“Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type
and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, having the
same Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Term Commitment” means, as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make a Term Loan to the
Borrower hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum principal amount of the Term
Loan to be made by such Term Lender under this Agreement, as such commitment may be (a) reduced
from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to (i)
assignments by or to such Term Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, (ii) an Incremental
Amendment, (iii) a Refinancing Amendment or (iv) an Extension.
“Term B-1 Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has an Initial Term B-1 Commitment or
an Initial Term B-1 Loan at such time.
“Term B-2 Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has an Initial Term B-2 Commitment or
a Term B-2 Loan at such time.
“Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Commitment or a Term Loan at
such time.
“Term Loans” means any Initial Term Loan, Incremental Term Loan, Refinancing Term Loan or
Extended Term Loan, as the context may require.
“Term Loan Extension Request” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
“Term Loan Extension Series” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
“Term Loan Increase” has the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).
“Term Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Term Lender or its
registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness
of the Borrower to such Term Lender resulting from the Term Loans made by such Term Lender.
“Test Period” means, for any date of determination under this Agreement, the latest four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered to the
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Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date and/or for which financial statements are required to
be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, as applicable.
“Threshold Amount” means $10,000,000.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C
Obligations.
“Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Sponsors, the
Borrower or any of its (or their) Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions (including expenses in
connection with hedging transactions related to the Facilities and any original issue discount or upfront
fees), this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Second Lien Term Loan Facility
Documentation and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the borrowing and the funding of the Second Lien Term
Loans and the execution and delivery of Second Lien Term Loan Facility Documentation entered into on
the Closing Date, (b) the funding of the Initial Term Loans and any Initial Revolving Borrowing on the
Closing Date and the execution and delivery of Loan Documents entered into on the Closing Date, (c) the
Refinancing and (d) the payment of Transaction Expenses.
“Treasury Services Agreement” means any agreement between the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank relating to treasury, depository, credit card, debit card, stored
value cards, purchasing or procurement cards and cash management services or automated clearinghouse
transfer of funds or any similar services.
“Transferred Guarantor” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.10.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, Base Rate
Loan, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a Bankers’ Acceptance or a BA Equivalent Loan.
“Unaudited Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012 and related
consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the year to date period ended March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012.
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same
may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar
code or statute) of another U.S. jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items
of Collateral.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of
directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.12 subsequent to the
Closing Date.
“Unsecured Guarantors” means, collectively, the Specified Foreign Subsidiaries with respect to
which the Borrower elects to not provide valid and perfected security interests in all applicable
jurisdictions in all or substantially all assets thereof pursuant to the definition of “Collateral and
Guarantee Requirement”; provided that the total assets or annual EBITDA of all Immaterial Subsidiaries
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and Unsecured Guarantors, taken together, shall not exceed 15.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and
EBITDA, respectively, of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case calculated for the
most recently-ended Test Period).
“U.S. Dollars” and “U.S. $” mean lawful money of the United States.
“U.S. Dollar Equivalent” means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any amount in
U.S. Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount in any other currency, the equivalent in
U.S. Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.09 using the
Exchange Rate with respect to such currency at the time in effect under the provisions of such Section.
“U.S. Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is
sponsored or maintained by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or to which any Loan Party or any
ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or
other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the
immediately preceding five (5) plan years.
“U.S. Security Agreement” means the First Lien U.S. Security Agreement, substantially in the
form of Exhibit F-3, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the
Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
“USA Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 10756, as amended or
modified from time to time.
“Vastera Acquisition” means the acquisition set forth in the Vastera Stock Purchase Agreement
and the Vastera Asset Transfer Agreement by the Borrower, directly or through wholly-owned
Subsidiaries of the Borrower from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and certain of its Affiliates.
“Vastera Asset Transfer Agreement” means the asset transfer agreement in respect of the
Vastera Acquisition dated as of December 19, 2011 among, inter alia, the Borrower and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. and certain of its Affiliates, as may be amended from time to time.
“Vastera Stock Purchase Agreement” means the stock purchase agreement in respect of the
Vastera Acquisition dated December 19, 2011 among, inter alia, the Borrower and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. and certain of its Affiliates, as may be amended from time to time.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the
number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount
of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal,
including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (ii) the then
outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“wholly owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all
of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares
issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by
one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Wind Up Deficiency” means, with respect to any Canadian DB Plan, the amount representing
the wind up deficiency as reflected in the most recently filed actuarial valuation until such time as the
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actual wind up deficiency for such Canadian DB Plan is finalized in the wind up report filed with the
regulator and, thereafter, such finalized amount.
“Working Capital” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus
Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash
Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in
Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of
assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase
accounting.
SECTION 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each
other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and
plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole
and not to any particular provision thereof.
(c) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan
Document in which such reference appears.
(d) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(e) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents,
agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however
evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(f) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each
mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(g) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document.
(h) All other terms contained in this Agreement shall have when the context
so indicates the meanings provided for by the UCC or the PPSA to the extent the same are used
or defined therein. For purposes of any Collateral located in the Province of Quebec or charged
by any deed of hypothec or any other Collateral Document and for all other purposes pursuant to
which the interpretation or construction of Collateral Document may be subject to the laws of the
Province of Quebec or court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in the Province of Quebec, (i)
“personal property” shall be deemed to include “movable property”, (ii) “real property” shall be
deemed to include “immovable property” and an “easement” shall be deemed to include
“servitude”, (iii) “tangible property” shall be deemed to include “corporeal property”, (iv)
“intangible property” shall be deemed to include “incorporeal property”, (v) “security interest”
and “mortgage” shall be deemed to include a “hypothec”, (vi) all references to filing, registering
or recording financing statements or other required documents under the UCC or the PPSA shall
be deemed to include publication under the Civil Code of Quebec and all references to releasing
any Lien shall be deemed to include a release, discharge and mainlevee of a hypothec, (vii) all
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references to perfection of or perfected Liens shall be deemed to include reference to the
opposability of such Liens to third parties, (viii) any right of “offset”, “right of setoff” or similar
expression shall be deemed to include a “right of compensation”, (ix) “goods” shall be deemed to
include “corporeal movable property”, other than chattel paper, documents of title, instruments,
money and securities and (x) an “agent” shall be deemed to include a “mandatary”.
SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms.
(a) If, after the date of this Agreement, there shall occur any change in
GAAP from those used in the preparation of the Audited Financial Statements and such change
shall result in a change in the method of calculation of any financial covenant, standard or term
found in this Agreement, either the Borrower or the Required Lenders may by notice to the
Lenders and the Borrower, respectively, require that the Lenders and the Borrower negotiate in
good faith to amend such covenants, standards, and terms so as equitably to reflect such change in
accounting principles, with the desired result being that the criteria for evaluating the financial
condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be the same as if such change had not been
made. No delay by the Borrower or the Required Lenders in requiring such negotiation shall
limit their right to so require such a negotiation at any time after such a change in accounting
principles. Until any such covenant, standard, or term is amended in accordance with this
Section, financial covenants shall be computed and determined in accordance with GAAP in
effect prior to such change in accounting principles. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Borrower shall neither be deemed to be in compliance with any financial covenant
hereunder nor out of compliance with any financial covenant hereunder if such state of
compliance or noncompliance, as the case may be, would not exist but for the occurrence of a
change in accounting principles after the date hereof. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Borrower shall neither be deemed to be in compliance with any financial covenant
hereunder nor out of compliance with any financial covenant hereunder if such state of
compliance or noncompliance, as the case may be, would not exist but for the occurrence of a
change in accounting principles after the date hereof. Whenever in this Agreement it is necessary
to determine whether a lease is a capital lease or an operating lease, such determination shall be
made on the basis of GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date. GAAP shall be construed, and all
computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any
election under FASB ASC Topic 825 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a
similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries at “fair value,” as defined therein, and Indebtedness shall be measured at the
aggregate principal amount thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of
determining compliance with any test or covenant contained in this Agreement (other than
compliance with Section 7.10) with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction
occurs, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio and
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period and such
Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
SECTION 1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be
permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other
component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is
expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding up if there is
no nearest number).
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SECTION 1.05 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents)
and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements,
extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments,
restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by the Loan Documents; and
(b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
SECTION 1.06 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times
of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.07 Timing of Payment or Performance. When the payment of any obligation
or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a
day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of
Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 1.08 Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Transactions. If more than one
action occurs on any given date the permissibility of the taking of which is determined hereunder by
reference to the amount of the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount immediately prior to the
taking of such action, the permissibility of the taking of each such action shall be determined
independently and in no event may any two or more such actions be treated as occurring simultaneously.
SECTION 1.09 Currencies Generally. (a) With respect to currency equivalency
determinations made in connection with Letters of Credit (including the calculation of any participation
amounts in respect thereof), the Administrative Agent shall determine the Canadian Dollar Equivalent of
any Letter of Credit or other amounts in respect thereof as of each date (with such date to be reasonably
determined by the Administrative Agent) that is on or about the date of each request for the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, or such other applicable date on which such
determination is required, using the Exchange Rate for the applicable currency in relation to Canadian
Dollars in effect on the date of determination, and each such amount shall be the Canadian Dollar
Equivalent of such Letter of Credit or other amount until the next required calculation thereof pursuant to
this Section 1.09(a)).
(b) With respect to currency equivalency determinations made in connection
with Loans and Commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility or Swing Line Facility
(including the calculation of any participation amounts or “Pro Rata Share” in each case in
respect thereof), the Administrative of Agent shall determine the Canadian Dollar Equivalent of
any Borrowing denominated in U.S. Dollars as of each date (with such date to be reasonably
determined by the Administrative Agent) that is on or about the date of a Request for Credit
Extension, or such other applicable date on which such determination is required, with respect to
such Borrowing, in each case using the Exchange Rate for U.S. Dollars in relation to Canadian
Dollars in effect on the date of determination, and each such amount shall be the Canadian Dollar
Equivalent of such Borrowing or other amount until the next required calculation thereof pursuant
to this Section 1.09(b).
(c) With respect to currency equivalency determinations made in connection
with the Term Loans (including the calculation of any participation amounts or “Pro Rata Share”
in each case in respect thereof), the Administrative of Agent shall determine the U.S. Dollar
Equivalent of any Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars as of each date (with such date to
be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) that is on or about the date of a Request
for Credit Extension, or such other applicable date on which such determination is required, with
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respect to such Borrowing, in each case using the Exchange Rate for Canadian Dollars in relation
to U.S. Dollars in effect on the date of determination, and each such amount shall be the U.S.
Dollar Equivalent of such Borrowing or other amount until the next required calculation thereof
pursuant to this Section 1.09(c).
ARTICLE II.
The Commitments and Credit Extensions
SECTION 2.01 The Loans.
(a) The Term Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, (i) each Term B-1 Lender severally agrees to make to the Borrower on the Closing Date
term loans denominated in U.S. Dollars in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such
Term B-1 Lender’s Initial Term B-1 Commitment and (ii) each Term B-2 Lender severally
agrees to make to the Borrower on the Closing Date term loans denominated in Canadian Dollars
in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Term B-2 Lender’s Initial Term B-2
Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed. Initial Term B-1 Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as
further provided herein. Initial Term B-2 Loans may be Canadian Prime Rate Loans or BA
Equivalent Loans, or available in the form of Bankers’ Acceptances, as further provided herein.
(b) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans
denominated in U.S. Dollars or Canadian Dollars to the Borrower from its applicable Lending
Office (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) from time to time as elected by the
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02, on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date
until the Maturity Date with respect to such Revolving Credit Lender’s applicable Revolving
Credit Commitment, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the
amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that after giving
effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving
Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided
for under this Agreement of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s
Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding
Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment.
Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments, and subject to the other terms
and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay under Section
2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b). Revolving Credit Loans may be Canadian Prime
Rate Loans, Base Rate Loans, Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Equivalent Loans, or available in
the form of Bankers’ Acceptances, as further provided herein.
(c) Specified Term B-1 Proceeds. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, all Specified Term B-1 Proceeds shall be deposited in an interest-
bearing segregated deposit account with the Administrative Agent (the “Specified Term B-1
Proceeds Account”) and held by the Administrative Agent as cash Collateral for the benefit of
the Secured Parties. The Term B-1 Proceeds Account shall be a blocked account in the name of
the Administrative Agent and under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent,
subject to the terms of this Agreement. Amounts in the Specified Term B-1 Proceeds Account
shall be disbursed by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, from time to time on or after the
Closing Date and on or prior to the Specified Term B-1 Termination Date, as directed by the
Borrower (the date of each such withdrawal, a “Specified Term B-1 Withdrawal Date”), subject
solely to satisfaction of the Specified Term B-1 Escrow Condition on each such Specified Term
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B-1 Withdrawal Date. The Administrative Agent shall disburse funds from the Specified Term
B-1 Proceeds Account in accordance with a Specified Term B-1 Withdrawal Notice on the same
Business Day as such notice is received by the Administrative Agent; provided that the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to disburse such funds on such day if such notice is
received by the Administrative Agent after 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day (in
which case, such funds shall be disbursed on the next following Business Day, unless otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent). The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to
invest or reinvest any funds deposited in the Specified Term B-1 Proceeds Account and interest
accruing on any such funds shall be deposited into the Specified Term B-1 Proceeds Account and
held as additional cash Collateral.
SECTION 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) Each Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each
conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each
continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans shall
be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be
given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later
than 12:00 noon New York City time (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of
any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA
Equivalent Loans or any conversion of Canadian Prime Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans to
Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, and (ii) one (1)
Business Day before the requested date of any Borrowing of Canadian Prime Rate Loans or Base
Rate Loans; provided that the notice referred to in subclause (i) above may be delivered no later
than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date in the case of initial Credit Extensions made
on the Closing Date. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)
must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed
Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
Except as provided in Section 2.14(a), each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of Cdn. $1,000,000, or a whole
multiple of Cdn. $500,000 in excess thereof (or U.S. $1,000,000, or a whole multiple of U.S.
$500,000 in excess thereof, as applicable). Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Loans shall be in a principal amount of Cdn.
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of Cdn. $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in
Section 2.03(c), 2.04(c) or 2.14(a), each Borrowing of or conversion to Canadian Prime Rate
Loans or Base Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of Cdn. $500,000 or a whole
multiple of Cdn. $100,000 in excess thereof (or U.S. $500,000, or a whole multiple of U.S.
$100,000 in excess thereof, as applicable). Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or
written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Term Borrowing, a Revolving
Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the
other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent
Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be
(which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or
continued, (iv) the currency of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (v) the Type of
Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be
converted, and (vi) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the
Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely
notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term Loans or Revolving
Credit Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans,
as applicable. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans
shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the
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applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans. If the
Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans,
Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to
specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share or other applicable
share provided for under this Agreement of the applicable Class of Loans, and if no timely notice
of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall
notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or Canadian
Prime Rate Loans or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each Borrowing,
each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent
in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business
Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice; provided that in relation to Bankers’
Acceptances and BA Equivalent Loans, the Administrative Agent shall credit to the Borrower’s
account on the applicable date of a Borrowing the BA Proceeds less the applicable BA Fee with
respect to each Bankers’ Acceptance purchased and each BA Equivalent Loan advanced by a
Lender, as more particularly described in Section 2.18. The Administrative Agent shall make all
funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent
by wire transfer of such funds in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably
acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan,
Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day
of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent
Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection
therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders may require that no Loans may be converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans
Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, as applicable.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the
Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans,
Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The
determination of the Eurocurrency Rate and the BA Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime
Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders
of any change in the prime rate used in determining the Base Rate or the Canadian Prime Rate
promptly following the announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Term Borrowings, all Revolving Credit
Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the
other, and all continuations of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there
shall not be more than fifteen (15) Interest Periods in effect at any one time.
(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of
any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its
Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during the period from
the date hereof to the date that is 30 days following the Closing Date (or until such earlier date as
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primary syndication of the Initial Term Loans shall have been completed as specified by the
Administrative Agent in a written notice to the Borrower), (a) Initial Term Loans shall only be
made as, or converted into or continued as, Base Rate Loans and Canadian Prime Rate Loans, (b)
“Base Rate” shall mean the rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for a one month
period as in effect on the Closing Date, plus 1.00% and (c) “Canadian Prime Rate” shall mean the
rate per annum equal to the BA Rate for a one month as in effect on the Closing Date, plus
1.00%.
SECTION 2.03 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other
Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business
Day during the period from the Closing Date until 30 days prior to the Maturity Date for
Revolving Credit Commitments to issue Letters of Credit at sight denominated in U.S. Dollars
and Canadian Dollars (or in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and the applicable
L/C Issuer, any other currency acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer) for
the account of the Borrower (provided that any Letter of Credit may be for the benefit of any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued
by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit and
(B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued
pursuant to this Section 2.03; provided that no L/C Issuer shall be obligated to make any L/C
Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to
participate in any Letter of Credit if as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the
Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender would exceed such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment, (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would
exceed the aggregate Letter of Credit Sublimit for all L/C Issuers or (z) the Outstanding Amount
of the L/C Obligations owing to an L/C Issuer exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit for such L/C
Issuer. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the
Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit
that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(ii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of
Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C
Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C
Issuer or any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any
Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or
direct that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally
or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with
respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for
which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on
the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss,
cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date (for which such
L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder);
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(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such
requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of
issuance or last renewal, unless (1) each Appropriate Lender has approved of
such expiration date or (2) the L/C Issuer thereof has approved of such expiration
date and the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations in respect of such requested
Letter of Credit has been cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to
arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer;
(C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would
occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Credit
Lenders have approved such expiry date;
(D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate any
Laws binding upon such L/C Issuer;
(E) such Letter of Credit is in an initial amount less than
Cdn. $10,000 or U.S. $10,000, as applicable; or
(F) any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting
Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the
delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion)
with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s actual or
potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with
respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then
proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to
which such L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect
in its sole discretion.
(iii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter
of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such
Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of
such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(iv) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to
any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each L/C
Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative
Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C
Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and
any Letter of Credit Application (and any other document, agreement or instrument
entered into by such L/C Issuer and the Borrower or in favor of such L/C Issuer)
pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used
in Article IX included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as
additionally provided herein with respect to each L/C Issuer.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-
Extension Letters of Credit. (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may
be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be
received by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon New
York City time at least three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of
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amendment, as the case may be; or, in each case, such later date and time as the relevant L/C
Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion. In the case of a request for an
initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and
detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer: (a) the proposed issuance date of the
requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (b) the amount thereof and currency;
(c) the expiry date thereof; (d) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (e) the documents
to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (f) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (g) such
other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an
amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in
form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be
amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the
nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may
reasonably request.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the
relevant L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in
writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit
Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the
Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Upon receipt by the relevant L/C Issuer of
confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is
permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the
account of the Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be.
Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender
shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from
the relevant L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to
the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under
this Agreement multiplied by the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit
Application, the relevant L/C Issuer shall agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has
automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided
that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the relevant L/C Issuer to
prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve month period (commencing with
the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary
thereof not later than fifteen (15) days (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) prior to the
end of such twelve month period. Unless otherwise directed by the relevant L/C Issuer,
the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the relevant L/C Issuer
for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the
applicable Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the relevant
L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date
not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided that the relevant L/C Issuer
shall not permit any such extension if (A) the relevant L/C Issuer has determined that it
would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its extended form
under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a)(ii) or otherwise), or
(B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day
that is five (5) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the
Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower that one or more of
the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.
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(iv) Promptly after issuance of any Letter of Credit or any
amendment to a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or
amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations. (i) Upon
receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter
of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify promptly the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent thereof. Not later than 12:00 noon New York City time on the next Business Day
immediately following any payment by an L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an
“Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent
in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. If the
Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed
drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata
Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement thereof. In such event, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans
or Canadian Prime Rate Loans, as applicable, to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount
equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in
Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans but
subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the
Appropriate Lenders and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a
Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in
writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the
conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Appropriate Lender (including any Lender acting as an L/C
Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the
Administrative Agent in the applicable currency for the account of the relevant L/C
Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office for payments in an amount equal to its Pro
Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the
Unreimbursed Amount not later than 2:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day
specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the
provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Appropriate Lender that so makes funds available
shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan, as
applicable, to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
remit the funds so received to the relevant L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully
refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate
Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other
reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the relevant L/C Issuer an
L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced,
which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and
shall bear interest (which begins to accrue upon funding by the L/C Issuer) at the Default
Rate. In such event, each Appropriate Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the relevant L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed
payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C
Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this
Section 2.03.
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(iv) Until each Appropriate Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan
or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for
any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro
Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of such amount
shall be solely for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving
Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse an L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under
Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against
the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B)
the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or
condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Revolving
Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section
2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the
Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall
relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C
Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of
Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer any amount required to
be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the
time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from
such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with
interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on
which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum
equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the
relevant L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the
Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi)
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations. (i) If, at any time after an L/C Issuer has
made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender
such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), the
Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the
related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or
otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent),
the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share or other applicable
share provided for under this Agreement hereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest
payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was
outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the
account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under
any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement
entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Appropriate Lender shall pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share or other
applicable share provided for under this Agreement thereof on demand of the
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such
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amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight
Rate from time to time in effect.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the
relevant L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each
L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit,
this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other
right that any Loan Party may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee
of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such
transferee may be acting), the relevant L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in
connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter
of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under
such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or
delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a
drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of
Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the
terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the relevant L/C Issuer under
such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-
possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other
representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of
Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law;
(v) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any
other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations of any Loan Party in respect of such
Letter of Credit; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party;
provided that the foregoing shall not excuse any L/C Issuer from liability to the
Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in
respect of which are waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered
by the Borrower that are caused by such L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as
determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction when
determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with
the terms thereof.
(f) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying
any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to
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obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by
the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document
or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C
Issuers, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or
assignees of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in
connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Lenders holding a
majority of the Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in
the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable
judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit
Application. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary
or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not
intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may
have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C
Issuers, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or
assignees of any L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in
clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may
be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to
consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were
caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful
or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the
beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a
Letter of Credit, in each case as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of
competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may
accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further
investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no L/C Issuer shall be
responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or
purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds
thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral. If (i) as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any
Letter of Credit may for any reason remain outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, (ii) any
Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C
Issuers or the Lenders holding a majority of the Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable,
require the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 8.02 or (iii) an
Event of Default set forth under Section 8.01(f) or (g) occurs and is continuing, the Borrower
shall Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations (in an amount equal
to such Outstanding Amount determined as of the date of such Event of Default or the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date, as the case may be), and shall do so not later than 2:00 p.m., New York
City time on (x) in the case of the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii), (1) the Business Day
that the Borrower receives notice thereof, if such notice is received on such day prior to 12:00
noon, New York City time or (2) if clause (1) above does not apply, the Business Day
immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice and (y) in the case of the
immediately preceding clause (iii), the Business Day on which an Event of Default set forth under
Section 8.01(f) or (g) occurs or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately
succeeding such day. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon
the request of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all
Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by
the Defaulting Lender). For purposes hereof, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit
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with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the relevant L/C Issuer and the
Appropriate Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances
(“Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the relevant L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to
by the Appropriate Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The
Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to
secure the payment and performance of the Obligations, a security interest in all such cash,
deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall
be maintained in a Cash Collateral Account and may be invested in readily available Cash
Equivalents. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash
Collateral are expressly subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative
Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) or that the total amount of such funds is less than the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand
by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited
and held in the Cash Collateral Account, an amount equal to the excess of (a) such aggregate
Outstanding Amount over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that
the Administrative Agent reasonably determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim.
Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such
funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Law, to reimburse the relevant
L/C Issuer. To the extent the amount of any Cash Collateral exceeds the then Outstanding
Amount of such L/C Obligations and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the excess shall be refunded to the Borrower. To the extent any Event of Default
giving rise to the requirement to Cash Collateralize any Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section
2.03(g) is cured or otherwise waived by the Required Lenders, then so long as no other Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, all Cash Collateral pledged to Cash Collateralize such
Letter of Credit shall be refunded to the Borrower.
(h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders for the applicable Revolving Credit
Facility (in accordance with their Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this
Agreement) a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement
equal to the applicable Applicable Rate multiplied by the daily maximum amount then available
to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect
under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms
of such Letter of Credit); provided, however, any Letter of Credit fees otherwise payable for the
account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting
Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the L/C Issuer pursuant to this
Section 2.03 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other
Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Pro Rata Shares allocable
to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any,
payable to the L/C Issuer for its own account. Such Letter of Credit fees shall be computed on a
quarterly basis in arrears. Such Letter of Credit fees shall be due and payable in Canadian Dollars
or U.S. Dollars, as applicable, on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June,
September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such
Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any
change in any applicable Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each
Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by such applicable Applicable Rate separately
for each period during such quarter that such applicable Applicable Rate was in effect.
(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C
Issuers. The Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account, in Canadian
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Dollars or U.S. Dollars, as applicable, a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued
by it equal to 0.25% per annum of the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under
such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of
Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of
Credit). Such fronting fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fees
shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September
and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of
Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. In addition, the
Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account with respect to each Letter of
Credit issued by it the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees,
and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time
to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within
ten (10) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.
(j) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. Notwithstanding anything
else to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and
the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.
(k) Addition of an L/C Issuer. A Revolving Credit Lender may become an
additional L/C Issuer hereunder pursuant to a written agreement among the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and such Revolving Credit Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify
the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such additional L/C Issuer.
(l) Letter of Credit Amounts. 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, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its
terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases
in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the
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.
(m) Reporting. Each L/C Issuer will report in writing to the Administrative
Agent (i) on the first Business Day of each calendar month, the aggregate face amount of Letters
of Credit issued by it and outstanding as of the last Business Day of the preceding calendar month
(and on such other dates as the Administrative Agent may request), (ii) on or prior to each
Business Day on which such L/C Issuer expects to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of
Credit, the date of such issuance or amendment, and the aggregate face amount of Letters of
Credit to be issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to
such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and such L/C Issuer shall advise the
Administrative Agent on such Business Day whether such issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension occurred and whether the amount thereof changed), (iii) on each Business Day on
which such L/C Issuer makes any L/C Disbursement, the date and amount of such L/C
Disbursement and (iv) on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse an L/C
Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such L/C Issuer on such day, the date and amount of
such failure.
(n) Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments
occurs prior to the expiry date of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if consented to by the L/C Issuer
which issued such Letter of Credit, if one or more other tranches of Revolving Credit
Commitments in respect of which the Letter of Credit Expiration Date shall not have so occurred
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are then in effect, such Letters of Credit for which consent has been obtained shall automatically
be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Credit
Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in
respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.03(c) and (d)) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders
pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to
an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit
Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any
Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to
immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit
in accordance with Section 2.03(g). Upon the maturity date of any tranche of Revolving Credit
Commitments, the sublimit for Letters of Credit may be reduced as agreed between the L/C
Issuers and the Borrower, without the consent of any other Person.
(o) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter
of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account
of, a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer
hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby
acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries
inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial
benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries.
SECTION 2.04 Swing Line Loans.
(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
Royal Bank of Canada, in its capacity as Swing Line Lender, agrees to make loans in Canadian
Dollars and U.S. Dollars to the Borrower (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”), from time to
time on any Business Day during the period beginning on the Business Day after the Closing
Date and until the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate amount not to
exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact
that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share or other applicable share
provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and
L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such
Swing Line Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that, after giving effect to any
Swing Line Loan, (i) the Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitments and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans
of any Lender (other than a Swing Line Lender acting in its capacity as such), plus such Lender’s
Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding
Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share
provided for under this Agreement of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not
exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; provided further that the
Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing
Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the
Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under
this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan or a Canadian Prime Rate
Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall
be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing
Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement
multiplied by the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
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(b) Borrowing Procedures. (i) Subject to payment of the customary fees and
charges of the Swing Line Lender for operation of the applicable accounts, the Swing Line
Lender shall provide the Borrower with a Canadian Dollar and a U.S. Dollar account at the main
branch in Toronto, Ontario of the Swing Line Lender. At any time that the Borrower would be
entitled to make a Swing Line Borrowing, the Borrower shall be entitled to draw cheques or make
other debit transactions in Canadian Dollars or U.S. Dollars on such accounts with the Swing
Line Lender. The amount of any overdraft in such accounts of the Borrower at the end of each
Business Day, subject to appropriate adjustments, shall be deemed to be a Swing Line Loan, as
applicable, to the Borrower. The credit balance in such accounts at the end of each Business Day,
subject to appropriate adjustments, shall be applied by the Swing Line Lender as a repayment of
outstanding Swing Line Loans and such accounts shall be reduced accordingly.
(ii) In addition, the Borrower may also make Swing Line Borrowings upon the
Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which
may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon New York City time on the requested borrowing
date and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of Cdn. $100,000
or U.S. $100,000, as applicable, and the currency thereof and (ii) the requested borrowing date,
which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by
delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan
Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly
after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any Swing Line Loan Notice (by telephone or in
writing), the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in
writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not,
the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the
contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing)
from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to
2:00 p.m. New York City time on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing
the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth
in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the
applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. New York City time on
the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line
Loan available to the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 2.04 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to
make any Swing Line Loan at a time when a Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender
unless the Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and the
Borrower to eliminate the Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to
Section 2.17(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s or Defaulting Lenders’ participation
in such Swing Line Loans, including by Cash Collateralizing, or obtaining a backstop letter of
credit from an issuer reasonably satisfactory to the Swing Line Lender to support, such
Defaulting Lender’s or Defaulting Lenders’ Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Swing Line Loans.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans. (i) The Swing Line Lender at any time
in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby
irrevocably authorizes such Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving
Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan, as applicable, in an amount
equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this
Agreement of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in
writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes
hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum
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and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime
Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments
and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower
with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the
Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata
Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement of the amount specified in
such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the
account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m.
New York City time on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to
Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed
to have made a Base Rate Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan, as applicable, to the Borrower in
such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line
Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by
such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for
Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as
set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the
Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and
each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect
of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to
be paid by the Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the
time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover
from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount
with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on
which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per
annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate
of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent)
with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving
Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to
this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right
which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C)
any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;
provided that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) (but not to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing
Line Loans) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02). No such funding of
risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to
repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations. (i) At any time after any Revolving Credit
Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line
Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will
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distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this
Agreement of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect
the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as
those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of
principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line
Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to
any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving
Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share or other applicable
share provided for under this Agreement thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent,
plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at
a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will
make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall
be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each
Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section
2.04 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of
such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all
payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line
Lender.
(g) Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the
maturity date shall have occurred in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments
(the “Expiring Credit Commitment”) at a time when another tranche or tranches of Revolving
Credit Commitments is or are in effect with a longer maturity date (each a “Non-Expiring Credit
Commitment” and collectively, the “Non-Expiring Credit Commitments”), then with respect
to each outstanding Swing Line Loan, if consented to by the applicable Swing Line Lender, on
the earliest occurring maturity date such Swing Line Loan shall be deemed reallocated to the
tranche or tranches of the Non-Expiring Credit Commitments on a pro rata basis; provided that
(x) to the extent that the amount of such reallocation would cause the aggregate credit exposure to
exceed the aggregate amount of such Non-Expiring Credit Commitments, immediately prior to
such reallocation the amount of Swing Line Loans to be reallocated equal to such excess shall be
repaid or Cash Collateralized and (y) notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall still be obligated to pay Swing Line
Loans allocated to the Revolving Credit Lenders holding the Expiring Credit Commitments at the
maturity date of the Expiring Credit Commitments or if the Loans have been accelerated prior to
the maturity date of the Expiring Credit Commitments. Upon the maturity date of any tranche of
Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swing Line Sublimit may be reduced as agreed between the
Swing Line Lender and the Borrower, without the consent of any other Person.
SECTION 2.05 Prepayments.
(a) Optional. (i) The Borrower may, upon, subject to clause (iii) below,
irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time
voluntarily prepay Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium
or penalty (subject to Section 2.05(a)(iv)); provided that (1) such notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon New York City time (A) three (3) Business Days
prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances and BA
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Equivalent Loans and (B) one (1) Business Day prior to any date of prepayment of Base Rate
Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans; (2) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’
Acceptances and BA Equivalent Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of Cdn.
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of Cdn. $500,000 in excess thereof (or U.S. $1,000,000, or a
whole multiple of U.S. $500,000 in excess thereof, as applicable); and (3) any prepayment of
Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of Cdn.
$500,000 or a whole multiple of Cdn. $100,000 in excess thereof (or U.S. $500,000, or a whole
multiple of U.S. $100,000 in excess thereof, as applicable), or, in each case, if less, the entire
principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of
such prepayment and the Class(es) and Type(s) of Loans and the order of Borrowing(s) to be
prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt of
each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share or other applicable share
provided for under this Agreement of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower,
the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall
be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts
required pursuant to Section 3.05. Any prepayment of a Bankers’ Acceptance or a BA
Equivalent Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor shall be made by depositing
with the Administrative Agent the face amount of such drawing to be held by the Administrative
Agent in a Cash Collateral Account and irrevocably authorizing and directing the Administrative
Agent to apply such amount on the last day of such Interest Period to the repayment of the
relevant Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan, as applicable. Title to the funds held in
such account shall pass to the Administrative Agent (for and on behalf of the applicable Lenders)
on the date of deposit of such funds with the Administrative Agent and the Borrower hereby
acknowledges and agrees that it shall have no legal or beneficial interest in such funds after the
date of deposit of such funds in such Cash Collateral Account. Interest on amounts held on
deposit by the Administrative Agent (at such rate as determined by the Administrative Agent,
acting reasonably) shall be paid to the Borrower on the last day of such Interest Period. In the
case of each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a), the Borrower may in its
sole discretion select the Borrowing or Borrowings (and the order of maturity of principal
payments) to be repaid, and such payment shall be paid to the Appropriate Lenders in accordance
with their respective Pro Rata Shares or other applicable share as provided for under this
Agreement.
(ii) The Borrower may, upon, subject to clause (iii) below,
irrevocable written notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole
or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (1) such notice must be received by
the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon New
York City time on the date of the prepayment, and (2) any such prepayment shall be in a
minimum principal amount of Cdn. $500,000 or a whole multiple of Cdn. $100,000 in
excess thereof (or U.S. $500,000, or a whole multiple of U.S. $100,000 in excess thereof,
as applicable) or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such
notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by
the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount
specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, subject to the payment of any amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.05, the
Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under Section 2.05(a)(i) or 2.05(a)(ii) if
such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all or a portion of the
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applicable Facility, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be
delayed. Each prepayment of any Class of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)
shall be applied in an order of priority to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section
2.07(a) as directed by the Borrower and, absent such direction, shall be applied in direct
order of maturity to repayments thereof required pursuant to Section 2.07(a). For the
avoidance of doubt, any prepayment of Initial Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(a)
shall be made on a pro rata basis among the Initial Term B-1 Loans and the Initial Term
B-2 Loans; provided that, on or prior to the Specified Term B-1 Termination Date, the
Borrower shall be permitted to prepay Initial Term B-1 Loans with any then-existing
Specified Term B-1 Proceeds without a ratable prepayment on account of the Initial Term
B-2 Loans and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and directed to apply funds
held in the Specified Term B-1 Proceeds Account to the Initial Term B-1 Loans as
aforesaid.
(iv) In the event that, on or prior to the date that is six months after
the Closing Date, the Borrower (x) prepays, refinances, substitutes or replaces any Initial
Term Loans pursuant to a Repricing Transaction (including, for avoidance of doubt, any
prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iv) that constitutes a Repricing
Transaction), or (y) effects any amendment, amendment and restatement or other
modification of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction, the Borrower shall
pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Term
Lenders, (I) in the case of clause (x), a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Initial Term Loans so prepaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced
and (II) in the case of clause (y), a fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount
of the applicable Initial Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment.
If, on or prior to the date that is six months after the Closing Date, any Term Lender that
is a Non-Consenting Lender is replaced pursuant to Section 3.07(a) in connection with
any amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification of this Agreement
resulting in a Repricing Transaction, such Term Lender (and not any Person who replaces
such Term Lender pursuant to Section 3.07(a)) shall receive its pro rata portion (as
determined immediately prior to it being so replaced) of the prepayment premium or fee
described in the preceding sentence. Such amounts shall be due and payable on the date
of effectiveness of such Repricing Transaction.
(v) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the
contrary, so long as (x) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
(y) no proceeds from any Revolving Credit Loans are used to make such prepayments,
any Company Party may prepay the outstanding Term Loans (which shall, for the
avoidance of doubt, be automatically and permanently canceled immediately upon such
prepayment) (or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may purchase such outstanding
Loans and immediately cancel them) on the following basis:
(A) Any Company Party shall have the right to make a
voluntary prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to par pursuant to a Borrower
Offer of Specified Discount Prepayment, Borrower Solicitation of Discount
Range Prepayment Offers or Borrower Solicitation of Discounted Prepayment
Offers (any such prepayment, the “Discounted Term Loan Prepayment”), in
each case made in accordance with this Section 2.05(a)(v); provided that no
Company Party shall initiate any action under this Section 2.05(a)(v) in order to
make a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment unless (I) at least ten (10) Business
Days shall have passed since the consummation of the most recent Discounted
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Term Loan Prepayment as a result of a prepayment made by a Company Party on
the applicable Discounted Prepayment Effective Date; or (II) at least three (3)
Business Days shall have passed since the date the Company Party was notified
that no Term Lender was willing to accept any prepayment of any Term Loan at
the Specified Discount, within the Discount Range or at any discount to par
value, as applicable, or in the case of Borrower Solicitation of Discounted
Prepayment Offers, the date of any Company Party’s election not to accept any
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
(B) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A) above,
any Company Party may from time to time offer to make a Discounted Term
Loan Prepayment by providing the Auction Agent with five (5) Business Days’
notice in the form of a Specified Discount Prepayment Notice; provided that (I)
any such offer shall be made available, at the sole discretion of the Company
Party, to (x) each Term Lender and/or (y) each Term Lender with respect to any
Class of Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such offer shall
specify the aggregate principal amount offered to be prepaid (the “Specified
Discount Prepayment Amount”) with respect to each applicable tranche, the
tranche or tranches of Term Loans subject to such offer and the specific
percentage discount to par (the “Specified Discount”) of such Term Loans to be
prepaid (it being understood that different Specified Discounts and/or Specified
Discount Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different tranches
of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as a separate
offer pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.05(a)(v)(B)), (III) the Specified
Discount Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than Cdn.
$10,000,000 and whole increments of Cdn. $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or U.S.
$10,000,000, or a whole multiple of U.S. $1,000,000 in excess thereof, as
applicable) and (IV) each such offer shall remain outstanding through the
Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date. The Auction Agent will
promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of such Specified
Discount Prepayment Notice and a form of the Specified Discount Prepayment
Response to be completed and returned by each such Term Lender to the Auction
Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m., on the third Business Day after
the date of delivery of such notice to such Lenders (the “Specified Discount
Prepayment Response Date”).
(2) Each Term Lender receiving such offer shall
notify the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by the Specified Discount
Prepayment Response Date whether or not it agrees to accept a
prepayment of any of its applicable then outstanding Term Loans at the
Specified Discount and, if so (such accepting Lender, a “Discount
Prepayment Accepting Lender”), the amount and the tranches of such
Lender’s Term Loans to be prepaid at such offered discount. Each
acceptance of a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment by a Discount
Prepayment Accepting Lender shall be irrevocable. Any Term Lender
whose Specified Discount Prepayment Response is not received by the
Auction Agent by the Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date
shall be deemed to have declined to accept the applicable Borrower Offer
of Specified Discount Prepayment.
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(3) If there is at least one Discount Prepayment
Accepting Lender, the relevant Company Party will make a prepayment
of outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this paragraph (B) to each
Discount Prepayment Accepting Lender in accordance with the
respective outstanding amount and tranches of Term Loans specified in
such Lender’s Specified Discount Prepayment Response given pursuant
to subsection (2) above; provided that, if the aggregate principal amount
of Term Loans accepted for prepayment by all Discount Prepayment
Accepting Lenders exceeds the Specified Discount Prepayment Amount,
such prepayment shall be made pro rata among the Discount Prepayment
Accepting Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts
accepted to be prepaid by each such Discount Prepayment Accepting
Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with such Company Party
and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its
reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Specified
Discount Proration”). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any
case within three (3) Business Days following the Specified Discount
Prepayment Response Date, notify (I) the relevant Company Party of the
respective Term Lenders’ responses to such offer, the Discounted
Prepayment Effective Date and the aggregate principal amount of the
Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II)
each Term Lender of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, and the
aggregate principal amount and the tranches of Term Loans to be prepaid
at the Specified Discount on such date and (III) each Discount
Prepayment Accepting Lender of the Specified Discount Proration, if
any, and confirmation of the principal amount, tranche and Type of Term
Loans of such Lender to be prepaid at the Specified Discount on such
date. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in
the foregoing notices to the Company Party and such Term Lenders shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The
payment amount specified in such notice to the Company Party shall be
due and payable by such Company Party on the Discounted Prepayment
Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F) below (subject to
subsection (J) below).
(C) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A) above,
any Company Party may from time to time solicit Discount Range Prepayment
Offers by providing the Auction Agent with five (5) Business Days’ notice in the
form of a Discount Range Prepayment Notice; provided that (I) any such
solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of such Company Party, to
(x) each Term Lender and/or (y) each Term Lender with respect to any Class of
Term Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the
maximum aggregate principal amount of the relevant Term Loans (the “Discount
Range Prepayment Amount”), the tranche or tranches of Term Loans subject to
such offer and the maximum and minimum percentage discounts to par (the
“Discount Range”) of the principal amount of such Term Loans with respect to
each relevant tranche of Term Loans willing to be prepaid by such Company
Party (it being understood that different Discount Ranges and/or Discount Range
Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect to different tranches of Term
Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be treated as a separate offer
pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.05(a)(v)(C)), (III) the Discount Range
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Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount not less than Cdn.
$10,000,000 and whole increments of Cdn. $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or U.S.
$10,000,000, or a whole multiple of U.S. $1,000,000 in excess thereof, as
applicable) and (IV) each such solicitation by a Company Party shall remain
outstanding through the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date. The
Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a copy of
such Discount Range Prepayment Notice and a form of the Discount Range
Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Lender to the Auction Agent
(or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m., on the third Business Day after the
date of delivery of such notice to such Lenders (the “Discount Range
Prepayment Response Date”). Each Term Lender’s Discount Range
Prepayment Offer shall be irrevocable and shall specify a discount to par within
the Discount Range (the “Submitted Discount”) at which such Lender is willing
to allow prepayment of any or all of its then outstanding Term Loans of the
applicable tranche or tranches and the maximum aggregate principal amount and
tranches of such Lender’s Term Loans (the “Submitted Amount”) such Term
Lender is willing to have prepaid at the Submitted Discount. Any Term Lender
whose Discount Range Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent
by the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have
declined to accept a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment of any of its Term Loans
at any discount to their par value within the Discount Range.
(2) The Auction Agent shall review all Discount
Range Prepayment Offers received on or before the applicable Discount
Range Prepayment Response Date and shall determine (in consultation
with such Company Party and subject to rounding requirements of the
Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable discretion) the Applicable
Discount and Term Loans to be prepaid at such Applicable Discount in
accordance with this subsection (C). The relevant Company Party agrees
to accept on the Discount Range Prepayment Response Date all Discount
Range Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by the Discount
Range Prepayment Response Date, in the order from the Submitted
Discount that is the largest discount to par to the Submitted Discount that
is the smallest discount to par, up to and including the Submitted
Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the Discount Range
(such Submitted Discount that is the smallest discount to par within the
Discount Range being referred to as the “Applicable Discount”) which
yields a Discounted Term Loan Prepayment in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the lower of (I) the Discount Range Prepayment
Amount and (II) the sum of all Submitted Amounts. Each Term Lender
that has submitted a Discount Range Prepayment Offer to accept
prepayment at a discount to par that is larger than or equal to the
Applicable Discount shall be deemed to have irrevocably consented to
prepayment of Term Loans equal to its Submitted Amount (subject to
any required proration pursuant to the following subsection (3)) at the
Applicable Discount (each such Term Lender, a “Participating
Lender”).
(3) If there is at least one Participating Lender, the
relevant Company Party will prepay the respective outstanding Term
Loans of each Participating Lender in the aggregate principal amount and
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of the tranches specified in such Lender’s Discount Range Prepayment
Offer at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the Submitted Amount
by all Participating Lenders offered at a discount to par greater than the
Applicable Discount exceeds the Discount Range Prepayment Amount,
prepayment of the principal amount of the relevant Term Loans for those
Participating Lenders whose Submitted Discount is a discount to par
greater than or equal to the Applicable Discount (the “Identified
Participating Lenders”) shall be made pro rata among the Identified
Participating Lenders in accordance with the Submitted Amount of each
such Identified Participating Lender and the Auction Agent (in
consultation with such Company Party and subject to rounding
requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole reasonable
discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Discount Range
Proration”). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within
five (5) Business Days following the Discount Range Prepayment
Response Date, notify (I) the relevant Company Party of the respective
Term Lenders’ responses to such solicitation, the Discounted
Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate
principal amount of the Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and the
tranches to be prepaid, (II) each Term Lender of the Discounted
Prepayment Effective Date, the Applicable Discount, and the aggregate
principal amount and tranches of Term Loans to be prepaid at the
Applicable Discount on such date, (III) each Participating Lender of the
aggregate principal amount and tranches of such Term Lender to be
prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such date, and (IV) if applicable,
each Identified Participating Lender of the Discount Range Proration.
Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the
foregoing notices to the relevant Company Party and Term Lenders shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The
payment amount specified in such notice to the Company Party shall be
due and payable by such Company Party on the Discounted Prepayment
Effective Date in accordance with subsection (F) below (subject to
subsection (J) below).
(D) (1) Subject to the proviso to subsection (A) above,
any Company Party may from time to time solicit Solicited Discounted
Prepayment Offers by providing the Auction Agent with five (5) Business Days’
notice in the form of a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice; provided that (I)
any such solicitation shall be extended, at the sole discretion of such Company
Party, to (x) each Term Lender and/or (y) each Lender with respect to any Class
of Loans on an individual tranche basis, (II) any such notice shall specify the
maximum aggregate amount of the Term Loans (the “Solicited Discounted
Prepayment Amount”) and the tranche or tranches of Term Loans the
applicable Borrower is willing to prepay at a discount (it being understood that
different Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amounts may be offered with respect
to different tranches of Term Loans and, in such event, each such offer will be
treated as separate offer pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.05(a)(v)(D)), (III)
the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Amount shall be in an aggregate amount
not less than Cdn. $10,000,000 and whole increments of Cdn. $1,000,000 in
excess thereof (or U.S. $10,000,000, or a whole multiple of U.S. $1,000,000 in
excess thereof, as applicable) and (IV) each such solicitation by a Company Party
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shall remain outstanding through the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response
Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each Appropriate Lender with a
copy of such Solicited Discounted Prepayment Notice and a form of the Solicited
Discounted Prepayment Offer to be submitted by a responding Lender to the
Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m., on the third Business
Day after the date of delivery of such notice to such Term Lenders (the
“Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date”). Each Term Lender’s
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer shall (x) be irrevocable, (y) remain
outstanding until the Acceptance Date, and (z) specify both a discount to par (the
“Offered Discount”) at which such Term Lender is willing to allow prepayment
of its then outstanding Term Loan and the maximum aggregate principal amount
and tranches of such Term Loans (the “Offered Amount”) such Term Lender is
willing to have prepaid at the Offered Discount. Any Term Lender whose
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer is not received by the Auction Agent by
the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date shall be deemed to have
declined prepayment of any of its Term Loans at any discount.
(2) The Auction Agent shall promptly provide the
relevant Company Party with a copy of all Solicited Discounted
Prepayment Offers received on or before the Solicited Discounted
Prepayment Response Date. Such Company Party shall review all such
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers and select the largest of the
Offered Discounts specified by the relevant responding Term Lenders in
the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers that is acceptable to the
Company Party (the “Acceptable Discount”), if any. If the Company
Party elects to accept any Offered Discount as the Acceptable Discount,
then as soon as practicable after the determination of the Acceptable
Discount, but in no event later than by the third Business Day after the
date of receipt by such Company Party from the Auction Agent of a copy
of all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers pursuant to the first
sentence of this subsection (2) (the “Acceptance Date”), the Company
Party shall submit an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice to the Auction
Agent setting forth the Acceptable Discount. If the Auction Agent shall
fail to receive an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice from the Company
Party by the Acceptance Date, such Company Party shall be deemed to
have rejected all Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers.
(3) Based upon the Acceptable Discount and the
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by
the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, within three (3)
Business Days after receipt of an Acceptance and Prepayment Notice
(the “Discounted Prepayment Determination Date”), the Auction
Agent will determine (in consultation with such Company Party and
subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its sole
reasonable discretion) the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of
Term Loans (the “Acceptable Prepayment Amount”) to be prepaid by
the relevant Company Party at the Acceptable Discount in accordance
with this Section 2.05(a)(v)(D). If the Company Party elects to accept
any Acceptable Discount, then the Company Party agrees to accept all
Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offers received by Auction Agent by
the Solicited Discounted Prepayment Response Date, in the order from
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largest Offered Discount to smallest Offered Discount, up to and
including the Acceptable Discount. Each Term Lender that has
submitted a Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer with an Offered
Discount that is greater than or equal to the Acceptable Discount shall be
deemed to have irrevocably consented to prepayment of Term Loans
equal to its Offered Amount (subject to any required pro-rata reduction
pursuant to the following sentence) at the Acceptable Discount (each
such Lender, a “Qualifying Lender”). The Company Party will prepay
outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this subsection (D) to each
Qualifying Lender in the aggregate principal amount and of the tranches
specified in such Lender’s Solicited Discounted Prepayment Offer at the
Acceptable Discount; provided that if the aggregate Offered Amount by
all Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or equal
to the Acceptable Discount exceeds the Solicited Discounted Prepayment
Amount, prepayment of the principal amount of the Term Loans for
those Qualifying Lenders whose Offered Discount is greater than or
equal to the Acceptable Discount (the “Identified Qualifying Lenders”)
shall be made pro rata among the Identified Qualifying Lenders in
accordance with the Offered Amount of each such Identified Qualifying
Lender and the Auction Agent (in consultation with such Company Party
and subject to rounding requirements of the Auction Agent made in its
sole reasonable discretion) will calculate such proration (the “Solicited
Discount Proration”). On or prior to the Discounted Prepayment
Determination Date, the Auction Agent shall promptly notify (I) the
relevant Company Party of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date
and Acceptable Prepayment Amount comprising the Discounted Term
Loan Prepayment and the tranches to be prepaid, (II) each Term Lender
of the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date, the Acceptable Discount,
and the Acceptable Prepayment Amount of all Term Loans and the
tranches to be prepaid to be prepaid at the Applicable Discount on such
date, (III) each Qualifying Lender of the aggregate principal amount and
the tranches of such Term Lender to be prepaid at the Acceptable
Discount on such date, and (IV) if applicable, each Identified Qualifying
Lender of the Solicited Discount Proration. Each determination by the
Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to such
Company Party and Term Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes absent manifest error. The payment amount specified in such
notice to such Company Party shall be due and payable by such
Company Party on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date in
accordance with subsection (F) below (subject to subsection (J) below).
(E) In connection with any Discounted Term Loan
Prepayment, the Company Parties and the Term Lenders acknowledge and agree
that the Auction Agent may require as a condition to any Discounted Term Loan
Prepayment, the payment of customary fees and expenses from a Company Party
in connection therewith.
(F) If any Term Loan is prepaid in accordance with
paragraphs (B) through (D) above, a Company Party shall prepay such Term
Loans on the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. The relevant Company
Party shall make such prepayment to the Administrative Agent, for the account
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of the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders, or
Qualifying Lenders, as applicable, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in
immediately available funds not later than 11:00 a.m. on the Discounted
Prepayment Effective Date and all such prepayments shall be applied to the
remaining principal installments of the relevant tranche of Loans on a pro-rata
basis across such installments. The Term Loans so prepaid shall be accompanied
by all accrued and unpaid interest on the par principal amount so prepaid up to,
but not including, the Discounted Prepayment Effective Date. Each prepayment
of the outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v) shall be paid to
the Discount Prepayment Accepting Lenders, Participating Lenders, or
Qualifying Lenders, as applicable, and shall be applied to the relevant Loans of
such Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. The aggregate
principal amount of the tranches and installments of the relevant Term Loans
outstanding shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate
principal amount of the tranches of Term Loans prepaid on the Discounted
Prepayment Effective Date in any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment. In
connection with each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(v), the relevant
Company Party shall waive any right to bring any action against the
Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such, in connection with any such
Discounted Term Loan Prepayment.
(G) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each
Discounted Term Loan Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to
procedures consistent with the provisions in this Section 2.05(a)(v), established
by the Auction Agent acting in its reasonable discretion and as reasonably agreed
by the applicable Borrower.
(H) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the
contrary, for purposes of this Section 2.05(a)(v), each notice or other
communication required to be delivered or otherwise provided to the Auction
Agent (or its delegate) shall be deemed to have been given upon the Auction
Agent’s (or its delegate’s) actual receipt during normal business hours of such
notice or communication; provided that any notice or communication actually
received outside of normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given as
of the opening of business on the next Business Day.
(I) Each of the Company Parties and the Term Lenders
acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may perform any and all of its
duties under this Section 2.05(a)(v) by itself or through any Affiliate of the
Auction Agent and expressly consents to any such delegation of duties by the
Auction Agent to such Affiliate and the performance of such delegated duties by
such Affiliate. The exculpatory provisions pursuant to this Agreement shall
apply to each Affiliate of the Auction Agent and its respective activities in
connection with any Discounted Term Loan Prepayment provided for in this
Section 2.05(a)(v) as well as activities of the Auction Agent.
(J) Each Company Party shall have the right, by written
notice to the Auction Agent, to revoke in full (but not in part) its offer to make a
Discounted Term Loan Prepayment and rescind the applicable Specified
Discount Prepayment Notice, Discount Range Prepayment Notice or Solicited
Discounted Prepayment Notice therefor at its discretion at any time on or prior to
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the applicable Specified Discount Prepayment Response Date (and if such offer
is revoked pursuant to the preceding clauses, any failure by such Company Party
to make any prepayment to a Lender, as applicable, pursuant to this
Section 2.05(a)(v) shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under
Section 8.01 or otherwise).
(b) Mandatory. (i) Within five (5) Business Days after financial statements
are required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) (commencing with the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2013) and the related Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 6.02(a), the Borrower shall cause to be offered to be prepaid in accordance
with clause (ix) below, an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to (A)
the Applicable ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow, if any, for the fiscal year covered by such
financial statements minus (B) the sum of (1) all voluntary prepayments of Term Loans made
during such fiscal year or after year-end and prior to when such Excess Cash Flow prepayment is
due (including the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans prepaid pursuant to Section
2.05(a)(v) during such time (to the extent of cash payments made in respect thereof)) and (2) all
voluntary prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans during such fiscal year or after year-end and
prior to when such Excess Cash Flow prepayment is due to the extent the Revolving Credit
Commitments are permanently reduced by the amount of such payments, in the case of each of
the immediately preceding clauses (1) and (2), to the extent such prepayments are funded with
internally generated cash.
(ii) If (x) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower
Disposes of any property or assets (other than any Disposition of any property or assets
permitted by Section 7.05(a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (i), (j) or (k)), or (y) any Casualty Event
occurs, which results in the realization or receipt by the Borrower or Restricted
Subsidiary of Net Proceeds, the Borrower shall cause to be offered to be prepaid in
accordance with clause (ix) below, on or prior to the date which is ten (10) Business Days
after the date of the realization or receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of
such Net Proceeds an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to
100% of all Net Proceeds received; provided that if at the time that any such prepayment
would be required, the Borrower is required to offer to repurchase Permitted First Priority
Refinancing Debt (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof that is secured on a pari passu
basis with the Obligations) pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such
Indebtedness with the net proceeds of such Disposition or Casualty Event (such Permitted
First Priority Refinancing Debt (or Permitted Refinancing thereof) required to be offered
to be so repurchased, “Other Applicable Indebtedness”), then the Borrower may apply
such Net Proceeds on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and Other Applicable Indebtedness at
such time) to the prepayment of the Term Loans and to the repurchase or prepayment of
Other Applicable Indebtedness, and the amount of prepayment of the Term Loans that
would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(ii) shall be reduced
accordingly; provided, further that (A) the portion of such net proceeds allocated to the
Other Applicable Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount of such net proceeds required
to be allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and
the remaining amount, if any, of such net proceeds shall be allocated to the Term Loans
in accordance with the terms hereof) and (B) to the extent the holders of Other
Applicable Indebtedness decline to have such indebtedness repurchased or prepaid, the
declined amount shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the
date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with the terms
hereof.
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(iii) To the extent that any Specified Term B-1 Proceeds remain in
the Specified Term B-1 Proceeds Account after the Specified Term B-1 Termination Date
or to the extent that the proceeds therefrom are not applied in accordance with Section
2.02(c) and the Specified Term B-1 Escrow Condition, payment shall be made by the
Borrower in respect of the Obligations on the first Business Day following the Specified
Term B-1 Termination Date or promptly following such non-application, as the case may
be, in each case, in an amount equal to such excess proceeds, as follows: first, to the
prepayment of principal in respect of the Initial Term B-1 Loans, second, to the
repayment of principal in respect of the Initial Term B-2 Loans, third, to the payment of
all then-outstanding Obligations owing to the Lenders under the Loan Documents and
fourth, to the Borrower or as the Borrower shall otherwise direct. The Administrative
Agent is hereby authorized and directed to apply funds held in Specified Term B-1
Proceeds Account to the Obligations as set forth in this Section 2.05(b)(iii).
(iv) If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs or issues any
Indebtedness after the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness not prohibited under
Section 7.03 (other than Indebtedness that is intended to constitute Credit Agreement
Refinancing Indebtedness), the Borrower shall cause to be offered to be prepaid in
accordance with clause (ix) below an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans in an
amount equal to 100% of all Net Proceeds received therefrom on or prior to the date
which is five (5) Business Days after the receipt by the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary of such Net Proceeds.
(v) If for any reason the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures at
any time exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect (including,
for the avoidance of doubt, as a result of the termination of any Class of Revolving Credit
Commitments on the Maturity Date with respect thereto or a change in the Canadian
Dollar Equivalent or U.S. Dollar Equivalent applicable to any outstanding Loans or
Letters of Credit), the Borrower shall promptly prepay or cause to be promptly prepaid
Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C
Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided that the Borrower
shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section
2.05(b)(v) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing
Line Loans such aggregate Outstanding Amount exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments then in effect.
(vi) Except with respect to Loans incurred in connection with any
Refinancing Amendment, Term Loan Extension Request, Revolver Extension Request or
any Incremental Amendment, and subject to Section 2.05(b)(iii), (A) each prepayment of
Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied ratably to each Class of
Term Loans then outstanding (provided that (i) any prepayment of Term Loans with the
Net Proceeds of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be applied solely to
each applicable Class of Refinanced Debt, and (ii) any Class of Incremental Term Loans
may specify that one or more other Classes of Term Loans and Incremental Term Loans
may be prepaid prior to such Class of Incremental Term Loans); (B) with respect to each
Class of Term Loans, each prepayment pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) of this
Section 2.05(b) shall be applied to the scheduled installments of principal thereof
following the date of prepayment pursuant to Section 2.07(a) in direct order of maturity;
and (C) each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Pro Rata Shares of such prepayment.
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(vii) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of
any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i)
through (iv) of this Section 2.05(b) at least four (4) Business Days prior to the date of
such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and
provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the contents of the
Borrower’s prepayment notice and of such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
prepayment.
(viii) Funding Losses, Etc. (A) Eurocurrency Rate Loan prepayments
under this Section 2.05 on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor,
shall be made together with any amounts owing in respect of such Eurocurrency Rate
Loan pursuant to Section 3.05. Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of Section
2.05(b), so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any
prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans is required to be made under this Section
2.05(b), prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole
discretion, deposit the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made
thereunder into a Cash Collateral Account until the last day of such Interest Period, at
which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by
or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the
repayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05(b); provided that upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent
shall also be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower
or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the repayment of the outstanding Loans
in accordance with this Section 2.05(b); and (B) all prepayments under this Section 2.05
of a Bankers’ Acceptance or a BA Equivalent Loan prior to the last day of the Interest
Period therefor shall be made by depositing with the Administrative Agent the face
amount of such drawing to be held by the Administrative Agent in a Cash Collateral
Account and irrevocably authorizing and directing the Administrative Agent to apply
such amount on the last day of such Interest Period to the repayment of the relevant
Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan, as applicable; provided that, in the case of
this clause (B), (1) title to the funds held in such Cash Collateral Account shall pass to the
Administrative Agent (for and on behalf of the applicable Lenders) on the date of deposit
of such funds with the Administrative Agent and the Borrower hereby acknowledges and
agrees that it shall have no legal or beneficial interest in such funds after the date of
deposit of such funds in such Cash Collateral Account and (2) interest on amounts held
on deposit by the Administrative Agent (at such rate as determined by the Administrative
Agent, acting reasonably) shall be paid to the Borrower on the last day of such Interest
Period.
(ix) Term Opt-out of Prepayment. With respect to each prepayment
of Term Loans required pursuant to Section 2.05(b) (other than (x) in the case of
prepayments to be made pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iv), to the extent that any such
prepayments are to be made in connection with the issuance or incurrence of Credit
Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) prepayments made pursuant to Section
2.05(b)(iii)), (A) the Borrower will, not later than the date specified in Sections
2.05(b)(i), (ii) or (iv) for offering to make such prepayment, give the Administrative
Agent telephonic notice (promptly confirmed in writing) requesting that the
Administrative Agent provide notice of such offer of prepayment to each Lender of Term
Loans, (B) the Administrative Agent shall provide notice of such offer of prepayment to
each Lender of Term Loans, (C) each Lender of Term Loans will have the right to refuse
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such offer of prepayment by giving written notice of such refusal to the Administrative
Agent within one (1) Business Day after such Lender’s receipt of notice from the
Administrative Agent of such offer of prepayment (and the Borrower shall not prepay
any Term Loans of such Lender on the date that is specified in clause (D) below), (D) the
Borrower will make all such prepayments not so refused upon the fourth Business Day
after delivery of notice by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(vii) and (E) any
prepayment refused by Lenders of Term Loans (such refused amounts, the “Declined
Proceeds”) shall be applied in accordance with the mandatory prepayment provisions
under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement (and any such amounts
refused by the lenders under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility may be retained by the
Borrower) (or, if the Second Lien Term Loan Facility is no longer outstanding, such
Declined Proceeds may be retained by the Borrower).
(x) Subject to Section 2.05(b)(iii), in connection with any mandatory
prepayments by the Borrower of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(b), such
prepayments shall be applied on a pro rata basis to the then outstanding Term Loans
being prepaid irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are Base Rate Loans,
Canadian Prime Rate Loans, Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA
Equivalent Loans; provided that if no Lenders exercise the right to waive a given
mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ix), then, with
respect to such mandatory prepayment, the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall
be applied first to Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans to
the full extent thereof before application to Term Loans that are Eurocurrency Rate Loans
or Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans in a manner that minimizes the amount
of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.05 and cash
collateral required pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ix).
(xi) Foreign Dispositions. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Section 2.05, (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Disposition
by a Subsidiary not organized under the Laws of the United States or Canada or any state,
province or territory in each case thereof (“Foreign Disposition”) or Excess Cash Flow
attributable to any such Subsidiaries are prohibited or delayed by applicable local law
from being repatriated to the United States or Canada, the portion of such Net Proceeds
or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans
at the times provided in this Section 2.05 but may be retained by the applicable
Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit
repatriation to the United States or Canada (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the
applicable Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable
local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected
Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that, in each case, would otherwise be required to be
used to make an offer of prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i) or 2.05(b)(ii), is
permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be immediately effected
and such repatriated Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any
event not later than two Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional
taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.05 and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in
good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition or
Excess Cash Flow attributable to any such foreign Subsidiaries described in the foregoing
clause (i) would have material adverse tax cost consequences with respect to such Net
Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may
be retained by the applicable Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on
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or before the date on which any such Net Proceeds so retained would otherwise have
been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to Section 2.05(b)
or any such Excess Cash Flow would have been required to be applied to prepayments
pursuant to Section 2.05(b), the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Proceeds
or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments, as applicable, as if such Net
Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such
Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved
against if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the
Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such
Subsidiary).
SECTION 2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon irrevocable written notice to the
Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments of any Class, or from time to time
permanently reduce the unused Commitments of any Class, in each case without premium or
penalty; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent three (3)
Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be
in a minimum aggregate amount of Cdn. $1,000,000 or U.S. $1,000,000, as applicable, or any
whole multiple of $250,000 or U.S. $250,000, as applicable, in excess thereof and (iii) if, after
giving effect to any reduction of the Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing
Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility, such sublimit shall be
automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The amount of any such Commitment
reduction shall not otherwise be applied to the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line
Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Borrower may rescind or postpone any notice of termination of the Commitments if such
termination would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the applicable Facility, which
refinancing shall not be consummated or otherwise shall be delayed.
(b) Mandatory. The Initial Term B-1 Commitment of each Term B-1
Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the funding of Initial Term B-
1 Loans to be made by it on the Closing Date. The Initial Term B-2 Commitment of each Term
B-2 Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the funding of Initial
Term B-2 Loans to be made by it on the Closing Date. The Revolving Credit Commitment of
each Class shall automatically and permanently terminate on the Maturity Date with respect to
such Class of Revolving Credit Commitments.
(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Appropriate Lenders of any termination or
reduction of unused portions of the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit or the
unused Commitments of any Class under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of unused
Commitments of any Class, the Commitment of each Lender of such Class shall be reduced by
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount by which such Commitments are reduced (other than
the termination of the Commitment of any Lender as provided in Section 3.07). All commitment
fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be
paid on the effective date of such termination.
SECTION 2.07 Repayment of Loans.
(a) Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for
the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders (i) on the last Business Day of each March, June,
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September and December, commencing with the first full quarter after the Closing Date, an
aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the Amortizing Amount and (ii) on the Maturity
Date for the Initial Term Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans
outstanding on such date; provided that payments required by Section 2.07(a)(i) above shall be
reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set
forth in Section 2.05. In the event any Incremental Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans or
Extended Term Loans are made, such Incremental Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans or
Extended Term Loans, as applicable, shall be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts and on the
dates set forth in the Incremental Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension
Amendment with respect thereto and on the applicable Maturity Date thereof.
(b) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative
Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders on the applicable Maturity Date for the
Revolving Credit Facilities of a given Class the aggregate principal amount of all of its Revolving
Credit Loans of such Class outstanding on such date.
(c) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on
the earlier to occur of (i) the date five (5) Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the
Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility (although Swing Line Loans may thereafter be
reborrowed, in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, if there are one or more Classes
of Revolving Credit Commitments which remain in effect).
SECTION 2.08 Interest.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (i) each Eurocurrency Rate
Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a
rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate;
(ii) each Base Rate Loan (other than a Swing Line Loan) shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Rate; (iii) each Canadian Prime Rate Loan (other than a Swing Line
Loan) shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable
borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Canadian Prime Rate plus the Applicable Rate,
(iv) each Swing Line Loan borrowed in U.S. Dollars shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Revolving Credit Loans and (v) each Swing Line Loan
borrowed in Canadian Dollars shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof
from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Canadian Prime Rate plus the
Applicable Rate for Revolving Credit Loans.
(b) During the continuance of a Default under Section 8.01(a), the Borrower
shall pay interest on past due amounts owing by it hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per
annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws;
provided that no interest at the Default Rate shall accrue or be payable to a Defaulting Lender so
long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. Accrued and unpaid interest on such amounts
(including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest
Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest
hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after
judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law.
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SECTION 2.09 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(h) and (i):
(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender under each Facility in accordance with its
Pro Rata Share or other applicable share provided for under this Agreement, in Canadian Dollars,
a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Rate with respect to Revolving Credit Loan
commitment fees, multiplied by the actual daily amount by which the aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitment for the applicable Facility exceeds the sum of (A) the Outstanding Amount of
Revolving Credit Loans for such Facility and (B) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations
for such Facility; provided that any commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the
Commitments of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a
Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such
Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, except to the extent that such commitment fee shall
otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; and provided, further,
that no commitment fee shall accrue on any of the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long
as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. The commitment fee on each Revolving Credit
Facility shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until the Maturity Date for the Revolving
Credit Commitments, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article
IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each
March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date during the first full
fiscal quarter to occur after the Closing Date and on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit
Commitments. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any
change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such
Applicable Rate was in effect.
(b) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agents such fees as shall
have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such
fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever
(except as expressly agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Agent).
SECTION 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for
Canadian Prime Rate Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances, BA Equivalent Loans and Base Rate Loans (with
respect to Base Rate Loans, when the Base Rate is determined by reference to the applicable prime rate)
shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365) days, or three hundred and
sixty-six (366) days, as applicable, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest
shall be made on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. For the
purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), (i) whenever any interest or fee under this Agreement is calculated
using a rate based on a year of 360, 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, the rate determined pursuant to
such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate, is equivalent to (x) the applicable rate based on a year
of 360, 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, (y) multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar
year in which the period for which such interest or fee is payable (or compounded) ends, and (z) divided
by 360, 365 or 366 as the case may be. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which such
Loan is made, and shall not accrue on such Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which such Loan
or such portion is paid; provided that any such Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made
shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1) day. Each determination by the Administrative
Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
SECTION 2.11 Evidence of Indebtedness.
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(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or
more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one or more entries in the
Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of Treasury
Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c), as a non-fiduciary agent for the Borrower, in each case in the
ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and
each Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit
Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any
failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the
obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.
In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the
accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and
records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the
request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and
deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note payable to such Lender, which
shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may
attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and
maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a),
each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice
accounts or records and, in the case of the Administrative Agent, entries in the Register,
evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and
Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by
the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters,
the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest
error.
(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register
pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) and (b), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to
Sections 2.11(a) and (b), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due
and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each
Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, absent manifest error; provided that the failure of the Administrative
Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or
such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 2.12 Payments Generally.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without
condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed,
at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in the currency in which such amount is owed
and in Same Day Funds not later than 12:00 noon New York City time on the date specified
herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Appropriate Lender its Pro
Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as
received by wire transfer to such Lender’s applicable Lending Office. All payments received by
the Administrative Agent after 12:00 noon New York City time shall in each case be deemed
received on the next succeeding Business Day, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, and
any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
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(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, if any payment to be made by the
Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next
following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or
fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or
principal of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such
payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(c) Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative
Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent
hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has
timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make
available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such
payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds, then:
(i) if the Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall
forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed
payment that was made available to such Lender in Same Day Funds, together with
interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was
made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is
repaid to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the applicable Overnight Rate
from time to time in effect; and
(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment (including, without
limitation, failure to fund participations in respect of any Letter of Credit or Swing Line
Loan), such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the
amount thereof in Same Day Funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the
date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the
date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation
Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in
effect. When such Lender makes payment to the Administrative Agent (together with all
accrued interest thereon), then such payment amount (excluding the amount of any
interest which may have accrued and been paid in respect of such late payment) shall
constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does
not pay such amount (including, without limitation, failure to fund participations in
respect of any Letter of Credit or Swing Line Loan) forthwith upon the Administrative
Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon
the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent,
together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to
the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be
deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice
any rights which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender
as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect
to any amount owing under this Section 2.12(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any
Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and
such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the
conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV or in the applicable
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Incremental Amendment, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment are not satisfied or
waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in
like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to fund
participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are several and not joint. The failure of
any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any such participation on any date required hereunder
shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no
Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or purchase its
participation.
(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the
funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any
Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or
manner.
(g) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and
payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative
Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth
in Section 8.04. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of
the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the
Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the
Administrative Agent may (to the fullest extent permitted by mandatory provisions of applicable
Law), but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in
accordance with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of all
Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations
outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Loans or other
Obligations then owing to such Lender.
SECTION 2.13 Sharing of Payments. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere
herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C
Obligations and Swing Line Loans held by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the
exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated
hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and
(b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such
subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case
may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of
such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided that if all or
any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the
circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the
purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender
shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to
such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s
required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or
other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered,
without further interest thereon. For avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this paragraph shall not be
construed to apply to (A) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the
express terms of this Agreement as in effect from time to time (including the application of funds arising
from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for
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the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant permitted
hereunder. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of
setoff, but subject to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the
direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep
records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations
purchased under this Section 2.13 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases
or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall from and
after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other
communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the
same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.
SECTION 2.14 Incremental Credit Extensions.
(a) Incremental Commitments. The Borrower may at any time or from time
to time after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent (an “Incremental Loan
Request”), request (A) one or more new commitments which may be in the same Facility as any
outstanding Term Loans (a “Term Loan Increase”) or a new Class of term loans (collectively
with any Term Loan Increase, the “Incremental Term Commitments”) and/or (B) one or more
increases in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments (a “Revolving Commitment
Increase”) or the establishment of one or more new revolving credit commitments (any such new
commitments, collectively with any Revolving Commitment Increases, the “Incremental
Revolving Credit Commitments” and the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments,
collectively with any Incremental Term Commitments, the “Incremental Commitments”),
whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders.
(b) Incremental Loans. Any Incremental Commitments effected through the
establishment of one or more new revolving credit commitments or new Term Loans made on an
Incremental Facility Closing Date shall be designated a separate Class of Incremental
Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement. On any Incremental Facility Closing Date on
which any Incremental Term Commitments of any Class are effected (including through any
Term Loan Increase), subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions in this Section 2.14,
(i) each Incremental Term Lender of such Class shall make a Loan to the Borrower (an
“Incremental Term Loan”) in an amount equal to its Incremental Term Commitment of such
Class and (ii) each Incremental Term Lender of such Class shall become a Lender hereunder with
respect to the Incremental Term Commitment of such Class and the Incremental Term Loans of
such Class made pursuant thereto. On any Incremental Facility Closing Date on which any
Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class are effected through the establishment
of one or more new revolving credit commitments (including through any Revolving
Commitment Increase), subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions in this Section 2.14,
(i) each Incremental Revolving Credit Lender of such Class shall make its Commitment available
to the Borrower (when borrowed, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Loan” and collectively
with any Incremental Term Loan, an “Incremental Loan”) in an amount equal to its Incremental
Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class and (ii) each Incremental Revolving Credit Lender
of such Class shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitment of such Class and the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans of such Class made
pursuant thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Incremental Term Loans may have identical
terms to any of the Term Loans and be treated as the same Class as any of such Term Loans.
(c) Incremental Loan Request. Each Incremental Loan Request from the
Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of
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the relevant Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments.
Incremental Term Loans may be made, and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments may be
provided, by any existing Lender (but each existing Lender will not have an obligation to make
any Incremental Commitment, nor will the Borrower have any obligation to approach any
existing lenders to provide any Incremental Commitment) or by any other bank or other financial
institution (any such other bank or other financial institution being called an “Additional
Lender”) (each such existing Lender or Additional Lender, an “Incremental Revolving Credit
Lender” or “Incremental Term Lender,” as applicable, and, collectively, the “Incremental
Lenders”); provided that (i) the Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Lender and each L/C
Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or
Additional Lender’s making such Incremental Term Loans or providing such Revolving
Commitment Increases to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under
Section 10.07(b) for an assignment of Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, to
such Lender or Additional Lender, (ii) with respect to Incremental Term Commitments, any
Affiliated Lender providing an Incremental Term Commitment shall be subject to the same
restrictions set forth in Section 10.07(l) as they would otherwise be subject to with respect to any
purchase by or assignment to such Affiliated Lender of Term Loans and (iii) Affiliated Lenders
may not provide Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments.
(d) Effectiveness of Incremental Amendment. The effectiveness of any
Incremental Amendment, and the Incremental Commitments thereunder, shall be subject to the
satisfaction on the date thereof (the “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) of each of the
following conditions:
(i) (x) if the proceeds of such Incremental Commitments are being
used to finance a Permitted Business Acquisition, no Event of Default under Section
8.01(a), (f) or (g) shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist after giving effect
to such Incremental Commitments, or (y) if otherwise, no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or would exist after giving effect to such Incremental
Commitments;
(ii) after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments, the
conditions of Section 4.02(i) and (iii) shall be satisfied (it being understood that all
references to “the date of such Credit Extension” or similar language in such Section 4.02
shall be deemed to refer to the effective date of such Incremental Amendment); provided
that if the proceeds of such Incremental Commitments are being used to finance a
Permitted Business Acquisition, (x) the reference in 4.02(i) to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties shall refer to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties in Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b)(ii), 5.01(c), 5.02(a), 5.02(b)(i), 5.02(b)(iii), 5.04,
5.13, 5.18, 5.19 and 5.20 and (y) the reference to “Material Adverse Effect” shall be
understood for this purpose to refer to “Material Adverse Effect or similar definition as
defined in the main transaction agreement governing such Permitted Business
Acquisition”;
(iii) each Incremental Term Commitment shall be in an aggregate
principal amount that is not less than Cdn. $5,000,000 or U.S. $5,000,000, as applicable,
and shall be in an increment of Cdn. $1,000,000 or U.S. $1,000,000, as applicable,
(provided that such amount may be less than Cdn. $5,000,000 or U.S. $5,000,000, as
applicable, if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in
clause (iv) of this Section 2.14(d)) and each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment
shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than Cdn. $5,000,000 or U.S.
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$5,000,000, as applicable, and shall be in an increment of Cdn. $1,000,000 or U.S.
$1,000,000, as applicable (provided that such amount may be less than Cdn. $5,000,000
or U.S. $5,000,000, as applicable, if such amount represents all remaining availability
under the limit set forth in clause (iv) of this Section 2.14(d));
(iv) the aggregate amount of the Incremental Term Loans and the
Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall not exceed the sum of (A) (x) Cdn.
$75,000,000 (or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent if drawn in U.S. Dollars) less (y) the
aggregate amount of Second Lien Incremental Term Loans incurred under Section
2.14(d)(iv)(A) (or any successor or replacement provision thereto) of the Second Lien
Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement, plus (B) additional amounts so long as, at the time
of issuance or incurrence thereof, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio, determined
on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are internally available, as if
any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, as
applicable, available under such Incremental Commitments had been outstanding on the
last day of such period, and, in each case (x) with respect to any Incremental Revolving
Credit Commitment, assuming a borrowing of the maximum amount of Loans available
thereunder, and (y) excluding the cash proceeds of any such Incremental Loans, does not
exceed 3.75:1.00;
(v) to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent,
receipt by the Administrative Agent of (A) customary legal opinions, board resolutions
and officers’ certificates consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date other than
changes to such legal opinion resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to
counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (B)
reaffirmation agreements and/or such amendments to the Collateral Documents as may
be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that such
incremental Indebtedness is provided with the benefit of the applicable Loan Documents;
and
(vi) such other conditions as the Borrower, each Incremental Lender
providing such Incremental Commitments and the Administrative Agent shall agree.
(e) Required Terms. The terms, provisions and documentation of the
Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term Commitments or the Incremental Revolving
Credit Loans and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, of any Class
shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Incremental Lenders providing such
Incremental Commitments, and except as otherwise set forth herein, to the extent not identical to
the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, each existing on the
Incremental Facility Closing Date, shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (it
being understood that to the extent any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of
any Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term Commitments or the Incremental Revolving
Credit Loans and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, no consent shall be required from
the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders to the extent that such financial maintenance
covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding existing Facility). In any event:
(i) the Incremental Term Loans:
(A) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and of security
with the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans,
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(B) shall not mature earlier than the Latest Maturity Date of
any Term Loans outstanding at the time of incurrence of such Incremental Term
Loans,
(C) shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity not
shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of then-existing
Term Loans,
(D) subject to clauses (e)(i)(B) and (e)(i)(C) above and
clause (e)(iii) below, shall have an Applicable Rate and amortization determined
by the Borrower and the applicable Incremental Term Lenders, and
(E) the Incremental Term Loans may participate on a pro
rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in
any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of Term Loans hereunder, as specified
in the applicable Incremental Amendment;
(ii) the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental
Revolving Credit Loans shall be identical to the Revolving Credit Commitments and the
Revolving Credit Loans, other than the Maturity Date and as set forth in this
Section 2.14(e)(ii); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 2.14 or otherwise:
(A) any such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or
Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall rank pari passu in right of payment
and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans,
(B) any such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or
Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall not mature earlier than the Latest
Maturity Date of any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding at the time of
incurrence of such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments,
(C) the borrowing and repayment (except for (1) payments
of interest and fees at different rates on Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitments (and related outstandings), (2) repayments required upon the
maturity date of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and (3)
repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of
commitments (subject to clause (E) below)) of Loans with respect to Incremental
Revolving Credit Commitments after the associated Incremental Facility Closing
Date shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit
Commitments on the Incremental Facility Closing Date,
(D) subject to the provisions of Sections 2.03(o) and 2.04(g)
to the extent dealing with Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit which mature
or expire after a maturity date when there exists Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Swing Line Loans and Letters of
Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Commitments
in accordance with their percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitments on the
Incremental Facility Closing Date (and except as provided in Section 2.03(o) and
Section 2.04(g), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity
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date with respect to Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore incurred
or issued),
(E) the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans
with respect to, and termination of, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments
after the associated Incremental Facility Closing Date shall be made on a pro rata
basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments on the Incremental Facility
Closing Date, except that the Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay
and terminate commitments of any such Class on a better than a pro rata basis as
compared to any other Class with a later maturity date than such Class,
(F) assignments and participations of Incremental Revolving
Credit Commitments and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed
by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving
Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans on the Incremental Facility
Closing Date, and
(G) any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments may
constitute a separate Class or Classes, as the case may be, of Commitments from
the Classes constituting the applicable Revolving Credit Commitments prior to
the Incremental Facility Closing Date;
(iii) the All-In Yield applicable to the Incremental Term Loans or
Incremental Revolving Credit Loans of each Class shall be determined by the Borrower
and the applicable new Lenders and shall be set forth in each applicable Incremental
Amendment; provided, however, that the All-In Yield applicable to such Incremental
Term Loans shall not be greater than the applicable All-In Yield payable pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement as amended through the date of such calculation with respect to
(in the case of Incremental Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars) the Initial Term B-1
Loans or (in the case of Incremental Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars) the Initial
Term B-2 Loans plus 50 basis points per annum unless the interest rate (together with, as
provided in the proviso below, the Eurocurrency Rate, BA Rate, Canadian Prime Rate or
Base Rate floor) with respect to the Initial Term B-1 Loan or Initial Term B-2 Loans, as
applicable, is increased so as to cause the then applicable All-In Yield under this
Agreement on the applicable outstanding Class of Term Loans to equal the All-In Yield
then applicable to the Incremental Term Loans minus 50 basis points; provided further
that any increase in All-In Yield to any existing Initial Term B-1 Loan or Initial Term B-
2 Loan, as applicable, due to the application of a Eurocurrency Rate, BA Rate, Canadian
Prime Rate or Base Rate floor on any Incremental Term Loan or Incremental Revolving
Loan shall be effected solely through an increase in (or implementation of, as applicable)
any Eurocurrency Rate, BA Rate, Canadian Prime Rate or Base Rate floor applicable to
such existing Initial Term B-1 Loan or Initial Term B-2 Loan, or Revolving Credit
Facility, as applicable; and
(iv) for the avoidance of doubt, Incremental Term Loans,
Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental Revolving Credit Loans
shall be available in U.S. Dollars and/or Canadian Dollars.
(f) Incremental Amendment. Commitments in respect of Incremental Term
Loans and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments shall become Commitments (or in the
case of an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment to be provided by an existing Revolving
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Credit Lender, an increase in such Lender’s applicable Revolving Credit Commitment), under
this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Amendment”) to this Agreement
and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, each Incremental
Lender providing such Commitments and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental
Amendment may, without the consent of any Loan Party, Agent or Lender, effect such
amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or
appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the
provisions of this Section 2.14. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Incremental Term
Loans and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments for any purpose not prohibited by this
Agreement. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental
Revolving Credit Commitments, unless it so agrees.
(g) Reallocation of Revolving Credit Exposure. Upon any Incremental
Facility Closing Date on which Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments are effected through
an increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14, (a) if the
increase relates to the Revolving Credit Facility, each of the Revolving Credit Lenders shall
assign to each of the Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders, and each of the Incremental
Revolving Credit Lenders shall purchase from each of the Revolving Credit Lenders, at the
principal amount thereof, such interests in the Incremental Revolving Credit Loans outstanding
on such Incremental Facility Closing Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect
to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Credit Loans will be held by existing
Revolving Credit Lenders and Incremental Revolving Credit Lenders ratably in accordance with
their Revolving Credit Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such Incremental
Revolving Credit Commitments to the Revolving Credit Commitments, (b) each Incremental
Revolving Credit Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Credit Commitment
and each Loan made thereunder shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Credit Loan and
(c) each Incremental Revolving Credit Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the
Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and all matters relating thereto. The Administrative
Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing and prepayment requirements
in Section 2.02 and 2.05(a) of this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant
to the immediately preceding sentence.
(h) This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 10.01
to the contrary.
SECTION 2.15 Refinancing Amendments.
(a) On one or more occasions after the Closing Date, the Borrower may
obtain, from any Lender or any other bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or
investor that agrees to provide any portion of Refinancing Term Loans pursuant to a Refinancing
Amendment in accordance with this Section 2.15 (each, an “Additional Refinancing Lender”)
(provided that (i) the Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer shall
have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional
Refinancing Lender’s making such Refinancing Term Loans or providing such Other Revolving
Credit Commitments to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 10.07(b)
for an assignment of Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or
Additional Refinancing Lender, (ii) with respect to Refinancing Term Loans, any Affiliated
Lender providing any Refinancing Term Loans shall be subject to the same restrictions set forth
in Section 10.07(l) as they would otherwise be subject to with respect to any purchase by or
assignment to such Affiliated Lender of Term Loans and (iii) Affiliated Lenders may not provide
Other Revolving Credit Commitments), Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of
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all or any portion of any Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving
Credit Commitments) then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Refinancing Term
Loans, Refinancing Term Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments, or Other
Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15 or otherwise, (1) the borrowing and repayment
(except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Other Revolving Credit
Commitments (and related outstandings), (B) repayments required upon the maturity date of the
Other Revolving Credit Commitments and (C) repayment made in connection with a permanent
repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause (3) below)) of Loans with respect
to Other Revolving Credit Commitments after the date of obtaining any Other Revolving Credit
Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, (2)
subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(o) and 2.04(g) to the extent dealing with Swing Line
Loans and Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exist Other
Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Swing Line Loans and Letters of
Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Commitments in accordance
with their percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitments (and except as provided in
Section 2.03(o) and Section 2.04(g), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier
maturity date with respect to Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or
issued), (3) the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination
of, Other Revolving Credit Commitments after the date of obtaining any Other Revolving Credit
Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments,
except that the Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate commitments of
any such Class on a better than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class with a later
maturity date than such Class, (4) assignments and participations of Other Revolving Credit
Commitments and Other Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and
participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit
Loans and (5) the Refinancing Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro
rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of
Term Loans hereunder, as specified in the applicable Refinancing Amendment).
(b) The terms, provisions and documentation of the Refinancing Term
Loans, Refinancing Term Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments, or Other
Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, of any Class shall be subject to the limitations set
forth in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”.
(c) The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the
satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the
extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of
(i) customary legal opinions, board resolutions and officers’ certificates consistent with those
delivered on the Closing Date other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change
in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and (ii) reaffirmation agreements and/or such amendments to the Collateral
Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that
such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is provided with the benefit of the applicable
Loan Documents.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness
shall be available in U.S. Dollars and/or Canadian Dollars. Each issuance of Credit Agreement
Refinancing Indebtedness under Section 2.15(a) shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is
(x) not less than Cdn. $25,000,000 or U.S. $25,000,000, as applicable, and (y) an integral
multiple of Cdn. $1,000,000 or U.S. $1,000,000, as applicable, in excess thereof (provided that
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such amount may be less than Cdn. $1,000,000 or U.S. $1,000,000, as applicable, if such amount
represents all remaining outstanding amounts in respect of the Indebtedness being so refinanced).
(e) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, without the
consent of any other Lenders, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to (i) reflect the
existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto
and (ii) make such other changes to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents consistent
with the provisions and intent of the third paragraph of Section 10.01 (without the consent of the
Required Lenders called for therein) and (iii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.15, and the
Required Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such
Refinancing Amendment.
SECTION 2.16 Extension of Term Loans; Extension of Revolving Credit Loans.
(a) Extension of Term Loans. The Borrower may at any time and from time
to time request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of a given Class (each, an “Existing Term
Loan Tranche”) be amended to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) with respect to all or a
portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so
amended, “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this
Section 2.16. In order to establish any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide a notice
to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders
under the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche) (each, a “Term Loan Extension Request”)
setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which shall (x) be
identical as offered to each Lender under such Existing Term Loan Tranche (including as to the
proposed interest rates and fees payable) and offered pro rata to each Lender under such Existing
Term Loan Tranche and (y) be identical to the Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan
Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans are to be amended, except that: (i) all or any of
the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to
later dates than the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Term Loans of such
Existing Term Loan Tranche, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (ii)
the All-In Yield with respect to the Extended Term Loans (whether in the form of interest rate
margin, upfront fees, original issue discount or otherwise) may be different than the All-In Yield
for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche, in each case, to the extent provided in
the applicable Extension Amendment; (iii) the Extension Amendment may provide for other
covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect
on the effective date of the Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of
such Extended Term Loans); (iv) to the extent constituting a separate Class, Extended Term
Loans shall be available in U.S. Dollars and/or Canadian Dollars; and (v) Extended Term Loans
may have call protection as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof; provided
that no Extended Term Loans may be optionally prepaid prior to the date on which all Term
Loans with an earlier final stated maturity (including Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan
Tranche from which they were amended) are repaid in full, unless such optional prepayment is
accompanied by at least a pro rata optional prepayment of such other Term Loans; provided,
however, that (A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time a Term Loan
Extension Request is delivered to Lenders, (B) in no event shall the final maturity date of any
Extended Term Loans of a given Term Loan Extension Series at the time of establishment thereof
be earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date of any then existing Term Loans hereunder, (C) the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans of a given Term Loan
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Extension Series at the time of establishment thereof shall be no shorter (other than by virtue of
amortization or prepayment of such Indebtedness prior to the time of incurrence of such Extended
Term Loans) than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Existing Term Loan
Tranche, (D) any such Extended Term Loans (and the Liens securing the same) shall be permitted
by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements (to the extent any Intercreditor Agreement is then in
effect), (E) all documentation in respect of such Extension Amendment shall be consistent with
the foregoing and (F) any Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or less than a
pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory repayments or
prepayments hereunder, in each case as specified in the respective Term Loan Extension Request.
Any Extended Term Loans amended pursuant to any Term Loan Extension Request shall be
designated a series (each, a “Term Loan Extension Series”) of Extended Term Loans for all
purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Extended Term Loans amended from an Existing
Term Loan Tranche may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be
designated as an increase in any previously established Term Loan Extension Series with respect
to such Existing Term Loan Tranche. Each Term Loan Extension Series of Extended Term
Loans incurred under this Section 2.16 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less
than Cdn. $25,000,000 or U.S. $25,000,000, as applicable.
(b) Extension of Revolving Credit Commitments. The Borrower may at any
time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of a
given Class (each, an “Existing Revolver Tranche”) be amended to extend the Maturity Date
with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Revolving Credit Commitments
(any such Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so amended, “Extended Revolving
Credit Commitments”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.16. In order
to establish any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to
the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders under
the applicable Existing Revolver Tranche) (each, a “Revolver Extension Request”) setting forth
the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established, which shall
(x) be identical as offered to each Lender under such Existing Revolver Tranche (including as to
the proposed interest rates and fees payable) and offered pro rata to each Lender under such
Existing Revolver Tranche and (y) be identical to the Revolving Credit Commitments under the
Existing Revolver Tranche from which such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments are to be
amended, except that: (i) the Maturity Date of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may
be delayed to a later date than the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Commitments of such
Existing Revolver Tranche, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (ii)
the All-In Yield with respect to extensions of credit under the Extended Revolving Credit
Commitments (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, original issue discount or
otherwise) may be different than the All-In Yield for extensions of credit under the Revolving
Credit Commitments of such Existing Revolver Tranche, in each case, to the extent provided in
the applicable Extension Amendment; (iii) the Extension Amendment may provide for other
covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect
on the effective date of the Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of
such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments); (iv) to the extent constituting a separate Class,
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be available in U.S. Dollars and/or Canadian
Dollars; and (v) all borrowings and commitment reductions under the applicable Revolving
Credit Commitments (i.e., the Existing Revolver Tranche and the Extended Revolving Credit
Commitments of the applicable Revolver Extension Series) and repayments thereunder shall be
made on a pro rata basis (except for (I) payments of interest and fees at different rates on
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) and (II) repayments and
commitment terminations required upon the Maturity Date of the non-extending Revolving Credit
Commitments), except that the Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate
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commitments of any such Class on a better than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class
with a later maturity date than such Class; provided, further, that (A) no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing at the time a Revolver Extension Request is delivered to Lenders, (B)
in no event shall the final maturity date of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a
given Revolver Extension Series at the time of establishment thereof be earlier than the then
Latest Maturity Date of any other Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder, (C) any such
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and the Liens securing the same) shall be permitted by
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements (to the extent any Intercreditor Agreement is then in
effect) and (D) all documentation in respect of such Extension Amendment shall be consistent
with the foregoing. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments amended pursuant to any
Revolver Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, a “Revolver Extension Series”)
of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that
any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments amended from an Existing Revolver Tranche may,
to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in
any previously established Revolver Extension Series with respect to such Existing Revolver
Tranche. Each Revolver Extension Series of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments incurred
under this Section 2.16 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than Cdn.
$10,000,000 or U.S. $10,000,000, as applicable.
(c) Extension Request. The Borrower shall provide the applicable Extension
Request at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which Lenders under the Existing
Term Loan Tranche or at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which Lenders under
the Existing Revolver Tranche, as applicable, are requested to respond, and shall agree to such
procedures, if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each
case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.16. No Lender shall have any
obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Tranche amended
into Extended Term Loans or any of its Revolving Credit Commitments amended into Extended
Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Lender
holding a Loan under an Existing Term Loan Tranche (each, an “Extending Term Lender”)
wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche subject
to such Extension Request amended into Extended Term Loans and any Revolving Credit Lender
(each, an “Extending Revolving Credit Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its
Revolving Credit Commitments under the Existing Revolver Tranche subject to such Extension
Request amended into Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, shall notify the
Administrative Agent (each, an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such
Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche or
Revolving Credit Commitments under the Existing Revolver Tranche, as applicable, which it has
elected to request be amended into Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit
Commitments, as applicable (subject to any minimum denomination requirements imposed by the
Administrative Agent). In the event that the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans under the
Existing Term Loan Tranche or Revolving Credit Commitments under the Existing Revolver
Tranche, as applicable, in respect of which applicable Term Lenders or Revolving Credit
Lenders, as the case may be, shall have accepted the relevant Extension Request exceeds the
amount of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable,
requested to be extended pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans or Revolving Credit
Commitments, as applicable, subject to Extension Elections shall be amended to Extended Term
Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, on a pro rata basis (subject to rounding
by the Administrative Agent, which shall be conclusive) based on the aggregate principal amount
of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, included in each such Extension
Election.
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(d) Extension Amendment. Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving
Credit Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment (each, a “Extension
Amendment”) to this Agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each
Extending Term Lender or Extending Revolving Credit Lender, as applicable, providing an
Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable, thereunder,
which shall be consistent with the provisions set forth in Sections 2.16(a) or (b) above,
respectively (but which shall not require the consent of any other Lender). The effectiveness of
any Extension Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) legal opinions, board resolutions and officers’
certificates consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date other than changes to such legal
opinions resulting from a change in law, change in fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) reaffirmation agreements and/or such
amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent in order to ensure that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit
Commitments, as applicable, are provided with the benefit of the applicable Loan Documents.
The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each
Extension Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to an Extension Amendment, without the
consent of any other Lenders, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to (i) reflect the
existence and terms of the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as
applicable, incurred pursuant thereto, (ii) modify the scheduled repayments set forth in
Section 2.07 with respect to any Existing Term Loan Tranche subject to an Extension Election to
reflect a reduction in the principal amount of the Term Loans thereunder in an amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of the Extended Term Loans amended pursuant to the applicable
Extension (with such amount to be applied ratably to reduce scheduled repayments of such Term
Loans required pursuant to Section 2.07), (iii) modify the prepayments set forth in Section 2.05 to
reflect the existence of the Extended Term Loans and the application of prepayments with respect
thereto, (iv) make such other changes to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents consistent
with the provisions and intent of the second paragraph of Section 10.01 (without the consent of
the Required Lenders called for therein) and (v) effect such other amendments to this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.16, and the
Required Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such
Extension Amendment.
(e) No conversion of Loans pursuant to any Extension in accordance with
this Section 2.16 shall constitute a voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment for purposes
of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.17 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no
longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to
approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement
shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01.
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(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest,
fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that
Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII
or otherwise), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the
Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that
Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a
pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to L/C Issuers or Swing
Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested
by any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding
obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or
Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which
that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this
Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit
account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund
Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders,
the L/C Issuers or the Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender
against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its
obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a
result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower
against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its
obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise
directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a
payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which
that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or
L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were
satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C
Borrowings owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being
applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting
Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting
Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post
Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected
by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to
receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) for any period during which that
Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such
fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender)
and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit fees as provided in
Section 2.03(h).
(iv) Reallocation of Pro Rata Share to Reduce Fronting Exposure.
During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the
amount of the obligation of each Non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund
participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.03 and
2.04, the “Pro Rata Share” of each Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and
L/C Obligations shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that
Defaulting Lender; provided that (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at
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the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each Non-
Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and
Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment
of that Non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Loans
of that Lender.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuers agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting
Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so
notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to
any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash
Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans
of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be
necessary to cause the Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters
of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with
their Pro Rata Share (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will
cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with
respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was
a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed
by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a
waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a
Defaulting Lender.
SECTION 2.18 Bankers’ Acceptances.
(a) Term. Each Bankers’ Acceptance shall have a term equal to the Interest
Period specified in the Committed Loan Notice. No term of any Bankers’ Acceptance shall
extend beyond the Maturity Date.
(b) BA Rate. On each date of a Credit Extension or other date on which
Bankers’ Acceptances are to be accepted, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Borrower as
to its determination of the applicable BA Rate for the Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted.
(c) Purchase. Upon acceptance of a Bankers’ Acceptance by a Lender, such
Lender shall purchase, or arrange, the purchase of, such Bankers’ Acceptance at the applicable
BA Rate. The applicable Lender shall provide to the Administrative Agent’s account, the BA
Proceeds less the BA Fee payable by the Borrower with respect to the Bankers’ Acceptance.
(d) Sale. Each Lender may from time to time hold, sell, rediscount or
otherwise Dispose of any or all Bankers’ Acceptances accepted and purchased by it.
(e) Power of Attorney for the Execution of Bankers’ Acceptances. To
facilitate the availment of the Facilities by Bankers’ Acceptances, the Borrower hereby appoints
each Lender as its attorney to sign and endorse on its behalf, in handwriting or by facsimile or
mechanical signature as and when deemed necessary by such Lender, blank forms of B/As. In
this respect, it is each Lender’s responsibility to maintain an adequate supply of blank forms of
B/As for acceptance under this Agreement. The Borrower recognizes and agrees that all B/As
signed and/or endorsed on its behalf by a Lender shall bind the Borrower as fully and effectually
as if signed in the handwriting of and duly issued by its proper signing officers. Each Lender is
hereby authorized to issue such B/As endorsed in blank in such face amounts as may be
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determined by such Lender; provided that the aggregate amount thereof is equal to the aggregate
amount of B/As required to be accepted and purchased by such Lender. No Lender shall be liable
for any damage, loss or other claim arising by reason of any loss or improper use of any such
instrument except for the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Lender or its officers,
employees, agents or representatives. Each Lender shall maintain a record with respect to B/As
held by it in blank hereunder, voided by it for any reason, accepted and purchased by it
hereunder, and cancelled at their respective maturities. Each Lender agrees to provide such
records to the Borrower at its expense upon request.
(f) Execution. Drafts drawn by the Borrower to be accepted as Bankers’
Acceptances shall be signed by a Responsible Officer. Notwithstanding that any Person whose
signature appears on any Bankers’ Acceptance may no longer be an authorized signatory for the
Borrower at the time of issuance of a Bankers’ Acceptance, that signature shall nevertheless be
valid and sufficient for all purposes as if the authority had remained in force at the time of
issuance and any Bankers’ Acceptance so signed shall be binding on the Borrower.
(g) Issuance. The Administrative Agent, promptly following receipt of a
notice of a Borrowing, conversion or continuation by way of Bankers’ Acceptances, shall advise
the applicable Lenders of the notice and shall advise each applicable Lender of the face amount of
Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by it and the applicable term (which shall be identical for all
applicable Lenders). The aggregate face amount of Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by a
Lender shall be determined by the Administrative Agent by reference to that Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the issue of Bankers’ Acceptances, except that, if the face amount of a Bankers’
Acceptance which would otherwise be accepted by a Lender would not be $100,000 or a whole
multiple thereof, the face amount shall be increased or reduced by the Administrative Agent in its
sole discretion to $100,000, or the nearest whole multiple of that amount, as appropriate.
(h) Rollover. At or before 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) three (3) Business
Days before the maturity date of any Bankers’ Acceptances, the Borrower shall give to the
Administrative Agent, written notice which notice shall specify either that the Borrower intends
to repay the maturing Bankers’ Acceptances on the maturity date or that the Borrower intends to
issue Bankers’ Acceptances on the maturity date to provide for payment of the maturing Bankers’
Acceptances. If the Borrower fails to provide such notice to the Administrative Agent or fails to
repay the maturing Bankers’ Acceptances, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing on such maturity date, the Borrower’s obligations in respect of such Bankers’
Acceptances shall convert on such maturity date into a Canadian Prime Rate Loan in an amount
equal to the aggregate face amount of such Bankers’ Acceptances. Otherwise, the Borrower shall
provide payment to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the applicable Lenders of an amount
equal to the aggregate face amount of the Bankers’ Acceptances issued by the applicable Lenders
on their maturity date.
(i) Waiver of Presentment and Other Conditions. The Borrower waives
presentment for payment and any other defense to payment of any amounts due to a Lender in
respect of a Bankers’ Acceptance accepted and purchased by it pursuant to this Agreement which
might exist solely by reason of the Bankers Acceptance being held, at the maturity thereof, by
such Lender in its own right and the Borrower agrees not to claim any days of grace if such
Lender as holder sues the Borrower on the Bankers’ Acceptance for payment of the amount
payable by the Borrower thereunder. On the specified maturity date of a B/A that has not been
converted or continued in accordance with the terms hereof, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender
that has accepted such B/A the full face amount of such B/A and after such payment, the
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Borrower shall have no further liability in respect of such B/A and such Lender shall be entitled
to all benefits of, and be responsible for all payments due to third parties under such B/A.
(j) BA Equivalent Loans by Non-BA Lenders. Whenever the Borrower
requests a Credit Extension by way of Bankers’ Acceptance, each Lender which is a Non-BA
Lender shall, in lieu of accepting and purchasing Bankers’ Acceptances, make a BA Equivalent
Loan in an equivalent aggregate amount.
(k) Terms Applicable to Discount Notes. As set out in the definition of the
Bankers’ Acceptances, that term includes Discount Notes and all terms of this Agreement
applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances shall apply equally to Discount Notes evidencing BA
Equivalent Loans with such changes as may in the context be necessary. For greater certainty:
(i) the term of a Discount Note shall be the same as the term for
Bankers’ Acceptances accepted and purchased on the same date of a Credit Extension in
respect of the same Loan;
(ii) an acceptance fee will be payable in respect of a Discount Note
and shall be calculated at the same rate and in the same manner as the BA Fee in respect
of a Bankers’ Acceptance accepted and purchased on the same date of Credit Extension
in respect of the same Loan; and
(iii) the interest rate applicable to a Discount Note shall be the BA
Rate applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by a Lender on the same date of a
Credit Extension in respect of the same Loan.
The Borrower and each applicable Non-BA Lender hereby acknowledges and
agrees that from time to time certain Non-BA Lenders may elect not to receive any Discount
Notes, and the Borrower and each applicable Non-BA Lender agrees that with respect to any such
Non-BA Lender, in lieu of receiving Discount Notes, the applicable BA Equivalent Loan may be
evidenced by a loan account which such Non-BA Lender shall maintain in its name, and in such
event such loan account shall be entitled to all the benefits of Discount Notes.
(l) Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada). At the option of any Lender,
Bankers’ Acceptances under this Agreement to be accepted by that Lender may be issued in the
form of depository bills for deposit with The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited
pursuant to the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada). All depository bills so issued shall be
governed by the provisions of this Section 2.18.
ARTICLE VII.
Negative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other
Obligation hereunder (other than obligations under Treasury Services Agreements or obligations under
Secured Hedge Agreements) which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any
Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related
thereto has been Cash Collateralized or a backstop letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable
L/C Issuer is in place), then from and after the Closing Date:
SECTION 7.01 Liens. Neither the Borrower nor the Restricted Subsidiaries shall create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
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(a) Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.01(a); provided that such
Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and extensions,
renewals and refinancings of such obligations permitted by Section 7.03(a)) and shall not
subsequently apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents or permitted in respect of
any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage;
(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(h) or a Permitted Refinancing
thereof, provided that (i) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower
or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition
of such property or asset (other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing
Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other
obligations are permitted hereunder that require a pledge of after-acquired property, it being
understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such
requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), (ii) such Lien is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition and (iii) in the case of a Lien securing a
Permitted Refinancing, such Lien is permitted in accordance with clause (d)(ii) of the definition
of the term “Permitted Refinancing”;
(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies, or
for employment insurance, pension obligations or other social security obligations, workers’
compensation or vacation pay, in each case not yet delinquent or that are being contested in
compliance with Section 6.04;
(e) Liens imposed by Law such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s,
mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary
course of business and securing obligations that are not yet due or that are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;
(f) (i) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations under U.S., Canadian or
foreign Law and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance
arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits securing liability for
reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of
credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or
liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(g) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for
Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and
appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, warranty bonds, bids, leases, government
contracts, trade contracts, completion or performance guarantees and other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health,
safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(h) zoning restrictions, easements, trackage rights, leases (other than Capital
Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real
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property, servitudes and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business
that do not render title unmarketable and that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material
respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or
would result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) purchase money security interests in inventory, equipment or other
property or improvements thereto hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements,
constructed) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including the interests of vendors and
lessors under conditional sale and title retention agreements); provided that (i) such security
interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(i) (including any Permitted Refinancing
in respect thereof), (ii) such security interests are incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby
is created, within 270 days after such acquisition (or construction), (iii) the Indebtedness secured
thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of such inventory, equipment or other property or
improvements at the time of such acquisition (or construction), including transaction costs
incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such acquisition (or
construction) and (iv) such security interests do not apply to any other property or assets of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to accessions to such inventory, equipment or
other property or improvements or proceeds thereof); provided further that individual financings
of inventory or equipment provided by a single lender may be cross-collateralized to other
financings of inventory or equipment provided solely by such lender;
(j) Liens arising out of capitalized lease transactions permitted under
Section 7.04, so long as such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such
transaction and any accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and related property;
(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default
under Section 8.01(h);
(l) other Liens with respect to property or assets of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary with an aggregate fair market value (valued at the time of creation thereof)
of not more than the greater of $10,000,000 and 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (determined
at the time of the creation of such Liens); provided that Unsecured Guarantors shall not be
permitted to grant Liens securing Indebtedness under this Section 7.01(l) unless the Obligations
are secured by Liens in a manner and to the extent no less favorable to the Secured Parties than
the Liens securing such other Indebtedness;
(m) Liens disclosed by the Mortgage Policies and any replacement, extension
or renewal of any such Lien; provided that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not
cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such
replacement, extension or renewal; provided further that the Indebtedness and other obligations
secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;
(n) (i) undetermined or inchoate Liens, rights of distress and charges
incidental to current operations which have not at such time been filed or exercised, or which
relate to obligations not due or payable or if due, the validity of which is being contested
diligently and in good faith by appropriate proceedings by that Person and (ii) (A) reservations,
limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original grant from any Governmental
Authority or (B) other grant of real property, or interests therein, which, in the case of this clause
(B), do not materially and adversely affect the use of the affected land for the purpose for which it
is used by that Person;
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(o) any interest or title of, or Liens created by, a lessor under any leases or
subleases entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as tenant, in the ordinary
course of business;
(p) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment
of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii)
relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to
permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other
agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business;
(q) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision
relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;
(r) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit
permitted under Section 7.03(f) or (p) and covering the goods (or the documents of title in respect
of such goods) financed by such letters of credit and the proceeds and products thereof;
(s) licenses of intellectual property granted in the ordinary course of
business;
(t) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of
law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the
ordinary course of business;
(u) Liens in favor of bonding companies in respect of bonds permitted by
Section 7.03(f)(ii) and used by any Loan Party in connection with the carrying on of the customs
brokerage business; provided that such Liens are subordinated by the holder of such Liens to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to a subordination and postponement agreement
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, except with respect to
any such Liens incurred in connection with, or arising from, a Permitted Business Acquisition by
the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(v) Liens given to a public utility or any Governmental Authority when
required by such utility or Governmental Authority in connection with the operations of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business;
(w) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower
or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement
permitted hereunder;
(x) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code filings or
any PPSA financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Borrower or
any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(y) Liens arising from the right of distress enjoyed by landlords outside of
the Province of Quebec to secure the payment and performance of obligations in respect of leased
properties in such provinces or a Lien granted by a tenant to a landlord to secure the payment and
performance of obligations in respect of property in the Province of Quebec leased from such
landlord, provided that such Liens are limited to the assets located at or about such leased
property;
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(z) the right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority by the
terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit acquired by that Person or by any statutory
provision to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or
other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(aa) Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness incurred under Section
7.03(l), on a second-priority or other junior priority basis to the Facilities and subject to the terms
of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement; provided that Unsecured Guarantors shall not be
permitted to grant Liens securing Indebtedness under this Section 7.01(aa) unless the Obligations
are secured by Liens in a manner and to the extent no less favorable to the Secured Parties than
the Liens securing such other Indebtedness;
(bb) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(r); provided
that the representative of the holders of each such Indebtedness becomes party to (i) if such
Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control
of remedies) with the Obligations, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement as a “Senior
Representative” (as defined in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement) and the First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) if such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a second
priority (or other junior priority) basis to the liens securing the Obligations, the Junior Lien
Intercreditor Agreement as a “Second Priority Representative” (as defined in the Junior
Intercreditor Agreement); and provided further that Unsecured Guarantors shall not be permitted
to grant Liens securing Indebtedness under this Section 7.01(bb) unless the Obligations are
secured by Liens in a manner and to the extent no less favorable to the Secured Parties than the
Liens securing such other Indebtedness;
(cc) Liens on the Collateral securing obligations in respect of Permitted First
Priority Refinancing Debt or Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt and any Permitted
Refinancing of any of the foregoing; provided that (x) any such Liens securing any Permitted
Refinancing in respect of Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt are subject to the First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement and (y) any such Liens securing any Permitted Refinancing in respect of
Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt are subject to the Junior Lien Intercreditor
Agreement; and
(dd) Liens arising under the PBA: (x) in the ordinary course absent any wind-
up or partial wind-up or failure to make an employer contribution to a Canadian Pension Plan
when due, including in respect of employee contributions received but not yet remitted to a
Canadian Pension Plan; (y) on the wind up or partial wind up of a Canadian DB Plan absent the
occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 8.01(m); and (z) as a result of a failure to make
a pension plan contribution when due unless such failure continues for more than ten (10)
Business Days and exceeds $500,000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Liens shall be permitted to exist, directly or indirectly,
on (i) Pledged Equity, other than Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent and Liens permitted by Section
7.01(d), (e), (q), (aa), (bb), (cc) or (dd) or (ii) Mortgaged Property, in each case, other than Liens in favor
of the Collateral Agent, Prior Liens and Permitted Encumbrances, or Liens permitted by Section 7.01(l),
(aa), (bb), (cc) or (dd).
SECTION 7.02 Investments. Neither the Borrower nor the Restricted Subsidiaries shall
make or hold any Investments, except:
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(a) Investments by (i) Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties
in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any
write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed, in the aggregate, an amount equal to (x) the
greater of $15,000,000 and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (determined at the time of, and
after giving effect to, such Investment), plus any return of capital actually received by the
respective investors in respect of investments previously made by them pursuant to this clause
7.02(a)(i), plus (y) the portion, if any, of the Available Investment Basket Amount on the date of
such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 7.02(a), (ii) Loan Parties in other
Loan Parties and (iii) Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in any other Restricted
Subsidiary;
(b) Cash Equivalents and Investments that were Cash Equivalents when
made;
(c) Investments arising out of the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary of non-cash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 7.05;
(d) (i) loans and advances to employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
the ordinary course of business not to exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding
(calculated without regard to write-downs or write-offs thereof), (ii) advances of payroll
payments and expenses to employees in the ordinary course of business and (iii) loans and
advances to directors, consultants, officers or employees of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries to fund such members’ purchase of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or its
Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) so long as no cash is
paid by a Loan Party in connection therewith (or any cash so paid is promptly (and in any event
within two Business Days) returned to such Loan Party);
(e) accounts receivable arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary
course of business and any securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from
financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit
loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Swap Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 7.11;
(g) Investments existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.02;
(h) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in Section
7.01(f) and (g);
(i) other Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an
aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any
write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed (i) the greater of $25,000,000 and 3.0% of
Consolidated Total Assets (determined at the time of, and after giving effect to, such Investment)
(plus any returns of capital actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments
theretofore made by it pursuant to this paragraph (i)), plus (ii) so long as no Event of Default shall
have occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the portion, if any, of the Available
Investment Basket Amount on the date such election is made that the Borrower elects to apply to
this Section 7.02(i)(ii);
(j) Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions;
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(k) additional Investments may be made from time to time to the extent
made with proceeds of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower (excluding proceeds of a
Designated Equity Contribution), in each case Not Otherwise Applied;
(l) Investments (including, but not limited to, Investments in Equity
Interests, intercompany loans, and Guarantees of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted
hereunder) after the Closing Date by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in any Loan
Party or other Subsidiary;
(m) the Transactions;
(n) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against,
customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or
of a corporation merged into the Borrower or merged into or consolidated with a Restricted
Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.05 after the Closing Date to the extent that such
Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or
consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation; and
(p) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of operating
leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute
Indebtedness, in each case entered into by any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business.
SECTION 7.03 Indebtedness. Neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and (other than in the case of
any existing letters of credit to be replaced with Letters of Credit issued hereunder) set forth on
Schedule 7.03 (excluding Indebtedness under clauses (b), (l) and (p) of this Section 7.03) and any
Permitted Refinancing of such Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness refinanced
with Indebtedness owed to a Person not affiliated with the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary);
(b) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;
(c) Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to
Swap Agreements permitted by Section 7.11;
(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit
or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any Person providing workers’
compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability
insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or
indemnification obligations to such Person, provided that upon the incurrence of Indebtedness
with respect to reimbursement obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, such
obligations are reimbursed not later than 30 days following such incurrence;
(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent
permitted by Section 7.02, provided that Indebtedness of any Loan Party to any Restricted
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Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (the “Subordinated Intercompany Debt”) shall be
subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(f) (i) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, warranty bonds, bid
bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion or performance guarantees and similar
obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to
secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business and
Indebtedness arising out of advances on exports, advances on imports, advances on trade
receivables, customer prepayments and similar transactions in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice, in each case other than obligations of the type described in clause
(ii) of this Section 7.03(f) and (ii) Indebtedness consisting of reimbursement obligations in
respect of customs bonds and performance bonds issued for the benefit of Canadian or U.S. tax
authorities in respect of duties, GST, HST and excise taxes up to the maximum aggregate amount
equal to the greater of (A) $75,000,000 or (B) the amount that is required by Law;
(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial
institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary
course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business,
provided that (x) such Indebtedness (other than credit or purchase cards) is extinguished within
three Business Days of its incurrence and (y) such Indebtedness in respect of credit or purchase
cards is extinguished within 60 days from its incurrence;
(h) (i) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing
Date or a Person merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
after the Closing Date and Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets,
which Indebtedness in each case, exists at the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation
and is not created in contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger or
consolidation is permitted by this Agreement; provided that immediately after giving effect
thereto: (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom and (B)(1) after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis thereto, the Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio is no greater than 6.00:1.00 or (2) after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis
thereto, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is greater than 6.00:1.00 and the aggregate
principal amount of such assumption or incurrence of such Indebtedness at the time of, and after
giving effect to, such acquisition, merger or consolidation would not exceed $10,000,000,
together with all other Indebtedness, incurred under this clause (B)(2); and (ii) any Permitted
Refinancing of such Indebtedness;
(i) Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and purchase money
Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days
after the acquisition, lease or improvement of the respective asset permitted under this Agreement
in order to finance such acquisition, lease or improvement, and any Permitted Refinancing in
respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the
incurrence thereof (together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (i) and the
Remaining Present Value of leases permitted under Section 7.04) would not exceed the greater of
$15,000,000 and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (determined at the time of incurrence of such
Indebtedness, but in any event, giving effect to any such acquisition, lease or improvement);
(j) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is permitted under Section
7.04;
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(k) other Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (k) not in excess of $15,000,000;
(l) (i) Second Lien Term Loans outstanding on the Closing Date, (ii) any
Second Lien Incremental Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (x) Cdn.
$75,000,000 (or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent if drawn in U.S. Dollars) less (y) the aggregate
principal amount of the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitments incurred under Section 2.14(d)(iv)(A) (or any successor or replacement provision
thereto) plus (z) additional Second Lien Incremental Term Loans so long as at the time of
incurrence thereof, the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis
as of the last day of the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which
financial statements are internally available, as if such Second Lien Incremental Term Loans had
been outstanding on the last day of such period (but excluding the cash proceeds of any such
Second Lien Incremental Term Loans), does not exceed 5.25:1.00 and (iii) any Permitted
Refinancing of amounts incurred under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii);
(m) Guarantees (i) by the Loan Parties of the Indebtedness of the Borrower
described in paragraph (l) and (s) of this Section 7.03, (ii) by any Loan Party of any Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Loan Party expressly permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (iii)
by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted
hereunder of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent
permitted by Section 7.02, (iv) by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party of
Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that Guarantees
by any Loan Party under this Section 7.03(m) of any Indebtedness of a Person that is
subordinated to other Indebtedness of such Person shall be expressly subordinated to the
Obligations on terms consistent with those used, or to be used, for Subordinated Intercompany
Debt;
(n) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn outs or similar
obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of
any business, assets or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by
any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Restricted Subsidiary for the
purpose of financing such acquisition;
(o) Sponsor Subordinated Debt; provided that both immediately prior and
after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result
therefrom;
(p) at any time on or prior to November 9, 2013, Indebtedness in respect of
the Existing Notes; provided that the Existing Notes Escrow Condition shall be satisfied;
(q) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not in
excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit;
(r) Indebtedness consisting of Permitted Ratio Debt to the extent permitted
at the time of incurrence thereof pursuant to the definition thereof; and any Permitted Refinancing
thereof;
(s) Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness; and
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(t) all premium (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees,
expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (a)
through (s) above.
SECTION 7.04 Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Neither the Borrower nor any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries shall enter into any arrangement with any Person whereby it shall sell or transfer
any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same
purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”),
provided that a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be permitted so long as at the time the lease in
connection therewith is entered into, and after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, the
Remaining Present Value of such lease (together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to paragraph (i)
of Section 7.03 and the Remaining Present Value of outstanding leases previously entered into under this
Section 7.04) would not exceed the greater of $15,000,000 and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets
(determined at the time of entering into such lease).
SECTION 7.05 Dispositions; Mergers and Acquisitions. Neither the Borrower nor any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) make any Disposition or (ii) merge into, amalgamate or consolidate
with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or (iii) purchase,
lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the
assets of any other Person, except:
(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment
and the purchase and sale of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each
case in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) the sale
of surplus, obsolete or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) the sale of Cash Equivalents in the ordinary
course of business;
(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) the merger or amalgamation of the Borrower
with a Restricted Subsidiary that is (x) a wholly owned Subsidiary and (y) a Subsidiary organized
under the Laws of the United States, Canada or any state, province or territory in each case
thereof, in a transaction in which (1) the Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving or resulting
corporation, so long as after giving effect thereto such Restricted Subsidiary assumes all
Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents in a manner reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent or (2) the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) the merger,
amalgamation or consolidation of any Restricted Subsidiary into or with any Loan Party in a
transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Loan Party and, in the case of each of
clauses (i) and (ii), no Person other than the Borrower or a Loan Party receives any consideration;
provided that following any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving a Loan Party
that is not an Unsecured Guarantor, the surviving or resulting entity shall be a Loan Party that is
not an Unsecured Guarantor, (iii) the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party into or with any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party or (iv) the liquidation or dissolution (other than the Borrower ) or change in form of entity
of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary if the Borrower determines in good faith that such
liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially
disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to the Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided that any sales,
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transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary that (x) is not a
Loan Party or (y) is an Unsecured Guarantor, shall in each case be made in compliance with
Sections 7.02 and 7.08;
(d) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 7.04;
(e) Investments permitted by Section 7.02, Liens permitted by Section 7.01
and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.06;
(f) [reserved];
(g) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and
not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;
(h) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions of assets not otherwise
permitted by this Section 7.05; provided that the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance
with Section 2.05(b);
(i) any merger, amalgamation or consolidation in connection with a
Permitted Business Acquisition, provided that following any such merger, amalgamation or
consolidation (i) involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving or resulting corporation,
(ii) involving a Loan Party (other than the Borrower), the surviving or resulting entity shall be a
Loan Party that is a wholly owned Subsidiary and (iii) involving a Loan Party that is not an
Unsecured Guarantor, the surviving or resulting entity shall be a Loan Party that is not an
Unsecured Guarantor;
(j) licensing and cross-licensing arrangements involving any technology or
other intellectual property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business;
(k) licensing and cross-licensing arrangements involving any technology or
other intellectual property pursuant to the letter of intent between Livingston International
Technology Services Corporation, Livingston International Mexico S., de R.L. de C.V. and
Fernando Gonzales-Silva, dated as of November 15, 2012;
(l) abandonment, cancellation or disposition of any intellectual property of
the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Borrower’s reasonable business
judgment; and
(m) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, the Sponsors, the
Sponsor Holdcos and the other equity holders of the Borrower may transfer 100% of the Equity
Interests of the Borrower to an entity organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or
any state, province or territory therein (any such entity, “Holdings”); provided that (i)
substantially concurrently with such transfer, such new entity shall become a Guarantor and shall
execute and deliver such Collateral Documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request (including to pledge 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower to the Collateral Agent)
and shall otherwise accede to the Loan Documents in a manner reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received such legal opinions,
board resolutions and officers’ certificates of Holdings consistent with those delivered on the
Closing Date (other than changes to such legal opinions resulting from a change in law, change in
fact or change to counsel’s form of opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent)
as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, (iii) such transfer does not
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materially impair any rights or privileges of the Lenders or any Agent under any Loan Document
and (iv) substantially concurrently with such transfer, pursuant to Section 10.01, this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents shall have been amended in a manner reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent to incorporate such new entity as a Guarantor and as sole holder of the
Borrower. Any such transaction consummated in accordance with this Section 7.05(m) shall not
constitute a Change of Control so long as (x) the Borrower is wholly-owned by Holdings and (y)
no Change of Control shall have occurred as if each reference to the Borrower in clauses (a) and
(b)(i) of the definition of Change of Control were a reference to Holdings.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.05 above, (i) the
Borrower may, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom, sell, grant or otherwise issue Equity Interests to directors, consultants, officers or employees of
the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) pursuant to
stock option, stock ownership, stock incentive or similar plans, (ii) no sale, transfer or other disposition of
assets shall be permitted by this Section 7.05 (other than sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to
Loan Parties pursuant to paragraph (c) hereof) unless such disposition is for fair market value, (iii) no
sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by paragraph (a), (d) or (l) of this Section
7.05 unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration, (iv) no sale, transfer or other
disposition of assets in excess of $4,000,000 shall be permitted by paragraph (h) of this Section 7.05
unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration; provided that for purposes of clauses (iii)
and (iv), (A) the amount of any secured Indebtedness or other Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that
is not a Loan Party (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance
sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash and (B) any Designated Non-
Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of the applicable
Disposition having an aggregate fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith, and
taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received that is outstanding at such
time), not in excess, of $8,000,000, at such time, with the fair market value of each item of Designated
Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash, (v) Section 7.05(h) shall not permit any Disposition or
related series of Dispositions resulting in a Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (vi) Sections 7.05(b), (c) and (i) shall not permit any
Disposition or related series of Dispositions resulting in a Disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Loan Parties that are not Unsecured Guarantors to Restricted Subsidiaries that (x) are not
Loan Parties or (y) are Unsecured Guarantors.
SECTION 7.06 Restricted Payments. Neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries shall declare or make any Restricted Payment, except:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may declare and pay
dividends to, repurchase its Equity Interests from or make other distributions to, the Borrower or
to any wholly owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (or, in the case of
non-wholly owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries, to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity
Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of
the Borrower or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests);
(b) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and pay
dividends or make other distributions to the Sponsor Holdcos in respect of overhead of such
Sponsor Holdcos or its direct or indirect owners, including, without limitation, legal, accounting
and professional fees and other fees and expenses in connection with the maintenance of its
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existence and its ownership of the Borrower and franchise Taxes and other Taxes required to
maintain its (or any of its direct or indirect parents’) corporate existence;
(c) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire or retire (or make dividends or distributions to the Sponsor Holdcos or the
Management Holders to finance any such repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement) for value any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (or any
direct or indirect parent company thereof) held by any current or former officer, director,
consultant or employee of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any equity
subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders’, members’ or partnership
agreement or similar agreement, plan or arrangement and Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and
pay dividends to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary the proceeds of which are used
for such purposes, provided that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under
this Section 7.06(c) shall not exceed in any fiscal year $4,000,000 (plus the amount of net
proceeds (x) received by the Borrower during such calendar year from sales of Qualified Equity
Interests of the Borrower to directors, consultants, officers or employees of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive
arrangements, in each case to the extent Not Otherwise Applied and (y) of any key-man life
insurance policies recorded during such calendar year) which, if not used in any year, may be
carried forward to the next subsequent calendar year, subject to a maximum of $8,000,000 for all
payments made pursuant to this Section 7.06(c) in any fiscal year;
(d) non-cash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise
of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options;
(e) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may declare and pay Restricted Payments in
an aggregate amount up to (i) the portion, if any, of the Available Cumulative Retained Excess
Cash Flow Amount on the date of such dividend payment or distribution that the Borrower elects
to apply to this Section 7.06(e)(i); provided that the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio would
not, on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at
the beginning of the Test Period most recently-ended, exceed 4.50:1.00 and (ii) the cumulative
amount of cash and Cash Equivalent proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than any
Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower
after the Closing Date and on or prior to such time (including upon exercise of warrants or
options) which proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the Borrower,
in each case, not constituting a Designated Equity Contribution and Not Otherwise Applied;
(f) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower may declare and pay Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount of up
to 6% per calendar year of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from any public
offering of the Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof,
to the extent such proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the
Borrower), in each case to the extent Not Otherwise Applied;
(g) Restricted Payments to finance the payment of amounts permitted under
Section 7.08(b)(viii);
(h) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make other Restricted Payments in an
aggregate amount not to exceed, together with all other Restricted Payments made under this
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Section 7.06(h) and all prepayments, purchases and redemptions of Restricted Indebtedness made
under Section 7.09(b)(i)(G), $7,500,000;
(i) Restricted Payments (collectively, “Tax Distributions”) to the holders
of Sponsor Subordinated Debt (the “Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holders”), in such amounts
and at such times, as is necessary to allow such Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holders to pay any
Taxes payable by such Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holders in respect of amounts included in
computing the income or taxable income of such Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holders in respect
of or in connection with any interest paid, payable or accrued on Sponsor Subordinated Debt;
provided that (i) the Tax Distributions in respect of any fiscal year shall not exceed the lesser of
(A) with respect to any such Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holder, the actual Taxes payable by
such Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holder for such fiscal year attributable to the interest paid,
payable or accrued on the applicable Sponsor Subordinated Debt, after taking into account all
expenses and deductions in computing income or taxable income and all credits in computing
Taxes payable available to such Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holder and (B) the aggregate of all
Taxes (the “Loan Party Taxes”) that the Borrower estimated, acting reasonably and with
assistance from its external advisors, would have been payable by the Borrower if interest had not
been paid, payable or accrued in that fiscal year on Sponsor Subordinated Debt held by such
Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holder (provided that if the Taxes payable by a Sponsor
Subordinated Debt Holder in a particular fiscal year in respect of Sponsor Subordinated Debt
exceed the Loan Party Taxes payable by the Borrower for that fiscal year (and attributable to such
Sponsor Subordinated Debt) solely as a result of such Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holder being
subject to a higher tax rate than the Borrower, the Borrower shall be entitled to make one or more
Tax Distributions to such Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holder in an aggregate amount sufficient to
allow such Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holder to pay such excess Taxes); and (ii) if any Default
or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Tax Distributions will be made unless at
least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof has been provided to the Administrative
Agent, together with evidence in the form contemplated by Section 6.02(d)(iv), of such Sponsor
Subordinated Debt Holder’s entitlement to such Tax Distribution; and provided further that, with
respect to any Tax Distributions for any fiscal year, if CPPIB Sub or any of its Affiliates is a
Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holder and the income that it receives on account of Sponsor
Subordinated Debt is not subject to Tax, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to CPPIB
Sub or such other Affiliate holder in an amount not to exceed the highest amount of such Tax
Distributions made to any other Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holder for such fiscal year, as
adjusted in a manner reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith to account for CPPIB
Sub’s or such other Affiliate holder’s percentage ownership in the Borrower relative to such other
Sponsor Subordinated Debt Holder and the portion of such fiscal year for which CPPIB Sub or
such other Affiliate holder held such Sponsor Subordinated Debt; and
(j) at any time after a Qualified IPO, the Borrower may declare and make
Restricted Payments; provided that the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio would not, on a Pro
Forma Basis giving effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning
of the Test Period most recently-ended, exceed 3.25:1.00.
SECTION 7.07 Change in Nature of Business. The Borrower shall not, nor shall the
Borrower permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to engage at any time in any business or business
activity other than any business or business activity conducted by it on the Closing Date and any business
or business activities incidental or related thereto, or any business or activity that is reasonably similar
thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto, including the
consummation of the Transactions.
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SECTION 7.08 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) Neither the Borrower shall, nor shall the Borrower permit any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the
Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, unless such transaction is (i)
otherwise permitted (or required) under this Agreement or (ii) upon terms no less favorable to the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable
arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate; provided that this clause (ii) shall
not apply to the indemnification of directors of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in
accordance with customary practice.
(b) The foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent otherwise
permitted under this Agreement:
(i) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in
cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements,
stock options, stock ownership plans, including restricted stock plans, stock grants,
directed share programs and other equity based plans customarily maintained by similar
companies and the granting and performance of registration rights approved by the Board
of Directors of the Borrower;
(ii) transactions among the Borrower and/or the Loan Parties and/or
transactions among the Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties otherwise permitted by this
Agreement,
(iii) any indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement
entered into with directors, officers, consultants and employees of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the Sponsor Holdcos or the Management Holders in the
ordinary course of business and the payment of fees and indemnities to directors, officers,
consultants and employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or the Sponsor
Holdcos or the Management Holders in the ordinary course of business;
(iv) transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the
Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.08 or any amendment thereto to the extent such
amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect;
(v) any employment agreement or employee benefit plan entered
into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business or consistent with past practice and payments pursuant thereto;
(vi) transactions otherwise permitted under Section 7.02 and Section
7.06;
(vii) any purchase by any Sponsor or any Sponsor Fund Affiliate of
Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(viii) so long as no Default or Event of Default is then in existence or
would otherwise arise therefrom (in which case such amounts may accrue, but not be
payable in cash during such period, but all such accrued amounts may be payable in cash
upon the cure or waiver of such Default or Event of Default), any Loan Party may pay (i)
reasonable monitoring and other out-of-pocket expenses of the Sponsors, to an aggregate
maximum amount in any fiscal year of $1,250,000, and (ii) management fees to Sterling
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Fund Management, LLC as provided in the Management Agreement and unpaid amounts
accrued for any prior period as provided for therein, to an aggregate maximum amount in
any fiscal year of $2,000,000;
(ix) transactions with any Affiliate for the purchase or sale of goods,
products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner
consistent with past practice;
(x) any transaction in respect of which the Borrower delivers to the
Administrative Agent (for delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the Board of
Directors of the Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in
each case of nationally recognized standing that is (A) in the good faith determination of
the Borrower qualified to render such letter and (B) reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, which letter states that such transaction is on terms that are no less
favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be
obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate;
(xi) so long as not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement,
guarantees of performance by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any other
Restricted Subsidiary or the Borrower that are not a Loan Party in the ordinary course of
business, except for guarantees of Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money; and
(xii) if such transaction is with a Person in its capacity as a holder (A)
of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary where such Person is
treated no more favorably than the other holders of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary or (B) at any time after an initial public offering of Equity Interests
of the Borrower, of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary where
such Person is treated no more favorably than the other holders of Equity Interests of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 7.09 Burdensome Agreements; Restricted Indebtedness Payments.
(a) Neither the Borrower shall, nor shall the Borrower permit any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders, or
grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination
shall be materially adverse to the Lenders), the Organizational Documents of the Borrower or any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Neither the Borrower shall, nor shall the Borrower permit any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries to, (i) make, or agree or offer to pay or make, any payment or other
distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or
interest on Restricted Indebtedness or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Restricted
Indebtedness, except for (A) payments of regularly scheduled interest (but in the case of Sponsor
Subordinated Debt, to the extent that such interest is paid in kind), (B) prepayments, purchases or
redemptions of Restricted Indebtedness made at any time after a Qualified IPO; provided that the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio would not, on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect thereto as if
such prepayment, purchase or redemption of Restricted Indebtedness had been made at the
beginning of the Test Period most recently-ended, exceed 3.25:1.00, (C) the prepayment of
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary to the extent not prohibited by the subordination provisions contained in any
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applicable intercompany note and/or the Collateral Documents, (D) prepayments of the Second
Lien Term Loan Facility or any Permitted Refinancing thereof with Declined Proceeds as
required pursuant to the Second Lien Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement or the documentation
governing such Permitted Refinancing, (E) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may make prepayments, purchases or redemptions of
Restricted Indebtedness in an aggregate amount up to (1) the portion, if any, of the Available
Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount on the date of such prepayment that the
Borrower elects to apply to this clause 7.09(b)(i)(E)(1); provided that the Consolidated Secured
Leverage Ratio would not, on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect thereto as if such payment had
been made at the beginning of the Test Period most recently-ended, exceed 4.50:1.00 and (2) the
cumulative amount of cash and Cash Equivalent proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other
than any Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the
Borrower after the Closing Date and on or prior to such time (including upon exercise of warrants
or options) which proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the
Borrower, in each case, not constituting a Designated Equity Contribution and Not Otherwise
Applied, (F) a Permitted Refinancing of Restricted Indebtedness, (G) so long as no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower
may make other prepayments, purchases or redemptions of Restricted Indebtedness in an
aggregate amount not to exceed, together with all Restricted Payments made under Section
7.06(h) and all other prepayments, purchases and redemptions of Restricted Indebtedness made
under this Section 7.09(b)(i)(G), $7,500,000, (H) the conversion of any Restricted Indebtedness
(including by way of exchange) to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of
the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parents, (I) within one-hundred eighty (180) days
from the issuance or incurrence of any Sponsor Subordinated Debt used to finance an Investment
permitted hereunder, prepayments, purchases and redemptions of such Sponsor Subordinated
Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Net Proceeds received by the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries from such issuance or incurrence of Sponsor Subordinated Debt to the
extent that such Investment is refinanced in such 180-day period with Loans or other
Indebtedness permitted hereunder, and (J) prepayments of the Second Lien Terms Loans within
180 days of the Closing Date with the Specified Term Loan Proceeds (as defined in the Second
Lien Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement); or
(ii) Amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of,
any provision of any Restricted Indebtedness or any agreement (including any document
relating to any Restricted Indebtedness) relating thereto or the Second Lien Term Loan
Facility Documentation or documents relating to any Permitted Refinancing in each case
thereof, other than amendments or modifications that (A) are not materially adverse to
Lenders and that do not affect the subordination provisions thereof (if any) in a manner
materially adverse to the Lenders and (B) in the case of any Second Lien Term Loans or
Restricted Indebtedness secured on a junior basis, are permitted by the terms of the Junior
Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
(c) Neither the Borrower shall, nor shall the Borrower permit any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any Restricted Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or
instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of
cash advances by such Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is
a direct or indirect parent of such Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by such
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the Collateral Documents, in each case other than those arising
under any Loan Document or under the Second Lien Term Loan Facility Documentation, except,
in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:
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(A) restrictions imposed by applicable Law;
(B) [reserved];
(C) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the
Closing Date under any agreements related to any permitted renewal, extension
or refinancing of any Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date that does not
expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction;
(D) restrictions imposed by any Restricted Indebtedness that
are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions set forth in this
Agreement;
(E) any restriction on a Restricted Subsidiary imposed
pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or
substantially all the Equity Interests or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary pending
the closing of such sale or disposition;
(F) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and
other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary
course of business;
(G) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to
secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such
restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(H) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of
intellectual property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary
course of business;
(I) customary provisions restricting subletting or
assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;
(J) customary provisions restricting assignment of any
agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(K) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any
agreement relating to the sale of any asset permitted under Section 6.05 pending
the consummation of such sale; or
(L) any agreement in effect at the time such subsidiary
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into
in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 7.10 Financial Covenant. The Borrower will not permit the Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of a Test Period (commencing with the Test Period ending
September 30, 2013) to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such Test Period:
Consolidated Total
Test Period Ending Leverage Ratio
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Consolidated Total
Test Period Ending Leverage Ratio
September 30, 2013 8.25:1.00
December 31, 2013 8.25:1.00
March 31, 2014 8.00:1.00
June 30, 2014 8.00:1.00
September 30, 2014 8.00:1.00
December 31, 2014 7.75:1.00
March 31, 2015 7.50:1.00
June 30, 2015 7.25:1.00
September 30, 2015 7.00:1.00
December 31, 2015 7.00:1.00
March 31, 2016 7.00:1.00
June 30, 2016 7.00:1.00
September 30, 2016 7.00:1.00
December 31, 2016 6.25:1.00
March 31, 2017 6.25:1.00
June 30, 2017 6.25:1.00
September 30, 2017 6.25:1.00
December 31, 2017 and thereafter 6.00:1.00
SECTION 7.11 Swap Agreements. Neither the Borrower shall, nor shall the Borrower
permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, other than (a) Swap
Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its
liabilities, and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest
rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect
to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 7.12 Designation of Subsidiaries. The Borrower may at any time designate
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as
a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower
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shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with a Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of 5.50:1.00,
and, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any such designation, the Borrower shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating
such compliance, (iii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a “Restricted
Subsidiary” for the purpose of the Second Lien Term Loan Facility, any Restricted Indebtedness, any
Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, any Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt or any
Permitted Refinancing of any of the foregoing and (iv) no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated an
Unrestricted Subsidiary if it was previously designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The designation of
any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall constitute an Investment by the
Borrower therein and Disposition by the Borrower thereof at the date of designation in an amount equal to
the fair market value of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment therein. The
designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence at
the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time
and (ii) a return on any Investment by the Borrower in Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the preceding
sentence in an amount equal to the fair market value at the date of such designation of the Borrower’s or
its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment in such Subsidiary.
ARTICLE X.
Miscellaneous
SECTION 10.01 Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in this
Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed
by the Required Lenders, or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders, and
such Loan Party and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for
the specific purpose for which given; provided that any amendment or waiver contemplated in clauses (g)
or (i) below, shall only require the consent of such Loan Party and the Required Revolving Credit Lenders
or the Required Facility Lenders under the applicable Facility, as applicable; provided further that no such
amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written
consent of each Lender holding such Commitment (it being understood that a waiver of any
condition precedent or of any Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the
Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);
(b) postpone any date scheduled for, or reduce or forgive the amount of, any
payment of principal or interest under Section 2.07 or 2.08 without the written consent of each
Lender holding the applicable Obligation (it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment
to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans shall not constitute a
postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest and it being
understood that any change to the definition of “Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio”,
“Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio” or “Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” or, in each case,
in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction or forgiveness in any rate of
interest);
(c) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein
on, any Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iii) of the second
proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other
Loan Document (or change the timing of payments of such fees or other amounts) without the
written consent of each Lender holding such Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance, L/C Borrowing or to
whom such fee or other amount is owed (it being understood that any change to the definition of
“Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio”, “Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio” or
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“Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” or, in each case, in the component definitions thereof shall
not constitute a reduction or forgiveness in any rate of interest); provided that only the consent of
the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive
any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;
(d) change any provision of Section 8.04 or 10.01 or the definition of
“Required Revolving Credit Lenders,” “Required Lenders,” “Required Facility Lenders,”
“Required Class Lenders” or any other provision specifying the number of Lenders or portion of
the Loans or Commitments required to take any action under the Loan Documents, without the
written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(e) other than in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.04
or 7.05, in each case, as in effect on the date hereof, release all or substantially all of the
Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each
Lender;
(f) other than in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.04
or 7.05, in each case, as in effect on the date hereof, release all or substantially all of the
aggregate value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) (1) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit
Extension under one or more Revolving Credit Facilities or (2) amend, waive or otherwise
modify any term or provision which directly affects Lenders under one or more Revolving Credit
Facilities and does not directly affect Lenders under any other Facility, in each case, without the
written consent of the Required Facility Lenders under such applicable Revolving Credit Facility
or Facilities (and in the case of multiple Facilities which are affected, with respect to any such
Facility, such consent shall be effected by the Required Facility Lenders of such Facility);
provided, however, that the waivers described in this clause (g) shall not require the consent of
any Lenders other than the Required Facility Lenders under such Facility or Facilities;
(h) amend, waive or otherwise modify the portion of the definition of
“Interest Period” that provides for one, two, three or six month intervals to automatically allow
intervals in excess of six months, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby; or
(i) amend, waive or otherwise modify any term or provision (including the
availability and conditions to funding under Section 2.14 with respect to Incremental Term Loans
and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, under Section 2.15 with respect to Refinancing
Term Loans and Other Revolving Credit Commitments and under Section 2.16 with respect to
Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and, in each case, the rate of
interest applicable thereto) which directly affects Lenders of one or more Initial Term Loans,
Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Refinancing Term Loans,
Other Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit
Commitments and does not directly affect Lenders under any other Facility, in each case, without
the written consent of the Required Facility Lenders under such applicable Initial Term Loans,
Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Refinancing Term Loans,
Other Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit
Commitments (and in the case of multiple Facilities which are affected, with respect to any such
Facility, such consent shall be effected by the Required Facility Lenders of such Facility);
provided, however, that the waivers described in this clause (i) shall not require the consent of
any Lenders other than the Required Facility Lenders under such applicable Initial Term Loans,
Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Refinancing Term Loans,
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Other Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit
Commitments, as the case may be;
and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing
and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of an
L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit
issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by a
Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Swing
Line Lender under this Agreement; provided, however, that this Agreement may be amended to adjust the
borrowing mechanics related to Swing Line Loans with only the written consent of the Administrative
Agent, the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower so long as the obligations of the Revolving Credit
Lenders are not affected thereby; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, in addition to the Lenders
required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv)
Section 10.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each
Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such
amendment, waiver or other modification; and (v) the consent of Lenders holding more than 50% of any
Class of Commitments or Loans shall be required with respect to any amendment that by its terms
adversely affects the rights of such Class in respect of payments or Collateral hereunder in a manner
different than such amendment affects other Classes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no
Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent
hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders
or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting
Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended
without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent
of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms materially and adversely affects any Defaulting
Lender (if such Lender were not a Defaulting Lender) to a greater extent than other affected Lenders shall
require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender consent is required to effect any amendment or
supplement to any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other
intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement that is for the purpose of adding
the holders of Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt, or Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt,
as expressly contemplated by the terms of such First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, such Junior Lien
Intercreditor Agreement or such other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this
Agreement, as applicable (it being understood that any such amendment or supplement may make such
other changes to the applicable intercreditor agreement as, in the good faith determination of the
Administrative Agent, are required to effectuate the foregoing); provided, that no such agreement shall
amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under
any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 10.01, guarantees,
collateral security documents and related documents executed in connection with this Agreement may be
in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with this Agreement,
amended, supplemented and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the
Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment, supplement or
waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure
ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects or (iii) to cause such guarantee, collateral security document
or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary,
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may enter into any Incremental Amendment in accordance
with Section 2.14, Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.15 and Extension Amendment
in accordance with Section 2.16, or any amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document to
effect the transfer of the Equity Interests of the Borrower to Holdings in accordance with Section 7.05(m),
and such Incremental Amendments, Refinancing Amendments and Extension Amendments or such other
amendments shall be effective to amend the terms of this Agreement and the other applicable Loan
Documents, in each case, without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document.
SECTION 10.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.
(a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and
other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be in
writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or
delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, and all notices
and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made
to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower (or any other Loan Party) or the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to
the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for
such Person on Schedule 10.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic
mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the
other parties; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number,
electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire
or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number
as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made
upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered
by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if
delivered by mail, four (4) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if
delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if
delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of Section
10.02(c)), when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, an L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Article II shall
not be effective until actually received by such Person. In no event shall a voice mail message be
effective as a notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.
(b) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan Documents
may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic communication. The
effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the
same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, the
Agents and the Lenders.
(c) Reliance by Agents and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including
telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on
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behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were
incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii)
the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The
Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs,
expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly
given by or on behalf of the Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct as
determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. All
telephonic notices to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may be recorded by the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to
such recording.
SECTION 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in
exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided
under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and
privileges provided by Law.
SECTION 10.04 Attorney Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees (a) if the
Closing Date occurs, to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lead
Arrangers, the Syndication Agent and the Joint Bookrunners for all reasonable and documented out-of-
pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, syndication and
execution, performance and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any
amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not
the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including all Attorney Costs, which shall be limited to
Paul Hastings LLP, Torys LLP and one local counsel as reasonably necessary in each relevant jurisdiction
material to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole) and (b) from and after the Closing Date, to pay
or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners,
the Syndication Agent and each Lender for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or
otherwise) of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all
such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any
Debtor Relief Law, and including all respective Attorney Costs which shall be limited to Attorney Costs
of one counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the Syndication Agent in each of the
United States and Canada (and one local counsel as reasonably necessary in each jurisdiction relevant to
the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole)). The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all
reasonable search, filing, recording and title insurance charges and fees related thereto, and other
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Agent. The agreements in this
Section 10.04 shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all
Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be paid within thirty (30) days of receipt by
the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail including, if
requested by the Borrower and to the extent reasonably available, backup documentation supporting such
reimbursement request; provided that, with respect to the Closing Date, all amounts due under this
Section 10.04 shall be paid on the Closing Date solely to the extent invoiced to the Borrower within three
(3) Business Days of the Closing Date. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or
other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf
of such Loan Party by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
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SECTION 10.05 Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall, jointly
and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lead Arranger, the
Syndication Agent, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates, and each of the officers, directors,
employees, partners, agents, advisors and other representatives of each of the foregoing (collectively the
“Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims,
demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs but
limited in the case of legal fees and expenses to the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees,
disbursements and other charges of one counsel to all Indemnitees taken as a whole and, if reasonably
necessary, one local counsel for all Indemnitees taken as a whole in each relevant jurisdiction that is
material to the interests of the Lenders, and solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional
counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to each group of similarly situated affected Indemnitees) of any kind
or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such
Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or
instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment, Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or Letter of
Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom including any refusal by an L/C Issuer to
honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such
demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (c) any actual or alleged
presence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any property or facility currently or
formerly owned, leased or operated by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary, or any Environmental Liability
related in any way to any Loan Parties or any Subsidiary, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation,
investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other
theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim,
investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (all the
foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing,
such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any of its
Affiliates or their respective directors, officers, employees, partners, agents, advisors or other
representatives, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (y)
a material breach of any obligations under any Loan Document by such Indemnitee or of any of its
Affiliates or their respective directors, officers, employees, partners, advisors or other representatives, as
determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) any dispute
solely among Indemnitees (other than any claims against an Indemnitee in its capacity or in fulfilling its
role as an administrative agent or arranger or any similar role under any Facility and other than any claims
arising out of any act or omission of the Sponsor Holdcos, the Borrower, the Sponsor or any of their
Affiliates). No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any
information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission
systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee, Loan Party or any Subsidiary have
any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before
or after the Closing Date) (other than, in the case of any Loan Party, in respect of any such damages
incurred or paid by an Indemnitee to a third party and for any out-of-pocket expenses); it being agreed
that this sentence shall not limit the indemnification obligations of the Sponsor Holdcos, the Borrower or
any Subsidiary. In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in
this Section 10.05 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation
or proceeding is brought by any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, its directors, stockholders
or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party
thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents are consummated. All amounts due under this Section 10.05 shall be paid within thirty (30)
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days after written demand therefor (together with backup documentation supporting such reimbursement
request); provided, however, that such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such amount to the extent that
there is a final judicial or arbitral determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification
rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 10.05. This Section
10.05 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages,
etc., arising from any non-Tax claim. The agreements in this Section 10.05 shall survive the resignation
of the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the
Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the Obligations.
SECTION 10.06 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on
behalf of the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its
right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or
any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to
the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, to the
fullest extent possible under provisions of applicable Law, be revived and continued in full force and
effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender
severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so
recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date
such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in
effect.
SECTION 10.07 Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except
that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of each Lender (except as permitted by Section 7.04) and no
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an
Assignee pursuant to an assignment made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(b)
(such an assignee, an “Eligible Assignee”) and (A) in the case of any Assignee that, immediately
prior to or upon giving effect to such assignment, is an Affiliated Lender, Section 10.07(l), (B) in
the case of any Assignee that is the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, Section 10.07(m), or (C)
in the case of any Assignee that, immediately prior to or upon giving effect to such assignment, is
a Debt Fund Affiliate, Section 10.07(p), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the
provisions of Section 10.07(f), (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject
to the restrictions of Section 10.07(h) or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.07(i) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null
and void); provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no Lender may
assign or transfer by participation any of its rights or obligations hereunder to (i) any Person that
is a Defaulting Lender or a Disqualified Lender, (ii) a natural Person or (iii) to the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries (except pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(v) or Section 10.07(m)). Nothing in
this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than
the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the
extent provided in Section 10.07(f) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the
Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any
Lender may assign to one or more assignees (“Assignees”) all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans and
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Bankers’ Acceptances (including for purposes of this Section 10.07(b), participations in L/C
Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A) the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower
shall be required for (i) an assignment of all or any portion of the Term Loans to
a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, (ii) an assignment
related to Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure to a
Revolving Credit Lender, (iii) if an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a), (f) or
(g), has occurred and is continuing, (iv) an assignment of all or a portion of the
Loans pursuant to Section 10.07(l), Section 10.07(m) or Section 10.07(p) or (v)
in the case of the primary syndication of any Facility, assignments of all or any
portion of the Loans and Commitments in respect of such Facility within 30 days
of effectiveness thereof, pursuant to a customary syndication letter to be agreed
among the Borrower and the Administrative Agent;
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of
the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment (i) of all or any
portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund, (ii) all or any portion of the Loans pursuant to Section 10.07(l) or Section
10.07(m);
(C) each L/C Issuer at the time of such assignment; provided
that no consent of the L/C Issuers shall be required for any assignment not related
to Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure; and
(D) the Swing Line Lender; provided that no consent of the
Swing Line Lender shall be required for any assignment not related to Revolving
Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional
conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire
remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class,
the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each
such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with
respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be
less than an amount of Cdn. $2,500,000 or U.S. $2,500,000, as applicable (in the
case of each Revolving Credit Loan), Cdn. $1,000,000 or U.S. $1,000,000, as
applicable (in the case of a Term Loan), and shall be in increments of an amount
of Cdn. $500,000 or U.S. $500,000, as applicable (in the case of each Revolving
Credit Loan) or Cdn. $1,000,000 or U.S. $1,000,000, as applicable (in the case of
Term Loans), in excess thereof (provided that simultaneous assignments to or
from two or more Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of
determining compliance with this Section 10.07(b)(ii)(A)), unless each of the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that such
amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or
Approved Funds, if any;
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(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver
to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption via an electronic
settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent (or if previously agreed
with the Administrative Agent, manually), together with a processing and
recordation fee of U.S. $3,500 or Cdn. $3,500, as applicable (which fee may be
waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent); provided
that only one such fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments
to or from two or more Approved Funds; and
(C) other than in the case of assignments pursuant to Section
10.07(m), the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire (in which the Assignee
shall designate one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level
information (which may contain material non-public information about the Loan
Parties and their Affiliates or their respective securities) will be made available
and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s
compliance procedures and applicable laws, including federal and state securities
laws) and all applicable tax forms required pursuant to Section 3.01(d).
This paragraph (b) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion
of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis among such
Facilities.
In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting
Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other
conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional
payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution
thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of
participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the
consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans
previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable
assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment
liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata
share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance
with its Pro Rata Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights
and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law
without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall
be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance
occurs.
(c) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Sections 10.07(d) and (e), from and after the effective date specified in each
Assignment and Assumption, (1) other than in connection with an assignment pursuant to Section
10.07(m), the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of
the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under this Agreement, and (2) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this
Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party
hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and
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10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment). Upon request, and the surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note, the Borrower
(at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or
transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this
clause (c) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.07(f).
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-
fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of
each Assignment and Assumption, each Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption delivered
to it, and each notice of cancellation of any Loans delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section
10.07(m) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the
Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans, Bankers’
Acceptances, L/C Obligations (specifying the Unreimbursed Amounts), L/C Borrowings and the
amounts due under Section 2.03, owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to
time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and
the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement,
notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower, any Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice. This Section 10.07(d) and Section 2.11 shall be construed so that all
Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Section 163(f),
871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations (or any other relevant
or successor provisions of the Code or of such Treasury regulations). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no event shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire
as to whether any Lender is an Affiliated Lender nor shall the Administrative Agent be obligated
to monitor the aggregate amount of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans held by Affiliated
Lenders. Upon request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall (i) promptly (and in any
case, not less than 5 Business Days (or shorter period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent)
prior to the proposed effective date of any amendment, consent or waiver pursuant to Section
10.01) provide to the Administrative Agent, a complete list of all Affiliated Lenders holding
Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans at such time and (ii) not less than 5 Business Days (or
shorter period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent) prior to the proposed effective date of
any amendment, consent or waiver pursuant to Section 10.01, provide to the Administrative
Agent, a complete list of all Debt Fund Affiliates holding Revolving Credit Commitments,
Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans at such
time.
(e) Upon its receipt of, and consent to, a duly completed Assignment and
Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, an Administrative Questionnaire
completed in respect of the assignee (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder),
the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) above, if applicable, and the
written consent of the Administrative Agent, if required, and, if required, the Borrower, the
Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer to such assignment and any applicable tax forms required
pursuant to Section 3.01(d), the Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) accept such Assignment
and Assumption and (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment
shall be effective unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph (e).
(f) Any Lender may at any time sell participations to any Person, subject to
the proviso to Section 10.07(a) (each, a “Participant”), in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights
and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the
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Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans)
owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain
unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells
such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso
to Section 10.01 that requires the affirmative vote of such Lender. Subject to Section 10.07(g),
the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04
and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections) to the same extent as if it
were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(c). To the
extent permitted by applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely
for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters
the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each
participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant
Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the
Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information
relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or Letters of Credit or its other
obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary in
connection with an audit or other proceeding to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of
Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States
Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest
error and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register
as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice
to the contrary.
(g) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with
respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such
Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed; for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall have reasonable basis for withholding
consent if such Participant after the sale would result in materially increased obligations to the
Borrower at such time under Sections 3.01, 3.04 and/or 3.05.
(h) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its
rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such
Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank;
provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a
“Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing
from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an
“SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would
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otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall
constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such
option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be
obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) such SPC and the applicable
Loan or any applicable part thereof, shall be appropriately reflected in the Participant Register.
Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) an SPC shall be entitled to the benefit of Sections 3.01,
3.04 and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and the limitations of such section), but neither the
grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses
or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement except in
the case of Section 3.01 or 3.04, to the extent that the grant to the SPC was made with the prior
written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; for the avoidance of
doubt, the Borrower shall have reasonable basis for withholding consent if an exercise by SPG
immediately after the grant would result in materially increased indemnification obligations to the
Borrower at such time), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment
obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting
Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other
modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder.
The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender
to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior
consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee
of U.S. $3,500 or Cdn. $3,500, as applicable, assign all or any portion of its right to receive
payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis
any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial
paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such
SPC.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, without the
consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, (1) any Lender may in accordance with
applicable Law create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the
Note, if any, held by it and (2) any Lender that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or
any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee for holders of
obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities;
provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the
other provisions of this Section 10.07, (i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from
any of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) such trustee shall not be entitled to
exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may
have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or
otherwise.
(k) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any L/C
Issuer or Swing Line Lender may, upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders,
resign as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, respectively; provided that on or prior to the
expiration of such 30-day period with respect to such resignation, the relevant L/C Issuer or
Swing Line Lender shall have identified a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender reasonably
acceptable to the Borrower willing to accept its appointment as successor L/C Issuer or Swing
Line Lender, as applicable. In the event of any such resignation of an L/C Issuer or Swing Line
Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders willing to accept such
appointment a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided that no failure by
the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of the relevant L/C Issuer
or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, except as expressly provided above. If an L/C
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Issuer resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer
hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its
resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to
require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans and Canadian Prime Rate Loans, as applicable, or
fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If the Swing
Line Lender resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender
provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the
effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate
Loans and Canadian Prime Rate Loans, as applicable, or fund risk participations in outstanding
Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c).
(l) Any Lender may, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to
Term Loans under this Agreement to a Person who is or will become, after such assignment, an
Affiliated Lender through (x) Dutch auctions open to all Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance
with procedures of the type described in Section 2.05(a)(v) or (y) open market purchases on a
non-pro rata basis, in each case subject to the following limitations:
(i) the assigning Lender and the Affiliated Lender purchasing such
Lender’s Term Loans shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an
assignment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1 hereto (an “Affiliated
Lender Assignment and Assumption”);
(ii) Affiliated Lenders will not receive information provided solely
to Lenders by the Administrative Agent or any Lender and will not be permitted to attend
or participate in conference calls or meetings attended solely by the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other
administrative notices in respect of its Loans or Commitments required to be delivered to
Lenders pursuant to Article II;
(iii) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held at any one
time by Affiliated Lenders shall not exceed 20% of the original principal amount of all
Term Loans at such time outstanding (such percentage, the “Affiliated Lender Cap”);
provided that to the extent any assignment to an Affiliated Lender would result in the
aggregate principal amount of all Loans held by Affiliated Lenders exceeding the
Affiliated Lender Cap, the assignment of such excess amount will be void ab initio; and
(iv) as a condition to each assignment pursuant to this clause (l), the
Administrative Agent shall have been provided a notice in the form of Exhibit L-2 to this
Agreement in connection with each assignment to an Affiliated Lender or a Person that
upon effectiveness of such assignment would constitute an Affiliated Lender pursuant to
which such Affiliated Lender shall waive any right to bring any action in connection with
such Term Loans against the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such.
Each Affiliated Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent promptly (and
in any event within 10 Business Days) if it acquires any Person who is also a Lender, and each
Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent promptly (and in any event within ten (10)
Business Days) if it becomes an Affiliated Lender. Such notice shall contain the type of
information required and be delivered to the same addressee as set forth in Exhibit L-2.
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(m) Any Lender may, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to
Term Loans under this Agreement to the Borrower through (x) Dutch auctions open to all
Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with procedures of the type described in
Section 2.05(a)(v) or (y) notwithstanding Sections 2.12 and 2.13 or any other provision in this
Agreement, open market purchase on a non-pro rata basis; provided, that, in connection with
assignments pursuant to clause (y) above:
(i) (A) the principal amount of such Term Loans, along with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, so contributed, assigned or transferred to the
Borrower shall be deemed automatically cancelled and extinguished on the date of such
contribution, assignment or transfer, (B) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Term Loans of the remaining Lenders shall reflect such cancellation and extinguishing of
the Term Loans then held by the Borrower and (C) the Borrower shall promptly provide
notice to the Administrative Agent of such contribution, assignment or transfer of such
Term Loans, and the Administrative Agent, upon receipt of such notice, shall reflect the
cancellation of the applicable Term Loans in the Register; and
(ii) no proceeds from Revolving Credit Loans may be used to
finance any such purchases.
(n) Notwithstanding anything in Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required
Lenders,” “Required Class Lenders,” or “Required Facility Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes
of determining whether the Required Lenders and Required Class Lenders (in respect of a Class
of Term Loans) have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver,
consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure
by any Loan Party therefrom, or subject to Section 10.07(o), any plan of reorganization pursuant
to any Debtor Relief Laws, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or
(iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or
refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, no Affiliated Lender
shall have any right to consent (or not consent), otherwise act or direct or require the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to take (or refrain from taking) any such action and:
(A) all Term Loans held by any Affiliated Lenders shall be
deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the
Required Lenders, Required Facility Lenders and Required Class Lenders (in
respect of a Class of Term Loans) have taken any actions; and
(B) all Term Loans held by Affiliated Lenders shall be
deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether all Lenders
have taken any action unless the action in question affects such Affiliated Lender
in a disproportionately adverse manner than its effect on other Lenders of the
applicable Class or Facility.
(o) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents to the contrary, each Affiliated Lender hereby agrees that and each Affiliated Lender
Assignment and Assumption shall provide a confirmation that, if a proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law shall be commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Loan Party at a time
when such Lender is an Affiliated Lender, such Affiliated Lender irrevocably authorizes and
empowers the Administrative Agent to vote on behalf of such Affiliated Lender with respect to
the Term Loans held by such Affiliated Lender in any manner in the Administrative Agent’s sole
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discretion, unless the Administrative Agent instructs such Affiliated Lender to vote, in which case
such Affiliated Lender shall vote with respect to the Term Loans held by it as the Administrative
Agent directs; provided that such Affiliated Lender shall be entitled to vote in accordance with its
sole discretion (and not in accordance with the direction of the Administrative Agent) in
connection with any plan of reorganization to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes
to treat any Obligations held by such Affiliated Lender in a disproportionately adverse manner to
such Affiliated Lender than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Term Lenders
that are not Affiliated Lenders.
(p) Notwithstanding anything in Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required
Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have
(i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action
with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party
therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document or (iii) directed or
required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking
any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, all Term Loans, Revolving Credit
Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans held by Debt Fund Affiliates may not account for
more than 49.9% (pro rata among such Debt Fund Affiliates) of the Term Loans, Revolving
Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans of consenting Lenders included in determining
whether the Required Lenders have consented to any action pursuant to Section 10.01.
SECTION 10.08 Confidentiality. Each of the Agents, the Syndication Agent and
the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information and not to disclose such information,
except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ managers,
administrators, directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners, investors, investment advisors and
agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to
whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and
instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental
Authority or self-regulatory authority having or asserting jurisdiction over such Person (including any
Governmental Authority regulating any Lender or its Affiliates); (c) to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any
similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the
Facilities or market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry and service
providers to the Administrative Agent in connection with the administration and management of this
Agreement and the Loan Documents; (d) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by
any subpoena or similar legal process; (e) to any other party to this Agreement; (f) to any pledgee referred
to in Section 10.07(h), counterparty to a Swap Agreement, Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any
prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement
(provided that the disclosure of any such Information to any Lenders or Eligible Assignees or Participants
shall be made subject to the acknowledgement and acceptance by such Lender, Eligible Assignee or
Participant that such Information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms
set forth in this Section 10.08 or as otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, including, without
limitation, as agreed in any Borrower Materials) in accordance with the standard processes of the
Administrative Agent or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of Information; (g)
with the written consent of the Borrower; (h) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available
other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08 or becomes available to the Administrative Agent,
the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective
Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than a Loan Party or any Sponsor or their
respective Affiliates (so long as such source is not known to the Administrative Agent, the Lead
Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, such Lender, such L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates to be
bound by confidentiality obligations to any Loan Party); (i) to any Governmental Authority or examiner
(including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization)
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regulating any Lender; (j) to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any
such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information
relating to Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries received by it from such Lender) or to the CUSIP Service
Bureau or any similar organization; (k) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder, under
any other Loan Document or the enforcement of its rights hereunder or thereunder or (l) to the extent such
Information is independently developed by the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the
Syndication Agent, such Lender, such L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates; provided that no
disclosure shall be made to any Disqualified Lender. In addition, the Agents and the Lenders may
disclose the existence of this Agreement and publicly available information about this Agreement to
market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the
Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the
other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions. For the purposes of this Section
10.08, “Information” means all information received from the Loan Parties relating to any Loan Party,
its Affiliates or its Affiliates’ directors, managers, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors or
agents, or relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or their business, other than any such
information that is publicly available to any Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender prior to disclosure other
than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08; provided that, in the case of information received from a
Loan Party after the Closing Date, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as
confidential or is delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, 6.02 or 6.03 hereof.
SECTION 10.09 Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders
provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Agent,
each Lender and their respective Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior
notice to the Borrower, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of
each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off
and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held
by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Agent, such Lender and such Affiliates to or for
the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries against any and all
Obligations owing to such Agent, such Lender and such Affiliates hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or
Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such
Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the
applicable deposit or Indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise
any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative
Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such
payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for
the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender
shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the
Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff; and provided,
further, that no amounts setoff with respect to any Guarantor shall be applied to any Excluded Swap
Obligations of such Guarantor. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender; provided, that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of each
Agent and each Lender under this Section 10.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including
other rights of setoff) that such Agent and such Lender may have.
SECTION 10.10 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan
Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law
(including, without limitation, the “criminal rate”, as construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)) (the
“Maximum Rate”). If any Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the
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Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such
unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged,
or received by an Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent
permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or
premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize,
prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the
contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
SECTION 10.11 Counterparts. This Agreement and each other Loan Document
may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier or other electronic
transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan
Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such
other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by
telecopier or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided
that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or
signature delivered by telecopier or other electronic transmission.
SECTION 10.12 Integration; Termination. This Agreement, together with the
other Loan Documents, the Fee Letter and the Engagement Letter, dated March 20, 2013, among the
Borrower and the Lead Arrangers (the “Engagement Letter”), comprises the complete and integrated
agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements,
written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this
Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control;
provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Agents or the Lenders in
any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was
drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against
nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.
SECTION 10.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations
and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof
and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by each Agent and
each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by any Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and
notwithstanding that any Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the
time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other
Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
SECTION 10.14 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of
the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or
impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this
Section 10.14, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to
Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall
be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
SECTION 10.15 GOVERNING LAW.
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(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY
LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR
INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH
RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO,
IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE
BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK
CITY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE,
AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH LOAN PARTY,
EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS
PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH LOAN
PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED
ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH
JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT
RELATED THERETO. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO
SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES
(OTHER THAN TELECOPIER OR OTHER ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION) IN SECTION
10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER
MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
SECTION 10.16 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY
EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION
OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY
CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES
HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE
TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR
HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE;
AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND,
ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY,
AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR
A COPY OF THIS SECTION 10.16 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE
CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY.
SECTION 10.17 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it
shall have been executed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C
Issuers, and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender, the Swing Line Lender
and the L/C Issuers that each Lender, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuers have executed it and
thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Loan Parties, each Agent and each Lender
and their respective successors and assigns, in each case in accordance with Section 10.07 (if applicable)
and except that no Loan Party shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein
without the prior written consent of the Lenders except as permitted by Section 7.04 and 10.07.
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SECTION 10.18 AML Legislation. Each Lender that is subject to the AML
Legislation and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the
Borrower and each Guarantor that pursuant to the requirements of the AML Legislation, it is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Guarantor, which information
includes the name, address and tax identification number of the Borrower and the Guarantors and other
information regarding the Borrower and the Guarantors that will allow such Lender or the Administrative
Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower and the Guarantors in accordance with the AML
Legislation. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the AML Legislation and is
effective as to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.19 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
(a) In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby,
each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that
(i) the facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection
therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or
of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Borrower
and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent
and the Lenders, on the other hand, and the Borrower is capable of evaluating and understanding
and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated
hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or thereof), (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction,
each of the Agents, the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent and the Lenders is and has been
acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or
any of its Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person, (iii) none of the
Agents, the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent or the Lenders has assumed or will assume an
advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any
amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of
whether any Agent, Syndication Agent or Lender has advised or is currently advising the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Agents, the Lead Arrangers,
the Syndication Agent or the Lenders has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates
with respect to the financing transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly
set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, (iv) the Agents, the Lead Arrangers, the
Syndication Agent and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad
range of transactions that involve interests that differ from, and may conflict with, those of the
Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Agents, the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent or
the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency
or fiduciary relationship and (v) the Agents, the Lead Arrangers the Syndication Agent and the
Lenders have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice
with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or
other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Loan Parties have consulted
their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed
appropriate. Each Loan Party hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by Law,
any claims that it may have against the Agents, the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent and
the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty under
applicable Law relating to agency and fiduciary obligations.
(b) Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that each Lender, the Lead
Arrangers, the Syndication Agent and any affiliate thereof may lend money to, invest in, and
generally engage in any kind of business with, any of the Borrower, any Sponsor, any Affiliate of
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the foregoing or any other person or entity that may do business with or own securities of any of
the foregoing, all as if such Lender, the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent or Affiliate
thereof were not an Lender or the Lead Arrangers or the Syndication Agent (or an agent or any
other person with any similar role under the Facilities) and without any duty to account therefor
to any other Lender, the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent the Borrower, any Sponsor or
any Affiliate of the foregoing. Each Lender, the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent and any
affiliate thereof may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower, any Sponsor or any
Affiliate of the foregoing for services in connection with this Agreement, the Facilities or
otherwise without having to account for the same to any other Lender, the Lead Arrangers, the
Syndication Agent, the Borrower, any Sponsor or any Affiliate of the foregoing. Some or all of
the Lenders and the Lead Arrangers and the Syndication Agent may have directly or indirectly
acquired certain equity interests (including warrants) in the Borrower, a Sponsor or an Affiliate of
the foregoing or may have directly or indirectly extended credit on a subordinated basis to the
Borrower, a Sponsor or an Affiliate of the foregoing. Each Loan Party party hereto, on its behalf
and on behalf of its affiliates, acknowledges and waives the potential conflict of interest resulting
from any such Lender, the Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent or an Affiliate thereof holding
disproportionate interests in the extensions of credit under the Facilities or otherwise acting as
arranger or agent thereunder.
SECTION 10.20 Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,”
“signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to
include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the
same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based
record keeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law,
including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State
Electronic Signatures and Records Act, the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 (Ontario) or any other similar
state or provincial laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Electronic Commerce
Act, 2000 (Ontario), as applicable.
SECTION 10.21 Effect of Certain Inaccuracies. In the event that any financial
statement or Compliance Certificate previously delivered pursuant to Section 6.02 was inaccurate
(regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is
discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable
Rate for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Rate applied for such Applicable
Period, then (i) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected
financial statement and a corrected Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable
Rate shall be determined based on the corrected Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, and
(iii) the Borrower shall within 15 days after the delivery of the corrected financial statements and
Compliance Certificate pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest or fees owing as a
result of such increased Applicable Rate for such Applicable Period. This Section 10.21 shall not limit the
rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders with respect to Sections 2.08(b) and 8.01.
SECTION 10.22 Judgment Currency. (a) If, for the purposes of obtaining
judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due to a Lender in any currency (the “Original
Currency”) into another currency (the “Other Currency”), the parties agree, to the fullest extent that
they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which, in accordance with
normal banking procedures, such Lender could purchase the Original Currency with the Other Currency
on the Business Day preceding the day on which final judgment is given or, if permitted by Law, on the
day on which the judgment is paid or satisfied and (b) the obligations of the Borrower in respect of any
sum due in the Original Currency from it to any Lender under any of the Loan Documents shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in any Other Currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the
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Business Day following receipt by the Lender of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Other Currency,
the Lender may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase the Original Currency with
such Other Currency. If the amount of the Original Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally
due to the Lender in the Original Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding the judgment, to indemnify the Lender against any loss, and, if the amount of the
Original Currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to the Lender in the Original Currency,
the Lender shall remit such excess to the Borrower.