CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), is made by and among:
(a) ARBY’S FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”),
(b) ARBY’S SPV GUARANTOR, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ARBY’S FRANCHISOR, LLC a Delaware limited liability company, ARBY’S IP HOLDER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and ARBY’S PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”);
(c) ARBY’S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, as the manager (the “Manager”),
(d) the several commercial paper conduits listed on Schedule I as Conduit Investors and their respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a “Conduit Investor” and, collectively, the “Conduit Investors”),
(e) the several financial institutions listed on Schedule I as Committed Note Purchasers and their respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a “Committed Note Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Committed Note Purchasers”),
(f) for each Investor Group, the financial institution entitled to act on behalf of the Investor Group set forth opposite the name of such Investor Group on Schedule I as Funding Agent and its permitted successors and assigns (each, the “Funding Agent” with respect to such Investor Group and, collectively, the “Funding Agents”), and
(g) COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, as L/C Provider, as Swingline Lender, and as administrative agent for the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Funding Agents, the L/C Provider and the Swingline Lender (together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent” or the “Series 2020-1 Class A-1 Administrative Agent”).
BACKGROUND
1. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee and Securities Intermediary, are entering into the Series 2020-1 Supplement, of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Series 2020-1 Supplement”), to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of even date herewith (as the same may be further amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Base Indenture” and, together with the Series 2020-1 Supplement and any other supplement to the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, pursuant to which the Issuer will issue the Series 2020-1 Class A-1 Notes (as defined in the Series 2020-1 Supplement), which may be issued in the form of Uncertificated Notes (as defined in the Series 2020-1 Supplement), in accordance with the Indenture.
2. The Issuer wishes to (a) issue the Series 2020-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes to each Funding Agent on behalf of the Investors in the related Investor Group, and obtain the agreement of the applicable Investors to make loans from time to time (each, an “Advance” or a “Series 2020-1 Class A-1 Advance” and, collectively, the “Advances” or the “Series 2020-1 Class A-1 Advances”) that will
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