$850,000,000
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 1, 2019
Among
BERRY GLOBAL, INC.,
as U.S. Borrower,
BERRY GLOBAL GROUP, INC.,
as Holdings,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH and U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, BARCLAYS CAPITAL and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
and
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, BARCLAYS CAPITAL and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. | Defined Terms | 1 |
SECTION 1.02. | Terms Generally | 68 |
SECTION 1.03. | Effectuation of Transactions | 69 |
SECTION 1.04. | Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents | 69 |
SECTION 1.05. | Senior Debt | 69 |
SECTION 1.06. | Effect of Restatement | 69 |
SECTION 1.07. | Interest Rates | 70 |
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.01. | Commitments | 70 |
SECTION 2.02. | Loans and Borrowings | 71 |
SECTION 2.03. | Requests for Borrowings | 72 |
SECTION 2.04. | Swingline Loans and Agent Advances | 74 |
SECTION 2.05. | Letters of Credit | 78 |
SECTION 2.06. | Funding of Borrowings | 83 |
SECTION 2.07. | Interest Elections | 84 |
SECTION 2.08. | Termination and Reduction of Commitments | 85 |
SECTION 2.09. | Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt | 86 |
SECTION 2.10. | Repayment of Revolving Loans | 87 |
SECTION 2.11. | Prepayment of Loans | 87 |
SECTION 2.12. | Fees | 88 |
SECTION 2.13. | Interest | 90 |
SECTION 2.14. | Alternate Rate of Interest | 91 |
SECTION 2.15. | Increased Costs | 93 |
SECTION 2.16. | Break Funding Payments | 94 |
SECTION 2.17. | Taxes | 95 |
SECTION 2.18. | Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs | 98 |
SECTION 2.19. | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 100 |
SECTION 2.20. | Illegality | 101 |
SECTION 2.21. | Incremental Commitments | 101 |
SECTION 2.22. | Cash Collateral for Defaulting Lenders | 103 |
SECTION 2.23. | Defaulting Lenders | 104 |
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.01. | Organization; Powers | 106 |
SECTION 3.02. | Authorization | 106 |
SECTION 3.03. | Enforceability | 106 |
SECTION 3.04. | Governmental Approvals | 106 |
SECTION 3.05. | Financial Statements | 107 |
SECTION 3.06. | No Material Adverse Effect | 107 |
SECTION 3.07. | Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases | 107 |
SECTION 3.08. | Subsidiaries | 107 |
SECTION 3.09. | Litigation; Compliance with Laws | 108 |
SECTION 3.10. | Federal Reserve Regulations | 108 |
SECTION 3.11. | Investment Company Act | 108 |
SECTION 3.12. | Use of Proceeds | 108 |
SECTION 3.13. | Tax Returns | 108 |
SECTION 3.14. | No Material Misstatements | 109 |
SECTION 3.15. | Employee Benefit Plans | 109 |
SECTION 3.16. | Environmental Matters | 110 |
SECTION 3.17. | Security Documents | 111 |
SECTION 3.18. | Location of Real Property and Leased Premises | 112 |
SECTION 3.19. | Solvency | 112 |
SECTION 3.20. | Labor Matters | 113 |
SECTION 3.21. | Insurance | 113 |
SECTION 3.22. | No Default | 113 |
SECTION 3.23. | Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. | 113 |
SECTION 3.24. | [Reserved] | 113 |
SECTION 3.25. | Common Enterprise | 113 |
SECTION 3.26. | Sanctioned Persons; Anti-Money Laundering; Etc. | 114 |
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
SECTION 4.01. | All Credit Events | 115 |
SECTION 4.02. | Effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement | 116 |
SECTION 4.03. | Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Event under Canadian Revolving Facility | 119 |
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01. | Existence; Businesses and Properties | 121 |
SECTION 5.02. | Insurance | 122 |
SECTION 5.03. | Taxes | 122 |
SECTION 5.04. | Financial Statements, Reports, etc. | 123 |
SECTION 5.05. | Litigation and Other Notices | 125 |
SECTION 5.06. | Compliance with Laws | 126 |
SECTION 5.07. | Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections | 126 |
SECTION 5.08. | Use of Proceeds | 126 |
SECTION 5.09. | Compliance with Environmental Laws | 126 |
SECTION 5.10. | Further Assurances; Additional Security | 127 |
SECTION 5.11. | Appraisals and Reports | 128 | |
SECTION 5.12. | Collateral Reporting | 129 | |
SECTION 5.13. | Accounts | 129 | |
SECTION 5.14. | Collection of Accounts; Payments | 130 | |
SECTION 5.15. | Inventory; Perpetual Inventory | 132 | |
SECTION 5.16. | Foreign Plans | 132 | |
SECTION 6.01. | Indebtedness | 133 |
SECTION 6.02. | Liens | 136 |
SECTION 6.03. | Sale and Lease-Back Transactions | 140 |
SECTION 6.04. | Investments, Loans and Advances | 141 |
SECTION 6.05. | Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions | 144 |
SECTION 6.06. | Dividends and Distributions | 147 |
SECTION 6.07. | Transactions with Affiliates | 149 |
SECTION 6.08. | Business of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries | 151 |
SECTION 6.09 | Limitation on Modification of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of | |
| Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; | 151 |
SECTION 6.10. | Fiscal Year; Accounting | 153 |
SECTION 6.11. | Availability Triggering Event | 153 |
SECTION 6.12. | Qualified CFC Holding Companies | 153 |
SECTION 6.13. | Canadian Defined Benefit Plans | 153 |
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. | Events of Default | 154 |
SECTION 7.02. | Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries | 157 |
SECTION 7.03. | Holdings’ Right to Cure | 157 |
ARTICLE VIII
THE AGENTS