Exhibit 10.2
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of April 5, 2023 is entered into among PRIMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent are parties to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2021 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and, as amended by this Amendment and as may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent have agreed to amend the Existing Credit Agreement to implement Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined in the attached Annex A) as a Benchmark Replacement for USD LIBOR and to make such other amendments reflected in Annex A on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AmendmentS to EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT
1.1 Amendments to the Credit Agreement. The Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following examples: stricken text and stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following examples: double-underlined text and double-underlined text) as set forth on the pages attached hereto as Annex A.
1.2 Updated Exhibits of the Credit Agreement.
(a) Exhibit B (Form of Notice of Borrowing) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Exhibit B (Form of Notice of Borrowing) attached hereto as Annex B.
(b) Exhibit D (Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Exhibit D (Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation) attached hereto as Annex C.
(c) Exhibit E (Form of Compliance Certificate) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the Exhibit E (Form of Compliance Certificate) attached hereto as Annex D.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
2.1 Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement as set forth on Annex A attached hereto.
ARTICLE III
NOTICE
3.1 To the extent that any Loan Document requires the Administrative Agent to provide notice to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person party to the Existing Credit Agreement of (i) an Early Opt-in Election, (ii) a Benchmark Transition Start Date, (iii) the implementation of Adjusted Term SOFR as a Benchmark Replacement or (iv) any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes in connection with the adoption and implementation of Adjusted Term SOFR or the use and administration thereof, this Amendment shall constitute such notice.
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
4.1 This Amendment shall become effective as of the date (the “First Amendment Effective Date”) when, and only when, each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied:
(a) Amendment. The Administrative Agent shall have received this Amendment executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower and each of the Lenders.
(b) Expenses. The Borrower shall have paid all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, and delivery of this Amendment and each other document contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel).
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as of the First Amendment Effective Date as follows:
5.1 No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment in accordance with its terms, and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (a) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to the Borrower where the failure to obtain such Governmental Approval or such violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Borrower, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound, which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired
by the Borrower, other than Permitted Liens or (e) require any consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act in respect of, an arbitrator or Governmental Authority or of any other Person other than consents, authorizations, filings or other acts or consents for which the failure to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.2 Authorization; Enforceability. The Borrower has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment in accordance with the terms hereof. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the Borrower, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal Debtor Relief Laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
5.3 Incorporation of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement and in any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such representation or warranty already qualified by materiality, in all respects) on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date (or, in the case of any such representation or warranty expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date).
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Survival. Except as expressly provided in this Amendment, all of the terms, provisions, covenants, agreements, representations and warranties and conditions of the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect as written, unmodified hereby and are hereby ratified by the Borrower. In the event of any conflict between the terms, provisions, covenants, representations and warranties and conditions of this Amendment, on the one hand, and the Existing Credit Agreement or any other applicable Loan Document, on the other hand, this Amendment shall control.
6.2 Severability. Any term or provision of this Amendment that is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, solely as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective solely to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without rendering invalid, illegal or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Amendment or affecting the validity, legality or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Amendment in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Amendment is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable.
6.3 Governing Law. This Amendment and any claims, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the jurisdiction that governs the Existing Credit Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.
6.4 Entire Agreement. This Amendment and the Existing Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) constitute the entire agreement among the parties to the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among such parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof. Any exhibits or annexes attached hereto are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
6.5 Binding Effect, Beneficiaries. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to the Existing Credit Agreement and each other applicable Loan Document and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and assigns, and no other party shall derive any rights or benefits herefrom.
6.6 Construction. This Amendment shall be construed without regard to any presumption or other rule requiring construction against the party drafting this Amendment.
6.7 Notices. All notices relating to this Amendment shall be delivered in the manner and subject to the provisions set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement.
6.8 Counterparts; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single agreement. Except as provided in Article IV, this Amendment shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or in electronic (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery” and words of like import in or related to this Amendment, any other Loan Document or any document, amendment, approval, consent, waiver, modification, information, notice, certificate, report, statement, disclosure, or authorization to be signed or delivered in connection with this Amendment or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures or execution in the form of an Electronic Record, and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by Administrative Agent, deliveries 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 recordkeeping 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, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Each party hereto agrees that any Electronic Signature or execution in the form of an Electronic Record shall be valid and binding on itself and each of the other parties hereto to the same extent as a manual, original signature. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by the parties of a manually signed paper which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed paper converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Administrative Agent is under no obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that without limiting the foregoing, (a) to the extent Administrative Agent has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature from any party hereto, Administrative Agent and the other parties hereto shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the executing party without further verification and (b) upon the request of Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by an original manually executed counterpart thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby (i) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any of the Borrower, electronic images of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (in each case, including with respect to any signature pages thereto) shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, and (ii) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents based solely on the lack of paper original copies of any Loan Documents, including with respect to any signature pages thereto.
6.9 Headings. Article and Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.
6.10 Reference to and Effect on the Existing Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents. On and after the First Amendment Effective Date, each reference in any Loan Document to the Existing Credit Agreement, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Existing Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect (with the same priority, as applicable) and are hereby ratified and confirmed and this Amendment shall not be considered a novation. The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other party under, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a “Loan Document” for purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
PRIMERICA, INC.
By: /s/ Alison S. Rand
Name: Alison S. Rand
Title: Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
AGENTS AND LENDERS:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Administrative Agent and a Lender
By: /s/ Kimberly Shaffer
Name: Kimberly Shaffer
Title: Managing Director
CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ Robert Chesley
Name: Robert Chesley
Title: Vice President & Managing Director
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ Milena Kolev
Name: Milena Kolev
Title: Vice President
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender
By: /s/ Bryan Ho
Name: Bryan Ho
Title: Vice President – Corporate Client Group
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as a Lender
By: /s/ Matthew Morris
Name: Matthew Morris
Title: Vice President
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender
By: /s/ Marilena Devcic
Name: Marilena Devcic
Title: Director
ANNEX A
Conformed Credit Agreement
[See attached.]
Annex A to First Amendment
Execution Version
Published CUSIP Number: 74166EAC8 Revolving Credit CUSIP Number: 74166EAD6
$200,000,000
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of June 22, 2021, by and among
PRIMERICA, INC.,
as Borrower,
the Lenders referred to herein, as Lenders,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions 1
Section 1.2 Other Definitions and Provisions 2826
Section 1.3 Accounting Terms 2826
Section 1.4 Rounding 2927 Section 1.5 References to Agreement and Laws 2927 Section 1.6 Times of Day 2927
Section 1.7 Letter of Credit Amounts 2927
Section 1.8 Guarantees/Earn-Outs 3027
Section 1.9 Covenant Compliance Generally 3028 Section 1.10 Rates 3028
Section 1.11 Divisions 3128
ARTICLE II REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
Section 2.1 Revolving Credit Loans 3129
Section 2.2 Swingline Loans 3129
Section 2.3 Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans 3331 Section 2.4 Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit and Swingline Loans 3431 Section 2.5 Permanent Reduction of the Commitment 3432
Section 2.6 Termination of Revolving Credit Facility 3533
ARTICLE III
LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY
Section 3.1 L/C Facility 3533
Section 3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit 3633
Section 3.3 Commissions and Other Charges 3634
Section 3.4 L/C Participations 3734
Section 3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower 3835 Section 3.6 Obligations Absolute 3836
Section 3.7 Effect of Letter of Credit Application 3836
ARTICLE IV GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS
Section 4.1 Interest 3936
Section 4.2 Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans 4038 Section 4.3 Fees 4038
Section 4.4 Manner of Payment 4038
Section 4.5 Evidence of Indebtedness 4139
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Section 4.6 Sharing of Payments by Lenders 4239
Section 4.7 Administrative Agent’s Clawback 4240
Section 4.8 Changed Circumstances 4341
Section 4.9 Indemnity 4643
Section 4.10 Increased Costs 4644
Section 4.11 Taxes 4845
Section 4.12 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 5149 Section 4.13 Increase in Commitments 5250
Section 4.14 Cash Collateral 5351
Section 4.15 Defaulting Lenders 5451
Section 4.16 Extension of Maturity Date 5654
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING
Section 5.1 Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit 5755 Section 5.2 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit 5856
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER
Section 6.1 Organization; Power; Qualification 5957 Section 6.2 Ownership 5957
Section 6.3 Authorization; Enforceability 5957
Section 6.4 Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc 6058 Section 6.5 Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals 6058 Section 6.6 Tax Returns and Payments 6058
Section 6.7 Environmental Matters 6058
Section 6.8 Employee Benefit Matters 6159
Section 6.9 Margin Stock 6260
Section 6.10 Government Regulation 6260
Section 6.11 Financial Statements 6260
Section 6.12 No Material Adverse Change 6361
Section 6.13 Litigation 6361
Section 6.14 Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions 6361 Section 6.15 Absence of Defaults 6462
Section 6.16 Disclosure 6462
Section 6.17 Insurance 6462
ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Section 7.1 Financial Statements 6562
Section 7.2 Certificates; Other Reports 6563
Section 7.3 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters 6765
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Section 7.4 Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters 6865 Section 7.5 Maintenance of Property and Licenses 6866 Section 7.6 Insurance 6866
Section 7.7 Accounting Methods and Financial Records 6866
Section 7.8 Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations 6866
Section 7.9 Compliance with Laws and Approvals 6866
Section 7.10 Environmental Laws 6966
Section 7.11 Compliance with ERISA 6967
Section 7.12 Visits and Inspections 6967
Section 7.13 Use of Proceeds 6967
Section 7.14 Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Beneficial Ownership Regulation,
Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions 7067
ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Section 8.1 Subsidiary Indebtedness 7068
Section 8.2 Liens 7169
Section 8.3 Fundamental Changes 7371
Section 8.4 Restricted Payments 7371
Section 8.5 Transactions with Affiliates 7371
Section 8.6 Accounting Changes 7472
Section 8.7 Nature of Business 7472
Section 8.8 Financial Covenants 7472
ARTICLE IX DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 9.1 Events of Default 7572
Section 9.2 Remedies 7674
Section 9.3 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc 7775
Section 9.4 Crediting of Payments and Proceeds 7875
Section 9.5 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim 7876
ARTICLE X
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section 10.1 Appointment and Authority 7977
Section 10.2 Rights as a Lender 7977
Section 10.3 Exculpatory Provisions 7977
Section 10.4 Reliance by the Administrative Agent 8078
Section 10.5 Delegation of Duties 8078
Section 10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent 8179 Section 10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 8280 Section 10.8 No Other Duties, Etc 8280
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Section 10.9 Lender ERISA Representations 8280
Section 10.10 Erroneous Payments 8381
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 Notices 8583
Section 11.2 Amendments, Waivers and Consents 8886
Section 11.3 Expenses; Indemnity 8987
Section 11.4 Right of Setoff 9289
Section 11.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc 9290
Section 11.6 Waiver of Jury Trial 9391
Section 11.7 Reversal of Payments 9391
Section 11.8 Injunctive Relief 9391
Section 11.9 Successors and Assigns; Participations 9391
Section 11.10 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality 9795 Section 11.11 Performance of Duties 9896
Section 11.12 All Powers Coupled with Interest 9896 Section 11.13 Survival 9896
Section 11.14 Titles and Captions 9896
Section 11.15 Severability of Provisions 9896
Section 11.16 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution 9996 Section 11.17 Term of Agreement 9997 Section 11.18 USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws 9997 Section 11.19 Independent Effect of Covenants 9998
Section 11.20 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility 10098
Section 11.21 Inconsistencies with Other Documents 10099 Section 11.22 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions 10099 Section 11.23 Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs 10199
Section 11.24 Amendment and Restatement; No Novation 102100
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 | - | Form of Revolving Credit Note |
Exhibit A-2 | - | Form of Swingline Note |
Exhibit B | - | Form of Notice of Borrowing |
Exhibit C | - | Form of Notice of Account Designation |
Exhibit D | - | Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation |
Exhibit E | - | Form of Compliance Certificate |
Exhibit F | - | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit G-1 | - | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Non-Partnership Foreign Lenders) |
Exhibit G-2 | - | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Non-Partnership Foreign Participants) |
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Exhibit G-3 | - | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Foreign Participant Partnerships) |
Exhibit G-4 | - | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Foreign Lender Partnerships) |
SCHEDULES |
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Schedule 1.1(a) | - | Commitments and Commitment Percentages |
Schedule 6.2 | - | Subsidiaries and Capitalization |
Schedule 6.11 | - | Non-GAAP Material Liabilities |
Schedule 8.1 | - | Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 8.2 | - | Existing Liens |
Schedule 8.5 | - | Transactions with Affiliates |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 22, 2021, by and among PRIMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation, as Borrower, the lenders who are party to this Agreement and the lenders who may become a party to this Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof, as Lenders, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2017 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”). and the Borrower has requested, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to extend, certain credit facilities to the Borrower.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein, it being the intention of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities of the parties under the Existing Credit Agreement or be deemed to evidence or constitute full repayment of such obligations and liabilities, but that this Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement and re-evidence the obligations and liabilities of the Borrower thereunder, which shall be payable in accordance with the terms hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. The following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them below:
“Additional Commitment Lender” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.16(d).
“Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to
(a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.
“Administrative Agent” means Wells Fargo, in its capacity as Administrative Agent hereunder, and any successor thereto appointed pursuant to Section 10.6.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the office of the Administrative Agent specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.1(c).
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified 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.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.1(e).
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.
“Announcements” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1.10.
“Annual Statement” means, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the statutory annual financial statement of such Insurance Subsidiary as is required to be filed with the applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority of its jurisdiction of domicile, and in accordance with the laws of such jurisdiction, together with all exhibits and schedules filed therewith.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the rules and regulations thereunder and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means any and all laws, statutes, regulations or obligatory government orders, decrees, ordinances or rules applicable to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates related to terrorism financing or, money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering or any financial record keeping, including any applicable provision of the Patriot Act and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act,” 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959).
“Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
“Applicable Margin” means the corresponding percentages per annum as set forth below based on the Debt Rating:
Pricing Level |
Debt Rating |
Commitment Fee | Applicable Margin for LIBORSOFR Loans and Letter of Credit Fees |
Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans |
I | ≥ A/A2 | 0.10% | 1.00% | 0.00% |
II | A-/A3 | 0.125% | 1.125% | 0.125% |
III | BBB+/Baa1 | 0.15% | 1.25% | 0.25% |
IV | BBB/Baa2 | 0.175% | 1.375% | 0.375% |
V | ≤ BBB-/Baa3 | 0.225% | 1.625% | 0.625% |
If at any time the Borrower is split-rated and the Debt Ratings differential is one level, the higher Debt Rating will apply and if the Debt Ratings differential is two levels or more, the Pricing Level one level lower than the higher Debt Rating will apply. If at any time the Borrower does not have a Debt Rating from at least one of S&P or Moody’s, the applicable Pricing Level for such Borrower shall be set at Pricing Level V.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Asset Disposition” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of any Property (including any disposition of Equity Interests) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.9), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit F.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date of determination, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the capitalized amount or principal amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease Obligation.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if the then-currentsuch Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreementany frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 4.8(c)(iv).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirements for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Code” means 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.
“Base Rate” means, at any time, the highest of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% and (c) LIBOR for an Interest Period of one monthAdjusted Term SOFR for a one-month tenor in effect on such day plus 11.0%; each change in the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or LIBORAdjusted Term SOFR, as applicable (provided that clause (c) shall not be applicable during any period in which
LIBORAdjusted Term SOFR is unavailable or unascertainable). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Base Rate be less than 0%the Floor.
“Base Rate Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the Base Rate as provided in Section 4.1(a).
“Benchmark” means, initially, USD LIBORthe Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event, an Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have has occurred with respect to USD LIBORthe Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 4.8(c)(i).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor,
provided that, (i) in the case of clause (a)(1), if the Administrative Agent decides that Term SOFR is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then Term SOFR will be deemed unable to be determined for purposes of this definition and (ii) in the case of clause (a)(1) or clause (b) of this definition, the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion. If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3), clause (b) or clause (c) of this definition would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the
Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and
(ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a)(a) or (b)(b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 4.8(c)(i) and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 4.8(c)(i).
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 CFR § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Borrower” means Primerica, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Borrower Benefit Plan” means (i) any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is maintained or contributed to by (or to which there is or may be an obligation to contribute of) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and (ii) any Pension Plan.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.2.
“Business Day” means (a) for all purposes other than as set forth in clause (b) below, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banks in New York, New York, are open for the conduct of their commercial banking business and (b) with respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, any LIBOR Rate Loan, or any Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to LIBOR, any day that is a Business Day described in clause
(a) and that is also a London Banking Day..
“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 or finance leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with, or deliver to the Administrative Agent, or directly to the Issuing Lender (with notice thereof to the Administrative Agent), for the benefit of the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations or Swingline Loans, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender shall agree, in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender, as applicable.
“Change in Control” means an event or series of events by which (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d- 3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a “person” or “group” shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all Equity Interests that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote in the election of members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower or (ii) a majority of the members of the board of directors (or other equivalent governing body) of the Borrower shall not constitute Continuing Directors.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following:
(a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, implemented or issued.
“Class” means, when used in reference to any Loan, whether such Loan is a Revolving Credit Loan or Swingline Loan.
“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Commitment Fee” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.3(a).
“Commitment Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage of the total Commitments of all the Lenders represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Commitment Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments. The Commitment Percentage of each Lender on the Closing Date is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.1(a).
“Commitments” means (a) as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans to, and to purchase participations in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans for the account of, the Borrower hereunder in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the Register, as such amount may be modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof (including, without limitation, Section 4.13) and (b) as to all Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans, as such amount may be modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof (including, without limitation, Section 4.13). The aggregate Commitment of all the Lenders on the Closing Date shall be $200,000,000. The Commitment of each Lender on the Closing Date is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.1(a).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of the chief financial officer, the treasurer or the controller of the Borrower substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 4.9 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated” means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of any Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.
“Consolidated Indebtedness” means, at any time, the aggregate (without duplication) of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding (i) reimbursement obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit that have been collateralized in full and/or reimbursement obligations for letters of credit (to the extent undrawn), (ii) obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries under any Hybrid Equity Securities to the extent that the aggregate book value of such Hybrid Equity Securities does not exceed 15% of Total Capitalization, (iii) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any payables under Reinsurance Agreements, (iv) obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business (A) to purchase securities (or other property) which arise out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities (or other property) or (B) to return collateral consisting of securities arising out of or in connection with the loan by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of securities owned or held by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (v) the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under securities lending arrangements incurred in the ordinary course of business, (vi) the following obligations issued or undertaken in connection with a Statutory Reserve Financing to the extent either S&P or Moody’s (or both) does not treat indebtedness under such Statutory Reserve Financing arrangements as indebtedness: (A) Surplus Debentures or Notes or other obligations of any Special Purpose Subsidiary of the Borrower (“Reserve Financing Notes”), or (B) any securities backed by such Reserve Financing Notes by an entity formed in connection with a Statutory Reserve Financing, (vii) earn-outs or similar obligations except to the extent reflected on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and (viii) any Guarantees of the Indebtedness described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vii), provided that with respect to Guarantees of Indebtedness described in clause (vi) only, there will be no recourse, directly or indirectly, to the Person providing such Guarantee for the principal of such Indebtedness.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, net income (or loss) for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period and as reflected on the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Worth” means, on any date, the amount reported by the Borrower, determined in accordance with GAAP on a Consolidated basis, as “Total Stockholders’ Equity” on its Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, but excluding (a) all amounts in respect of unrealized gains or losses recorded pursuant to ASC 320, and (b) any Disqualified Equity Interests, and (c) the difference in future policy benefits calculated using the current discount rate and future policy benefits calculated using the locked-in discount rate at contract issuance recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income pursuant to ASC 944-40-35- 6A(b), in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, at any time, the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Continuing Directors” means the directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower on the Closing Date and each other director (or equivalent) of the Borrower, if, in each case, such other Person’s election or nomination to the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower is approved by at least a majority of the then Continuing Directors.
“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.
“Core Subsidiary” means each of Primerica Life Insurance Company, PFS Investments Inc., Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada, and PFSL Investments Canada Ltd., and any other Subsidiary of the Borrower as mutually agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Covered Party” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.23(a).
“Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and such Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans at such time.
“Credit Facility” means, collectively, the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swingline Facility and the L/C Facility.
“Credit Outstandings” means the sum of (a) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; plus (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the aggregate outstanding amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any Extensions of Credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by any of S&P or Moody’s of the Borrower’s senior unsecured non-credit enhanced long-term indebtedness.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, 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 or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” means any of the events specified in Section 9.1 which with the passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 4.15(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of the Revolving Credit Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any
other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the FDIC or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 4.15(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests which, 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), is mandatorily redeemable on or prior to the date that is one hundred-eighty (180) days following the date referred to in clause (a) of the definition of Maturity Date; provided that Equity Interests of Primerica Newco, Inc. issued to the sellers in connection with the e-TeleQuote Acquisition shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests notwithstanding the obligation of Primerica Newco, Inc. to redeem such Equity Interests on the terms contemplated in the e-TeleQuote Acquisition Agreement.
“Dollars” or “$” means, unless otherwise qualified, dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
“Early Opt-in Election” means, if the then-current Benchmark is USD LIBOR, the occurrence of:
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity
established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country.
“Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 15 U.S.C. 7006.
“Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 15 U.S.C. 7006.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.9(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.9(b)(iii)).
“Employee Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Environmental Claims” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, written notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations by any Governmental Authority (other than internal reports prepared by any Person in the ordinary course of business and not in response to any third party action or request of any kind) or proceedings relating in any way to any actual or alleged violation of or liability under any Environmental Law by Borrower or any Subsidiary, including, without limitation, any and all claims by Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials or arising from exposure to, or the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, foreign, state, provincial and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, and regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, and orders of Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of public health or the environment, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials.
“Equity Interests” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests, (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person and (f) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any Person who together with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and for the purpose of Section 302 of ERISA and/or Section 412 and/or each “applicable section” under Section 414(t)(2) of the Code, within the meaning of Section 414(b)., (c), (m) or (o) of the Code).
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.10(a).
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.10(d).
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.10(d).
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.10(d).
“e-TeleQuote Acquisition” means the acquisition by Primerica Newco, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Borrower, of 100% of the Equity Interests of e-TeleQuote Insurance, Inc., ETQ HK SPV, Inc. and E- Telequote Nicaragua Sociedad Anonima and 99% of the Equity Interests of ETeleQuote (Private Limited), in each case pursuant to the e-TeleQuote Acquisition Agreement.
“e-TeleQuote Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2021, by an among the Borrower, Primerica Newco, Inc., ETeleQuote Limited, the shareholders of ETeleQuote Limited party thereto and Fortis Advisors LLC, as the sellers’ representative.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor thereto), as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day, the percentage which is in effect for such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental or emergency reserves) in respect of eurocurrency liabilities or any similar category of liabilities for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City.
“Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 9.1; provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (15 U.S.C. § 77 et seq.).
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, United States federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 4.12(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.11, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such
Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 4.11(g) and (d) any United States federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Statement of Purpose.
“Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.16(a).
“Extension Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.16(a).
“Extensions of Credit” means (a) any borrowing of Loans or (b) any issuance of a Letter of Credit.
“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board.
“FASB ASU” means the Accounting Standards Updates of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing.
“FCA” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1.10.
“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
“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, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotation for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Letter” means the separate fee letter agreement dated May 26, 2021 among the Borrower, Wells Fargo and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Borrower ending on December 31.
“Floor” means 0.00% per annum.
“Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“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 Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender, other than such L/C 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 Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Percentage of outstanding Swingline Loans other than Swingline 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 (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, and all registrations and filings with or issued by, any Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra- national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation or (e) for the purpose of assuming in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (whether in whole or in part).
“Hazardous Materials” means any substances or materials (a) which are or become defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, chemical substances or mixtures or toxic substances under any Environmental Law, (b) which are toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise harmful to public health or the environment and are or become regulated by any Governmental Authority, (c) the presence of which require investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law or common law, (d) the discharge or emission or release of which requires a permit or license under any Environmental Law or other Governmental Approval,
(e) which are deemed by a Governmental Authority to constitute a nuisance or a trespass which pose a health or safety hazard to Persons or neighboring properties, or (f) which contain, without limitation,
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or waste, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
“Hedge 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.
“Hedge Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements,
(a) for any date on or after the date such Hedge 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 Hedge Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedge Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Hybrid Equity Securities” means any hybrid preferred securities consisting of trust preferred securities, deferrable interest subordinated debt securities, mandatory convertible debt or other hybrid securities that are shown on the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower as liabilities and
(i) treated as equity by Standard & Poor’s, and (ii) that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible for or which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or otherwise, does not mature or is not mandatorily redeemable or is not subject to any mandatory repurchase requirement, at any time on or prior to the date which is six months after the Maturity Date.
“IBA” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1.10.
“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, which are in effect from time to time.
“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.13(d)Section 4.13(d).
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date and without duplication, the sum of the following:
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall 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, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. In respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the amount of such Indebtedness as of any date of determination will be the lesser of (x) the fair market value of such assets as of such date and (y) the amount of such Indebtedness as of such date.
The amount of any net obligation under any Hedge Agreement on any date shall be deemed to be the Hedge Termination Value thereof as of such date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Indebtedness” shall exclude (i) obligations under any operating lease of property that is not capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person and (ii) obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to retained assets of beneficiaries, advance premiums or deposits of customers, separate account liabilities, sales force independent contractor monies withheld or collected, and liabilities for unclaimed property.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document and
(b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.3(b).
“Information” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.10.
“Insurance Regulatory Authority” means, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the insurance department or similar Governmental Authority charged with regulating insurance companies or insurance holding companies in its jurisdiction of domicile and, to the extent that it has regulatory authority over such
Insurance Subsidiary, in each other jurisdiction in which such Insurance Subsidiary conducts business or is licensed to conduct business.
“Insurance Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary the ability of which to pay dividends is regulated by an Insurance Regulatory Authority or that is otherwise required thereby to be regulated with the Applicable Law of its jurisdiction of domicile.
“Interest Period” means, subject to availability as to each LIBOR Rateany SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such LIBOR RateSOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan and ending on the date one (1), three (3), or six (6) months thereafter (or 12 months thereafter if available to all Lenders), in each case as selected by the Borrower in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation and subject to availability; provided that:
“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. § 80(a)(1), et
seq.).
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP98” means the International Standby Practices (1998 Revision, effective January 1, 1999), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.
“Issuing Lender” means Wells Fargo.
“L/C Commitment” means the lesser of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate Commitments, provided that such amount may be changed after the Closing Date in a written agreement between the Borrower and the Issuing Lender (which such agreement shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent upon execution).
“L/C Facility” means the letter of credit facility established pursuant to Article III.
“L/C Obligations” means the aggregate Obligations of the Borrower in respect of Letters of Credit equal to, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.
“L/C Participants” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the collective reference to all the Lenders other than the Issuing Lender.
“Lead Arranger” means Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner.
“Lender” means each Person executing this Agreement as a Lender on the Closing Date and any other Person that becomes a party to this Agreement as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or pursuant to Section 4.13, other than any Person that ceases to be a party hereto as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.
“Lender Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Borrower delivered in connection with Section 4.13.
“Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender maintaining such Lender’s Extensions of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application requesting the Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit and a reimbursement agreement, in each case in the form specified by the Issuing Lender from time to time.
“Letters of Credit” means the collective reference to letters of credit issued pursuant to Section 3.1.
“LIBOR” means:
a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period. If, for any reason, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.8, such rate is not so published then “LIBOR” shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period, and
market to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination for a period equal to one month commencing on such date of determination.
Each calculation by the Administrative Agent of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) in no event shall LIBOR (including any Benchmark Replacement with respect thereto) be less than the Floor.
“LIBOR Rate” means a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
LIBOR Rate =
LIBOR
1.00-Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
“LIBOR Rate Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate as provided in Section 4.1(a).
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, leasehold mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, hypothecation or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease Obligation or other title retention agreement relating to such asset. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Lien shall not include any obligation of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business to return any asset, deposit, or premium to any beneficiary, agent or customer in the ordinary course of business.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, each Note, the Letter of Credit Applications, the Fee Letter, and each other document, instrument, certificate and agreement executed and delivered by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in favor of or provided to the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
“Loans” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swingline Loans, and “Loan” means any of such Loans.
“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, (a) the business, assets, liabilities, results of operations or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document or (d) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower of any Loan Document.
“Material Insurance Subsidiary” means, at any time, an Insurance Subsidiary that has statutory assets in excess of 10% of the aggregate statutory assets of all Insurance Subsidiaries measured as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which the applicable Quarterly Statements and Annual Statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(c).
“Material Subsidiary” means at all times, (i) any Core Subsidiary, (ii) any Material Insurance Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that meets any of the following tests: (a) whose assets (excluding intercompany accounts) are in excess of ten percent (10%) of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, measured as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter or fiscal year for which financial statements and a Compliance Certificate have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 or (b) whose net income (calculated in a manner consistent with the public filings of the Borrower) is in excess of ten percent (10%) of Consolidated Net Income, measured for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which financial statements and a Compliance Certificate have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 and (iv) any Subsidiary that owns, directly or indirectly, any Subsidiary identified in clauses (ii) and (iii) above.
“Maturity Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) the later of (1) June 22, 2026 and (2) if the Maturity Date is extended pursuant to Section 4.16 as to any Lender, such extended maturity date as determined pursuant to such Section, (b) the date of termination of the entire Commitment by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.5, and (c) the date of termination of the Commitment pursuant to Section 9.2(a); provided, however, that in each case if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to the Fronting Exposure of the Issuing Lender at such time, (ii) with respect to Cash Collateral provided in accordance with Section 2.4(b), the amount required by such Section, and (iii) with respect to Cash Collateral provided in accordance with Section 4.14Section 4.14(i) or Section 9.2(b), an amount equal to 103% of the aggregate L/C Obligations.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successors thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or is accruing an obligation to make contributions, or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has accrued an obligation to make contributions within the preceding five (5) years.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver, amendment, modification or termination that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.2 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such
time.
“Non-Extending Lender” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.16(b).
“Notes” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swingline Note.
“Notice Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.16(b).
“Notice of Account Designation” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.3(b).
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.3(a).
“Notice of Conversion/Continuation” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.2.
“Obligations” means, in each case, whether now in existence or hereafter arising: (a) the principal of and interest on (including interest and fees accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or similar petition) the Loans, (b) the L/C Obligations and (c) all other fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts owing by the Borrower to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent, in each case under any Loan Document, with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit of every kind, nature and description, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any note and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Borrower 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.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Other Benchmark Rate Election” means, if the then-current Benchmark is USD LIBOR, the occurrence of:
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 4.12).
“Participant” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.9(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.9(d).
“PATRIOT Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.10(a).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor agency.
“Pension Plan” means any pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and which is maintained or contributed to by (or to which there is or may be an obligation to contribute of) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, and each such plan for the five (5)-year period immediately following the latest date on which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate maintained, contributed to or had an obligation to contribute to such plan.
“Permitted Liens” means the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.2.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Platform” means Debt Domain, Intralinks, SyndTrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.
“Prime Rate” means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such prime rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate is an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.
“Property” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Equity Interests.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Lenders” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.2.
“Quarterly Statement” means, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the statutory quarterly financial statement of such Insurance Subsidiary as is required to be filed with the applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority of its jurisdiction of domicile, in accordance with the laws of such jurisdiction, together with all exhibits and schedules filed therewith with all exhibits and schedules filed therewith.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) the Issuing Lender, as applicable.
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is USD LIBOR, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two (2) London Banking Days preceding the date of such setting, and (2) if such Benchmark is not USD LIBOR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.9(c).
“Reimbursement Obligation” means the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender.
“Reinsurance Agreements” means any agreement, contract, treaty, policy, certificate or other arrangement whereby any reinsurer agrees to assume from or reinsure an insurer or reinsurer all or part of the liability of such insurer or reinsurer under a policy or policies of insurance issued by such insurer or reinsurer or any hedge or other derivative product intended to achieve the same result.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the FRB or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the FRB or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Removal Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.6(b).
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders holding outstanding Commitments (or, after the termination of the Commitments, Credit Exposures) representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Commitments at such time (or, after the termination of the Commitments, the aggregate at such time of all outstanding Credit Exposures); provided, however, that to the extent that any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender and all of its Commitment and Credit Exposure shall be excluded for purposes of determining Required Lenders.
“Reserve Financing Notes” has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of Consolidated Indebtedness.
“Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.6(a).
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, controller, treasurer or assistant treasurer of such Person or any other officer of such Person designated in writing by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that, to the extent requested thereby, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of such Person certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each such officer. Any document delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Person shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Person and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend on, or the making of any payment or other distribution on account of, or the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition (directly or indirectly) of, or the setting apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, any class of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or the making of any distribution of cash, property or assets to the holders of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof on account of such Equity Interests.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility established pursuant to Article II (including any increase in such revolving credit facility established pursuant to Section 4.13).
“Revolving Credit Loan” means any revolving loan made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1, and all such revolving loans collectively as the context requires.
“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
A-1, and any substitutes therefor, and any replacements, restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Service, a division of S&P Global Inc. and any successor
thereto.
“Sanctioned Country” means at any time, a country, territory or region which is itself (or whose government is) the subject or target of any Sanctions (including, as of the Closing Date, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela and Crimea).
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC (including, without limitation, OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and OFAC’s Consolidated Non-SDN List), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Herany European member state, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or, (c) any Person owned or controlled by, directly or indirectly, any such Person or Persons described in clauses (a) and (b), or (d) any Person otherwise a target of Sanctions, including a Person that is deemed by OFAC to be avessels and aircraft that are designated under any Sanctions target based on the ownership of such legal entity by Sanctioned Person(s)program.
“Sanctions” means any and all economic or financial sanctions and, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions, trade embargoes and restrictions and anti-terrorism laws, including but not limited to those imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government (including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Herany European member state, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority within any jurisdiction over any Lender,in which (a) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or conducts business, (b) in which any of the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit will be used, or (c) from which repayment of the Extensions of Credit will be derived.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. § 77 et seq.).
“SOFR” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day publishedas administered by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR as provided in Section 4.1(a).
“Special Purpose Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary formed to issue Surplus Debentures or Notes or other obligations in connection with a Statutory Reserve Financing or enter into Reinsurance Agreements
in connection with a Statutory Reserve Financing or enter into ancillary obligations in respect of the foregoing.
“Statutory Accounting Methods” means the statutory reporting practices prescribed or permitted by the applicable Insurance Regulatory Authorities with respect to the Insurance Subsidiaries.
“Statutory Reserve Financing” means a transaction or series of transactions entered into primarily for the purpose of financing a portion of the statutory reserves required to be held by an Insurance Subsidiary, where the proceeds or funding obligations provided by the financing counterparty or counterparties in such transaction or transactions are not expected, as of the date such transaction or transactions are entered into, to be used or applied to pay insurance or reinsurance claims reasonably projected to be payable as of the date such transaction or transactions are entered into.
“Subsidiary” means as to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity is at the time owned by (directly or indirectly) or the management is otherwise controlled by (directly or indirectly) such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). Unless otherwise qualified, references to “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” herein shall refer to those of the Borrower.
“Surplus Debentures or Notes” means, as to any Insurance Subsidiary, debt securities or notes of such Insurance Subsidiary the proceeds of which are permitted to be included, in whole or in part, as capital and surplus of such Insurance Subsidiary as approved and permitted by the applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority and are of a type generally described in the insurance industry as a “surplus note.”
“Swingline Commitment” means the lesser of (a) $50,000,000 and (b) the aggregate Commitments.
“Swingline Facility” means the swingline facility established pursuant to Section 2.2.
“Swingline Lender” means Wells Fargo in its capacity as swingline lender hereunder or any successor thereto.
“Swingline Loan” means any swingline loan made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2, and all such swingline loans collectively as the context requires.
“Swingline Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of the Swingline Lender evidencing the Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A-2, and any substitutes therefor, and any replacements, restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part.
“Swingline Participation Amount” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.2(b)(iii).
“Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, fines, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR” means,
“Term SOFR Adjustment” means a percentage equal to 0.10% per annum.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR” means, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time, Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“Term SOFR Notice” means a notification by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders and the Borrower of the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event.
“Term SOFR Transition Event” means the determination by the Administrative Agent that (a) Term SOFR has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental Body, (b) the administration of Term SOFR is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent and (c) a Benchmark Transition Event, an Early Opt-in Election or an Other Benchmark Rate Election, as applicable, has previously occurred resulting in the replacement of the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan
Document in accordance with Section 4.8(c) with a Benchmark Replacement the Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement component of which is not Term SOFR.
“Termination Event” means the occurrence of any of the following which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower: (a) a “Reportable Event” described in Section 4043 of ERISA for which the thirty (30) day notice requirement has not been waived by the PBGC, or (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan 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, or (c) the termination of a Pension Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, if such termination would require material additional contributions in order to be considered a standard termination within the meaning of Section 4041(b) of ERISA, or (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (e) any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the institution of proceedings for termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (f) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, or (g) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or plan in endangered or critical status with the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA or (h) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan if withdrawal liability is asserted by such Multiemployer Plan against such Borrower or ERISA Affiliate, or (i) any event or condition which results in the insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4245 of ERISA, or (j) the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (k) 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 the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Threshold Amount” means $50,000,000.
“Total Capitalization” means, on any date, the sum of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness (but excluding any Hybrid Equity Securities) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date plus (b) Consolidated Net Worth as of such date plus (c) the aggregate obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any Hybrid Equity Securities as of such date.
“Trade Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.9(b)(i)(B).
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the initial Extensions of Credit and (b) the payment of the transaction costs incurred in connection with the foregoing.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“United States” means the United States of America.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities; provided, that for purposes of notice requirements in Sections 2.3(a), 2.4(c) and 4.2, in each case, such day is also a Business Day.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.11(g).
“USD LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for Dollars.
“Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association.
“Wholly-Owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary, that all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly- Owned Subsidiaries (except for directors’ qualifying shares or other shares required by Applicable Law to be owned by a Person other than the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries).
“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail- In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.2 Other Definitions and Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: (a) the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (b) whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms,
(c) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (d) the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”,
(e) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(f) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (g) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (h) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, (i) 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, (j) the words “agent” and “representative” when used with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall exclude all independent contractors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (k) 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”.
Section 1.3 Accounting Terms.
Section 1.4 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to 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 or percentage is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
Section 1.5 References to Agreement and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein,
(a) any definition or reference to formation documents, governing documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual documents or 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 not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) any definition or reference to any Applicable Law, including, without limitation, Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, the Bankruptcy Code, the Code, ERISA, the Exchange Act, the PATRIOT Act, the Securities Act, the UCC, the Investment Company Act, the
Interstate Commerce Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department, shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.
Section 1.6 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 1.7 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the Letter of Credit Application therefor (at the time specified therefor in such applicable Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application and as such amount may be reduced by (a) any permanent reduction of such Letter of Credit or (b) any amount which is drawn, reimbursed and no longer available under such Letter of Credit).
Section 1.8 Guarantees/Earn-Outs. Unless otherwise specified, (a) the amount of any Guarantee shall be the lesser of the amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee and (b) the amount of any earn-out or similar obligation shall be the amount of such obligation as reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1.9 Covenant Compliance Generally. For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 8.1, 8.2, and 8.4, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating Consolidated Net Income in the most recent annual financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 8.1 and 8.2, with respect to any amount of Indebtedness in a currency other than Dollars, no breach of any basket contained in such sections shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness is incurred; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section
1.9 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness may be incurred at any time under such Sections.
Section 1.10 Rates. The interest rate on LIBOR Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans (when determined by reference to clause (c) of the definition of Base Rate) may be determined by reference to LIBOR, which is derived from the London interbank offered rate. The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market. On March 5, 2021, ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”), the administrator of the London interbank offered rate, and the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”), the regulatory supervisor of IBA, announced in public statements (the “Announcements”) that the final publication or representativeness date for the London interbank offered rate for Dollars for: (a) 1-week and 2-month tenor settings will be December 31, 2021 and (b) overnight, 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12- month tenor settings will be June 30, 2023. No successor administrator for IBA was identified in such Announcements. As a result, it is possible that commencing immediately after such dates, the London interbank offered rate for such tenors may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed a representative reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on LIBOR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans (when determined by reference to clause (c) of the definition of Base Rate). There is no assurance that the dates set forth in the Announcements will not change or that IBA or the FCA will not take further action that could impact the availability, composition or characteristics of any London interbank offered rate. Public and private sector industry initiatives have been and continue, as of the date hereof, to be underway to implement new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate. In the event that the London interbank offered rate or any other then-current Benchmark is no longer available or in certain other circumstances set forth in Section 4.8(c), such Section 4.8(c) provides a
mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower, pursuant to Section 4.8(c), of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on LIBOR Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans (when determined by reference to clause (c) of the definition of Base Rate) is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (ia) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or otherTerm SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition of “LIBOR”thereof, or with respect to any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any then-current Benchmark or any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement), as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 4.8(c), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, LIBOR or any other Benchmark, or have the same volume or liquidity as did, the London interbank offered rateTerm SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (iib) the effect, implementation or composition of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of a Benchmarkthe Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain anythe Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any other Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referencedreferred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
Section 1.11 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
ARTICLE II REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
Section 2.1 Revolving Credit Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time from the Closing Date to, but not including, the Maturity Date as requested by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3; provided, that (a) the Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Commitment and (b) the Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not at any time exceed such Lender’s Commitment. Each Revolving Credit Loan by a Lender shall be in a principal amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans requested on such occasion. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder until the Maturity Date.
Section 2.2 Swingline Loans.
payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such Lender’s pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all Swingline Loans then due); provided that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline Lender is required to be returned, such Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Swingline Lender.
(iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Section 2.3 Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans.
a.m. (i) on the same Business Day as each Base Rate Loan and each Swingline Loan and (ii) at least three
(3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days before each LIBOR RateSOFR Loan, of its intention to borrow, specifying (A) the date of such borrowing, which shall be a Business Day, (B) the amount of such borrowing, which shall be, (x) with respect to Base Rate Loans in an aggregate principal amount of
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, (y) with respect to LIBOR RateSOFR Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and
(z) with respect to Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof, (C) whether such Loan is to be a Revolving Credit Loan or Swingline Loan,
(D) in the case of a Revolving Credit Loan whether the Loans are to be LIBOR RateSOFR Loans or Base Rate Loans, and (E) in the case of a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a type of Loan in a Notice of Borrowing, then the applicable Loans shall be made as Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a borrowing of LIBOR RateSOFR Loans in
any such Notice of Borrowing, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. A Notice of Borrowing received after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next Business Day or U.S. Government Securities Business Day, as applicable. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of each Notice of Borrowing.
4.7 hereof, the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to disburse the portion of the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loan requested pursuant to this Section to the extent that any Lender has not made available to the Administrative Agent its Commitment Percentage of such Loan. Revolving Credit Loans to be made for the purpose of refunding Swingline Loans shall be made by the Lenders as provided in Section 2.2(b).
Section 2.4 Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit and Swingline Loans.
U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the prepayment of each LIBOR RateSOFR Loan, specifying the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of LIBOR RateSOFR Loans, Base Rate Loans, Swingline Loans or a combination thereof, and, if of a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date set forth in such notice; provided that a notice of optional prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the incurrence of other Indebtedness or any other event, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the Borrower
(by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date) if such condition is not satisfied. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof with respect to Base Rate Loans (other than Swingline Loans), $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof with respect to LIBOR RateSOFR Loans and $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof with respect to Swingline Loans. A notice of prepayment received after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next Business Day or U.S. Government Securities Business Day, as applicable. Each such repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof.
Section 2.5 Permanent Reduction of the Commitment.
Section 2.6 Termination of Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility and the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
ARTICLE III
LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY
Section 3.1 L/C Facility.
Lender; provided, that the Issuing Lender shall not issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (a) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment or (b) the Credit Outstandings would exceed the aggregate Commitment.
Section 3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Borrower may from time to time request that the Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the Issuing Lender at its applicable office (with a copy to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office) a Letter of Credit Application therefor, completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. Upon receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the Issuing Lender shall process such Letter of Credit Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall, subject to Section 3.1 and Article V, promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three (3) Business Days after its receipt of the Letter of Credit Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a copy of such Letter of Credit and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the issuance and upon request by any Lender, furnish to such Lender a copy of such Letter of Credit and the amount of such Lender’s participation therein.
Section 3.3 Commissions and Other Charges.
Section 3.4 L/C Participations.
in the absence of manifest error. With respect to payment to the Issuing Lender of the unreimbursed amounts described in this Section, if the L/C Participants receive notice that any such payment is due (A) prior to 1:00 p.m. on any Business Day, such payment shall be due that Business Day, and (B) after 1:00
p.m. on any Business Day, such payment shall be due on the following Business Day.
Section 3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. In the event of any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the Borrower agrees to reimburse (either with the proceeds of a Revolving Credit Loan as provided for in this Section or with funds from other sources), in same day funds, the Issuing Lender on each date on which the Issuing Lender notifies the Borrower of the date and amount of a draft paid by it under any Letter of Credit for the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any amounts referred to in Section 3.3(c) incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with such payment. Unless the Borrower shall immediately notify the Issuing Lender that the Borrower intends to reimburse the Issuing Lender for such drawing from other sources or funds, the Borrower shall be deemed to have timely given a Notice of Borrowing to the Administrative Agent requesting that the Lenders make a Revolving Credit Loan as a Base Rate Loan on the applicable repayment date in the amount of (i) such draft so paid and (ii) any amounts referred to in Section 3.3(c) incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with such payment, and the Lenders shall make a Revolving Credit Loan as a Base Rate Loan in such amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied to reimburse the Issuing Lender for the amount of the related drawing and such fees and expenses. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to fund a Revolving Credit Loan in accordance with this Section to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any draft paid under a Letter of Credit issued by it is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation, non-satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.3(a) or Article V. If the Borrower has elected to pay the amount of such drawing with funds from other sources and shall fail to reimburse the Issuing Lender as provided above, or if the amount of such drawing is not fully refunded through a Base Rate Loan as provided above, the unreimbursed amount of such drawing shall bear interest at the rate which would be payable on any outstanding Base Rate Loans which were then overdue from the date such amounts become payable (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) until payment in full.
Section 3.6 Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligations under this Article III (including, without limitation, the Reimbursement Obligation) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment which the
Borrower may have or have had against the Issuing Lender or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees that the Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligation under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it, except for errors or omissions caused by the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final nonappealable judgment. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of the Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to the Borrower. The responsibility of the Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit issued to it shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment substantially conforms to the requirements under such Letter of Credit.
Section 3.7 Effect of Letter of Credit Application. To the extent that any provision of any Letter of Credit Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Article III, the provisions of this Article III shall apply.
ARTICLE IV GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS
Section 4.1 Interest.
(iii) all outstanding Base Rate Loans, Swingline Loans and other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the
rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans or such other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document and (iv) all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on demand of the Administrative Agent. Interest shall continue to accrue on the Obligations after the filing by or against the Borrower of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any Debtor Relief Law.
(3) month interval during such Interest Period; provided that (i) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any SOFR Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (ii) in the event of any conversion of any SOFR Loan prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by the Prime Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest provided hereunder shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year).
Section 4.2 Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans. Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Borrower shall have the option to
before the day on which a proposed conversion or continuation of such Loan is to be effective specifying
(A) the Loans to be converted or continued, and, in the case of any LIBOR RateSOFR Loan to be converted or continued, the last day of the Interest Period therefor, (B) the effective date of such conversion or continuation (which shall be a Business Day), (C) the principal amount of such Loans to be converted or continued, and (D) the Interest Period to be applicable to such converted or continued LIBOR Rate Loan; provided that if the Borrower wishes to request LIBOR Rate Loans having an Interest Period of twelve (12) months in duration, such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of such conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of themSOFR Loan. If the Borrower fails to givedeliver a timely Notice of Conversion/Continuation prior to the end of the Interest Period for any LIBOR RateSOFR Loan, then the applicable LIBOR RateSOFR Loan shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan. Any such automatic conversion to a Base Rate Loan shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable LIBOR RateSOFR Loan. If the Borrower requests a conversion to, or continuation of, LIBOR RateSOFR Loans, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swingline Loan may not be converted to a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan and shall always be maintained as a Base Rate Loan. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the affected Lenders of such Notice of Conversion/Continuation.
Section 4.3 Fees.
Section 4.4 Manner of Payment. Each payment by the Borrower on account of the principal of or interest on the Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts (including the Reimbursement Obligation) payable to the Lenders under this Agreement shall be made not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the account of the Lenders entitled to such payment in Dollars, in immediately available funds and shall be made without any setoff, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever. Any payment received after such time but before 3:00 p.m. on such day shall be deemed a payment on such date for the purposes of Section 9.1, but for all other purposes shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Any payment received after 3:00 p.m. shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of each such payment, the Administrative Agent shall distribute to each such Lender at its address for notices set forth herein its Commitment Percentage in respect of the relevant Credit Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment and shall wire advice of the amount of such credit to each Lender. Each payment to the Administrative Agent on account of the principal of or interest on the Swingline Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts payable to the Swingline Lender shall be made in like manner, but for the
account of the Swingline Lender. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of Issuing Lender’s fees or L/C Participants’ commissions shall be made in like manner, but for the account of the Issuing Lender or the L/C Participants, as the case may be. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of Administrative Agent’s fees or expenses shall be made for the account of the Administrative Agent and any amount payable to any Lender under Sections 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 or 11.3 shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lender. Subject to the definition of Interest Period, if any payment under this Agreement shall be specified to be made upon a day which is not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in computing any interest if payable along with such payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there exists a Defaulting Lender each payment by the Borrower to such Defaulting Lender hereunder shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.15(a)(ii).
Section 4.5 Evidence of Indebtedness.
Section 4.6 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations (other than pursuant to Sections 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 or 11.3) greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them; provided that:
The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
Section 4.7 Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
Section 4.8 Changed Circumstances.
Benchmark Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a quarterly basis.
time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (2) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will be no longernot be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (1) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will no longernot be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(B) take all reasonable actions requested by such Person to mitigate or avoid such illegality.
Section 4.9 Indemnity. The Borrower hereby indemnifies each of the Lenders against any actual loss, cost or expense (including any loss, cost or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan or from any fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained) which may arise or, be attributable to each Lender’s obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits or other funds acquired to effect, fund or maintain any Loan (a)or result due to or as a consequence of (a) any failure by the Borrower to make any payment when due of any amount due hereunder in connection with a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan, (b) due to any failure of the Borrower to borrow or continue a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan or convert to a LIBOR RateSOFR Loan on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation or, (c) due toany failure of the Borrower to prepay any SOFR Loan on a date specified therefor in any notice of prepayment (regardless of whether any such notice of prepayment may be revoked under Section 2.4(c) and is revoked in accordance therewith), (d) any payment, prepayment or conversion of any LIBOR RateSOFR Loan on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor (including as a result of an Event of Default) or
Section 4.10 Increased Costs.
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Lender or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, the Issuing Lender or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon written request of such Lender, the Issuing Lender or other Recipient, the
Borrower shall promptly pay to any such Lender, the Issuing Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, the Issuing Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
Section 4.11 Taxes.
by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that, after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 4.11(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
Section 4.12 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
Each party hereto agrees that (x) an assignment required pursuant to this Section 4.12 may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and (y) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender or the Administrative Agent, provided, further that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.
Section 4.13 Increase in Commitments.
$5,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders).
increase, and (y) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article VIVI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Increase Effective Date (except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects), except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date (except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects), and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Borrower shall prepay any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 4.9) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with any revised Commitment Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section.
Section 4.14 Cash Collateral. If (i) the Borrower shall be required to provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.4(b) or Section 9.2(b) or (ii) there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) or the Swingline Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (i) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any such request, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (ii) above after giving effect to Section 4.15(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender).
Section 4.15 Defaulting Lenders.
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 4.16 Extension of Maturity Date.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING
Section 5.1 Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit. The obligation of the Lenders to close this Agreement and to make the initial Loans or issue or participate in the initial Letter of Credit, if any, is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(B) after giving effect to the Transactions, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(C) resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of the Borrower authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.3(c), for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.1, the Administrative Agent and each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
Section 5.2 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit. The obligations of the Lenders to make or participate in any Extensions of Credit (including the initial Extension of Credit) and/or the Issuing Lender to issue or extend any Letter of Credit are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant borrowing, issuance or extension date:
(i) on the borrowing date with respect to such Loan or after giving effect to the Loans to be made on such date or (ii) on the issuance or extension date with respect to such Letter of Credit or after giving effect to the issuance or extension of such Letter of Credit on such date.
So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loan and (ii) the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER
To induce the Administrative Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make Extensions of Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder, which representations and warranties shall be deemed made on the Closing Date and as otherwise set forth in Section 5.2, that:
Section 6.1 Organization; Power; Qualification. The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof
(a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, (b) has the power and authority to own its Properties and to carry on its business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and (c) is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its Properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower is not an EEA Financial Institution.
Section 6.2 Ownership. As of the Closing Date, (x) each Subsidiary of the Borrower is listed on Schedule 6.2 and (y) all outstanding shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights, except as described in Schedule 6.2.
Section 6.3 Authorization; Enforceability. The Borrower has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents in accordance with their respective terms. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the Borrower, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal Debtor Relief Laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
Section 6.4 Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents in accordance with their respective terms, the Extensions of Credit hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (a) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to the Borrower where the failure to obtain such Governmental Approval or such violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Borrower, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound, which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower, other than Permitted Liens or (e) require any consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act in respect of, an arbitrator or Governmental Authority or of any other Person other than consents, authorizations, filings or other acts or consents for which the failure to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.5 Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals. The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof (a) has all Governmental Approvals required by any Applicable Law for it to conduct its business, each of which is in full force and effect, is final and not subject to review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to its knowledge, threatened attack by direct or collateral proceeding, (b) is in compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance with all other Applicable Laws relating to it or any of its respective properties and (c) has timely filed all material reports, documents and other materials required to be filed by it under all Applicable Laws with any Governmental Authority and has retained all material records and documents required to be retained by it under Applicable Law, except in each case of clauses (a), (b) or (c) where the failure to have, comply or file could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.6 Tax Returns and Payments. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal and state income tax returns, and all other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Taxes shown as due on such tax returns and all material Taxes otherwise due and payable by them, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP, if applicable. There is no proposed tax assessment against the Borrower or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.7 Environmental Matters.
Section 6.8 Employee Benefit Matters.
Section 6.9 Margin Stock. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof is engaged principally or as one of its activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” (as each such term is defined or used, directly or indirectly, in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit will be used for purchasing or carrying margin stock or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of such Board of Governors. Following the application of the proceeds of each Extension of Credit, not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 8.2 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness in excess of the Threshold Amount will be “margin stock”.
Section 6.10 Government Regulation. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” (as each such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act) and the Borrower is not, and after giving effect to any Extension of Credit will not be, subject to regulation under the Interstate Commerce Act, or any other Applicable Law which limits its ability to incur or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 6.11 Financial Statements.
and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including material liabilities for taxes, material commitments and material Indebtedness.
Section 6.12 No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2020, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.13 Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending nor, to its knowledge, threatened in writing against or in any other way relating adversely to or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.14 Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions.
located in a Sanctioned Country, (D) is under administrative, civil or criminal investigation for an alleged violation of, or received notice from or made a voluntary disclosure to any governmental entity regarding a possible violation of, Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions by a governmental authority that enforces Sanctions or any Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or (E) directly or indirectly derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons.
Section 6.15 Absence of Defaults. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section 6.16 Disclosure. No financial statement, material report, material certificate or other material information furnished in writing (other than estimates and information of a general economic nature) by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken together as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, pro forma financial information, estimated financial information and other projected or estimated information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being recognized by the Lenders that projections are not to be viewed as facts and are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies many of which are beyond the Borrower’s control, and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections may differ significantly from the projected results and that such differences may be material and that such projected financial information is not a guarantee of financial performance). As of the Closing Date, all of the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct.
Section 6.17 Insurance. Other than as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the insurance maintained by or reserved on the books of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is sufficient to protect the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors and officers against such risks as are usually insured against in accordance with industry practice by companies in the same or similar business.
ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated, expired or Cash Collateralized and the Commitments terminated, the Borrower will:
Section 7.1 Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
(45) days (or, if earlier, on the date of any required public filing thereof) after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021), an unaudited condensed Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and unaudited condensed Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP, and certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower to present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of their respective dates and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods then ended, subject to the absence of normal year-end adjustments and footnotes, and together with a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such financial statements.
Section 7.2 Certificates; Other Reports. Deliver to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or (b) or Section 7.2(d)Section 7.2(d) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) shall be deemed delivered upon the filing (within the applicable time period set forth above) of the Borrower’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or (b) or Section 7.2(d)Section 7.2(d) may also be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at www.investors.primerica.com (or such other website address as the Borrower shall specify in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time); or
(ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that upon the Borrower’s receipt of a written request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or such Lender. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 7.2 to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower
with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Lead Arranger will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on the Platform and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, means that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section
11.10); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”
Section 7.3 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. Promptly (but in no event later than ten
(10) days after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof) notify the Administrative Agent in writing of (which shall promptly make such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice):
to know that it or any ERISA Affiliate has filed or intends to file a notice of intent to terminate any Pension Plan under a distress termination within the meaning of Section 4041(c) of ERISA.
Each notice pursuant to Section 7.3 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and, in the event the Borrower has taken any action or has determined a plan to take any action with respect thereto, stating such action. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.3(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
Section 7.4 Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters. Except as permitted by Section 8.3, preserve and maintain its separate corporate existence or equivalent form and all rights, franchises, licenses and privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.5 Maintenance of Property and Licenses.
Section 7.6 Insurance. Maintain for itself and its Material Subsidiaries insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against at least such risks and in at least such amounts as are customarily maintained by similar businesses and as may be required by Applicable Law (including, without limitation, hazard and business interruption insurance).
Section 7.7 Accounting Methods and Financial Records. Maintain a system of accounting, and keep proper books, records and accounts (which shall be accurate and complete in all material respects) as may be required or as may be necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, IFRS, or Statutory Accounting Methods, as applicable.
Section 7.8 Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations. Pay and perform all Taxes that may be levied or assessed upon it or any of its Property, except (i) to the extent being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside on the books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, or (ii) where the failure to pay or perform such items could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.9 Compliance with Laws and Approvals. Observe and remain in compliance with all Applicable Laws and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case
applicable to the conduct of its business except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.10 Environmental Laws. In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 7.9, (a) comply with, and ensure such compliance by all tenants and subtenants with all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants, if any, obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws, in each case except where a failure to so comply, obtain or maintain could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws, and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of any Governmental Authority regarding Environmental Laws, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.11 Compliance with ERISA. In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 7.9, except where the failure to so comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) comply with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Borrower Benefit Plans,
(ii) not take any action or fail to take action the result of which could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to the PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) not participate in any prohibited transaction that could result in any civil penalty under ERISA or tax under the Code and (iv) operate each Borrower Benefit Plan in such a manner that will not incur any tax liability under Section 4980B of the Code or any liability to any qualified beneficiary as defined in Section 4980B of the Code. The Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the Administrative Agent’s request such additional information about any Borrower Benefit Plan as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
Section 7.12 Visits and Inspections. Permit representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, from time to time upon prior reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours to visit and inspect its properties; inspect, audit and make extracts from its books and records; and discuss with its principal officers its business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects; provided that the Borrower shall only be required to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of any such representative of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, only with respect to one such visit per year; and permit its independent accountants to discuss the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long as the Borrower is in attendance for such discussion (it being understood that the Borrower is not agreeing to cause such accountants to participate in such discussion).
Section 7.13 Use of Proceeds.
Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
Section 7.14 Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Beneficial Ownership Regulation, Anti- Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower will (a) maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions, (b) notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender that previously received a Beneficial Ownership Certification (or a certification that the Borrower qualifies for an express exclusion to the “legal entity customer” definition under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation) of any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified therein (or, if applicable, the Borrower ceasing to fall within an express exclusion to the definition of “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation) and (c) promptly upon the delivery of the notice referred to in the preceding clause (b), provide the Administrative Agent and such Lenders an updatedany information requested by it for purposes of complying with the Beneficial Ownership CertificationRegulation.
ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent, indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated, expired or Cash Collateralized and the Commitments terminated, the Borrower will not, and, except with respect to Section 8.8, will not permit any of its respective Subsidiaries to.
Section 8.1 Subsidiary Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower except:
(d) of this Section;
Section 8.2 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;
(i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or materially detract from the value of the relevant assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;
Section 8.3 Fundamental Changes. Merge, consolidate or enter into any similar combination with, or enter into any Asset Disposition of all or substantially all of its assets (whether in a single transaction or a series of transactions) with, any other Person or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) except:
(ii) in the case of a merger involving a Material Subsidiary of the Borrower, the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Subsidiary of the Borrower; and
Section 8.4 Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any Restricted Payment, except that:
Section 8.5 Transactions with Affiliates. Directly or indirectly enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), other than:
Section 8.6 Accounting Changes. Without the consent of the Administrative Agent, change its Fiscal Year end, or make any material change in its accounting treatment and reporting practices except as required or permitted by GAAP, IFRS or Statutory Accounting Methods, as the case may be; provided that any Subsidiary may change its Fiscal Year end to December 31.
Section 8.7 Nature of Business. Engage in any business substantially different from the lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and business activities reasonably related, ancillary or incidental thereto or that are reasonable extensions thereof, including without limitation the sale of additional types of insurance (including Medicare-related and other health insurance) as well as additional products distributed through the Borrower’s sales force.
Section 8.8 Financial Covenants. The Borrower will not:
ARTICLE IX DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 9.1 Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(i) commence a voluntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws, (ii) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any Debtor Relief Laws, (iii) consent to or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws, (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property, domestic or foreign, (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vii) take any corporate action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing.
(i) relief under any Debtor Relief Laws, or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary thereof or for all or any substantial part of their respective assets, domestic or foreign, and such case or proceeding shall continue without dismissal or stay for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days, or an order granting the relief requested in such case or proceeding (including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such federal bankruptcy laws) shall be entered.
Section 9.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower:
waived by the Borrower, anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, and terminate the Credit Facility and any right of the Borrower to request borrowings or Letters of Credit thereunder; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 9.1(h) or (i), the Credit Facility shall be automatically terminated and all Obligations shall automatically become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower, anything in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 9.3 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc.
as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.2 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 4.6, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
Section 9.4 Crediting of Payments and Proceeds. In the event that the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 9.2 or the Administrative Agent or any Lender has exercised any remedy set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, all payments received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 4.14 and 4.15, be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts, including attorney fees, payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees (other than Commitment Fees and Letter of Credit fees payable to the Lenders), indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender under the Loan Documents, including attorney fees, ratably among the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit fees payable to the Lenders and interest on the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, ratably among the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the Issuing Lender in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to them;
Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender, to Cash Collateralize any L/C Obligations then outstanding; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Applicable Law.
Section 9.5 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the Issuing Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 3.3,
4.3 and 11.3.
ARTICLE X
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section 10.1 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Wells Fargo to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Except as provided in Sections 10.6, the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, and neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary thereof shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
Section 10.2 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
Section 10.3 Exculpatory Provisions.
expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may affect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and
Section 10.4 Reliance by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
Section 10.5 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any
one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facility as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub- agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
Section 10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent.
as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
Section 10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and the Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Section 10.8 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the syndication agents, documentation agents, co-agents, arrangers or bookrunners listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Lender hereunder.
Section 10.9 Lender ERISA Representations.
insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable so as to exempt from the prohibitions of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement;
(C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement; or
Section 10.10 Erroneous Payments.
(x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, as applicable, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, as applicable, or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted or received in error or by mistake (in whole or in part) then, in each case, an error in payment shall be presumed to have been made (any such amounts specified in clauses (i) or (ii)
of this Section 10.10(a), whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise; individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”), then, in each case, such Payment Recipient is deemed to have knowledge of such error at the time of its receipt of such Erroneous Payment; provided that nothing in this Section shall require the Administrative Agent to provide any of the notices specified in clauses (i) or (ii) above. Each Payment Recipient agrees that it shall not assert any right or claim to any Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payments, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.
(y) the receipt of an Erroneous Payment by a Payment Recipient shall not for the purpose of this Agreement be treated as a payment, prepayment, repayment, discharge or other satisfaction of any Obligations owed by the Borrower, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower (or any other person for the benefit of the Borrower) for the purpose of making a payment on the Obligations and (z) to the extent that an Erroneous Payment was in any way or at any time credited as payment or satisfaction of any of the Obligations, the Obligations or any part thereof that were so credited, and all rights of the Payment Recipient, as the case may be, shall be reinstated and continue in full force and effect as if such payment or satisfaction had never been received, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower (or any other person for the benefit of the Borrower) for the purpose of making a payment on the Obligations.
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 Notices.
If to the Borrower:
Attention of: Michael Wells 1 Primerica Parkway
Duluth, GA 30099
Telephone No.: 470-564-7899
E-mail: Michael.Wells@Primerica.com
With copies to:
Attention of: Stacey Geer 1 Primerica Parkway
Duluth, GA 30099
Telephone No.: 470-564-6644
E-mail: Stacey.Geer@Primerica.com and
Attention of: Carolyn Alford King & Spalding LLP
1180 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Telephone No.: 404-572-3551
Facsimile No.: 404-572-5100 E-mail: czalford@kslaw.com
If to Wells Fargo as Administrative Agent:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association MAC D1109-019
1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28262
Attention of: Syndication Agency Services Telephone No.: (704) 590-2703
Facsimile No.: (704) 715-0092
Email: AgencyServices.Requests@wellsfargo.com
With copies to:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 333 S. Grand Avenue, 7th Floor
MAC E2064-085
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1504 Attention of: Paritosh Satia Telephone No.: (213) 215-3461
Facsimile No.: (866) 895-6301
E-mail: Paritosh.Satia@wellsfargo.com If to any Lender:
To the address of such Lender set forth on the Register with respect to deliveries of notices and other documentation that may contain material non-public information.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business dayBusiness Day for the recipient). Notices delivered
through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b)(b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b)(b).
(ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or other communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business dayBusiness Day for the recipient.
extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, losses or expenses (as opposed to actual damages, losses or expenses).
Section 11.2 Amendments, Waivers and Consents. Except as set forth below or as specifically provided in any Loan Document (including Section 4.8(c)), any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be amended or waived by the Lenders, and any consent given by the Lenders, if, but only if, such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and delivered to the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower; provided, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall:
provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Issuing Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Issuing Lender under this Agreement (including, without limitation, 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 the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, (v) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time, (vi) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend any provision of the Loan Documents (and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error, ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any such provision and (vii) the Administrative Agent (and, if applicable, the Borrower) may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to enter into additional Loan Documents in order to implement any Benchmark Replacement or any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes or otherwise effectuate the terms of Section 4.8(c) in accordance with the terms of Section 4.8(c). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that (A) the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, and (B) any amendment, waiver, or consent hereunder which requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms disproportionately and adversely affects any such Defaulting Lender relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent on its behalf, and without further consent, to enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement (including, without limitation, amendments to this Section 11.2) or any of the other Loan Documents or to enter into additional Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems appropriate in order to effectuate the terms of Section 4.13; provided that no amendment or modification shall result in any increase in the amount of any Lender’s Commitment or any increase in any Lender’s Commitment Percentage, in each case, without the written consent of such affected Lender.
Section 11.3 Expenses; Indemnity.
connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable, documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender (including the reasonable, documented, out-of- pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender but limited to one outside counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender (taken as a whole) and, if reasonably necessary, a single local counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender (taken as a whole) in each relevant jurisdiction and with respect to each relevant specialty, and in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to the affected Lenders similarly situated and take as a whole), in connection with the enforcement or protection of rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(A) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith or of such Indemnitee or its Related Indemnified Parties, (B) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from a material breach by such Indemnitee of its obligations hereunder or
(C) result from any dispute solely among Indemnitees, other than any claims against any Indemnitee in its respective capacity or in fulfilling its role as the Administrative Agent or Lead Arranger or any similar role
under the Credit Facility, and other than any claims arising out of any act or omission on the part of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. This Section 11.3(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim. For purposes hereof, a “Related Indemnified Party” of an Indemnitee means (a) any Controlling person or Controlled Affiliate of such Indemnitee, (b) the respective directors, officers, or employees of such Indemnitee or any of its Controlling persons or Controlled Affiliates, and (c) the respective agents or representatives of such Indemnitee, in the case of this clause (c), acting on behalf of or at the instructions of such Indemnitee; provided that each reference to a Controlling person or Controlled Affiliate in this sentence pertains to a Controlling person or Controlled Affiliate involved in the negotiation or syndication of this Agreement and the Credit Facility.
Section 11.4 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to setoff and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or such Affiliate different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender or any Affiliate thereof shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so setoff shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.15 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender or Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender or its Affiliate shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender or any of its Affiliates as to which such right of setoff was exercised. The rights of each Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender agree to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
Section 11.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc.
Section 11.6 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 11.7 Reversal of Payments. To the extent the Borrower makes a payment or payments to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of any of the Lenders or to any Lender directly or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, which payments or proceeds (including any proceeds of such setoff) or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any Debtor Relief Law, other Applicable Law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds repaid, the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Administrative Agent, and each Lender and the Issuing Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable ratable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent plus interest thereon at a per annum rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made to the Administrative Agent.
Section 11.8 Injunctive Relief. The Borrower recognizes that, in the event the Borrower fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its obligations or liabilities under this Agreement, any remedy of law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Lenders. Therefore, the Borrower agrees that the Lenders, at the Lenders’ option, shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.
Section 11.9 Successors and Assigns; Participations.
provisions of paragraph (d)(d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (e)(e) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d)(d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof;
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the 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 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 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 and 11.3 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section (other than a purported assignment to a natural Person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates, which shall be null and void).
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in Section 11.2(a), (b), (c) or (d) that directly and adversely affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 4.11(g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 4.11(g) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 4.12 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b)(b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 4.10 or 4.11, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and
expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.12(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.4 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 4.6 and Section 11.4 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 of (and stated interest on) each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
Section 11.10 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective Related Parties in connection with the Credit Facility, this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby (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 required or requested by, or required to be disclosed to, any regulatory or similar authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self- regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) if the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or such Lender, as applicable, deems such disclosure to be necessary for the mitigation of claims by those authorities against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or such Lender, as applicable, or any of its Related Parties (in which case, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or such Lender, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, promptly notify the Borrower, in advance, to the extent practicable and otherwise permitted by Applicable Law), (c) as to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or in any legal, judicial, administrative proceeding or other compulsory process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement, under any other Loan Document, or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the Credit Facility or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance
and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Credit Facility, (h) with the consent of the Borrower,
(i) deal terms and other information customarily reported to Thomson Reuters, other bank market data collectors and similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration of the Loan Documents, (j) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any of their respective Affiliates from a third party that is not, to such Person’s knowledge, subject to confidentiality obligations to the Borrower, (k) to the extent that such information is independently developed by such Person, or (l) for purposes of establishing a “due diligence” defense. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
Section 11.11 Performance of Duties. Each of the Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be performed by the Borrower at its sole cost and expense.
Section 11.12 All Powers Coupled with Interest. All powers of attorney and other authorizations granted to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any Persons designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied, any of the Commitments remain in effect or the Credit Facility has not been terminated.
Section 11.13 Survival.
Section 11.14 Titles and Captions. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections and subsections in, and the table of contents of, this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 11.15 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of
such provision in any other jurisdiction. In the event that any provision is held to be so prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such provision to preserve the original intent thereof in such jurisdiction (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders).
Section 11.16 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.
of the Loan Documents based solely on the lack of paper original copies of any Loan Documents, including with respect to any signature pages thereto.
Section 11.17 Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in effect from the Closing Date through and including the date upon which all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired and the Commitment has been terminated. No termination of this Agreement shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising prior to such termination or in respect of any provision of this Agreement which survives such termination.
Section 11.18 USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act or any other Anti-Money Laundering Laws, each of them is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the PATRIOT Act or such Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
Section 11.19 Independent Effect of Covenants. The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that each covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII hereof shall be given independent effect. Accordingly, the Borrower shall not engage in any transaction or other act otherwise permitted under any covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII, before or after giving effect to such transaction or act, the Borrower shall or would be in breach of any other covenant contained in Articles VII or VIII.
Section 11.20 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
(including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate.
Section 11.21 Inconsistencies with Other Documents. In the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
Section 11.22 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
Section 11.23 Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedge Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and, each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the FDIC under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated
to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
Section 11.24 Amendment and Restatement; No Novation.
(a) This Agreement constitutes an amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement, effective from and after the Closing Date. The execution and delivery of this Agreement shall not constitute a novation of any indebtedness or other obligations owing to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under the Existing Credit Agreement based on facts or events occurring or existing prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor shall it extinguish, terminate or impair the obligations or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent under the Existing Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document. On the Closing Date, the credit facilities described in the Existing Credit
Agreement shall be amended, supplemented, modified and restated in their entirety by the facilities described herein, and all loans, letters of credit and obligations of the Borrower outstanding as of such date under the Existing Credit Agreement, shall be deemed to be Loans, Letters of Credit and Obligations outstanding under the corresponding facilities described herein, without any further action by any Person (including, without limitation, any Assignment and Assumption), except that the Administrative Agent shall make such transfers of funds as are necessary in order that the outstanding balance of the Revolving Credit Loans, together with any Revolving Credit Loans funded on the Closing Date, reflect the respective Commitments of the Lenders hereunder. The participation interests of the Lenders in outstanding Swingline Loans (including any Swingline Loans made under the Existing Credit Agreement) shall automatically be reallocated based on the Commitment Percentages of the Lenders as of the Closing Date. The L/C Obligations in respect of any Letters of Credit issued under the Existing Credit Agreement and outstanding as of the Closing Date shall be automatically reallocated among the Lenders as of the Closing Date based on their pro rata shares of the Commitments as of the Closing Date. Any reference to the “Agreement,” the “Credit Agreement” or any of the other “Loan Documents” herein or in any other Loan Documents shall refer to this Agreement and such other Loan Documents as amended hereby.
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ANNEX B
Exhibit B (Form of Notice of Borrowing)
[See attached.]
15863296v5 24740.00159
NOTICE OF BORROWING
Dated as of:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent
MAC D 1109-019
1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd. Charlotte, North Carolina 28262
Attention: Syndication Agency Services Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable Notice of Borrowing is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.3(a) of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Primerica, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
Component of Loan2 |
Interest Rate | Interest Period (Adjusted Term SOFR only)3 | Term SOFR Adjustment4 |
1 The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent a Notice of Borrowing not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) on the same Business Day as each Base Rate Loan and each Swingline Loan and (ii) at least three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days before each SOFR Loan.
2 Complete with the Dollar amount of that portion of the overall Loan requested that is to bear interest at the selected interest rate and/or Interest Period (e.g., for a $20,000,000 loan, $5,000,000 may be requested at Base Rate,
$8,000,000 may be requested at Adjusted Term SOFR with an interest period of three months and $7,000,000 may be requested at Adjusted Term SOFR with an interest period of one month).
3 For SOFR Loans only, select one (1) month, three (3) months or six (6) months.
4 NTD: this amount is included in Adjusted Term SOFR but separately specified here to assist the Wells Fargo loan administrations team and is not duplicative.
$ | [Base Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR]5 | 0.10% |
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5 Complete with (i) the Base Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR for Revolving Credit Loans or (ii) the Base Rate for Swingline Loans.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of Borrowing as of the day and year first written above.
PRIMERICA, INC. |
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ANNEX C
Exhibit D (Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation)
[See attached.]
15863296v5 24740.00159
NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
Dated as of:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent
MAC D 1109-019
1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd. Charlotte, North Carolina 28262
Attention: Syndication Agency Services Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable Notice of Conversion/Continuation (this “Notice”) is delivered to you pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Primerica, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
1. This Notice is submitted for the purpose of: (Check one and complete applicable information in accordance with the Credit Agreement.)
Converting all or a portion of a Base Rate Loan into a SOFR Loan
Outstanding principal balance: $
Principal amount to be converted: $
Requested effective date of conversion:
Requested new Interest Period: Term SOFR Adjustment: 0.10%
Converting all or a portion of a SOFR Loan into a Base Rate Loan
Outstanding principal balance: $
Principal amount to be converted: $
Last day of the current Interest Period:
Requested effective date of conversion:
Continuing all or a portion of a SOFR Loan as a SOFR Loan
Outstanding principal balance: | $ |
Principal amount to be continued: | $ |
Last day of the current Interest Period: | |
Requested effective date of continuation: | |
Requested new Interest Period: | |
Term SOFR Adjustment: | 0.10% |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of Conversion/Continuation as of the day and year first written above.
PRIMERICA, INC. |
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ANNEX D
Exhibit E (Form of Compliance Certificate)
[See attached.]
15863296v5 24740.00159
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Dated as of:
The undersigned, on behalf of Primerica, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, each as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below, as follows:
[Signature Page Follows]
1 To be include only in connection with the delivery of quarterly financial statements.
WITNESS the following signature as of the day and year first written above.
PRIMERICA, INC. |
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Compliance Certificate
Schedule 1 to
Compliance Certificate
For the Quarter/Year ended
1. Consolidated Indebtedness (excluding (i)
reimbursement obligations of the Borrower or its $ Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit that
have been collateralized in full and/or reimbursement obligations for letters of credit (to the extent undrawn), (ii) obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries under any Hybrid Equity Securities to the extent that the aggregate book value of such Hybrid Equity Securities does not exceed 15% of Total Capitalization, (iii) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any payables under Reinsurance Agreements, (iv) obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business (A) to purchase securities (or other property) which arise out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities (or other property) or (B) to return collateral consisting of securities arising out of or in connection with the loan by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of securities owned or held by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (v) the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under securities lending arrangements incurred in the ordinary course of business, (vi) the following obligations issued or undertaken in connection with a Statutory Reserve Financing to the extent
either S&P or Moody’s (or both) does not treat indebtedness under such Statutory Reserve Financing arrangements as indebtedness: (A) Surplus Debentures or Notes or other obligations of any Special Purpose Subsidiary of the Borrower (“Reserve Financing Notes”), or (B) any securities backed by such Reserve Financing Notes by an entity formed in connection with a Statutory Reserve Financing and (vii) any Guarantees of the Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (vi).
2. Total Capitalization as of the date of determination |
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(a) Consolidated Indebtedness as of such date, excluding any Hybrid Equity Securities |
$ |
(b) Consolidated Net Worth as of such date (excluding (i) all amounts in respect of unrealized gains or losses recorded pursuant to ASC 320, (ii) any Disqualified Entity Interests, and (iii) the difference in future policy benefits calculated using the current discount rate and future policy benefits calculated using the locked-in discount rate at contract issuance recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income pursuant to ASC 944-40-35-6A(b), in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP) |
$ |
(c) Aggregate obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any Hybrid Equity Securities as of such date |
$ |
(d) Sum of Line 2(a), Line 2(b) and Line 2(c) | $ |
3. Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization as of the date of determination: Divide Line 1 by Line 2(d) |
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4. Maximum Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization Ratio as of the date of determination |
0.35 : 1.0 |
Compliance Certificate
(1) Consolidated Net Worth as of the date of determination: |
$-------- |
(2) Minimum Amount as of the date of determination: |
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(a) Base Amount | $1,260,000,000 |
(b) Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower (if positive) for each fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date |
$ ------- |
(c) Net Income Adjustment
Multiply Line 2(b) by 0.25 | $ ------- |
(d) Net cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from the issuance of any of their respective Equity Interests |
$-------- |
(e) Net Worth Adjustment
Multiply Line 2(d) by 0.25 |
$ |
(f) Minimum Consolidated Net Worth as of the date of determination
Add Line 2(a), Line 2(c) and Line 2(e) |
$ ------- |
Compliance Certificate