Exhibit 10.15
CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among
WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION CANADA,
as Administrative Agent,
THE LENDERS THAT ARE PARTIES HERETO
as the Lenders,
POINTCLICKCARE CORP.,
as Parent, and
WESCOM SOLUTIONS INC.,
as Borrower
Dated as of June 30, 2015
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1. | DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION | 1 | ||||||
1.1. | Definitions | 1 | ||||||
1.2. | Accounting Terms | 1 | ||||||
1.3. | UCC; PPSA | 2 | ||||||
1.4. | Construction | 2 | ||||||
1.5. | Construction (Quebec) | 3 | ||||||
1.6. | Time References | 4 | ||||||
1.7. | Currency | 4 | ||||||
1.8. | Schedules and Exhibits | 4 | ||||||
2. | LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT | 4 | ||||||
2.1. | Revolving Loans | 4 | ||||||
2.2. | [Reserved] | 5 | ||||||
2.3. | Borrowing Procedures and Settlements | 5 | ||||||
2.4. | Payments; Reductions of Commitments; Prepayments | 12 | ||||||
2.5. | Promise to Pay; Promissory Notes | 16 | ||||||
2.6. | Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations | 17 | ||||||
2.7. | Crediting Payments | 19 | ||||||
2.8. | Designated Account | 19 | ||||||
2.9. | Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations | 19 | ||||||
2.10. | Fees | 20 | ||||||
2.11. | Letters of Credit | 20 | ||||||
2.12. | Non-Prime Rate Option | 29 | ||||||
2.13. | Capital Requirements | 31 | ||||||
3. | CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT | 33 | ||||||
3.1. | Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit | 33 | ||||||
3.2. | Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit | 33 | ||||||
3.3. | Maturity | 33 | ||||||
3.4. | Effect of Maturity | 33 | ||||||
3.5. | Early Termination by Borrower | 34 | ||||||
3.6. | Conditions Subsequent | 34 |
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4. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 34 | ||||||
4.1. | Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries | 34 | ||||||
4.2. | Due Authorization; No Conflict | 35 | ||||||
4.3. | Governmental Consents | 36 | ||||||
4.4. | Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens | 36 | ||||||
4.5. | Title to Assets; No Encumbrances | 36 | ||||||
4.6. | Litigation | 37 | ||||||
4.7. | Compliance with Laws | 37 | ||||||
4.8. | No Material Adverse Effect | 37 | ||||||
4.9. | Solvency | 37 | ||||||
4.10. | Employee Benefits and Pension Plans | 37 | ||||||
4.11. | Environmental Condition | 38 | ||||||
4.12. | Complete Disclosure | 38 | ||||||
4.13. | Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorism | 39 | ||||||
4.14. | Indebtedness | 39 | ||||||
4.15. | Payment of Taxes | 39 | ||||||
4.16. | Margin Stock | 39 | ||||||
4.17. | Governmental Regulation | 40 | ||||||
4.18. | OFAC | 40 | ||||||
4.19. | Employee and Labor Matters | 40 | ||||||
4.20. | Parent as a Holding Company | 40 | ||||||
4.21. | Other Documents. | 41 | ||||||
4.22. | Leases | 41 | ||||||
4.23. | Inactive Subsidiaries | 41 | ||||||
4.24. | Material Contracts | 42 | ||||||
4.25. | Hedge Agreements | 42 | ||||||
5. | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 42 | ||||||
5.1. | Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates | 42 | ||||||
5.2. | Intentionally Omitted | 42 | ||||||
5.3. | Existence | 42 | ||||||
5.4. | Maintenance of Properties | 43 |
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5.5. | Taxes | 43 | ||||||
5.6. | Insurance | 43 | ||||||
5.7. | Inspection | 43 | ||||||
5.8. | Compliance with Laws | 44 | ||||||
5.9. | Environmental | 44 | ||||||
5.10. | Disclosure Updates | 44 | ||||||
5.11. | Formation of Subsidiaries | 45 | ||||||
5.12. | Further Assurances | 46 | ||||||
5.13. | Lender Meetings | 46 | ||||||
5.14. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 46 | ||||||
5.15. | Material Contracts | 46 | ||||||
5.16. | Hedge Agreements | 47 | ||||||
6. | NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 47 | ||||||
6.1. | Indebtedness | 47 | ||||||
6.2. | Liens | 47 | ||||||
6.3. | Restrictions on Fundamental Changes | 47 | ||||||
6.4. | Disposal of Assets | 48 | ||||||
6.5. | Nature of Business | 48 | ||||||
6.6. | Prepayments and Amendments | 48 | ||||||
6.7. | Restricted Payments | 49 | ||||||
6.8. | Accounting Methods | 49 | ||||||
6.9. | Investments | 49 | ||||||
6.10. | Transactions with Affiliates | 49 | ||||||
6.11. | Use of Proceeds | 50 | ||||||
6.12. | Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests | 50 | ||||||
6.13. | Parent as Holding Company | 50 | ||||||
6.14. | Inactive Subsidiaries | 51 | ||||||
6.15. | Canadian Pension Plans | 51 | ||||||
6.16. | U.S. Employee Plans | 51 | ||||||
6.17. | Applications under the CCAA and BIA | 51 | ||||||
6.18. | Location of Assets | 51 |
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7. | FINANCIAL COVENANTS | 52 | ||||||
8. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 54 | ||||||
8.1. | Payments | 54 | ||||||
8.2. | Covenants | 54 | ||||||
8.3. | Judgments | 54 | ||||||
8.4. | Voluntary Bankruptcy, etc | 55 | ||||||
8.5. | Involuntary Bankruptcy, etc | 55 | ||||||
8.6. | Default Under Other Agreements | 55 | ||||||
8.7. | Representations, etc | 55 | ||||||
8.8. | Guaranty | 55 | ||||||
8.9. | Security Documents | 55 | ||||||
8.10. | Loan Documents | 56 | ||||||
8.11. | Change of Control | 56 | ||||||
9. | RIGHTS AND REMEDIES | 56 | ||||||
9.1. | Rights and Remedies | 56 | ||||||
9.2. | Remedies Cumulative | 57 | ||||||
10. | WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION | 57 | ||||||
10.1. | Demand; Protest; etc | 57 | ||||||
10.2. | The Lender Group’s Liability for Collateral | 57 | ||||||
10.3. | Indemnification | 57 | ||||||
11. | NOTICES | 58 | ||||||
12. | CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER; JUDICIAL REFERENCE PROVISION | 60 | ||||||
13. | ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS | 61 | ||||||
13.1. | Assignments and Participations | 61 | ||||||
13.2. | Successors | 65 | ||||||
14. | AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS | 65 | ||||||
14.1. | Amendments and Waivers | 65 | ||||||
14.2. | Replacement of Certain Lenders | 67 | ||||||
14.3. | No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies | 68 | ||||||
15. | AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP | 68 | ||||||
15.1. | Appointment and Authorization of Agent | 68 |
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15.2. | Delegation of Duties | 69 | ||||||
15.3. | Liability of Agent | 69 | ||||||
15.4. | Reliance by Agent | 70 | ||||||
15.5. | Notice of Default or Event of Default | 70 | ||||||
15.6. | Credit Decision | 70 | ||||||
15.7. | Costs and Expenses; Indemnification | 71 | ||||||
15.8. | Agent in Individual Capacity | 72 | ||||||
15.9. | Successor Agent | 72 | ||||||
15.10. | Lender in Individual Capacity | 73 | ||||||
15.11. | Collateral Matters | 73 | ||||||
15.12. | Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments | 75 | ||||||
15.13. | Agency for Perfection | 76 | ||||||
15.14. | Payments by Agent to the Lenders | 76 | ||||||
15.15. | Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents | 76 | ||||||
15.16. | Financial Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information | 76 | ||||||
15.17. | Several Obligations; No Liability | 77 | ||||||
15.18. | Quebec Security | 78 | ||||||
16. | WITHHOLDING TAXES | 78 | ||||||
16.1. | Payments | 78 | ||||||
16.2. | Exemptions | 78 | ||||||
16.3. | Reductions | 80 | ||||||
16.4. | Refunds | 80 | ||||||
17. | GENERAL PROVISIONS | 81 | ||||||
17.1. | Effectiveness | 81 | ||||||
17.2. | Section Headings | 81 | ||||||
17.3. | Interpretation | 81 | ||||||
17.4. | Severability of Provisions | 81 | ||||||
17.5. | Bank Product Providers | 81 | ||||||
17.6. | Debtor-Creditor Relationship | 82 | ||||||
17.7. | Counterparts; Electronic Execution | 82 | ||||||
17.8. | Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations; Certain Waivers | 82 |
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17.9. | Confidentiality | 83 | ||||||
17.10. | Survival | 84 | ||||||
17.11. | Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorism Compliance | 85 | ||||||
17.12. | Integration | 85 | ||||||
17.13. | Judgment Currency | 85 |
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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit A-1 | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
Exhibit C-1 | Form of Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit C-2 | Form of Credit Amount Certificate | |
Exhibit I-1 | Form of IP Reporting Certificate | |
Exhibit L-1 | Form of Non-Prime Rate Notice | |
Exhibit P-1 | Form of Perfection Certificate | |
Schedule A-1 | Agent’s Account | |
Schedule A-2 | Authorized Persons | |
Schedule C-1 | Commitments | |
Schedule D-1 | Designated Account | |
Schedule P-1 | Permitted Investments | |
Schedule P-2 | Permitted Liens | |
Schedule 1.1 | Definitions | |
Schedule 3.1 | Conditions Precedent | |
Schedule 3.6 | Conditions Subsequent | |
Schedule 4.1(b) | Capitalization of Borrower | |
Schedule 4.1(c) | Capitalization of Borrower’s Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 4.1(d) | Subscriptions, Options, Warrants, Calls | |
Schedule 4.6(b) | Litigation | |
Schedule 4.10 | Employee Benefits and Pension Plans | |
Schedule 4.11 | Environmental Matters | |
Schedule 4.14 | Permitted Indebtedness | |
Schedule 4.26 | Material Contracts | |
Schedule 5.1 | Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates | |
Schedule 5.2 | Collateral Reporting | |
Schedule 6.5 | Nature of Business |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is entered into as of June 30, 2015 by and among the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (each of such lenders, together with its successors and permitted assigns, is referred to hereinafter as a “Lender”, as that term is hereinafter further defined),WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION CANADA, an Ontario corporation, as administrative agent for each member of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacities, together with its successors and assigns in such capacities, “Agent”),POINTCLICKCARE CORP.,an Ontario corporation (“Parent”) andWESCOM SOLUTIONS INC., an Ontario corporation (“Borrower”).
The parties agree as follows:
1. | DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION. |
1.1.Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified therefor onSchedule 1.1.
1.2.Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP;provided, that if Borrower notifies Agent that Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of the adoption of IFRS in lieu of GAAP by Parent and its Subsidiaries or any Accounting Change occurring after the Closing Date or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if Agent notifies Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such Accounting Change or in the application thereof, then Agent and Borrower agrees that they will negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that are directly affected by such adoption or Accounting Change with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and Borrower after such adoption or Accounting Change conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon and agreed to by the Required Lenders, the provisions in this Agreement shall be calculated as if no such adoption or no such Accounting Change had occurred. When used herein, the term “financial statements” shall include the notes and schedules thereto. Whenever the term “Parent” is used in respect of a financial covenant or a related definition, it shall be understood to mean Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (a) all financial statements delivered hereunder shall be prepared, and all financial covenants contained herein shall be calculated, without giving effect to any election under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 (or any similar accounting principle) permitting a Person to value its financial liabilities or Indebtedness at the fair value thereof, and (b) the term “unqualified opinion” as used herein to refer to opinions or reports provided by accountants shall mean an opinion or report that is (i) unqualified, and (ii) does not include any explanation, supplemental comment, or other comment concerning the ability of the applicable Person to continue as a going concern or concerning the scope of the audit, except in each case to the
extent such opinion or report is subject to a “going concern” or other qualification solely as a result of the impending stated final maturity date of the Obligations.
1.3.UCC; PPSA. Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the UCC shall be construed and defined as set forth in the UCC unless otherwise defined herein;provided, that to the extent that the UCC is used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently in different Articles of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in Article 9 of the UCC shall govern. Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the PPSA shall be construed and defined as set forth in the PPSA unless otherwise defined herein;provided, that to the extent that such term is defined differently in the PPSA and in the UCC, the definition of such term in the PPSA or the UCC shall govern, as the context requires, or otherwise the definition of such term contained in the PPSA shall govern. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and unless the context so requires, (i) any term defined in this Agreement by reference to the “UCC” or the “Uniform Commercial Code” shall also have any extended, alternative or analogous meaning given to such term in the PPSA, other applicable Canadian personal property security and other laws (including thePersonal Property Security Act of each applicable province of Canada, theBills of Exchange Act (Canada) and theDepository Bills and Notes Act (Canada)) in all cases for the extension, preservation or betterment of the security and rights of the Collateral, (ii) all references in this Agreement to “Article 8” shall be deemed to refer also to applicable Canadian securities transfer laws (including theSecurities Transfer Act of each applicable province of Canada), (iii) all references in this Agreement refer also to applicable Canadian securities transfer laws (including, theSecurities Transfer Act of each applicable province of Canada (the “STA”)) shall be deemed to refer also to applicable U.S. security transfer laws (including the Exchange Act), and (iv) all references in this Agreement to a financing statement, continuation statement, amendment or termination statement shall be deemed to refer also to the analogous documents used under applicable United States or Canadian personal property security laws.
1.4.Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms “includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). 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. Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Obligations shall mean (a) the payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds of (i) the principal amount of, and interest accrued and unpaid with respect to, all outstanding Loans, together with the payment of
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any premium applicable to the repayment of the Loans, (ii) all Lender Group Expenses that have accrued and are unpaid regardless of whether demand has been made therefor, (iii) all fees or charges that have accrued hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including the Letter of Credit Fee and the Unused Line Fee) and are unpaid, (b) in the case of contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization, (c) in the case of obligations with respect to Bank Products (other than Hedge Obligations), providing Bank Product Collateralization, (d) the receipt by Agent of cash collateral in order to secure any other contingent Obligations for which a claim or demand for payment has been made on or prior to such time or in respect of matters or circumstances known to Agent or a Lender at such time that are reasonably expected to result in any loss, cost, damage, or expense (including attorneys’ fees and legal expenses), such cash collateral to be in such amount as Agent reasonably determines is appropriate to secure such contingent Obligations, (e) the payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds of all other outstanding Obligations (including the payment of any termination amount then applicable (or which would or could become applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Obligations) under Hedge Agreements provided by Hedge Providers) other than (i) unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations, (ii) any Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations) that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid or cash collateralized, and (iii) any Hedge Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Hedge Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid, and (f) the termination of all of the Commitments of the Lenders. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any reference herein to “province” shall include the territories of Canada. Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
1.5.Construction (Quebec). For purposes of any assets, liabilities or entities located in the Province of Québec and for all other purposes pursuant to which the interpretation or construction of this Agreement may be subject to the laws of the Province of Québec or a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in the Province of Québec, (a) “personal property” shall be deemed to include “movable property”, (b) “real property” shall be deemed to include “immovable property”, (c) “tangible property” shall be deemed to include “corporeal property”, (d) “intangible property” shall be deemed to include “incorporeal property”, (e) “security interest”, “mortgage” and “lien” shall be deemed to include a “hypothec” (either legal or conventional), “prior claim” and a resolutory clause, (f) all references to filing, registering or recording under the PPSA or the UCC shall be deemed to include publication under the Civil Code of Québec, (g) all references to “perfection” of or “perfected” liens or security interest shall be deemed to include a reference to an “opposable” or “set up” lien or security interest as against third parties, (h) any “right of offset”, “right of setoff” or similar expression shall be deemed to include a “right of compensation”, (i) “goods” shall be deemed to include “corporeal movable property” other than chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, money and securities, (j) an “agent” shall be deemed to include a “mandatary”, (k) “construction liens” shall be deemed to include “legal hypothecs”; (l) “joint and several” shall be deemed to include solidary; (m) “gross negligence or willful misconduct” shall be deemed to be “intentional or gross fault”; (n) “beneficial ownership” shall be deemed to include “ownership on behalf of another as mandatory”; (o) “easement” shall be deemed to include a servitude; (p) “priority” shall be deemed to include “rank”; (q) “survey” shall be deemed to include “certificate of location and plan”; (r) “fee simple title” shall be deemed to include “absolute ownership”. The parties hereto
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confirm that it is their wish that this Agreement and any other document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated herein be drawn up in the English language only and that all other documents contemplated thereunder or relating thereto, including notices, may also be drawn up in the English language only. Les parties aux présentes confirment que c’est leur volonté que cette convention et les autres documents de crédit soient rédigés en langue anglaise seulement et que tous les documents, y compris tous avis, envisages par cette convention et les autres documents peuvent être rédigés en la langue anglaise seulement.
1.6.Time References. Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, all references to time of day refer to Eastern standard time, as in effect in Toronto, Ontario on such day. For purposes of the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to and including”;provided that, with respect to a computation of fees or interest payable to Agent or any Lender, such period shall in any event consist of at least one full day.
1.7.Currency. All references herein to “Dollars” or “$” shall mean United States dollars. All references to “CAD” or “C$” shall mean Canadian dollars. Principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees and all other amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to Agent shall be payable (a) with respect to Revolving Loans provided in CAD and Letters of Credit provided in CAD, in CAD and (b) with respect to all other amounts, in Dollars. Unless stated otherwise, all calculations, comparisons, measurements or determinations under this Agreement shall be made in Dollars. For the purpose of such calculations, comparisons, measurements or determinations, amounts denominated in other currencies shall be converted in the USD Equivalent Amount, with respect to determining compliance with any representation and warranty, covenant or basket, and with respect to determining whether an Event of Default exists with respect to any such amount, the amount used to determine such compliance or to determine whether an Event of Default is in existence shall be such amount on the date initially made or incurred, regardless of later changes in currency exchange rates, and with respect to all other calculation, comparison, measurement or determination on the date of such calculation, comparison, measurement or determination.
1.8.Schedules and Exhibits. All of the schedules and exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.
2. | LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT. |
2.1.Revolving Loans.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and during the term of this Agreement, each Revolving Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make revolving loans in CAD or Dollars (“Revolving Loans”) to Borrower in an amount at any one time outstanding not to exceedthe lesser of:
(i) such Lender’s Revolver Commitment, or
(ii) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of an amount equal tothe lesser of:
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(A) the amount equal to (1) the Maximum Revolver Amount less (2) the sum of (x) the USD Equivalent Amount of Letter of Credit Usage at such time, plus (y) the USD Equivalent Amount of the principal amount of Swing Loans outstanding at such time, and
(B) the amount equal to (1) the Credit Amount as of such date (based upon the most recent Credit Amount Certificate delivered by Borrower to Agent) less (2) the sum of (x) the USD Equivalent Amount of the Letter of Credit Usage at such time, plus (y) the USD Equivalent Amount of the principal amount of Swing Loans outstanding at such time.
(b) Amounts borrowed pursuant to thisSection 2.1 may be repaid and, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, reborrowed at any time during the term of this Agreement. The outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans, together with interest accrued and unpaid thereon, shall constitute Obligations and shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which they are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Anything to the contrary in thisSection 2.1 notwithstanding, Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to establish Bank Product Reserves from time to time against the Maximum Revolver Amount.
2.2.[Reserved].
2.3.Borrowing Procedures and Settlements.
(a)Procedure for Borrowing Revolving Loans. Each Borrowing shall be made by a written request by an Authorized Person delivered to Agent and received by Agent no later than 12:00 (noon) (i) on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date in the case of a request for a Swing Loan (provided, that with respect to any request for a Borrowing in excess of CAD 5,000,000, such written request shall be delivered to Agent and received by Agent no later than 4:00 p.m. on the Business Day that is 1 Business Day prior to the requested Funding Date), and (ii) on the Business Day that is 1 Business Day prior to the requested Funding Date in the case of all other requests, specifying, (A) the amount of such Borrowing and whether such Borrowing is in CAD or Dollars), and (B) the requested Funding Date (which shall be a Business Day);provided, that Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to accept as timely requests that are received later than 12:00 (noon) on the applicable Business Day with respect to Borrowings not greater than CAD 5,000,000. At Agent’s election, in lieu of delivering the above-described written request, any Authorized Person may give Agent telephonic notice of such request by the required time. In such circumstances, Borrower agrees that any such telephonic notice will be confirmed in writing within 24 hours of the giving of such telephonic notice, but the failure to provide such written confirmation shall not affect the validity of the request.
(b)Making of Swing Loans. In the case of a request for a Revolving Loan and so long as either (i) the aggregate amount of Swing Loans made since the last Settlement Date, minus all payments or other amounts applied to Swing Loans since the last Settlement
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Date, plus the amount of the requested Swing Loan does not exceed the Swing Loan Limit or (ii) Swing Lender, in its sole discretion, agrees to make a Swing Loan notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, Swing Lender shall make a Revolving Loan (any such Revolving Loan made by Swing Lender pursuant to thisSection 2.3(b) being referred to as a “Swing Loan” and all such Revolving Loans being referred to as “Swing Loans”) available to Borrower on the Funding Date applicable thereto by transferring immediately available funds in the amount of such requested Borrowing to the Designated Account. Each Swing Loan shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder and shall be subject to all the terms and conditions (includingSection 3) applicable to other Revolving Loans, except that all payments (including interest) on any Swing Loan shall be payable to Swing Lender solely for its own account. Swing Lender shall not make and shall not be obligated to make any Swing Loan if Swing Lender has actual knowledge that (i) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth inSection 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing, or (ii) the requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability on such Funding Date. Swing Lender shall not otherwise be required to determine whether the applicable conditions precedent set forth inSection 3 have been satisfied on the Funding Date applicable thereto prior to making any Swing Loan. The Swing Loans shall be secured by Agent’s Liens, constitute Revolving Loans and Obligations, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Revolving Loans that are Prime Rate Loans.
(c)Making of Revolving Loans.
(i) In the event that Swing Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Loan, then after receipt of a request for a Borrowing pursuant toSection 2.3(a), Agent shall notify the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, email, or other electronic form of transmission, of the requested Borrowing; such notification to be sent on the Business Day that is 1 Business Day prior to the requested Funding Date. If Agent has notified the Lenders of a requested Borrowing on the Business Day that is 1 Business Day prior to the Funding Date, then each Lender shall make the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately available funds, to Agent’s Account, not later than 10:00 a.m. on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date. After Agent’s receipt of the proceeds of such Revolving Loans from the Lenders, Agent shall make the proceeds thereof available to Borrower on the applicable Funding Date by transferring immediately available funds equal to such proceeds received by Agent to the Designated Account;provided, that, subject to the provisions ofSection 2.3(d)(ii), no Lender shall have an obligation to make any Revolving Loan, if (1) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth inSection 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing unless such condition has been waived, or (2) the requested Borrowing would exceed Availability on such Funding Date.
(ii) Unless Agent receives notice from a Lender prior to 9:30 a.m. on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date relative to a requested Borrowing as to which Agent has notified the Lenders of a requested Borrowing that such Lender will not make available as and when required hereunder to Agent for the account of Borrower the amount of that Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, Agent may assume that each Lender has made or will make such amount available to Agent in immediately available funds on the Funding Date and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrower a corresponding amount. If, on the requested Funding Date, any Lender shall not
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have remitted the full amount that it is required to make available to Agent in immediately available funds and if Agent has made available to Borrower such amount on the requested Funding Date, then such Lender shall make the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately available funds, to Agent’s Account, no later than 10:00 a.m. on the Business Day that is the first Business Day after the requested Funding Date (in which case, the interest accrued on such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing for the Funding Date shall be for Agent’s separate account). If any Lender shall not remit the full amount that it is required to make available to Agent in immediately available funds as and when required hereby and if Agent has made available to Borrower, such amount, then that Lender shall be obligated to immediately remit such amount to Agent, together with interest at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day until the date on which such amount is so remitted. A notice submitted by Agent to any Lender with respect to amounts owing under thisSection 2.3(c)(ii) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If the amount that a Lender is required to remit is made available to Agent, then such payment to Agent shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loans for all purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is not made available to Agent on the Business Day following the Funding Date, Agent will notify Borrower of such failure to fund and, upon demand by Agent, shall pay such amount to Agent for Agent’s Account, together with interest thereon for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Revolving Loans composing such Borrowing.
(d)Protective Advances.
(i) Any contrary provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document notwithstanding, at any time (A) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (B) that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set forth inSection 3 are not satisfied, Agent hereby is authorized by Borrower and the Lenders, from time to time, in Agent’s sole discretion, to make Revolving Loans to, or for the benefit of, Borrower on behalf of the Revolving Lenders, that Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or (2) to enhance the likelihood of repayment of the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations) (the Revolving Loans described in thisSection 2.3(d)(i) shall be referred to as “Protective Advances”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of all Protective Advances outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $4,000,000.
(ii) Each Protective Advance shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder, except that no Protective Advance shall be eligible to be a Non-Prime Rate Loan and, prior to Settlement therefor, all payments on the Protective Advances shall be payable to Agent solely for its own account. The Protective Advances shall be repayable on demand, secured by Agent’s Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Revolving Loans that are Prime Rate Loans. The provisions of thisSection 2.3(d) are for the exclusive benefit of Agent, Swing Lender, and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit Borrower (or any other Loan Party) in any way.
(e)Settlement. It is agreed that each Lender’s funded portion of the Revolving Loans is intended by the Lenders to equal, at all times, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Revolving Loans. Such agreement notwithstanding, Agent, Swing Lender,
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and the other Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be for the benefit of Borrower) that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among the Lenders as to the Revolving Loans, the Swing Loans, and the Protective Advances shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) Agent shall request settlement (“Settlement”) with the Lenders on a weekly basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by Agent in its sole discretion (1) on behalf of Swing Lender, with respect to the outstanding Swing Loans, (2) for itself, with respect to the outstanding Protective Advances, and (3) with respect to Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries’ payments or other amounts received, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of such requested Settlement, no later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such requested Settlement (the date of such requested Settlement being the “Settlement Date”). Such notice of a Settlement Date shall include a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Revolving Loans (Swing Loans and Protective Advances), for the period since the prior Settlement Date. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein (includingSection 2.3(g)): (y) if the amount of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances) made by a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender exceeds such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances) as of a Settlement Date, then Agent shall, by no later than 12:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date, transfer in immediately available funds to a Deposit Account of such Lender (as such Lender may designate), an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances), and (z) if the amount of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances) made by a Lender is less than such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances) as of a Settlement Date, such Lender shall no later than 12:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date transfer in immediately available funds to Agent’s Account, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon transfer of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances). Such amounts made available to Agent under clause (z) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be applied against the amounts of the applicable Swing Loans or Protective Advances and, together with the portion of such Swing Loans or Protective Advances representing Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, shall constitute Revolving Loans of such Lenders. If any such amount is not made available to Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto to the extent required by the terms hereof, such Agent shall be entitled to recover for its account such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate.
(ii) In determining whether a Lender’s balance of the Revolving Loans (Swing Loans and Protective Advances) is less than, equal to, or greater than such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans, and Protective Advances as of a Settlement Date, Agent shall, as part of the relevant Settlement, apply to such balance the portion of payments actually received in good funds by Agent with respect to principal, interest, fees payable by Borrower and allocable to the Lenders hereunder, and proceeds of Collateral.
(iii) Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent Protective Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Agent or Swing Lender, as
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applicable, any payments or other amounts received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Revolving Loans, for application to the Protective Advances or Swing Loans. Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent no Protective Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Swing Lender any payments or other amounts received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Revolving Loans, for application to Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans. If, as of any Settlement Date, payments or other amounts of Parent or its Subsidiaries received since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have been applied to Swing Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans other than to Swing Loans, as provided for in the previous sentence, Swing Lender shall pay to Agent for the accounts of the Lenders, and Agent shall pay to the Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender if Agent has implemented the provisions ofSection 2.3(g)), to be applied to the outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lenders, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have, as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans. During the period between Settlement Dates, Swing Lender with respect to Swing Loans, Agent with respect to Protective Advances, and each Lender with respect to the Revolving Loans other than Swing Loans and Protective Advances, shall be entitled to interest at the applicable rate or rates payable under this Agreement on the daily amount of funds employed by Swing Lender, Agent, or the Lenders, as applicable.
(iv) Anything in thisSection 2.3(e) to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, Agent shall be entitled to refrain from remitting settlement amounts to the Defaulting Lender and, instead, shall be entitled to elect to implement the provisions set forth inSection 2.3(g).
(f)Notation. Agent, as a non-fiduciary agent for Borrower, shall maintain a register showing the principal amount of the Revolving Loans, owing to each Lender, including Swing Loans owing to Swing Lender, and Protective Advances owing to Agent, and the interests therein of each Lender, from time to time and such register shall, absent manifest error, conclusively be presumed to be correct and accurate.
(g)Defaulting Lenders.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions ofSection 2.4(b)(iii), Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting Lender any payments made by Borrower to Agent for the Defaulting Lender’s benefit or any proceeds of Collateral that would otherwise be remitted hereunder to the Defaulting Lender, and, in the absence of such transfer to the Defaulting Lender, Agent shall transfer any such payments, (A) first, to Swing Lender to the extent of any Swing Loans that were made by Swing Lender and that were required to be, but were not, paid by the Defaulting Lender, (B) second, to Issuing Bank, to the extent of the portion of a Letter of Credit Disbursement that was required to be, but was not, paid by the Defaulting Lender, (C) third, to each Non-Defaulting Lender ratably in accordance with their Commitments (but, in each case, only to the extent that such Defaulting Lender’s portion of a Revolving Loan (or other funding obligation) was funded by such other Non-Defaulting Lender), (D) fourth, to a suspense account maintained by Agent, the proceeds of which shall be retained by Agent and may be made available to be re-advanced to or for the benefit of Borrower (upon the request of Borrower and subject to the conditions set forth inSection 3.2) as if such Defaulting Lender had made its
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portion of Revolving Loans (or other funding obligations) hereunder, and (E) fifth, from and after the date on which all other Obligations have been paid in full, to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with tier (L) ofSection 2.4(b)(iii). Subject to the foregoing, Agent may hold and, in its discretion, re-lend to Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender the amount of all such payments received and retained by Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender. Solely for the purposes of voting or consenting to matters with respect to the Loan Documents (including the calculation of Pro Rata Share in connection therewith) and for the purpose of calculating the fee payable underSection 2.10(b), such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a “Lender” and such Lender’s Commitment shall be deemed to be zero;provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to any of the matters governed bySection 14.1(a)(i) through(iii). The provisions of thisSection 2.3(g) shall remain effective with respect to such Defaulting Lender until the earlier of (y) the date on which all of the Non-Defaulting Lenders, Agent, Issuing Bank, and Borrower shall have waived, in writing, the application of thisSection 2.3(g) to such Defaulting Lender, or (z) the date on which such Defaulting Lender makes payment of all amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder, pays to Agent all amounts owing by Defaulting Lender in respect of the amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder, and, if requested by Agent, provides adequate assurance of its ability to perform its future obligations hereunder (on which earlier date, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any remaining cash collateral held by Agent pursuant toSection 2.3(g)(ii) shall be released to Borrower). The operation of thisSection 2.3(g) shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Commitment of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the performance by such Defaulting Lender or any other Lender of its duties and obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the performance by Borrower of its duties and obligations hereunder to Agent, Issuing Bank, or to the Lenders other than such Defaulting Lender. Any failure by a Defaulting Lender to fund amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder shall constitute a material breach by such Defaulting Lender of this Agreement and shall entitle Borrower, at its option, upon written notice to Agent, to arrange for a substitute Lender to assume the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, such substitute Lender to be reasonably acceptable to Agent. In connection with the arrangement of such a substitute Lender, the Defaulting Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder, and agrees to execute and deliver a completed form of Assignment and Acceptance in favor of the substitute Lender (and agrees that it shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such document if it fails to do so) subject only to being paid its share of the outstanding Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations, but including (1) all interest, fees, and other amounts that may be due and payable in respect thereof, and (2) an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of its participation in the Letters of Credit);provided, that any such assumption of any Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of any of the Lender Groups’ or Borrower’s rights or remedies against any such Defaulting Lender arising out of or in relation to such failure to fund. In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of thisSection 2.3(g) and any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of thisSection 2.3(g) shall control and govern.
(ii) If any Swing Loan or Letter of Credit is outstanding at the time that a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
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(A) such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Loan Exposure and Letter of Credit Exposure shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares but only to the extent (x) the sum of all Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Loan Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Loan Exposure and Letter of Credit Exposure does not exceed the total of all Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolver Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth inSection 3.2 are satisfied at such time;
(B) if the reallocation described in clause (A) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by Agent (x) first, prepay such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Loan Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (A) above) and (y) second, cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (A) above), pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, for so long as such Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding;provided, that Borrower shall not be obligated to cash collateralize any Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure if such Defaulting Lender is also Issuing Bank;
(C) if Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure pursuant to thisSection 2.3(g)(ii), Borrower shall not be required to pay any Letter of Credit Fees to Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender pursuant toSection 2.6(b) with respect to such cash collateralized portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the period such Letter of Credit Exposure is cash collateralized;
(D) to the extent the Letter of Credit Exposure of the Non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to thisSection 2.3(g)(ii), then the Letter of Credit Fees payable to the Non-Defaulting Lenders pursuant toSection 2.6(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Letter of Credit Exposure;
(E) to the extent any Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is neither cash collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to thisSection 2.3(g)(ii), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder, all Letter of Credit Fees that would have otherwise been payable to such Defaulting Lender underSection 2.6(b) with respect to such portion of such Letter of Credit Exposure shall instead be payable to the Issuing Bank until such portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is cash collateralized or reallocated;
(F) so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, Swing Lender shall not be required to make any Swing Loan and Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend, or increase any Letter of Credit, in each case, to the extent (x) the Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swing Loans or Letter of Credit cannot be reallocated pursuant to thisSection 2.3(g)(ii) or (y) Swing Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has not otherwise entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to Swing Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, and Borrower to eliminate Swing Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s participation in Swing Loans or Letters of Credit; and
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(G) Agent may release any cash collateral provided by Borrower pursuant to thisSection 2.3(g)(ii) to Issuing Bank and Issuing Bank may apply any such cash collateral to the payment of such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Disbursement that is not reimbursed by Borrower in respect of its Letter of Credit Obligations.
(h)Independent Obligations. All Revolving Loans (other than Swing Loans and Protective Advances) shall be made by the Lenders contemporaneously and in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares. It is understood that (i) no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligation to make any Revolving Loan (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor shall any Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall excuse any other Lender from its obligations hereunder.
2.4.Payments; Reductions of Commitments; Prepayments.
(a)Payments by Borrower.
(i) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrower shall be made to Agent’s Account for the account of the Lender Group and shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 3:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Any payment received by Agent later than 3:00 p.m. shall be deemed to have been received (unless Agent, in its sole discretion, elects to credit it on the date received) on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue until such following Business Day.
(ii) Unless Agent receives notice from Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders that Borrower will not make such payment in full as and when required, Agent may assume that Borrower has made (or will make) such payment in full to Agent on such date in immediately available funds and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent Borrower does not make such payment in full to Agent on the date when due, each Lender severally shall repay to Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender, together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date repaid.
(iii) All payments by Loan Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be repaid by Loan Parties in the currency such Obligations are expressly denominated in the Loan Documents.
(b)Apportionment and Application.
(i) So long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all principal and interest payments received by Agent shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments relate held by each
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Lender) and all payments of fees and expenses received by Agent (other than fees or expenses that are for Agent’s separate account or for the separate account of Issuing Bank) shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the type of Commitment or Obligation to which a particular fee or expense relates.
(ii) Subject toSection 2.4(b)(v),Section 2.4(d), andSection 2.4(e), all payments to be made hereunder shall be remitted to Agent and all such payments, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, shall be applied, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, to reduce the balance of the Revolving Loans outstanding and, thereafter, to Borrower (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
(iii) At any time that an Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all payments remitted to Agent, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent shall be applied as follows:
(A)first, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to Agent under the Loan Documents until paid in full,
(B)second, to pay any fees or premiums then due to Agent under the Loan Documents until paid in full,
(C)third, to pay interest due in respect of all Protective Advances until paid in full,
(D)fourth, to pay the principal of all Protective Advances until paid in full,
(E)fifth, ratably, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,
(F)sixth, ratably, to pay any fees or premiums then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents until paid in full,
(G)seventh, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Swing Loans until paid in full,
(H)eighth, to pay the principal of all Swing Loans until paid in full,
(I)ninth, ratably, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Revolving Loans (other than Protective Advances) until paid in full,
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(J)tenth, ratably (i) to pay the principal of all Revolving Loans until paid in full, (ii) to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the benefit of Issuing Bank (and for the ratable benefit of each of the Lenders that have an obligation to pay to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, a share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement), as cash collateral in an amount up to 105% of the Letter of Credit Usage (to the extent permitted by applicable law, such cash collateral shall be applied to the reimbursement of any Letter of Credit Disbursement as and when such disbursement occurs and, if a Letter of Credit expires undrawn, the cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Letter of Credit shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be reapplied pursuant to thisSection 2.4(b)(iii), beginning with tier (A) hereof), and (iii) ratably, to the Bank Product Providers based upon amounts then certified by the applicable Bank Product Provider to Agent (in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) to be due and payable to such Bank Product Providers on account of Bank Product Obligations,
(K)eleventh, ratably to pay any Obligations other than Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders
(L)twelfth, ratably to pay any Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders; and
(M)thirteenth, to Borrower (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
(iv) Agent promptly shall distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the applicable wire instructions received from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled to receive, subject to a Settlement delay as provided inSection 2.3(e).
(v) In each instance, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing,Section 2.4(b)(ii) shall not apply to any payment made by Borrower to Agent and specified by Borrower to be for the payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or prepayable) under any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(vi) For purposes ofSection 2.4(b)(iii), “paid in full” of a type of Obligation means payment in cash or immediately available funds of all amounts owing on account of such type of Obligation, including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, irrespective of whether any of the foregoing would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding.
(vii) In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of thisSection 2.4 and any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, if the conflict relates to the provisions ofSection 2.3(g) and thisSection 2.4, then the provisions ofSection 2.3(g) shall control and govern, and if otherwise, then the terms and provisions of thisSection 2.4 shall control and govern.
(c)Reduction of Commitments.
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(i)Revolver Commitments. The Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date. Borrower may reduce the Revolver Commitments to an amount (which shall not be less than $10,000,000) not less than the sum of (A) the Revolver Usage as of such date, plus (B) the principal amount of all Revolving Loans not yet made as to which a request has been given by Borrower underSection 2.3(a), plus (C) the amount of all Letters of Credit not yet issued as to which a request has been given by Borrower pursuant toSection 2.11(a). Each such reduction shall be in an amount which is not less than $5,000,000 (unless the Revolver Commitments are being reduced to zero and the amount of the Revolver Commitments in effect immediately prior to such reduction are less than $5,000,000), shall be made by providing not less than 10 Business Days prior written notice to Agent, and shall be irrevocable. Once reduced, the Revolver Commitments may not be increased. Each such reduction of the Revolver Commitments shall reduce the Revolver Commitments of each Lender proportionately in accordance with its ratable share thereof.
(d)Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may prepay the principal of any Revolving Loan at any time in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.
(e)Mandatory Prepayments.
(i)Overadvances. If, at any time, (A) the Revolver Usage on such date exceeds (B) the lesser of (x) the Maximum Revolver Amount and (y) the Credit Amount, as of such date (based upon the most recent Credit Amount Certificate delivered by Borrower to Agent, then Borrower shall, within 1 Business Day, prepay the Obligations in accordance withSection 2.4(f) in an amount equal to the amount of such excess.
(ii)Dispositions. Within 3 Business Days of the date of receipt by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of the Net Cash Proceeds of any voluntary or involuntary sale or disposition by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of assets (including insurance proceeds and proceeds from casualty losses or condemnations, but excluding proceeds from sales or dispositions which qualify as Permitted Dispositions under clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (j), (k), (l), (m), or (n) of the definition of Permitted Dispositions), Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance withSection 2.4(f)(ii) in an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (including condemnation awards and payments in lieu thereof) received by such Person in connection with such sales or dispositions;provided that, so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (B) Borrower shall have given Agent prior written notice of Borrower’s intention to apply such monies to the costs of replacement of the properties or assets that are the subject of such sale or disposition or the cost of purchase or construction of other assets useful in the business of Parent or its Subsidiaries, (C) the monies are held in a Deposit Account in which Agent has a perfected first-priority security interest, and (D) Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, complete such replacement, purchase, or construction within 180 days after the initial receipt of such monies, then the Loan Party whose assets were the subject of such disposition shall have the option to apply such monies to the costs of replacement of the assets that are the subject of such sale or disposition unless and to the extent that such applicable period shall have expired without such replacement, purchase, or construction being made or completed, in which case, any amounts remaining in the Deposit Account referred to in clause (C) above shall be paid to Agent and applied in accordance withSection 2.4(f)(ii);provided, that no Borrower nor any of
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its Subsidiaries shall have the right to use such Net Cash Proceeds to make such replacements, purchases, or construction in excess of $2,500,000 in any given fiscal year. Nothing contained in thisSection 2.4(e)(ii) shall permit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of any assets other than in accordance withSection 6.4.
(iii)Extraordinary Receipts. Within 3 Business Days of the date of receipt by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary Receipts, Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance withSection 2.4(f)(ii) in an amount equal to 100% of such Extraordinary Receipts, net of any reasonable expenses incurred in collecting such Extraordinary Receipts.
(iv)Indebtedness. Within 3 Business Days of the date of incurrence by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness), Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance withSection 2.4(f)(ii) in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in connection with such incurrence. The provisions of thisSection 2.4(e)(iv) shall not be deemed to be implied consent to any such incurrence otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
(f)Application of Payments.
(i) Each prepayment pursuant toSection 2.4(e)(i) shall, (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied,first, to the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans until paid in full, andsecond, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then outstanding Letter of Credit Usage, and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth inSection 2.4(b)(iii).
(ii) Each prepayment pursuant toSection 2.4(e)(ii),2.4(e)(iii) or2.4(e)(iv) shall (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied,first, to the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans (without a corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum Revolver Amount), until paid in full, andsecond, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then outstanding Letter of Credit Usage (without a corresponding permanent reduction in the Maximum Revolver Amount), and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth inSection 2.4(b)(iii).
2.5.Promise to Pay; Promissory Notes.
(a) Borrower agrees to pay the Lender Group Expenses on the earlier of (i) the first day of the month following the date on which the applicable Lender Group Expenses were first incurred or (ii) the date on which demand therefor is made by Agent (it being acknowledged and agreed that any charging of such costs, expenses or Lender Group Expenses to the Loan Account pursuant to the provisions ofSection 2.6(d) shall be deemed to constitute a demand for payment thereof for the purposes of this subclause (ii)). Borrower promises to pay all of the Obligations (including principal, interest, premiums, if any, fees, costs, and expenses (including Lender Group Expenses)) in full on the Maturity Date or, if
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earlier, on the date on which the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations) become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Borrower agrees that their obligations contained in the first sentence of thisSection 2.5(a) shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other Obligations.
(b) Any Lender may request that any portion of its Commitments or the Loans made by it be evidenced by one or more promissory notes. In such event, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender the requested promissory notes payable to the order of such Lender in a form furnished by Agent and reasonably satisfactory to Borrower. Thereafter, the portion of the Commitments and Loans evidenced by such promissory notes and interest thereon shall at all times be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein.
2.6.Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations.
(a)Interest Rates. Except as provided inSection 2.6(c), all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest as follows:
(i) if the relevant Obligation is a Non-Prime Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the Non-Prime Rate plus the Non-Prime Rate Margin, and
(ii) otherwise, at a per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate plus the Prime Rate Margin.
(b)Letter of Credit Fee. Borrower shall pay Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Revolving Lenders), a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) (which fee shall be in addition to the fronting fees and commissions, other fees, charges and expenses set forth inSection 2.11(k)) that shall accrue Letters of Credit at a per annum rate equal to the Non-Prime Rate Margin times the undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
(c)Default Rate. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and at the election of Agent or the Required Lenders,
(i) all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to 2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable thereunder, and
(ii) the Letter of Credit Fee shall be increased to 2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder.
(d)Payment. Except to the extent provided to the contrary inSection 2.10,Section 2.11(k), orSection 2.12(a), (i) all interest (other than interest due on Non-Prime Rate Loans), all Letter of Credit Fees and all other fees payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the first day of each month and (ii) all costs and expenses payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, and all Lender Group Expenses shall be due and payable on the earlier of (x) the first day of the month
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following the date on which the applicable costs, expenses or Lender Group Expenses were first incurred or (y) the date on which demand therefor is made by Agent (it being acknowledged and agreed that any charging of such costs, expenses or Lender Group Expenses to the Loan Account pursuant to the provisions of the following sentence shall be deemed to constitute a demand for payment thereof for the purposes of this subclause (y)). Borrower hereby authorizes Agent, from time to time without prior notice to Borrower, to charge to the Loan Account (A) on the first day of each month, all interest accrued during the prior month on the Revolving Loans hereunder, (B) on the first day of each month, all Letter of Credit Fees accrued or chargeable hereunder during the prior month, (C) as and when incurred or accrued, all fees and costs provided for inSection 2.10 (a) or(c), (D) on the first day of each month, the Unused Line Fee accrued during the prior month pursuant toSection 2.10(b), (E) as and when due and payable, all other fees payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, (F) as and when incurred or accrued, the fronting fees and all commissions, other fees, charges and expenses provided for inSection 2.11(k), (G) as and when incurred or accrued, all other Lender Group Expenses, and (H) as and when due and payable all other payment obligations payable under any Loan Document or any Bank Product Agreement (including any amounts due and payable to the Bank Product Providers in respect of Bank Products). All amounts (including interest, fees, costs, expenses, Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document or under any Bank Product Agreement) charged to the Loan Account shall thereupon constitute Revolving Loans hereunder, shall constitute Obligations hereunder, and shall initially accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans (unless and until converted into LIBOR Rate Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).
(e)Computation.
(i) All interest and fees chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year, in each case, for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which the interest or fees accrue;provided that Prime Rate Loans, shall, in each case, be calculated on the basis of a 365 day year (or a 366 day year, in the case of a leap year). In the event the applicable Prime Rate is changed from time to time hereafter, the rates of interest hereunder based upon the applicable Prime Rate automatically and immediately shall be increased or decreased by an amount equal to such change in the applicable Prime Rate.
(ii) For the purposes of theInterest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest to which any rate calculated on the basis of a period of time different from the actual number of days in the year (360 days, for example) is equivalent is the stated rate multiplied by the actual number of days in the year (365 or 366, as applicable) and divided by the number of days in the shorter period (360 days, in the example). The rates of interest under this Agreement are nominal rates, and not effective rates or yields. The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not apply to any interest calculation under this Agreement.
(f)Intent to Limit Charges to Maximum Lawful Rate. In no event shall the interest rate or rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the highest rate permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable. Borrower and the Lender Group, in executing and delivering this Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the
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rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated within it;provided, that, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if such rate or rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum allowable under applicable law, then, ipso facto, as of the date of this Agreement, Borrower is and shall be liable only for the payment of such maximum amount as is allowed by law, and payment received from Borrower in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to reduce the principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess.
2.7.Crediting Payments. The receipt of any payment item by Agent shall not be required to be considered a payment on account unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately available federal funds made to Agent’s Account or unless and until such payment item is honored when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be honored when presented for payment, then Borrower shall be deemed not to have made such payment and interest shall be calculated accordingly. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, any payment item shall be deemed received by Agent only if it is received into Agent’s Account on a Business Day on or before 3:00 p.m. If any payment item is received into Agent’s Account on a non-Business Day or after 3:00 p.m. on a Business Day (unless Agent, in its sole discretion, elects to credit it on the date received), it shall be deemed to have been received by Agent as of the opening of business on the immediately following Business Day.
2.8.Designated Account. Agent is authorized to make the Revolving Loans, and Issuing Bank is authorized to issue the Letters of Credit, under this Agreement based upon telephonic or other instructions received from anyone purporting to be an Authorized Person or, without instructions, if pursuant toSection 2.6(d). Borrower agrees to establish and maintain the Designated Account with the Designated Account Bank for the purpose of receiving the proceeds of the Revolving Loans requested by Borrower and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder. Unless otherwise agreed by Agent and Borrower, any Revolving Loan or Swing Loan requested by Borrower and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be made to the Designated Account.
2.9.Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations. Agent shall maintain an account on its books in the name of Borrower (the “Loan Account”) on which Borrower will be charged with all Revolving Loans (including Protective Advances and Swing Loans) made by Agent, Swing Lender, or the Lenders to Borrower or for Borrower’s account, the Letters of Credit issued or arranged by Issuing Bank for Borrower’s account, and with all other payment Obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including, accrued interest, fees and expenses, and Lender Group Expenses. In accordance withSection 2.7, the Loan Account will be credited with all payments received by Agent from Borrower or for Borrower’ account. Agent shall make available to Borrower monthly statements regarding the Loan Account, including the principal amount of the Revolving Loans, interest accrued hereunder, fees accrued or charged hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and a summary itemization of all charges and expenses constituting Lender Group Expenses accrued hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and each such statement, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrower and the Lender Group unless, within 30 days after Agent first makes such a statement available to Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Agent written objection thereto describing the error or errors contained in such statement.
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2.10.Fees.
(a)Agent Fees. Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the account of Agent, as and when due and payable under the terms of the Fee Letter, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter.
(b)Unused Line Fee. Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the ratable account of the Revolving Lenders, an unused line fee in Dollars (the “Unused Line Fee”) in an amount equal to 0.375% per annum times the result of (i) the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments, less (ii) the average amount of the Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof), which Unused Line Fee shall be due and payable on the first day of each month from and after the Closing Date up to the first day of the month prior to the date on which the Obligations are paid in full and on the date on which the Obligations are paid in full.
(c)Financial Examination and Other Fees. Borrower shall pay to Agent, financial examination, appraisal, and valuation fees and charges, as and when incurred or chargeable, as follows (i) a fee of $1,000 per day, per examiner, plus out-of-pocket expenses (including travel, meals, and lodging) for each financial examination of Borrower performed by personnel employed by Agent, and (ii) the fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent (but, in any event, no less than a charge of $1,000 per day, per Person, plus out-of-pocket expenses (including travel, meals, and lodging)) if it elects to employ the services of one or more third Persons to perform financial examinations of Parent, Borrower or their Subsidiaries, to appraise the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or to assess Parent’s, Borrower’s or their Subsidiaries’ business/recurring revenue valuation;provided, that so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse Agent for more than 1 financial examinations during any calendar year, more than 1 appraisals of the Collateral during any calendar year, or more than 1 business/recurring revenue valuations during any calendar year.
2.11.Letters of Credit.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request of Borrower made in accordance herewith, and prior to the Maturity Date, Issuing Bank agrees to issue, or to cause an Underlying Issuer (including, as Issuing Bank’s agent) to issue, a requested Letter of Credit for the account of Borrower, Parent or any other Loan Party. If Issuing Bank, at its option, elects to cause an Underlying Issuer to issue a requested Letter of Credit, then Issuing Bank agrees that it will enter into arrangements relative to the reimbursement of such Underlying Issuer (which may include, among other means, by becoming an applicant with respect to such Letter of Credit or entering into undertakings or other arrangements that provide for reimbursement of such Underlying Issuer with respect to drawings under such Letter of Credit; each such obligation or undertaking, irrespective of whether in writing, a “Reimbursement Undertaking”) with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Underlying Issuer for the account of Borrower. By submitting a request to Issuing Bank for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested that (i) Issuing Bank issue or (ii) an Underlying Issuer issue the requested Letter of Credit (and, in such case, to have requested Issuing Bank to issue a Reimbursement Undertaking with respect to such requested Letter of Credit). Each request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or the
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amendment, renewal, or extension of any outstanding Letter of Credit, shall be irrevocable and shall be made in writing by an Authorized Person and delivered to Issuing Bank via telefacsimile, or other electronic method of transmission reasonably acceptable to Issuing Bank and reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension. Each such request shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Issuing Bank and (i) shall specify (A) the amount and currency (CAD or Dollars) of such Letter of Credit, (B) the date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension of such Letter of Credit, (C) the proposed expiration date of such Letter of Credit, (D) the name and address of the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit, and (E) such other information (including, the conditions to drawing, and, in the case of an amendment, renewal, or extension, identification of the Letter of Credit to be so amended, renewed, or extended) as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or extend such Letter of Credit, and (ii) shall be accompanied by such Issuer Documents as Agent, Issuing Bank or Underlying Issuer may request or require, to the extent that such requests or requirements are consistent with the Issuer Documents that Issuing Bank or Underlying Issuer generally requests for Letters of Credit in similar circumstances. Bank’s records of the content of any such request will be conclusive. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Issuing Bank may, but shall not be obligated to, issue or cause the issuance of a Letter of Credit or to issue a Reimbursement Undertaking in respect of an Underlying Letter of Credit, in either case, that supports the obligations of Parent, Borrower or their Subsidiaries in respect of (A) a lease of real property to the extent that the face amount of such Letter of Credit or the amount of such Reimbursement Undertaking exceeds the highest rent (including all rent-like charges) payable under such lease for a period of one year, or (B) an employment contract to the extent that the face amount of such Letter of Credit or the amount of such Reimbursement Undertaking exceeds the highest compensation payable under such contract for a period of one year.
(b) Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking in respect of an Underlying Letter of Credit, in either case, if any of the following would result after giving effect to the requested issuance:
(i) the USD Equivalent Amount of the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed$1,000,000;
(ii) the USD Equivalent Amount of the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount less the outstanding amount of the USD Equivalent Amount of Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances); and
(iii) the USD Equivalent Amount of the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Credit Amount at such time, less the sum of the outstanding principal balance of the USD Equivalent Amount of Revolving Loans (inclusive of Swing Loans and Protective Advances) at such time.
(c) In the event there is a Defaulting Lender as of the date of any request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue or arrange for such Letter of Credit to the extent (i) the Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure with respect to such Letter of Credit may not be reallocated pursuant toSection 2.3(g)(ii) or (ii) Issuing Bank has not otherwise entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and
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Borrower to eliminate Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the participation in such Letter of Credit of the Defaulting Lender, which arrangements may include Borrower cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure in accordance withSection 2.3(g)(ii). Additionally, Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking in respect of an Underlying Letter of Credit, in either case, if (A) any order, judgment, or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall, by its terms, purport to enjoin or restrain Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit or Reimbursement Undertaking or Underlying Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to Issuing Bank or Underlying Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over Issuing Bank or Underlying Issuer shall prohibit or request that Issuing Bank or Underlying Issuer refrain from the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit or Reimbursement Undertaking (as applicable) in particular, (B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of Issuing Bank or Underlying Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally, or (C) if amounts demanded to be paid under any Letter of Credit will not be in Dollars or CAD.
(d) Issuing Bank (other than WFCFCC or any of its Affiliates) shall notify Agent in writing no later than the Business Day immediately following the Business Day on which Issuing Bank issued any Letter of Credit;provided that (i) until Agent advises Issuing Bank that the provisions ofSection 3.2 are not satisfied, or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Letters of Credit issued in any such week exceeds such amount as shall be agreed by Agent and Issuing Bank, Issuing Bank shall be required to so notify Agent in writing only once each week of the Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Bank during the immediately preceding week as well as the daily amounts outstanding for the prior week, such notice to be furnished on such day of the week as Agent and Issuing Bank may agree. Each Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Issuing Bank, including the requirement that the amounts payable thereunder must be payable in Dollars or CAD, as applicable. If Issuing Bank makes a payment under a Letter of Credit or an Underlying Issuer makes a payment under an Underlying Letter of Credit, Borrower shall pay to Agent an amount equal to the applicable Letter of Credit Disbursement on the date such Letter of Credit Disbursement is made and, in the absence of such payment, the amount of the Letter of Credit Disbursement immediately and automatically shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder (notwithstanding any failure to satisfy any condition precedent set forth inSection 3) and, initially, shall bear interest at the rate then applicable to Prime Rate Loans. If a Letter of Credit Disbursement is deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder, Borrower’s obligation to pay the amount of such Letter of Credit Disbursement to Issuing Bank shall be automatically converted into an obligation to pay the resulting Revolving Loan. Promptly following receipt by Agent of any payment from Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, Agent shall distribute such payment to Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant toSection 2.11(b) to reimburse Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and Issuing Bank as their interests may appear.
(e) Promptly following receipt of a notice of a Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant toSection 2.11(d), each Revolving Lender agrees to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Revolving Loan deemed made pursuant toSection 2.11(a) on the same terms and conditions as if Borrower had requested the amount thereof as a Revolving Loan and Agent shall promptly pay to Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. By the
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issuance of a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking (or an amendment, renewal, or extension of a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking) and without any further action on the part of Issuing Bank or Revolving Lenders, Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have granted to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have purchased, a participation in each Letter of Credit issued by Issuing Bank and each Reimbursement Undertaking, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Letter of Credit or Reimbursement Undertaking, and each such Lender agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Bank or an Underlying Issuer under the applicable Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Bank or an Underlying Issuer and not reimbursed by Borrower on the date due as provided inSection 2.11(d), or of any reimbursement payment that is required to be refunded (or that Agent or Issuing Bank elects, based upon the advice of counsel, to refund) to Borrower for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to deliver to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, an amount equal to its respective Pro Rata Share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to thisSection 2.11(b) shall be absolute and unconditional and such remittance shall be made notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of an Event of Default or Default or the failure to satisfy any condition set forth inSection 3. If any such Lender fails to make available to Agent the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of a Letter of Credit Disbursement as provided in this Section, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender and Agent (for the account of Issuing Bank) shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate until paid in full.
(f) Borrower agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each member of the Lender Group (including Issuing Bank and its branches, Affiliates, and correspondents) and each such Person’s respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents (each, including Issuing Bank, a “Letter of Credit Related Person”) (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs, penalties, and damages, and all reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, experts, or consultants and all other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith or in connection with the enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), which may be incurred by or awarded against any such Letter of Credit Related Person (other than Taxes, which shall be governed bySection 16) (the “Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs”), and which arise out of or in connection with, or as a result of:
(i) any Letter of Credit, any Reimbursement Undertaking or any pre-advice of its issuance;
(ii) any transfer, sale, delivery, surrender or endorsement of any Drawing Document at any time(s) held by any such Letter of Credit Related Person in connection with any Letter of Credit;
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(iii) any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection with, any Letter of Credit or any Reimbursement Undertaking (whether administrative, judicial or in connection with arbitration), including any action or proceeding to compel or restrain any presentation or payment under any Letter of Credit, or for the wrongful dishonor of, or honoring a presentation under, any Letter of Credit;
(iv) any independent undertakings issued by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any Reimbursement Undertaking;
(v) any unauthorized instruction or request made to Issuing Bank or Underlying Issuer in connection with any Letter of Credit or requested Letter of Credit or error in computer or electronic transmission;
(vi) an adviser, confirmer or other nominated person seeking to be reimbursed, indemnified or compensated;
(vii) any third party seeking to enforce the rights of an applicant, beneficiary, nominated person, transferee, assignee of Letter of Credit proceeds or holder of an instrument or document;
(viii) the fraud, forgery or illegal action of parties other than the Letter of Credit Related Person;
(ix) Issuing Bank’s or Underlying Issuer’s performance of the obligations of a confirming institution or entity that wrongfully dishonors a confirmation; or
(x) the acts or omissions, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto governmental or regulatory authority or cause or event beyond the control of the Letter of Credit Related Person;
in each case, including that resulting from the Letter of Credit Related Person’s own negligence;provided,however, that such indemnity shall not be available to any Letter of Credit Related Person claiming indemnification under clauses (i) through (x) above to the extent that such Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs may be finally determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Letter of Credit Related Person claiming indemnity. Borrower hereby agree to pay the Letter of Credit Related Person claiming indemnity on demand from time to time all amounts owing under thisSection 2.11(f). If and to the extent that the obligations of Borrower under thisSection 2.11(f) are unenforceable for any reason, Borrower agree to make the maximum contribution to the Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs permissible under applicable law. This indemnification provision shall survive termination of this Agreement and all Letters of Credit.
(g) The liability of Issuing Bank (or any other Letter of Credit Related Person) under, in connection with or arising out of any Letter of Credit (or pre-advice), regardless of the form or legal grounds of the action or proceeding, shall be limited to direct damages suffered by Borrower that are caused directly by Issuing Bank’s or Underlying Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in (i) honoring a presentation under a Letter of
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Credit that on its face does not at least substantially comply with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, (ii) failing to honor a presentation under a Letter of Credit that strictly complies with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit or (iii) retaining Drawing Documents presented under a Letter of Credit. Issuing Bank and any Underlying Issuer shall be deemed to have acted with due diligence and reasonable care if Issuing Bank’s or Underlying Issuer’s conduct, as applicable, is in accordance with Standard Letter of Credit Practice or in accordance with this Agreement. Borrower’s aggregate remedies against Issuing Bank and any Letter of Credit Related Person for wrongfully honoring a presentation under any Letter of Credit or wrongfully retaining honored Drawing Documents shall in no event exceed the aggregate amount paid by Borrower to the Issuing Bank in respect of the honored presentation in connection with such Letter of Credit underSection 2.11(d), plus interest at the rate then applicable to Prime Rate Loans hereunder. Borrower shall take action to avoid and mitigate the amount of any damages claimed against Issuing Bank or any other Letter of Credit Related Person, including by enforcing its rights against the beneficiaries of the Letters of Credit.
(h) Borrower is responsible for preparing or approving the final text of the Letter of Credit as issued by Issuing Bank or Underlying Issuer, irrespective of any assistance Issuing Bank or any applicable Underlying Issuer may provide such as drafting or recommending text or by Issuing Bank’s or Underlying Issuer’s use or refusal to use text submitted by Borrower. Borrower is liable for the suitability of the Letter of Credit for Borrower’s purposes. With respect to any Letter of Credit containing an “automatic amendment” to extend the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, Issuing Bank or any applicable Underlying Issuer, in its sole and absolute discretion, may give notice of nonrenewal of such Letter of Credit and, if Borrower does not at any time want such Letter of Credit to be renewed, the Borrower will so notify Agent and Issuing Bank at least 15 calendar days before Issuing Bank is required to notify the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any advising bank of such nonrenewal pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(i) Borrower’s reimbursement and payment obligations under thisSection 2.11 are absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever, including:
(i) any lack of validity, enforceability or legal effect of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement or any term or provision therein or herein;
(ii) payment against presentation of any draft, demand or claim for payment under any Drawing Document that does not comply in whole or in part with the terms of the applicable Letter of Credit or which proves to be fraudulent, forged or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, or which is signed, issued or presented by a Person or a transferee of such Person purporting to be a successor or transferee of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit;
(iii) Issuing Bank or any of its branches or Affiliates being the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit;
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(iv) Issuing Bank, any Underlying Issuer or any correspondent honoring a drawing against a Drawing Document up to the amount available under any Letter of Credit even if such Drawing Document claims an amount in excess of the amount available under the Letter of Credit;
(v) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that Borrower or any other Person may have at any time against any beneficiary, any assignee of proceeds, Issuing Bank, any Underlying Issuer or any other Person;
(vi) any other event, circumstance or conduct whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing that might, but for thisSection 2.11(i), constitute a legal or equitable defense to or discharge of, or provide a right of set-off against, Borrower’s reimbursement and other payment obligations and liabilities, arising under, or in connection with, any Letter of Credit, whether against Issuing Bank, any Underlying Issuer, the beneficiary or any other Person; or
(vii) the fact that any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
provided,however, that subject toSection 2.11(g) above, the foregoing shall not release Issuing Bank from such liability to Borrower as may be finally determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction against Issuing Bank following reimbursement or payment of the obligations and liabilities, including reimbursement and other payment obligations, of Borrower to Issuing Bank arising under, or in connection with, thisSection 2.11 or any Letter of Credit.
(j) Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, Issuing Bank, any Underlying Issuer and each other Letter of Credit Related Person (if applicable) shall not be responsible to Borrower for, and Issuing Bank’s rights and remedies against Borrower and the obligation of Borrower to reimburse Issuing Bank for each drawing under each Letter of Credit shall not be impaired by:
(i) honor of a presentation under any Letter of Credit that on its face substantially complies with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, even if the Letter of Credit requires strict compliance by the beneficiary;
(ii) honor of a presentation of any Drawing Document that appears on its face to have been signed, presented or issued (A) by any purported successor or transferee of any beneficiary or other Person required to sign, present or issue such Drawing Document or (B) under a new name of the beneficiary;
(iii) acceptance as a draft of any written or electronic demand or request for payment under a Letter of Credit, even if nonnegotiable or not in the form of a draft or notwithstanding any requirement that such draft, demand or request bear any or adequate reference to the Letter of Credit;
(iv) the identity or authority of any presenter or signer of any Drawing Document or the form, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Drawing Document (other
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than Issuing Bank’s determination that such Drawing Document appears on its face substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit);
(v) acting upon any instruction or request relative to a Letter of Credit or requested Letter of Credit that Issuing Bank in good faith believes to have been given by a Person authorized to give such instruction or request;
(vi) any errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any message, advice or document (regardless of how sent or transmitted) or for errors in interpretation of technical terms or in translation or any delay in giving or failing to give notice to Borrower;
(vii) any acts, omissions or fraud by, or the insolvency of, any beneficiary, any nominated person or entity or any other Person or any breach of contract between the beneficiary and Borrower or any of the parties to the underlying transaction to which the Letter of Credit relates;
(viii) assertion or waiver of any provision of the ISP or UCP that primarily benefits an issuer of a letter of credit, including any requirement that any Drawing Document be presented to it at a particular hour or place;
(ix) payment to any paying or negotiating bank (designated or permitted by the terms of the applicable Letter of Credit) claiming that it rightfully honored or is entitled to reimbursement or indemnity under Standard Letter of Credit Practice applicable to it;
(x) acting or failing to act as required or permitted under Standard Letter of Credit Practice applicable to where Issuing Bank has issued, confirmed, advised or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be;
(xi) honor of a presentation after the expiration date of any Letter of Credit notwithstanding that a presentation was made prior to such expiration date and dishonored by Issuing Bank if subsequently Issuing Bank or any court or other finder of fact determines such presentation should have been honored;
(xii) dishonor of any presentation that does not strictly comply or that is fraudulent, forged or otherwise not entitled to honor; or
(xiii) honor of a presentation that is subsequently determined by Issuing Bank to have been made in violation of international, federal, state or local restrictions on the transaction of business with certain prohibited Persons.
(k) Borrower shall pay immediately upon demand to Agent for the account of Issuing Bank as non-refundable fees, commissions, and charges (it being acknowledged and agreed that any charging of such fees, commissions, and charges to the Loan Account pursuant to the provisions ofSection 2.6(d) shall be deemed to constitute a demand for payment thereof for the purposes of thisSection 2.11(k)): (i) a fronting fee which shall be imposed by Issuing Bank upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit of 0.250% per annum of the face amount thereof, plus (ii) any and all other customary commissions, fees and charges then in effect
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imposed by, and any and all expenses incurred by, Issuing Bank, or by any adviser, confirming institution or entity or other nominated person, relating to Letters of Credit, at the time of issuance of any Letter of Credit and upon the occurrence of any other activity with respect to any Letter of Credit (including transfers, assignments of proceeds, amendments, drawings, renewals or cancellations).
(l) If by reason of (i) any Change in Law, or (ii) compliance by Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group, or Underlying Issuer with any direction, request, or requirement (irrespective of whether having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority or monetary authority, including, Regulation D of the Board of Governors as from time to time in effect (and any successor thereto):
(i) any reserve, deposit, or similar requirement is or shall be imposed or modified in respect of any Letter of Credit issued or caused to be issued hereunder or hereby, or
(ii) there shall be imposed on Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group any other condition regarding any Letter of Credit,
and the result of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost to Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group of issuing, making, participating in, or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount receivable in respect thereof, then, and in any such case, Agent may, at any time within a reasonable period after the additional cost is incurred or the amount received is reduced, notify Borrower, and Borrower shall pay within 30 days after demand therefor, such amounts as Agent may specify to be necessary to compensate Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group for such additional cost or reduced receipt, together with interest on such amount from the date of such demand until payment in full thereof at the rate then applicable to Prime Rate Loans hereunder;provided, that (A) Borrower shall not be required to provide any compensation pursuant to thisSection 2.11(l) for any such amounts incurred more than 180 days prior to the date on which the demand for payment of such amounts is first made to Borrower, and (B) if an event or circumstance giving rise to such amounts is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. The determination by Agent of any amount due pursuant to thisSection 2.11(l), as set forth in a certificate setting forth the calculation thereof in reasonable detail, shall, in the absence of manifest or demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all of the parties hereto.
(m) Unless otherwise expressly agreed by Issuing Bank and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP and the UCP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(n) In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of thisSection 2.11 and any provision contained in any Issuer Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of thisSection 2.11 shall control and govern.
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2.12.Non-Prime Rate Option.
(a)Interest and Interest Payment Dates. In lieu of having interest charged at the rate based upon the Prime Rate, Borrower shall have the option, subject toSection 2.12(b) below (the “Non-Prime Rate Option”) to have interest on all or a portion of the Revolving Loans be charged (whether at the time when made (unless otherwise provided herein), upon conversion from a Prime Rate Loan to a Non-Prime Rate Loan, or upon continuation of a Non-Prime Rate Loan as a Non-Prime Rate Loan) at a rate of interest based upon the LIBOR Rate or BA Equivalent Rate, as applicable. Interest on Non-Prime Rate Loans shall be payable on the earliest of (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto;provided, that, subject to the following clauses (ii) and (iii), in the case of any Interest Period greater than 3 months in duration, interest shall be payable at 3 month intervals after the commencement of the applicable Interest Period and on the last day of such Interest Period), (ii) the date on which all or any portion of the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof, or (iii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof. On the last day of each applicable Interest Period, unless Borrower properly has exercised the Non-Prime Rate Option with respect thereto, the interest rate applicable to such Non-Prime Rate Loan automatically shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Prime Rate Loans of the same type hereunder. At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at the written election of the Required Lenders, Borrower no longer shall have the option to request that Revolving Loans bear interest at a rate based upon the Non-Prime Rate.
(b)Non-Prime Rate Election.
(i) Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, elect to exercise the Non-Prime Rate Option by notifying Agent prior to 12:00 p.m. at least 3 Business Days prior to the commencement of the proposed Interest Period (the “Non-Prime Rate Deadline”). Notice of Borrower’s election of the Non-Prime Rate Option by Borrower for a permitted portion of the Revolving Loans and an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by delivery to Agent of a Non-Prime Rate Notice received by Agent before the Non-Prime Rate Deadline, or by telephonic notice received by Agent before the Non-Prime Rate Deadline (to be confirmed by delivery to Agent of a Non-Prime Rate Notice received by Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. on the same day). Promptly upon its receipt of each such Non-Prime Rate Notice, Agent shall provide a copy thereof to each of the affected Lenders.
(ii) Each Non-Prime Rate Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrower. In connection with each Non-Prime Rate Loan, Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders harmless against any loss, cost, or expense actually incurred by Agent or any Lender as a result of (A) the payment of any principal of any such Non-Prime Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (B) the conversion of such Non-Prime Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (C) the failure to borrow (other than as a result of the failure of any Defaulting Lender to fund a Revolving Loan required to be so funded pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), convert, continue or prepay any Non-Prime Rate Loan on the date specified in any Non-Prime Rate Notice delivered pursuant hereto (such losses, costs, or expenses, “Funding Losses”). A certificate of Agent or a Lender delivered to Borrower setting
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forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that Agent or such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to thisSection 2.12 shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower shall pay such amount to Agent or the Lender, as applicable, within 30 days of the date of its receipt of such certificate. If a payment of a Non-Prime Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period would result in a Funding Loss, Agent may, in its sole discretion at the request of Borrower, hold the amount of such payment as cash collateral in support of the Obligations until the last day of such Interest Period and apply such amounts to the payment of the applicable Non-Prime Rate Loan on such last day, it being agreed that Agent has no obligation to so defer the application of payments to any Non-Prime Rate Loan and that, in the event that Agent does not defer such application, Borrower shall be obligated to pay any resulting Funding Losses.
(iii) Unless Agent, in its sole discretion, agrees otherwise, Borrower shall have not more than 5 Non-Prime Rate Loans in effect at any given time. Borrower may only may exercise the Non-Prime Rate Option for proposed Non-Prime Rate Loans of at least $1,000,000.
(c)Conversion. Borrower may convert Non-Prime Rate Loans to Prime Rate Loans at any time;provided, that in the event that Non-Prime Rate Loans are converted or prepaid on any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, including as a result of any prepayment through the required application by Agent of any payments or proceeds of Collateral in accordance withSection 2.4(b) or for any other reason, including early termination of the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders and their Participants harmless against any and all Funding Losses in accordance withSection 2.12 (b)(ii).
(d)Special Provisions Applicable to Non-Prime Rate.
(i) The applicable Non-Prime Rate may be adjusted by Agent with respect to any Lender on a prospective basis to take into account any additional or increased costs to such Lender of maintaining or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or Bankers Acceptances or increased costs, in each case, due to changes in applicable law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then applicable Interest Period, including any Changes in Law (including any changes in tax laws (except changes of general applicability in corporate income tax laws)) and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors, which additional or increased costs would increase the cost of funding or maintaining loans bearing interest at the Non-Prime Rate. In any such event, the affected Lender shall give Borrower and Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, Borrower may, by notice to such affected Lender (A) require such Lender to furnish to Borrower a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for adjusting such Non-Prime Rate and the method for determining the amount of such adjustment, or (B) repay the Non-Prime Rate Loans of such Lender with respect to which such adjustment is made (together with any amounts due underSection 2.12(b)(ii)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not be required to compensate any Lender pursuant to thisSection 2.12(d)(i) for such additional or increased costs incurred more than 90 days prior to the date that such Lender delivers such certificate;provided that if the
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change in applicable law giving rise to such additional or increased costs is retroactive then the 90-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(ii) In the event that any change in market conditions or any Change in Law shall at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for such Lender to fund or maintain Non-Prime Rate Loans or to continue such funding or maintaining, or to determine or charge interest rates at the Non-Prime Rate, such Lender shall give notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Borrower and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and (A) in the case of any Non-Prime Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding, the date specified in such Lender’s notice shall be deemed to be the last day of the Interest Period of such Non-Prime Rate Loans, and interest upon the Non-Prime Rate Loans of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Prime Rate Loans, and (B) Borrower shall not be entitled to elect their Non-Prime-Rate Option until such Lender determines that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to do so.
(e)No Requirement of Matched Funding. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither Agent nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required actually to acquire eurodollar deposits or Bankers Acceptances to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues at the applicable Non-Prime Rate.
2.13.Capital Requirements.
(a) If, after the date hereof, Issuing Bank or any Lender determines that (i) any Change in Law regarding capital or reserve requirements for banks or bank holding companies, or (ii) compliance by Issuing Bank or such Lender, or their respective parent bank holding companies, with any guideline, request or directive of any Governmental Authority regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law), has the effect of reducing the return on Issuing Bank’s, such Lender’s, or such holding companies’ capital as a consequence of Issuing Bank’s or such Lender’s commitments hereunder to a level below that which Issuing Bank, such Lender, or such holding companies could have achieved but for such Change in Law or compliance (taking into consideration Issuing Bank’s, such Lender’s, or such holding companies’ then existing policies with respect to capital adequacy and assuming the full utilization of such entity’s capital) by any amount deemed by Issuing Bank or such Lender to be material, then Issuing Bank or such Lender may notify Borrower and Agent thereof. Following receipt of such notice, Borrower agrees to pay Issuing Bank or such Lender on demand the amount of such reduction of return of capital as and when such reduction is determined, payable within 30 days after presentation by Issuing Bank or such Lender of a statement in the amount and setting forth in reasonable detail Issuing Bank’s or such Lender’s calculation thereof and the assumptions upon which such calculation was based (which statement shall be deemed true and correct absent manifest error). In determining such amount, Issuing Bank or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Failure or delay on the part of Issuing Bank or any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of Issuing Bank’s or such Lender’s right to demand such compensation;provided that Borrower shall not be required to compensate Issuing Bank or a Lender pursuant to this Section for any reductions in return incurred more
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than 90 days prior to the date that Issuing Bank or such Lender notifies Borrower of such Change in Law giving rise to such reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor;provided further that if such claim arises by reason of the Change in Law that is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(b) If Issuing Bank or any Lender requests additional or increased costs referred to inSection 2.11(l) orSection 2.12(d)(i) or amounts underSection 2.13(a) or sends a notice underSection 2.12(d)(ii) relative to changed circumstances (Issuing Bank or such Lender, an “Affected Lender”), then such Affected Lender shall use reasonable efforts to promptly designate a different one of its lending offices or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices or branches, if (i) in the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender, such designation or assignment would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant toSection 2.11(l),Section 2.12(d)(i) orSection 2.13(a), as applicable, or would eliminate the illegality or impracticality of funding or maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans and (ii) in the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender, such designation or assignment would not subject it to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to it. Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Affected Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. If, after such reasonable efforts, such Affected Lender does not so designate a different one of its lending offices or assign its rights to another of its offices or branches so as to eliminate Borrower’s obligation to pay any future amounts to such Affected Lender pursuant toSection 2.11(l), Section 2.12(d)(i) orSection 2.13(a), as applicable, or to enable Borrower to obtain LIBOR Rate Loans, then Borrower (without prejudice to any amounts then due to such Affected Lender underSection 2.11(l),Section 2.12(d)(i) orSection 2.13(a), as applicable) may, unless prior to the effective date of any such assignment the Affected Lender withdraws its request for such additional amounts underSection 2.11(l),Section 2.12(d)(i) orSection 2.13(a), as applicable, or indicates that it is no longer unlawful or impractical to fund or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans, may designate a different Issuing Bank or substitute a Lender, in each case, reasonably acceptable to Agent to purchase the Obligations owed to such Affected Lender and such Affected Lender’s commitments hereunder (a “Replacement Lender”), and if such Replacement Lender agrees to such purchase, such Affected Lender shall assign to the Replacement Lender its Obligations and commitments, and upon such purchase by the Replacement Lender, which such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be “Issuing Bank” or a “Lender” (as the case may be) for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Lender shall cease to be “Issuing Bank” or a “Lender” (as the case may be) for purposes of this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the issuance of any rules, regulations or directions under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) 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 Canadian regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a change in law, rule, regulation or guideline for purposes ofSections 2.12 and2.13 and the protection ofSections 2.11(l) 2.12(d) and2.13 shall be available to Issuing Bank and each Lender (as applicable) regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or inapplicability of the law, rule, regulation,
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judicial ruling, judgment, guideline, treaty or other change or condition which shall have occurred or been imposed, so long as it shall be customary for issuing banks or lenders affected thereby to comply therewith. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, neither Issuing Bank nor any Lender shall demand compensation pursuant to thisSection 2.13 if it shall not at the time be the general policy or practice of Issuing Bank or such Lender (as the case may be) to demand such compensation in similar circumstances under comparable provisions of other credit agreements, if any.
3. | CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT. |
3.1.Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit. The obligation of each Lender to make the initial extensions of credit provided for hereunder is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent and each Lender, of each of the conditions precedent set forth onSchedule 3.1 (the making of such initial extensions of credit by a Lender being conclusively deemed to be its satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent).
3.2.Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit. The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make any Revolving Loans hereunder (or to extend any other credit hereunder) at any time shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) the representations and warranties of Parent and its Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date of such extension of credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date); and
(b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such extension of credit, nor shall either result from the making thereof.
3.3.Maturity. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a term ending on the Maturity Date.
3.4.Effect of Maturity. On the Maturity Date, (a) all Commitments of the Lender Group to provide additional credit hereunder shall automatically be terminated and all of the Obligations immediately shall become due and payable without notice or demand and (b) Borrower shall be required to repay all of the Obligations in full. No termination of the obligations of the Lender Group (other than payment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Commitments) shall relieve or discharge any Loan Party of its duties, obligations, or covenants hereunder or under any other Loan Document and Agent’s Liens in the Collateral shall continue to secure the Obligations and shall remain in effect until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated. When all of the Obligations have been paid in full and the Lender Group’s obligations to provide additional credit under the Loan Documents
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have been terminated irrevocably, Agent will, at Borrower’s sole expense, execute and deliver any termination statements, lien releases, discharges of security interests, and other similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable form) as are reasonably necessary to release, as of record, Agent’s Liens and all notices of security interests and liens previously filed by Agent.
3.5.Early Termination by Borrower. Borrower has the option, at any time upon 10 Business Days prior written notice to Agent, to terminate this Agreement and terminate the Commitments hereunder by repaying to Agent all of the Obligations in full. The foregoing notwithstanding, (a) Borrower may rescind termination notices relative to proposed payments in full of the Obligations with the proceeds of third party Indebtedness if the closing for such issuance or incurrence does not happen on or before the date of the proposed termination (in which case, a new notice shall be required to be sent in connection with any subsequent termination), and (b) Borrower may extend the date of termination at any time with the consent of Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
3.6.Conditions Subsequent. The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to continue to make Revolving Loans (or otherwise extend credit hereunder) is subject to the fulfillment, on or before the date applicable thereto, of the conditions subsequent set forth onSchedule 3.6 (the failure by Borrower to so perform or cause to be performed such conditions subsequent as and when required by the terms thereof (unless such date is extended, in writing, by Agent, which Agent may do without obtaining the consent of the other members of the Lender Group), shall constitute an Event of Default).
4. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. |
In order to induce the Lender Group to enter into this Agreement, each of Parent and Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to the Lender Group which shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the Closing Date, and shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the date of the making of each Revolving Loan (or other extension of credit) made thereafter, as though made on and as of the date of such Revolving Loan (or other extension of credit) (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date) and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:
4.1.Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(a) Each Loan Party (i) is duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) is qualified to do business in any state where the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
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Adverse Effect, and (iii) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby.
(b) Set forth onSchedule 4.1(b) as of the Closing Date is a complete and accurate description of the authorized Equity Interests of Parent, by class, and, a description of the number of shares of each such class that are issued and outstanding. No Loan Party is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its Equity Interests or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any of its Equity Interests.
(c) Set forth onSchedule 4.1(c) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement), is a complete and accurate list of Parent’s direct and indirect Subsidiaries, showing: (i) the number of shares of each class of common and preferred Equity Interests authorized for each of such Subsidiaries, and (ii) the number and the percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned directly or indirectly by Parent. All of the outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary of Parent have been validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.
(d) Except as set forth onSchedule 4.1(d) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time with respect to Parent’s Subsidiaries to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement), (i) there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of Parent’s Equity Interests (other than options granted to employees in Qualified Equity Interests) or any of Parent’s Subsidiaries Equity Interests, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument.
4.2.Due Authorization; No Conflict.
(a) As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Loan Party.
(b) As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) violate any material provision of federal, state, provincial or local law or regulation applicable to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any material agreement of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries where any such conflict, breach or default could in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any assets of any Loan Party, other than Permitted Liens, or (iv) require any approval of any holder of Equity Interests of a Loan Party or any approval or consent of any Person under any material agreement of any Loan Party, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect and except,
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in the case of material agreements, for consents or approvals, the failure to obtain could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
4.3.Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery, and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority, other than registrations, consents, approvals, notices, or other actions that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect and except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Agent for filing or recordation, as of the Closing Date.
4.4.Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens.
(a) Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally.
(b) Agent’s Liens are validly created, perfected (other than (i) in respect of motor vehicles that are subject to a certificate of title, (ii) money, (iii) letter-of-credit rights (other than supporting obligations, (iv) commercial tort claims (other than those that by the terms of the Security Documents are required to be perfected), and (v) any Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts not subject to a Control Agreement as permitted bySection 7(k)(iv) of the US Guaranty and Security Agreement), and subject only to (i) the filing of financing statements, (ii) any applicable recordation of any applicable Canadian Copyright Security Agreement, the Canadian Trademark Security Agreement, the Canadian Patent Security Agreement, the US Trademark Security Agreement and any movable hypothec without delivery related thereto, in each case at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office with respect to intellectual property (in each case to the extent perfection can be achieved for Liens in registered or applied for intellectual property by the foregoing filings), and (iii) any applicable recordation of the Mortgages, in each case, in the appropriate filing offices, and first priority Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens, permitted purchase money Liens, or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases.
4.5.Title to Assets; No Encumbrances. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries has (a) good sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee or freehold interests in Real Property), (b) valid leasehold interests in or other rights to use (in the case of leasehold and other similar non-fee or non-freehold interests in real property or in personal property), and (c) good and marketable title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective material assets reflected in their most recent financial statements delivered pursuant toSection 5.1, in each case except for assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements to the extent permitted hereby. All of such assets are free and clear of Liens except for Permitted Liens.
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4.6.Litigation.
(a) There are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Parent or Borrower, after due inquiry, threatened in writing against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)Schedule 4.6(b) sets forth a complete and accurate description, with respect to each of the actions, suits, or proceedings with asserted liabilities in excess of, or that could reasonably be expected to result in liabilities in excess of, $500,000 that, as of the Closing Date, is pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, of (i) the parties to such actions, suits, or proceedings, (ii) the nature of the dispute that is the subject of such actions, suits, or proceedings, (iii) the procedural status, as of the Closing Date, with respect to such actions, suits, or proceedings, and (iv) whether any liability of the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries in connection with such actions, suits, or proceedings is covered by insurance.
4.7.Compliance with Laws. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any applicable laws, rules, regulations, executive orders, or codes (including Environmental Laws) that, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.8.No Material Adverse Effect. All historical financial statements relating to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that have been delivered by Borrower to Agent have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the lack of footnotes and being subject to year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects, the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ consolidated financial condition as of the date thereof and results of operations for the period then ended. Since October 31, 2014, no event, circumstance, or change has occurred that has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
4.9.Solvency.
(a) Borrower is, and Loan Parties collectively, are Solvent.
(b) No transfer of property is being made by any Loan Party and no obligation is being incurred by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors of such Loan Party.
4.10.Employee Benefits and Pension Plans.
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(a) No Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates maintains or contributes to any Benefit Plan or any Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan.
(b) each Employee Plan complies with, and has been operated in compliance with, all applicable laws (including ERISA and the IRC) and the terms of such Employee Plan except for any non-compliance that in the aggregate could not be reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Loan Party has incurred any fine, penalty, excise tax, or damage with respect to the operation of any Employee Plan that in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit contributions to an Employee Plan made in the ordinary course).
4.11.Environmental Condition.Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11, (a) to Parent’s and Borrower’s knowledge, no Loan Party’s nor any of its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has ever been used by a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries in the disposal of, or to produce, store, handle, treat, release, or transport, any Hazardous Materials, where such disposal, production, storage, handling, treatment, release or transport was in violation, in any material respect, of any applicable Environmental Law, (b) to Parent’s and Borrower’s knowledge, no Loan Party’s nor any of its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has ever been designated or identified in any manner pursuant to any environmental protection statute as a Hazardous Materials disposal site, (c) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice that a Lien arising under any Environmental Law has attached to any revenues or to any Real Property owned or operated by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, and (d) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective facilities or operations is subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree, or settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law or Environmental Liability that, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.12.Complete Disclosure. All factual information taken as a whole (other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general information about Borrower’s industry) furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the Schedules hereto or in the other Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and all other such factual information taken as a whole (other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general information about Borrower’s industry) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate, in all material respects, on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided. The Projections delivered to Agent on May 19, 2015 represent, and as of the date on which any other Projections are delivered to Agent, such additional Projections represent, Borrower’s good faith estimate, on the date such Projections are delivered, of the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ future performance for the periods covered thereby based upon assumptions believed by Borrower to be reasonable at the time of the delivery thereof to Agent (it being understood that such Projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties and their
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Subsidiaries, and no assurances can be given that such Projections will be realized, and although reflecting Borrower’s good faith estimate, projections or forecasts based on methods and assumptions which Borrower believed to be reasonable at the time such Projections were prepared, are not to be viewed as facts, and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the Projections may differ materially from projected or estimated results).
4.13.Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorism. To the extent applicable, each Loan Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the (a) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (b) Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001) (the “Patriot Act”) and (c) Canadian Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorism Legislation. No part of the proceeds of the loans made hereunder will be used by any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
4.14.Indebtedness. Set forth onSchedule 4.14 is a list of all Indebtedness of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date that is to remain outstanding immediately after giving effect to the closing hereunder on the Closing Date and such Schedule accurately sets forth the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness as of the Closing Date.
4.15.Payment of Taxes. Except as otherwise permitted underSection 5.5, all federal tax returns, reports and all other material tax returns and reports of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective assets, income, businesses and franchises that are due and payable have been paid when due and payable. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries have made adequate provision in accordance with GAAP for all taxes not yet due and payable. No Borrower knows of any proposed tax assessment against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is not being actively contested by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary diligently, in good faith, and by appropriate proceedings;provided such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.
4.16.Margin Stock. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the loans made to Borrower will be used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors.
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4.17.Governmental Regulation. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 nor under any other federal, state, provincial or territorial statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “registered investment company” or a company “controlled” by a “registered investment company” or a “principal underwriter” of a “registered investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
4.18.OFAC. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the country or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (b) has its assets located in Sanctioned Entities, or (c) derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Entities. No proceeds of any loan made hereunder will be used to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity.
4.19.Employee and Labor Matters. There is (i) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against Parent or its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or threatened against Parent or its Subsidiaries which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement and that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability, (ii) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or similar action or grievance pending or threatened in writing against Parent or its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability, or (iii) to the knowledge of Borrower, after due inquiry, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries and no union organizing activity or any labour negotiation is taking place with respect to any of the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries. None of Parent or its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or similar state, provincial or territorial law, which remains unpaid or unsatisfied. The hours worked and payments made to employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable legal requirements, except to the extent such violations could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All material payments due from Parent or its Subsidiaries on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Parent or its Subsidiaries, except where the failure to do so could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.20.Parent as a Holding Company. Parent is a holding company and does not have any material liabilities (other than liabilities arising under the Loan Documents own any material assets (other than (a) the Equity Interests of its Subsidiaries, (b) contractual rights incidental to maintenance of its corporate existence or the issuance of its Equity Interests, and (c) Investments permitted hereunder) or engage in any operations or business (other than (a) the ownership of its Subsidiaries, (b) activities incidental to maintenance of its corporate existence and the issuance of its Equity Interests, (c) guaranties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of Parent permitted by clause (e) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” (provided that guaranties by Parent of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of Parent that are not Loan Parties together with loans
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provided pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of “Permitted Intercompany Advances” shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate) and (d) performance of its obligations under the Loan Documents (and activities incidental thereto)).
4.21.Other Documents.
(a) Borrower has delivered to Agent a complete and correct copy of the NH Acquisition Documents, including all schedules and exhibits thereto. The execution, delivery and performance of each of the NH Acquisition Documents has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Borrower who is a party thereto. Each NH Acquisition Document is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower who is a party thereto, enforceable against Parent and Borrower in accordance with its terms, in each case, except (i) as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and (ii) the availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive or other equitable relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The Borrower is not in default in the performance or compliance with any provisions thereof. All representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in the NH Acquisition Documents and in any Loan Party’s certificates delivered in connection therewith are true and correct in all material respects. To Parent’s and Borrower’s knowledge, none of the Seller’s representations or warranties in the NH Acquisition Documents contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in any case that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) As of the Closing Date, the NH Acquisition has been consummated in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws. As of the Closing Date, all requisite approvals by Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over any Loan Party and, to Parent’s and Borrower’s knowledge, the Seller, with respect to the NH Acquisition, have been obtained (including filings or approvals required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act), except for any approval the failure to obtain could not reasonably be expected to be material to the interests of the Lenders. As of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the NH Acquisition Documents, Borrower will have good title to the assets acquired pursuant to the NH Acquisition Agreement, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.
4.22.Leases. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under all leases material to their business and to which they are parties or under which they are operating, and, subject to Permitted Protests, all of such material leases are valid and subsisting and no material default by the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiaries exists under any of them.
4.23.Inactive Subsidiaries. No Inactive Subsidiary (a) owns any assets (other than assets of ade minimis nature, obligations under Permitted Intercompany Advances and with respect to WHSC, 100% of the Equity Interests of Accu-Med Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company), (b) has any liabilities (other than liabilities of a de minimis nature and obligations under Permitted Intercompany Advances), or (c) engages in any business activity.
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4.24.Material Contracts. Set forth onSchedule 4.26 (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance herewith) is a reasonably detailed description of the Material Contracts of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries as of the most recent date on which Parent provided the Compliance Certificate pursuant toSection 5.1;provided,however, that Borrower may amendSchedule 4.25 to add additional Material Contracts so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent on the date that Parent provides the Compliance Certificate. Except for matters which, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Material Contract (other than those that have expired at the end of their normal terms) (a) is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiary and, to Parent’s and Borrower’s knowledge, after due inquiry, each other Person that is a party thereto in accordance with its terms, (b) has not been otherwise amended or modified (other than amendments or modifications permitted bySection 6.6(b)), and (c) is not in default due to the action or inaction of the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiary.
4.25.Hedge Agreements. On each date that any Hedge Agreement is executed by any Hedge Provider, Borrower and each other Loan Party satisfy all eligibility, suitability and other requirements under the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1, et seq., as in effect from time to time) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations.
5. | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. |
Parent and Borrower each covenant and agree that, until termination of all of the Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations:
5.1.Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates. Borrower (a) will deliver to Agent (with copies to each Lender), each of the financial statements, reports, and other items set forth onSchedule 5.1 no later than the times specified therein, (b) agree that no Subsidiary of a Loan Party will have a fiscal year different from that of Parent (other than a Subsidiary that maintains a fiscal year different from that of Parent during a transition period after the Closing Date or with respect to a Subsidiary formed or acquired during a Permitted Acquisition, the date a Permitted Acquisition was consummated reasonably acceptable to Agent prior to such Subsidiary changing its fiscal year to match the fiscal year of Parent), (c) agree to maintain a system of accounting that enables Borrower to produce financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and (d) agree that they will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, maintain its billing systems and practices substantially as in effect as of the Closing Date and shall only make material modifications thereto with notice to, and with the consent of Agent.
5.2.Intentionally Omitted.
5.3.Existence. Except as otherwise permitted underSection 6.3 orSection 6.4, Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect such Person’s valid existence and good standing in its jurisdiction of organization (unless not applicable to such jurisdiction) and, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, good standing with respect to all other jurisdictions in which it is qualified to do business and any rights, franchises, permits, licenses, accreditations, authorizations, or other approvals material to their businesses.
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5.4.Maintenance of Properties. Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and preserve all of its material assets that are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear, tear, casualty, and condemnation and Permitted Dispositions excepted.
5.5.Taxes. Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay in full before delinquency or before the expiration of any extension period all material governmental assessments and taxes imposed, levied, or assessed against it, or any of its assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses, or franchises, except to the extent that (a) such assessments and taxes do not exceed an aggregate delinquent amount in excess of $100,000 at any one time, or (b) the validity of such governmental assessment or tax is the subject of a Permitted Protest.
5.6.Insurance. Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at Borrower’s expense, maintain insurance respecting each of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets wherever located, covering liabilities, losses or damages as are customarily are insured against by other Persons engaged in same or similar businesses and similarly situated and located. All such policies of insurance shall be with reputable insurance companies reasonably acceptable to Agent (it being agreed that, as of the Closing Date, all such policies of insurance and insurance companies providing such policies are reasonably acceptable to Agent) and in such amounts as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated and located and, in any event, in amount, adequacy, and scope reasonably satisfactory to Agent (it being agreed that the amount, adequacy, and scope of the policies of insurance of Parent and its Subsidiaries in effect as of the Closing Date are acceptable to Agent). All property insurance policies covering the Collateral are to be made payable to Agent for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, as their interests may appear, in case of loss, pursuant to a standard loss payable endorsement with a standard non-contributory “lender” or “secured party” clause and are to contain such other provisions as Agent may reasonably require to fully protect the Lenders’ interest in the Collateral and to any payments to be made under such policies. All certificates of property and general liability insurance are to be delivered to Agent, with the loss payable (but only in respect of Collateral) and additional insured endorsements in favor of Agent and shall provide for not less than 30 days (10 days in the case of non-payment) prior written notice to Agent of the exercise of any right of cancellation. Borrower shall give Agent prompt notice of any loss exceeding $1,000,000 covered by its or its Subsidiaries’ casualty or business interruption insurance. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the sole right (subject to the rights of Lien holders with respect to assets subject to Permitted Liens that have priority over Agent’s Liens), upon notice to Borrower, to file claims under any property and general liability insurance policies in respect of the Collateral, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance policies.
5.7.Inspection.
(a) Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit Agent, any Lender and each of their respective duly authorized representatives or agents to visit any of its properties and inspect any of its assets or books and records, to examine and make copies of its
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books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances, and accounts with, and to be advised as to the same by, its officers and employees (provided an authorized representative of Borrower shall be allowed to be present) at such reasonable times and intervals as Agent or any Lender, as applicable may designate and, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, with reasonable prior notice to Borrower and during regular business hours;provided, the Loan Parties’ obligations to reimburse Agent (or its, or any of its representatives’ or agents’) for any of the foregoing shall be limited to 1 such visit or inspection per year so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit Agent and each of its duly authorized representatives or agents to conduct business/recurring revenue valuations at such reasonable times and intervals as Agent may designate. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent agrees to provide Borrower with a copy of any the report for any such valuation upon request by Borrower so long as with respect to any such report that is prepared by a third Person (i) such report exists, (ii) the third Person employed by Agent to perform such valuation consents to such disclosure, and (iii) Borrower executes and delivers to Agent a non-reliance letter reasonably satisfactory to Agent and such third Person.
5.8.Compliance with Laws. Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders of any Governmental Authority, other than laws, rules, regulations, and orders the non-compliance with which, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.9.Environmental. Parent will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
(a) Keep any property either owned or operated by Parent or its Subsidiaries free of any Environmental Liens or post bonds or other financial assurances sufficient to satisfy the obligations or liability evidenced by such Environmental Liens,
(b) Comply, in all material respects, with Environmental Laws and provide to Agent documentation of such compliance which Agent reasonably requests,
(c) Promptly notify Agent of any release of which Borrower has knowledge of a Hazardous Material in any reportable quantity from or onto property owned or operated by Parent or its Subsidiaries and take any Remedial Actions required to abate said release or otherwise to come into compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Environmental Law, and
(d) Promptly, but in any event within 5 Business Days of its receipt thereof, provide Agent with written notice of any of the following: (i) notice that an Environmental Lien has been filed against any of the real or personal property of Parent or its Subsidiaries, (ii) commencement of any Environmental Action or written notice that an Environmental Action will be filed against Parent or its Subsidiaries, and (iii) written notice of a violation, citation, or other administrative order from a Governmental Authority.
5.10.Disclosure Updates. Parent and Borrower will, promptly and in no event later than 5 Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify Agent if any written
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information, exhibit, or report furnished to Agent or the Lenders contained, at the time it was furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which made. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, any notification pursuant to the foregoing provision will not cure or remedy the effect of the prior untrue statement of a material fact or omission of any material fact nor shall any such notification have the effect of amending or modifying this Agreement or any of the Schedules hereto.
5.11.Formation of Subsidiaries. Parent and Borrower will, at the time that any Loan Party forms any direct or indirect Subsidiary or acquires any direct or indirect Subsidiary after the Closing Date (other than a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary), within 10 days of such formation or acquisition (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion) (a) cause such new Subsidiary to provide to Agent a joinder to the US Guaranty and Security Agreement and/or a joinder to the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement, as applicable, together with such other security agreements (including mortgages with respect to any Real Property owned in fee of such new Subsidiary with a fair market value greater than $2,500,000), as well as appropriate financing statements (and with respect to all property subject to a mortgage, fixture filings), all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (including being sufficient to grant Agent a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in and to the assets of such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary, except to the extent such assets are expressly excluded from the Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreements);provided, that the joinder to the US Guaranty and Security Agreement and/or a joinder to the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement and such other security agreements shall not be required to be provided to Agent with respect to any Subsidiary of a US Loan Party that is a CFC or if providing such agreements could reasonably be expected to (i) result in material adverse tax consequences, (ii) result in the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such guaranty or such security agreements that are disproportionately large (as determined by Agent in consultation with Borrower) in relation to the benefits to Agent and the Lenders of the security or guarantee afforded thereby or (iii) be prevented or significantly impaired by foreign laws or regulations, (b) provide, or cause the applicable Loan Party to provide, to Agent a pledge agreement (or an addendum to the US Guaranty and Security Agreement and a Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement) and appropriate certificates and powers or financing statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such new Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;provided, that only 65% of the total outstanding voting Equity Interests of any first tier Subsidiary of any US Loan Party that is a CFC (and none of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of such CFC) shall be required to be pledged if pledging a greater amount could reasonably be expected to (i) result in material adverse tax consequences to a Loan Party or its Affiliates, (ii) result in the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such pledge are that are disproportionately large (as determined by Agent in consultation with Borrower) in relation to the benefits to Agent and the Lenders of the security afforded thereby, (which pledge, if reasonably requested by Agent, shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of such Subsidiary) or (iii) be prevented or significantly impaired by foreign laws or regulations, and (c) provide to Agent all other documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to Agent, which, in its opinion, is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above (including policies of title insurance or other documentation with respect to all Real Property Collateral to the extent required to be subject to a Mortgage). Any document, agreement, or instrument executed or issued pursuant to thisSection 5.11 shall constitute a Loan Document.
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5.12.Further Assurances. Parent and Borrower will, and will cause each of the other Loan Parties to, at any time upon the reasonable request of Agent, execute or deliver to Agent any and all financing statements, fixture filings, security agreements, pledges, assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, opinions of counsel, and all other documents (the “Additional Documents”) that Agent may reasonably request in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, to create, perfect, and continue perfected or to better perfect Agent’s Liens in all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries (whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired, tangible or intangible, real or personal, but excluding such assets are expressly excluded from the Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreements), to create and perfect Liens in favor of Agent in any Real Property acquired by Borrower or any other Loan Party with a fair market value in excess of $2,500,000, and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereby and under the other Loan Documents;provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) any Subsidiary of a US Loan Party that is a CFC if providing such documents could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences or (ii) any such Loan Party if providing such documents could reasonably be expected to (A) result in material adverse tax consequences, (B) result in the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such documents are disproportionately large (as determined by Agent in consultation with Borrower) in relation to the benefits to Agent and the Lenders of the security afforded thereby or (C) be prevented or significantly impaired by foreign laws or regulations. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, if Borrower or any other Loan Party refuses or fails to execute or deliver any reasonably requested Additional Documents within a reasonable period of time following the request to do so, Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby authorizes Agent to execute any such Additional Documents in the applicable Loan Party’s name and authorizes Agent to file such executed Additional Documents in any appropriate filing office. In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the foregoing, each Loan Party shall take such actions as Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, including all of the outstanding capital Equity Interests of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (subject to exceptions and limitations contained in the Loan Documents with respect to CFCs).
5.13.Lender Meetings. Parent will, within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year of Parent, at the request of Agent or of the Required Lenders and upon reasonable prior notice, hold a meeting (at a mutually agreeable location and time or, at the option of Agent, by conference call) with all Lenders who choose to attend such meeting at which meeting shall be reviewed the financial results of the previous fiscal year and the financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries and the projections presented for the current fiscal year of Parent.
5.14.[Intentionally Omitted].
5.15.Material Contracts. Contemporaneously with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant toSection 5.1 with respect to the end of a fiscal year, Borrower will provide Agent with copies of each material amendment or modification of any Material Contract adverse to Lenders or Loan Parties entered into since the delivery of the previous Compliance Certificate.
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5.16.Hedge Agreements. Borrower agrees that it shall offer to Wells Fargo or one or more of its Affiliates the first opportunity to bid for all Hedge Agreements to be entered into by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries during the term of the Agreement.
6. | NEGATIVE COVENANTS. |
Parent and Borrower each covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations:
6.1.Indebtedness. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, guarantee, or otherwise become or remain, directly or indirectly, liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except for Permitted Indebtedness.
6.2.Liens. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on or with respect to any of its assets, of any kind, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except for Permitted Liens.
6.3.Restrictions on Fundamental Changes. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
(a) Enter into any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization, or recapitalization, or reclassify its Equity Interests, except for (i) any merger or amalgamation between Loan Parties, provided, that if Borrower is a party to such merger or amalgamation, Borrower must be the surviving entity or such amalgamated entity shall be liable for the indebtedness, liabilities and Obligations of such amalgamated Borrower and no merger or amalgamation may occur between Parent and any Person, (ii) any merger or amalgamation between a Loan Party and a Subsidiary of such Loan Party that is not a Loan Party so long as such Loan Party is the surviving entity of any such merger or the resulting amalgamated entity is, by operation of law or otherwise becomes a Loan Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (iii) any merger or amalgamation between Subsidiaries of Parent that are not Loan Parties, and (iv) any such transaction consummated in connection with a Permitted Acquisition so long as Borrower or its successor by amalgamation survives such transaction to the extent party thereto,
(b) liquidate, wind up, or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), except for (i) the liquidation or dissolution of non-operating Subsidiaries of Parent with nominal assets and nominal liabilities, (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of a Loan Party (other than Parent or Borrower) or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries so long as all of the assets (including any interest in any Equity Interests) of such liquidating or dissolving Loan Party or Subsidiary are transferred to a Loan Party that is not liquidating or dissolving, or (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of a Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party (other than any such Subsidiary the Equity Interests of which (or any portion thereof) is subject to a Lien in favor of Agent) so long as all of the assets of such liquidating or dissolving Subsidiary are transferred to a Subsidiary of Parent that is not liquidating or dissolving, or
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(c) suspend or cease operating a substantial portion of its or their business, except as permitted pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) above or in connection with a transaction permitted underSection 6.4.
6.4.Disposal of Assets. Other than Permitted Dispositions or transactions expressly permitted bySections 6.3 or6.9, Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into an agreement to convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of) any of its or their assets.
6.5.Nature of Business. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to make any material change in the nature of its or their business as described inSchedule 6.5 or acquire any properties or assets that are not reasonably related to the conduct of such business activities;provided, that the foregoing shall not prevent Parent and its Subsidiaries from engaging in any business that is reasonably related or ancillary to its or their business.
6.6.Prepayments and Amendments. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
(a) Except in connection with Refinancing Indebtedness permitted bySection 6.1,
(i) optionally prepay, redeem, defease, purchase, or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of Parent or its Subsidiaries, other than (A) the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement, (B) Permitted Intercompany Advances and (C) the Subordinated Investor Notes (which may be prepaid in full or in part so long as (x) the source of such prepayment is solely Net Cash Proceeds of a Qualifying IPO, (y) after giving effect to such prepayment, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (z) only if the payment is otherwise permitted under the subordination terms and conditions set forth in such in Subordinated Investor Notes),
(ii) make any payment on account of Indebtedness that has been contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations if such payment is not permitted at such time under the subordination terms and conditions, or
(b) Directly or indirectly, amend, modify, or change any of the terms or provisions of
(i) any agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing evidencing or concerning Permitted Indebtedness other than (A) the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement, (B) Permitted Intercompany Advances, and (C) Indebtedness permitted underclauses (c),(h),(j) and(k) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
(ii) the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries if the effect thereof, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, or
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(iii) any Material Contract except to the extent that such amendment, modification, or change could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
6.7.Restricted Payments. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to make any Restricted Payment;provided, that, so long as it is permitted by law,
(a) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Parent may make distributions to former employees, officers, or directors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing) on account of redemptions and/or repurchases of Equity Interests of Parent held by such Persons, provided, that the aggregate amount of such redemptions made by Parent during the term of this Agreement plus the amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clause (l) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, does not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate;
(b) Parent may make distributions to former employees, officers, or directors of Parent (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing), solely in the form of forgiveness of Indebtedness of such Persons owing to Parent on account of repurchases of the Equity Interests of Parent held by such Persons;provided that such Indebtedness was incurred by such Persons solely to acquire Equity Interests of Parent; and
(c) Borrower or Parent (as the case may be) may declare a dividend to the holders of its Equity Interests; provided no cash is distributed and such dividend (as the case may be), is satisfied solely by the issuance of (i) a Permitted Intercompany Advance (by way of promissory note issued by the Borrower in favour of the Parent) (in the case of a declaration of a dividend issued by the Borrower to the Parent) and (ii) the Subordinated Investor Notes (in the case of a declaration of a dividend issued by the Parent to the Investors).
6.8.Accounting Methods. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to modify or change its fiscal year or its method of accounting (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP or as contemplated in this Agreement.
6.9.Investments. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or acquire any Investment or incur any liabilities (including contingent obligations) for or in connection with any Investment except for Permitted Investments.
6.10.Transactions with Affiliates. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction with any Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except for:
(a) transactions (other than the payment of management, consulting, monitoring, or advisory fees) between Parent or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of Parent or its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, so long as such transactions are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-Affiliate,
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(b) so long as it has been approved by Parent’s or its applicable Subsidiary’s board of directors (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, any indemnity provided for the benefit of directors (or comparable managers) of Parent or its applicable Subsidiary,
(c) so long as it has been approved by Parent’s or its applicable Subsidiary’s board of directors (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, the payment of reasonable compensation, severance, or employee benefit arrangements to employees, officers, and outside directors of Parent and its Subsidiaries, in the ordinary course of business and consistent with industry practice, and
(d) transactions permitted bySection 6.3 orSection 6.9, or any Permitted Intercompany Advance.
6.11.Use of Proceeds. Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to use the proceeds of any loan made hereunder for any purpose other than (a) on the Closing Date, (i) to repay, in full, the outstanding principal, accrued interest, and accrued fees and expenses owing under or in connection with the Existing Credit Facility, (ii) to pay a portion of the consideration payable in connection with the consummation of the NH Acquisition, and (iii) to pay the fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the NH Acquisition and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, in each case, as set forth in the Funds Flow Agreement, and (b) thereafter, consistent with the terms and conditions hereof to finance the ongoing working capital, Capital Expenditure, Permitted Acquisitions and general corporate needs of Borrower and other Loan Parties (other than Parent), for their lawful and permitted purposes (including that no part of the proceeds of the loans made to Borrower will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors).
6.12.Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests. Except for the issuance or sale of Qualified Equity Interests by Parent or its Subsidiaries, Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue or sell their Equity Interests except in connection with a transaction permitted underSections 6.3 and6.4 or constitutes a Restricted Payment permitted underSection 6.7.
6.13.Parent as Holding Company. Borrower will not permit Parent to not incur any liabilities (other than liabilities arising under the Loan Documents), own or acquire any assets (other than the Equity Interests of Borrower and the other Loan Parties) or engage itself in any operations or business, except (a) in connection with its ownership of Borrower and the other Loan Parties, (b) activities incidental to maintenance of its corporate existence and the issuance of its Equity Interests, (c) guaranties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of Parent permitted by clause (e) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” (provided that guaranties by Parent of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of Parent that are not Loan Parties together with loans provided pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of “Permitted Intercompany Advances” shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate) and (d) its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents.
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6.14.Inactive Subsidiaries. Parent and Borrower will not permit any Inactive Subsidiary to (a) own any assets (other than assets of ade minimis nature, obligations under Permitted Intercompany Advances and with respect to WHSC, 100% of the Equity Interests of Accu-Med Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company), (b) have any liabilities (other than liabilities of ade minimis nature and obligations under Permitted Intercompany Advances), (c) engage in any business activity, (d) other than WHSC, continue in existence on or after the date that is 180 days after the Closing Date or (e) with respect to WHSC, continue in existence on or after the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date.
6.15.Canadian Pension Plans. No Loan Party shall: (i) contribute to or assume an obligation to contribute to any new Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan, without the prior written consent of Agent; or (ii) acquire an interest in any Person if such Person sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or at any time in the five-year period preceding such acquisition has sponsored, maintained, or contributed to a Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan, without the prior written consent of Agent, acting reasonably.
6.16.U.S. Employee Plans. Each Loan Party will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) Terminate, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to terminate, any Benefit Plan in a manner, or take any other action with respect to any Benefit Plan.
(b) Fail to make, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to fail to make, full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Employee Plan, agreement relating thereto or applicable law, any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate is required to pay except if the failure to make such payment could not be reasonably expected to result in Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Permit to exist, or allow any ERISA Affiliate to permit to exist, any accumulated funding deficiency within the meaning of section 302 of ERISA or section 412 of the IRC, whether or not waived, with respect to any Benefit Plan which exceeds $100,000 with respect to all Benefit Plans in the aggregate; or
(d) Permit the occurrence of any Notification Event.
6.17.Applications under the CCAA and BIA. Parent, Borrower and each other Loan Party and its Subsidiaries acknowledges that its business and financial relationships with the Lenders are unique from its relationship with any other of its creditors. Parent, Borrower and each other Loan Party and its Subsidiaries agrees that it shall not file any plan of arrangement under the CCAA or proposal under the BIA which provides for, or would permit, directly or indirectly, the Lenders to be classified with any other creditors of Parent, Borrower and each other Loan Party and its Subsidiaries for purposes of such CCAA plan of arrangement, BIA proposal or otherwise.
6.18.Location of Assets. No Canadian Loan Party (other than Borrower) shall own (a) any Investment Property with respect to entities organized under the laws of the United States, (b) own any Goods located in the United States at any time with an aggregate value (collectively, with all Canadian Loan Parties, other than Borrower) in excess of $250,000, (c)
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any Investment Property (including any Securities Accounts) or Deposit Accounts located in the United States or (d) any Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks or other Intellectual Property registered, or subject to an application for registration at any or any intellectual property office or agency in the United States. No US Loan Party shall own (a) any Investment Property with respect to entities organized under the laws of the Canada, (b) own any Goods located in the Canada at any time with an aggregate value (collectively, with all US Loan Parties, other than Borrower) in excess of $250,000, (c) any Investment Property (including any Securities Accounts) or Deposit Accounts located in the Canada or (d) any Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks or other Intellectual Property registered, or subject to an application for registration at any or any intellectual property office or agency in the Canada.
7. | FINANCIAL COVENANTS. |
Parent and Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations, Parent will:
(a)Minimum EBITDA. Prior to the Leverage Ratio Election Date, achieve EBITDA, measured on a quarter-end basis for the four quarter period ended on the date set forth below of at least the required amount set forth in the following table for the applicable four quarter period ended on the date set forth opposite thereto:
Applicable Amount | Applicable Period | |
– $4,000,000.00 | July 31, 2015 | |
– $5,000,000.00 | October 31, 2015 | |
– $6,000,000.00 | January 31, 2016 | |
– $6,500,000.00 | April 30, 2016 | |
– $500,000.00 | July 31, 2016 | |
$4,500,000.00 | October 31, 2016 | |
$8,000,000.00 | January 31, 2017 | |
$10,700,000.00 | April 30, 2017 | |
$13,000,000.00 | July 31, 2017 | |
$16,000,000.00 | October 31, 2017 | |
$17,800,000.00 | January 31, 2018 | |
$20,000,000.00 | April 30, 2018 and each fiscal quarter thereafter |
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Notwithstanding the occurrence of a Leverage Ratio Election Date, EBITDA shall be reported on any applicable Compliance Certificate delivered after the Leverage Ratio Election Date and tested with respect to an applicable quarter-end prior to the Leverage Ratio Election Date.
(b)Minimum Liquidity. Maintain Liquidity of at least $5,000,000 at all times on or prior to the Fixed Charge Election Date.
(c)Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. At all times on and after the Fixed Charge Election Date, (i) for each Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio testing period ending on or before January 31, 2018, have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.25:1.00, measured on a fiscal quarter-end basis; and (ii) for each Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio testing period ending on January 31, 2018 and thereafter, have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.50:1.00, measured on a fiscal quarter-end basis, in each case beginning on the first fiscal quarter-end after the Fixed Charge Election Date; provided that if a Fixed Charge Election Date occurs after a fiscal quarter-end with respect to which Borrower has not delivered financial statements to Agent pursuant toSection 5.1, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be tested as of such fiscal quarter-end on the date the Borrower delivers financial statements to Agent with respect to such fiscal quarter-end pursuant toSection 5.1.
(d)Leverage Ratio. At all times on and after the Leverage Ratio Election Date, have a Leverage Ratio tested beginning on the first fiscal quarter-end after the Leverage Ratio Election Date; provided that if a Leverage Ratio Election Date occurs after a fiscal quarter-end with respect to which Borrower has not delivered financial statements to Agent pursuant toSection 5.1, the Leverage Ratio shall be tested as of such fiscal quarter-end on the date the Borrower delivers financial statements to Agent with respect to such fiscal quarter-end pursuant toSection 5.1; and tested on each fiscal quarter-end thereafter during such Leverage Covenant Testing Period, of not greater than the applicable ratio set forth in the following table for the applicable date set forth opposite thereto:
Applicable Ratio | Applicable Date | |
5.00:1.00 | For each fiscal quarter ended on or before October 31, 2016 | |
4.75:1.00 | January 31, 2017 | |
4.50:1.00 | April 30, 2017 | |
4.25:1.00 | July 31, 2017 | |
4.00:1.00 | October 31, 2017 | |
3.75:1.00 | January 31, 2018 | |
3.50:1.00 | April 30, 2018 |
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Applicable Ratio | Applicable Date | |
3.25:1.00 | July 31, 2018 and each fiscal quarter thereafter |
8. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT. |
Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event of default (each, an “Event of Default”) under this Agreement:
8.1.Payments. If Borrower fails to pay when due and payable, or when declared due and payable, (a) all or any portion of the Obligations consisting of interest, fees, or charges due the Lender Group, reimbursement of Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts (other than any portion thereof constituting principal) constituting Obligations (including any portion thereof that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), and such failure continues for a period of 3 Business Days, (b) all or any portion of the principal of the Loans, or (c) any amount payable to Issuing Bank in reimbursement of any drawing under a Letter of Credit;
8.2.Covenants. If any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries:
(a) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of (i) Sections 3.6,5.1,5.3 (solely if Parent or any other Loan Party is not in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization),5.6,5.7 (solely if Parent or any other Loan Party refuses to allow Agent or its representatives or agents to visit Borrower’s properties, inspect its assets or books or records, examine and make copies of its books and records, or discuss Parent’s or Borrower’s affairs, finances, and accounts with officers and employees of Borrower),5.13 of this Agreement, (ii) Section 6 of this Agreement, (iii) Section 7 of this Agreement, (iv) Section 7 of the US Guaranty and Security Agreement, or (v) Section 7 of the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement;
(b) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any ofSections 5.4,5.5,5.8,5.10, 5.11,5.12 and5.13 of this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of 10 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of Borrower or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof is given to Borrower by Agent; or
(c) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement, or in any of the other Loan Documents, in each case, other than any such covenant or agreement that is the subject of another provision of thisSection 8 (in which event such other provision of thisSection 8 shall govern), and such failure continues for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of Borrower or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof is given to Borrower by Agent;
8.3.Judgments. If one or more judgments, orders, or awards for the payment of money involving an aggregate amount of $500,000 (or $1,000,000 after the consummation of a
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Qualifying IPO), or more (except to the extent fully covered (other than to the extent of customary deductibles) by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has not denied coverage) is entered or filed against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or with respect to any of their respective assets, and either (a) there is a period of 30 consecutive days at any time after the entry of any such judgment, order, or award during which (1) the same is not discharged, satisfied, vacated, or bonded pending appeal, or (2) a stay of enforcement thereof is not in effect, or (b) enforcement proceedings are commenced upon such judgment, order, or award;
8.4.Voluntary Bankruptcy, etc. If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
8.5.Involuntary Bankruptcy, etc. If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any of the following events occur: (a) such Loan Party or such Subsidiary consents to the institution of such Insolvency Proceeding against it, (b) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not timely controverted, (c) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not dismissed within 60 calendar days of the date of the filing thereof, (d) an interim trustee is appointed to take possession of all or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of, or to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of, such Loan Party or its Subsidiary, or (e) an order for relief shall have been issued or entered therein;
8.6.Default Under Other Agreements. If there is (a) a default in one or more agreements to which a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party with one or more third Persons relative to a Loan Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness (other than a default in or involuntary early termination of one or more Hedge Agreements to which a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party) involving an aggregate amount of $500,000 (or $1,000,000 after the consummation of a Qualifying IPO) or more, and such default (i) occurs at the final maturity of the obligations thereunder, or (ii) results in a right by such third Person, irrespective of whether exercised, to accelerate the maturity of such Loan Party’s or its Subsidiary’s obligations thereunder, or (b) a default in or an involuntary early termination of one or more Hedge Agreements to which a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving an aggregate amount of $250,000 or more;
8.7.Representations, etc. If any warranty, representation, certificate, statement, or Record made herein or in any other Loan Document or delivered in writing to Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document proves to be untrue in any material respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the date of issuance or making or deemed making thereof;
8.8.Guaranty. If the obligation of any Guarantor under the guaranty contained in either the US Guaranty and Security Agreement or the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement is limited or terminated by operation of law or by such Guarantor (other than in accordance with the terms thereof or of this Agreement);
8.9.Security Documents. If the US Security Documents, Canadian Security Documents or any other Loan Document that purports to create a Lien, shall, for any reason, fail
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or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent of Permitted Liens which are non-consensual Permitted Liens, permitted purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases, first priority Lien on the Collateral covered thereby, except (a) as a result of a disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or (b) with respect to Collateral the aggregate value of which, for all such Collateral, does not exceed at any time, $500,000 (or $1,000,000 after the consummation of a Qualifying IPO) or (c) as the result of an action or failure to act on the part of Agent;
8.10.Loan Documents. The validity or enforceability of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason (other than solely as the result of an action or failure to act on the part of Agent) be declared to be null and void, or a proceeding shall be commenced by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries shall deny that such Loan Party or its Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Loan Document; or
8.11.Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur, whether directly or indirectly.
9. | RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. |
9.1.Rights and Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Agent may, and, at the instruction of the Required Lenders, shall (in each case under clauses (a) or (b) by written notice to Borrower), in addition to any other rights or remedies provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or by applicable law, do any one or more of the following:
(a) (i) declare the principal of, and any and all accrued and unpaid interest and fees in respect of, the Loans and all other Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations), whether evidenced by this Agreement or by any of the other Loan Documents to be immediately due and payable, whereupon the same shall become and be immediately due and payable and Borrower shall be obligated to repay all of such Obligations in full, without presentment, demand, protest, or further notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower, and (ii) direct Borrower to provide (and Borrower agrees that upon receipt of such notice Borrower will provide) Letter of Credit Collateralization to Agent to be held as security for Borrower’s reimbursement obligations for drawings that may subsequently occur under issued and outstanding Letters of Credit;
(b) declare the Commitments terminated, whereupon the Commitments shall immediately be terminated together with (i) any obligation of any Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans, (ii) the obligation of any Swing Lender to make Swing Loans, and (iii) the obligation of Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit; and
(c) exercise all other rights and remedies available to Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents, under applicable law, or in equity.
The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described inSection 8.4 orSection 8.5, in addition to the remedies set forth above, without any
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notice to Borrower or any other Person or any act by the Lender Group, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations), inclusive of the principal of, and any and all accrued and unpaid interest and fees in respect of, the Loans and all other Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations), whether evidenced by this Agreement or by any of the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable and Borrower shall automatically be obligated to repay all of such Obligations in full (including Borrower being obligated to provide (and Borrower agrees that it will provide (1) Letter of Credit Collateralization to Agent to be held as security for Borrower’s reimbursement obligations in respect of drawings that may subsequently occur under issued and outstanding Letters of Credit, and (2) Bank Product Collateralization to be held as security for Borrower’s or their Subsidiaries’ obligations in respect of outstanding Bank Products), without presentment, demand, protest, or notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Parent and Borrower.
9.2.Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies of the Lender Group under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be cumulative. The Lender Group shall have all other rights and remedies not inconsistent herewith as provided under the PPSA or UCC, as applicable, by law, or in equity. No exercise by the Lender Group of one right or remedy shall be deemed an election, and no waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default shall be deemed a continuing waiver. No delay by the Lender Group shall constitute a waiver, election, or acquiescence by it.
10. | WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION. |
10.1.Demand; Protest; etc. Borrower waives demand, protest, notice of protest, notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension, or renewal of documents, instruments, chattel paper, and guarantees at any time held by the Lender Group on which Borrower may in any way be liable.
10.2.The Lender Group’s Liability for Collateral. Borrower hereby agrees that: (a) so long as Agent complies with its obligations, if any, under the UCC and the PPSA, the Lender Group shall not in any way or manner be liable or responsible for: (i) the safekeeping of the Collateral, (ii) any loss or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause, (iii) any diminution in the value thereof, or (iv) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, forwarding agency, or other Person, and (b) all risk of loss, damage, or destruction of the Collateral shall be borne by Borrower.
10.3.Indemnification. Borrower shall pay, indemnify, defend, and hold the Agent-Related Persons, and the Lender-Related Persons, (each, an “Indemnified Person”) harmless (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs, penalties, and damages, and all reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, experts, or consultants and all other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith or in connection with the enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), at any time asserted against, imposed upon, or incurred by any of them (a) in connection with or as a result of or related to the execution and delivery (provided that Borrower shall not be liable for
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costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) of any Lender (other than Wells Fargo) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering or syndicating the Loan Documents), enforcement, performance, or administration (including any restructuring or workout with respect hereto) of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the monitoring of Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents (provided, that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall not extend to (i) disputes solely between or among the Lenders that do not involve any acts or omissions of any Loan Party, or (ii) disputes solely between or among the members of the Lender Group and their respective Affiliates that do not involve any acts or omissions of any Loan Party; it being understood and agreed that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall extend to Agent (but not the Lenders) relative to disputes between or among Agent on the one hand, and one or more Lenders, or one or more of their Affiliates, on the other hand, or (iii) any Taxes or any costs attributable to Taxes, which shall be governed bySection 16), (b) with respect to any actual or prospective investigation, litigation, or proceeding related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the making of any Loans or issuance of any Letters of Credit hereunder, or the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit provided hereunder (irrespective of whether any Indemnified Person is a party thereto), or any act, omission, event, or circumstance in any manner related thereto, and (c) in connection with or arising out of any presence or release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under, to or from any assets or properties owned, leased or operated by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Environmental Actions, Environmental Liabilities or Remedial Actions related in any way to any such assets or properties of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (each and all of the foregoing, the “Indemnified Liabilities”). The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, no Borrower shall have any obligation to any Indemnified Person under thisSection 10.3 with respect to any Indemnified Liability that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or its officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or agents. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment in full of the Obligations. If any Indemnified Person makes any payment to any other Indemnified Person with respect to an Indemnified Liability as to which Borrower was required to indemnify the Indemnified Person receiving such payment, the Indemnified Person making such payment is entitled to be indemnified and reimbursed by Borrower with respect thereto.WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNIFIED PERSON WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES WHICH IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF ANY NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED PERSON OR OF ANY OTHER PERSON.
11. | NOTICES. |
Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other informational documents which may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall be personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), overnight courier, electronic mail (at such email addresses as a party may designate in accordance herewith), or telefacsimile. In the case of notices or demands to Parent, Borrower or Agent, as the case may be, they shall be sent to the respective address set forth below:
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If to Parent or Borrower: | c/oWESCOM SOLUTIONS INC. 6975 Creditview Road Suite 4 Mississauga, Ontario L5N 8E9 Attn: Chief Financial Officer Fax No. (905) 858-2248 | |
with copies to: | WILDEBOER DELLELCE LLP Suite 800, 365 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario M5H 2V1 Attn: Christopher A.J. Partridge, Esq. Fax No. (406) 361-1790 | |
If to Agent: | WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION CANADA c/o Wells Fargo Bank National Association One Boston Place 201 Washington Street, Suite 1800 Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Attn: PointClickCare Relationship Manager Fax No. (866) 370-5865 | |
with copies to: | WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION CANADA 40 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y2 Attn: Credit Officer, Canada Fax No. (866) 370-5865
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GOLDBERG KOHN LTD. 55 East Monroe Street, Suite 3300 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Attn: William A. Starshak, Esq. Fax No.: (312) 863-7426 |
Any party hereto may change the address at which they are to receive notices hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the other party. All notices or demands sent in accordance with thisSection 11, shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or 3 Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail;provided, that (a) notices sent by overnight courier service shall be deemed to have been given when received, (b) notices 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
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opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient) and (c) notices by electronic mail shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgment).
12. | CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER; JUDICIAL REFERENCE PROVISION. |
(a)THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO, AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSIES OR DISPUTES ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AND THE FEDERAL LAWS OF CANADA APPLICABLE THEREIN.
(b) THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO;PROVIDED, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. PARENT AND BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THISSECTION 12(b).
(c) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PARENT AND BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS, IF ANY, TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS (EACH A “CLAIM”). EACH OF PARENT AND BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS
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AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
(d) PARENT AND BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT AGENT MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(e) NO CLAIM MAY BE MADE BY ANY PARTY HEREUNDER OR ANY INDEMNIFIED PARTY AGAINST PARENT, BORROWER, AGENT, SWING LENDER, SWING LENDER, ANY OTHER LENDER, ANY ISSUING BANK, OR ANY AFFILIATE, DIRECTOR, OFFICER, EMPLOYEE, COUNSEL, REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT, OR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT OF ANY OF THEM FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR LOSSES IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY ACT, OMISSION, OR EVENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES, AND AGREES NOT TO SUE UPON ANY CLAIM FOR SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER OR NOT ACCRUED AND WHETHER OR NOT KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TO EXIST IN ITS FAVOR.
13. | ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS. |
13.1.Assignments and Participations.
(a)(i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (a)(ii) below, any Lender may assign and delegate all or any portion of its rights and duties under the Loan Documents (including the Obligations owed to it and its Commitments) to one or more assignees so long as such prospective assignee is an Eligible Transferee (each, an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent (such consent not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A) Borrower;provided, that no consent of Borrower shall be required (1) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or (2) in connection with an assignment to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate (other than natural persons) of a Lender;provided further, that Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to a proposed assignment unless they object thereto by written notice to Agent within 10 Business Days after having received notice thereof; and
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(B) Agent, Swing Lender and Issuing Bank.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) no assignment may be made to a natural person,
(B) no assignment may be made to a Loan Party, an Affiliate of a Loan Party, any Investor or any Affiliate of an Investor,
(C) the amount of the Commitments and the other rights and obligations of the assigning Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to Agent) shall be in a minimum amount (unless waived by Agent) of $5,000,000 (except such minimum amount shall not apply to (I) an assignment or delegation by any Lender to any other Lender, an Affiliate of any Lender, or a Related Fund of such Lender or (II) a group of new Lenders, each of which is an Affiliate of each other or a Related Fund of such new Lender to the extent that the aggregate amount to be assigned to all such new Lenders is at least $5,000,000),
(D) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement,
(E) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to Agent an Assignment and Acceptance;provided, that Borrower and Agent may continue to deal solely and directly with the assigning Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until written notice of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses, and related information with respect to the Assignee, have been given to Borrower and Agent by such Lender and the Assignee,
(F) unless waived by Agent, the assigning Lender or Assignee has paid to Agent, for Agent’s separate account, a processing fee in the amount of $3,500, and
(G) the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in a form approved by Agent (the “Administrative Questionnaire”).
(b) From and after the date that Agent receives the executed Assignment and Acceptance and, if applicable, payment of the required processing fee, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, shall be a “Lender” and shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the assigning Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (except with respect toSection 10.3) and be released from any future obligations under this Agreement (and in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto and thereto);provided, that
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nothing contained herein shall release any assigning Lender from obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement, including such assigning Lender’s obligations underSections 15 and17.9(a).
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of Borrower or the performance or observance by Borrower of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (iii) such Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance, (iv) such Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, (v) such Assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to Agent, by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and (vi) such Assignee agrees that it will perform all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(d) Immediately upon Agent’s receipt of the required processing fee, if applicable, and delivery of notice to the assigning Lender pursuant toSection 13.1(b), this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the Commitments arising therefrom. The Commitment allocated to each Assignee shall reduce such Commitments of the assigning Lenderpro tanto.
(e) Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more commercial banks, financial institutions, or other Persons (a “Participant”) participating interests in all or any portion of its Obligations, its Commitment, and the other rights and interests of that Lender (the “Originating Lender”) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;provided, that (i) the Originating Lender shall remain a “Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Participant receiving the participating interest in the Obligations, the Commitments, and the other rights and interests of the Originating Lender hereunder shall not constitute a “Lender” hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the Originating Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the Originating Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (iii) Borrower, Agent, and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Originating Lender in connection with the Originating Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) no Lender shall transfer or grant any participating interest under which the Participant has the right to approve any amendment to, or
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any consent or waiver with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to the extent such amendment to, or consent or waiver with respect to this Agreement or of any other Loan Document would (A) extend the final maturity date of the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (B) reduce the interest rate applicable to the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or guaranties (except to the extent expressly provided herein or in any of the Loan Documents) supporting the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (D) postpone the payment of, or reduce the amount of, the interest or fees payable to such Participant through such Lender (other than a waiver of default interest), or (E) decreases the amount or postpones the due dates of scheduled principal repayments or prepayments or premiums payable to such Participant through such Lender, (v) no participation shall be sold to a natural person, (vi) no participation shall be sold to a Loan Party, an Affiliate of a Loan Party, any Investor or any Affiliate of any Investor, and (vii) all amounts payable by Borrower hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation, except that, if amounts outstanding under this Agreement are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of set off in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement. The rights of any Participant only shall be derivative through the Originating Lender with whom such Participant participates and no Participant shall have any rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any direct rights as to the other Lenders, Agent, Borrower, any other Loan Party, the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Obligations. No Participant shall have the right to participate directly in the making of decisions by the Lenders among themselves.
(f) In connection with any such assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation or any grant of a security interest in, or pledge of, its rights under and interest in this Agreement, a Lender may, subject to the provisions ofSection 17.9, disclose all documents and information which it now or hereafter may have relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses.
(g) Any other provision in this Agreement notwithstanding, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of its rights under and interest in this Agreement in favor any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Bank or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 CFR §203.24, and such Federal Reserve or in favor of the Bank of Canada or any other lender or provider of financing to such Lender, and the Bank of Canada may enforce such pledge or security interest in any manner permitted under applicable law.
(h) Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices, a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender, and participations of each Lender in letters of credit hereunder, pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and Borrower, Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
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Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and each Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(i) In the event that a Lender sells participations in the Registered Loan, such Lender, as a non-fiduciary agent on behalf of Borrower, shall maintain (or cause to be maintained) a register on which it enters the name of all participants in the Registered Loans held by it (and the principal amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of such Registered Loans that is subject to such participations) (the “Participant Register”). A Registered Loan (and the Registered Note, if any, evidencing the same) may be participated in whole or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participant Register (and each registered note shall expressly so provide). Any participation of such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by the registration of such participation on the Participant Register.
(j) Agent shall make a copy of the Register (and each Lender shall make a copy of its Participant Register in the extent it has one) available for review by Borrower from time to time as Borrower may reasonably request.
13.2.Successors. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of each of the parties;provided, that no Borrower may assign this Agreement or any rights or duties hereunder without the Lenders’ prior written consent and any prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void ab initio. No consent to assignment by the Lenders shall release Borrower from its Obligations. A Lender may assign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and its rights and duties hereunder and thereunder pursuant toSection 13.1 and, except as expressly required pursuant toSection 13.1, no consent or approval by Borrower is required in connection with any such assignment.
14. | AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS. |
14.1.Amendments and Waivers.
(a) No amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than Bank Product Agreements or the Fee Letter), and no consent with respect to any departure by Parent or Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by Agent at the written request of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower, on behalf of all applicable Loan Parties that are party thereto, and then any such waiver or consent shall be effective, but only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;provided, that no such waiver, amendment, or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all of the Lenders directly affected thereby and all of the Loan Parties that are party thereto, do any of the following:
(i) increase the amount of or extend the expiration date of any Commitment of any Lender or amend, modify, or eliminate the last sentence ofSection 2.4(c)(i),
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(ii) postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts due hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
(iii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest on, any loan or other extension of credit hereunder, or reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document (except (y) in connection with the waiver of applicability ofSection 2.6(c) (which waiver shall be effective with the written consent of the Required Lenders),
(iv) amend, modify, or eliminate this Section or any provision of this Agreement providing for consent or other action by all Lenders,
(v) amend, modify, or eliminateSection 3.1 or3.2,
(vi) amend, modify, or eliminateSection 15.11,
(vii) other than as permitted bySection 15.11, release Agent’s Lien in and to all or substantially all of the Collateral,
(viii) amend, modify, or eliminate the definitions of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share”,
(ix) contractually subordinate any of Agent’s Liens (other than as set forth inSection 15.11(a)),
(x) other than in connection with a merger, amalgamation, liquidation, dissolution or sale of such Person expressly permitted by the terms hereof or the other Loan Documents, release Borrower or any Guarantor from any obligation for the payment of money or consent to the assignment or transfer by Borrower or any Guarantor of any of its rights or duties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
(xi) amend, modify, or eliminate any of the provisions ofSection 2.4(b)(i),(ii) or(iii), or
(xii) amend, modify, or eliminate any of the provisions ofSection 13.1 with respect to assignments to, or participations with, any Loan Party, an Affiliate of a Loan Party, an Investor or any Affiliate of an Investor;
(b) No amendment, waiver, modification, or consent shall amend, modify, waive, or eliminate,
(i) the definition of, or any of the terms or provisions of, the Fee Letter, without the written consent of Agent and Borrower (and shall not require the written consent of any of the Lenders),
(ii) any provision ofSection 15 pertaining to Agent, or any other rights or duties of Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Agent, Borrower, and the Required Lenders;
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(c) No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to an Issuing Bank, or any other rights or duties of Issuing Bank under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Issuing Bank, Agent, Borrower, and the Required Lenders;
(d) No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Swing Lender, or any other rights or duties of Swing Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Swing Lender, Agent, Borrower, and the Required Lenders;
(e) Anything in thisSection 14.1 to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) any amendment, modification, elimination, waiver, consent, termination, or release of, or with respect to, any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates only to the relationship of the Lender Group among themselves, and that does not affect the rights or obligations of any Loan Party, shall not require consent by or the agreement of any Loan Party, and (ii) any amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent of or with respect to any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be entered into without the consent of, or over the objection of, any Defaulting Lender;
(f) Anything in thisSection 14.1 to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) if Agent and Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of this Agreement or the other the Loan Documents, then Agent and Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within 3 Business Days following receipt of notice thereof; and
(g) Nothing in thisSection 14.1 shall be construed to prohibit the amendment of any schedule hereto or to any other Loan Document which is expressly permitted to be amended pursuant to written notice provided to Agent by Borrower or the applicable Loan Party.
14.2.Replacement of Certain Lenders.
(a) If (i) any action to be taken by the Lender Group or Agent hereunder requires the consent, authorization, or agreement of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby and if such action has received the consent, authorization, or agreement of the Required Lenders but not of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby, or (ii) any Lender makes a claim for compensation underSection 16, then Borrower or Agent, upon at least 5 Business Days prior irrevocable notice, may permanently replace any Lender that failed to give its consent, authorization, or agreement (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) or any Lender that made a claim for compensation (a “Tax Lender”) with one or more Replacement Lenders, and the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder. Such notice to replace the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable,
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shall specify an effective date for such replacement, which date shall not be later than 15 Business Days after the date such notice is given.
(b) Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, and each Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance, subject only to the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, being repaid in full its share of the outstanding Obligations (without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever, but including (i) all interest, fees and other amounts that may be due in payable in respect thereof, and (ii) an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of participations in the Letters of Credit). If the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior to the effective date of such replacement, Agent may, but shall not be required to, execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance in the name or and on behalf of the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, and irrespective of whether Agent executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance, the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance. The replacement of any Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall be made in accordance with the terms ofSection 13.1. Until such time as one or more Replacement Lenders shall have acquired all of the Obligations, the Commitments, and the other rights and obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall remain obligated to make the Non-Consenting Lender’s or Tax Lender’s, as applicable, Pro Rata Share of Revolving Loans and to purchase a participation in each Letter of Credit, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of participations in such Letters of Credit.
14.3.No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by Agent or any Lender to exercise any right, remedy, or option under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or delay by Agent or any Lender in exercising the same, will operate as a waiver thereof. No waiver by Agent or any Lender will be effective unless it is in writing, and then only to the extent specifically stated. No waiver by Agent or any Lender on any occasion shall affect or diminish Agent’s and each Lender’s rights thereafter to require strict performance by Parent and Borrower of any provision of this Agreement. Agent’s and each Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy that Agent or any Lender may have.
15. | AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP. |
15.1.Appointment and Authorization of Agent. Each Lender hereby designates and appoints (a) WFCFCC as Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to designate, appoint, and authorize) Agent to execute and deliver each of the other Loan Documents on its behalf and to take such other action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent agrees to act as agent for and on behalf of the Lenders (and the Bank Product Providers) on the conditions contained in thisSection 15. Any provision to the contrary
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contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document notwithstanding, Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents, nor shall Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender (or Bank Product Provider), and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with reference to 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 merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only a representative relationship between independent contracting parties. Each Lender hereby further authorizes (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent to act as the secured party under each of the Loan Documents that create a Lien on any item of Collateral. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions that Agent expressly is entitled to take or assert under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of any other provision of the Loan Documents that provides rights or powers to Agent, Lenders agree that Agent shall have the right to exercise the following powers as long as this Agreement remains in effect: (a) maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Collateral, payments and proceeds of Collateral, and related matters, (b) execute or file any and all financing or similar statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements, documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect to the Loan Documents, (c) make Revolving Loans, for itself or on behalf of Lenders, as provided in the Loan Documents, (d) exclusively receive, apply, and distribute payments and proceeds of the Collateral as provided in the Loan Documents, (e) open and maintain such bank accounts and cash management arrangements as Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance with the Loan Documents for the foregoing purposes, (f) perform, exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Lender Group with respect to Parent or its Subsidiaries, the Obligations, the Collateral, or otherwise related to any of same as provided in the Loan Documents, and (g) incur and pay such Lender Group Expenses as Agent may deem necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions and powers pursuant to the Loan Documents.
15.2.Delegation of Duties. Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys in fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney in fact that it selects as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
15.3.Liability of Agent. None of the Agent-Related Persons shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any officer or director thereof, contained in
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this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of Parent or its Subsidiaries or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the books and records or properties of Parent or its Subsidiaries.
15.4.Reliance by Agent. Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission, telex or telephone message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Borrower or counsel to any Lender), independent accountants and other experts selected by Agent. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless Agent shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Lenders as it deems appropriate and until such instructions are received, Agent shall act, or refrain from acting, as it deems advisable. If Agent so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders (and, if it so elects, the Bank Product Providers) against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders (and Bank Product Providers).
15.5.Notice of Default or Event of Default. Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest, fees, and expenses required to be paid to Agent for the account of the Lenders and, except with respect to Events of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default, and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” Agent promptly will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice or of any Event of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge. If any Lender obtains actual knowledge of any Event of Default, such Lender promptly shall notify the other Lenders and Agent of such Event of Default. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for giving any notices to its Participants, if any. Subject toSection 15.4, Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Required Lenders in accordance withSection 9;provided, that unless and until Agent has received any such request, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
15.6.Credit Decision. Each Lender (and Bank Product Provider) acknowledges that none of the Agent-Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of Parent and its Subsidiaries
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or Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by Agent-Related Person to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider). Each Lender represents (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to represent) to Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent-Related Person and based on such due diligence, documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document, and all applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrower. Each Lender also represents (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to represent) that it will, independently and without reliance upon Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document. Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly herein required to be furnished to the Lenders by Agent, Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender (or Bank Product Provider) with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document that may come into the possession of any of the Agent-Related Persons. Each Lender acknowledges (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that Agent does not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis (except to the extent, if any, that is expressly specified herein) to provide such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) with any credit or other information with respect to Borrower, its Affiliates or any of their respective business, legal, financial or other affairs, and irrespective of whether such information came into Agent’s or its Affiliates’ or representatives’ possession before or after the date on which such Lender became a party to this Agreement (or such Bank Product Provider entered into a Bank Product Agreement).
15.7.Costs and Expenses; Indemnification. Agent may incur and pay Lender Group Expenses to the extent Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions, powers, and obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents, including court costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses, fees and expenses of financial accountants, advisors, consultants, and appraisers, costs of collection by outside collection agencies, auctioneer fees and expenses, and costs of security guards or insurance premiums paid to maintain the Collateral, whether or not Borrower is obligated to reimburse Agent or Lenders for such expenses pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise. Agent is authorized and directed to deduct and retain sufficient amounts from payments or proceeds of the Collateral received by Agent to reimburse Agent for such out-of-pocket costs and expenses prior to the distribution of any amounts to Lenders (or Bank Product Providers). In the event Agent is not reimbursed for such costs and expenses by Parent or its Subsidiaries, each Lender hereby agrees that it is and shall be obligated to pay to Agent such Lender’s ratable thereof. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each of the Lenders, on a ratable basis, shall indemnify and defend the Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so) from and against any and all
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Indemnified Liabilities;provided, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting solely from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct nor shall any Lender be liable for the obligations of any Defaulting Lender in failing to make a Revolving Loan or other extension of credit hereunder. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Agent upon demand for such Lender’s ratable share of any costs or out of pocket expenses (including attorneys, accountants, advisors, and consultants fees and expenses) incurred by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrower. The undertakings in this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the resignation or replacement of Agent.
15.8.Agent in Individual Capacity. WFCFCC and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank Products to, acquire Equity Interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Document as though WFCFCC were not Agent hereunder, and, in each case, without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such activities, WFCFCC or its Affiliates may receive information regarding Parent or its subsidiaries and Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Parent or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers), and the Lenders acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver Agent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them. The terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include WFCFCC in its individual capacity.
15.9.Successor Agent. Agent may resign as Agent upon 30 days (10 days if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) prior written notice to the Lenders (unless such notice is waived by Required Lenders) and Borrower (unless such notice is waived by Borrower) and without any notice to the Bank Product Providers. If Agent resigns under this Agreement, Required Lenders shall be entitled, with (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the consent of Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned), appoint a successor Agent for the Lenders (and the Bank Product Providers). If, at the time that Agent’s resignation is effective, it is acting as an Issuing Bank or Swing Lender, such resignation shall also operate to effectuate its resignation as Issuing Bank or Swing Lender, as applicable, and it shall automatically be relieved of any further obligation to issue Letters of Credit, to cause the Underlying Issuer to issue Letters of Credit, or to make Swing Loans. If no successor Agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of Agent, Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and Borrower, a successor Agent. If Agent has materially breached or failed to perform any material provision of this Agreement or of applicable law, Required Lenders may agree in writing to remove and replace Agent with a
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successor Agent from among the Lenders with (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the consent of Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned). In any such event, upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor Agent hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties of the retiring Agent and the term “Agent” shall mean such successor Agent and the retiring Agent’s appointment, powers, and duties as Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of thisSection 15 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement. If no successor Agent has accepted appointment as Agent by the date which is 30 days following a retiring Agent’s notice of resignation, Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Lenders appoint a successor Agent, as provided for above.
15.10.Lender in Individual Capacity. Any Lender and its respective Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank Products to, acquire Equity Interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though such Lender were not a Lender hereunder without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group (or the Bank Product Providers). The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such activities, such Lender and its respective Affiliates may receive information regarding Parent or its Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Parent or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver such Lender will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), such Lender shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them.
15.11.Collateral Matters.
(a) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent to release any Lien on any Collateral (i) upon the termination of the Commitments and payment and satisfaction in full by Borrower of all of the Obligations, (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if a release is required or desirable in connection therewith and if Borrower certifies to Agent that the sale or disposition is permitted underSection 6.4 (and Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), (iii) constituting property in which Parent or its Subsidiaries owned any interest at the time Agent’s Lien was granted nor at any time thereafter, (iv) constituting property leased or licensed to Parent or its Subsidiaries under a lease or license that has expired or is terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or (v) in connection with a credit bid or purchase authorized under thisSection 15.11. The Loan Parties and the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, to (a) consent to the sale of, credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the
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Collateral at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale or other disposition thereof conducted under the provisions of the UCC, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC, the PPSA or any other applicable law, or (c) credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any other sale or foreclosure conducted or consented to by Agent in accordance with the PPSA, the UCC or any other applicable law in any judicial action or proceeding or by the exercise of any legal or equitable remedy. In connection with any such credit bid or purchase, (i) the Obligations owed to the Lenders and the Bank Product Providers shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims being estimated for such purpose if the fixing or liquidation thereof would not impair or unduly delay the ability of Agent to credit bid or purchase at such sale or other disposition of the Collateral and, if such contingent or unliquidated claims cannot be estimated without impairing or unduly delaying the ability of Agent to credit bid at such sale or other disposition, then such claims shall be disregarded, not credit bid, and not entitled to any interest in the Collateral that is the subject of such credit bid or purchase) and the Lenders and the Bank Product Providers whose Obligations are credit bid shall be entitled to receive interests (ratably based upon the proportion of their Obligations credit bid in relation to the aggregate amount of Obligations so credit bid) in the Collateral that is the subject of such credit bid or purchase (or in the Equity Interests of the any entities that are used to consummate such credit bid or purchase), and (ii) Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, may accept non-cash consideration, including debt and equity securities issued by any entities used to consummate such credit bid or purchase and in connection therewith Agent may reduce the Obligations owed to the Lenders and the Bank Product Providers (ratably based upon the proportion of their Obligations credit bid in relation to the aggregate amount of Obligations so credit bid) based upon the value of such non-cash consideration. Except as provided above, Agent will not execute and deliver a release of any Lien on any Collateral without the prior written authorization of (y) if the release is of all or substantially all of the Collateral, all of the Lenders (without requiring the authorization of the Bank Product Providers), or (z) otherwise, the Required Lenders (without requiring the authorization of the Bank Product Providers). Upon request by Agent or Borrower at any time, the Lenders will (and if so requested, the Bank Product Providers will) confirm in writing Agent’s authority to release any such Liens on particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to thisSection 15.11;provided, that (1) anything to the contrary contained in any of the Loan Documents notwithstanding, Agent shall not be required to execute any document or take any action necessary to evidence such release on terms that, in Agent’s reasonable opinion, could expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Lien without recourse, representation, or warranty, and (2) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly released) upon (or obligations of Borrower in respect of) any and all interests retained by Borrower, including, the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. Each Lender further hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to irrevocably authorize) Agent, at its option and in its sole discretion, to subordinate any Lien granted to or held by
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Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Permitted Lien on such property if such Permitted Lien secures Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness.
(b) Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any of the Lenders (or the Bank Product Providers) (i) to verify or assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Parent or its Subsidiaries or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, (ii) to verify or assure that Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (iii) to impose, maintain, increase, reduce, implement, or eliminate any particular reserve hereunder or to determine whether the amount of any reserve is appropriate or not, or (iv) to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agent pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion given Agent’s own interest in the Collateral in its capacity as one of the Lenders and that Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider) as to any of the foregoing, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.
15.12.Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments.
(a) Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written consent of Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request of Agent, set off against the Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to Parent or its Subsidiaries or any deposit accounts of Parent or its Subsidiaries now or hereafter maintained with such Lender. Each of the Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested to do so in writing by Agent, take or cause to be taken any action, including, the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings to enforce any Loan Document against Borrower or any Guarantor or to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(b) If, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff, or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations, except for any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) payments from Agent in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all such distributions by Agent, such Lender promptly shall (A) turn the same over to Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to Agent, or in immediately available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (B) purchase, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares;provided, that to the extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it, those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the applicable portion of the purchase price paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party, but without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required to pay interest in connection with the recovery of the excess payment.
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15.13.Agency for Perfection. Agent hereby appoints each other Lender (and each Bank Product Provider) as its agent (and each Lender hereby accepts (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to accept) such appointment) for the purpose of perfecting Agent’s Liens in assets which, in accordance with Article 8 or Article 9, as applicable, of the UCC, or any other provision of the PPSA, or other applicable law, can be perfected by possession or control. Should any Lender obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Agent’s request therefor shall deliver possession or control of such Collateral to Agent or in accordance with Agent’s instructions.
15.14.Payments by Agent to the Lenders. All payments to be made by Agent to the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) shall be made by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to such wire transfer instructions as each party may designate for itself by written notice to Agent. Concurrently with each such payment, Agent shall identify whether such payment (or any portion thereof) represents principal, premium, fees, or interest of the Obligations.
15.15.Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents. Each member of the Lender Group authorizes and directs Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each member of the Lender Group agrees (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to agree) that any action taken by Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral and the exercise by Agent of its powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders (and such Bank Product Provider).
15.16.Financial Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information. By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender:
(a) is deemed to have requested that Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each financial examination report respecting Parent or its Subsidiaries (each, a “Report”) prepared by or at the request of Agent, and Agent shall so furnish each Lender with such Reports,
(b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that Agent does not (i) make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report,
(c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that Agent or other party performing any financial examination will inspect only specific information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries and will rely significantly upon Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ books and records, as well as on representations of Borrower’s personnel,
(d) agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a confidential manner in accordance withSection 17.9, and
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(e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold Agent and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to Borrower, or the indemnifying Lender’s participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a loan or loans of Borrower, and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including, attorneys’ fees and costs) incurred by Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.
(f) In addition to the foregoing, (x) any Lender may from time to time request of Agent in writing that Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or document provided by Parent or its Subsidiaries to Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by Parent or such Subsidiary to such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, (y) to the extent that Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to request additional reports or information from Parent or its Subsidiaries, any Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lender’s notice to Agent, whereupon Agent promptly shall request of Borrower the additional reports or information reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon receipt thereof from Parent or such Subsidiary, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, and (z) any time that Agent renders to Borrower a statement regarding the Loan Account, Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each Lender.
15.17.Several Obligations; No Liability. Notwithstanding that certain of the Loan Documents now or hereafter may have been or will be executed only by or in favor of Agent in its capacity as such, and not by or in favor of the Lenders, any and all obligations on the part of Agent (if any) to make any credit available hereunder shall constitute the several (and not joint) obligations of the respective Lenders on a ratable basis, according to their respective Commitments, to make an amount of such credit not to exceed, in principal amount, at any one time outstanding, the amount of their respective Commitments. Nothing contained herein shall confer upon any Lender any interest in, or subject any Lender to any liability for, or in respect of, the business, assets, profits, losses, or liabilities of any other Lender. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters relating to the Loan Documents to the extent any such notice may be required, and no Lender shall have any obligation, duty, or liability to any Participant of any other Lender. Except as provided inSection 15.7, no member of the Lender Group shall have any liability for the acts of any other member of the Lender Group. No Lender shall be responsible to Parent, Borrower or any other Person for any failure by any other Lender (or Bank Product Provider) to fulfill its obligations to make credit available hereunder, nor to advance for such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) or on its behalf, nor to take any other action on behalf of such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) hereunder or in connection with the financing contemplated herein.
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15.18.Quebec Security. Without limiting the powers of the Agent, for the purposes of holding any hypothec granted to the Attorney (as defined below) pursuant to the laws of the Province of Québec to secure the prompt payment and performance of any and all Obligations by any Loan Party, each of the Lenders and Bank Product Providers hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Agent and, to the extent necessary, ratifies the appointment and authorization of the Agent, to act as the hypothecary representative of the creditors as contemplated under Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec (in such capacity, the “Attorney”), and to enter into, to take and to hold on their behalf, and for their benefit, any hypothec, and to exercise such powers and duties that are conferred upon the Attorney under any related deed of hypothec. The Attorney shall: (a) have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise, except as may be otherwise specifically restricted by the terms hereof, all rights and remedies given to the Attorney pursuant to any such deed of hypothec and applicable law, and (b) benefit from and be subject to all provisions hereof with respect to the Agent mutatis mutandis, including, without limitation, all such provisions with respect to the liability or responsibility to and indemnification by the Lenders and Bank Product Providers and Loan Parties. Any person who becomes a Lender or Bank Product Provider shall, by its execution of an Assignment and Acceptance, be deemed to have consented to and confirmed the Attorney as the person acting as hypothecary representative holding the aforesaid hypothecs as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of the date it becomes a Lender or Bank Product Provider, all actions taken by the Attorney in such capacity. The substitution of the Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Section 15.18 also constitute the substitution of the Attorney.
16. | WITHHOLDING TAXES. |
16.1.Payments. All payments made by Borrower hereunder or under any note or other Loan Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim, or other defense. In addition, all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future Indemnified Taxes, and in the event any deduction or withholding of Indemnified Taxes is required, Borrower shall comply with the next sentence of thisSection 16.1. If any Indemnified Taxes are so levied or imposed, Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Indemnified Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement, any note, or Loan Document, including any amount paid pursuant to thisSection 16.1 after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Indemnified Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein. Borrower will furnish to Agent as promptly as possible after the date the payment of any Indemnified Tax is due from Borrower pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by Borrower. Borrower agree to pay any present or future stamp, value added or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges, or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, performance, recordation, or filing of, or otherwise with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
16.2.Exemptions.
(a) If a Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption or reduction from any Canadian withholding tax that would otherwise be applicable, such Lender or Participant agrees with and in favour of Agent, to deliver to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) a properly completed and executed
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copy of a Canada Revenue Agency form NR301, NR302 or NR303 (as applicable) before receiving its first payment under this Agreement.
(b) If a payment made to a Lender would be subject to United States federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender fails to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA, such Lender shall deliver to Agent and Borrower any documentation under any requirement of law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the IRC) or reasonably requested by Agent or Borrower sufficient for Agent or Borrower to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine whether such Lender or Agent has complied with such applicable reporting requirements. Solely for purposes of this paragraph (c), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(c) Each Lender or Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration, invalidity or obsolescence of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
(d) If a Lender or Participant claims an exemption from withholding tax in a jurisdiction other than the United States or Canada, such Lender or such Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent, to deliver to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) any such form or forms, as may be required under the laws of such jurisdiction as a condition to exemption from, or reduction of, foreign withholding or backup withholding tax before receiving its first payment under this Agreement, but only if such Lender or such Participant is legally able to deliver such forms, provided, that nothing in thisSection 16.2(c) shall require a Lender or Participant to disclose any information that it deems to be confidential (including its tax returns). Each Lender and each Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
(e) If a Lender or Participant claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax and such Lender or Participant sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or part of the Obligations of Borrower to such Lender or Participant, such Lender or Participant agrees to notify Agent (or, in the case of a sale of a participation interest, to the Lender granting the participation only) of the percentage amount in which it is no longer the beneficial owner of Obligations of Borrower to such Lender or Participant. To the extent of such percentage amount, Agent will treat such Lender’s or such Participant’s documentation provided pursuant toSection 16.2(a) or16.2(c) as no longer valid. With respect to such percentage amount, such Participant or Assignee may provide new documentation, pursuant toSection 16.2(a) or16.2(c), if applicable. Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of thisSection 16 with respect to its participation in any portion of the Commitments and the Obligations so long as such Participant complies with the obligations set forth in thisSection 16 with respect thereto.
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16.3.Reductions.
(a) If a Lender or a Participant is subject to an applicable withholding tax, Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the Lender granting the participation) may withhold from any payment to such Lender or such Participant an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax. If the forms or other documentation required bySection 16.2(a) or16.2(c) are not delivered to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation), then Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) may withhold from any payment to such Lender or such Participant not providing such forms or other documentation an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax.
(b) If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority of the United States, Canada or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender or any Participant due to a failure on the part of the Lender or any Participant (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify Agent (or such Participant failed to notify the Lender granting the participation) of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason) such Lender shall indemnify and hold Agent harmless (or, in the case of a Participant, such Participant shall indemnify and hold the Lender granting the participation harmless) for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation), as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) under thisSection 16, together with all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses). The obligation of the Lenders and the Participants under this subsection shall survive the payment of all Obligations and the resignation or replacement of Agent.
16.4.Refunds. If Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes to which Borrower have paid additional amounts pursuant to thisSection 16, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, it shall pay over such refund to Borrower (but only to the extent of payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Borrower under thisSection 16 with respect to Indemnified Taxes giving rise to such a refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the applicable Governmental Authority with respect to such a refund);provided, that Borrower, upon the request of Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges, imposed by the applicable Governmental Authority, other than such penalties, interest or other charges imposed as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of Agent hereunder as determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction) Agent or such Lender in the event Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, thisSection 16 shall not be construed to require Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information which it deems confidential) to Borrower or any other Person.
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17. | GENERAL PROVISIONS. |
17.1.Effectiveness. This Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective when executed by Parent, Borrower, Agent, and each Lender whose signature is provided for on the signature pages hereof.
17.2.Section Headings. Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only. Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.
17.3.Interpretation. Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed against the Lender Group or Parent or Borrower, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.
17.4.Severability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision.
17.5.Bank Product Providers. Each Bank Product Provider in its capacity as such shall be deemed a third party beneficiary hereof and of the provisions of the other Loan Documents for purposes of any reference in a Loan Document to the parties for whom Agent is acting. Agent hereby agrees to act as agent for such Bank Product Providers and, by virtue of entering into a Bank Product Agreement, the applicable Bank Product Provider shall be automatically deemed to have appointed Agent as its agent and to have accepted the benefits of the Loan Documents. It is understood and agreed that the rights and benefits of each Bank Product Provider under the Loan Documents consist exclusively of such Bank Product Provider’s being a beneficiary of the Liens and security interests (and, if applicable, guarantees) granted to Agent and the right to share in payments and collections out of the Collateral as more fully set forth herein. In addition, each Bank Product Provider, by virtue of entering into a Bank Product Agreement, shall be automatically deemed to have agreed that Agent shall have the right, but shall have no obligation, to establish, maintain, relax, or release reserves in respect of the Bank Product Obligations and that if reserves are established there is no obligation on the part of Agent to determine or insure whether the amount of any such reserve is appropriate or not. In connection with any such distribution of payments or proceeds of Collateral, Agent shall be entitled to assume no amounts are due or owing to any Bank Product Provider unless such Bank Product Provider has provided a written certification (setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation) to Agent as to the amounts that are due and owing to it and such written certification is received by Agent a reasonable period of time prior to the making of such distribution. Agent shall have no obligation to calculate the amount due and payable with respect to any Bank Products, but may rely upon the written certification of the amount due and payable from the applicable Bank Product Provider. In the absence of an updated certification, Agent shall be entitled to assume that the amount due and payable to the applicable Bank Product Provider is the amount last certified to Agent by such Bank Product Provider as being due and payable (less any distributions made to such Bank Product Provider on account thereof). Borrower may obtain Bank Products from any Bank Product Provider, although Borrower are not required to do so.
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Borrower acknowledges and agrees that no Bank Product Provider has committed to provide any Bank Products and that the providing of Bank Products by any Bank Product Provider is in the sole and absolute discretion of such Bank Product Provider. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no provider or holder of any Bank Product shall have any voting or approval rights hereunder (or be deemed a Lender) solely by virtue of its status as the provider or holder of such agreements or products or the Obligations owing thereunder, nor shall the consent of any such provider or holder be required (other than in their capacities as Lenders, to the extent applicable) for any matter hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, including as to any matter relating to the Collateral or the release of Collateral or Guarantors.
17.6.Debtor-Creditor Relationship. The relationship between the Lenders and Agent, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor. No member of the Lender Group has (or shall be deemed to have) any fiduciary relationship or duty to any Loan Party arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby, and there is no agency or joint venture relationship between the members of the Lender Group, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, by virtue of any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein.
17.7.Counterparts; Electronic Execution. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis mutandis.
17.8.Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations; Certain Waivers.
(a) If any member of the Lender Group or any Bank Product Provider repays, refunds, restores, or returns in whole or in part, any payment or property (including any proceeds of Collateral) previously paid or transferred to such member of the Lender Group or such Bank Product Provider in full or partial satisfaction of any Obligation or on account of any other obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document or any Bank Product Agreement, because the payment, transfer, or the incurrence of the obligation so satisfied is asserted or declared to be void, voidable, or otherwise recoverable under any law relating to creditors’ rights, including provisions of the Bankruptcy Code relating to fraudulent transfers, preferences, or other voidable or recoverable obligations or transfers (each, a “Voidable Transfer”), or because such member of the Lender Group or Bank Product Provider elects to do so on the reasonable advice of its counsel in connection with a claim that the payment, transfer, or incurrence is or may be a Voidable Transfer, then, as to any such Voidable Transfer, or the amount thereof that such member of the Lender Group or Bank Product Provider elects to repay, restore, or return (including pursuant to a settlement of any claim in respect thereof),
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and as to all reasonable costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees of such member of the Lender Group or Bank Product Provider related thereto, (i) the liability of the Loan Parties with respect to the amount or property paid, refunded, restored, or returned will automatically and immediately be revived, reinstated, and restored and will exist and (ii) Agent’s Liens securing such liability shall be effective, revived, and remain in full force and effect, in each case, as fully as if such Voidable Transfer had never been made. If, prior to any of the foregoing, (A) Agent’s Liens shall have been released or terminated or (B) any provision of this Agreement shall have been terminated or cancelled, Agent’s Liens, or such provision of this Agreement, shall be reinstated in full force and effect and such prior release, termination, cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligation of any Loan Party in respect of such liability or any Collateral securing such liability.
17.9.Confidentiality.
(a) Agent and Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that material, non-public information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans (“Confidential Information”) shall be treated by Agent and the Lenders in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the Lenders to Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except: (i) to attorneys for and other advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group and to employees, directors and officers of any member of the Lender Group (the Persons in this clause (i), “Lender Group Representatives”) on a “need to know” basis in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and on a confidential basis, (ii) to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group (including the Bank Product Providers), provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of thisSection 17.9, (iii) as may be required by regulatory authorities so long as such authorities are informed of the confidential nature of such information, (iv) as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation;provided that (x) prior to any disclosure under this clause (iv), the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrower with prior notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior notice to Borrower pursuant to the terms of the applicable statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation and (y) any disclosure under this clause (iv) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation, (v) as may be agreed to in advance in writing by Borrower, (vi) as requested or required by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, provided, that, (x) prior to any disclosure under this clause (vi) the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrower with prior written notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior written notice to Borrower pursuant to the terms of the subpoena or other legal process and (y) any disclosure under this clause (vi) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such Governmental Authority pursuant to such subpoena or other legal process, (vii) as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or the Lenders or the Lender Group Representatives), (viii) in connection with any assignment, participation or pledge of any Lender’s interest under this
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Agreement, provided that prior to receipt of Confidential Information any such assignee, participant, or pledgee shall have agreed in writing to receive such Confidential Information either subject to the terms of thisSection 17.9 or pursuant to confidentiality requirements substantially similar to those contained in thisSection 17.9 (and such Person may disclose such Confidential Information to Persons employed or engaged by them as described in clause (i) above), (ix) in connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which such litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to the rights or duties of such parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;provided, that, prior to any disclosure to any Person (other than any Loan Party, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel) under this clause (ix) with respect to litigation involving any Person (other than Borrower, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel), the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrower with prior written notice thereof, and (x) in connection with, and to the extent reasonably necessary for, the exercise of any secured creditor remedy under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document.
(b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Agent may disclose information concerning the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to loan syndication and pricing reporting services or in its marketing or promotional materials, with such information to consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications or marketing or promotional materials and may otherwise use the name, logos, and other insignia of Borrower or the other Loan Parties and the Commitments provided hereunder in any “tombstone” or other advertisements, on its website or in other marketing materials of Agent.
(c) The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge that Agent or its Affiliates may make available to the Lenders materials or information provided by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks, SyndTrak or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and 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 Loan Parties or their securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Loan Parties shall be deemed to have authorized Agent and its Affiliates and the Lenders to treat Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” or otherwise at any time filed with the SEC as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Loan Parties or their securities for purposes of United States and Canadian federal, state, provincial or territorial securities laws. All Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Investor” (or another similar term). Agent and its Affiliates and the Lenders shall treat Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” or that are not at any time filed with the SEC as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not marked as “Public Investor” (or such other similar term). The Loan Parties shall have no obligation to mark Borrower Materials or other information as “PUBLIC”.
17.10.Survival. All representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan
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Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that Agent, Issuing Bank, or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of, or any accrued interest on, any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding or unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or been terminated.
17.11.Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorism Compliance.
(a) Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower, which information includes the name and address of Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act. In addition, if Agent is required by law or regulation or internal policies to do so, it shall have the right to periodically conduct (a) Patriot Act searches, OFAC/PEP searches, and customary individual background checks for the Loan Parties and (b) OFAC/PEP searches and customary individual background checks for the Loan Parties’ senior management and key principals, and Borrower agrees to cooperate in respect of the conduct of such searches and further agrees that the reasonable costs and charges for such searches shall constitute Lender Group Expenses hereunder and be for the account of Borrower.
(b) The Lenders may be subject to Canadian Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorism Legislation and “know your customer” rules and regulations, and they hereby notify Borrower that in order to comply with such legislation, rules and regulations, they may be, among other things, required to obtain verify and record information pertaining to Borrower, which information may relate to among other things, the names, addresses, corporate directors, corporate registration numbers, corporate tax numbers, corporate shareholders and banking transactions of Borrower. Borrower hereby agree to take such actions and to provide, upon request, such information and access to information regarding Borrower that is required to enable the Lenders to comply with such Canadian Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorism Legislation and “know your customer” rules and regulations.
17.12.Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, reflects the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, before the date hereof. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, all Bank Product Agreements, if any, are independent agreements governed by the written provisions of such Bank Product Agreements, which will remain in full force and effect, unaffected by any repayment, prepayments, acceleration, reduction, increase, or change in the terms of any credit extended hereunder, except as otherwise expressly provided in such Bank Product Agreement.
17.13.Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal
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banking procedures Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to Agent or any Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase this Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of this Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to Agent or any Lender from Borrower in this Agreement Currency, Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss. If the amount of this Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to Agent or any Lender in such currency, Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
PARENT: | POINTCLICKCARE CORP., | |||||
an Ontario corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Mike Wessinger | |||||
Name: | Mike Wessinger | |||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
BORROWER: | WESCOM SOLUTIONS INC., | |||||
an Ontario corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Paul Rybecky | |||||
Name: | Paul Rybecky | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION CANADA,an Ontario corporation, as Agent and as a Lender | ||||||
By: | /s/ David Phillips | |||||
Name: | David Phillips | |||||
Title: | Senior Vice President |
Schedule A-1
Agent’s Account
WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION CANADA
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS FOR TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
CAD Wire Instructions:
Bank: | TD Canada Trust | |
Bank Address: | 55 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5K 1A2 | |
Transit Number | 10202 | |
Bank Number: | 004 | |
Canadian Clearing Code: | 000410202 | |
SWIFT Number: | TDOMCATTTOR | |
Beneficiary: | Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada | |
Beneficiary Account Number: | 5388221 | |
Beneficiary Address: | 40 King Street West Suite 2500, Toronto, ON M5H 3Y2 Canada | |
Ordering Customer: | Client Name |
USD Wire Instructions:
Bank: | TD Canada Trust | |
Bank Address: | 55 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5K 1A2 | |
Transit Number | 10202 | |
Bank Number: | 004 | |
Canadian Clearing Code: | 000410202 | |
SWIFT Number: | TDOMCATTTOR | |
Beneficiary: | Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada | |
Beneficiary Account Number: | 7387637 | |
Beneficiary Address: | 40 King Street West Suite 2500, Toronto, ON M5H 3Y2 Canada | |
Ordering Customer: | Client Name |
Intermediary Bank for USD Payment (Only for paying from Non-Canadian Bank):
U.S. Correspondent Bank: | Bank of America, N.A. | |
ABA Number: | 026009593 | |
Bank Address: | New York, NY |
Schedule C-1
Lender | Revolver Commitment | Total Commitments | ||||||
Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporate Canada | $ | 40,000,000 | $ | 40,000,000 | ||||
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Schedule 1.1
As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
“Accounting Changes” means changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if the Parent has adopted IFRS in lieu of GAAP, the International Accounting Standards Board (or successor thereto or any agency with similar functions).
“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person whose assets or Equity Interests are acquired by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition;provided, that such Indebtedness (a) is either purchase money Indebtedness or a Capital Lease with respect to Equipment or mortgage financing with respect to Real Property, (b) was in existence prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition, and (c) was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition.
“Acquisition” means (a) the purchase or other acquisition by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of (or any division or business line of) any other Person, or (b) the purchase or other acquisition (whether by means of a merger, amalgamation, consolidation, or otherwise) by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any other Person.
“Additional Documents” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 5.12 of the Agreement.
“Administrative Questionnaire” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 13.1(a) of the Agreement.
“Affected Lender” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.13(b) of the Agreement.
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Equity Interests, by contract, or otherwise;provided, that, for purposes ofSection 6.10 of the Agreement: (a) any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such Person) shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person, (b) each director (or comparable manager) of a Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Person, and (c) each partnership in which a Person is a general partner shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person.
“Agent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
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“Agent-Related Persons” means Agent, together with its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.
“Agent’s Account” means the Deposit Account identified onSchedule A-1 to the Agreement (or such other Deposit Account that has been designated as such, in writing, by Agent to Borrower and the Lenders).
“Agent’s Liens” means the Liens granted by Parent or its Subsidiaries to Agent under the Loan Documents and securing the Obligations.
“Agreement” means the Credit Agreement to which thisSchedule 1.1 is attached.
“Applicable Margin” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to Prime Rate Loans or Non-Prime Rate Loans, as applicable, the applicable margin set forth in the following table that corresponds to Average Availability;provided, that for the period from the Closing Date through July 31, 2015, the Applicable Margin shall be set at the margin in the row styled “Level III”1;provided further, that any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Applicable Margin shall be set at the margin in the row styled “Level IV”:
Level | Average Availability | Applicable Margin Relative to Prime Rate Loans (the “Prime Rate Margin”) | Applicable Margin Relative to Non-Prime Rate Loans (the “Non- Prime Rate Margin”) | |||
I | ³ $30,000,000 | 1.75 percentage points | 2.75 percentage points | |||
II | ³ $20,000,000 to < $30,000,000 | 2.00 percentage points | 3.00 percentage points | |||
III | ³ $10,000,000 to < $20,000,000 | 2.25 percentage points | 3.25 percentage points | |||
IV | < $10,000,000 | 2.50 percentage points | 3.50 percentage points |
Except as set forth in the foregoing proviso, the Applicable Margin shall be based upon the most recent Average Availability calculation as of the end of each month. Except as set forth in the foregoing proviso, the Applicable Margin shall be re-determined monthly on the first day of the month.
“Application Event” means the occurrence of (a) a failure by Borrower to repay all of the Obligations in full on the Maturity Date, or (b) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the election by Agent or the Required Lenders to require that payments and proceeds of Collateral be applied pursuant toSection 2.4(b)(iii) of the Agreement.
“Assignee” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 13.1(a) of the Agreement.
1 | TBD based on Closing Date usage |
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“Assignment and Acceptance” means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement substantially in the form ofExhibit A-1 to the Agreement.
“Authorized Person” means any one of the individuals identified onSchedule A-2 to the Agreement, as such schedule is updated from time to time by written notice from Borrower to Agent.
“Availability” means, as of any date of determination, the amount that Borrower is entitled to borrow as Revolving Loans underSection 2.1 of the Agreement (after giving effect to the then outstanding Revolver Usage).
“Average Availability” means for any date that is the end of the calendar month, the average daily Availability of Borrower during the calendar month ending on such date.
“BA Equivalent Rate” means, on any day, with respect to the BA Interest Period for a BA Equivalent Loan, the interest rate determined by the Agent by reference to the arithmetic average of the discount rates quoted for bankers’ acceptances in Canadian Dollars for such term on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) determined on the first day of the applicable term or, in the event that such Reuters Screen CDOR Page does not appear on such day for such term, the rate determined by the Agent by reference to the arithmetic average of the discount rates for bankers’ acceptances for such term quoted by the banks listed in Schedule I to the Bank Act (Canada) determined in accordance with their normal practices at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the first day of the applicable term.
“BA Rate Loan” means each portion of the Revolving Loans that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the BA Equivalent Rate.
“Bank Product” means any one or more of the following financial products or accommodations extended to Parent or its Subsidiaries by a Bank Product Provider: (a) credit cards (including commercial cards (including so-called “purchase cards”, “procurement cards” or “p-cards”)), (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) stored value cards, (e) Cash Management Services, or (f) transactions under Hedge Agreements.
“Bank Product Agreements” means those agreements entered into from time to time by Parent or its Subsidiaries with a Bank Product Provider in connection with the obtaining of any of the Bank Products.
“Bank Product Collateralization” means providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers (other than the Hedge Providers) in an amount reasonably determined by Agent as sufficient to satisfy the reasonably estimated credit exposure with respect to the then existing Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations).
“Bank Product Obligations” means (a) all obligations, liabilities, reimbursement obligations, fees, or expenses owing by Parent or its Subsidiaries to any Bank Product Provider pursuant to or evidenced by a Bank Product Agreement and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, (b) all Hedge Obligations, and (c) all amounts that Agent or any
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Lender is obligated to pay to a Bank Product Provider as a result of Agent or such Lender purchasing participations from, or executing guarantees or indemnities or reimbursement obligations to, a Bank Product Provider with respect to the Bank Products provided by such Bank Product Provider to Parent or its Subsidiaries.
“Bank Product Provider” means Wells Fargo or any of its Affiliates (including WFCFCC) , including each of the foregoing in its capacity, if applicable, as a Hedge Provider.
“Bank Product Reserves” means, as of any date of determination, those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate to establish (based upon the Bank Product Providers’ determination of the liabilities and obligations of Parent and its Subsidiaries in respect of Bank Product Obligations) in respect of Bank Products then provided or outstanding.
“Bankruptcy Code” means (i) title 11 of the United States Code, (ii) the BIA, (iii) theCompanies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), (iv) theWinding-Up and Restructuring Act (Canada), (v) theCanada Business Corporations Act (Canada) where such statute is used by a Person to propose an arrangement in connection with a compromise of such Person’s debt obligations and/or (vi) any similar legislation in a relevant jurisdiction, in each case as applicable and as in effect from time to time.
“Base Rate” means the greatest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1⁄2%, (b) the LIBOR Rate (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of 1 month and shall be determined on a daily basis), plus 1 percentage point, and (c) the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco as its “prime rate”, with the understanding that the “prime rate” is one of Wells Fargo’s base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate.
“Base Rate Loans” means each portion of the Revolving Loans that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Benefit Plan” means a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) for which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates has been an “employer” (as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA) within the past six years.
“BIA” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) as amended from time to time (or any successor statute).
“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors (or comparable managers) of such Person, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors (or comparable managers).
“Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
“Borrower” has the respective meanings specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
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“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 17.9(c) of the Agreement.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made on the same day by the Lenders (or Agent on behalf thereof), or by Swing Lender in the case of a Swing Loan, or by Agent in the case of a Protective Advance.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks are authorized or required to close in the State of Massachusetts or province of Ontario, except that, if a determination of a Business Day shall relate to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” also shall exclude any day on which banks are closed for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“CAD” or “C$” means Canadian dollars.
“Canadian Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorism Legislation” means the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, The Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, S.C. 2000, c. 17 and the United Nations Act, R.S.C. 1985,c.U-2 or any similar Canadian legislation, together with all rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder or related thereto including the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on the Suppression of Terrorism and the United Nations Al-Qaida and Taliban Regulations promulgated under the United Nations Act.
“Canadian Benefit Plan” means all material employee benefit plans of any nature or kind whatsoever that are not Canadian Pension Plans and are maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party.
“Canadian Copyright Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement.
“Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan” means a Canadian Pension Plan which contains a “defined benefit provision,” as defined in subsection 147.1(1) of theIncome Tax Act(Canada).
“Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement” means a Guarantee and Security Agreement, dated as of even date with the Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by each Canadian Loan Party to Agent.
“Canadian Loan Party” means Borrower or any Canadian Guarantor.
“Canadian Patent Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement.
“Canadian Pension Plans” means each pension plan required to be registered under Canadian federal or provincial law that is maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party for its employees or former employees but does not include the Canada Pension Plan or the Quebec Pension Plan as maintained by the Government of Canada or the Province of Quebec, respectively.
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“Canadian Prime Rate” means, at any time, the annual interest rate from time to time publicly announced by the Canadian Reference Bank as its prime rate in effect for determining interest rates on Canadian Dollar denominated commercial loans in Canada. “Canadian Reference Bank” means Toronto Dominion Bank, or its successors and assigns, or such other Schedule I bank under theBank Act (Canada) as Lender may from time to time designate, in its Permitted Discretion.
“Canadian Prime Rate Loans” means each portion of the Revolving Loans that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Canadian Prime Rate.
“Canadian Security Documents” means, collectively, the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement, the Canadian Trademark Security Agreement, and the Quebec Security Documents, if any, or any documents, instruments or agreements entered into now or in the future, by Parent or any of their Subsidiaries and any member of the Lender Group in connection with the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement.
“Canadian Trademark Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement.
“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the amount of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are capital expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed, but excluding, without duplication (a) expenditures made during such period in connection with the replacement, substitution, or restoration of assets or properties pursuant toSection 2.4(e)(ii) of the Agreement, (b) with respect to the purchase price of assets that are purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing assets during such period, the amount that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such assets for the assets being traded in at such time, (c) expenditures made during such period to consummate one or more Permitted Acquisitions, (d) capitalized software development costs to the extent such costs are deducted from net earnings under the definition of EBITDA for such period, and (e) expenditures during such period that, pursuant to a written agreement, are reimbursed by a third Person (excluding Parent or any of its Affiliates).
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease that is required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Lease” means a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents” means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the government of Canada or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of Canada, in each case maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) marketable direct obligations issued or fully guaranteed by any state of the United States or province of Canada or any political subdivision of any such state or province or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition,
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having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), (c) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s, (d) certificates of deposit, time deposits, overnight bank deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any United States branch of a foreign bank or a bank organized under the laws of Canada, in each case, having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $1,000,000,000, (e) Deposit Accounts maintained with (i) any bank that satisfies the criteria described in clause (d) above, or (ii) any other bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or Canada or any province thereof so long as the full amount maintained with any such other bank is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation, (f) repurchase obligations of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (d) of this definition or recognized securities dealer having combined capital and surplus of not less than $1,000,000,000, having a term of not more than seven days, with respect to securities satisfying the criteria in clauses (a) or (d) above, (g) debt securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the criteria described in clause (d) above, and (h) Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are invested in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (g) above.
“Cash Management Services” means any cash management or related services including treasury, depository, return items, overdraft, controlled disbursement, merchant store value cards, e-payables services, electronic funds transfer, interstate depository network, automatic clearing house transfer (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic funds transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system) and other cash management arrangements.
“CFC” means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in the IRC).
“Change in Control” means that:
(a) prior to a Qualifying IPO, Management Investors, collectively, shall cease to beneficially own and control at least a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Equity Interests of Parent entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors of Parent;
(b) on or after a Qualifying IPO, any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (other than Management Investors and Sponsors), shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of Parent (or other securities convertible into such Equity Interests) representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of Parent entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors of Parent;
(c) on or after a Qualifying IPO, any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (other than Management Investors and Sponsors), shall have acquired by contract or
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otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of Parent or control over the Equity Interests of such Person entitled to vote for members of the Board of Directors of Parent on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such Equity Interests that such Person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right) representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of such Equity Interests; or
(d) at any time, Parent fails to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of each other Loan Party, except as otherwise permitted bySections 6.3 and6.14.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence after the date of the Agreement of: (a) the adoption or effectiveness of any law, rule, regulation, judicial ruling, judgment or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation, judicial ruling, judgment or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application by any Governmental Authority of any law, rule, regulation, guideline or treaty, or (c) the making or issuance by any Governmental Authority of any request, rule, guideline or directive, whether or not having the force of law;provided that notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States, Canada or foreign regulatory authorities shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Closing Date” means the date of the making of the initial Revolving Loan (or other extension of credit) under the Agreement.
“Collateral” means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien is granted by such Person in favor of Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver Commitment, as the context requires, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver Commitments, as the context requires, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lender’s name under the applicable heading onSchedule C-1 to the Agreement or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender under the Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions ofSection 13.1 of the Agreement.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form ofExhibit C-1 to the Agreement delivered by the chief financial officer of Parent or the Borrower to Agent.
“Confidential Information” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 17.9(a) of the Agreement.
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“Control Agreement” means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by a Loan Party, Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).
“Copyrights” has the meaning specified therefor in the US Guaranty and Security Agreement and/or the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement, as the context requires.
“Credit Amount” means the result of (a) the Credit Amount Multiple multiplied by (b) the aggregate USD Equivalent Amount of the Recurring Revenue of the Borrower for the most recently completed trailing twelve consecutive month period for which Borrower have delivered financial statements to Agent.
“Credit Amount Certificate” means a certificate in the form ofExhibit C-2 to the Agreement.
“Credit Amount Multiple” means the multiple set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto:
Applicable Period | Credit Amount Multiple | |
Closing Date through the date immediately prior to the date of the first anniversary of the Closing Date | .45x | |
The first anniversary of the Closing Date through the date immediately prior to the date of the second anniversary of the Closing Date | .40x | |
The second anniversary of the Closing Date through the Maturity Date | .35x |
“Default” means an event, condition, or default that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any amounts required to be funded by it under the Agreement within 1 Business Day of the date that it is required to do so under the Agreement (including the failure to make available to Agent amounts required pursuant to a Settlement or to make a required payment in connection with a Letter of Credit Disbursement), (b) notified Borrower, Agent or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with all or any portion of its funding obligations under the Agreement, (c) has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under the Agreement or under other agreements generally (as reasonably determined by Agent) under which it has committed to extend credit, (d) failed, within 1 Business Day after written request by Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of the Agreement relating to its obligations to fund any amounts required to be funded by it under the Agreement,
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(e) otherwise failed to pay over to Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it under the Agreement within 1 Business Day of the date that it is required to do so under the Agreement, or (f) (i) becomes or is insolvent or has a parent company that has become or is insolvent or (ii) becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, or custodian or appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.
“Defaulting Lender Rate” means (a) for the first 3 days from and after the date the relevant payment is due, the Base Rate, and (b) thereafter, the interest rate then applicable to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans (inclusive of the Base Rate Margin applicable thereto).
“Deposit Account” has the meaning specified therefor in the US Guaranty and Security Agreement and/or the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement, as the context requires.
“Designated Account” means the Deposit Account of Borrower identified onSchedule D-1 to the Agreement (or such other Deposit Account of Borrower located at Designated Account Bank that has been designated as such, in writing, by Borrower to Agent).
“Designated Account Bank” has the meaning specified therefor inSchedule D-1 to the Agreement (or such other bank that is located within the United States that has been designated as such, in writing, by Borrower to Agent).
“Disqualified Equity Interests” shall mean any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 180 days after the Maturity Date.
“Dollars” or “$” means United States dollars.
“Drawing Document” means any Letter of Credit or other document presented for purposes of drawing under any Letter of Credit.
“Earn-Outs” shall mean unsecured liabilities of a Loan Party arising under an agreement to make any deferred payment as a part of the purchase price for a Permitted
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Acquisition, including performance bonuses or consulting payments in any related services, employment or similar agreement, in an amount that is subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of the target of such Permitted Acquisition.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to any fiscal period:
(a) Parent’s consolidated net earnings (or loss),
minus
(b) without duplication, the sum of the following amounts of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period to the extent included in determining consolidated net earnings (or loss) for such period:
(i) any extraordinary, unusual, or non-recurring gains,
(ii) interest income,
(iii) any software development costs to the extent capitalized during such period,
(iv) exchange, translation or performance gains relating to any hedging transactions or foreign currency fluctuations, other than gains from hedging investments that qualify for cash flow hedge accounting or fair value hedge accounting under ASC 815 – Derivative and Hedging, and
(v) income arising by reason of the application of FAS 141R
plus
(c) without duplication, the sum of the following amounts of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period to the extent included in determining consolidated net earnings (or loss) for such period:
(i) any extraordinary, unusual, or non-recurring non-cash losses,
(ii) Interest Expense,
(iii) tax expense based on income, profits or capital, including federal, foreign, state, franchise and similar taxes (and for the avoidance of doubt, specifically excluding any sales taxes or any other taxes held in trust for a Governmental Authority),
(iv) depreciation and amortization for such period,
(v) (A) with respect to the NH Acquisition, costs, reasonable fees to Persons (other than Borrower, Management Investors, Sponsors or any of their Affiliates), charges, or expenses not to exceed $500,000 incurred in connection therewith prior to, on or within 180 days of the Closing Date;provided that the amounts necessary to pay all of such costs, fees, charges, or expenses are actually funded on the Closing
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Date as reflected in the sources and uses delivered to Agent that is acceptable to Agent, (B) with respect to any Permitted Acquisition after the Closing Date consummated prior to a Qualified IPO, costs, fees, charges, or expenses consisting of out-of-pocket expenses owed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person for services performed by such Person in connection with such Permitted Acquisition incurred within 180 days of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition, up to an aggregate amount (for all such items in this clause (B)) for such Permitted Acquisition not to exceed the lesser of $1,000,000 and 5.% of the purchase price of such Permitted Acquisition, and not to exceed $5,000,000 with respect to all such Acquisitions, and (C) with respect to any Permitted Acquisition after the Closing Date consummated after a Qualified IPO, costs, fees, charges, or expenses consisting of out-of-pocket expenses owed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person for services performed by such Person in connection with such Permitted Acquisition incurred within 180 days of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition, up to an aggregate amount (for all such items in this clause (C)) for such Permitted Acquisition not to exceed the greater of $2,500,000 and 5.% of the purchase price of such Permitted Acquisition, and not to exceed $10,000,000 with respect to all such Acquisitions,
(vi) with respect to the NH Acquisition: (1) purchase accounting adjustments, including, without limitation, a dollar for dollar adjustment for that portion of revenue that would have been recorded in the relevant period had the balance of deferred revenue (unearned income) recorded on the closing balance sheet and before application of purchase accounting not been adjusted downward to fair value to be recorded on the opening balance sheet in accordance with GAAP purchase accounting rules; and (2) non-cash adjustments in accordance with GAAP purchase accounting rules under FASB Statement No. 141 and EITF Issue No. 01-3, in the event that such an adjustment is required by Parent’s independent auditors, in each case, as determined in accordance with GAAP,
(vii) non-cash compensation expense (including deferred non-cash compensation expense), or other non-cash expenses or charges, arising from the sale or issuance of Equity Interests, the granting of stock options, and the granting of stock appreciation rights and similar arrangements (including any repricing, amendment, modification, substitution, or change of any such Equity Interests, stock option, stock appreciation rights, or similar arrangements) minus the amount of any such expenses or charges when paid in cash to the extent not deducted in the computation of net earnings (or loss),
(viii) one-time non-cash restructuring charges,
(ix) non-cash exchange, translation, or performance losses relating to any hedging transactions or foreign currency fluctuations, other than losses from hedging investments that qualify for cash flow hedge accounting or fair value hedge accounting under ASC 815 – Derivative and Hedging,
(x) non-cash losses on sales of fixed assets or write-downs of fixed or intangible assets, and
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(xi) cash restructuring charges not to exceed $1,000,000 in any trailing twelve month period.
in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
For the purposes of calculating EBITDA for any period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “Reference Period”), (a) if at any time during such Reference Period (and after the Closing Date), Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition, EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after givingpro forma effect thereto (includingpro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to such Permitted Acquisition, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case to be mutually and reasonably agreed upon by Parent and Agent) or in such other manner acceptable to Agent as if any such Permitted Acquisition or adjustment occurred on the first day of such Reference Period, and (b) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2014, shall be deemed to be—$471,203.27, (c) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2014, shall be deemed to be—$244,684.50, (d) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2015, shall be deemed to be $1,899,376.85, and (e) EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2015, shall be deemed to be $2,094,233.43.
“Eligible Transferee” means (a) any Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender), any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund of any Lender; and (b) (i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or Canada or any province thereof, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (ii) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or Canada or any province thereof, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (iii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country or a political subdivision thereof;provided that (A) (x) such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States or Canada or (y) such bank is organized under the laws of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of such country, and (B) such bank has total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (d) any other entity (other than a natural person) that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) that extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses including insurance companies, investment or mutual funds and lease financing companies, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; and (f) during the continuation of an Event of Default, any other Person approved by Agent.
“Employee Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA, (a) that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or (b) to which any Loan Party has any liability, contingent or otherwise, in each case excluding any Canadian Benefit Plan or Canadian Pension Plan.
“Environmental Action” means any written complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter, or other written communication from any Governmental Authority, or any third party involving violations of Environmental Laws or releases of Hazardous Materials (a) from any assets, properties, or businesses of Borrower, any Subsidiary of Borrower, or any of their predecessors in interest, (b) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (c) from or onto any
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facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by Borrower, any Subsidiary of Borrower, or any of their predecessors in interest.
“Environmental Law” means any applicable federal, state, provincial, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, binding and enforceable guideline, binding and enforceable written policy, or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, in each case, to the extent binding on Parent or its Subsidiaries, relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on employee health, or Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Environmental Liabilities” means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Action required, by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.
“Environmental Lien” means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities.
“Equipment” means equipment (as that term is defined in the PPSA or the UCC, as applicable), tools, vehicles, computers and office and other equipment and goods and the benefit of all related agreements and warranties.
“Equity Interest” means, with respect to a Person, all of the shares, options, warrants, interests, participations, or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including capital stock (or other ownership or profit interests or units), preferred stock, or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act).
“Equityholder” means any Person holding Equity Interests of Parent.
“Equivalent Amount” means, on any date of determination, with respect to obligations or valuations denominated in one currency (the “first currency”), the amount of another currency (the “second currency”) which would result from Agent or Agent converting the first currency into the second currency at the close of business on the day prior to such date of determination in accordance with Agent’s customary practice for commercial loans being administered by it or at such other rate as Agent may determine in its sole discretion.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.
“ERISA Affiliate” means (a) any Person subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(b), (b) any trade or business subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(c), (c) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any
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organization subject to ERISA that is a member of an affiliated service group of which Parent or its Subsidiaries is a member under IRC Section 414(m), or (d) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any Person subject to ERISA that is a party to an arrangement with Parent or its Subsidiaries and whose employees are aggregated with the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(o).
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 8 of the Agreement.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect from time to time.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to Borrower or any other Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the agreement of such Loan Party to be jointly and severally liable for such Swap Obligation of another Loan Party or any guaranty of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the agreement of such Loan Party to be liable for such Swap Obligation or guaranty of such Swap Obligation or the grant of such security interest would have become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation but for such Loan Party’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant at such time. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such joint and several liability or guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal or unlawful.
“Excluded Taxes” means (i) any tax imposed on the net income or net profits of any Lender or any Participant (or franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof) and any branch profits taxes, in each case imposed by the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender or such Participant is organized or the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender’s or such Participant’s principal office is located in each case as a result of a present or former connection between such Lender or such Participant and the jurisdiction or taxing authority imposing the tax (other than any such connection arising solely from such Lender or such Participant having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payment under, or enforced its rights or remedies under the Agreement or any other Loan Document); (ii) United States or Canadian federal taxes that would not have been incurred but for the applicable Lender’s or a Participant’s failure to comply with the requirements ofSection 16.2 of the Agreement, (iii) any United States federal and Canadian withholding taxes that would be imposed on amounts payable to a Lender based upon the applicable withholding rate in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office), (except that the following Taxes shall not be “Excluded Taxes”: (A) any amount that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was previously entitled to receive pursuant toSection 16.1 of the Agreement, if any, with respect to such withholding tax at the time such Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office), and (B) additional United States or Canadian federal withholding taxes that may
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be imposed after the time such Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office), as a result of a change in law, rule, regulation, order or other decision with respect to any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority), and (iv) any United States federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit Facility” means that certain Loan Agreement dated as of September 24, 2014 between Comerica Bank as lender and Parent, Borrower, Meal Metrics Inc., Wescom Solutions, Corp., Wescom Healthcare Solutions Corp. and Accu-Med Services LLC as borrowers (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Extraordinary Receipts” means (a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, proceeds of judgments, proceeds of settlements, or other consideration of any kind received in connection with any cause of action or claim, and (b) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any payments received by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business (and not consisting of proceeds described inSection 2.4(e)(ii) of the Agreement) consisting of (i) proceeds of judgments, proceeds of settlements, or other consideration of any kind received in connection with any cause of action or claim, (ii) indemnity payments (other than to the extent such indemnity payments are immediately payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) any purchase price adjustment received in connection with any purchase agreement.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the IRC, as of the date of the Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.
“Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter, dated as of even date with the Agreement, among Borrower and Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to, for each day during such period, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum, without duplication, of (a) Interest Expense accrued (other than interest paid-in-kind, amortization of financing fees, and other non-cash Interest Expense) during such period, (b) principal payments in respect of Indebtedness that are required to be paid during such period, and (c) all federal, state, and local income taxes accrued during such period, (d) all management, consulting, monitoring, and advisory fees paid to Management Investors, Sponsors or their Affiliates during such period, and (e) all Restricted Payments paid (whether in cash or other property, other than common Equity Interest) during such period.
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“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for such periodminusCapital Expenditures made (to the extent not already incurred in a prior period) or incurred during such period, to (b) Fixed Charges for such period.
“Fixed Charge Election Date” means, the date on which the Borrower elects by written notice to Agent to permanently causeSection 7.1(b) to be ineffective and causeSection 7.1(c) to be effective in lieu thereof; provided that no such election shall be delivered by Borrower or accepted by Agent if (i) any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unless and until Borrower has delivered to Agent pursuant toSection 5.1 financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to Agent that evidence at least two consecutive quarters of positive quarterly EBITDA of Parent and its Subsidiaries incorporating in such case the most recently ended fiscal quarter-end of Parent for which financial statements have been delivered to Agent pursuant to Section 5.1, and (ii) Borrower has delivered to Agent a Compliance Certificate on such date showing pro forma compliance with Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio covenant in Section 7(c) as of the most recent fiscal quarter-end for which financial statements that have been delivered to Agent pursuant toSection 5.1.
“Flow of Funds Agreement” means a flow of funds agreement, dated as of even date herewith, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Borrower and Agent.
“Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness for borrowed money or letters of credit of Parent and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, that by its terms matures more than one year after the date of determination, and any such Indebtedness maturing within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable at the option of Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to a date more than one year from such date, including, in any event, but without duplication, with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries, the Revolver Usage, and the amount of their Capitalized Lease Obligations.
“Funding Date” means the date on which a Borrowing occurs.
“Funding Losses” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.12(b)(ii) of the Agreement.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.
“Goods” has the meaning specified therefor in the US Guaranty and Security Agreement and/or the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement, as the context requires.
“Governing Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the certificate or articles of incorporation, memorandum of association, by-laws, or other organizational documents of such Person.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of any nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether at the national, state, territorial, provincial, municipal or any other
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level, 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).
“Guarantor” means (a) each Subsidiary of Parent other than the Inactive Subsidiaries and any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, (b) Parent, and (c) each other Person that becomes a guarantor after the Closing Date pursuant toSection 5.11 of the Agreement.
“Hazardous Materials” means (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable laws or regulations as “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” or any other formulation intended to define, list, or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or “EP toxicity”, (b) oil, petroleum, or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal resources, (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical equipment that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million.
“Hedge Agreement” means a “swap agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(53B)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Hedge Obligations” means any and all obligations or liabilities, whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of Parent or its Subsidiaries arising under, owing pursuant to, or existing in respect of Hedge Agreements entered into with one or more of the Hedge Providers.
“Hedge Provider” means Wells Fargo or any of its Affiliates.
“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board.
“Inactive Subsidiaries” means (a) PointClickCare International Corporation, a Barbados corporation, (b) RH Positive, Inc., an Ohio corporation, (c) Accu-Med Services of Washington, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and (d) WHSC, and “Inactive Subsidiary” means any one of them.
“Indebtedness” as to any Person means (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other financial products, (c) all obligations of such Person as a lessee under Capital Leases, (d) all obligations or liabilities of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed, (e) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than royalty payments payable in the ordinary
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course of business in respect of non-exclusive licenses), (f) all monetary obligations of such Person owing under Hedge Agreements (which amount shall be calculated based on the amount that would be payable by such Person if the Hedge Agreement were terminated on the date of determination), (g) any Disqualified Equity Interests of such Person, and (h) any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (a) through (g) above. For purposes of this definition, (i) the amount of any Indebtedness represented by a guaranty or other similar instrument shall be the lesser of the principal 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 Indebtedness, and (ii) the amount of any Indebtedness which is limited or is non-recourse to a Person or for which recourse is limited to an identified asset shall be valued at the lesser of (A) if applicable, the limited amount of such obligations, and (B) if applicable, the fair market value of such assets securing such obligation.
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 10.3 of the Agreement.
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 10.3 of the Agreement.
“Indemnified Taxes” means, any Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other provincial, territorial, state or federal (including the federal government of Canada and the United States) bankruptcy or insolvency law, each as now and hereafter in effect, any successors to such statutes, and any similar laws in any jurisdiction including any laws relating to assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, or proceedings seeking a compromise of the claims of its creditors by way of reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief and any law permitting a debtor to obtain a stay or a compromise of the claims of its creditors.
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means an intercompany subordination agreement, dated as of even date with the Agreement, executed and delivered by Parent, Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries, each of the other Loan Parties and Agent, the form and substance of which is reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
“Interest Expense” means, for any period, the aggregate of the interest expense of Parent for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to each Non-Prime Rate Loan, a period commencing on the date of the making of such Non-Prime Rate Loan (or the continuation of a Non-Prime Rate Loan or the conversion of a Prime Rate Loan to a Non-Prime Rate Loan) and ending 1, 2, or 3 months thereafter;provided, that (a) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based upon the Non-Prime Rate from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires, (b) any Interest Period that would end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless
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such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (c) with respect to an Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period), the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month that is 1, 2, or 3 months after the date on which the Interest Period began, as applicable, and (d) Borrower may not elect an Interest Period which will end after the Maturity Date.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any investment by such Person in any other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans, guarantees, advances, capital contributions (excluding (a) commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees of such Person made in the ordinary course of business, and (b) bona fide accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business), or acquisitions of Indebtedness, Equity Interests, or all or substantially all of the assets of such other Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person), and any other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. The amount of any Investment shall be the (a) original cost of such Investment, plus (b) the cost of all additions thereto minus (c) all capital, principal and sales proceeds returned to the Person making such investment, without any adjustment for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs, or write-offs with respect to such Investment.
“Investment Property” has the meaning specified therefor in the US Guaranty and Security Agreement and/or the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement, as the context requires.
“Investors” means (a) each Management Investor, (b) Sponsor, and (c) each Equityholder; and “Investor” shall mean any of them.
“IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices 1998 (International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590) and any subsequent revision thereof adopted by the International Chamber of Commerce on the date such Letter of Credit is issued.
“Issuer Document” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, a letter of credit application, a letter of credit agreement, or any other document, agreement or instrument entered into (or to be entered into) by Borrower in favor of an Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Issuing Bank” means Wells Fargo or any other Lender that, at the request of Borrower and with the consent of Agent, agrees, in such Lender’s sole discretion, to become an Issuing Bank for the purpose of issuing Letters of Credit pursuant toSection 2.11 of the Agreement, and Issuing Bank shall be a Lender.
“Lender” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement, shall include Issuing Bank, Swing Lender, and shall also include any other Person made a party to the
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Agreement pursuant to the provisions ofSection 13.1 of the Agreement and “Lenders” means each of the Lenders or any one or more of them.
“Lender Group” means each of the Lenders (including Issuing Bank and Swing Lender) and Agent, or any one or more of them.
“Lender Group Expenses” means all (a) costs or expenses (including taxes and insurance premiums) required to be paid by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by the Lender Group, (b) documented out-of-pocket fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent in connection with the Lender Group’s transactions with Parent and its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents, including, photocopying, notarization, couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches (including tax lien, litigation, PPSA, UCC and other lien searches and including searches with the patent and trademark office, or the copyright office), filing fees, recording fees, publication, real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements, and environmental audits, (c) Agent’s customary fees and charges imposed or incurred in connection with any background checks or OFAC/PEP searches related to Parent or its Subsidiaries, (d) Agent’s customary fees and charges (as adjusted from time to time) with respect to the disbursement of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of Borrower (whether by wire transfer or otherwise), together with any out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, (e) customary charges imposed or incurred by Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable by or to any Loan Party, (f) reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Lender Group to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or during the continuance of an Event of Default, in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated, (g) financial examination, appraisal, and valuation fees and expenses of Agent related to any financial examinations, appraisals, or valuation to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) provided inSection 2.10 of the Agreement, (h) Agent’s reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable documented attorneys’ fees and expenses) relative to third party claims or any other lawsuit or adverse proceeding paid or incurred, whether in enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, Agent’s Liens in and to the Collateral, or the Lender Group’s relationship with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (i) Agent’s reasonable documented costs and expenses (including reasonable documented attorneys’ fees and due diligence expenses) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering (including travel, meals, and lodging), syndicating (including reasonable costs and expenses relative to the rating of CUSIP, DXSyndicate™, SyndTrak or other communication costs incurred in connection with a syndication of the loan facilities), or amending, waiving, or modifying the Loan Documents, and (j) Agent’s and each Lender’s reasonable documented costs and expenses (including reasonable documented attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses incurred in connection with a “workout,” a “restructuring,” or an Insolvency Proceeding concerning Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents), or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether a lawsuit or other adverse proceeding is brought, or in taking any enforcement action or any Remedial Action with respect to the Collateral.
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“Lender Group Representatives” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 17.9 of the Agreement.
“Lender-Related Person” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender, together with such Lender’s Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.
“Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit (as that term is defined in the Code) issued by Issuing Bank.
“Letter of Credit Collateralization” means either (a) providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent, including provisions that specify that the Letter of Credit Fees and all commissions, fees, charges and expenses provided for inSection 2.11(k) of the Agreement (including any fronting fees) will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage, (b) delivering to Agent documentation executed by all beneficiaries under the Letters of Credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank, terminating all of such beneficiaries’ rights under the Letters of Credit, or (c) providing Agent with a standby letter of credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, from a commercial bank acceptable to Agent (in its sole discretion) in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage (it being understood that the Letter of Credit Fee and all fronting fees set forth in the Agreement will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding and that any such fees that accrue must be an amount that can be drawn under any such standby letter of credit).
“Letter of Credit Disbursement” means a payment made by Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Exposure” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage on such date.
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.6(b) of the Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.11(f) of the Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Related Person” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.11(f) of the Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
“Leverage Covenant Testing Period” means, the period (a) commencing on the day that an Event of Default occurs, or Liquidity is less than or equal to $40,000,000 at any time and (b) continuing until, during each of the preceding 45 consecutive days, no Event of Default has existed and Liquidity has been greater than $40,000,000.
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“Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination the result of (a)(i) the amount of Obligations as of such date minus (ii) Qualified Cash (in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000) as of such date to, (b) Parent’s EBITDA for the then most recently ended 4-quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant toSection 5.1.
“ Leverage Ratio Election Date” means, the date on which the Borrower elects by written notice to Agent to permanently causeSection 7.1(a) to be ineffective and causeSection 7.1(d) to be effective in lieu thereof; provided that no such election shall be delivered by Borrower or accepted by Agent unless and until (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) Borrower has delivered to Agent evidence satisfactory to Agent that a Qualifying IPO has been consummated, and (c) Borrower has delivered to Agent a Compliance Certificate on such date showing pro forma compliance with Leverage Ratio covenant in Section 7(c) as of the most recent fiscal quarter-end for which financial statements that have been delivered to Agent pursuant toSection 5.1.
“LIBOR Notice” means a written notice in the form ofExhibit L-1 to the Agreement.
“LIBOR Rate” means the greater of (a) 0.00 percent per annum, and (b) the rate per annum as reported on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page (or any successor page) 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of the requested Interest Period, for a term, and in an amount, comparable to the Interest Period and the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan requested (whether as an initial LIBOR Rate Loan or as a continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or as a conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) by Borrower in accordance with the Agreement (and, if any such rate is below zero, the LIBOR Rate shall be deemed to be zero), which determination shall be made by Agent and shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
“LIBOR Rate Loan” means each portion of a Revolving Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest, or other security arrangement and any other preference, priority, or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.
“Liquidity” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of Availability and Qualified Cash.
“Loan” shall mean any Revolving Loan, Swing Loan, or Protective Advance, made (or to be made) hereunder.
“Loan Account” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.9 of the Agreement.
“Loan Documents” means the Agreement, the Canadian Security Documents, the US Security Documents, the Control Agreements, any Credit Amount Certificate, the Fee Letter,
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the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, any Issuer Documents, the Letters of Credit, the Mortgages, any note or notes executed by Borrower in connection with the Agreement and payable to any member of the Lender Group, and any other instrument or agreement entered into, now or in the future, by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and any member of the Lender Group in connection with the Agreement.
“Loan Party” means Borrower or any Guarantor.
“Management Investors” means Michael Wessinger and David Wessinger.
“Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse effect in the business, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of Parent’s and its Subsidiaries ability to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are parties or of the Lender Group’s ability to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral (other than as a result of as a result of an action taken or not taken that is solely in the control of Agent), or (c) a material impairment of the enforceability or priority of Agent’s Liens with respect to all or a material portion of the Collateral as a result of an action or failure to act on the part of Parent or its Subsidiaries.
“Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, (a) prior to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, the Shareholder Agreement and (b) all other contracts or agreements, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
“Maturity Date” means June 30, 2020.
“Maximum Revolver Amount” means $40,000,000, as decreased by the amount of reductions in the Revolver Commitments made in accordance withSection 2.4(c) of the Agreement.
“Moody’s” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.
“Mortgages” means, individually and collectively, one or more, if any, mortgages, deeds of trust, or deeds to secure debt, executed and delivered by Parent or its Subsidiaries in favor of Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that encumber the Real Property Collateral, if any.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA with respect to which any Loan Party has an obligation to contribute or has any liability, (including on behalf of an ERISA Affiliate) or could be assessed withdrawal liability assuming a complete withdrawal from any such multiemployer plan.
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“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) with respect to any sale or disposition by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of assets, the amount of cash proceeds received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of Parent or such Subsidiary, in connection therewith after deducting therefrom only (i) the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any Permitted Lien on any asset (other than (A) Indebtedness owing to Agent or any Lender under the Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (B) Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset) which is required to be, and is, repaid in connection with such sale or disposition, (ii) reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such sale or disposition, (iii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such sale or disposition, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and are properly attributable to such transaction; and (iv) all amounts that are set aside as a reserve (A) for adjustments in respect of the purchase price of such assets, (B) for any liabilities associated with such sale or casualty, to the extent such reserve is required by GAAP, and (C) for the payment of unassumed liabilities relating to the assets sold or otherwise disposed of at the time of, or within 30 days after, the date of such sale or other disposition, to the extent that in each case the funds described above in this clause (iv) are (x) deposited into escrow with a third party escrow agent or set aside in a separate Deposit Account that is subject to a Control Agreement in favor of Agent and (y) paid to Agent as a prepayment of the applicable Obligations in accordance withSection 2.4(e) of the Agreement at such time when such amounts are no longer required to be set aside as such a reserve; and
(b) with respect to the issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or the issuance by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Equity Interests, the aggregate amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, after deducting therefrom only (i) reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, (ii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and are properly attributable to such transaction.
“NH Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Borrower of certain assets comprising the “Nobility Health” division from Smart Data Solutions, Inc., all as more particularly set out in the NH Acquisition Agreement.
“NH Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, between, the Borrower, 2466553 Ontario Corp., Smart Data Solutions Inc., John Prangle and Pat Bollom.
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“NH Acquisition Documents” means the NH Acquisition Agreement and all other documents related thereto and executed in connection therewith.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 14.2(a) of the Agreement.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.
“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Parent that has been designated a “Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” by Borrower in a written notification thereof delivered to Agent; provided that (a) such Subsidiary was acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or formed after the Closing Date, (b) such Subsidiary’s total assets do not exceed 5.0% of the aggregate assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including such designated Subsidiary), (c) such Subsidiary’s total revenue on a pro forma basis for the most recent trailing twelve month period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant toSection 5.1 does not exceed 2.5% of the consolidated revenue of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including such designated Subsidiary) for such trailing twelve month period and (d) no Subsidiary shall be designated a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary if after giving effect to such designation, (i) the Loan Parties fail to own at least 90% of the aggregate assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including such designated Subsidiary) or (ii) the Loan Parties fail to generate at least 90% of the total revenue of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including such designated Subsidiary) on a pro forma basis for the most recent trailing twelve month period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant toSection 5.1.
“Non-Prime Rate Deadline” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.12(b)(i) of the Agreement.
“Non-Prime Rate Loan” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, LIBOR Rate Loans, and (b) with respect to Revolving Loans denominated in CAD, BA Rate Loans.
“Non-Prime Rate Margin” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
“Non-Prime Rate Notice” means a written notice in the form ofExhibit L-1.
“Non-Prime Rate Option” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.12(a) of the Agreement.
“Notification Event” means (a) the occurrence of a “reportable event” described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Benefit Plan for which the 30-day notice requirement has not been waived by applicable regulations issued by the PBGC, (b) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate from a Benefit Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the termination of a Benefit Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Benefit Plan or the treatment of a Benefit Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA, if the plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Benefit Plan by the PBGC or any
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or Multiemployer Plan administrator, (e) any other event or condition that would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Benefit Plan, (f) the imposition of a Lien on the assets of a Loan Party pursuant to the IRC or ERISA in connection with any Employee Plan or the existence of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien, (g) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan (other than any withdrawal that would not constitute an Event of Default underSection 8.12), (h) any event or condition that results in the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Sections 4241 through 4245 of ERISA, (i) any event or condition that results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate or to appoint a trustee to administer a Multiemployer Plan under ERISA, (j) any Benefit Plan being in “at risk status” within the meaning of IRC Section 430(i), (k) any Multiemployer Plan being in “endangered status” or “critical status” within the meaning of IRC Section 432(b) or the determination that any Multiemployer Plan is or is expected to be insolvent or in reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (l) with respect to any Benefit Plan, any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate incurring a substantial cessation of operations within the meaning of ERISA Section 4062(e), (m) an “accumulated funding deficiency” within the meaning of the IRC or ERISA (including Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA) or the failure of any Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan to meet the minimum funding standards within the meaning of the IRC or ERISA (including Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA), in each case, whether or not waived, (n) the filing of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standards within the meaning of the IRC or ERISA (including Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA) with respect to any Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (o) the failure to make by its due date a required payment or contribution with respect to any Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or (p) any event that results in or could reasonably be expected to result in a liability by a Loan Party pursuant to Title I of ERISA or the excise tax provisions of the IRC relating to Employee Plans that has or could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (r) any event that results in or could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title IV of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29) of the IRC.
“Obligations” means (a) all loans (including the Revolving Loans (inclusive of Protective Advances and Swing Loans)), debts, principal, interest (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), reimbursement or indemnification obligations with respect to Letters of Credit (irrespective of whether contingent), premiums, liabilities (including all amounts charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the Agreement), obligations (including indemnification obligations), fees (including the fees provided for in the Fee Letter), Lender Group Expenses (including any fees or expenses that accrue after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), guaranties, and all covenants and duties of any other kind and description owing by any Loan Party arising out of, under, pursuant to, in connection with, or evidenced by the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all interest not paid when due and all other expenses or other amounts that Borrower is required to pay or reimburse by the Loan Documents or by law or otherwise in connection with the Loan
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Documents, and (b) all Bank Product Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents include the obligation to pay (i) the principal of the Revolving Loans, (ii) interest accrued on the Revolving Loans, (iii) the amount necessary to reimburse Issuing Bank for amounts paid or payable pursuant to Letters of Credit, (iv) Letter of Credit commissions, fees (including fronting fees) and charges, (v) Lender Group Expenses, (vi) fees payable under the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and (vii) indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document (excluding Excluded Swap Obligations). Any reference in the Agreement or in the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall include all or any portion thereof and any extensions, modifications, renewals, or alterations thereof, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency Proceeding.
“OFAC” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Originating Lender” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 13.1(e) of the Agreement.
“Parent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
“Participant” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 13.1(e) of the Agreement.
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth inSection 13.1(i) of the Agreement.
“Patents” has the meaning specified therefor in the US Guaranty and Security Agreement and/or the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement, as the context requires.
“Patriot Act” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 4.13 of the Agreement.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form ofExhibit P-1 to the Agreement.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition so long as:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the proposed Acquisition and the proposed Acquisition is consensual,
(b) no Indebtedness will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to Parent or its Subsidiaries as a result of such Acquisition, other than Indebtedness permitted under clauses (f) or (g) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness and no Liens will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to the assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries as a result of such Acquisition other than Permitted Liens,
(c) Borrower has provided Agent with written confirmation, supported by reasonably detailed calculations, that on a pro forma basis (including pro forma adjustments
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arising out of events which are directly attributable to such proposed Acquisition, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case, determined as if the combination had been accomplished at the beginning of the relevant period; such eliminations and inclusions to be mutually and reasonably agreed upon by Parent or the Borrower and Agent) created by adding the historical combined financial statements of Parent (including the combined financial statements of any other Person or assets that were the subject of a prior Permitted Acquisition during the relevant period) to the historical consolidated financial statements of the Person to be acquired (or the historical financial statements related to the assets to be acquired) pursuant to the proposed Acquisition, Parent and its Subsidiaries (i) would have been in compliance with the financial covenants inSection 7 of the Agreement for the fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the proposed date of consummation of such proposed Acquisition, and (ii) are projected to be in compliance with the financial covenants inSection 7 of the Agreement for each of the 4 fiscal quarters in the period ended one year after the proposed date of consummation of such proposed Acquisition,
(d) with respect to any Acquisition with aggregate purchase consideration equal to or in excess of $2,000,000, Borrower has provided Agent with its due diligence package relative to the proposed Acquisition, including forecasted balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow statements of the Person or assets to be acquired, all prepared on a basis consistent with such Person’s (or assets’) historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions for the 1 year period following the date of the proposed Acquisition, on a quarter by quarter basis), in form and substance (including as to scope and underlying assumptions) reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
(e) Borrower shall have Liquidity in an amount equal to or greater than $15,000,000 immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the proposed Acquisition,
(f) With respect to any Acquisition consummated prior to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, the assets being acquired or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired did not have negative EBITDA greater than -$1,000,000 during the 12 consecutive month period most recently concluded prior to the date of the proposed Acquisition. For greater certainty, the subsection (f) shall not be applicable for any Acquisition consummated after a Qualifying IPO.
(g) Borrower has provided Agent with written notice of the proposed Acquisition at least 15 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition and, not later than 5 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition, copies of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to the proposed Acquisition, which agreement and documents must be reasonably acceptable to Agent,
(h) the assets being acquired (other than ade minimis amount of assets in relation to Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ total assets), or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired, are useful in or engaged in, as applicable, the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries or a business reasonably related thereto,
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(i) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to the assets being acquired) are located within the United States or Canada or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired is organized in a jurisdiction located within the United States or Canada,
(j) the subject assets or Equity Interests, as applicable, are being acquired directly by Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries that is a Loan Party, and, in connection therewith, the applicable Loan Party shall have complied withSection 5.11 or5.12 of the Agreement, as applicable, of the Agreement and, in the case of an acquisition of Equity Interests, the applicable Loan Party shall have demonstrated to Agent that the new Loan Parties have received consideration sufficient to make the joinder documents binding and enforceable against such new Loan Parties, and
(k) the purchase consideration payable in respect of all Permitted Acquisitions (including the proposed Acquisition and including deferred payment obligations) either (i) prior to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, shall not exceed $15,000,000 for any single Acquisition or a series or related Acquisitions and $30,000,000 in the aggregate, or (ii) after the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, shall not exceed $50,000,000 for any single Acquisition or a series of related Acquisitions and in the aggregate, an amount equal to 75.0% of Net Cash Proceeds of such Qualifying IPO (excluding for purposes of such calculation after the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, the purchase consideration with respect to any Permitted Acquisition consummated prior to the consummation of the Qualifying IPO).
“Permitted Convertible Debt” means any Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for any Qualified Equity Interest of Parent incurred at any time after the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, so long as, in each case, such Indebtedness (i) is incurred at a time when no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) does not require the payment of annual cash interest in excess of $3,000,000 in any fiscal year, (iii) does not mature prior to the date that is 12 months after the Maturity Date, (iv) does not provide for the payment of principal prior to the date that is 12 months after the Maturity Date, (v) is subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent, and (vi) otherwise contains terms and conditions (including all economic terms and the absence of covenants) reasonably acceptable to Agent.
“Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured commercial lender) business judgment.
“Permitted Dispositions” means:
(a) sales, abandonment, or other dispositions of Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged, or obsolete or no longer used or useful in the ordinary course of business and leases or subleases of Real Property not useful in the conduct of the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries,
(b) sales of inventory to buyers in the ordinary course of business,
(c) the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of the Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
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(d) the licensing, on a non-exclusive basis, of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business,
(e) the granting of Permitted Liens,
(f) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof,
(g) any involuntary loss, damage or destruction of property,
(h) any involuntary condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, or confiscation or requisition of use of property,
(i) the leasing or subleasing of assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business,
(j) the sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Parent,
(k) (i) the lapse of registered patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent not economically desirable in the conduct of its business or (ii) the abandonment of patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business so long as (in each case under clauses (i) and (ii)), (A) with respect to copyrights, such copyrights are not material revenue generating copyrights, and (B) such lapse is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lender Group,
(l) the making of Restricted Payments that are expressly permitted to be made pursuant to the Agreement,
(m) the making of Permitted Investments,
(n) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would immediately result therefrom, transfers of assets (i) from Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Borrower) to a Loan Party (other than Parent), and (ii) from any Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party to any other Subsidiary of Parent,
(o) dispositions of assets acquired by Parent and its Subsidiaries pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition consummated within 12 months of the date of the proposed disposition so long as (i) the consideration received for the assets to be so disposed is at least equal to the fair market value of such assets, (ii) the assets to be so disposed are not necessary or economically desirable in connection with the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries, and (iii) the assets to be so disposed are readily identifiable as assets acquired pursuant to the subject Permitted Acquisition, and
(p) sales or dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests of Subsidiaries of Parent) not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (o) above so long as made at fair market
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value and the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in any fiscal year (including the proposed disposition) would not exceed $1,000,000.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means:
(a) Indebtedness evidenced by the Agreement or the other Loan Documents, as well as Indebtedness owed to Underlying Issuers with respect to Underlying Letters of Credit,
(b) Indebtedness set forth onSchedule 4.14 to the Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness,
(c) Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness,
(d) endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit,
(e) Indebtedness consisting of (i) unsecured guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, completion guarantee and similar obligations; (ii) unsecured guarantees arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations to purchasers in connection with Permitted Dispositions; and (iii) unsecured guarantees with respect to Indebtedness of Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries, to the extent that the Person that is obligated under such guaranty could have incurred such underlying Indebtedness,
(f) unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower that is incurred on the date of the consummation of a Permitted Acquisition solely for the purpose of consummating such Permitted Acquisition so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) such unsecured Indebtedness is not incurred for working capital purposes, (iii) such unsecured Indebtedness does not mature prior to the date that is 12 months after the Maturity Date, (iv) such unsecured Indebtedness does not amortize until 12 months after the Maturity Date, (v) such unsecured Indebtedness does not provide for the payment of interest thereon in cash or Cash Equivalents prior to the date that is 12 months after the Maturity Date, and (vi) such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
(g) Acquired Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $500,000 outstanding at any one time,
(h) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business under performance, surety, statutory, or appeal bonds,
(i) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, liability, or other insurance to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is outstanding only during such year,
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(j) the incurrence by Borrower or its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under Hedge Agreements that are incurred for the bona fide purpose of hedging the interest rate, commodity, or foreign currency risks associated with Parent’s Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes,
(k) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of credit cards, credit card processing services, debit cards, stored value cards, commercial cards (including so-called “purchase cards”, “procurement cards” or “p-cards”), or Cash Management Services,
(l) unsecured Indebtedness of any Loan Party owing to former employees, officers, or directors (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing) incurred in connection with the repurchase by any Loan Party of the Equity Interests of any Loan Party that has been issued to such Persons, so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness outstanding at any one time does not exceed $1,000,000, and (iii) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent,
(m) unsecured Indebtedness owing to sellers of assets or Equity Interests to a Loan Party that is incurred by the applicable Loan Party in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions so long as (i) the aggregate principal amount for all such unsecured Indebtedness does not exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding, (ii) is subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent, and (iii) is otherwise on terms and conditions (including all economic terms and the absence of covenants) reasonably acceptable to Agent,
(n) unsecured Indebtedness of Parent or its Subsidiaries in respect of Earn-Outs not to exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding owing to sellers of assets or Equity Interests to Borrower or its Subsidiaries that is incurred in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions, so long as such unsecured Indebtedness is on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent,
(o) contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligation, adjustment of purchase price, non-compete, or similar obligation incurred in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions,
(p) Indebtedness composing Permitted Investments,
(q) Indebtedness incurred in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, and other like services, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(r) accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, or the payment of interest in kind, in each case, on Indebtedness that otherwise constitutes Permitted Indebtedness,
(s) Indebtedness consisting of the Subordinated Investor Notes,
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(t) Indebtedness consisting of Permitted Convertible Debt,
(u) any other unsecured Indebtedness incurred by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $500,000 at any one time.
“Permitted Intercompany Advances” means loans made by (a) a Loan Party to another Loan Party other than Parent (save for dividend payments from Borrower as permitted under Section 6.7(c) of this Agreement), (b) a Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party, (c) a Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party so long as the parties thereto are party to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement (if a loan), and (d) a Loan Party to a Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party so long as the aggregate amount of all such loans permitted under this clause (d) (by type, not by borrower) made after the Closing Date, together with any guaranties by Parent of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of Parent that are not Loan Parties permitted by Section 6.12), (i) does not exceed $500,000 outstanding at any one time, (ii) at the time of making such loan, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, and (iii) Borrower has Liquidity of $10,000,000 or greater immediately after giving effect to such loan.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents,
(b) Investments in negotiable instruments deposited or to be deposited for collection in the ordinary course of business,
(c) advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business,
(d) Investments received in settlement of amounts due to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries effected in the ordinary course of business or owing to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of Insolvency Proceedings involving an account debtor or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries,
(e) Investments owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and set forth onSchedule P-1 to the Agreement,
(f) guarantees permitted under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
(g) Permitted Intercompany Advances,
(h) Equity Interests or other securities acquired in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries (in bankruptcy of customers or suppliers or otherwise outside the ordinary course of business) or as security for any such Indebtedness or claims,
(i) deposits of cash made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of operating leases,
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(j) (i) non-cash loans and advances to employees, officers, and directors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests in Parent so long as the proceeds of such loans are used in their entirety to purchase such Equity Interests in Parent, and (ii) loans and advances to employees and officers of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for any other business purpose and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any one time,
(k) Permitted Acquisitions,
(l) Investments in the form of capital contributions and the acquisition of Equity Interests made by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party (other than capital contributions to or the acquisition of Equity Interests of Parent),
(m) Investments resulting from entering into (i) Bank Product Agreements, or (ii) agreements relative to Indebtedness that is permitted under clause (j) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
(n) equity Investments by any Loan Party in any Subsidiary of such Loan Party which is required by law to maintain a minimum net capital requirement or as may be otherwise required by applicable law, only up to such amounts so required,
(o) Investments held by a Person acquired in a Permitted Acquisition to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and were in existence on the date of such Permitted Acquisition, and
(p) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 during the term of the Agreement.
“Permitted Liens” means
(a) Liens granted to, or for the benefit of, Agent to secure the Obligations,
(b) Liens for unpaid taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges or levies that either (i) are not yet delinquent, or (ii) do not have priority over Agent’s Liens and the underlying taxes, assessments, or charges or levies are the subject of Permitted Protests,
(c) judgment Liens arising solely as a result of the existence of judgments, orders, or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default underSection 8.3 of the Agreement,
(d) Liens set forth onSchedule P-2 to the Agreement;provided, that to qualify as a Permitted Lien, any such Lien described onSchedule P-2 to the Agreement shall only secure the Indebtedness that it secures on the Closing Date and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,
(e) solely during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date (or any later date as agreed by Agent in its sole discretion), Liens in form acceptable to Agent solely on the following deposit account #096970
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(held at Comerica Bank) for the benefit of Comerica Bank to secure marked to market exposure with respect to hedging agreements between Borrower and Comerica Bank in existence on the Closing Date;
(f) the interests of lessors under operating leases and non-exclusive licensors under license agreements,
(g) purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and so long as (i) such Lien attaches only to the asset purchased or acquired and the proceeds thereof, and (ii) such Lien only secures the Indebtedness that was incurred to acquire the asset purchased or acquired or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,
(h) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, and which Liens either (i) are for sums not yet delinquent, or (ii) are the subject of Permitted Protests,
(i) Liens on amounts deposited to secure any Loan Party’s obligations in connection with worker’s compensation or other unemployment insurance,
(j) Liens on amounts deposited to secure any Loan Party’s obligations in connection with the making or entering into of bids, tenders, or leases in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money,
(k) Liens on amounts deposited to secure any Loan Party’s reimbursement obligations with respect to surety or appeal bonds obtained in the ordinary course of business,
(l) with respect to any Real Property, easements, rights of way, and zoning restrictions that do not materially interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof,
(m) non-exclusive licenses of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business,
(n) Liens that are replacements of Permitted Liens to the extent that the original Indebtedness is the subject of permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and so long as the replacement Liens only encumber those assets that secured the original Indebtedness,
(o) rights of setoff or bankers’ liens upon deposits of funds in favor of banks or other depository institutions, solely to the extent incurred in connection with the maintenance of such Deposit Accounts in the ordinary course of business,
(p) Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on the unearned portion of insurance premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
(q) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods,
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(r) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any Loan Party in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to a Permitted Acquisition,
(s) Liens assumed by any Loan Party in connection with a Permitted Acquisition that secure Acquired Indebtedness, and
(t) other Liens which do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money or letters of credit and as to which the aggregate amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $100,000.
“Permitted Protest” means the right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to protest any Lien (other than any Lien that secures the Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes or taxes that are the subject of a United States federal tax lien), or rental payment, provided that (a) a reserve with respect to such obligation is established on Parent’s or its Subsidiaries’ books and records in such amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any such protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, in good faith, and (c) Agent is reasonably satisfied that, while any such protest is pending, there will be no impairment of the enforceability, validity, or priority of any of Agent’s Liens.
“Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, Indebtedness (other than the Obligations, but including Capitalized Lease Obligations), incurred after the Closing Date and at the time of, or within 20 days after, the acquisition of any fixed assets for the purpose of financing all or any part of the acquisition cost thereof, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not in excess of $5,000,000.
“Person” means natural persons, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, land trusts, business trusts, or other organizations, irrespective of whether they are legal entities, and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof.
“Platform” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 17.9(c) of the Agreement.
“PPSA” shall mean thePersonal Property Security Actas in effect in the Province of Ontario, the Civil Code of Quebec as in effect in the Province of Quebec or any other Canadian federal, territorial or provincial statute pertaining to the granting, perfecting, priority or ranking of security interests, liens, hypothecs on personal property, and any successor statutes, together with any regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of the PPSA shall be construed to also refer to any successor sections.
“Prime Rate Loan” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans (and calculations of interest with respect to Letters of Credit) denominated in Dollars, Base Rate Loans, and (b) with respect to Revolving Loans (and calculations of interest with respect to Letters of Credit) denominated in CAD, Canadian Prime Rate Loans.
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“Prime Rate Margin” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
“Projections” means Parent’s forecasted (a) balance sheets, (b) profit and loss statements, and (c) cash flow statements, all prepared on a basis consistent with Parent’s historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions.
“Pro Rata Share” means, as of any date of determination:
(a) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to make all or a portion of the Revolving Loans, with respect to such Lender’s right to receive payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect to the Revolving Loans, and with respect to all other computations and other matters related to the Revolver Commitments or the Revolving Loans, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure of such Lender by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders,
(b) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to participate in the Letters of Credit, with respect to such Lender’s obligation to reimburse Issuing Bank, and with respect to such Lender’s right to receive payments of Letter of Credit Fees, and with respect to all other computations and other matters related to the Letters of Credit, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure of such Lender by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders;provided, that if all of the Revolving Loans have been repaid in full and all Revolver Commitments have been terminated, but Letters of Credit remain outstanding, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be determined as if the Revolver Commitments had not been terminated and based upon the Revolver Commitments as they existed immediately prior to their termination,
(c) with respect to all other matters and for all other matters as to a particular Lender (including the indemnification obligations arising underSection 15.7 of the Agreement), the percentage obtained by dividing (i) plus the Revolving Loan Exposure of such Lender by (ii) the sum of the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders, in any such case as the applicable percentage may be adjusted by assignments permitted pursuant toSection 13.1;provided, that if all of the Loans have been repaid in full, all Letters of Credit have been made the subject of Letter of Credit Collateralization, and all Commitments have been terminated, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be determined as if the Revolving Loan Exposures had not been repaid, collateralized, or terminated and shall be based upon the Revolving Loan Exposures as they existed immediately prior to their repayment, collateralization, or termination.
“Protective Advances” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.3(d)(i) of the Agreement.
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 17.9(c) of the Agreement.
“Qualified Cash” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of Borrower and its Subsidiaries that is in Deposit Accounts or in Securities Accounts, or any combination thereof, and which such Deposit
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Account or Securities Account is the subject of a Control Agreement and is maintained by a branch office of the bank or securities intermediary located within the United States or Canada.
“Qualified Equity Interest” means and refers to any Equity Interests issued by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest.
“Qualifying IPO” means the issuance by Parent of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act resulting in Net Cash Proceeds (after giving effect to the repayment of any Subordinated Investor Note and Restricted Payments made in connection with such primary public offering permitted by Section 6.7(c) and the expenses set forth in clause (b) of the definition of Net Cash Proceeds) of at least $50,000,000.
“Quebec Security Documents” means, collectively, (a) any deeds of hypothec, (b) bonds to be issued by a Loan Party thereunder, if applicable, (c) delivery orders, if applicable, and (d) bond pledge agreements, if applicable, executed and delivered by a Loan Party pursuant toSection 5.11and5.12 after the Closing Date.
“Real Property” means any estates or interests in real property now owned in fee simple or hereafter acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries and the improvements thereto.
“Real Property Collateral” means any Real Property hereafter acquired by a Loan Party with a fair market value in excess of $2,500,000.
“Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
“Recurring Revenue” means, with respect to any period and without duplication, all recurring subscription revenues billed at least annually attributable to intellectual property owned by Borrower or any other Loan Party or which are reflected as subscription revenue in Loan Parties’ and its Subsidiaries financial statements in accordance with GAAP, earned during such period, calculated on a basis consistent with the financial statements delivered to Agent prior to the Closing Date.
“Reference Period” has the meaning set forth in the definition of EBITDA.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness so long as:
(a) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon and the fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto,
(b) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken
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as a whole, are or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders,
(c) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the Lender Group as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness, and
(d) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended.
“Register” has the meaning set forth inSection 13.1(h) of the Agreement.
“Reimbursement Undertaking” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.11(a) of the Agreement.
“Related Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
“Remedial Action” means all actions taken to (a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, or in any way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize a release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) restore or reclaim natural resources or the environment, (d) perform any pre-remedial studies, investigations, or post-remedial operation and maintenance activities, or (e) conduct any other actions with respect to Hazardous Materials required by Environmental Laws.
“Replacement Lender” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.13(b) of the Agreement.
“Report” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 15.16 of the Agreement.
“Required Availability” means that the sum of (a) Availability, plus (b) Qualified Cash exceeds $17,500,000.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having or holding more than 50% of the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders;provided, that (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Required Lenders, and (ii) at any time there are 2 or more Lenders, “Required Lenders” must include at least 2 Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another).
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“Restricted Payment” means to (a) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution, directly or indirectly, on account of Equity Interests issued by any Loan Party (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving any Loan Party) or to the direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests issued by any Loan Party in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Equity Interests issued by Parent, or (b) purchase, redeem, make any sinking fund or similar payment, or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including in connection with any merger or consolidation involving any Loan Party) any Equity Interests issued by any Loan Party or (c) make any payment to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options, or other rights to acquire Equity Interests of any Loan Party now or hereafter outstanding.
“Revolver Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, its Revolver Commitment, and, with respect to all Revolving Lenders, their Revolver Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Revolving Lender’s name under the applicable heading onSchedule C-1 to the Agreement or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Revolving Lender became a Revolving Lender under the Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions ofSection 13.1 of the Agreement.
“Revolver Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the amount of outstanding Revolving Loans (inclusive of Swing Loans and Protective Advances),plus(b) the amount of the Letter of Credit Usage.
“Revolving Lender” means a Lender that has a Revolver Commitment or that has an outstanding Revolving Loan.
“Revolving Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, as of any date of determination (a) prior to the termination of the Revolver Commitments, the amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment, and (b) after the termination of the Revolver Commitments, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans of such Lender.
“Revolving Loans” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.1(a) of the Agreement.
“Sanctioned Entity” means (a) a country or a government of a country, (b) an agency of the government of a country, (c) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country or its government, (d) a Person resident in or determined to be resident in a country, in each case, that is subject to a country sanctions program administered and enforced by OFAC and/or the federal government of Canada.
“Sanctioned Person” means a person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals maintained by OFAC or as identified by the federal government of Canada or under Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Anti-Terrorism Legislation.
“S&P” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.
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“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.
“Securities Account” has the meaning specified therefor in the US Guaranty and Security Agreement and/or the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement, as the context requires.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Security Agreements” means, collectively, the Canadian Security Documents and the US Security Documents.
“Settlement” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.3(e)(i) of the Agreement.
“Settlement Date” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.3(e)(i) of the Agreement.
“Shareholders Agreement” means that certain Shareholders Agreement among Parent (f/k/a Wescom Inc.) and the shareholders of Parent.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that (a) at fair valuations, the sum of such Person’s debts (including contingent liabilities) is less than all of such Person’s assets, (b) such Person is not engaged or about to engage in a business or transaction for which the remaining assets of such Person are unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction or for which the property remaining with such Person is an unreasonably small capital, and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or reasonably believe that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise), (d) such Person is “solvent” or not “insolvent”, as applicable within the meaning given those terms and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances, and (e) such Person is not an “insolvent person” as such term is defined in the BIA. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
“Sponsor” means JMI Equity VII LP and its Affiliates.
“Standard Letter of Credit Practice” means, an Issuing Bank, any domestic or foreign law or letter of credit practices applicable in the city in which Issuing Bank issued the applicable Letter of Credit or, for its branch or correspondent, such laws and practices applicable in the city in which it has advised, confirmed or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, in each case, (a) which letter of credit practices are of banks that regularly issue letters of credit in the particular city, and (b) which laws or letter of credit practices are required or permitted under ISP or UCP, as chosen in the applicable Letter of Credit.
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“Subordinated Investor Notes” means certain unsecured Indebtedness of Parent payable to Investors in an aggregate amount not to exceed $_______ incurred from time to time that is (a) that is not subject to scheduled amortization, redemption, sinking fund or similar payment and does not have a final maturity, in each case, on or before the date that is six months after the Maturity Date, (b) is on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent and (c) subordinated to the Obligations and the Liens securing the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, or other entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, or other entity.
“Swing Lender” means Wells Fargo or any other Lender that, at the request of Borrower and with the consent of Agent agrees, in such Lender’s sole discretion, to become Swing Lender underSection 2.3(b) of the Agreement.
“Swing Loan” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.3(b) of the Agreement.
“Swing Loan Exposure” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Swing Loans on such date.
“Swing Loan Limit” means as of any date of determination the lesser of (a) $40,000,000 and (b) the Revolver Commitment of WFCFCC.
“Taxes” means any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto.
“Tax Lender” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 14.2(a) of the Agreement.
“Trademarks” has the meaning specified therefor in the US Guaranty and Security Agreement and/or the Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement, as the context requires.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of New York;provided, that to the extent that the UCC is used to define any term herein or in any Loan Document and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern;providedfurther, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Agent’s or any Lender’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for
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purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
“UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits 2007 Revision, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 and any subsequent revision thereof adopted by the International Chamber of Commerce on the date such Letter of Credit is issued.
“Underlying Issuer” means Wells Fargo or another third Person which is the beneficiary of a Reimbursement Undertaking and which has issued a Letter of Credit at the request of an Issuing Bank for the benefit of Borrower.
“Underlying Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit that has been issued by an Underlying Issuer.
“United States” means the United States of America.
“Unused Line Fee” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 2.10(b) of the Agreement.
“US Copyright Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the US Guaranty and Security Agreement.
“USD Equivalent Amount” means the Equivalent Amount of any applicable calculation where Dollars is the “second currency” in such calculation.
“US Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of Parent organized under the laws of a state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
“US Guaranty and Security Agreement” means a guaranty and security agreement, dated as of even date with the Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by each Loan Party to Agent.
“US Loan Party” means any US Guarantor.
“US Security Documents” means, collectively, the US Guaranty and Security Agreement, the US Trademark Security Agreement, or any document, instrument or agreement entered into now or in the future, by Parent or any of their Subsidiaries and any member of the Lender Group in connection with the US Guaranty and Security Agreement.
“US Trademark Security Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the US Guaranty and Security Agreement.
“Voidable Transfer” has the meaning specified therefor inSection 17.8 of the Agreement.
“Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association.
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“WFCFCC” means Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada.
“WHSC” means Wescom Healthcare Solutions Corp., a Delaware corporation.
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