CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of March 9, 2022 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), is made by and among:
(a) WINGSTOP FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”),
(b) WINGSTOP GUARANTOR LLC and WINGSTOP FRANCHISING LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”),
(c) WINGSTOP RESTAURANTS INC., a Texas corporation, as the manager (the “Manager”),
(d) the several commercial paper conduits listed on Schedule I as Conduit Investors and their respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a “Conduit Investor” and, collectively, the “Conduit Investors”),
(e) the several financial institutions listed on Schedule I as Note Purchasers and their respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a “Note Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Note Purchasers”),
(f) for each Investor Group, the financial institution entitled to act on behalf of the Investor Group set forth opposite the name of such Investor Group on Schedule I as Funding Agent and its permitted successors and assigns (each, the “Funding Agent” with respect to such Investor Group and, collectively, the “Funding Agents”),
(g) MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as L/C Provider, and
(h) MORGAN STANLEY ASSET FUNDING INC., as administrative agent for the Conduit Investors, the Note Purchasers, the Funding Agents and the L/C Provider (together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent” or the “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Administrative Agent”).
(h) the other L/C Providers from time to time party hereto.
BACKGROUND
1. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee and the Series 2022-1 Securities Intermediary, are entering into the Series 2022-1 Supplement, of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Series 2022-1 Supplement”), to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2020, as further amended as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date (as so amended and as the same may be further amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Base Indenture” and, together with the Series 2020-1 Supplement issued in connection with the Base Indenture, the Series 2022-1 Supplement and any additional Supplements to the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, pursuant to which the Issuer will issue the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes (as defined in the Series 2022-1 Supplement), which may be issued in the form of Uncertificated Notes (as defined in the Base Indenture), in accordance with the Indenture.
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