Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 20, 2024 (this “Amendment”), among Adeia Inc. (f/k/a Xperi Holding Corporation), a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors identified on the signature pages hereto (the “Guarantors” and, collectively with the Borrower, the “Loan Parties”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Credit Agreement defined below (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent” and the “Collateral Agent”, as applicable), and the Refinancing Term Lenders (as defined below) party hereto (including by execution of an Existing Term Lender Signature Page (as defined below)).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2020 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2021, and by Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2023 and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time to but excluding the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders made certain loans to the Borrower as provided therein. Except as otherwise provided herein, capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has requested that Refinancing Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $561,125,000 in the form of Initial Term B Loans (as defined in Exhibit A hereto after giving effect to this Amendment and the Refinancing Term Loans, the “Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans”) be made available to the Borrower to refinance the Initial Term B Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to this Amendment and the Refinancing Term Loans) outstanding under the Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (after giving effect to all prepayments made by the Borrower prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Time) (the “Existing Term Loans”) of each Lender holding such Existing Term Loans (each, an “Existing Term Lender” and, collectively, the “Existing Term Lenders”);
WHEREAS, each Existing Term Lender that executes and delivers an Existing Term Lender Signature Page in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (an “Existing Term Lender Signature Page”) that is attached hereto and selects the option labeled “Cashless Rollover Option” (each, an “Exchanging Lender”) hereby (i) agrees to the terms of this Amendment (including, without limitation, the amendments to the Credit Agreement set forth in Exhibit A hereto), (ii) agrees to exchange (by exercising a cashless rollover option pursuant to Section 1.06 of the Credit Agreement) all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount (or lesser amount allocated to such Exchanging Lender by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) of its Existing Term Loans for Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans and/or have all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount of its Existing Term Loans repaid, and (iii) solely to the extent such Exchanging Lender has opted to purchase additional Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans under the Credit Agreement, commits to make Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans to the Borrower
on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date in such amount (not in excess of its commitment) as is determined by the Administrative Agent and notified to such Existing Term Lender and the Borrower has agreed to the foregoing;
WHEREAS, each Existing Term Lender that executes and delivers an Existing Term Lender Signature Page that is attached hereto and selects the option labeled “Cash Settlement Option” (each, a “Cash Settlement Lender”) hereby (i) agrees to the terms of this Amendment (including, without limitation, the amendments to the Credit Agreement set forth in Exhibit A hereto) and (ii) commits to make Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date in such amount (not in excess of the amount set forth on its Existing Lender Signature Page) as is determined by the Administrative Agent and notified to such Existing Term Lender (such Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans made by a Cash Settlement Lender, together with any Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans made by an Exchanging Lender as described in clause (iii) of the paragraph above and any Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans made by a New Lender (as defined below) as described in the paragraph below, the “Additional Term Loans”) and the Borrower has agreed to the foregoing;
WHEREAS, each party hereto that is not an Existing Term Lender and is identified on the signature pages hereto as a Refinancing Term Lender (each, a “New Lender”) commits to make Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date in the amount set forth opposite such New Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01A to the Credit Agreement (as set forth in Exhibit C hereto) and the Borrower has agreed to the foregoing;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Additional Term Loans will be used by the Borrower to repay in full the outstanding principal amount of the Existing Term Loans that are not exchanged for Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans by Exchanging Lenders and for other purposes not prohibited by the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Exchanging Lender, the Cash Settlement Lenders and the New Lenders (collectively, the “Refinancing Term Lenders”) are severally willing to exchange their Existing Term Loans for Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans and/or make Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans, as the case may be, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment;
WHEREAS, the Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans held by Refinancing Term Lenders will constitute one Class of Term Loans and will otherwise have the terms as set forth in the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment (including the exhibits hereto) (the “Amended Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Refinancing Term Lenders party hereto, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent have agreed to certain other amendments to the terms of the Credit Agreement as set forth in this Amendment (including the exhibits hereto); and
WHEREAS, BofA Securities, Inc. has acted as Lead Arranger in connection with this Amendment (in such capacity, the “Amendment No. 3 Lead Arranger”).
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions contained herein, and of any loans or financial accommodations heretofore, now, or hereafter made to or for the benefit of the Borrower by the Lenders, it hereby is agreed as follows:
AMENDMENTS
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
As of the date hereof, the Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective signatories thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
ADEIA INC., as Borrower
By: /s/ Kevin Tanji
Name: Kevin Tanji
Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Adeia Inc. - Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement
GUARANTORS:
ADEIA HOLDINGS INC.,
ADEIA MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC,
ADEIA IMAGING LLC,
ADEIA MEDIA LLC,
ADEIA MEDIA SOLUTIONS INC.,
ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
ADEIA TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
ADEIA GUIDES INC.,
ADEIA SOLUTIONS LLC,
ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS LLC,
ADEIA SEMICONDUCOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC,
ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC
ADEIA PUBLISHING INC.
By: /s/ Kevin Tanji
Name: Kevin Tanji
Title: President and Secretary
Adeia Inc. - Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Teresa Weirath
Name: Teresa Weirath
Title: Vice President
Adeia Inc. - Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement
LENDER SIGNATURE PAGES ON FILE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Exhibit A
[Attached]
Execution Version
ANNEX A
CUSIP Numbers:
DEAL CUSIP: 98422BAA7
FACILITY CUSIP: 98422BAB598422BAC3
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 1, 2020
as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2021, and
by Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2023, and
by Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2024
among
ADEIA INC. (F/K/A XPERI HOLDING CORPORATION),
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS*
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, and
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners in respect of Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
as Lead Arranger and Bookrunner in respect of Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement
* RBC Capital Markets is a brand name for the capital markets businesses of Royal Bank of Canada and its affiliates.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1.03. |
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Section 2.06. |
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Section 2.08. |
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Section 2.10. |
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Section 2.13. |
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Section 2.14. |
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Section 2.15. | Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs; Agent’s Clawback |
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Section 2.16. |
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Section 2.17. |
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Section 2.18. |
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Section 2.19. |
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Section 2.20. |
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Section 3.03. |
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Section 3.04. |
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Section 3.06. |
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Section 3.11. |
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Section 3.12. |
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Section 3.13. |
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Section 3.14. |
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Section 3.15. |
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Section 3.16. |
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Section 3.17. |
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Section 3.18. |
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Section 3.19. |
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Section 4.02. |
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Section 5.02. |
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Section 5.04. |
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Section 5.05. |
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Section 5.06. |
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Section 6.03. |
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Section 6.04. |
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Section 6.05. |
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Section 6.06. | Restricted Payments; Certain Payments in Respect of Indebtedness |
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Section 6.07. |
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Section 6.08. |
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Section 6.09. |
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Section 8.04. |
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Section 9.02. |
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Section 9.03. |
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Section 9.04. |
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Section 9.05. |
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Section 9.06. |
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Section 9.07. |
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Section 9.08. |
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Section 9.09. |
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Section 9.11. |
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Section 9.12. |
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Section 9.13. |
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Section 9.14. |
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Section 9.15. |
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Section 9.16. |
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Section 9.17. |
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Section 9.18. |
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Section 9.19. | Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-in of Affected Financial Institutions |
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Section 9.20. |
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SCHEDULES: | ||
Schedule 1.01A | – | Lenders and Commitments |
Schedule 1.01B | – | Auction Procedures |
Schedule 3.15 | – | Subsidiaries |
Schedule 5.13 | – | Certain Post-Closing Obligations |
Schedule 6.01 | – | Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 6.02 | – | Existing Liens |
Schedule 6.04 | – | Existing Investments |
Schedule 6.08 | – | Restrictive Agreements |
EXHIBITS: | ||
Exhibit A | – | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit B | – | Form of Borrowing Request |
Exhibit C | – | Form of Prepayment Notice |
Exhibit D | – | Form of Security Agreement |
Exhibit E | – | Form of Guarantee Agreement |
Exhibit F | – | Form of Perfection Certificate |
Exhibit G | – | Form of Interest Election Request |
Exhibit H-1 | – | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit H-2 | – | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit H-3 | – | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit H-4 | – | U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
Exhibit I | – | Form of Solvency Certificate |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2020 (this “Agreement”), among ADEIA INC. (F/K/A XPERI HOLDING CORPORATION), a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (together with the disclosure schedules delivered in connection therewith), dated as of December 18, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof prior to the Effective Date, the “Merger Agreement”), with Xperi Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Xperi”), TiVo Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“TiVo”), XRAY Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation and Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (“XRAY Merger Sub”), and TWOLF Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation and Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (“TWOLF Merger Sub”), to effect a business combination pursuant to a transaction in which (x) XRAY Merger Sub will merge with and into Xperi (the “Xperi Merger”), with Xperi surviving the merger as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, and (y) TWOLF Merger Sub will merge with and into TiVo (the “TiVo Merger” and, together with the Xperi Merger, the “Mergers”), with TiVo surviving the merger as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit to the Borrower in the form of Loans on the Effective Date in an aggregate principal amount of $1,050,000,000 and, Initial Term B Loans constituting Refinancing Term Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in an aggregate principal amount of $810,000,000 and Initial Term B Loans constituting Refinancing Term Loans on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date in an aggregate principal amount of $561,125,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Definitions
“ABR” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Acquisition-Related Incremental Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(a).
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
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“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d)(ii).
“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and “Agent” means any one of them.
“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“All-in Yield” means, as to any Indebtedness, the effective interest rate with respect thereto as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower and consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the interest rate, margin, original issue discount, upfront fees and “Term SOFR floors” or “base rate floors”; provided that (i) original issue discount and upfront fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a four-year life to maturity of such Indebtedness, (ii) customary arrangement, structuring, ticking, underwriting, amendment, commitment or other similar fees paid solely to the applicable arrangers or agents with respect to such Indebtedness and, if applicable, consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders, shall each be excluded and (iii) for the purpose of Section 2.17, if the “Term SOFR floor” for the Incremental Term Loans is greater than zero, such excess shall be equated to interest rate margins for the purpose of this definition.
“Amendment No. 1” means Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(a) of Amendment No. 1.
“Amendment No. 2” means Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to Amendment No. 2.
“Amendment No. 3” means Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to Amendment No. 3.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Commitment Fee Rate” means, with respect to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitment or Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment, the “Applicable Commitment Fee Rate” set forth in the Incremental Assumption Agreement, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment (as applicable) relating thereto.
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“Applicable Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(g).
“Applicable Margin” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any Initial Term B Loan, 3.503.00% per annum in the case of any Term SOFR Loan and 2.502.00% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan and (b) with respect to any Incremental Loan, Extended Revolving Loan, Extended Term Loan, Replacement Revolving Loan, Refinancing Term Loan or Refinancing Revolving Loan, the “Applicable Margin” set forth in the Incremental Assumption Agreement, Incremental Term Loan Amendment, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment (as applicable) relating thereto.
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, a percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) equal to a fraction (a) the numerator of which is an amount equal to such Lender’s Credit Exposure and unfunded Commitments and (b) the denominator of which is an amount equal to the total Credit Exposure and unfunded Commitments of all Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Auction Procedures” means the auction procedures with respect to Dutch Auctions set forth in Schedule 1.01B hereto.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the date the Borrower enters into an Incremental Assumption Agreement or an applicable Refinancing Amendment, in each case, to but excluding the earlier of (a) the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date and (b) the date of termination of the applicable Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Available Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount not less than zero, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication:
(a) $125,000,000, plus
(b) the Available ECF Amount at such time, plus
(c) the aggregate amount of net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from the sale or issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower after the Effective Date and on or prior to such time (including upon exercise of warrants or options) (other than Disqualified Stock), plus
(d) the amounts received in cash or Permitted Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any distribution, dividend, profit, return of capital, repayment of loans or upon the Disposition of any Investment, or otherwise received from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (including the amounts received in cash or Permitted Investments from any Disposition or issuance of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary), in each case to the extent received in respect of an Investment (including the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary) made in reliance on the Available Amount and, in each case, not to exceed the original amount of such Investment, plus
(e) the fair market value of the Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries made in any Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.04(w) at the time it is
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redesignated as or merged or consolidated with or into a Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, not to exceed the lesser of (i) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of such Investments made in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation or merger or consolidation and (ii) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of such Investments in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Investments were made), plus
(f) the aggregate amount of any Declined Proceeds since the Effective Date and on or prior to such time, minus
(g) the aggregate amount of any Investment made pursuant to Section 6.04(w), any Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.06(a)(vi), and any prepayment made pursuant to Section 6.06(b)(v) after the Effective Date and on or prior to such time.
“Available ECF Amount” means, on any date, an amount not less than zero determined on a cumulative basis equal to Excess Cash Flow for each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 and ending with the fiscal year of the Borrower most recently ended prior to the date of determination for which financial statements and a calculation of Excess Cash Flow have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) and Section 5.01(c)(i), as applicable, to the extent such Excess Cash Flow has not been applied or required to be applied to prepay Initial Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(c) (without regard to any credit against such obligation).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-in Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Bank of America Collateral Accounts” means (i) Account No. 91000159954414 of TiVo Corporation, (ii) Account No. 91000157338401 of Rovi Corporation and (iii) Account No. 91000155938146 of Rovi Corporation, in each case, at Bank of America, N.A. and securing letters of credit issued by Bank of America, N.A.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America.
“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment
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on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate”, and (c) Term SOFR plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof, then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, (a) in the case of any corporation or company, the board of directors of such Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) in the case of any exempted or limited liability company, the board of managers, board of directors, manager or managing member of such Person or the functional equivalent of the foregoing, (c) in the case of any partnership, the board of directors, board of managers, manager or managing member of a general partner of such Person or the functional equivalent of the foregoing and (d) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16.
“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 which shall be, in the case of any such written request, substantially in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), in each case appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Term SOFR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day which is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as purchases of property and equipment on the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower.
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“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means, subject to Section 1.03(b), the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof).
“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary cash management services for collections, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services) any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account relationships, commercial credit cards, merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds transfer services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.
“Cash Management Bank” means (i) any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement is an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of any such Person and (ii) any Person that is an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate of such Person described in the foregoing clause (i) and that is party to a Cash Management Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code any shares of which are treated as owned directly or indirectly by a “United States shareholder” (within the meaning of Section 951(b) of the Code) as measured for purposes of Section 958(a) of the Code.
“CFC Holdco” means a Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Equity Interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
“Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the Effective Date), of Equity Interests representing more than 40% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower or (b) a Change in Control or similar event, however denominated or defined, under any Material Indebtedness. For the avoidance of doubt, the Mergers and other transactions occurring pursuant to the Merger Agreement on the Effective Date shall not constitute a “Change in Control”.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Effective Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.12(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein 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 promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
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“Class”, when used in reference to (a) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Other Revolving Loans, Initial Term B Loans or Other Term Loans and (b) any Commitment refers to whether such Commitment is a Term Loan Commitment to make Initial Term B Loans or Other Term Loans or a Revolving Credit Commitment to make Other Revolving Loans. Other Term Loans or Other Revolving Loans that have different terms and conditions (together with the Commitments in respect thereof) from the Initial Term B Loans, or from Other Term Loans or Other Revolving Loans, as applicable, shall be construed to be in separate and distinct Classes.
“Class Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(g).
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means any and all “Collateral,” “Pledged Collateral” or similar term as defined in any applicable Security Document and all other property of any Loan Party that is subject to any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to any Security Document; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein or in any Security Document or other Loan Document, the “Collateral” shall exclude any Excluded Property.
“Collateral Agent” means Bank of America, N.A. or any successor thereto in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties.
“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, that the following requirements shall be satisfied (to the extent such requirements are stated to be applicable at the time):
(i) on the Effective Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (A) from the Borrower and each Guarantor, a counterpart of the Security Agreement and (B) from each Guarantor, a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement, in each case, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person;
(ii) on the Effective Date, (A)(x) all outstanding Equity Interests directly owned by the Loan Parties, other than Excluded Property, and (y) all Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party, other than Excluded Property, shall have been pledged or assigned for security purposes to the extent required under the Security Documents and (B) the Collateral Agent shall have received certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests and any notes or other instruments required to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, together with stock powers, note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto (as applicable) endorsed in blank;
(iii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Guarantor after the Effective Date, subject to Section 5.11, the Collateral Agent shall have received (A) a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement and (B) supplements to the Security Agreement and any other Security Documents, if applicable, in the form specified therefor or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, in each case, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Guarantor;
(iv) after the Effective Date, subject to Section 5.11, all outstanding Equity Interests of any Person (other than Excluded Property) that are directly held or acquired by a Loan Party after the Effective Date and all Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party (other than Excluded Property) that are directly acquired by a Loan Party after the Effective Date shall have been pledged pursuant to the Security Documents and the Collateral Agent shall have received certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests and any notes or other instruments required
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to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto (as applicable) endorsed in blank;
(v) except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Document, all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and filings with the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and all other actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (including those required by any applicable Requirement of Law) to be delivered, filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been delivered, filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or the recording substantially concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;
(vi) evidence of the insurance (if any) required by the terms of Section 5.07 hereof shall have been received by the Collateral Agent; and
(vii) after the Effective Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) such other Security Documents as may be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.11 or Section 5.13 or the Security Documents, and (ii) upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent, evidence of compliance with any other requirements of Section 5.11 or Section 5.13; provided, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no actions required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction to create or perfect any security interest in assets located or titled outside the U.S., including any Intellectual Property registered in any non-U.S. jurisdiction, shall be required or requested to be delivered, filed, registered or recorded (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Security Documents or any other Loan Document, (i) the Collateral Agent may grant extensions of time or waiver of any requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Effective Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (ii) no control, lockbox or similar arrangements nor any control agreements relating to the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ bank accounts (including deposit, securities or commodities accounts) shall be required, (iii) there shall be no survey, landlord, mortgagee, bailee or other third party waivers, estoppels or collateral access letters required, and (iv) no actions required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required to be taken to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the United States (including any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary and any non-U.S. Intellectual Property) or to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in such assets.
“Commitment” means, as applicable, a Revolving Credit Commitment and/or a Term Loan Commitment.
“Commitment Letter” means that certain Commitment Letter, dated as of December 18, 2019, by and among Xperi, TiVo, Bank of America, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc. and Royal Bank of Canada, as supplemented by that certain Supplement to Commitment Letter and Fee Letter, dated as of January 3, 2020, by and among Xperi, TiVo, Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of America, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc. and Royal Bank of Canada and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Communications” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d)(ii).
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate or Term SOFR, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of “Base Rate”, “SOFR”, “Term SOFR” and “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of “Business Day” and “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines in its reasonable discretion that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines in consultation with the Borrower is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated Current Assets” means, as at any date of determination, the consolidated current assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding cash and cash equivalents.
“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as at any date of determination, the consolidated current liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that may property be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding, without duplication, the current portion of any long-term Indebtedness.
“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any Test Period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of goodwill and other intangibles, for such Test Period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any Test Period, an amount determined for Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to Consolidated Net Income, for such Test Period:
(a) increased by (without duplication) in each case only to the extent the same was deducted (and not added back) in determining such Consolidated Net Income (other than with respect to clause (ix) below):
(i) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense for such Test Period; plus
(ii) interest expense for such Test Period; plus
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(iii) any provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital (including federal, state and local taxes, franchise taxes, excise taxes and similar taxes, including any penalties or interest with respect thereto) for such Test Period; plus
(iv) any fees, commissions, costs, expenses or other charges or any amortization related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment not prohibited by this Agreement, acquisition (including earn-out provisions), Disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence, prepayment, amendment, modification, restructuring or refinancing of Indebtedness not prohibited by this Agreement or occurring prior to the Effective Date (whether or not consummated) for such Test Period, including (A) such fees, costs, expenses or charges related to the Facilities and the other Transactions and (B) any amendment or other modification to the terms of any such transactions; plus
(v) the amount of any cash restructuring charge and related charges, business optimization expenses, or reserve or related items incurred during such Test Period; plus
(vi) any other non-cash losses, charges and expenses (including non-cash compensation charges) reducing Consolidated Net Income for such Test Period; plus
(vii) any net loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations (excluding held for sale discontinued operations until actually disposed of); plus
(viii) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights during such Test Period; plus
(ix) the amount of expected cost savings, operating expense reductions, restructuring charges and expenses and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of actions taken or expected to be taken (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, restructuring charges and expenses and synergies had been realized on the first day of such Test Period) related to (A) the Transactions and (B) mergers and other business combinations, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and cost saving initiatives and other similar initiatives, in each case, which are factually supportable and net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such Test Period from such actions; provided that (x) such cost savings, operating expense reductions, restructuring charges and expenses and synergies are expected to be realized (in the good faith determination of the Borrower), in the case of clause (B), within eighteen (18) months after such transaction or initiative has been consummated, (y) no cost savings, operating expense reductions, restructuring charges and expenses and synergies may be added pursuant to this clause (ix) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating thereto that are either excluded in computing Consolidated Net Income or included (i.e., added back) in computing Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period; and (z) the aggregate add-backs pursuant to clause (B) of this clause (ix) (plus any adjustments made in respect of anticipated synergies and cost savings pursuant to clause (y) of the definition of “Pro Forma Basis”) shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis but prior to giving effect to any add back under this clause (ix)(B) or such adjustments made pursuant to clause (y) of the definition of “Pro Forma Basis”); plus
(x) expenses relating to changes in GAAP; and
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(b) increased or decreased by (as applicable and without duplication):
(i) any net gain or loss resulting in such Test Period from currency translation gains or losses related to currency hedges or remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from currency exchange risk), plus or minus, as applicable
(ii) any net after-tax income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, plus
(iii) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring losses, charges or expenses;
all as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ended on such date to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any Test Period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all cash interest expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest paid in cash), in each case to the extent accrued or paid in cash during such Test Period, and (b) the portion of Capital Lease Obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such Test Period that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, but excluding, however, (i) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (ii) amortization of deferred financing fees and costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees, amendment fees or consent fees, and any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities, (iii) any amounts of non-cash interest and any accrued and unpaid capitalized interest, (iv) annual agency fees paid to the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, (v) any prepayment premium or penalty, and (vi) costs associated with obtaining Swap Agreements and breakage costs in respect of Swap Agreements.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein) the following: (a) gains or losses attributable to property sales not in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (b) the cumulative effect of a change in GAAP or other applicable accounting principles and any gains or losses attributable to write-ups or write-downs of assets, (c) the net income (or loss) of any Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, provided that the income of such Person will be included to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash (or converted to cash) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and (d) the effects from applying acquisition method accounting required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements as a result of the Transactions, any acquisition or Investment consummated prior to the Effective Date and any Permitted Acquisitions or other Investment consummated on or after the Effective Date or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, as of the date of determination, Consolidated Current Assets minus Consolidated Current Liabilities.
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“Contract Consideration” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow”.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlled” has a meaning correlative thereto.
“Convertible Debt Security” means debt securities, the terms of which provide for conversion into, or exchange for, Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower, cash in lieu thereof or a combination of such Qualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu thereof.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
“Covered Party” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.20.
“Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and Term Loans outstanding at such time.
“Customary Bridge Loans” means customary bridge loans, escrow or other similar arrangements with a maturity date of no longer than one year which provide for an automatic extension of the maturity date thereof to a date no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date then in effect on the date of the incurrence thereof, subject to customary conditions or the exchange or replacement thereof with other Indebtedness; provided that (a) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any loans, notes, securities or other Indebtedness which are exchanged for or otherwise replace such bridge loans is not shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then-existing Term Loans and (b) the final maturity date of any loans, notes, securities or other Indebtedness which are exchanged for or otherwise replace such bridge loans is no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date then in effect on the date of the incurrence thereof.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Declined Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(e).
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
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“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.18(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded by it hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or (ii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of (A) an Undisclosed Administration or (B) the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of the courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Permitted Investments received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on or other Disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise Disposed of in compliance with Section 6.05.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means, with respect to any Person, the sale, transfer, license or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback) (in one transaction or in a series of related transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise) of any property of such Person.
“Disqualified Institution” means (a) any Person identified in writing upon three (3) Business Days’ notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent that is at the time a competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any Affiliate of any Person described in clause (a) to the extent such Affiliate is readily identifiable solely on the basis of the similarity of such Affiliate’s name to any Person described in clause (a) (but excluding any Affiliate of such Person that is a bona fide debt fund or investment vehicle that is primarily engaged, or that advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds or similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course and with respect to which such Person does not, directly or indirectly, possess the power to direct or cause the direction of the investment policies of such entity), in each case, solely to the extent the list of Disqualified Institutions described in clause (a) is made available to all Lenders (either by the Borrower or by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s express authorization) on the Platform); it being understood that to the extent the Borrower provides such list (or any supplement
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thereto) to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent is authorized to and shall post such list (and any such supplement thereto)) on the Platform; provided that no supplement to the list of Disqualified Institutions described in clause (a) shall apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in the Loans.
“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) mature (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provide for scheduled, mandatory payments of dividends in cash, or (d) are or become convertible into or exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof; for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), (A) prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance thereof and (B) except as a result of a change of control or asset sale or similar event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event or similar 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 (provided, that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock). Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any Equity Interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees’ termination, death or disability and (ii) any class of Equity Interests of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
“Dividing Person” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Division”.
“Division” means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the “Dividing Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.
“Division Successor” means any Person that, upon the consummation of a Division of a Dividing Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division. A Dividing Person which retains any of its assets, liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the occurrence of such Division.
“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiaries” means all Subsidiaries that are organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“DTS Headquarters Property” means the real estate located at 5220 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California 91302.
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“Dutch Auction” means an auction conducted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in order to purchase Term Loans as contemplated by Section 9.04(f)(x), in accordance with the Auction Procedures.
“ECF Percentage” means, as of the date of determination, (a) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the applicable fiscal year of the Borrower is greater than 1.301.75 to 1.00, 7550%, (b) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the applicable fiscal year of the Borrower is less than or equal to 1.301.75 to 1.00 but greater than 0.80 to 1.00, 50%, (c) if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the applicable fiscal year of the Borrower is less than or equal to 0.80 to 1.00 but greater than 0.301.25 to 1.00, 25%, and (dc) otherwise, 0%.
“ECP” means an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1(a)(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the SEC.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02), which is June 1, 2020.
“Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a natural person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“Electronic System” means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, Intralinks®, ClearPar®, Debt Domain, Syndtrak and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent and any of its Related Parties or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.
“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, or injunctions issued or promulgated by any Governmental Authority, governing pollution, protection of the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials or human health or safety matters.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation or remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any
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Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest (but excluding any and all Convertible Debt Securities and Permitted Convertible Debt Hedge Transactions).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated), other than the Borrower, that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of any unpaid “minimum required contribution” (as defined in Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA), whether or not waived, or with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, any failure to make a required contribution, in either case, by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal (including under Section 4062(e) of ERISA) from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or is in “endangered” or “critical” or “critical and declining” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA.
“EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time. “Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any fiscal year of the Borrower, (x) the excess of the following clause (a) over clause (b), plus (y) clause (c):
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“Excluded Property” means (i) (a) any leasehold interest in real property, (b) any fee owned real property with a fair market value of $20,000,000 or less (estimated in good faith by the Borrower), (c) the DTS Headquarters Property, and (d) any fee owned real property located outside of the United States, (ii) motor vehicles, aircrafts and other assets subject to certificates of title, except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement, (iii) (a) letter of credit rights, except the extent perfection can be accomplished by filing of a UCC financing statement and (b) commercial tort claims in an amount reasonably estimated by the Borrower to be less than $25,000,000, (iv) pledges and security interests prohibited by any applicable law, rule or regulation (including the requirement to obtain consent of any governmental authority) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, (v) Equity Interests in any Person other than Wholly Owned Subsidiaries to the extent not permitted by the terms of such Person’s organizational or joint venture documents after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, (vi) any lease, permit, license or other agreement or any property subject to (a) a purchase money security interest, (b) Capital Lease Obligations or (c) other arrangement not prohibited under this Agreement, in each case, to the extent the grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, permit, license or agreement, purchase money, Capital Lease Obligations, or other arrangement
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or create a right of termination in favor of, or require the consent of, any other party thereto (other than the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, (vii) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost of obtaining such security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Lenders of the security afforded thereby, (viii) voting Equity Interests in excess of 65% of the voting Equity Interests of any first tier CFC or CFC Holdco or any of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary of a CFC or CFC Holdco, (ix) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent security interests in such licenses, franchises, charters or authorizations are prohibited or restricted by the terms thereof after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law, (x) any U.S. trademark application filed on the basis of an intent-to-use such trademark prior to the filing with and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto pursuant to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. §1051, et seq.), to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application under applicable federal law, (xi) (a) payroll and other employee wage and benefit accounts, (b) sales tax accounts, (c) escrow accounts for the benefit of unaffiliated third parties and (d) fiduciary or trust accounts for the benefit of unaffiliated third parties, and, in the case of clauses (a) through (d), the funds or other property held in or maintained in any such account, in each case, other than to the extent perfection may be accomplished by filing of a UCC financing statement and other than proceeds of Collateral, (xii) any acquired property (including property acquired through acquisition or merger of another entity) if at the time of such acquisition the granting of a security interest therein or the pledge thereof is prohibited by any contract or other agreement (in each case, not created in contemplation thereof) to the extent and for so long as such contract or other agreement prohibits such security interest or pledge after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, (xiii) Equity Interests issued by, or assets of, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Immaterial Subsidiaries, not-for-profit Subsidiaries, Special Purpose Entities and Captive Insurance Subsidiaries, (xiv) any Equity Interests issued by Perceive Corporation and any preferred Equity Interests issued by Tvision Insights Inc. and Thuuz, Inc., (xv) Margin Stock and (xvi) each Bank of America Collateral Account.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means any of the following:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary (i) whose total assets as of the last day of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been (or are required to be) delivered hereunder were equal to or less than 5.0% of consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (ii) that generates 5.0% or less of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period; provided that Excluded Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors solely because they do not meet the thresholds set forth in clause (i) or (ii) above shall not comprise in the aggregate more than 5.0% of consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period or more than 5.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period (each such Subsidiary, an “Immaterial Subsidiary”),
(b) each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary),
(c) each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited, but only for so long as such Domestic Subsidiary is prohibited, from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Secured Obligations by
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any applicable law, rule or regulation or that would require consent, approval, license or authorization of a Governmental Authority to Guarantee or grant Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received),
(d) each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited, but only for so long as such Domestic Subsidiary is prohibited, by any applicable contractual requirement from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Secured Obligations existing on the Effective Date or existing at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such prohibition did not arise as part of such acquisition (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect),
(e) any Foreign Subsidiary,
(f) any Domestic Subsidiary (i) that is a CFC Holdco or (ii) that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC,
(g) any other Domestic Subsidiary with respect to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost (or material adverse Tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee of or granting Liens to secure the Secured Obligations would be excessive in relation to the benefit to be afforded thereby,
(h) each Unrestricted Subsidiary,
(i) any not-for-profit Subsidiary,
(j) any Special Purpose Entity, and
(k) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Specified Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee by such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Specified Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal 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) (a) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an ECP at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Specified Swap Obligation or (b) in the case of a Specified Swap Obligation subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), because such Loan Party is a “financial entity,” as defined in Section 2(h)(7)(C)(i) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), at the time such Guarantee of such Loan Party becomes or would become effective with respect to such related Specified Swap Obligation. If a Specified Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Specified Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Obligation is guaranteed by such Loan Party or security interest is or becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by such Recipient’s net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office located in or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such
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Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment, pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the applicable Commitment, or, in the case of an applicable interest in a Loan not funded pursuant to a prior Commitment, such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan; provided that this clause (b)(i) shall not apply to an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.16(b) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.14, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired such applicable interest in such Loan or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.14(f) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Class Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(g).
“Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).
“Extended Revolving Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).
“Extended Term Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).
“Extending Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).
“Extension” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).
“Extension Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(b).
“Extension Election” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).
“Facility” means the respective facility and commitments utilized in making Loans hereunder. Following the Effective Date, the term “Facility” may include any other Class of Commitments and the extensions of credit thereunder.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to the foregoing (or any amended or successor version described above), and any intergovernmental agreements, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities entered into in connection with the foregoing and any law, regulations, or official rules adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
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“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
“First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, that is secured on a senior or pari passu basis with the Term Loan Facilities as of such date (after giving effect to any incurrence or repayment of any such Indebtedness on such date) (excluding, in any event, Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder), minus all Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ending on such date.
“Fiscal Quarter” means the fiscal quarter of the Borrower, ending on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year.
“Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (v) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.03.
“Governmental Approval” means (a) any authorization, consent, approval, license, waiver, ruling, permit, tariff, rate, certification, exemption, filing, variance, claim, order, judgment, decree, sanction or publication of, by or with; (b) any notice to; (c) any declaration of or with; or (d) any registration by or with, or any other action or deemed action by or on behalf of, in each case, any Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, local, provincial or otherwise, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the
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primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
“Guarantee Agreement” means a guarantee agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E, made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Guarantors” means each Restricted Subsidiary that becomes party to a Guarantee Agreement as a Guarantor, and the permitted successors and assigns of each such Person (in each case, except to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary, successor or assign is relieved or released from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement).
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hedge Bank” means any Agent, Lender or an Affiliate thereof that is a party to a Swap Agreement with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and any Person that was an Agent, a Lender or an Affiliate thereof at the time it entered into a Swap Agreement with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”.
“Incremental Amendment” means an Incremental Assumption Agreement and/or an Incremental Term Loan Amendment, as applicable.
“Incremental Assumption Agreement” means an Incremental Assumption Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, among the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and, if applicable, one or more Incremental Term Loan Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Lenders.
“Incremental Commitment” means any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or Incremental Term Loan Commitment.
“Incremental Equivalent Debt” means Indebtedness issued, incurred or otherwise obtained by any Loan Party in respect of one or more series of senior unsecured notes, senior secured first lien or junior lien notes or subordinated notes (in each case issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement in lieu of the foregoing (and any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor)) or senior secured first lien or junior lien or unsecured loans that, in each case, if secured, will be secured by Liens on the Collateral on a pari passu or a junior priority basis with the Liens on Collateral securing the Secured Obligations, and that are issued or made in lieu of Incremental Loans; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Equivalent Debt at the time of issuance or incurrence shall not exceed the amount that would be permitted to be incurred as Incremental Loans under Section 2.17(a) at such time (with any Incremental Equivalent Debt being deemed to constitute Indebtedness that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term B Facility for the purposes calculating the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth in Section 2.17(a) even though not so secured), (ii) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any Guarantee by any Person other than a Loan Party, (iii) in the case of Incremental Equivalent Debt that is secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of any Person other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iv) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured, such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to an applicable Intercreditor Agreement and if such
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Incremental Equivalent Debt is payment subordinated, shall be subject to a subordination agreement on terms that are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (v) at the time of incurrence, such Incremental Equivalent Debt (other than any Incremental Equivalent Debt consisting of Customary Bridge Loans) has a final maturity date equal to or later than the Latest Maturity Date then in effect with respect to, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or longer than, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Class of outstanding Term Loans with the then Latest Maturity Date or Weighted Average Life to Maturity, as the case may be and (vi) if such Incremental Equivalent Debt is secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term B Facility and is in the form of a term loan facility, such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to Section 2.17(b)(vii).
“Incremental Loan” means an Incremental Term Loan or an Incremental Revolving Loan.
“Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment” means any incremental revolving credit commitment provided pursuant to Section 2.17.
“Incremental Revolving Lender” means a Lender with an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Revolving Loan.
“Incremental Revolving Loans” means Revolving Loans made by one or more Revolving Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment to make additional Revolving Loans.
“Incremental Term Loan Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(a).
“Incremental Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.17, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower.
“Incremental Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
“Incremental Term Loans” means any additional term loans made pursuant to Section 2.17.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) current accounts and trade payables payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any bona-fide earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after being due and payable), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (i) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the mandatory redemption, mandatory repayment or other mandatory repurchase of any Disqualified Stock of such Person (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock) and (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances; provided that the term “Indebtedness” shall not include (i) deferred or prepaid revenue, (ii) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller or (iii) the net mark-to-market exposure with respect to any Swap Agreement. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in
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which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (B) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall exclude intercompany liabilities arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).
“Initial Term B Borrowing” means any Borrowing comprised of Initial Term B Loans.
“Initial Term B Facility” means the Initial Term B Loan Commitments and the Initial Term B Loans made hereunder.
“Initial Term B Facility Maturity Date” means the seventh anniversary of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Initial Term B Lender” means a Lender with an Initial Term B Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term B Loan.
“Initial Term B Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Term Loan Lender, the commitment of such Term Loan Lender to make Initial Term B Loans hereunder. The amount of each Term Loan Lender’s Initial Term B Loan Commitments as of the Amendment No. 13 Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 1.01A (as amended by Amendment No. 13). The aggregate amount of the Initial Term B Loan Commitments as of the Amendment No. 13 Effective Date is $810,000,000561,125,000.
“Initial Term B Loans” means the term loans made by the Term Loan Lenders to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 13 Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i) and Section 1.2 of the Amendment No. 13.
“Intellectual Property” means the following: (a) copyrights and rights in works of authorship, registrations and applications for registration thereof, (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, slogans, domain names, logos, trade dress and registrations and applications of registrations thereof, (c) patents, as well as any reissued and reexamined patents and extensions corresponding to the patents and any patent applications, as well as any related continuation, continuation-in-part and divisional applications and patents issuing therefrom, (d) trade secrets, and other confidential information, including ideas, designs, concepts, compilations of information, databases and rights in data, methods, inventions, discoveries, designs, techniques, procedures, processes and other know-how, whether or not patentable and (e) all other intellectual property or industrial property.
“Intercompany Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the occurrence of any event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any
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subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute a new incurrence of Indebtedness other than Intercompany Indebtedness by the issuer thereof.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means a Permitted First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05, in each case appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, (i) the last day of each March, June, September and December and (ii) the applicable Maturity Date and (b) with respect to any Term SOFR Loan, (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (ii) the applicable Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means as to each Term SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such Term SOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Loan and ending on the date one, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Borrowing Request, or such other period that is twelve months or less requested by the Borrower and consented to by all the Lenders with Commitments or Loans under the applicable facility and the Administrative Agent (in the case of each requested Interest Period, subject to availability); provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Term SOFR Loan, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period pertaining to a Term SOFR Loan 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) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the maturity date set forth in the Credit Agreement.
“Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Junior Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06(b).
“Junior Debt Prepayment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06(b).
“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, in each case then in effect on such date of determination.
“LCA Election” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05(b).
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“LCA Test Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05(b).
“Lead Arrangers” means the Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners listed on the cover page.
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 1.01A (as amended by Amendment No. 13) and any other Person (excluding Disqualified Institutions) that shall have become a Lender hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Assumption Agreement, Incremental Term Loan Amendment, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge in the nature of a security interest or security interest in, on or of such asset; provided that “Lien” shall not include any non-exclusive licenses or covenants not to assert under Intellectual Property.
“Limited Condition Acquisition” means any acquisition or other similar Investment by one or more of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests or assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person (a) that is not prohibited by this Agreement and (b) the consummation of which is not conditioned upon the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing or in connection with which any fee or expense would be payable by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries to the seller or target in the event financing to consummate the acquisition is not obtained as contemplated by the definitive acquisition agreement.
“Limited Condition Acquisition Agreement” means, with respect to any Limited Condition Acquisition, the definitive acquisition documentation in respect thereof.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Security Documents, each Refinancing Amendment, each Incremental Assumption Agreement, each Incremental Term Loan Amendment, each Extension Amendment, any Intercreditor Agreement to the extent then in effect and the Notes.
“Loan Parties” means the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, property or financial condition of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents, taken as a whole, or the rights or remedies of the Agents or the Lenders thereunder, taken as a whole.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $35,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
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“Material Real Property” means real estate in the United States owned (but not leased) by a Loan Party having a value in excess of $20,000,000 (estimated in good faith by the Borrower), but excluding the DTS Headquarters Property.
“Material Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“Maturity Date” means the Term Facility Maturity Date or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, as applicable.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“Merger Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.
“Merger Agreement Representations” means such of the representations and warranties made in the Merger Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that Xperi (or its Affiliate) or TiVo (or its Affiliate) has the right (taking into account any applicable notice and cure provisions) to terminate its (or such Affiliate’s) obligations under the Merger Agreement or decline to consummate the Mergers (in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties.
“Mergers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage” means a mortgage or deed of trust encumbering a Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Mortgaged Property” means any fee owned real property for which a Mortgage is delivered pursuant to Section 5.11.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes any contributions.
“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, the cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such event net of (a) all Taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to third parties in connection with such event and the amount of any reserves established by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, that are directly attributable to such event (provided that any determination by the Borrower that Taxes estimated to be payable are not payable and any reduction at any time in the amount of any such reserves (other than as a result of payments made in respect thereof) shall be deemed to constitute the receipt by the Borrower at such time of Net Proceeds in the amount of the estimated Taxes not payable or such reduction, as applicable), (b) all brokerage commissions and fees, attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, underwriting discounts and other fees and out-of-pocket expenses (including survey costs, title insurance premiums and related search and recording charges) paid by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to third parties in connection with such event, (c) in the case of a Disposition of an asset, (w) any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any Disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such Disposition, (x) the amount of all payments that are permitted hereunder and are made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (or to establish an escrow for the future repayment thereof) as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than the Initial Term B Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of
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such event, (y) the pro rata portion of net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (y)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result thereof and (z) the amount of any liabilities directly associated with such asset and retained by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“New Class Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(g).
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c).
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Notes” means any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07(e).
“Obligations” means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower or the applicable Loan Parties of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Loan Parties to the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (b) the due and punctual payment and performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties, monetary or otherwise, under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“OFAC” means Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Order” means an order, writ, judgment, award, injunction, decree, ruling or decision of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(b)(i).
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“Other Revolving Credit Commitments” means, collectively, (a) Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments to make Incremental Revolving Loans, (b) Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to make Extended Revolving Loans, (c) Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments and (d) Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Other Revolving Loans” means, collectively, (a) Incremental Revolving Loans, (b) Extended Revolving Loans, (c) Refinancing Revolving Loans and (d) Replacement Revolving Loans.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.16(b)).
“Other Term Facilities” means the Other Term Loan Commitments and the Other Term Loans made thereunder.
“Other Term Loan Commitments” means, collectively, (a) Incremental Term Loan Commitments and (b) commitments to make Refinancing Term Loans.
“Other Term Loans” means, collectively, (a) Other Incremental Term Loans, (b) Extended Term Loans and (c) Refinancing Term Loans.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Perfection Certificate” means the Perfection Certificate with respect to the Loan Parties in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, or such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(g).
“Permitted Bond Hedge” means any Swap Agreement that is settled (after payment of any premium or any prepayment thereunder) through the delivery of cash and/or Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower and is entered into in connection with any Convertible Debt Securities of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one of the purposes of which is, together with any Permitted Warrant entered into concurrently therewith, to provide for an effectively higher conversion premium.
“Permitted Convertible Debt Hedge Transaction” means (i) any Permitted Bond Hedge and any Permitted Warrant or (ii) any capped call or similar transaction having substantially the same economic effect as the foregoing.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.05;
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(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 90 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate actions diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person to the extent required in accordance with GAAP;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, health, disability, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (j) of Article VII;
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(g) any obligations or duties affecting any of the property of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries to any municipality or public authority with respect to any franchise, grant, license or permit which do not materially impair the use of such property for the purposes for which it is held;
(h) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements regarding operating leases; and
(i) Liens arising out of consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.
“Permitted First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means, with respect to any Liens on Collateral that are intended to be equal and ratable with the Liens securing the Secured Obligations, one or more intercreditor agreements, each of which shall be on terms which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens on a pari passu basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, as determined by the Borrower and the Collateral Agent in the exercise of reasonable judgment.
“Permitted Foreign Investments” means any of the following, to the extent held in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; (i) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 364 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by any office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States of America, (ii) euros and Sterling, (iii) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (g) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” of foreign obligors, which investments are reasonably appropriate in connection with any business conducted by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (as determined by the Borrower
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in good faith) and which investments or obligors (or the parent companies of such obligors) have the ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from S&P and Moody’s and (iv) other short term investments utilized by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in such country in investments analogous to the investments described in clauses (a) through (g) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” and in this paragraph and which are reasonably appropriate in connection with any business conducted by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in such country (as determined by the Borrower in good faith).
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 24 months with an aggregate portfolio weighted-average maturity of twelve months or less from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, short-term credit ratings of at least A-2 or P-2 by S&P or Moody’s or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if either S&P or Moody’s ceases publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;
(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s or invest solely in the assets described in clauses (a) through (d) above;
(f) municipal (tax-exempt) investments with a maximum maturity of 24 months with an aggregate portfolio weighted-average maturity of twelve months or less (for securities where the interest rate is adjusted periodically (e.g. floating rate securities), the interest rate reset date will be used to determine the maturity date);
(g) variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any state agency, municipality or domestic corporation rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within 24 months with an aggregate portfolio weighted-average maturity of twelve months or less from the date of acquisition (the interest rate reset date will be used to determine the maturity date); and
(h) investments made pursuant to and in accordance with that certain Corporate Investment Policy of Tessera Technologies. Inc., a Delaware corporation, dated December 8, 2014, as may be as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement” means, with respect to any Liens on Collateral that are intended to be junior to any Liens securing the Secured Obligations, one or more intercreditor agreements, each of which shall be on terms which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens on a junior basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established, as determined by the Borrower and the Collateral Agent in the exercise of reasonable judgment.
“Permitted Warrant” means one or more call options settled through the delivery of cash, Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or a combination of cash and Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower, sold concurrently with the entry into one or more Permitted Bond Hedges and having an initial strike or exercise price (howsoever defined) that is greater than the strike or exercise price (howsoever defined) of such Permitted Bond Hedge.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16.
“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Prepayment Event” means:
(a) any Disposition of any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.05(b), excluding any Disposition resulting in Net Proceeds not exceeding $50,000,000 for any individual transaction or series of related transactions;
(b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary resulting in Net Proceeds of more than $25,000,000 with respect to such event; or
(c) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness, other than any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 6.01 (other than Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Notes).
“Prepayment Notice” means a notice of prepayment by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.08 which shall be, in the case of any such written request, substantially in the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate”; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, as to any Person, for all Specified Transactions that occur subsequent to the commencement of an applicable measurement period except as set forth in Section 1.05(a), all calculations of the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Interest Expense, Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio and the Total Net Leverage Ratio will give pro forma effect to such
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Specified Transactions as if such Specified Transactions occurred on the first day of such measurement period. Interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a Financial Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate. Whenever any calculation is made on a Pro Forma Basis hereunder, such calculation shall be made in good faith by a Financial Officer; provided that no such calculation shall include projected cost savings or projected synergies (other than any such projected cost savings or projected synergies related to the Transactions) unless such projected cost savings and projected synergies are (x) based on actions taken or to be taken within eighteen (18) months of the relevant transaction or otherwise consistent with clause (a)(ix)(B) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” and (y) in an amount for any Test Period, when aggregated with the amount of any increase to Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period pursuant to clause (a)(ix)(B) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”, that does not exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis but prior to giving effect to any increase pursuant to this clause (y) or clause (a)(ix)(B) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”).
“Pro Rata Extension Offers” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(a).
“Proceeding” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).
“Proposed Change” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c).
“Public Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.20.
“Qualified Equity Interest” means any Equity Interest other than Disqualified Stock.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender, as applicable.
“Refinancing” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(l).
“Refinancing Amendment” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.20(e).
“Refinancing Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
“Refinancing Notes” means any secured or unsecured notes or loans issued by the Borrower or any Guarantor (whether under an indenture, a credit agreement or otherwise (other than this Agreement)) and the Indebtedness represented thereby; provided that (a) 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Refinancing Notes are used to permanently repay Term Loans and/or replace Commitments substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof; (b) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Notes does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the aggregate portion of the Term Loans so repaid and/or Commitments so replaced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses); (c) the final maturity date of such Refinancing Notes is on or after the Latest Maturity Date; (d) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing Notes is greater than or equal to the Weighted
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Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans so repaid or the Revolving Credit Commitments so replaced, as applicable; (e) the terms of such Refinancing Notes do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Commitments so replaced, as applicable (other than (x) in the case of Refinancing Notes in the form of notes, customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayment provisions upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default and (y) in the case of Refinancing Notes in the form of loans, customary amortization and mandatory and voluntary prepayment provisions which are, when taken as a whole, consistent in all material respects with, or not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties than, those applicable to the Term Loans repaid and/or Commitments replaced, as the case may be, with such Indebtedness to provide that any such mandatory prepayments as a result of asset sales, events of loss, or excess cash flow, shall be allocated on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not a greater than pro rata basis) with the other Term Loans outstanding pursuant to this Agreement); (f) there shall be no obligor with respect thereto that is not a Loan Party; (g) if such Refinancing Notes are secured, the security agreements relating to such assets shall not extend to any assets not constituting Collateral and shall be no more favorable to the secured party or party, taken as a whole (determined by the Borrower in good faith) than the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and such Refinancing Notes shall be subject to the provisions of a Permitted First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable; and (h) all other terms applicable to such Refinancing Notes other than provisions relating to pricing, rate floors, discounts, fees, interest rate margins, optional prepayment, optional redemption and any other pricing terms (which pricing, rate floors, discounts, fees, interest rate margins, optional prepayment, optional redemption and other pricing terms shall not be subject to the provisions set forth in this clause (h)) taken as a whole shall (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) be substantially similar to, or not materially more favorable to the investors in respect of such Refinancing Notes than, the terms, taken as a whole (determined by the Borrower in good faith), applicable to the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Credit Commitments so replaced (except (i) to the extent such covenants and other terms apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Refinancing Notes are issued or are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (ii) to the extent Lenders under the corresponding Term Loans or the Revolving Credit Commitments also receive the benefit of such more favorable terms and (iii) that any such Refinancing Notes may contain any financial maintenance covenants, so long as any such covenant shall not be tighter than (or in addition to) those applicable to the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding (unless such covenants are also added for the benefit of the Lenders holding the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding, which shall not require consent of the Lenders holding the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding and which the Administrative Agent shall add upon the issuance of such Refinancing Notes)).
“Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
“Refinancing Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
“Refinancing Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
“Refinancing Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(b)(iv).
“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in an offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or other private placement transaction under the Securities
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Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Regulated Bank” means a commercial bank with a consolidated combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000,000 that is (a) a US depository institution the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (b) a corporation organized under section 25A of the US Federal Reserve Act of 1913, (c) a branch, agency or commercial lending company of a foreign bank operating pursuant to approval by and under the supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under 12 CFR part 211, (d) a non-US branch of a foreign bank managed and controlled by a US branch referred to in clause (c) or (e) any other US or non-US depository institution or any branch, agency or similar office thereof supervised by a bank regulatory authority in any jurisdiction.
“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, in each case, any successor thereto for the purpose of recommending a benchmark rate to replace Term SOFR in loan agreements similar to this Agreement.
“Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(c).
“Replacement Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(c).
“Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(c).
“Replacement Revolving Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(c).
“Repricing Event” means (a) any prepayment or repayment of any Initial Term B Loan with the proceeds of any Indebtedness in the form of broadly syndicated term “B” loans, or any conversion of any Initial Term B Loan into any new or replacement tranche of term loans, in each case, with the primary purpose (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of having an All-in Yield lower than the All-in Yield (excluding for this purpose, upfront fees and original discount on the Initial Term B Loans) of such Initial Term B Loan at the time of such prepayment or repayment or conversion, but excluding any prepayment, repayment or conversion in connection with a (x) Change in Control, (y) Disposition, Acquisition or other similar Investment, in each case, in excess of $250,000,000 or (z) any other Transformative Transaction, or (b) any amendment or other modification of this Agreement that has the primary purpose (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of, directly or indirectly, reducing the All-in Yield of any Initial Term B Loan, but excluding any amendment or modification in connection with a (x) Change in Control, (y)
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Disposition, Acquisition or other similar Investment, in each case, in excess of $250,000,000 or (z) any other Transformative Transaction.
“Required Asset Sale Percentage” means, if as of the date the applicable Net Proceeds are received by the Borrower or any applicable Restricted Subsidiary, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 is (i) greater than 2.25 to 1.00, 100%, (ii) less than or equal to 2.25 to 1.00 but greater than 1.75 to 1.00, 50%, or (iii) less than or equal to 1.75 to 1.00, 0%.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposures and unfunded Commitments representing greater than 50% of the aggregate amount of Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time. The Credit Exposures and unused Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
“Required Revolving Lenders” means, at any time, Revolving Lenders having Revolving Credit Commitments or (if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated, Revolving Loans) that, taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of all Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated, Revolving Loans at such time). The Revolving Loans and unused Revolving Credit Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Revolving Lenders at any time.
“Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule, regulation, statute, order, ordinance, decree, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
“Rescindable Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(g)(ii).
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, or other similar officer of the Borrower and solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 4.01, the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given to Article II, any other officer of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property, but excluding any payment made in the ordinary course of business in connection with the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower.
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“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revolving Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loans hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.17 and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment is set forth in the Assignment and Assumption, Incremental Assumption Agreement, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable. There were no Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Effective Date. After the Effective Date, Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments may be added or created pursuant to Extension Amendments, Incremental Assumption Agreements or Refinancing Amendments.
“Revolving Facility” means the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Revolving Lenders of such Class and, for purposes of Section 9.02(b), shall refer to all such Revolving Credit Commitments as a single Class.
“Revolving Facility Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, the maturity date specified therefor in the applicable Extension Amendment, Incremental Assumption Agreement or Refinancing Amendment.
“Revolving Lender” means a Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment.
“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(a). Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Revolving Loans” shall include the Other Revolving Loans.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business.
“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory that at such time is itself the subject or target of any comprehensive territorial Sanctions (as of the Effective Date, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union Member State or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clause (a) or (b).
“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union Member State or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United State of America.
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“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank, including any such Cash Management Agreement that is in effect on the Effective Date.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Agreement that is entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank, including any such Swap Agreement that is in effect on the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of the Loan Documents, any Guarantee of, or grant of any Lien to secure, any obligations in respect of a Secured Hedge Agreement by a Guarantor shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.
“Secured Obligations” means, collectively, (a) the Obligations, (b) obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement and (c) obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreement; provided that the Secured Obligations of any Loan Party shall exclude (x) any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Loan Party, including, in the case of clauses (a) through (c), all interest and other monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding and (y) any Permitted Convertible Debt Hedge Transaction.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Hedge Agreement, each Cash Management Bank that is party to any Secured Cash Management Agreement, each sub-agent appointed pursuant to Article VIII hereof by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Loan Documents or by the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document and each other Person to which any of the Secured Obligations is owed.
“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D dated as of the Effective Date among the Borrower, each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent.
“Security Documents” means the Security Agreement and each other security document or pledge agreement delivered by any Loan Party pursuant to Section 5.11 or Section 5.13 to secure any of the Secured Obligations, and all UCC or other financing statements or instruments of perfection required by this Agreement or any security agreement to be filed with respect to the security interests in property and fixtures created pursuant to the Security Agreement and any other document or instrument utilized to pledge as collateral for the Secured Obligations any property of whatever kind or nature.
“SOFR” means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator).
“SOFR Adjustment” with respect to Term SOFR means 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Interest Period of one-month’s duration, 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Interest Period of three-month’s duration and 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Interest Period of six-months’ duration.
“Special Purpose Entity” means a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Borrower, whose organizational documents contain restrictions on its purpose and activities and impose requirements intended to preserve its separateness from the Borrower and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Specified Representations” means those representations and warranties made by the Borrower, Xperi and TiVo in Sections 3.01(i) (with respect to organizational existence of the Borrower, Xperi and TiVo only), 3.01(ii) (with respect to the entry into the Loan Documents only), 3.02, 3.03(c), 3.09, 3.14, 3.17, the last sentence of 3.19 and 3.20 (with respect to only the Loan Documents delivered on the Effective
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Date and the collateral-related deliveries and actions made or taken on the Effective Date); provided that such representations shall be made only with respect to the Borrower, Xperi and TiVo only.
“Specified Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Specified Transaction” means (i) any Disposition and any asset acquisition, Investment (or series of related Investments) (including the Mergers and any Permitted Acquisition), in each case, in excess of $25,000,000 (or any similar transaction or transactions), any dividend, distribution or other similar payment, (ii) the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) any incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(c).
“Supported QFC” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.20.
“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Convertible Debt Hedge Transaction); provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“Target Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in the last paragraph of Section 6.04.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Facility” means each of the Initial Term B Facility and any Other Term Facility.
“Term Facility Maturity Date” means, as the context may require, (a) with respect to the Initial Term B Facility, the Initial Term B Facility Maturity Date and (b) with respect to any other Class of Term Loans, the maturity dates specified therefor in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Amendment, Extension Amendment or Refinancing Amendment.
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“Term Loan” means the Initial Term B Loans and/or the Other Term Loans.
“Term Loan Borrowing” means any Initial Term B Borrowing or any Borrowing of Other Term Loans.
“Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Term Loan Lender to make Term Loans, including Initial Term B Loans and/or Other Term Loans, in each case, as set forth on Schedule 1.01A or the applicable Incremental Term Loan Amendment or Refinancing Amendment.
“Term Loan Lender” means a Lender having a Term Loan Commitment or that holds Term Loans.
“Term SOFR” means:
(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such Interest Period; and
(b) for any interest calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such date with a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such term;
provided that if Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing provisions (a) or (b) of this definition would otherwise be less than zero, Term SOFR shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
“Termination Date” means the date on which (a) all Commitments have expired or been terminated and (b) the principal and interest on each Loan and all fees payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full (other than obligations in respect of (i) contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement claims not then due and (ii) Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements).
“Test Period” means each period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower then last ended (in each case taken as one accounting period).
“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on
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a consolidated basis, as of such date (after giving effect to any incurrence or prepayment of Indebtedness on such date) (excluding, in any event, Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder) minus all Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period ending on such date.
“Transactions” means the Refinancing, the Mergers and other transactions occurring on the Effective Date pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the entering into and initial funding of the Loans as of the Effective Date.
“Transformative Transaction” means any transaction by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction.
“TWOLF Merger Sub” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.
“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to Term SOFR or the Base Rate.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions and investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Undisclosed Administration” means, in relation to a Lender or its direct or indirect parent company, the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian, or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where such Lender or such parent company is subject to home jurisdiction, if applicable law requires that such appointment not be disclosed.
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
“Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of cash and Permitted Investments on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and Permitted Investments which are or should be listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (unless such restriction is related to the Loan Documents or the Liens created thereunder).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (1) any Subsidiary of the Borrower which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Borrower, as provided below); and (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Borrower may designate: (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any existing Subsidiary and any Subsidiary acquired or formed after the Effective Date) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that: (i) such designation shall be deemed an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s (or its Restricted Subsidiaries’) Investments therein, which shall be required to be permitted on
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such date in accordance with Section 6.04 (and not as an Investment permitted thereby in a Restricted Subsidiary); (ii) immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing; and (iii) no Subsidiary of the Borrower that owns Intellectual Property assets or other strategic assets, in each case, that are material to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, may be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and (b) any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation under this clause (b), no Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Borrower will be notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall promptly provide to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that such designation complied with the applicable foregoing provisions. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness and Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time.
“USA PATRIOT Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any Business Day, except any Business Day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.
“U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.20.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(f)(ii)(b)(3).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower all the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares and Equity Interests held by other Persons to the extent such Equity Interests are required by any Requirement of Law to be held by a Person other than the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries) are owned by the Borrower or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other
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person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
“XRAY Merger Sub” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.
“Xperi/TiVo Material Adverse Effect” means “Material Adverse Effect” as defined in the Merger Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 1.03(a) or in the definition of “Capital Lease Obligations,” any change in accounting for leases pursuant to GAAP resulting from the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), to the extent such adoption would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2018, such lease shall not be considered a capital lease (and obligations in respect of such lease shall not be considered “Capital Lease Obligations”), and all calculations and deliverables (other than financial statements) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made or delivered, as applicable, in accordance therewith.
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If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be a Term SOFR Borrowing with a one-month Interest Period. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Term SOFR Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
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If any such Interest Election Request requests a Term SOFR Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
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Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods), and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Term SOFR component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (ii) of Section 2.11(a), until the Administrative Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice (which the Administrative Agent agrees promptly to do upon determination by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist). Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of ABR Loans in the amount specified therein.
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then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Administrative Agent or receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing Term SOFR in accordance with this Section 3.03 with (x) one or more SOFR-Based Rates or (y) another alternate benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such benchmarks, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated (the “Adjustment;” and any such proposed rate, a “Successor Rate”), together with any proposed Successor Rate Conforming Changes, and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent
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written notice that such Required Lenders (A) in the case of an amendment to replace Term SOFR with a rate described in clause (x), object to the Adjustment; or (B) in the case of an amendment to replace Term SOFR with a rate described in clause (y), object to such amendment; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of clause (A), the Required Lenders shall not be entitled to object to any SOFR-Based Rate contained in any such amendment. Such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
If no Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances under clause (i) above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods), and (y) the Term SOFR component shall no longer be utilized in determining the Base Rate. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of ABR Loans (subject to the foregoing clause (y)) in the amount specified therein.
Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of Successor Rate shall provide that in no event shall such Successor Rate be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement.
In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or to such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, within 10 days following
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request of such Lender or such other Recipient (accompanied by a certificate in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section), the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered; provided that such Person shall only be entitled to seek such additional amounts if such Person is generally seeking the payment of similar additional amounts from similarly situated borrowers in comparable credit facilities to the extent it is entitled to do so.
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(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or
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the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
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Each Lender agrees that if any documentation it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.14(f) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such documentation or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.
Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Loan Parties and to any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided by such Lender pursuant to this Section 2.14(f).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 2.15(f), amounts received from any Loan Party shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Loan Party.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall become effective under this Section 2.17 unless on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitment (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower that, subject to the proviso set forth below, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section 4.02 shall have been satisfied and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received documents from the Borrower consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date as to the organizational power and authority of the Borrower to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such Incremental Commitment; provided that, with respect to any Incremental Commitment incurred for the primary purpose of financing a Limited Condition Acquisition (“Acquisition-Related Incremental Commitments”), clause (i) of this sentence shall be deemed to have been satisfied so long as (1) as of the date of effectiveness of the related Limited Condition Acquisition
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Agreement, no Event of Default or Default is in existence or would result from entry into such Limited Condition Acquisition Agreement, (2) as of the date of the initial borrowing pursuant to such Acquisition-Related Incremental Commitment, no Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 is in existence immediately before or immediately after giving effect (including on a Pro Forma Basis) to such borrowing and to any concurrent transactions and any substantially concurrent use of proceeds thereof, and (3) as of the date of the initial borrowing pursuant to such Acquisition-Related Incremental Commitment, customary “Sungard” representations and warranties (with such representations and warranties to be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects if qualified by materiality) immediately prior to, and immediately after giving effect to, the incurrence of such Acquisition-Related Incremental Commitment. Nothing contained in this Section 2.17 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to provide or increase its Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder, or provide Incremental Term Loans, at any time.
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Each party hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Amendment, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.02. Any amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document that is necessary to effect the provisions of this Section 2.17 and any such Collateral and other documentation shall be deemed “Loan Documents” hereunder and may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that (i) all Incremental Term Loans (other than Other Incremental Term Loans), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of the outstanding applicable Class of Term Loans on a pro rata basis, and (ii) all Revolving Loans in respect of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of the applicable Class of outstanding Revolving Loans on a pro rata basis.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Section 2.17 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.15 or Section 9.02 to the contrary.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Section 2.19 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.15 or Section 9.02 to the contrary.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Section 2.20 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.15 or Section 9.02 to the contrary.
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
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Conditions
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from the Borrower either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of the Borrower or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or email transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that the Borrower has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
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(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a customary written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of (i) each Organizational Document of each Loan Party certified, to the extent applicable, as of a recent date by the applicable Governmental Authority, (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the Responsible Officers of each Loan Party executing the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors and/or similar governing bodies of each Loan Party approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of Loan Documents to which it is a party, certified as of the Effective Date by its secretary, an assistant secretary or a Responsible Officer as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment, and (iv) a good standing certificate (to the extent such concept exists) from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Loan Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable by the Borrower in connection with this Agreement on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder (in each case, which amounts may be offset against the proceeds of the Initial Term B Facility).
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received promissory notes for each of the Lenders who requested such notes at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date.
(f) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied; provided that if to the extent any security interest in Collateral (including the creation or perfection of any security interest) (other than any Collateral the security interest in which may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement or the delivery of certificates, if any, evidencing equity interests of any Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) of the Borrower and the Guarantors that is part of the Collateral) is not perfected or provided on the Effective Date after the Loan Parties’ use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so without undue burden or expense, the provision and perfection of such Collateral and security interest shall not constitute a condition precedent to the availability of the Initial Term B Loans on the Effective Date but shall be required to be perfected or provided in accordance with Section 5.13.
(g) [Reserved].
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I and signed by a Financial Officer confirming the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information required with respect to the Loan Parties by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act, to the extent reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Effective Date.
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(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received the financial statements referred to in Section 3.04(a)and (b).
(l) The Mergers shall have been, or shall substantially concurrently with the initial credit extension on the Effective Date be, consummated in all material respects in accordance with the Merger Agreement (without giving effect to any amendment, change or supplement or waiver of any provision thereof in any manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders in their capacities as such, except to the extent that the Majority Lead Arrangers (as defined in the Commitment Letter) have previously consented thereto in writing) (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
(m) Prior to or substantially concurrently with the initial credit extension on the Effective Date, all indebtedness under that certain (i) Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019, by and among TiVo, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, (ii) ABL Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2019, by and among TiVo, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as co-collateral agent, and (iii) Credit Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2016, among Xperi, the lenders party thereto and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and collateral agent, in each case, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the Effective Date, shall have been discharged and paid in full, and all commitments thereunder (if applicable), security interests and guaranties in connection therewith (if any) shall have been terminated and released (the “Refinancing”).
(n) Since the date of the Merger Agreement, there shall not have occurred and be continuing a Xperi/TiVo Material Adverse Effect with respect to Xperi, TiVo and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as whole.
(o) (i) The Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date; and (ii) the Merger Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the Effective Date, provided that this clause (o)(ii) shall be deemed satisfied unless Xperi (or its Affiliate) or TiVo (or its Affiliate) has the right (taking into account any applicable notice and cure provisions) to terminate its (or such Affiliate’s) obligations under the Merger Agreement or decline to consummate the Mergers (in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties.
(p) The Administrative Agent shall have received a request for a Borrowing as required by Section 2.03.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02).
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(a) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in this Agreement and any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects to the extent that any representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the date of such Loan, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects to the extent that any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a request for a Borrowing as required by Section 2.03.
(c) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Loan, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Loan made after the Effective Date (excluding any Interest Election Request) shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this Section; provided, however, that the conditions set forth in this Section 4.02 shall not apply to (i) any Incremental Loan and/or (ii) any Loan under any Refinancing Amendment unless in each case the Lenders in respect thereof have required satisfaction of the same in the applicable Incremental Amendment or Refinancing Amendment, as applicable.
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Termination Date, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, the audited consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year and related consolidated statements of operations, equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth (other than the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 (with respect to which, for the avoidance of doubt, no comparative consolidated figures will be required)) in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than any exception, qualification or explanatory paragraph with respect to or resulting from the maturity of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, the activities, operations, financial results, assets or liabilities of any Unrestricted Subsidiaries or any potential inability to satisfy any financial covenant on a future date or in a future period)) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
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(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2020), the consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth (other than the Fiscal Quarters ended June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and March 31, 2021 (with respect to which, for the avoidance of doubt, no comparative consolidated figures will be required)) in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) (i) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above (commencing with the financial statements delivered with respect to the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2022), a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower providing a calculation of Excess Cash Flow for such Fiscal Year, and (ii) concurrently with the any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, if the Borrower has any Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the related fiscal period, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth in a reasonably detailed schedule, a comparison of the consolidated results under clause (a) or (b) above with the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries;
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC, or with any national securities exchange, as the case may be;
(e) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in writing;
(f) within 90 days following the end of each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, a forecasted budget in reasonable detail of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the succeeding fiscal year; and
(g) promptly following any request thereof, all information and/or documentation relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries necessary to comply with the USA PATRIOT Act or for Administrative Agent to confirm compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act in connection with this Agreement.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at www.xperi.com (or any other address notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time), (ii) on which such documents are delivered to the Administrative Agent; the Administrative Agent shall post such documents on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent) or (iii) with respect to any information required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a), (b) or (d), on which such information, or one or more annual or quarterly reports containing such
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information, shall be available on the website of the SEC. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
(a) the occurrence of any Default; and
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
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Negative Covenants
Until the Termination Date, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
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(b) obligations in respect of performance, bid, customs, government, appeal and surety bonds, performance and completion guaranties and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except as otherwise permitted in this Section 6.01);
(d) Intercompany Indebtedness (to the extent permitted by Section 6.04);
(e) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted under this Section; provided that in no event shall any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party guarantee Indebtedness of a Loan Party pursuant to this clause (e);
(f) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations, and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (f) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, the greater of $20,000,000 and 4% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 as of such time;
(g) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date; provided that (i) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (g) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, the greater of $25,000,000 and 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 as of such time;
(h) any Refinancing Notes and Incremental Equivalent Debt;
(i) other Indebtedness of any Loan Party so long as (i) no portion of such Indebtedness (other than Customary Bridge Loans) has a scheduled maturity date prior to the date that is later than the Latest Maturity Date at the time of issuance thereof, (ii) the covenants and events of default, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive than the terms of this Agreement (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (iii) such Indebtedness (other than Customary Bridge Loans) is not subject to any mandatory redemption, repurchase or sinking fund obligation (other than customary offers to purchase required upon the consummation of an asset sale or change of control) and (iv) at the time of the incurrence thereof on a Pro Forma Basis for the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds therefrom, the Borrower has a Total Net Leverage Ratio not greater than 3.50 to 1.00 in each case, as of the last day of, and for, the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01; provided that the cash and Permitted Investments constituting the proceeds received in respect of such
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Indebtedness shall not be included as Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents for purposes of determining the Total Net Leverage Ratio pursuant to this clause (iv);
(j) Indebtedness incurred by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (j) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, the greater of $25,000,000 and 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 as of such time;
(k) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business against insufficient funds;
(l) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the form of earn-outs, indemnification, incentive, non-compete, consulting or other similar arrangements and other contingent obligations in respect of any Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investments permitted by Section 6.04 (both before and after any liability associated therewith becomes fixed) and (ii) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from agreements providing for indemnification related to sales of goods or adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations in any case incurred in connection with the Disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary;
(m) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, obligations pursuant to any Cash Management Agreement and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Indebtedness owing to any insurance company in connection with the financing of any insurance premiums permitted by such insurance company in the ordinary course of business;
(o) (i) obligations in respect of Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes and (ii) obligations in respect of Permitted Convertible Debt Hedge Transactions;
(p) other Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause (p) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, the greater of $50,000,000 and 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 as of such time;
(q) unsecured Indebtedness or, subject to compliance with Section 6.02, Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral ranking junior to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations, in each case so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 at the time such Indebtedness is incurred on a Pro Forma Basis is no greater than 4.00 to 1.00; provided that (i) such Indebtedness shall not be subject to any Guarantee by any Person other than a Loan Party, (ii) if secured, the obligations in respect thereof shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of any Person other than any asset constituting Collateral, (iii) if secured, such Indebtedness shall be subject to an applicable Intercreditor Agreement and if such Indebtedness is payment subordinated, shall be subject to a subordination agreement on terms that are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (iv) at the time of incurrence, such Indebtedness (other than Customary Bridge Loans) shall have a final maturity date equal to or later than the Latest Maturity Date then
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in effect with respect to, and shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or longer than, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Class of outstanding Term Loans with the then Latest Maturity Date or Weighted Average Life to Maturity, as the case may be and (v) the cash and Permitted Investments constituting the proceeds received in respect of such Indebtedness shall not be included as Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents for purposes of determining the Total Net Leverage Ratio pursuant to this Section 6.01(q); and
(r) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (q) above.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (b) through (q) above, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses.
(a) Liens created under the Loan Documents and Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(h);
(b) Permitted Encumbrances;
(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than improvements, accessions, proceeds, dividends or distributions in respect thereof and assets fixed or appurtenant thereto) and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the Effective Date;
(d) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or becomes a Subsidiary after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person is so merged or consolidated or becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than improvements, accessions, proceeds, dividends or distributions in respect thereof and assets fixed or appurtenant thereto) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(e) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including Liens deemed to exist in respect of assets subject to Capital Lease Obligations; provided that (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01, (ii) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets
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and (iv) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than improvements, accessions, proceeds, dividends or distributions in respect thereof and assets fixed or appurtenant thereto); provided that individual financings provided by a lender may be cross collateralized to other financings provided by such lender or its affiliates;
(f) [reserved];
(g) extensions, renewals or replacements of any Lien referred to in clauses (c), (d) and (e) of this Section; provided that the principal amount of the Indebtedness or obligations secured thereby is not increased and that any such extension, renewal or replacement is limited to the assets originally encumbered thereby;
(h) Liens on insurance policies and proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(i) (i) Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(j), (ii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(h) and (iii) Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(i) having a junior priority relative to the Liens securing the Obligations and subject to an applicable Intercreditor Agreement;
(j) Liens in favor of a seller solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder;
(k) Liens that are contractual or common law rights of set-off relating to (i) the establishment of depository relations in the ordinary course of business with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness or (ii) pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(l) (i) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 or Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection and (ii) other Liens securing cash management obligations and any obligations under Cash Management Agreements (that do not constitute Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business; and
(m) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(n) and attaching only to the proceeds of the applicable insurance policy;
(n) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others that do not (A) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (B) secure any Indebtedness;
(o) any interest or title of a lessor under leases (other than leases constituting Capital Lease Obligations) entered into by any of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(p) additional Liens incurred by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as at the time of incurrence of the obligations secured thereby the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness and other obligations secured thereby do not exceed the greater of
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$25,000,000 and 5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 at such time; and
(q) additional Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(q) which rank junior to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations to, so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 at the time such Indebtedness is incurred on a Pro Forma Basis is no greater than 4.00 to 1.00.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.02, if any Lien (or a portion thereof) would be permitted pursuant to one or more provisions described above and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances,” the Borrower may divide and classify such Lien (or a portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and may later divide and reclassify any such Lien so long as the Lien (as so divided and/or reclassified) would be permitted to be made in reliance on the applicable exception as of the date of such reclassification.
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(a) Permitted Investments and Permitted Foreign Investments;
(b) Investments existing on the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.04;
(c) Investments existing on the Effective Date in Restricted Subsidiaries;
(d) Investments in Persons that, immediately prior to such Investments, are Loan Parties;
(e) Investments by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) Investments held by any Person acquired in any Permitted Acquisition at the time of such Permitted Acquisition (and not acquired in contemplation of the Permitted Acquisition);
(g) Investments constituting an acquisition of the Equity Interests in a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or all or substantially all of the assets (or all or substantially all of the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business) of any Person; provided that (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of entry into the related acquisition agreement, (ii) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall, upon giving effect to such acquisition, be in compliance with Section 6.03(b), (iii) the acquired company and its subsidiaries (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) shall become Guarantors and pledge their collateral to the Collateral Agent to the extent required by Section 5.11, and (iv) the aggregate amount of all acquisition consideration paid by Loan Parties in connection with Investments and acquisitions made in reliance on this clause (g) attributable to the acquisition of acquired entities that do not become Guarantors shall not exceed at the time any such Investment is made the greater of $100,000,000 and 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 after giving effect to the making of such Investment on a Pro Forma Basis (any acquisition under this Section 6.04(g), a “Permitted Acquisition”);
(h) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; provided that a Loan Party shall not Guarantee any Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party pursuant to this paragraph (h);
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(i) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(j) accounts receivable and extensions of trade credit arising in the ordinary course of business;
(k) Investments held by any Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted by this Section 6.04;
(l) advances to officers and employees of the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary for travel arising in the ordinary course of business;
(m) loans to officers and employees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(n) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Disposition permitted hereunder;
(o) advances in the form of prepayments of expenses, so long as such expenses were incurred in the ordinary course of business and are paid in accordance with customary trade terms of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(p) Guarantees by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary or the Borrower incurred in the ordinary course of business and not constituting Indebtedness;
(q) Investments consisting of Indebtedness, Liens, fundamental changes, Dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted (other than by reference to this Section 6.04(q)) under Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05 and 6.08, respectively;
(r) other Investments so long as on the date such Investment is made the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 at the time such Investment is made on a Pro Forma Basis is no greater than 3.00 to 1.00;
(s) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(t) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or with Net Proceeds of any issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(u) (i) intercompany advances arising from their cash management, tax and accounting operations and (ii) intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business;
(v) Investments represented by Swap Agreements permitted under Section 6.01;
(w) other Investments in an amount not to exceed the Available Amount;
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(x) other Investments; provided that at the time any such Investment is made the aggregate amount of Investments made in reliance on this clause (x) shall not to exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 as of such time after giving effect to the making of such Investment on a Pro Forma Basis; and
(y) Investments made to effect the Mergers (if applicable).
For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, less any return of capital, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment. For the avoidance of doubt, the acquisition by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of their respective businesses shall not be considered an Investment. To the extent an Investment is permitted to be made by a Loan Party directly in any Restricted Subsidiary or any other Person who is not a Loan Party (each such Restricted Subsidiary or other Person, a “Target Person”) under any provision of this Section 6.04, such Investment may be made by advance, contribution or distribution by a Loan Party to a Restricted Subsidiary (and further advanced, contributed or distributed to another Restricted Subsidiary) for purposes of making the relevant Investment in (or effecting an acquisition of) the Target Person without constituting an Investment for purposes of Section 6.04 (it being understood that such Investment or Acquisition must satisfy the requirements of, and shall count towards any thresholds in, a provision of this Section 6.04 as if made by the applicable Loan Party directly in the Target Person). For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.04, if any Investment (or a portion thereof) would be permitted pursuant to one or more provisions described above, the Borrower may divide and classify such Investment (or a portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.04 to the contrary, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to make any Investments pursuant to which Intellectual Property assets or other strategic assets, in each case, that are material to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is transferred to any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
(a) (i) Dispositions of inventory, used, obsolete, worn-out or surplus tangible property, Permitted Investments and Permitted Foreign Investments, (ii) leases or subleases of real property, (iii) leases or licenses of personal property (including licenses of Intellectual Property) granted to third parties and which do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (iv) lapse, abandonment or other Disposition of Intellectual Property, that is in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower, no longer used or useful in the conduct of its business or otherwise uneconomical to prosecute or maintain, in each case, with respect to the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions of any assets; provided that any Disposition of assets with a book value in excess of $50,000,000 shall be for fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) and for at least 75% cash and/or Permitted Investments; provided that the amount of (i) any assumption or repayment of Indebtedness that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Term Loan Facilities and (ii) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in reliance on this clause (b) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $10,000,000 and 2% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 as of such time (with the fair market value of each item of
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Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), in each case shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (b);
(c) Dispositions from (i) a Loan Party to another Loan Party or (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(d) Dispositions of Equity Interests of the Borrower upon (i) settlement of any Convertible Debt Security or (ii) the exercise, termination or cancellation of any Permitted Warrant;
(e) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
(f) Dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof (excluding factoring arrangements);
(g) Dispositions of property subject to casualty or condemnation events;
(h) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(i) the unwinding of Swap Agreements permitted hereunder;
(j) Dispositions of other assets (other than transfers of less than 100% of the Equity Interests in any Subsidiary for fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith)); provided that the aggregate book value of assets Disposed of pursuant to this Section 6.05(j) during any fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000;
(k) [reserved];
(l) Dispositions permitted by Section 6.03, Investments permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(q)), Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.08 and Liens permitted by Section 6.02, in each case, other than by reference to this Section 6.05(l); and
(m) compromise, settlement, release or surrender of a contract, tort or other litigation claim, arbitration or other disputes.
To the extent any Collateral is disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section 6.05 to any Person that is not a Loan Party, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall, and shall be authorized to, take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effectuate the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.05 to the contrary, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to make any Dispositions pursuant to which Intellectual Property assets or other strategic assets, in each case, that are material to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is transferred to any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of Section 6.06 will not prohibit the payment of any Restricted Payment or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption, purchase, defeasance, distribution or other payment within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement, provided that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Events of Default under Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) and (i) and shall have occurred and be continuing.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.06 to the contrary, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to make any Restricted Payments pursuant to which Intellectual Property assets or other strategic assets, in each case, that are material to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is transferred to any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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Events of Default and Remedies
(a) any Loan Party shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) any Loan Party shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Section 7.01) payable under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any certificate or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
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(d) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a), 5.04 (solely with respect to the existence of the Borrower), 5.07(a)(ii) or 5.13 or in Article VI;
(e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Section 7.01) or in any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(f) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable after giving effect to any applicable grace period; provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to any such failure that is (x) remedied by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or (y) waived (including in the form of amendment) by the required holders of the applicable item of Indebtedness, in either case, prior to the acceleration of Loans and Commitments pursuant to this Article VII;
(g) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall default in the observance or performance of any term under any Material Indebtedness the effect of which default is to (x) cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause (after the expiration of any grace period), with the giving of notice if required, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its scheduled maturity or (y) cause (after the expiration of any grace period), with the giving of notice if required, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase or redeem or make an offer to purchase or redeem such Indebtedness prior to its scheduled maturity (other than, in each case, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of a Swap Agreement, any early payment or delivery requirement, settlement, unwinding, cancellation or termination thereof not arising as a result of a default by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereunder); provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (ii) any redemption, repurchase, conversion or settlement with respect to any Convertible Debt Security pursuant to its terms unless such redemption, repurchase, conversion or settlement results from a default thereunder or an event of the type that constitutes an Event of Default, or (iii) any breach or default that is (x) remedied by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or (y) waived (including in the form of amendment) by the required holders of the applicable item of Indebtedness, in either case, prior to the acceleration of Loans and Commitments pursuant to this Article VII;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Debtor Relief Laws, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Section 7.01, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for
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the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) one or more final judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $35,000,000 (to the extent not paid or covered by indemnities or insurance) shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Material Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed or bonded pending appeal;
(k) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred and are continuing, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) any material Loan Document or any material provision thereof shall at any time cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms), or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Loan Party seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof (exclusive of questions of interpretation thereof), or any Loan Party shall repudiate or deny that it has any liability or obligation for the payment of principal or interest or other obligations purported to be created under any Loan Document;
(m) any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall at any time fail to constitute a valid and (to the extent required by the Loan Documents) perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral, securing the obligations purported to be secured thereby, with the priority required by the Loan Documents, or any Loan Party shall so assert in writing, except (i) as a result of the Disposition of the applicable Collateral to a Person that is not a Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited under the Loan Documents, or (ii) as a result of the Collateral Agent’s failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Security Documents; or
(n) a Change in Control shall occur;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section 7.01, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, and (iii) exercise any or all of the remedies available to it under the Security Documents, at law or in equity.
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The Agents
In furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements hereby appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Collateral Agent (and any sub agents appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights or remedies thereunder at the direction of the Collateral Agent) shall be entitled to the benefits of this Article VIII as though the Collateral Agent (and any such sub-agents) were an “Agent” under the Loan Documents, as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. All rights and protections provided to the Administrative Agent here shall also apply to the Collateral Agent.
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
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The Lenders and the other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize and instruct the Collateral Agent to, without any further consent of any Lender or any other Secured Party, enter into (or acknowledge and consent to) or amend, renew, extend, supplement, restate, replace, waive or otherwise modify any Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor or subordination agreement (in form satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and deemed appropriate by it) with the collateral agent or other representative of holders of Indebtedness secured (and permitted to be secured) by a Lien on assets constituting a portion of the Collateral. The Lenders and the other Secured Parties irrevocably agree that (x) the Collateral Agent may rely exclusively on a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower as to whether any such other Liens are permitted hereunder and as to the respective assets constituting Collateral that secure (and are permitted to secure) such Indebtedness hereunder and (y) any Intercreditor Agreement entered into by the Collateral Agent shall be binding on the Secured Parties, and each Lender and the other Secured Parties hereby agrees that it will take no actions contrary to the provisions of, if entered into and if applicable, any Intercreditor Agreement.
Miscellaneous
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ADEIA INC.
3025 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, CA 95134
Attention: Paul Davis
Keith Jones
Telephone No.: (408) 321-6000
E-mail: Paul.Davis@adeia.com
Keith.Jones@adeia.com
with a copy to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
300 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attention: Leila B. Sayegh
Telecopy No.: (213) 621-5294
Telephone No.: (213) 687-5294
Email: Leila.Sayegh@skadden.com;
Bank of America, N.A.
540 West Madison St.
Mail Code IL4-540-22-29
Chicago, IL 60661
Attention: Teresa Weirath
Telephone No.: 312-992-3532
Email: teresa.weirath@bofa.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Paul Hastings LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
Attention: Marisa A. Sotomayor
Telecopy No.: (212) 319-4090
Telephone No.: (212) 318-6213
Email: marisasotomayor@paulhastings.com;
and
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Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.
(i) The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make Communications (as defined below) available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar or a substantially similar Electronic System.
(ii) Any Electronic System used by the Administrative Agent is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of such Electronic Systems and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or any Electronic System. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower or the other Loan Parties, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through an Electronic System. “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Electronic System.
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(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
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(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03); provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04(b) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the 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 Commitment of, and principal amount (and related interest amounts) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the 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 the Borrower and any Lender (with respect to such Lender’s interest only), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, the assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire and any tax certifications required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.14(f) (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in this Section 9.04(b) and any written consent to such assignment required by this Section 9.04(b), the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b), 2.15(d) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall
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have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
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(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, to the extent applicable:
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(i) reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
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Exhibit B
[Attached]
Existing Term Lender Signature Page
Each undersigned, an Existing Term Lender holding Existing Term Loans (“you”), hereby consents (i) to Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, which will amend the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2020 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2021, and by Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2023, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Amendment (as defined below), the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among Adeia Inc. (f/k/a Xperi Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent” and the “Collateral Agent”, as applicable), and the Lenders party thereto, and which Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement is proposed to be dated on or around May 17, 2024 and to be entered into among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Refinancing Term Lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (the “Amendment”) and (ii) to the attachment of this Existing Term Lender Signature Page to the Amendment. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Amendment or the Existing Credit Agreement, as applicable.
If you are an Existing Term Lender, you, if and only if you indicate below, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approve of, and consent to, the Amendment, and to the attachment of this Existing Term Lender Signature Page to the Amendment, and hereby agree that all parties to the Amendment are express third party beneficiaries of this Existing Term Lender Signature Page and hereby further agree as follows:
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Each undersigned Existing Term Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves of, and consents to, the Amendment and the exchange (on a cashless basis) of 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Existing Term Loans held by such Existing Term Lender for an Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loan in a like principal amount.
By choosing this option, each undersigned Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect not to exchange any amount of such Lender’s Existing Term Loans for Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans or to exchange (on a cashless basis) less than 100% of the principal amount of such Lender’s Existing Term Loans for Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans, in which case the difference between the current principal amount of such Lender’s Existing Term Loans and the principal amount of Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans allocated to such Existing Term Lender will be prepaid on, and subject to the occurrence of, the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
Each undersigned Existing Term Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves of, and consents to, the Amendment and having 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Existing Term Loans held by such Existing Term Lender repaid on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date and to purchase by assignment Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans in a like principal amount. By choosing this option, each undersigned Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect not to allocate Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans to such Lender or to allocate Amendment No. 3 Refinancing Term Loans to such Existing Term Lender in a principal amount less than 100% of the principal amount of such Existing Term Lender’s Existing Term Loans.
[NAME OF LENDER(S)]
By: ______________________________
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