assign and delegate), without recourse (in accordance with Section 9.05(b) of the Credit Agreement), all of its interests, rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the related Loan Documents in respect of its existing Initial Term Loans to the Replacement Lender, which Replacement Lender shall assume such obligations as specified in the Master Assignment, as further set forth in this Amendment;
WHEREAS, each Loan Party party hereto (collectively, the “Reaffirming Parties”, and each, a “Reaffirming Party”) expects to realize substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of this Amendment becoming effective and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and agrees to reaffirm its obligations pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Documents, and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Third Amendment Effective Date (as defined below) and subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 below, hereby amended as follows:
(a) Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new definitions thereto in proper alphabetical order:
“Third Amendment” means that certain Third Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto.
“Third Amendment Effective Date” means August 16, 2017.
(b) Applicable Rate. Clause (a) of the definition of “Applicable Rate” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“with respect to any Initial Term Loan, (x) at any time prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, 4.50% per annum for LIBO Rate Loans and 3.50% per annum for ABR Loans, and (y) from and after the Third Amendment Effective Date, 3.50% per annum for LIBO Rate Loans and 2.50% per annum for ABR Loans; and”
(c) Section 2.12(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the text “on or prior to the date that is 12 months after the Closing Date” with the text “on or prior to the date that is six months after the Third Amendment Effective Date” in each instance where such term appears.
SECTION 2. Continuation of Existing Loans; Non-Consenting Lenders; Other Terms and Agreements.
(a) Continuing Lenders. Each Existing Lender that executes and delivers a Lender Consent consents and agrees to the terms and conditions of this Amendment and (x) if selecting Option (A)(1), agrees to continue via “cashless settlement” its Existing Allocation or its Reduced Allocation, as applicable, as an Initial Term Loan on the Third Amendment Effective Date or (y) if checking Option (A)(2), agrees to sell the entire principal amount of its Existing Allocation to the Replacement Lender via an assignment on the Third Amendment Effective Date and then promptly purchase an amount of Initial Term Loans equal to its Existing Allocation or its Reduced Allocation, as applicable, from the Replacement Lender. To the extent a Continuing Lender has elected Option (A)(1) in its Lender Consent
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