CLASSA-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS CLASSA-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 26, 2019 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), is made by and among:
(a) WENDY’S FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Master Issuer”),
(b) QUALITY IS OUR RECIPE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, WENDY’S PROPERTIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and WENDY’S SPV GUARANTOR, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”),
(c) WENDY’S INTERNATIONAL, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, as the manager (the “Manager”),
(d) the several commercial paper conduits listed onSchedule I as Conduit Investors and their respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a “Conduit Investor” and, collectively, the “Conduit Investors”),
(e) the several financial institutions listed onSchedule I as Committed Note Purchasers and their respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a “Committed Note Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Committed Note Purchasers”),
(f) for each Investor Group, the financial institution entitled to act on behalf of the Investor Group set forth opposite the name of such Investor Group onSchedule I as Funding Agent and its permitted successors and assigns (each, the “Funding Agent” with respect to such Investor Group and, collectively, the “Funding Agents”),
(g) COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK, U.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, asL/C Provider,
(h) COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK, U.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, asSwingline Lender, and
(i) COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK, U.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Funding Agents, the L/C Provider and the Swingline Lender (together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
BACKGROUND
1. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Master Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, are entering into the Series2019-1 Supplement, of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Series2019-1 Supplement”), to the Base Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2015 (as the same may be amended,
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