CLASSA-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS CLASSA-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 5, 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) APPLEBEE’S FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and IHOP FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Co-Issuer” and, collectively, the “Co-Issuers”),
(b) APPLEBEE’S SPV GUARANTOR LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, IHOP SPV GUARANTOR LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, APPLEBEE’S RESTAURANTS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, IHOP RESTAURANTS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, IHOP PROPERTY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and IHOP LEASING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”);
(c) DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC., a Delaware corporation, 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) BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as L/C Provider, as Swingline Lender and 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” or the “Series2019-1 Class A-1 Administrative Agent”),
(h) the other L/C Providers from time to time party hereto.
BACKGROUND
1. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, theCo-Issuers and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee and Series2019-1 Securities Intermediary, 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 September 30, 2014 (the “Original Base Indenture”), as amended and restated as of the date hereof (as the same may be further amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Base Indenture” and, together with the Series2019-1 Supplement and any additional Supplements to the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among theCo-Issuers, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, pursuant to which theCo-Issuers will issue the Series2019-1Class A-1 Notes (as defined in the Series2019-1 Supplement) in accordance with the Indenture.
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