(b) an agreement and plan of merger, dated as of the date hereof (together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, the “Acquisition Agreement”) among Daphne, the Borrower, Icon and a wholly owned subsidiary of Icon (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, among other things, and immediately following the Separation, (i) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Borrower, with the Borrower continuing as the surviving corporation, and as a result of such merger the Borrower will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Icon and (ii) in the merger, the shares of the Borrower’s common stock that were distributed in the Stock Distribution will be automatically converted into the right to receive a specified number of shares of the common stock of Icon (the “Acquisition”).
Upon the consummation of the Separation and the Acquisition, the Borrower will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Icon and at least 50.1% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Icon (on a fully diluted basis) will be owned by the former stockholders of the Borrower.
You have each also informed us that the Special Cash Payment and related fees and expenses are expected to be financed solely from (i) the issuance by the Borrower of senior unsecured notes pursuant to a Rule 144A offering or other private placement (the “Notes”), the borrowing of term loans under a senior unsecured term loan facility (the loans thereunder, the “Term Loans” and, together with the Notes, collectively, the “Permanent Financing”), or a combination of the foregoing, or (ii) to the extent the entire amount of the Permanent Financing is not funded on or prior to the Closing Date for any reason, the Borrower expects to borrow term loans under a senior unsecured bridge facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $7,500,000,000 (the “Bridge Facility”) comprised of (a) a $6,250,000,000 tranche (“Tranche 1”) and (b) a $1,250,000,000 tranche (“Tranche 2” and, each of Tranche 1 and Tranche 2, a “Tranche”), in each case having the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the exhibits hereto.
The Separation, the Special Cash Payment, the Acquisition, the Permanent Financing and the Bridge Facility, and the related transactions contemplated hereby are collectively referred to as the “Transactions”. The date of the consummation of the Separation, the Special Cash Payment, the Acquisition and the satisfaction of the conditions to funding under the Bridge Facility is herein referred to as the “Closing Date”. Capitalized terms used and not defined in this letter (together with Annexes A, B and C hereto, this “Commitment Letter”) have the meanings assigned to them in Annexes A, B and C hereto as the context may require. The Initial Lenders and any other Lenders that become parties to this Commitment Letter as additional “Commitment Parties” as provided in Section 3 hereof are referred to herein, collectively, as the “Commitment Parties”, “we” or “us”.
The obligations of the Borrower and Icon hereunder shall be several and not joint.
1. | Commitments; Titles and Roles. |
(a) Each of MSSF and CSLF are pleased to confirm its agreement to act, and you hereby appoint each of MSSF and CSLF to act, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with the Bridge Facility (in such capacities, an “Arranger” and collectively, the “Arrangers”); (b) MSSF is pleased to confirm its agreement to act, and you hereby appoint MSSF to act, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Bridge Facility; (c) CS is pleased to confirm its agreement to act, and you hereby appoint CS to act, as sole syndication agent for the Bridge Facility (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”); (d) MSSF is pleased to commit to provide you, severally and not jointly, (i) $3,125,000,000 of Tranche 1 of the Bridge Facility and (ii) $625,000,000 of Tranche 2 of the Bridge Facility, and CS is pleased to commit to provide you, severally and not jointly,
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