CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of November 17, 2017, among STERICYCLE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), certain Subsidiaries of the Company party hereto pursuant toSection 2.14 (each a “Designated Borrower” and, together with the Company, the “Borrowers” and, each a “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“JPMCB”), HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. (“HSBC Securities”; together with JPMCB in such capacities, collectively, the “Syndication Agents”),THEMUFG BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation Agents (in such capacities, the “Co-Documentation Agents”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer.
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Lenders provide a term loan facility and a revolving credit facility, and the Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend and the L/C Issuers have indicated their willingness to issue letters of credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“2010 Note Purchase Agreement” means that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of October 15, 2010, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold $175,000,000 in the aggregate of unsecured senior notes due October 15, 2017, and $225,000,000 in the aggregate of unsecured senior notes due October 15, 2020.
“2012 Note Purchase Agreement” means that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of October 22, 2012, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold $250,000,000 in the aggregate of its senior notes, in two series, Series A due December 12, 2019, and Series B due December 12, 2022, each series in the aggregate amount of $125,000,000.
“2015 Note Purchase Agreements” means (a) that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 30, 2015, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold $300,000,000 in the aggregate of its senior notes, in two series, Series A due July 1, 2022, and Series B due July 1, 2023, in the aggregate amounts of $200,000,000 and $100,000,000, respectively, and (b) that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of October 1, 2015, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold $300,000,000 in the aggregate of its senior notes, in two series, Series A due October 1, 2021, and Series B due October 1, 2023, in the aggregate amounts of $150,000,000 and $150,000,000, respectively.
“Acquisition” means the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets (or any part of the assets constituting all or substantially all of a business or line of business) of any Person, whether such acquisition is direct or indirect, including through the acquisition of the business of, or more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of, such Person, and whether such acquisition is effected in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, and the acquisition, by purchase or
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