PECO 8-K
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (PECO)
8-K
2025-09-02
For: 2025-08-29
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 29, 2025
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Item 1.01 Entry into Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 29, 2025 , Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (the “Company”), Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership I, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the lenders party thereto entered into a third amendment (the “Third Amendment”), which amends the credit agreement, dated as of July 2, 2021 (as amended by the first amendment, dated as of May 20, 2022, by the second amendment, dated as of January 9, 2025, and by the Third Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Operating Partnership, the other guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
The Third Amendment (i) modifies the applicable interest rate by removing the credit spread adjustment to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and (ii) establishes and incorporates specified key performance indicators (“KPIs”) with respect to certain sustainability targets of the Company, whereby based on the Company’s performance against the KPIs, certain adjustments may be made to the applicable interest rate margin. All other terms, conditions, and provisions remain in full force and effect.
The foregoing description of the Third Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Third Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
The Board of Directors of the Company approved distributions for September and October 2025 to its stockholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2025 and October 15, 2025, respectively, equal to a monthly amount of $0.1083 per share. The Company’s September and October 2025 distributions are expected to be made on or around October 1, 2025 and November 4, 2025, respectively. Operating partnership unit holders receive distributions at the same rate as common stockholders, subject to the required tax withholding.
On September 2, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing an increase in the monthly distribution and the declaration of the September and October 2025 distributions. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and shall not be deemed to be “filed” with the SEC for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any other filing with the SEC except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL) | |||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PHILLIPS EDISON & COMPANY, INC. | ||||||||
| Dated: September 2, 2025 | By: | /s/ Jennifer L. Robison | ||||||
| Jennifer L. Robison | ||||||||
| Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President (Principal Accounting Officer) | ||||||||
Exhibit 10.1
THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 29, 2025 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by and among Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Parent Entity”), the Lenders party hereto and PNC Bank, National Association as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
A. The Borrower, the Parent Entity, the other guarantors party thereto, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2021 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).
B. The Administrative Agent and Borrower in consultation with the Sustainability Agent have requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended to incorporate the ESG Amendment Pricing Provisions as contemplated by Section 2.19(a) of the Existing Credit Agreement, subject to terms and conditions set forth herein that, as so amended, the Existing Credit Agreement for ease of reference be restated (after giving effect to this Amendment) in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
C. In consideration of the agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows.
AGREEMENT
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), as the context may require.
2. Amendment. Effective upon the occurrence of the Third Amendment Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by this Amendment and for ease of reference restated (after giving effect to this Amendment) in the form of Exhibit A hereto , and a new Exhibit K is hereby added to the Existing Credit Agreement in the form of Exhibit K hereto (the Existing Credit Agreement, as so amended by this Amendment, being referred to as the “Amended Credit Agreement”).
3. Effectiveness; Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “Third Amendment Effective Date”) when all of the conditions set forth in this Section 3 shall have been satisfied.
(a) Execution and Delivery of Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower, the Parent Entity, as
Guarantor, each of the Lenders with a Commitment and Loans with respect to the Revolving Facility, and the Administrative Agent.
(b) Fees/Expenses. Payment by the Borrower of all reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent in connection with this Amendment to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Second Amendment Effective Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).
4. Ratification of Credit Agreement. Each of the Loan Parties acknowledges and consents to the terms set forth herein and agrees that this Amendment does not impair, reduce or limit any of its obligations under the Loan Documents as amended hereby. After giving effect to this Amendment the parties hereto agree that the requirements set forth in Section 2.19(a) of the Existing Credit Agreement for the ESG Amendment (as such term is defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) to be effective are hereby satisfied.
5. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Loan Parties represents and warrants to the Lenders as follows:
(a) It has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment;
(b) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Person and constitutes such Person's legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditor’s rights generally;
(c) Except to the extent not already obtained, no material consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any court or governmental authority or third party is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by such Person of this Amendment; and
(d) The execution and delivery of this Amendment does not (i) violate, contravene or conflict with any provision of such Person’s Organization Documents or (ii) violate, contravene or conflict with any Laws applicable to such Person except, in the case referred to in this clause (ii), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6. Counterparts/Telecopy/PDF/Electronic Execution. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of executed counterparts of this Amendment by telecopy or .pdf shall be effective as an original. The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import in this Amendment shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York
State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Sections 11.14 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction: Etc) and 11.15 (Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury) of the Amended Credit Agreement are incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof.
9. Reference to and Effect on Credit Agreement. Except as specifically modified herein, the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are each hereby ratified and confirmed. This Amendment shall be considered a Loan Document from and after the date hereof. The Loan Parties intend for the amendments to the Loan Documents set forth herein to evidence an amendment to the terms of the existing indebtedness of the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and do not intend for such amendments to constitute a novation in any manner whatsoever.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
BORROWER: PHILLIPS EDISON GROCERY CENTER OPERATING PARTNERSHIP I, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: Phillips Edison Grocery Center OP GP I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
its General Partner
By:
Name: John P. Caulfield
Title: Chief Financial Officer
PARENT ENTITY: PHILLIPS EDISON & COMPANY, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By:
Name: John P. Caulfield
Title: Chief Financial Officer
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
By:
Name: James A. Harmann
Title: Senior Vice President
[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
LENDERS: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as a Lender, an L/C Issuer and a Swing Line Lender
By:
Name: James A. Harmann
Title: Senior Vice President
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender, an L/C Issuer and a Swing Line Lender
By:
Name: Michael P. Szuba
Title: Senior Vice President
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
REGIONS BANK,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
BMO BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
FIRST HORIZON BANK,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
UNITED BANK,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
TRISTATE CAPITAL BANK,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
ASSOCIATED BANK,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK,
as a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
Exhibit A
Published CUSIP Numbers:
Deal: 71845KAE5
Revolving Facility: 71845KAF2
Term A-1 Facility: 71845KAG0
Term A-2 Facility: 71845KAH8
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 2, 2021
among
PHILLIPS EDISON GROCERY CENTER OPERATING PARTNERSHIP I, L.P.
as the Borrower,
as the Borrower,
PHILLIPS EDISON & COMPANY, INC.
as the Parent Entity
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Administrative Agent, a Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer,
as Administrative Agent, a Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer,
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Revolving Co-Syndication Agents,
BMO BANK, N.A.
CAPITAL ONE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
and
REGIONS BANK,
as Term Co-Syndication Agents,
BMO BANK, N.A.,
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
and
REGIONS BANK,
as Revolving Co-Documentation Agents
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
as Sustainability Agent
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS,
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
and
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers for the Revolving Loans
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
and
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Joint Bookrunners for the Revolving Loans
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.,
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
FIFTH THIRD SECURITIES, INC.
and
REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners for the Term Loans
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SCHEDULES
1.01 Existing Letters of Credit
2.01 Commitments and Applicable Percentages
2.03 L/C Commitments
2.04 Swing Line Commitments
6.08 Property
11.02 Certain Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
A Form of Loan Notice
B Form of Swing Line Loan Notice
C Form of Revolving Note
D Form of Swing Line Note
E Form of Compliance Certificate
F-1 Form of Term A-1 Note
F-2 Form of Term A-2 Note
G Form of Joinder Agreement
H Form of Assignment and Assumption
I Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates
J Form of Term Loan Pricing Certificate
K Form of Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of July 2, 2021 among PHILLIPS EDISON GROCERY CENTER OPERATING PARTNERSHIP I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), PHILLIPS EDISON & COMPANY, INC. (or its successors as permitted hereunder, the “Parent Entity”), the other Guarantors (defined herein), the Lenders (defined herein), PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and the other Swing Line Lenders and L/C Issuers.
The Lenders have agreed, as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, to provide the Borrower with a $1,000,000,000 revolving facility, and leave outstanding a $100,000,000 term facility, in each case, on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01Defined Terms.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the sum of (i) Daily Simple SOFR for such calculation plus (ii) the SOFR Adjustment and (b) the SOFR Floor.
“Adjusted EBITDA” means (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended period of four fiscal quarters minus (ii) the aggregate Annual Capital Expenditure Adjustment.
“Adjusted Term SOFR Rate” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the sum of (i) Term SOFR Rate for such calculation plus (ii) the SOFR Adjustment and (b) the SOFR Floor.
“Administrative Agent” means PNC Bank in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders as adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement. The aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date is ONE BILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000,000).
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.
“Annual Capital Expenditure Adjustment” means, for any retail Property, an amount equal to the product of (a) $0.15 multiplied by (b) the aggregate net rentable area (determined on a square feet basis) of all such Properties; provided, however, that no capital reserves shall be required with respect to any portion of such Property which is leased under a ground lease to a third party that owns the improvements on such ground leased portion of the Property, and no Loan Party has any obligation to maintain or repair such improvements.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.21.
“Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Lender at any time, (a) with respect to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, the percentage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15, (b) with respect to such Lender’s portion of the outstanding Term Loan A-1, the percentage of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan A-1 held by such Lender at such time, (c) with respect to such Lender’s portion of the outstanding Term Loan A-2, the percentage of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan A-2 held by such Lender at such time and (d) with respect to such Lender’s portion of the outstanding amount of any Incremental Term Loan, the percentage of the outstanding principal amount of such Incremental Term Loan held by such Lender at such time; provided that if the commitment of each Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of a L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02 or if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of the Revolving Facility, the Term Loan A-1 and the Term Loan A-2 is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption or other agreement pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Rate” means the applicable rate per annum set forth in the tables below for Revolving Loans and Term Loans, as applicable, notwithstanding any failure of the Parent Entity to maintain such Investment Grade Rating or any failure of Parent Entity to maintain a Debt Rating.
| Pricing Level | Debt Rating of Parent Entity | Applicable Rate for Revolving Loan Term SOFR Rate Loans/ Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans and Letters of Credit | Applicable Rate for Revolving Loan Base Rate Loans (including Swing Line Loans) | Facility Fee | Applicable Rate for Term Loan Term SOFR Rate Loans/ Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans | Applicable Rate for Term Loan Base Rate Loans | ||||||||||||||
1 | > A- / A3 / A- | 0.725% | N/A | 0.125% | 0.800% | N/A | ||||||||||||||
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2 | < A- / A3 / A- > BBB+ / Baa1 / BBB+ | 0.775% | N/A | 0.150% | 0.850% | N/A | ||||||||||||||
3 | < BBB+ / Baa1 / BBB+ > BBB / Baa2 / BBB | 0.850% | N/A | 0.200% | 0.950% | N/A | ||||||||||||||
4 | < BBB / Baa2 / BBB > BBB- / Baa3 / BBB- | 1.050% | 0.050% | 0.250% | 1.200% | 0.200% | ||||||||||||||
5 | < BBB- / Baa3 / BBB- or unrated | 1.400% | 0.400% | 0.300% | 1.600% | 0.600% | ||||||||||||||
Each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Debt Rating of the Parent Entity shall be effective for the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Notwithstanding the above, (i) if at any time there are two ratings and there is a split in such Debt Ratings of the Parent Entity, and the Debt Ratings differ by one level, then the Pricing Level for the higher of such Debt Ratings shall apply (with the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 1 being the highest and the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 5 being the lowest); (ii) if there are two ratings and there is a split in Debt Ratings of the Parent Entity of more than one level, then the Pricing Level that is one level lower than the Pricing Level of the higher Debt Rating shall apply; (iii) if the Parent Entity has only one Debt Rating, such Debt Rating shall apply; provided that, if the only Debt Rating is from Fitch, then pricing shall be set at Pricing Level 5; (iv) if there are three ratings, but two ratings are at the same level, then the Pricing Level for those two Debt Ratings shall apply; (v) if there are three ratings and each rating is at a different level, the Pricing Level for the middle Debt Rating shall apply; and (vi) if S&P, Moody’s and Fitch discontinue their ratings of the REIT industry generally or the Parent Entity specifically (so long as the reason for such discontinuance is not the Parent Entity’s non-payment for the services of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch), (A) for the period from such discontinuance until the earlier of (x) ninety days after such discontinuance and (y) the date the Parent Entity receives a rating from another substitute rating agency reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Pricing Level in effect immediately prior to such discontinuance shall apply, (B) if no such substitute rating agency reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent has been identified and accepted by the Administrative Agent within 90 days of such discontinuance, Pricing Level 5 shall apply and (C) if the Parent Entity receives a substitute rating from a rating agency reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the above pricing grid will be adjusted upon the receipt of such new rating from such new rating agency in a manner that the Pricing Levels based on such new rating most closely correspond to the above ratings levels.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (unless the Applicable Rate and the Facility Fee for the Revolving Facility would otherwise be determined based on Pricing Level 1 or Pricing Level 2 of the grid above), if and for so long as (i) the Leverage Ratio set forth in the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 7.02(a) is either (x) equal to or less than 35.0% or, (y) greater than 35.0% but less than or equal to 37.5% with respect to not more than one fiscal quarter following a period in which the condition described in clause (x) was satisfied, and (ii) the applicable credit rating of the Borrower as determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions would otherwise be Pricing Level 3, then the
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Applicable Rate and the Facility Fee for the Revolving Facility shall be determined based on Pricing Level 2.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Rate for the Term Loans set forth above shall be adjusted by the then effective Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount pursuant to Section 2.18, (b) the Applicable Rate for Revolving Loans from the Second Amendment Effective Date through March 31, 2025 shall be adjusted by the Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment amount from the Pricing Certificate delivered to the Sustainability Agent for the fiscal year 2023, and (c) solely with respect to the Revolving Facility, the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Facility and the Facility Fee set forth above shall be adjusted by the then effective Revolving Facility Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount or Revolving Facility Loan Sustainability Facility Fee Applicable Rate (as applicable) pursuant to Section 2.20.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means PNCCM, KeyBanc Capital Markets, BofA Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Capital One National Association, Fifth Third Securities, Inc. and Regions Capital Markets.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit H or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capitalized Lease Obligations of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligations of any Person, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capitalized Lease Obligations.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Consolidated Group, including the notes thereto, audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Revolving Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate or is based on a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.
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“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Balance Sheet Cash” means all unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents set forth on the balance sheet of the Consolidated Group, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) Overnight Bank Funding Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by PNC Bank as its “prime rate” and (c) Daily Simple SOFR plus 1.00% so long as Daily Simple SOFR is offered, ascertainable and not unlawful; provided that if the Base Rate shall be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement. The “prime rate” is a rate set by PNC Bank based upon various factors including PNC Bank’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in the “prime rate” announced by PNC Bank shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof, then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above. Any change in the Base Rate (or any component thereof) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change occurs.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Benchmark” means, initially, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable, or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 3.03. Any reference to “Benchmark” shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.
“Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of (A) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (B) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and provided further, that any such
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Benchmark Replacement shall be administratively feasible as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for US dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time; provided that, if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate, more than one tenor of such Benchmark is available as of the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement will not be a term rate, the Available Tenor of such Benchmark for purposes of this definition of “Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” shall be deemed to be the Available Tenor that has approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustments) as the payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement.
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent, which date shall be at the end of an Interest Period and no later than the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a)in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (A) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (B) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date determined by the Administrative Agent, which date shall promptly follow the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein;
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, the occurrence of one or more of the following events, with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of
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such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b) a public statement or publication of information by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent, the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.03 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.03.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan.”
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
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“BofA Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2023 among the Borrower, the Parent Entity, the other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, as such agreement is amended, restated, amended and restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“Borrowing” means each of the following: (a) a borrowing of Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04, (b) a Revolving Borrowing and (c) a Term Borrowing.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (or, if otherwise, the state where the Administrative Agent’s lending office is located); provided that, when used in connection with an amount that bears interest at a rate based on SOFR or any direct or indirect calculation or determination of SOFR, the term “Business Day” means any such day that is also a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“Capitalization Rate” means six and one half percent (6.50%).
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under any lease of any property by such Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person.
“Capital One Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) among the Borrower, the Parent Entity, any other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Capital One, National Association, as administrative agent.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of a L/C Issuer or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and a L/C Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) Dollar denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender, (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (iii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered
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into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations and (e) investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to investments of the character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (d).
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in the implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a)any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding the Key Principal, his immediate family members, Affiliates, or trusts or entities for the benefit of, or directly or indirectly controlled by, the Key Principal or his immediate family members and any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 40% of the Equity Interests of the Parent Entity entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Parent Entity on a fully diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right);
(b)during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Parent Entity cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (including, without limitation, each replacement for any such members resulting from (1) the death or incapacity of any such member
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and/or (2) the resignation or removal of any such member or any such member’s refusal to stand or failure to be nominated for re-election to the board or other equivalent governing body);
(c)the Parent Entity (i) ceases to own, directly or indirectly, a majority of the Voting Stock and economic and beneficial interests of the Borrower, or (ii) ceases to be the sole owner of the General Partner; or
(d)the General Partner ceases to be the sole general partner of the Borrower.
“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Closing Date Material Adverse Effect” means any event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or financial condition of the Consolidated Group, taken as a whole, (B) a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, or of the ability of the Borrower and the Guarantors taken as a whole to perform their obligations under any Loan Document, and (C) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower or a Guarantor of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
“CO2e” has the meaning given that term in the definition of Term Loan KPI Metric and Revolving Facility KPI Metric.
“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, the Revolving Commitment of such Lender, the Term Loan A-1 Commitment of such Lender, the Term Loan A-2 Commitment of such Lender, and any commitment of such Lender to make an Incremental Term Loan, as applicable.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) as amended or otherwise modified, and any successor statute.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or such Benchmark Replacement or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
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“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for the Consolidated Group, without duplication, the sum of (a) Net Income of the Consolidated Group, in each case, excluding (i) any non-recurring, extraordinary and unusual charges, expenses, impairment, gains and losses for such period (including, without limitation, prepayment penalties and costs or fees incurred in connection with any capital markets offering, debt financing, or amendment thereto, redemption or exchange of Indebtedness, tender offer, lease termination, business combination, acquisition, exchange listing or delisting, disposition, recapitalization or similar transaction including, without limitation, pursuant to any Permitted Reorganization (regardless of whether such transaction is completed)), (ii) any income or gain and any loss in each case resulting from early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (iii) any net income or gain or any loss resulting from a swap or other derivative contract (including by virtue of a termination thereof) and (iv) non-cash expenses or charges, plus (b) an amount which, in the determination of net income for such period pursuant to clause (a) above, has been deducted for or in connection with (i) Interest Expense, (ii) income taxes, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) adjustments as a result of the straight lining of rents, (v) amortization of above and below market lease adjustments and market debt adjustments, (vi) amortization of tenant allowance, (vii) amortization of deferred financing costs, in each case of (i) through (vii) above, as determined in accordance with GAAP and (viii) the Facility Fee, plus (c) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the above attributable to interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“Consolidated Group” means the Loan Parties and their consolidated subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Unconsolidated Affiliate, the percentage of the total equity ownership interests held by the Consolidated Group, in the aggregate, in such Unconsolidated Affiliate determined by calculating the greater of (a) the percentage of the issued and outstanding stock, partnership interests or membership interests in such Unconsolidated Affiliate held by the Consolidated Group in the aggregate and (b) the percentage of the total book value of such Unconsolidated Affiliate that would be received by the Consolidated Group in the aggregate, upon liquidation of such Unconsolidated Affiliate, after repayment in full of all Indebtedness of such Unconsolidated Affiliate; provided that, to the extent a given calculation includes liabilities, obligations or Indebtedness of any Unconsolidated Affiliate and the Consolidated Group, in the aggregate, is or would be liable for a portion of such liabilities, obligations or Indebtedness in a percentage in excess of that calculated pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above, the “Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share” with respect to such liabilities, obligations or Indebtedness shall be equal to the percentage of such liabilities, obligations or Indebtedness for which the Consolidated Group is or would be liable.
“Construction in Progress” means, as of any date, any Property then under development; provided that a Property shall no longer be included in Construction in Progress and shall be deemed to be a stabilized project upon the earlier of (a) the date on which the first rental payment for such Property is received and (b) the last day of the fiscal quarter in which the annualized Net Operating Income attributable to such Property divided by the Capitalization Rate exceeds the undepreciated book value of such Property.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. Without
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limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 5% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.
“Control Approach” has the meaning described in the GHG Protocol Corporate Reporting and Accounting Standard.
“Convertible Notes” means convertible or exchangeable notes or similar instruments issued by the Parent Entity or its Subsidiaries evidencing Indebtedness that includes an option or requirement to convert or exchange such instrument, in whole or in part, into or for Equity Interests of the Parent Entity at a future date and that may be discharged, converted, exchanged, prepaid, repurchased or redeemed by (x) delivery of the Equity Interests of the Parent Entity and/or (y) payments in cash, in whole or in part, so long as, at the time of the issuance of such Convertible Notes on a pro forma basis, the Borrower is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (a) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (b) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (c) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), the interest rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (the “SOFR Determination Date”) that is 2 Business Days prior to (i) such SOFR Rate Day if such SOFR Rate Day is a Business Day or (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day if such SOFR Rate Day is not a Business Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate) on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source identified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or its successor administrator for the secured overnight financing rate from time to time. If SOFR for any SOFR Determination Date has not been published or replaced with a Benchmark Replacement by 5:00 p.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time) on the second Business Day immediately following such SOFR Determination Date, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Date will be SOFR for the first Business Day preceding such SOFR Determination Date for which SOFR was published in accordance with the definition of “SOFR”; provided that SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be used for purposes of calculating Daily Simple SOFR for no more than 3 consecutive SOFR Rate Days. If and when Daily Simple SOFR as determined above changes, any applicable rate of interest based on Daily Simple SOFR will change automatically without notice to the Borrower, effective on the date of any such change.
“Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR.
“Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by either S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, of a Person’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt. The Debt Rating in effect at any date is the Debt Rating that is in effect at the close of business on such date.
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“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Term SOFR Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.15(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer, the applicable Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the applicable Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interests in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender
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under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.15(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lenders and each other Lender promptly following such determination.
“Delaware LLC” means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.
“Delaware LLC Division” means (a) the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or (b) the statutory division of any limited liability company organized under the laws of any other jurisdiction into two or more limited liability companies pursuant to the applicable provisions of such jurisdiction’s limited liability company laws.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any Sanction.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (including the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Dividend Payout Ratio” means, for any four fiscal quarter period, the ratio of (a) an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of all dividends or other distributions paid, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity Interests of the Parent Entity (except (x) for dividends or other distributions payable solely in shares of that class of Equity Interest to the holders of that class and (y) in connection with any redemption, retirement, surrender, defeasance, repurchase, purchase or other similar transaction or acquisition for value, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity Interests of the Parent Entity) during such four fiscal quarter period, to (b) Funds From Operations of the Consolidated Group for such four fiscal quarter period.
“Dividend Reinvestment Proceeds” means all dividends or other distributions, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any Equity Interests of the Parent Entity which any holder(s) of such Equity Interests direct to be used, concurrently with the making of such dividend or distribution, for the purpose of purchasing for the account of such holder(s) additional Equity Interests in the Consolidated Group.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
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“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii) and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).
“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or (to the extent any such liability is recourse to a Loan Party) any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law with respect to any project, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials on any project, (c) exposure of any project to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release of any Hazardous Materials originating from any project into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination, in each case other than Convertible Notes.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA; (e)
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the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.13(a).
“Erroneous Payment Notice” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.13(a).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant under a Loan Document by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act (or the application or official interpretation thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 4.08 hereof and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor, or grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap Contract, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swap Contracts for which such Guaranty or security interest becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 11.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (c), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Letter of Credit” means those certain letters of credit set forth on Schedule 1.01.
“Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17.
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“Existing PNC Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2018, among the Borrower, the Parent Entity, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association as administrative agent, as amended and modified from time to time.
“Extended Revolving Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17.
“Extension Amendments” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
“Facility Fee” means, for each day during the Availability Period in which the Borrower has exercised its rights under clause (b) of the definition of Applicable Rate, an amount equal to (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments for such day (regardless of usage), multiplied by (b) a per annum percentage for such day (as determined for a three hundred sixty (360) day year) equal to the applicable percentage set forth for Facility Fees in the table set forth in clause (b) of the definition of Applicable Rate.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to PNC Bank on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent and (c) if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Letters” means (a) the letter agreement, dated as of May 24, 2021 among the Borrower, PNC Bank and PNCCM, (b) the letter agreement dated as of May 24, 2021 among the Borrower, KeyBank and KeyBanc Capital Markets, (c) the letter agreement dated as of April 28, 2022 among the Borrower, PNC Bank and PNCCM, (d) the letter agreement dated as of April 28, 2022 among the Borrower, KeyBank and KeyBanc Capital Markets and (e) any other fee letter entered into between an Arranger and the Borrower in connection with this Agreement.
“FFO Percentage” means 95%.
“Financeable Ground Lease” means a ground lease reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, which must provide customary protections for a potential leasehold mortgagee (“Mortgagee”) such as (a) a remaining term, including any optional extension terms exercisable unilaterally by the tenant, of no less than thirty years from the Second Amendment Effective Date, (b) a provision that the ground lease will not be terminated until the Mortgagee has received notice of a default, has had a reasonable opportunity to cure and has failed to do so, (c) provision for a new lease
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to the Mortgagee as tenant on the same terms if the ground lease is terminated for any reason, (d) transferability of the tenant’s interest under the ground lease by the Mortgagee without any requirement for consent of the ground lessor unless based on delivery of customary assignment and assumption agreements from the transferor and transferee, (e) the ability of the tenant to mortgage tenant’s interest under the ground lease without any requirement for consent of the ground lessor and (f) provisions that the tenant under the ground lease (or the leasehold mortgagee) has customary protections with respect to the application of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards attributable to the tenant’s interest under the ground lease and related improvements which contemplate the application of such proceeds or awards to the restoration of the premises or the Loans mature within six months of the date the amounts are received.
“First Amendment” means that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of the First Amendment Effective Date by and among the Borrower, the Parent Entity, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“First Amendment Effective Date” means May 20, 2022.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, for any four fiscal quarter period, the ratio of (a) Adjusted EBITDA for such four fiscal quarter period to (b) Fixed Charges for such four fiscal quarter period.
“Fixed Charges” means, for the Consolidated Group, without duplication, the sum of (a) Interest Expense, plus (b) scheduled principal payments, exclusive of balloon payments, plus (c) dividends and distributions on preferred stock, if any, plus (d) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the above attributable to interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates, all for the most recently ended period of four fiscal quarters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whether or not otherwise included as a result of clause (a) or (b) above, non-cash amortization, or the write-off of the accumulation of such, mark-to-market debt premiums, discount income or expense and prepayment penalties and costs associated with early extinguishment of Indebtedness shall not be included as Fixed Charges.
“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR or, if no floor is specified, zero.
“Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to a L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) with respect to a Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line
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Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“Funds from Operations” means, with respect to any Person for any period, an amount equal to (a) the Net Income of such Person for such period, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains and losses from sales of depreciated property other than out lot sales, non-cash impairment charges, gains and losses from extinguishment of debt, amortization of above and below market lease adjustments and market debt adjustments, amortization of tenant allowances, amortization of deferred financing costs, other non-cash charges, and gains or losses to the extent non-cash from Swap Contracts, plus (b) depreciation and amortization and non-cash amortization of transaction expenses arising from the creation of new investment funds, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures; provided that (x) adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures will be recalculated to reflect funds from operations on the same basis, (y) Funds from Operations shall be reported in accordance with the NAREIT policies unless otherwise agreed to above in this definition and (z) costs and fees incurred by the Consolidated Group in connection with the acquisition or disposition of real property assets and transaction costs incurred by the Consolidated Group in connection with any capital markets offering, debt financing, or amendment thereto, redemption or exchange of indebtedness, tender offer, lease termination, business combination, acquisition, exchange listing or delisting, disposition, recapitalization or similar transaction including, without limitation, pursuant to any Permitted Reorganization (regardless of whether such transaction is completed), in each case, shall be excluded from the calculation of Funds from Operations.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied and as in effect from time to time.
“General Partner” means Phillips Edison Grocery Center OP GP I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor general partner of the Borrower approved by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement.
“GHG Emissions” has the meaning given that term in the definition of Term Loan KPI Metric and Revolving Facility KPI Metric.
“GHG Protocol Corporate Reporting and Accounting Standard” means a corporate accounting and reporting standard for greenhouse gas emissions published by World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the World Resources Institute, as amended from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
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“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), provided that any customary non-recourse carve-out guarantee shall not be deemed a Guarantee hereunder, except, if and to the extent that the guarantor thereunder has acknowledged such liability or it has been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable for a claim thereunder for which such guarantor is not otherwise indemnified by any third party which has the financial ability to perform with respect to such indemnity and is not disavowing its obligations thereunder, or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantors” means (a) the Parent Entity, (b) any Subsidiary that is required to be a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.13, (c) with respect to (i) Obligations under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, (ii) Obligations under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender and (iii) any Swap Obligation of a Specified Loan Party (determined before giving effect to Sections 4.01 and 4.08) under the Guaranty, the Borrower and (d) the successors and permitted assigns of the foregoing.
“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other holders of the Obligations pursuant to Article IV.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).
“Impacted Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03.
“Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Incremental Term Loan Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(e).
“Indebtedness” means, for the Consolidated Group, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
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(a) all obligations for borrowed money and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments.
(b) all direct or contingent obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments (including bank guaranties, surety bonds, comfort letters, keep-well agreements and capital maintenance agreements) to the extent such instruments or agreements support financial, rather than performance, obligations.
(c) net obligations under any Swap Contract.
(d) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services.
(e) Capitalized Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations.
(f) all obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any equity interest, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference, plus accrued and unpaid dividends.
(g) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements) whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed by the grantor of the Lien or is limited in recourse.
(h) all Guarantees in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, Indebtedness shall include the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the foregoing items and components attributable to Indebtedness of Unconsolidated Affiliates. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any Capitalized Lease Obligation or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.
“Initial Revolving Facility KPI Metric Report” means the Sustainability Report including the Revolving Facility Sustainability Metric Auditor verification statement of the method of calculation of the cumulative reduction, measured as a percentage, in the Revolving Facility KPI Metric from the Revolving Facility KPI Baseline for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, dated on or around June 30, 2026.
“Interest Expense” means, without duplication, total interest expense of the Consolidated Group determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that (a) amortization of deferred financing costs shall be excluded, to the extent included in accordance with GAAP and (b) for the avoidance of doubt capitalized
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interest and interest expense attributable to the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share in Unconsolidated Affiliates shall be included.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any Term SOFR Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the applicable Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Term SOFR Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan) or Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loan, (i) with respect to Revolving Loans, the seventh day of each calendar month (for interest accrued through the last day of the prior calendar month) and the Revolving Maturity Date and (ii) with respect to Term Loans, the first Business Day of each calendar month and the applicable Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means as to each Term SOFR Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Term SOFR Rate Loan is disbursed to the Borrower or converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Rate Loan and ending on the date one, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to availability), as selected by the Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided that:
(a)any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Term SOFR Rate Loan, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b)any Interest Period pertaining to a Term SOFR Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period; and
(c)no Interest Period with respect to any Loan shall extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date.
“Interim Financial Statements” means (i) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Parent Entity for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, including balance sheets and statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows and (ii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, including balance sheets and statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Internal Revenue Service” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Investment Grade Rating” means a senior unsecured debt rating of the Parent Entity of BBB- or better from Standard & Poor’s or Fitch, or Baa3 or better from Moody’s.
“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 6.17.
“ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.
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“ISP” means the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by a L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.
“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G executed and delivered by a Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.13.
“KeyBank” means KeyBank National Association.
“KeyBank Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) among the Borrower, the Parent Entity, any other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and KeyBank, as administrative agent.
“Key Principal” means Jeffrey S. Edison.
“KPI Metric Base Year” means the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2020.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving Loans.
“L/C Commitment” means, as to each L/C Issuer, its obligation to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.03 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding as set forth on Schedule 2.03 (or such other amount as agreed to among the Borrower, such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent); provided the aggregate L/C Commitments for all L/C Issuers cannot exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means each of PNC and KeyBank and, with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit, Bank of America, N.A., in each case in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of
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Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the ISP or similar terms of the Letter of Credit itself, or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lenders” means each of the Persons identified as a “Lender” on the signature pages hereto and their successors and assigns and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lenders.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder providing for the payment of cash upon the honoring of a presentation thereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a letter of credit in the form from time to time in use by a L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is thirty days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to the Consolidated Group as of any date of calculation, (a) Total Indebtedness as of such date minus the amount of Balance Sheet Cash as of such date in excess of $25,000,000 to the extent there is an equivalent amount of Total Indebtedness that matures within twenty-four (24) months from such date of calculation divided by (b) Total Asset Value as of such date minus the amount of Balance Sheet Cash deducted in subsection (a) of this definition.
“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including (i) any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, (ii) any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real Property that materially affects the value of such real Property, and (iii) any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan, a Swing Line Loan or an Incremental Term Loan, as applicable.
“Loan Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, including schedules and exhibits hereto, each Note, each Issuer Document, each Joinder Agreement, the Fee Letters, any Incremental Term Loan Agreement
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and any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.14 of this Agreement.
“Loan Modification Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Revolving Loans or Term Loans, (b) a conversion of Revolving Loans or Term Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Term SOFR Rate Loans, in each case pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A or via electronic submission as agreed to by the Borrower and Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, by making a disbursement request through the Credit Management Module of PNC Bank, National Association’s PINACLE® system, in accordance with the applicable security procedures therefor.
“Loan Party” means the Borrower or any Guarantor and “Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Major Tenant” means a tenant of a Loan Party under a lease of Property which entitles it to occupy 15,000 square feet or more of the net rentable area of such Property.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract”.
“Material Acquisition” means a simultaneous acquisition of assets with a purchase price of 5% or more of Total Asset Value.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, the business, properties, liabilities or financial condition of the Consolidated Group, taken as a whole, (b) a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, or of the ability of the Borrower and the Guarantors taken as a whole to perform their obligations under any Loan Document, or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower or a Guarantor of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
“Maturity Date” means (a) each of the Revolving Maturity Date, the Term Loan A-1 Maturity Date and the Term Loan A-2 Maturity Date and (b) with respect to an outstanding Incremental Term Loan, the maturity date provided in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Agreement.
“Mezzanine Debt Investments” means any mezzanine or subordinated mortgage loans made (or acquired) by a member of the Consolidated Group to entities that own commercial real estate or to the members, partners or stockholders of such entities, which real estate has a value in excess of the sum of (a) (i) if such mezzanine or subordinated mortgage loans were originated by a third party and acquired by such member of the Consolidated Group, the purchase price of such indebtedness with respect to any such indebtedness or (ii) if such mezzanine or subordinated mortgage loans were originated by such member of the Consolidated Group, the amount of such indebtedness plus (b) any senior indebtedness encumbering such commercial real estate, in each case to the extent such mezzanine or subordinated mortgage loans have been designated by the Borrower as a “Mezzanine Debt Investment” in its most recent compliance certificate; provided, however, that (i) any such indebtedness owed by an Unconsolidated Affiliate shall be reduced by the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of such indebtedness, and (ii) any such indebtedness owed by a non-wholly owned member of the Consolidated Group shall be reduced by the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of such indebtedness.
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“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 102% of the Fronting Exposure of any L/C Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, (b) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.14(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to 102% of the Outstanding Revolving Amount of all L/C Obligations, and (c) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer in their sole discretion.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgage Receivables” means any investment securities that represent an interest in, or are secured by, one or more pools of commercial mortgage loans or synthetic mortgages.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
“Negative Pledge” shall mean with respect to a given asset, any provision of a document, instrument or agreement (other than any Loan Document, the BofA Agreement and any Loan Document (as defined in the BofA Agreement), the Capital One Agreement and any Loan Document (as defined in the Capital One Agreement) and the KeyBank Agreement and any Loan Document (as defined in the KeyBank Agreement)) which prohibits or purports to prohibit the creation or assumption of any Lien on such asset as security for Indebtedness of the Person owning such asset or any other Person; provided, however, that an agreement that conditions a Person’s ability to encumber its assets upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that limit such Person’s ability to encumber its assets but that do not generally prohibit the encumbrance of its assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets, shall not constitute a Negative Pledge.
“Net Income” means the net income (or loss) of the Consolidated Group for the subject period; provided, however that Net Income shall exclude (a) extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses for such period, (b) the net income of any Subsidiary of the Parent Entity during such period to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of such income is not permitted by operation of the terms of its Organization Documents or any agreement, instrument or Law applicable to such Subsidiary during such period, except that the Parent Entity’s equity in any net loss of any such Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining Net Income, (c) any income (or loss) from an Unconsolidated Affiliate of the Parent Entity in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Unconsolidated Affiliate during such period to the Parent Entity or a Subsidiary thereof as a dividend or other distribution (and in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Subsidiary of the Parent Entity, such Subsidiary is not precluded from further distributing such amount to the Parent Entity as described in clause (b) of this proviso), and (d) any rental income received from leases to Major Tenants in any bankruptcy proceedings, to the extent the relevant leases have been rejected pursuant to such bankruptcy proceedings during the subject period.
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“Net Operating Income” means for any Property, for any period, an amount equal to (a) the aggregate gross revenues from the operations of such Property during such period from tenants paying rent (exclusive of any rental income from any leases to Major Tenants in any bankruptcy proceedings, to the extent the relevant leases have been rejected pursuant to such bankruptcy proceedings during the subject period and exclusive of above and below market lease adjustments and amortization of tenant allowance in accordance with GAAP) minus (b) the sum of all expenses and other charges incurred in connection with the operation of such Property during such period (including accruals for real estate taxes and insurance, ground rent, and Property Management Fees, but excluding debt service charges, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses), which expenses and accruals shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP.
“New Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(c).
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness of any member of the Consolidated Group in which the liability of the applicable obligor is limited to such obligor’s interest in specified assets securing such Indebtedness, subject to customary nonrecourse carve-outs, including, without limitation, exclusions for claims that are based on fraud, intentional misrepresentation, misapplication of funds, gross negligence or willful misconduct to the extent no claim of liability has been made pursuant to any such carve-outs.
“Non-Stabilized Property” means, for any Property, (a) a Property designated in writing by the Borrower as a Non-Stabilized Property which has not previously been designated as such and (b) the occupancy rate for such designated Property is below 80% at the time of such designation; provided that, once designated as a Non-Stabilized Property, such Property shall cease to be a Non-Stabilized Property upon the earlier of (i) Borrower’s request or (ii) eight fiscal quarters following the designation of such Property as a Non-Stabilized Property.
“Note” or “Notes” means the Revolving Notes, the Term Notes and/or the Swing Line Note, individually or collectively, as appropriate.
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. The foregoing shall also include any Swap Contract and any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender; provided that the “Obligations” shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations.
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“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.06).
“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as set forth on its public website from time to time, and as published on the next succeeding Business Day as the overnight bank funding rate by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or by such other recognized electronic source (such as Bloomberg) selected by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of displaying such rate); provided that, if such day is not a Business Day, the Overnight Bank Funding Rate for such day shall be such rate on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided, further, that if such rate shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist, a comparable replacement rate determined by PNC at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error). If the Overnight Bank Funding Rate determined as above would be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero. The rate of interest charged shall be adjusted as of each Business Day based on changes in the Overnight Bank Funding Rate without notice to the Borrower.
“Outstanding Revolving Amount” means (a) with respect to any Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Loans occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“PACE Financings” means (a) any “Property-Assessed Clean Energy” loan or financing or (b) any other indebtedness, without regard to the name given thereto, which is (i) incurred for improvements to a Property for the purpose of increasing energy efficiency, increasing use of renewable
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energy sources, resource conservation, or a combination of the foregoing, and (ii) repaid through multi-year assessments against such Property.
“Parent Entity” means Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. or such other entity following any reorganization permitted by Section 8.04.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
“Patriot Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans set forth in Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Internal Revenue Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means any call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the Parent Entity’s Equity Interests purchased by the Parent Entity or its Subsidiaries in connection with the issuance of any Convertible Notes; provided that the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the net cash proceeds received by the Parent Entity or its Subsidiaries from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance of such Convertible Notes in connection with such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
“Permitted Liens” means the following:
(a)Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b)Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(c)statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of title arising in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Liens secure only amounts not yet due and payable or, if due and payable, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce the same or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves determined in accordance with GAAP have been established;
(d)pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
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(e)deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f)easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto for its current use or materially interfere with the use thereof by the Loan Parties;
(g)Liens securing judgments for the payment of money (or appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments) not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.01(h);
(h)leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(i)any interest of title of a lessor under, and Liens arising from UCC financing statements relating to, leases permitted by this Agreement;
(j)normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions;
(k)Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection;
(l)Liens of sellers of goods to a Loan Party and any of its Subsidiaries arising under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;
(m)Liens, if any, in favor of the Administrative Agent on Cash Collateral delivered pursuant to Section 2.14(a); and
(n)Liens securing PACE Financings in an amount not to exceed (a) $1,000,000 in any one year and (b) $2,500,000, in the aggregate, during the term of this Agreement.
“Permitted Reorganization” means any or all of the following: (a) the corporate reorganization of the Consolidated Group and any related mergers with respect thereto (including, without limitation, any merger, purchase, contribution or assumption of assets and/or liabilities or other similar transaction with any Affiliate), (b) the internalization (in whole or in part, whether by merger, purchase, contribution or assumption of assets and/or liabilities or other similar transaction) of the existing external manager of the Parent Entity and the Borrower, (c) the initial public offering of the Parent Entity and/or the listing of the Parent Entity on a recognized US stock exchange, and (d) the issuance of additional Equity Interests of the Borrower and/or the conversion of Equity Interests of the Borrower into Equity Interests of the Parent Entity; provided that after giving effect to any Permitted Reorganization (i) the Parent Entity shall remain a Guarantor, (ii) the Parent Entity shall continue to own, directly or indirectly, a majority of the Voting Stock and economic and beneficial interests of the Borrower, (iii) Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, shall remain as the Borrower, and (iv) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, (x) a written certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent showing, in reasonable detail, that the Consolidated Group will be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants in Section 8.11 after giving effect to any Permitted Reorganization and (y) all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act.
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“Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the Parent Entity’s Equity Interests sold by the Parent Entity substantially contemporaneously with any purchase by the Parent Entity or its Subsidiaries of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, with a strike price higher than the strike price of the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any such Plan to which the Borrower is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“PNC Bank” means PNC Bank, National Association.
“PNCCM” means PNC Capital Markets LLC.
“Property” means any real estate asset directly owned by any member of the Consolidated Group, any of its Subsidiaries or any Unconsolidated Affiliate.
“Property Management Fees” means, with respect to each Property for any period, 3% of the aggregate base rent and percentage rent due and payable under leases with tenants at such Property.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning specified in Section 11.20.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, at any time, each Loan Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or that qualified at such time as an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Qualified Fees” means, to the extent earned on a current basis (i.e. expected to be paid or settled in 30 days but excluding any payments made with Equity Interests) and are not deferred (except as set forth in (vii) below) by (a) the Borrower, (b) a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or (c) a majority owned Subsidiary of the Borrower in which the Borrower, directly or indirectly, has the sole discretion to distribute any Qualified Fees at such Subsidiary to the Borrower (for clarification purposes, with respect to any non-wholly owned Subsidiary, only the pro rata portion of those fees that can be distributed to the Borrower shall constitute Qualified Fees for the purposes hereunder), all amounts consisting of the following: (i) property management fees, (ii) asset management fees, (iii) leasing commissions, (iv) tenant improvement oversight fees, (v) property acquisition fees, (vi) property financing fees and (vii) deferred asset management fees; provided that if the Qualified Fees attributable to the fees incurred with respect to
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clauses (v), (vi) and (vii) above accounts for more than 40% of the aggregate Qualified Fees, the amount of such property acquisition fees, property financing fees and deferred asset management fees that exceed such limit shall be deducted from Qualified Fees. With respect to a transaction that constitutes the acquisition of any Person or any management contracts, for the purpose of calculating Total Asset Value and Unencumbered Asset Value for the quarter during which the acquisition occurs and each of the next three full fiscal quarter periods subsequent to such acquisition, the Qualified Fees with respect to the acquired Person or management contracts, if any, shall be determined as follows: (1) for the quarter in which such acquisition occurs, the Qualified Fees for the last full quarter period prior to such acquisition multiplied by four, (2) for the first full quarter period subsequent to such acquisition, the actual Qualified Fees for such quarter multiplied by four, (3) for the first two full quarter period subsequent to such acquisition, the actual Qualified Fees for such two quarter period multiplied by two and (4) for the first three full quarter period subsequent to such acquisition, the actual Qualified Fees for such three quarter period multiplied by 4/3.
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer.
“Recourse Debt” means any Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Debt) of any member of the Consolidated Group for which such Person has personal liability; provided that any customary non-recourse carve-outs with respect to such Indebtedness shall not be deemed Recourse Debt hereunder, except, if and to the extent that the obligor thereunder has acknowledged such liability or it has been determined, by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable for a claim thereunder for which such obligor is not otherwise indemnified by any third party which has the financial ability to perform with respect to such indemnity and is not disavowing its obligations thereunder.
“Reference Time” means with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).
“REIT” means a “real estate investment trust” under Sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Revolving Loans or Term Loans, a Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposures representing more than 50% of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any
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Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time; provided that, the amount of any participation in any Swing Line Loan and Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is a Swing Line Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in making such determination.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president (including co-president) vice-president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of the delivery of certificates pursuant to Sections 5.01 or 7.13, the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof), or any setting apart of funds or property for any of the foregoing.
“Revolving Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 (as amended by the First Amendment) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Loans and such Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans at such time.
“Revolving Facility” means the Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
“Revolving Facility KPI Baseline” as of any determination date shall mean the Revolving Facility KPI Metric for the KPI Metric Base Year, as such amount shall be adjusted to reflect any Revolving Facility Sustainability Amendments, since the KPI Metric Base Year. As of the Third Amendment Effective Date, the Revolving Facility KPI Baseline is 20,959 MtCO2e.
“Revolving Facility KPI Metric” means for any fiscal year of the Parent Entity, (a) the total Direct (Scope 1) & Energy Direct (Scope 2) Greenhouse Gas Emissions (“GHG Emissions”), measured in
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metric tons CO2 (carbon dioxide) equivalent (“CO2e”), of the Parent Entity, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (determined and calculated according to the GHG Protocol Corporate Reporting and Accounting Standard using the Control Approach for defining relevant emissions sources) minus (b) qualified emissions offsets (such as renewable energy certificates (RECs)) of the Parent Entity, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (including any such offsets in which the Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary has an interest including as a result of purchasing environmental attributes of projects other than those owned directly by the Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary). GHG Emissions will be quantified after the end of each fiscal year based on invoice data collected in Parent Entity’s or Borrower’s utility management system. Such determination shall be verified by an independent third party in accordance with Tier II of the AccountAbility 1000 Assurance Standard, or in accordance with another CDP-approved standard identified by Parent Entity or Borrower.
“Revolving Facility KPI Metric Report” means an annual report (it being understood that this annual report may take the form of the annual Sustainability Report) audited by the Revolving Facility Sustainability Metric Auditor that sets forth the calculations for the cumulative reduction, measured as a percentage, in the Revolving Facility KPI Metric from the Revolving Facility KPI Baseline for a specific fiscal year.
“Revolving Facility KPI Metric Target” and “Revolving Facility KPI Metric Threshold” mean, with respect to any fiscal year of the Parent Entity, the applicable Revolving Facility KPI Metric Target or Revolving Facility KPI Metric Threshold, specified in the table below for the corresponding fiscal year specified below:
KPI Metric | Baseline | Revolving Facility KPI Targets and Thresholds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
RY2020 | RY2025 | RY2026 | RY2027 | RY2028 | RY2029 | RY2030 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative % Reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG Emissions | 20,959 MtCO2e | ≥ 38.5% | ≥ 40.0% | ≥ 41.5% | ≥ 43.0% | ≥ 44.5% | ≥ 46.0% | Target | ||||||||||||||||||
< 37.5% | < 39.0% | < 40.5% | < 42.0% | < 43.5% | < 45.0% | Threshold | ||||||||||||||||||||
“Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (a) attaching true and correct copies of the calculation of the Revolving Facility KPI Metric Report for the immediately preceding fiscal year and setting forth the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount and the Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount for the period covered thereby and computations in reasonable detail in respect thereof and (b) a review report of the Revolving Facility Sustainability Metric Auditor confirming that the Revolving Facility Sustainability Metric Auditor is not aware of any material modifications that should be made to such computations in order for them to be presented in all material respects in conformity with the GHG Protocol Corporate Reporting and Accounting Standard.
“Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy” has the meaning specified in Section 2.20(d).
“Revolving Facility Sustainability Amendment” means an amendment to modify the Revolving Facility KPI Baseline, the Revolving Facility KPI Metric, or any Revolving Facility KPI Metric Targets
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or Revolving Facility KPI Metric Thresholds or any other sustainability provisions following a Revolving Facility Sustainability Amendment Event or at the reasonable request of the Borrower, subject to (a) in the case of an amendment solely with respect to modifications made arising from one or more events that, individually or cumulatively, cause the GHG Emissions of the Parent Entity, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries to increase or decrease by more than 5.0% from the GHG Emissions of the Parent Entity, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries prior to such events, failure of any Lender to object in writing within ten (10) Business Days of notice of such Amendment, (b) in the case of an amendment solely with respect to modifications made pursuant to the Borrower’s rebaselining policy as in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date, failure of any Lender to object in writing within ten (10) Business Days of notice of such Amendment and (c) in all other cases (including in the event of a Lender objection after notice pursuant to clauses (a) and (b)), the affirmative consent of the Lenders holding a majority of the outstanding Commitments and Loans with respect to the Revolving Facility; provided that, no Revolving Facility Sustainability Amendment shall result in the Applicable Rate being reduced or increased by more than 0.04% or the Facility Fee being reduced or increased by more than 0.01% pursuant to a Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount or a Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount, respectively, during any applicable period.
“Revolving Facility Sustainability Amendment Event” means any event that could reasonably be expected to materially affect the Borrower’s ability to achieve any Revolving Facility KPI Metric Target or would result in a need by the Borrower to adjust the baseline figure, including, but not limited to, (a) the sale, lease, transfer or other disposal of an asset, (b) the acquisition of a company or other asset or a series of companies or assets acquired over a period of time, (c) the identification of data quality issues, (d) methodology improvements to measuring or calculating emissions, (e) changes in GHG reporting regulations, (f) significant updates in emissions factors, or (g) a change in the Borrower’s environmental, social and governance strategy.
“Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount” means, with respect to any fiscal year, (a) negative four (4) basis points if the Revolving Facility KPI Target for such fiscal year as set forth in the Revolving Pricing Certificate is greater than or equal to the Revolving KPI Metric Target for such fiscal year, (b) zero (0) basis points if the Revolving Facility KPI Metric for such fiscal year as set forth in the Term Loan Pricing Certificate is greater than or equal to Loan KPI Metric Threshold for such fiscal year but less than the KPI Metric Target and (c) positive four (4) basis points if the Revolving Facility KPI Metric for such fiscal year as set forth in the Revolving Pricing Certificate is less than Revolving KPI Metric Threshold for such fiscal year.
“Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount” means, with respect to any fiscal year, (a) negative one (1) basis point if the Revolving Facility KPI Target for such fiscal year as set forth in the Revolving Pricing Certificate is greater than or equal to the Revolving KPI Metric Target for such fiscal year, (b) zero (0) basis points if the Revolving Facility KPI Metric for such fiscal year as set forth in the Term Loan Pricing Certificate is greater than or equal to Loan KPI Metric Threshold for such fiscal year but less than the KPI Metric Target and (c) positive one (1) basis point if the Revolving Facility KPI Metric for such fiscal year as set forth in the Revolving Pricing Certificate is less than Revolving KPI Metric Threshold for such fiscal year.
“Revolving Facility Sustainability Metric Auditor” means a qualified external reviewer, independent of Parent Entity and its Subsidiaries, with relevant expertise, such as an auditor, environmental consultant and/or independent ratings agency of recognized national standing that shall apply auditing standards and methodology consistent with the GHG Protocol Corporate Reporting and Accounting Standard. As of the date hereof, the term Revolving Facility Sustainability Metric Auditor means ISOS Group, Inc.; provided that a replacement Revolving Facility Sustainability Metric Auditor may be designated from time to time by Parent Entity or Borrower if any such replacement Revolving Facility Sustainability Metric Auditor (a) shall be (i) a qualified external reviewer, independent of Parent Entity and its Subsidiaries, with relevant expertise, such as an auditor, environmental consultant and/or independent ratings agency of recognized national standing or (ii) another firm designated by Parent Entity or Borrower and approved by the Lenders holding a majority of the outstanding Commitments and Loans with respect to the Revolving Facility, and (b) shall apply substantially the same auditing standards and methodology used in the Initial Revolving Facility KPI Metric Report, except for any changes to such standards and/or methodology that (i) are consistent with then generally accepted industry standards or
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(ii) if not so consistent, are proposed by Parent Entity or Borrower and approved by the Lenders holding a majority of the outstanding Commitments and Loans with respect to the Revolving Facility.
“Revolving Facility Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.20(a).
“Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Revolving Maturity Date” means, with respect to the Revolving Facility, January 9, 2029, as such date may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 2.17; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Revolving Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Revolving Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement pursuant to which any Loan Party, directly or indirectly, becomes liable as lessee, guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease, whether an operating lease or a capital lease, of any Property (a) which such Person has sold or transferred (or is to sell or transfer) to another Person which is not a Loan Party or (b) which such Person intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other Property which has been sold or transferred (or is to be sold or transferred) by such Person to another Person which is not a Loan Party in connection with such lease.
“Sanctions” means any international economic sanction administered or enforced by the United States government (including, without limitation, OFAC) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Amendment” means that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date by and among the Borrower, the Parent Entity, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Second Amendment Effective Date” means January 9, 2025.
“Secured Indebtedness” means, for any Person, Indebtedness of such Person that is secured by a Lien; provided that (a) direct Indebtedness (as opposed to a Guarantee) that is secured solely by a Lien on Equity Interests and (b) PACE Financings, in each case, shall not be deemed to be Secured Indebtedness for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Secured Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to the Consolidated Group as of any date of calculation, (a) Total Secured Indebtedness as of such date minus the amount of Balance Sheet Cash as of such date in excess of $25,000,000 to the extent there is an equivalent amount of Total Secured Indebtedness that matures within twenty-four (24) months from the applicable date of calculation divided by (b) Total Asset Value as of such date minus the amount of Balance Sheet Cash deducted in subsection (a) of this definition.
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“Shareholders’ Equity” means an amount equal to shareholders’ equity or net worth of the Consolidated Group, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“SOFR” means, with respect to any day, a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Adjustment” means (a) with respect to any Term Loans, ten basis points (0.10%) and (b) with respect to any Revolving Loans, zero basis points (0.00%).
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Floor” means a rate of interest per annum equal to zero percent (0%).
“Solvent” or “Solvency” means, with respect to any Person as of a particular date, that on such date (a) such Person is able to pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business, (b) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature in their ordinary course, (c) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage, (d) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person and (e) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Specified Loan Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Voting Stock is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Parent Entity.
“Subsidiary Guarantors” means any Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor hereunder.
“Supported QFC” has the meaning specified in Section 11.20.
“Sustainability Agent” means PNCCM in its capacity as sustainability agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor sustainability agent.
“Sustainability Report” means the annual non-financial disclosure report prepared in accordance with the GHG Protocol Corporate Reporting and Accounting Standard publicly reported by Parent Entity or Borrower and published on an Internet or intranet website to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have been granted access free of charge (or at the expense of Parent Entity or Borrower).
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward
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foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement; provided that any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or any Permitted Warrant Transaction shall not constitute a Swap Contract.
“Swap Obligation” means with respect to any Guarantor any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Termination Value” means, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to any Swap Contract, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contract has been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contract, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any affiliate of a Lender).
“Swing Line Commitment” means, as to each Swing Line Lender, its obligation to make Swing Line Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.04 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding as set forth on Schedule 2.04 (or such other amount as agreed to among the Borrower, such Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent); provided the aggregate Swing Line Commitments for all Swing Line Lenders cannot exceed the Swing Line Sublimit.
“Swing Line Lender” means each of PNC Bank and KeyBank, in each case in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans up to its Swing Line Commitment.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Borrowing of Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Swing Line Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
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“Tangible Net Worth” means, for the Consolidated Group as of any date of determination, (a) total equity (including, without limitation, redeemable Equity Interests) determined in accordance with GAAP, minus (b) all intangible assets determined in accordance with GAAP (except for intangible assets related to the value of the acquired in-place leases), plus (c) all accumulated depreciation and amortization determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same tranche, the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b), Section 2.01(c), or Section 2.16.
“Term Loan A-1” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Term Loan A-1 Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make its portion of the Term Loan A-1 to the Borrower on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.01(b), in the principal amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01. The aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan A-1 Commitments of all Lenders as in effect on the Closing Date is $240,000,000.
“Term Loan A-1 Maturity Date” means, with respect to the Term Loan A-1, November 16, 2025; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term A-1 Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Term Loan A-1 Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(b).
“Term Loan A-2” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c).
“Term Loan A-2 Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make its portion of the Term Loan A-2 to the Borrower on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.01(c), in the principal amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01. The aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan A-2 Commitments of all Lenders as in effect on the Closing Date is $240,000,000.
“Term Loan A-2 Maturity Date” means, with respect to the Term Loan A-2, July 2, 2026, as such date may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 2.17; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term Loan A-2 Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Term Loan A-2 Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“Term Loan KPI Baseline” as of any determination date shall mean the Term Loan KPI Metric for the KPI Metric Base Year, as such amount shall be adjusted to reflect dispositions or acquisitions of Properties or assets by the Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiaries, since the KPI Metric Base Year, in accordance with GHG Protocol Corporate Reporting and Accounting Standard.
“Term Loan KPI Metric” means for any fiscal year of the Parent Entity, (a) the total Direct (Scope 1) & Energy Direct (Scope 2) Greenhouse Gas Emissions (“GHG Emissions”), measured in metric tons CO2 (carbon dioxide) equivalent (“CO2e”), of the Parent Entity, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (determined and calculated according to the GHG Protocol Corporate Reporting and Accounting Standard using the Control Approach for defining relevant emissions sources)
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minus (b) qualified emissions offsets (such as renewable energy certificates (RECs)) of the Parent Entity, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (including any such offsets in which the Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary has an interest including as a result of purchasing environmental attributes of projects other than those owned directly by the Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary). GHG Emissions will be quantified after the end of each fiscal year based on invoice data.
“Term Loan KPI Metric Target” means, with respect to any fiscal year of the Parent Entity, the Term Loan KPI Metric, specified in the table below for the corresponding fiscal year specified below:
| Fiscal Year | Term Loan KPI Metric Target | ||||
| 2021 | 99% of the Term Loan KPI Baseline | ||||
| 2022 | 98% of the Term Loan KPI Baseline | ||||
| 2023 | 97% of the Term Loan KPI Baseline | ||||
| 2024 | 96% of the Term Loan KPI Baseline | ||||
| 2025 and thereafter | 95% of the Term Loan KPI Baseline | ||||
“Term Loan Pricing Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower attaching true and correct copies of the calculation of the Term Loan KPI Metric for the immediately preceding fiscal year and setting forth the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount for the period covered thereby and computations in reasonable detail in respect thereof.
“Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount” means, with respect to any fiscal year, (a) negative one (1) basis point if the Term Loan KPI Metric for such fiscal year as set forth in the Term Loan Pricing Certificate is more than or equal to the Term Loan KPI Metric Target for such fiscal year and (b) zero (0) basis point if the Term Loan KPI Metric for such fiscal year as set forth in the Term Loan Pricing Certificate is less than the Term Loan KPI Metric Target for such fiscal year.
“Term Loan Sustainability Metric Auditor” means a qualified external reviewer of national standing reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Sustainability Agent.
“Term Loan Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(a).
“Term Loans” means the Term Loan A-1, the Term Loan A-2, or any Incremental Term Loan, as the context may require.
“Term Notes” means the Term A-1 Note, the Term A-2 Note, and any note in connection with an Incremental Term Loan.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Rate” means, with respect to any amount to which the Term SOFR Rate applies, for any Interest Period, the interest rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the day (the “Term SOFR Determination Date”) that is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period. If the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published or replaced with a Benchmark Replacement by 5:00 p.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time) on the Term SOFR
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Determination Date, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate, for purposes of clause (A) in the preceding sentence, shall be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor on the first Business Day preceding such Term SOFR Determination Date for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published in accordance herewith, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than three (3) Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Date. The Term SOFR Rate shall be adjusted automatically without notice to the Borrower on and as of the first day of each Interest Period.
“Term SOFR Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Third Amendment” means that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date by and among the Borrower, the Parent Entity, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Third Amendment Effective Date” means August [29], 2025.
“Threshold Amount” means $100,000,000.
“Total Asset Value” means, at any time for the Consolidated Group, without duplication, the sum of the following: (a) an amount equal to (i) Net Operating Income for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters from all Properties (other than Non-Stabilized Properties) owned by the Consolidated Group for four full fiscal quarters or longer (which amount for each individual Property as well as the aggregate amount for all Properties shall not be less than zero) divided by (ii) the Capitalization Rate, plus (b) the aggregate acquisition cost of all Properties acquired by the Consolidated Group during the then most recently ended four fiscal quarter period, plus (c) the undepreciated book value of Non-Stabilized Properties; provided that, if the Total Asset Value attributable to Non-Stabilized Properties accounts for more than 15% of Total Asset Value, the amount of undepreciated book value of such Non-Stabilized Properties that exceeds such limit shall be deducted from Total Asset Value, plus (d) the product of (i) Qualified Fees for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period multiplied by (ii) six (6); provided that (A) this clause (d) shall not apply except with respect to unconsolidated joint ventures and other third-party fee income and (B) if the Total Asset Value attributable to Qualified Fees calculated pursuant to this clause (d) accounts for more than 10% of Total Asset Value, the amount of Qualified Fees calculated pursuant to this clause (d) that exceeds such limit shall be deducted from Total Asset Value, plus (e) the value of Mezzanine Debt Investments and the value of Mortgage Receivables owned by the Consolidated Group, in each case that are not more than ninety (90) days past due determined in accordance with GAAP and are not with an obligor subject to a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; provided that if the Total Asset Value attributable to Mezzanine Debt Investments and Mortgage Receivables accounts for more than 10% of Total Asset Value, the amount of Mezzanine Debt Investments and Mortgage Receivables that exceeds such limit shall be deducted from Total Asset Value, plus (f) the aggregate undepreciated book value of all Unimproved Land and Construction in Progress owned by the Consolidated Group, plus (g) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the foregoing items and components attributable to interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates, plus (h) Total Cash; provided that, to the extent that Total Asset Value attributable to investments in Mezzanine Debt Investments, Mortgage Receivables, Properties subject to a Financeable Ground Lease, Unimproved Land, Unconsolidated Affiliates, and Construction in Progress accounts for more than 25% of Total Asset Value, in the aggregate, the amount that exceeds such limit shall be deducted from Total Asset Value.
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“Total Cash” means all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Consolidated Group, including, cash and Cash Equivalents held as collateral, in escrow in a bank account by a lender, creditor or contract counterparty and from like-kind exchanges (including cash from customary Section 1031 like-kind exchanges on deposit with a qualified intermediary).
“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of the unused Revolving Commitment of such Lender, the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender and the outstanding unpaid principal amount of Term Loans and unused Term Loan Commitment of such Lender at such time.
“Total Indebtedness” means (a) all Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group determined on a consolidated basis plus (b) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of Indebtedness attributable to interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Revolving Amount of all Revolving Loans, all Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Total Secured Indebtedness” means (a) all Secured Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group determined on a consolidated basis plus (b) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of Secured Indebtedness attributable to interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft, credit or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.
“Type” means, with respect to any Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan, a Term SOFR Rate Loan or a Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loan.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unconsolidated Affiliates” means an Affiliate of the Parent Entity or any other member of the Consolidated Group whose financial statements are not required to be consolidated with the financial statements of the Parent Entity in accordance with GAAP.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person subject to IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Undrawn Amount” means, for each day during the term hereof, an amount equal to (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments existing as of the end of such day, less (b) the aggregate Outstanding Revolving Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations (but specifically excluding Swing Line Loans (other than to the extent the risk participation in a Swing Line Loan has been funded in cash by a Lender)) as of the end of such day.
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“Unencumbered Asset Value” means, at any time for the Consolidated Group, without duplication, the sum of the following: (a) an amount equal to (i) Unencumbered NOI from all Unencumbered Properties (other than Non-Stabilized Properties and acquisition properties described in clause (b) below) that have been owned by the Consolidated Group for four full fiscal quarter periods or longer (which amount for each individual Unencumbered Property as well as the aggregate amount for all Unencumbered Properties shall not be less than zero) divided by (ii) the Capitalization Rate, plus (b) the aggregate acquisition cost of all Unencumbered Properties acquired during the then most recently ended four fiscal quarter period, plus (c) the undepreciated book value of Unencumbered Properties that are Non-Stabilized Properties; provided that if the Unencumbered Asset Value attributable to Non-Stabilized Properties accounts for more than 15% of Unencumbered Asset Value, the amount of undepreciated book value of such Non-Stabilized Properties that exceeds such limit shall be deducted from Unencumbered Asset Value, plus (d) the value of Mezzanine Debt Investments and Mortgage Receivables owned by the Consolidated Group that are not more than ninety (90) days past due determined in accordance with GAAP, in each case that are not subject to a Lien or Negative Pledge; provided that if the Unencumbered Asset Value attributable to Mezzanine Debt Investments and Mortgage Receivables accounts for more than 10% of Unencumbered Asset Value, the amount of Mezzanine Debt Investments and Mortgage Receivables that exceeds such limit shall be deducted from Unencumbered Asset Value, plus (e) the undepreciated book value of all Unimproved Land and Construction in Progress owned by the Consolidated Group to the extent any such assets are not subject to a Lien or Negative Pledge, plus (f) Balance Sheet Cash; provided that, to the extent that Unencumbered Asset Value attributable to investments in Mezzanine Debt Investments, Mortgage Receivables, Unencumbered Properties subject to a Financeable Ground Lease, Unimproved Land, and Construction in Progress account for more than 25% of Unencumbered Asset Value, in the aggregate, the amount that exceeds such limit shall be deducted from Unencumbered Asset Value. For clarification purposes, in determining whether clause (a) or clause (b) above applies, the date a Property will be deemed to have been acquired is the date it was acquired by the Consolidated Group or any prior Affiliate of the Consolidated Group.
“Unencumbered NOI” means, for Unencumbered Properties, the Net Operating Income from such Unencumbered Property for the four fiscal quarter period minus the Annual Capital Expenditure Adjustment with respect to such Unencumbered Property; provided that (x) the Net Operating Income of a Property that is sold by a member of the Consolidated Group within the most recently ended fiscal quarter will be excluded in calculating Unencumbered NOI and (y) if the Net Operating Income related to income received from ground leases in connection with Unencumbered Properties accounts for more than 10% of the aggregate Unencumbered NOI, the amount of Net Operating Income that exceeds such limit shall be deducted from the aggregate Unencumbered NOI.
“Unencumbered Properties” means a Property that: (a) is one hundred percent (100%) fee owned by a member of the Consolidated Group or leased by a member of the Consolidated Group and subject to a Financeable Ground Lease; (b) is located in the United States; (c) is not subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens or any Negative Pledges and the owner thereof has (i) not granted a Negative Pledge to any other creditor that would affect the Lenders’ ability to take a Lien on such property and (ii) not agreed to guarantee or otherwise become liable for any Indebtedness of another party; (d) if such Property is a single tenant Property, it is one hundred percent (100%) occupied, (e) is a shopping center retail property or such other type of property consented to by the Lenders; (f) is not subject to any material environmental, title or structural problems; (g) is not subject to any leases that are in payment or bankruptcy default, after giving effect to any notice or cure periods set forth therein; provided that, in the case of multi-tenant Properties, the qualification in this clause (g) shall be limited to leases of anchor tenants in payment or bankruptcy default; (h) is insured in accordance with the requirements under the
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Loan Documents and (i) is not owned by a Subsidiary that, if such Subsidiary was subject to Section 9.01(f) or (g), would cause an Event of Default under either such Section.
“Unimproved Land” means Properties which have not been developed for any type of commercial, industrial, residential or other income-generating use and are not, as of such date, under development.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Unsecured Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness which is not secured by a Lien; provided that (a) direct Indebtedness (as opposed to a Guarantee) that is secured solely by a Lien on Equity Interests and (b) PACE Financings, in each case, shall be deemed Unsecured Indebtedness for the purposes of this Agreement.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning specified in Section 11.20.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(B)(III).
“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
1.02Other Interpretive Provisions.
With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
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(a)The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including the Loan Documents and any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced or supplemented from time to time (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto”, “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory rules, regulations, orders and provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal property and tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b)In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c)Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(d) Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).
1.03Accounting Terms.
(a)Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, (i) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard or Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Consolidated Group or any Unconsolidated Affiliate at “fair value,” as
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defined therein and (ii) any change to lease accounting rules from those in effect pursuant to FASB ASC 840 and other related lease accounting guidance as in effect on the Closing Date.
(b)Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP (including the adoption of IFRS) would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
(c)Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to consolidated financial statements of the Consolidated Group or to the determination of any amount for the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Parent Entity is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.
1.04Rounding.
Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05Times of Day
(a)Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.06Letter of Credit Amounts.
Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
1.07Term SOFR Notification.
Section 3.03 of this Agreement provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest in the event that the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate is no longer available or in certain other circumstances. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate therefor.
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ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01Commitments.
(a)Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (a) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (b) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(a), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a). Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans, Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as further provided herein, provided, however, all Revolving Borrowings made on the First Amendment Effective Date shall be made as Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans. In order to effect the Revolving Commitments set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto (as amended by the First Amendment), assignments of Revolving Commitments shall be deemed to be made among the applicable Lenders in such amounts as may be necessary, and with the same force and effect as if such assignments of Revolving Commitments were evidenced by the applicable Assignment and Assumptions (but without the payment of any related assignment fee), and no other documents or instruments shall be required to be executed in connection with such assignments (all of which such requirements are hereby waived).
(b)Term Loan A-1. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make its portion of a term loan (the “Term Loan A-1”) to the Borrower in Dollars, on the Closing Date in an amount equal to such Lender’s Term Loan A-1 Commitment; it being understood that the Term Loan A-1 must be drawn in one Borrowing. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. As of the Second Amendment Effective Date, the Term Loan A-1 has been repaid in full.
(c)Term Loan A-2. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make its portion of a term loan (the “Term Loan A-2”) to the Borrower in Dollars, on the Closing Date in an amount equal to such Lender’s Term Loan A-2 Commitment; it being understood that the Term Loan A-2 must be drawn in one Borrowing. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(c) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. As of the Second Amendment Effective Date, the outstanding amount of the Term Loan A-2 is $100,000,000.
2.02Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a)Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Term SOFR Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of, Term SOFR Rate Loans or of any conversion of Term SOFR Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or confirmed via electronic submission as agreed to by the Borrower and Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, by making a disbursement request through the Credit Management Module of PNC Bank, National Association’s PINACLE® system, in accordance with the applicable security procedures therefor. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Rate Loans shall be in a principal
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amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Loans, as the case may be, (ii) whether such Borrowing is a Term Borrowing (and which tranche of Term Loans) or a Revolving Borrowing, (iii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (v) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, (vi) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, and (vii) if requesting a Borrowing, a certification that such Borrowing complies with Section 2.01. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of a Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Term SOFR Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Term SOFR Rate Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b)Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans as described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of PNC Bank with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings and second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.
(c)Except as otherwise provided herein, a Term SOFR Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of the Interest Period for such Term SOFR Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Term SOFR Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Term SOFR Rate Loans be converted immediately to Base Rate Loans.
(d)The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Term SOFR Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in PNC Bank’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change. At any time that Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in such rate promptly following any change in such published rate.
(e)After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than eight (8) Interest Periods in effect with respect to all Loans.
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2.03Letters of Credit.
(a)The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i)Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (w) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (y) the Outstanding Revolving Amount of the L/C Obligations of any L/C Issuer shall not exceed such L/C Issuer’s L/C Commitment and (z) the Outstanding Revolver Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.
(ii)A L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A)subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B)subject to clause (vii) below, the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date.
(iii)A L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A)any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain a L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to a L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over a L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that a L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon a L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which a L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon a L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which a L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(B)the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of a L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
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(C)except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and a L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $50,000;
(D)such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or
(E)any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless a L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, reasonably satisfactory to a L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate a L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which a L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.
(iv)A L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v)A L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi)A L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article X included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.
(vii)Notwithstanding the foregoing, a L/C Issuer, will, if requested by the Borrower, issue one or more Letters of Credit hereunder, with expiry dates no later than twelve months after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, based upon the Borrower’s agreement to provide Cash Collateral (in the full amount of such Letters of Credit and all obligations related thereto) to such L/C Issuer (or, if agreed upon, the Administrative Agent) relating to such Letters of Credit on or before the Letter of Credit Expiration Date in accordance with the terms of Section 2.14 and subject to documentation satisfactory to such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable (and, upon receipt of such Cash Collateral by a L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, the Lenders’ participation interests in such Letters of Credit shall terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date). In the event the Borrower fails to Cash Collateralize the outstanding Letter of Credit exposure on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, each outstanding Letter of Credit shall automatically be deemed to be drawn in full, and the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Base Rate Loan to be funded by the Lenders on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date to reimburse such drawing (with the proceeds of such Base Rate Loan being used to Cash Collateralize outstanding Letter of Credit exposure as set forth in Section 2.14) in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03(c). The funding by a Lender of its Applicable Percentage of such Base Rate Loan, to Cash Collateralize the outstanding Letter of Credit exposure on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date shall be deemed payment by such Lender in respect of its participation interest in such Letters of Credit.
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(b)Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i)Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to a L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by a L/C Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to a L/C Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by a L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and a L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to a L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as a L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to a L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as a L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to a L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as a L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.
(ii)Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, a L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, a L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless a L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, a L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with a L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from a L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii)If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, a L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit a L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by a L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to a L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit
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has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) a L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that a L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) a L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then satisfied, and in each case directing a L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv)Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, a L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c)Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i)Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of drawing under such Letter of Credit, a L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by a L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender with a Revolving Commitment of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice) and provided that, after giving effect to such Borrowing, the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. Any notice given by a L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii)Each Lender with a Revolving Commitment shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) to the Administrative Agent for the account of a L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer.
(iii)With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer
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pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv)Until each Lender with a Revolving Commitment funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse a L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.
(v)Each Lender with a Revolving Commitment’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse a L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse a L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi)If any Lender with a Revolving Commitment fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of a L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by such L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of a L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d)Repayment of Participations.
(i)At any time after a L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii)If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of a L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by a L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate
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from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e)Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse a L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i)any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(ii)the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), a L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii)any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv)waiver by a L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for a L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Borrower or any waiver by a L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower;
(v)honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;
(vi)any payment made by a L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the ISP;
(vii)any payment by a L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by a L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(viii)any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against a L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f)Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, a L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by such
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Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of a L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of a L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against a L/C Issuer, and a L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by a L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or a L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit unless a L/C Issuer is prevented or prohibited from so paying as a result of any order or directive of any court or other Governmental Authority. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, a L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and a L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. A L/C Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
(g)Applicability of ISP; Limitation of Liability. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by a L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a L/C Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and a L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of a L/C Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where a L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
(h)Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance, subject to Section 2.15, with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such
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Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Lenders while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(i)Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, at the rate per annum specified in any fee letter or as otherwise mutually agreed, computed on the actual daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit) and on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to a L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(j)Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(k)Letters of Credit Issued for Members of the Consolidated Group. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, any member of the Consolidated Group, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse a L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of any member of the Consolidated Group inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such member of the Consolidated Group.
(l)L/C Issuer Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section, provide the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit report, as set forth below:
(i)reasonably prior to the time that such L/C Issuer issues, amends, renews, increases or extends a Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal, increase or extension and the stated amount of the applicable Letters of Credit after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed);
(ii)on each Business Day on which such L/C Issuer makes a payment pursuant to a Letter of Credit, the date and amount of such payment;
(iii)on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse a payment made pursuant to a Letter of Credit required to be reimbursed to such L/C Issuer on such day, the date of such failure and the amount of such payment;
(iv)on any Business Day that such L/C Issuer agrees to increase its L/C Commitment and the amount of such increase;
(v)on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer; and
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(vi)for so long as any Letter of Credit issued by a L/C Issuer is outstanding, such L/C Issuer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) on the last Business Day of each calendar month, (B) at all other times a Letter of Credit report is required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, and (C) on each date that (1) an L/C Credit Extension occurs or (2) there is any expiration, cancellation and/or disbursement, in each case, with respect to any such Letter of Credit, a Letter of Credit report appropriately completed with the information for every outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer.
2.04Swing Line Loans.
(a)Swing Line Facility. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, shall unless (i) any Lender at such time is a Defaulting Lender and (ii) a Swing Line Lender has not entered into arrangements satisfactory to it with the Borrower or such Defaulting Lender to eliminate such Swing Line Lender’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv)) with respect to such Defaulting Lender (in which case a Swing Line Lender may in its discretion) make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of its Swing Line Commitment; provided, however, that (x) after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (A) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (B) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (C) the outstanding principal amount of Swing Line Loans of any Swing Line Lender shall not exceed such Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Commitment and (D) the outstanding principal amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the Swing Line Sublimit, (y) the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan and (z) each Swing Line Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swing Line Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or by such Credit Extension may have, Fronting Exposure. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b)Borrowing Procedures. Each Borrowing of Swing Line Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the applicable Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the applicable Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum principal amount of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the applicable Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, including a certification that such Borrowing complies with Section 2.04(a). Promptly after receipt by the applicable Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, such Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, such Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the applicable Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing of Swing Line Loans (A) directing a Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article V is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the applicable
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Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.
(c)Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i)Each Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably requests and authorizes each Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans made by such Swing Line Lender then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice) and provided that, after giving effect to such Borrowing, the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The applicable Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the applicable Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable Swing Line Lender.
(ii)If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Borrowing of Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the applicable Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the applicable Swing Line Lender that each of the Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii)If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of a Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), such Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by such Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the applicable Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv)Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender may have against a Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02. No such purchase or funding of risk
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participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d)Repayment of Participations.
(i)At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if a Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, such Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by such Swing Line Lender.
(ii)If any payment received by a Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by such Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the applicable Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to applicable Swing Line Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the applicable Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e)Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. Each Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Lender funds its Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the applicable Swing Line Lender.
(f)Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the applicable Swing Line Lender.
(g)Swing Line Lender Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Lender shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section, provide the Administrative Agent a Swing Line Loan report, as set forth below:
(i)reasonably prior to the time that such Swing Line Lender makes a Swing Line Loan, the date of such Swing Line Loan and the amount thereof;
(ii)on each Business Day on which the Borrower makes a payment with respect to a Swing Line Loan, the date and amount of such payment;
(iii)on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to make a required payment with respect to a Swing Line Loan and the amount of such required payment;
(iv)on any Business Day that such Swing Line Lender agrees to increase its Swing Line Loan Commitment and the amount of such increase;
(v)on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Swing Line Loans made by such Swing Line Lender; and
(vi)each Swing Line Lender shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) on the last Business Day of each calendar month and (B) at all other times a Swing Line
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Lender report is required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, a Swing Line Loan report appropriately completed with the information for every outstanding Swing Line Loan made by such Swing Line Lender.
2.05Prepayments.
(a)Voluntary Prepayments.
(i)Revolving Loans. The Borrower may, upon notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Term SOFR Rate Loans and (2) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans and Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans; (B) any such prepayment of Term SOFR Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding); (C) any such prepayment of Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding); and (D) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Revolving Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Term SOFR Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Subject to Section 2.15, each such prepayment shall be applied to the Revolving Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
(ii)Swing Line Loans. The Borrower may, upon notice to the applicable Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the applicable Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(iii)Term Loans. The Borrower may, upon notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay any Term Loan tranche in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Term SOFR Rate Loans and (2) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans and Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans; (B) any such prepayment of Term SOFR Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding); (C) any such prepayment of Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding); and (D) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof
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then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment, the tranche of Terms Loans to be prepaid and the Type(s) of Term Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Term SOFR Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Subject to Section 2.15, each such prepayment shall be applied to the applicable tranche of Term Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
(b)Mandatory Prepayments of Loans.
(i)Revolving Commitments. If for any reason the Total Revolving Outstandings at any time exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Loans and/or the Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Loans and the Swing Line Loans the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect. All amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i) shall be applied ratably to Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans and (after all Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans have been repaid) to Cash Collateralize L/C Obligations.
(ii)Swing Line Commitments. If for any reason (A) the aggregate amount of Swing Line Loans to any Swing Line Lender exceeds its Swing Line Commitment or (B) the aggregate amount of all Swing Line Loans exceeds the Swing Line Sublimit then in effect, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Swing Line Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess. All amounts required to be paid pursuant to (1) Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A) shall be applied to such Swing Line Lender and (2) Section 2.05(b)(ii)(B) shall be applied ratably to outstanding Swing Line Loans.
(iii)L/C Obligations. If for any reason (A) the aggregate amount of L/C Obligations to any L/C Issuer exceeds its L/C Commitment or (B) the aggregate amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess. All amounts required to be Cash Collateralized pursuant to (1) Section 2.05(b)(iii)(A) shall be applied to such L/C Issuer and (2) Section 2.05(b)(iii)(B) shall be applied ratably to outstanding L/C Obligations.
Within the parameters of the applications set forth above, prepayments shall be applied, as applicable, first to Base Rate Loans, second to Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans and then to Term SOFR Rate Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities. All prepayments under this Section 2.05(b) shall be subject to Section 3.05, but otherwise without premium or penalty, and shall be accompanied by interest on the principal amount prepaid through the date of prepayment.
2.06Termination or Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
(a)Optional Reductions. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments to an amount not less than the Outstanding Revolving Amount of Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., five (5) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $2,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and
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(iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Revolving Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or (C) the Swing Line Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Revolving Amount of Swing Line Loans would exceed the Swing Line Sublimit.
(b)Mandatory Reductions. If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of Aggregate Revolving Commitments under this Section 2.06, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the Aggregate Revolving Commitments at such time, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, as the case may be, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
(c)Notice. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Swing Line Sublimit or the Aggregate Revolving Commitments under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Revolving Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such reduction amount. All fees in respect of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
2.07Repayment of Loans.
(a)Revolving Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Revolving Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.
(b)Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earliest to occur of (i) the date within one (1) Business Day of demand therefor by the applicable Swing Line Lender, (ii) the date five Business Days after such Swing Line Loan is made and (iii) the Revolving Maturity Date.
(c)Term Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders (i) on the Term Loan A-1 Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Term Loan A-1 outstanding on such date, (ii) on the Term Loan A-2 Maturity Date, the aggregate principal amount of Term Loan A-2 outstanding on such date and (iii) any Incremental Term Loan on the applicable maturity date thereof as set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Agreement, together, in each case, with all accrued and unpaid interest in respect thereto.
2.08Interest.
(a)Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Term SOFR Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate, (ii) each Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Rate, (iii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate and (iv) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b)(i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise or if any Event of Default has occurred under Section 9.01(f), all outstanding Obligations hereunder shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
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(i)If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) is not paid when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii)Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iii)Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c)Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d)Conforming Changes Relating to Term SOFR Rate. With respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Administrative Agent, with the prior consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of effectiveness of any Conforming Change in connection with use or administration of Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.
2.09Fees.
In addition to certain fees described in subsections (h) and (i) of Section 2.03:
(a)Reserved.
(b)Facility Fees. For each day during the term hereof that the Applicable Rate is determined pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Applicable Rate, the Borrower shall pay a fee to the Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders in an amount equal to the Facility Fee for such day. The Facility Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter and as of the Revolving Maturity Date.
(c)Other Fees.
(i)The Borrower shall pay to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letters. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(ii)The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.10Computation of Interest and Fees.
(a)All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of
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fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b)[Reserved].
2.11Evidence of Debt.
(a)The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register in accordance with Section 11.06(c). The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the Register, the Register shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a promissory note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each such promissory note shall (i) in the case of Revolving Loans, be in the form of Exhibit C (a “Revolving Note”), (ii) in the case of Swing Line Loans, be in the form of Exhibit D (a “Swing Line Note”), (iii) in the case of a Term A-1 Loan, be in the form of Exhibit F-1 (a “Term A-1 Note”) and (iv) in the case of a Term A-2 Loan, be in the form of Exhibit F-2 (a “Term A-2 Note”). Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b)In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
2.12Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a)General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. Subject to the definition of “Interest Period”, if any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
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(b)(i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Term SOFR Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(i)(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or a L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or a L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(c)Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
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(d)Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).
(e)Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.13Sharing of Payments by Lenders.
If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it (excluding any amounts applied by a Swing Line Lender to outstanding Swing Line Loans) resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:
(i)if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii)the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.14 or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
2.14Cash Collateral.
(a)Certain Credit Support Events. If (i) a L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, (ii) as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (iii) the Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02(c), or (iv) there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following any request by the Administrative Agent or a L/C Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an
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amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iv) above, after giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b)Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral is permitted to be applied pursuant to Section 2.14(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or a L/C Issuer as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at PNC Bank. The Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.
(c)Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.14 or Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.15 or 9.02 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied in satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(d)Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender) (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 11.06(b)(vi)) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and a L/C Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Loan Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Loan Documents, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and a L/C Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
2.15Defaulting Lenders.
(a)Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i)Waivers and Amendment. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” and Section 11.01.
(ii)Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amount received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.08, shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a
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pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to a L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize a L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.14; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize a L/C Issuer’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.14; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, a L/C Issuer or a Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, a L/C Issuer or a Swing Line Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that, if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Obligations owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.15(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii)Certain Fees.
(A)No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive a Facility Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender); provided that each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive the Facility Fee to the extent allocable to the sum of (1) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans funded by it, and (2) its Applicable Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.14.
(B)No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Letter of Credit Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender); provided, however, notwithstanding the above, each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to its Applicable Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.14.
(C)(1) With respect to any Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (B) above, the Borrower shall
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(x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to a L/C Issuer the remaining amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender after giving effect to the amount paid in clause (x) to the extent allocable to such L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee. (2) With respect to any fee payable under Section 2.09(a) not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to a L/C Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (y) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iv)Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Subject to Section 11.19, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
(v)Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swing Line Loans. If the reallocation described in clause (a)(iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under applicable Law, (x) first, prepay Swing Line Loans, pro rata, in any amount equal to each Swing Line Lenders’ Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize a L/C Issuers’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.14.
(b)Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lenders and the L/C Issuers agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.15(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting Lender.
2.16Increase in Commitments.
(a)Request for Increase. Provided there exists no Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrower may from time to time, request (x) an increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or any existing Term
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Loan or (y) a new term loan (an “Incremental Term Loan”); provided that (i) any such request shall be in a minimum amount of $25,000,000, (ii) the aggregate amount of all such requested increases to an existing Term Loan may not exceed $200,000,000 and (iii) the aggregate amount of increases to the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and incurrences of Incremental Term Loans, subsequent to the Second Amendment Effective Date, may not exceed $500,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders).
(b)Lender Elections to Increase. Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within the time period specified by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16(a) whether or not it agrees to increase its Revolving Commitment or any Term Loan or agrees to participate in an Incremental Term Loan and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Applicable Percentage of such requested increase. Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Commitment or any Term Loan or participate in an Incremental Term Loan.
(c)Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase, and subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lenders, the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement (“New Lenders”) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d)Effective Date and Allocations. If the Aggregate Revolving Commitments are increased, a Term Loan is increased or an Incremental Term Loan is added in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase or Incremental Term Loan. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders and the New Lenders, if any, of the final allocation of such increase or Incremental Term Loan and the Increase Effective Date.
(e)Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (B) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (1) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects), on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01, and (2) both before and after giving effect to the increase, no Default exists and (ii) if such increase is in the form of an Incremental Term Loan, an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed by each applicable Lender and New Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (each such agreement, an “Incremental Term Loan Agreement”) setting forth the Applicable Rate and the maturity date for such Incremental Term Loan. The Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any other customary documents (including, without limitation, customary legal opinions) as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with any such increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or a Term Loan or the making of an Incremental Term Loan. If the Aggregate Revolving Commitments are increased, the Borrower shall prepay any Revolving Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the
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outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments under this Section.
(f)Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 11.01 to the contrary.
2.17Extension of Maturity Date.
(a)Requests for Extension.
(i)The Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders not earlier than 90 days and not later than 45 days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date (the “Existing Maturity Date”), request that the Lenders extend the Revolving Maturity Date for an additional six month period from the Existing Maturity Date (the “Extended Revolving Maturity Date”).
(ii)The Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders not earlier than 90 days and not later than 45 days prior to the Extended Revolving Maturity Date, request that the Lenders extend such Extended Revolving Maturity Date for an additional six months.
(iii)For clarification purposes, it is understood and agreed that pursuant to this Section 2.17(a), the Borrower may request two six month extensions with respect to the Revolving Maturity Date.
(b)Conditions to Effectiveness of Extension. As a condition precedent to any such extension, the Borrower shall (i) deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Existing Maturity Date or Extended Revolving Maturity Date, as applicable, signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such extension and (B) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such extension, (x) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Existing Revolving Maturity Date or the Extended Revolving Maturity Date, as applicable, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.17, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01, and (y) no Default exists and (ii) pay a fee to the Administrative Agent, for the pro rata benefit of the applicable Lenders, equal to 0.075% on the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments at the time of each such extension.
2.18Sustainability Adjustments – Term Loans.
(a)Following the date on which the Borrower provides a Term Loan Pricing Certificate in respect of the most recently ended fiscal year, the Applicable Rate for Term Loans shall be decreased (or not decreased) pursuant to the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount as set forth in such Term Loan Pricing Certificate; provided that in no event will the Applicable Rate be reduced to less than zero as a result of the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount. For purposes of the foregoing, the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount shall be determined as of the fifth Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Term Loan Pricing Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(f) based upon the Term Loan KPI Metric set forth in such Term Loan Pricing Certificate and the calculations of the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount therein (such day, the “Term Loan Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date”) and (B) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a Term Loan Pricing Certificate shall
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be effective during the period commencing on and including the applicable Term Loan Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date and ending on the date immediately preceding the next such Term Loan Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date (or, in the case of non-delivery of a Term Loan Pricing Certificate, the last day such Term Loan Pricing Certificate could have been delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 7.02(f)).
(b)For the avoidance of doubt, only one Term Loan Pricing Certificate may be delivered pursuant to this Section 2.18 in respect of any fiscal year. It is further understood and agreed that the Applicable Rate will never be reduced by more than one basis points (0.01%) pursuant to the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount from the Applicable Rate that would have applied in the absence of such adjustment during any fiscal year. For the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment to the Applicable Rate by reason of meeting the Term Loan KPI Metric in any year shall not be cumulative year-over-year. Each applicable adjustment shall only apply until the date on which the next adjustment is delivered or able to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(f). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount applicable to the Revolving Loans in effect from delivery of the existing Pricing Certificate for the fiscal year 2023 shall remain in effect until March 31, 2025.
(c)It is hereby understood and agreed that if no such Term Loan Pricing Certificate is delivered by the Borrower within the period set forth in Section 7.02(f), the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount will be zero basis points (0.00%) commencing on the last day such Term Loan Pricing Certificate could have been delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 7.02(f) and continuing until the Borrower delivers a Term Loan Pricing Certificate to the Administrative Agent.
(d)If (i) the Borrower or any Lender becomes aware of any material inaccuracy in the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount or the Term Loan KPI Metric as reported in a Term Loan Pricing Certificate (any such material inaccuracy, a “Term Loan Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy”) and the Borrower or such Lender delivers, not later than ten (10) Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, a written notice to the Administrative Agent describing such Term Loan Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy in reasonable detail (which description shall be shared with each Lender and the Borrower), or (ii) the Borrower and the Lenders agree that there was a Term Loan Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy at the time of delivery of a Term Loan Pricing Certificate, then, in each case, as applicable, (A) if a proper calculation of the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount or the Term Loan KPI Metric would have resulted in no change or an increase in the Applicable Rate for such period, the Borrower shall be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code (or any comparable event under non-U.S. Debtor Relief Laws), automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent or any Lender), but in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the Borrower has received written notice of, or has agreed in writing that there was, a Term Loan Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over (y) the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period and (B) if the Borrower becomes aware of any Term Loan Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy and, in connection therewith, if a proper calculation of the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount or the Term Loan KPI Metric would have resulted in a decrease in the Applicable Rate for any period, then, upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of notice from the Borrower of such Term Loan Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy (which notice shall include corrections to the calculations of the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount or the Term Loan KPI Metric, as applicable), commencing on the first (1st) Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, the Applicable Rate shall be adjusted to reflect the corrected calculations of the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount or the Term Loan KPI Metric, as applicable.
(e)It is understood and agreed that any Term Loan Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default; provided that the Borrower complies with the
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terms of Section 2.18(d) with respect to such Term Loan Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless such amounts shall be due upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to a Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code (or any comparable event under non-U.S. Debtor Relief Laws), (i) any additional amounts required to be paid pursuant the immediate preceding clause (d) shall not be due and payable until a written demand is made for such payment by the Administrative Agent in accordance with such clause (d), (ii) any nonpayment of such additional amounts prior to or upon such demand for payment by Administrative Agent shall not constitute a Default (whether retroactively or otherwise) and (iii) none of such additional amounts shall be deemed overdue prior to such a demand or shall accrue interest at the Default Rate prior to such a demand.
2.19 Reserved.
2.20 Revolving Facility Sustainability Adjustment.
(a)Following the date on which the Borrower provides a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate, in respect of the most recently ended fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Facility and the Facility Fee shall be decreased or increased pursuant to the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount or Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount as set forth in such Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate; provided that in no event will the Applicable Rate or Facility Fee be reduced to less than zero as a result of the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount or Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount. For purposes of the foregoing, the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount and Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount shall be determined as of the fifth Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(g) based upon the cumulative reduction, measured as a percentage, in the Revolving Facility KPI Metric from the Revolving Facility KPI Baseline, set forth in such Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate and the calculations of the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount and Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount therein (such day, the “Revolving Facility Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date”) and (B) each change in the Applicable Rate and Facility Fee resulting from a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the applicable Revolving Facility Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date and ending on the date immediately preceding the next such Revolving Facility Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date (or, in the case of non-delivery of a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate, the last day such Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate could have been delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 7.02(g)).
(b)For the avoidance of doubt, only one Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate may be delivered pursuant to this Section 2.20 in respect of any fiscal year. It is further understood and agreed that (i) the Applicable Rate will never be reduced by more than four basis points (0.04%) pursuant to the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount from the Applicable Rate that would have applied in the absence of such adjustment during any fiscal year and (ii) the Facility Fee will never be reduced by more than one basis point (0.01%) pursuant to the Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount from the Facility Fee that would have applied in the absence of such adjustment during any fiscal year. For the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment to the Applicable Rate or Facility Rate by reason of meeting the Revolving Facility KPI Target in any year shall not be cumulative year-over-year. Each applicable adjustment shall only apply until the date on which the next adjustment is delivered or able to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(g).
(c)It is hereby understood and agreed that if no such Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate is delivered by the Borrower within the period set forth in Section 7.02(g), the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount and Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount will adjusted pursuant to clause (c) of each applicable definition (i.e., a positive 4 basis points and 1 basis point, respectively) commencing
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on the last day such Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate could have been delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 7.02(g) and continuing until the Borrower delivers a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate to the Administrative Agent.
(d)If (i) the Borrower or any Lender becomes aware of any material inaccuracy in the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount, Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount or the Revolving Facility KPI Metric as reported in a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate (any such material inaccuracy, a “Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy”) and the Borrower or such Lender delivers, not later than ten (10) Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, a written notice to the Administrative Agent describing such Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy in reasonable detail (which description shall be shared with each Lender and the Borrower), or (ii) the Borrower and the Lenders agree that there was a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy at the time of delivery of a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate, then, in each case, as applicable, (A) if a proper calculation of the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount, Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount or the Revolving Facility KPI Metric would have resulted in no change or an increase in the Applicable Rate or Facility Fee for such period, the Borrower shall be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuers, as the case may be, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code (or any comparable event under non-U.S. Debtor Relief Laws), automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer), but in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the Borrower has received written notice of, or has agreed in writing that there was, a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over (y) the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period and (B) if the Borrower becomes aware of any Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy and, in connection therewith, if a proper calculation of the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount, Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount or the Revolving Facility KPI Metric would have resulted in a decrease in the Applicable Rate or Facility Fee for any period, then, upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of notice from the Borrower of such Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy (which notice shall include corrections to the calculations of the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount, Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount or the Revolving Facility KPI Metric, as applicable), commencing on the first (1st) Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, the Applicable Rate and Facility Fee shall be adjusted to reflect the corrected calculations of the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount or the Revolving Facility KPI Metric, as applicable.
(e)It is understood and agreed that any Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default; provided that the Borrower complies with the terms of Section 2.20(d) with respect to such Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless such amounts shall be due upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to a Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code (or any comparable event under non-U.S. Debtor Relief Laws), (i) any additional amounts required to be paid pursuant the immediate preceding clause (d) shall not be due and payable until a written demand is made for such payment by the Administrative Agent in accordance with such clause (d), (ii) any nonpayment of such additional amounts prior to or upon such demand for payment by Administrative Agent shall not constitute a Default (whether retroactively or otherwise) and (iii) none of such additional amounts shall be deemed overdue prior to such a demand or shall accrue interest at the Default Rate prior to such a demand.
(f)If, after the occurrence of a Revolving Facility Sustainability Amendment Event, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Agent and the applicable Lenders are unable to agree on a Revolving Facility Sustainability Amendment after 180 days following the
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notice of such event, there will cease to be a Revolving Facility Sustainability Adjustment pursuant to this Section 2.20, and there shall be no Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount or Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount until such time as the applicable parties can agree upon any such adjustments in accordance with the terms hereof, and during such period, no party to this Agreement shall, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Sustainability Agent and the Borrower, make any public or private representations or description of the revolving credit facility described in this Agreement as a sustainability-linked loan.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01Taxes.
(a)Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.
(i)Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Laws. If any applicable Laws (as determined in the good faith discretion of the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party, as applicable) require the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party, then the Administrative Agent or such Loan Party shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.
(ii)If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Internal Revenue Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
(iii)If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws other than the Internal Revenue Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as required by such Laws, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by it to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, to the extent required by such Laws, shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with such Laws, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
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(b)Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c)Tax Indemnifications. (i) Each of the Loan Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or a L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or a L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(i)Each Lender and a L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender or a L/C Issuer (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender or a L/C Issuer, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender and a L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).
(d)Evidence of Payments. Upon request by any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, each Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(e)Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s
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reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(i)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,
(A)any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax;
(B)any Foreign Lender (or any successor Administrative Agent that is not a U.S. Person) shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement or on which such successor Administrative Agent becomes the Administrative Agent under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(I)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(II)executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(III)in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or
(IV)to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 or Exhibit I-3, Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the
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portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C)any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D)if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(ii)Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(f)Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or a L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or a L/C Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be. If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall pay to the Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by a Loan Party under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) incurred by such Recipient, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Loan Party, upon the request of the Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Recipient in the event the Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will the applicable Recipient be required to pay any amount to the Loan Party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place the Recipient in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Recipient would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be
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construed to require any Recipient to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.
(g)Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or a L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
(h)FATCA Treatment. For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), from and after the Closing Date, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) this Agreement as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).
3.02Illegality.
(a)If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR , then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans, or to convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans shall be suspended and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Daily Simple SOFR component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Daily Simple SOFR component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Daily Simple SOFR component of the Base Rate), either, in the case of Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans, immediately, or, in the case of Term SOFR Rate Loans, on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Rate Loans, and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR for any period, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Daily Simple SOFR component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
3.03Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(a) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document (and any agreement executed in connection with an interest rate hedge shall be deemed
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not to be a “Loan Document” for purposes of this Section), if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date the Administrative Agent posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(b) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(c) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (A) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date, (B) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (C) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, (D) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to paragraph (d) below and (E) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section.
(d) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate and either (I) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (II) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor; and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (I) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (II) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(e) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Loan bearing interest based on the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR Rate, conversion to or continuation of Loans bearing interest based on the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or
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the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR Rate, as applicable, to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Loan of or conversion to Loans bearing interest under the Base Rate. During a Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
3.04Increased Costs.
(a)Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i)impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR) or a L/C Issuer;
(ii)subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes, (C) Connection Income Taxes and (D) Taxes imposed as a penalty for a Lender’s failure to comply with non-U.S. legislation implementing FATCA) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii)impose on any Lender or a L/C Issuer any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement, Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or a L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or a L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or a L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b)Capital Requirements. If any Lender or a L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or a L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or a L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity ratios or requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or a L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or a L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by a L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or a L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or a L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or a L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or a L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or a L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or a L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
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(c)Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or a L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or a L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d)Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or a L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or a L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or a L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or a L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
3.05Compensation for Losses.
Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a)any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan or a Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b)any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan or a Daily Simple SOFR Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or
(c)any assignment of a Term SOFR Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 11.13;
including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
3.06Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a)Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender, a L/C Issuer or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or a L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then at the request of the Borrower such Lender or a L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or a L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or a L/C Issuer, as the case
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may be. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or a L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b)Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 3.06(a), the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.
3.07Survival.
All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and resignation of the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE IV
GUARANTY
GUARANTY
4.01The Guaranty.
Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Lender, each Affiliate of a Lender party to a Swap Contract or Treasury Management Agreement with a Loan Party, and the Administrative Agent as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of all Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory Cash Collateralization or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan Documents, Swap Contracts with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or Treasury Management Agreements with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, (i) the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law and (ii) the Obligation of a Guarantor that are guaranteed under this Guaranty shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.
4.02Obligations Unconditional.
The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.01 are joint and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, Swap Contracts with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or Treasury Management Agreements with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any law or regulation or other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
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discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article IV until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
(a)at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b)any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contracts with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or Treasury Management Agreements with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or Treasury Management Agreements with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender shall be done or omitted;
(c)the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contracts with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or Treasury Management Agreements with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or Treasury Management Agreements with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with; or
(d)any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including, without limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of any Guarantor).
With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contracts with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or Treasury Management Agreements with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or Treasury Management Agreements with a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.
4.03Reinstatement.
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
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4.04Certain Additional Waivers.
Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.02 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.06.
4.05Remedies.
The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 9.02) for purposes of Section 4.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 4.01.
4.06Rights of Contribution.
The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other Guarantors as permitted under applicable law. Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the obligations of such Guarantors under the Loan Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights of contribution until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.
4.07Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.
The guarantee in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.
4.08Keepwell.
Each Loan Party that is a Qualified ECP Guarantor at the time the Guaranty in this Article IV by any Loan Party that is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (a “Specified Loan Party”) or the grant of a security interest under the Loan Documents by any such Specified Loan Party, in either case, becomes effective with respect to any Swap Obligation, hereby jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support to each Specified Loan Party with respect to such Swap Obligation as may be needed by such Specified Loan Party from time to time to honor all of its obligations under the Loan Documents in respect of such Swap Obligation (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering such Qualified ECP Guarantor’s obligations and undertakings under this Article IV voidable under applicable Debtor Relief Laws, and not for any greater amount). The obligations and undertakings of each applicable Loan Party under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement) have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated. Each Loan Party intends this Section to constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee of the obligations of, and a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of, each Specified Loan Party for all purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
5.01Conditions of Initial Credit Extension.
This Agreement shall become effective upon and the obligation of a L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, unless otherwise waived by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
(a)Loan Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party and, in the case of this Agreement, by each Lender.
(b)Opinions of Counsel. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of customary opinions of legal counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, dated as of the Closing Date, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c)Financial Statements. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of:
(i)the Audited Financial Statements; and
(ii)Interim Financial Statements.
(d)No Closing Date Material Adverse Effect. Since March 31, 2021, no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, has occurred that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect.
(e)Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending in any court or before an arbitrator or Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect.
(f)Organization Documents, Resolutions, Etc. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i)copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party certified to be true and complete as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, where applicable, and certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of such Loan Party to be true and correct as of the Closing Date;
(ii)such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party; and
(iii)such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its state of organization or formation.
(g)Closing Certificate. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 5.01(d) and (e) and 5.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied.
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(h)Compliance Certificate. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a duly completed Compliance Certificate, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group ended on March 31, 2021, giving pro forma effect to this Agreement and all Credit Extensions and repayments of Indebtedness on the Closing Date, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
(i)Termination of Existing Debt. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of evidence that prior to or concurrently with the Closing Date: (i) all amounts owing under the Existing PNC Credit Agreement have been paid in full and the Existing PNC Credit Agreement and all commitment thereunder are terminated and (ii) the revolving commitments under the BofA Agreement are terminated and all amounts outstanding in connection therewith are paid in full.
(j)Fees. Receipt by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders of any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date.
(k)Know Your Customer Requirements. The Lenders shall have completed a due diligence investigation of the Loan Parties, in scope, and with results, reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, including, OFAC, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and “know your customer” due diligence. Upon the reasonable request of any Lender at least ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, each Loan Party shall have provided to such Lender the documentation and other information regarding itself and any other Person so reasonably requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, in each case at least five days prior to the Closing Date. At least five days prior to the Closing Date, if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it shall deliver a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.
(l)Attorney Costs. Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
5.02Conditions to all Credit Extensions.
The obligation of each Lender and each L/C Issuer to honor any Request for Credit Extension is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a)The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article VI or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 5.02, the representations and
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warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01.
(b)No Default shall exist, or would result from, such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(c)The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the applicable L/C Issuer and/or the applicable Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 5.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Loan Parties represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
6.01Existence, Qualification and Power.
(a)Each Loan Party (i) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and (ii) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
(b)Each Loan Party (i) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) is in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.02Authorization; No Contravention.
The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien (other than a Lien permitted under Section 8.01) or require any payment to be made under any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law (including, without limitation, Regulation U or Regulation X issued by the FRB); except in each case referred to in clause (b) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.03Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.
No material approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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6.04Binding Effect.
Each Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally.
6.05Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a)The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP in effect on the preparation date thereof, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Consolidated Group as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Consolidated Group as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, commitments and Indebtedness, in each case to the extent required under GAAP.
(b)[Reserved].
(c)The financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and (b) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may otherwise be permitted under Section 7.01(a) and (b)) and present fairly (on the basis disclosed in the footnotes to such financial statements) the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Consolidated Group as of the dates thereof and for the periods covered thereby.
(d)Since September 30, 2024, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.06Litigation.
There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties after due and diligent investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries which if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.07[Reserved].
6.08Ownership of Property; Liens.
Each Loan Party has good record and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date and the date of each update of Schedule 6.08 pursuant to Section 7.02, set forth on Schedule 6.08 is a list of all real property owned by the Consolidated Group with a notation as to which such real properties are Unencumbered Properties.
6.09Environmental Compliance.
There are no violations of Environmental Laws and there are no outstanding claims with respect to Environmental Liabilities that, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.10Insurance.
The properties of the Loan Parties are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (which may include a captive insurance company that is an Affiliate of the Parent Entity), in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the applicable Loan Party operates.
6.11Taxes.
The Loan Parties have filed all federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, agreements pursuant to which a Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof agrees to make payments to one or more of its partners or members, or their Related Parties (a “Protected Party”), on account of any such Protected Party’s Taxes arising from the Loan Party’s or such Subsidiary’s (i) sale of property, (ii) failure to allocate debt to such Protected Party, or (iii) failure to allow such Protected Party to guarantee the debt of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or any similar agreements, shall not be considered a tax sharing agreement.
6.12ERISA Compliance.
(a)Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state laws. Each Pension Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service. To the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred that would prevent, or cause the loss of, such tax-qualified status.
(b)There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)(i) No ERISA Event has occurred and neither a Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan; (ii) each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained; (iii) neither a Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid; (iv) neither a Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; and (v) no Pension Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC, and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that could
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reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan.
(d)No Loan Party is using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans or the Commitments.
6.13[Reserved].
6.14Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a)The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 or Section 8.05 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness and within the scope of Section 9.01(e) will be margin stock.
(b)None of any Loan Party, any Person Controlling any Loan Party, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
6.15Disclosure.
(a) To the Borrower’s knowledge, no material written report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (other than information of a general economic or industry specific nature concerning any Loan Party) by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being understood and agreed that financial projections are not a guarantee of financial performance and actual results may differ from such projections and such differences may be material).
(b) As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects.
6.16Compliance with Laws.
Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of all Laws, including without limitation, the Patriot Act, and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which the failure to comply therewith, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.17Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.
Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) each Loan Party owns, or possesses the legal right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names,
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copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, (b) no claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any IP Rights or the validity or effectiveness of any IP Rights, nor does any Loan Party know of any such claim, and (c) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, the use of any IP Rights by any Loan Party or the granting of a right or a license in respect of any IP Rights from any Loan Party does not infringe on the rights of any Person.
6.18Solvency.
The Loan Parties are Solvent on a consolidated basis.
6.19OFAC.
Neither a Loan Party, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of a Loan Party, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative thereof, is an individual or entity that is, or is owned or controlled by any individual or entity that is (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals, HMT’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.
6.20REIT Status.
(a)The Parent Entity is qualified as a REIT.
(b)The Parent Entity is in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to the qualification of the Parent Entity as a REIT.
6.21Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
None of the Loan Parties (a) is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for, or has been charged with, or convicted of, money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes under any applicable Law (collectively, “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), (b) has been assessed civil penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws or (c) has had any of its funds seized or forfeited in an action under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Each Loan Party has taken reasonable measures appropriate to the circumstances (in any event as required by applicable Law), to ensure that such Loan Party and its Subsidiaries each is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
6.22Anti-Corruption Laws.
The Parent Entity and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
6.23Affected Financial Institution.
No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.
6.24Covered Entities.
No Loan Party is a Covered Entity.
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ARTICLE VII
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Loan Parties shall and, where applicable, shall cause each Subsidiary to:
7.01Financial Statements.
Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(a)upon the earlier of (i) the date that is ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Consolidated Group and (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the date such information is filed with the SEC, a consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to (i) any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or (ii) any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit; and
(b)with respect to the fiscal quarters ending March 31, June 30 and September 30, not later than the earlier of (i) forty-five (45) days after the end of each such fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group or (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the date of filing with the SEC, a consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Consolidated Group’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Entity as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Consolidated Group in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
7.02Certificates; Other Information.
Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:
(a)concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.01(a) and (b), (i) a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed a Responsible Officer of the Parent Entity and (ii) an updated Schedule 6.08, if applicable.
(b)concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.01(a), a certificate of its independent certified public accountants certifying such financial statements.
(c)within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, beginning on January 30, 2022 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, an annual business plan and budget of the Consolidated Group containing, among other things, pro forma financial statements for each quarter of the next fiscal year.
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(d)promptly, and in any event within ten Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any material investigation or possible material investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof.
(e)promptly following any request therefor, information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
(f)as soon as available and in any event no later than concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.02(a) (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021), a Term Loan Pricing Certificate for the most recently-ended fiscal year; provided that, for any fiscal year the Borrower may elect not to deliver a Term Loan Pricing Certificate, and if the Borrower fails to timely deliver a Term Loan Pricing Certificate in accordance with this clause (f), such failure shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default (but such failure to timely deliver a Term Loan Pricing Certificate shall result in the Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount being applied as set forth in Section 2.18(c));
(g)(g) as soon as available and in any event no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the end of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025), a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate for the most recently-ended fiscal year; provided that, for any fiscal year the Borrower may elect not to deliver a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate, and if the Borrower fails to timely deliver a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate in accordance with this clause (f), such failure shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default (but such failure to timely deliver a Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate shall result in the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount being applied as set forth in Section 2.20(c)).
(h)(h) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial, legal or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request (subject to legal privilege requirements in the ordinary course and customary written confidentiality obligations as long as such legal privilege requirements or confidentiality obligations were not invoked or incurred in contemplation of this Agreement or with a view to avoid providing information to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders).
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) or Section 7.02 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Parent Entity or the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on its website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Parent Entity’s or the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).
The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or PNCCM may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders and a L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower or its Affiliates hereunder (collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on Debt Domain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have
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personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Person’s securities. The Loan Parties hereby agree that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Loan Parties shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, PNCCM and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower, its Affiliates or its securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and PNCCM shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform that is not designated as “Public Side Information.”
7.03Notices.
(a)Promptly (and in any event, within two Business Days after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge of the same) notify the Administrative Agent of:
(a)the occurrence of any Default.
(b)any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)the occurrence of any ERISA Event.
(d)any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary.
(e)Any change in the Debt Rating of the Parent Entity.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.03(a) through (d) shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the applicable Loan Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached. The Administrative Agent agrees to notify the Lenders of any notice delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 7.03.
7.04Payment of Obligations.
Pay and discharge, as the same shall become due and payable (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Loan Party or such Subsidiary and (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property (other than Liens permitted under Section 8.01).
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7.05Preservation of Existence, Etc. and REIT Status.
(a)Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 8.04 or 8.05.
(b)Take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)Preserve or renew all of its registered patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation or non-renewal of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d)Maintain or cause to be maintained (as applicable) the Parent Entity’s status as a REIT in compliance with all applicable provisions under the Internal Revenue Code relating to such status.
7.06Maintenance of Properties.
(a)Do all things reasonably required to maintain, preserve and protect all of its properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.07Maintenance of Insurance.
Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of a Loan Party, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons; provided that, notwithstanding the above, the Loan Parties may comply with this Section 7.07 by maintaining any such insurance with a captive insurance company that is an Affiliate of the Parent Entity.
7.08Compliance with Laws.
Comply with the requirements of all Laws, including without limitation the Patriot Act, OFAC, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.09Books and Records.
(a)Maintain proper books of record and account, (a) in which full, true and correct entries in all material respects shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Consolidated Group to the extent required and in conformity with GAAP and (b) in material conformity with all material requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Consolidated Group.
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7.10Inspection Rights.
Permit representatives of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom (subject to legal privilege requirements in the ordinary course and customary written confidentiality obligations as long as such legal privilege requirements or confidentiality obligations were not incurred in contemplation of this Agreement or with a view to avoid providing information to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders) and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants (provided that the Borrower shall have the opportunity to participate in any discussions with its independent public accountants), at the expense of the Borrower (subject to the limitations below) and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided, however, that (a) absent the existence of an Event of Default only one such visit a year shall be at the Borrower’s expense and (b) when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.
7.11Use of Proceeds.
Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions (a) to refinance outstanding Indebtedness under the Existing PNC Credit Agreement and the BofA Agreement and (b) for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, working capital, acquisitions, development costs, capitals expenditures, tenant improvements and repayment of Indebtedness; provided that in no event shall the proceeds of the Credit Extensions be used in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.
7.12ERISA Compliance.
Do, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to do, each of the following: (a) maintain each Plan in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state law; (b) cause each Plan that is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to maintain such qualification; and (c) make all required contributions to any Pension Plan.
7.13Addition of Subsidiary Guarantors.
If any Subsidiary guaranties any borrowed money Indebtedness owed by the Borrower, the Parent Entity or any other Loan Party, the Borrower shall (a) cause such Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement in the form of Exhibit G or such other document as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (b) deliver to the Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in Sections 5.01 (b), (f) and (l) for such Person, in each case in form and substance similar to those delivered on the Closing Date and (c) provide a certificate that the representations in Section 6.01 through 6.04 inclusive are true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date of such certificate, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date, with respect to the new Subsidiary Guarantor.
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ARTICLE VIII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
8.01Liens.
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a)Permitted Liens; and
(b)other Liens as long as (i) such Liens do not encumber Unencumbered Properties or the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) such Liens do not encumber assets owned by the Parent Entity or the Borrower, and (iii) the incurrence of such Lien will not cause, on a pro forma basis, a Default under the Loan Documents, including the financial covenants in Section 8.11.
8.02[Reserved].
8.03Indebtedness.
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a)(i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents, (ii) Indebtedness incurred under the BofA Agreement, (iii) Indebtedness incurred under the KeyBank Agreement; and (iv) Indebtedness incurred under the Capital One Agreement.
(b)intercompany Indebtedness among members of the Consolidated Group;
(c)obligations (contingent or otherwise) of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap Contract; provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;
(d)other Indebtedness as long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness will not cause, on a pro forma basis, a Default under the Loan Documents, including the financial covenants in Section 8.11; and
(e)Guarantees of the foregoing; provided that, a Subsidiary cannot guaranty borrowed money Indebtedness owed by the Parent Entity, the Borrower or any other Loan Party unless such Subsidiary is, or simultaneously becomes, a Subsidiary Guarantor as set forth in Section 7.13.
8.04Fundamental Changes.
Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person (including, in each case, pursuant to a Delaware LLC
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Division); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.04 (a) the Parent Entity may merge or consolidate with any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower); provided that the Parent Entity shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (b) the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, (c) any Loan Party (other than the Parent Entity or the Borrower) may merge or consolidate with any other Loan Party, (d) any non-Loan Party may merge with a Loan Party as long as the Loan Party is the continuing or surviving Person, (e) any non-Loan Party may be merged or consolidated with or into any other non-Loan Party and (f) the Permitted Reorganization and the transactions contemplated thereby may occur.
8.05Dispositions.
Make any Disposition unless such Disposition would not, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Disposition, cause a Default under the Loan Documents.
8.06Restricted Payments.
(a)Permit the Dividend Payout Ratio, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, to exceed the FFO Percentage.
(b)Subject to the paragraph below, permit the Parent Entity, at any time an Event of Default exists, to make or declare any dividends or similar distributions without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and Required Lenders.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 8.06 to the contrary, (i) the Parent Entity shall be permitted at all times to distribute the minimum amount of dividends necessary for the Parent Entity to maintain its status as a REIT for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes, (ii) provided there is no continuing Event of Default under Sections 9.01(a) or (f), the Parent Entity shall be permitted at all times to pay dividends necessary for it to avoid the payment of federal or state income or excise taxes, (iii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may declare and make distributions on their Equity Interests in accordance with their respective Organization Documents in an amount sufficient to enable the Parent Entity to pay dividends pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above and (iv) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to make any dividends or similar distributions that are required to be made to in order to give effect to the Permitted Reorganization.
8.07Change in Nature of Business.
Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Consolidated Group on the Closing Date or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.
8.08Transactions with Affiliates.
Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Consolidated Group, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than (a) on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to such member of the Consolidated Group as would be obtainable by such member of the Consolidated Group at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, (b) transactions permitted under Section 8.04, (c) dividends or distributions permitted under Section 8.06, (d) transactions with a captive insurance company that is an Affiliate of the Parent Entity, (e) transactions entered into to acquire the additional Equity Interests, if any, in PECO-ARC Institutional Joint Venture I, L.P. or (f) in connection with the Permitted Reorganization.
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8.09Burdensome Agreements.
Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that (a) prohibits the ability of any such Person to (i) make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party, (ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to any Loan Party or (iii) with respect to a Loan Party, pledge its property pursuant to and to the extent required under the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof except for (1) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the BofA Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the BofA Agreement), the Capital One Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Capital One Agreement) and the KeyBank Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the KeyBank Agreement), (2) any document or instrument governing Secured Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Sections 8.01 and 8.03; provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets secured in connection therewith, (3) any Lien permitted under Section 8.01 or any document or instrument governing any Lien permitted under Section 8.01; provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Lien permitted under Section 8.01, or (4) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 8.05 pending the consummation of such sale or (b) with respect to a Loan Party, requires the grant of any security for any obligation if such property is given as security for the Obligations.
8.10Use of Proceeds.
Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
8.11Financial Covenants.
(a)Leverage Ratio. Permit the Leverage Ratio, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group, to be greater than sixty percent (60%), or, for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters following a Material Acquisition, sixty-five percent (65%).
(b)Secured Leverage Ratio. Permit the Secured Leverage Ratio, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group, to be greater than thirty-five percent (35%), or, for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters following a Material Acquisition, forty percent (40%).
(c)Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group, to be less than 1.50 to 1.00.
(d)Minimum Tangible Net Worth. If the Parent Entity does not have an Investment Grade Rating, permit Tangible Net Worth, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2021, to be less than the sum of (i) seventy-five percent (75%) of Tangible Net Worth as of the quarter ending March 31, 2021 plus (ii) an amount equal to seventy percent (70%) of the aggregate increases in Shareholders’ Equity of the Consolidated Group occurring subsequent to the quarter ending March 31, 2021 by reason of the issuance and sale of Equity Interests of the Consolidated Group (other than any Dividend Reinvestment Proceeds), including upon any conversion of debt securities of the Parent Entity or the Borrower into such Equity Interests, minus (iii) the aggregate amount of payments made with respect to any redemption, retirement, surrender, defeasance, repurchase, purchase or other similar transaction or acquisition for value, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity Interests of the Parent Entity subsequent to the quarter ending March 31, 2021 and on or prior to the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group immediately following the date the Parent Entity obtained an Investment Grade Rating (the sum of (i) plus (ii) minus (iii), “Minimum Tangible Net Worth”).
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(e)Maximum Unsecured Indebtedness to Unencumbered Asset Value Ratio. Permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group, the ratio of (i) Unsecured Indebtedness as of such date to (ii) Unencumbered Asset Value as of the four fiscal quarter period ending on such date to be greater than sixty percent (60%) or, for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters following a Material Acquisition, sixty-five percent (65%).
(f)Unencumbered NOI to Interest Expense on Unsecured Indebtedness Ratio. Permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group, the ratio of (i) Unencumbered NOI for the most recent four fiscal quarter period to (ii) Interest Expense incurred with respect to Unsecured Indebtedness for the most recent four fiscal quarter period to be less than 1.75 to 1.00.
8.12Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity.
(a)With respect to any Loan Party, (i) change its name, state of formation or form of organization without providing the Administrative Agent at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice or (ii) amend, modify or change its Organization Documents in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders.
(b)Change its fiscal year.
8.13Sanctions.
Directly or indirectly, knowingly use the proceeds or any Loan, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity, to fund any activities or business with any individual or entity, or in any Designated Jurisdiction that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a breach by any individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as Lender, Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender or otherwise) of Sanctions.
8.14Anti-Corruption Laws.
Directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Credit Extension for any purpose which would breach the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010 or other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions.
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
9.01Events of Default.
Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a)Non-Payment. The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within five Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) within five Business Days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or
(b)Specific Covenants. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.05, 7.10, 7.11 or 7.13 or Article VIII or
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(c)Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty days; or
(d)Representations and Warranties. Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect (unless already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case an Event of Default shall exist if such representation, warranty or statement of fact shall be incorrect or misleading in any respect) when made or deemed made; or
(e)Cross-Default. (i) Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness that is Recourse Debt or any Guarantee of any such Recourse Debt (in either case, other than the Obligations and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate outstanding principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount and such failure is not waived and continues beyond any cure period as may be specifically noted therein, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other material agreement or condition relating to any such Recourse Debt or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, in each case that is not waived, continues beyond any cure period and results in such Recourse Debt or Guarantee becoming or being declared immediately due and payable; (ii) Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness that is Non-Recourse Debt or any Guarantee of any such Non-Recourse Debt having an aggregate outstanding principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than Two Hundred Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($225,000,000) and such failure is not waived and continues beyond any cure period as may be specifically noted therein; provided that the failure to pay any such Non-Recourse Debt when due shall not constitute an Event of Default (and such Non-Recourse Debt shall be excluded from the applicable aggregate limit referred to above) so long as the only default by the Loan Party or Subsidiary is the failure to pay such Non-Recourse Debt when due on its scheduled maturity date and the Loan Party or Subsidiary is actively pursuing the extension or refinancing of such Non-Recourse Debt and the holder of such Non-Recourse Debt has not initiated a foreclosure of its Lien or proceedings to have a receiver appointed for the collateral securing such Non-Recourse Debt, except that (x) the deferral under this clause (ii)(A) shall not extend for more than ninety (90) days after the maturity date of such Non-Recourse Debt, subject to extension of such deferral period for an additional thirty (30) days if prior to the expiration of such initial 90 day period the Borrower has provided to the Administrative Agent reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Loan Party or Subsidiary is continuing to actively pursue such extension or refinancing; or (B) fails to observe or perform any other material agreement or condition relating to any such Non-Recourse Debt or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, in each case that is not waived, continues beyond any cure period and results in such Non-Recourse Debt or Guarantee becoming or being declared immediately due and payable (other than, in the case of this clause (B), Convertible Notes which are converted, prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or exchanged in accordance with the terms thereof prior to their maturity, and not in any case as a result of any breach or violation or the terms of such Convertible Notes); (iii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any Event of Default (as defined in such Swap Contract) as to which any Loan Party is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) that is not waived and continues beyond any cure period provided therein or (B) any Termination Event (as defined in such Swap Contract) under such Swap Contract as to which any Loan Party is an Affected Party (as defined therein) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by any Loan Party as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount or (iv) there exists (A) an Event of Default (as defined under the BofA Agreement) under the BofA Agreement that is not waived and continues beyond any cure period provided therein and results in such debt under the BofA
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Agreement becoming or being declared immediately due and payable, (B) an Event of Default (as defined under the KeyBank Agreement) under the KeyBank Agreement that is not waived and continues beyond any cure period provided therein and results in such debt under the KeyBank Agreement becoming or being declared immediately due and payable, or (C) an Event of Default (as defined under the Capital One Agreement) under the Capital One Agreement that is not waived and continues beyond any cure period provided therein and results in such debt under the Capital One Agreement becoming or being declared immediately due and payable; or
(f)Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(g)Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Loan Party becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within thirty days after its issue or levy; or
(h)Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) which remains unpaid for sixty days and (i) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (ii) such judgment or order has not been stayed on appeal or otherwise appropriately contested in good faith; or
(i)ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000), or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000); or
(j)Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or
(k)Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.
9.02Remedies Upon Event of Default.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(a)declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of a L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
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(b)declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(c)require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount with respect thereto); and
(d)exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of a L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
9.03Application of Funds.
After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and a L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and a L/C Issuer) arising under the Loan Documents and amounts payable under Article III, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders and a L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting (i) accrued and unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings and (ii) breakage, termination or other payments due under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, ratably among the Lenders, the applicable Affiliates (with respect to clause (ii)) and a L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
Fifth, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit; and
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Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Sections 2.03(c) and 2.14, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to any Loan Party shall not be paid with amounts received from such Loan Party or such Loan Party’s assets, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Loan Parties to preserve the allocation to Obligations otherwise set forth above in this Section.
ARTICLE X
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.01Appointment and Authority.
(a)Each of the Lenders and a L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints PNC Bank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and a L/C Issuer, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
10.02Rights as a Lender.
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
10.03Exculpatory Provisions.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a)shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
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(b)shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its reasonable opinion, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may affect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and
(c)shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for such failure to disclose, any information relating to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or a L/C Issuer.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
10.04Reliance by Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or a L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or a L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or a L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Loan Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
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10.05Delegation of Duties.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
10.06Resignation of Administrative Agent.
(a)The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
(b)If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as the Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor; provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no consultation with the Borrower shall be required for any successor that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c)With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuers under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and a L/C Issuer directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent (other than as provided in Section 3.01(g) and other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable
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to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
Any resignation by or removal of PNC Bank as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation or removal as a L/C Issuer and a Swing Line Lender. If PNC Bank resigns as a L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of a L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as a L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c). If PNC Bank resigns as a Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of a Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to PNC Bank to effectively assume the obligations of PNC Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit.
10.07Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
Each Lender and L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
10.08No Other Duties; Etc.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the bookrunners, arrangers, syndication agents, documentation agents or co-agents shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or a L/C Issuer hereunder.
10.09Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
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Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a)to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations (other than obligations under Swap Contracts or Treasury Management Agreements to which the Administrative Agent is not a party) that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, a L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, a L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, a L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(h) and (i), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b)to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and a L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and a L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or a L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
10.10Collateral and Guaranty Matters.
Each Lender and L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, (a) to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 7.13 and (b) to release the Cash Collateral and any Lien thereon in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2.14. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, pursuant to this Section 10.10.
10.11Treasury Management Agreements and Swap Contracts.
No Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that obtains the benefit of Section 9.03 or the Guaranty by virtue of the provisions hereof shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (or to notice of or to consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article X to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Treasury Management Agreements and Swap Contracts except to the extent expressly provided herein and unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, as the case may be. The Administrative Agent shall not be
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required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Treasury Management Agreements and Swap Contracts.
10.1210.12 ERISA Matters.
(a)Each Lender (i) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (ii) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, each Arranger, and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(A)such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,
(B)the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(C) (1) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (2) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (3) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (4) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(D)such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b)In addition, unless either (1) subclause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in subclause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, each Arranger, and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto).
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10.1310.13 Erroneous Payments.
(a)Each Lender hereby agrees that (i) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise), individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Overnight Bank Funding Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (ii) such Lender shall not assert any right or claim to the Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payments received, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b)Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives an Erroneous Payment from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (i) that is in an amount different than (other than a de minimis difference), or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Erroneous Payment (an “Erroneous Payment Notice”), or (ii) that was not preceded or accompanied by an Erroneous Payment Notice, it shall be on notice that, in each such case, an error has been made with respect to such Erroneous Payment. Each Lender further agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) that was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Overnight Bank Funding Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.
(c)The Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby agree that (i) in the event an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Lender that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (ii) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party.
(d)Each party’s obligations under this Section 10.13 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the
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replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.
10.1410.14 No Reliance on Agent’s Customer Identification Program.
Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender, nor any of its Affiliates, participants or assignees, may rely on the Administrative Agent to carry out such Lender’s, Affiliate’s, participant’s or assignee’s customer identification program, or other obligations required or imposed under or pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act or the regulations thereunder, including the regulations contained in 31 CFR 1020.220 (as hereafter amended or replaced, the “CIP Regulations”), or any other anti-terrorism law, including any programs involving any of the following items relating to or in connection with any of the Loan Parties, their Affiliates or their agents, the Loan Documents or the transactions hereunder or contemplated hereby: (a) any identity verification procedures, (b) any recordkeeping, (c) comparisons with government lists, (d) customer notices or (e) other procedures required under the CIP Regulations or such other anti-terrorism law. Each Loan Party agrees to supply, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and agents, all information requested from time to time by any Lender in connection with such Lender’s customer identification program intended to comply with the CIP Regulations or any anti-terrorism law.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01Amendments, Etc.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, further, that
(a)no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(i)extend or increase the Commitment of a Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.02) without the written consent of such Lender whose Commitment is being extended or increased (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 5.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(ii)postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Commitments hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such payment or whose Commitments are to be reduced;
(iii)reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (i) of the final paragraph of this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required
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Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;
(iv)change the third sentence in Section 2.12(a), Section 2.13 or Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(v)change any provision of this Section 11.01(a) or the definition of “Required Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; or
(vi)(A) prior to the repayment in full of the principal amount of the outstanding Term Loan A-2 outstanding as of the Second Amendment Effective Date (together with accrued and unpaid interest and fees in relation thereto), release the Borrower or the Parent Entity, without the written consent of each Lender and (B) thereafter, release the Borrower or the Parent Entity, or all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender (except, to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 10.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone)).
(b)unless also signed by a L/C Issuer, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it.
(c)unless also signed by a Swing Line Lender, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of such Swing Line Lender under this Agreement.
(d)unless also signed by the Administrative Agent, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(e)prior to the termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, unless also signed by Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) holding in the aggregate at least a majority of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall (i) waive any Default for purposes of Section 5.02(b), (ii) amend, change, waive, discharge or terminate Section 5.02 in a manner adverse to such Lenders or (iii) amend, change or waive this Section 11.01(e).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein:
(i)the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.
(ii)no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
(iii)each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersede the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein.
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(iv)the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders.
(v)amendments and waivers that affect solely the Lenders under the Revolving Facility or under a tranche of Term Loans or any Incremental Term Loan (including waiver or modification of (x) conditions to extensions of credit under the Revolving Facility or the relevant Term Loan and (y) the availability and conditions to funding of any Incremental Term Loan) and do not otherwise contradict the rights of Lenders under clause (a) of this Section 11.01: (1) shall only require the consent of those Lenders holding a majority of the outstanding Commitments and Loans with respect to the Revolving Facility, tranche of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loan, as applicable and (2) any fees paid with respect to such amendment or waiver need only be offered pro rata to those Lenders whose consent is required.
(vi)any amendment entered into in order to effectuate an increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or a Term Loan or to provide an Incremental Term Loan, in each case in accordance with Section 2.16, shall only require the consent of the Lenders providing such increase or Incremental Term Loan as long as the purpose of such amendment is solely to incorporate the appropriate provisions for such increase or Incremental Term Loan.
(vii)the Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time (and with the consent of the Administrative Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld), make one or more offers (each, a “Loan Modification Offer”) to all the Lenders under the Revolving Facility or a Term Loan to make one or more amendments or modifications to allow the maturity of such Loans of the accepting Lenders to be extended (and in connection therewith increase the Applicable Rate and/or fees payable with respect to such Loans and/or Revolving Commitments (if any) of the accepting Lenders) (“Extension Amendments”) pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Such notice shall set forth (x) the terms and conditions of the requested Extension Amendment and (y) the date on which such Extension Amendment is requested to become effective. Extension Amendments shall become effective only with respect to the Loans and/or Revolving Commitments of the Lenders that accept in writing the applicable Loan Modification Offer (such Lenders, the “Accepting Lenders”) and, in the case of any Accepting Lender, only with respect to such Lender’s Loans and/or Revolving Commitments as to which such Lender’s acceptance has been made. The Borrower, each other Loan Party and each Accepting Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such documentation (the “Loan Amendment”) as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the acceptance of the Extension Amendments and the terms and conditions thereof, and the Loan Parties shall also deliver such corporate resolutions, opinions and other documents as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Loan Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that upon the effectiveness of any Loan Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Extension Amendment evidenced thereby and only with respect to the Loans and/or Revolving Commitments of the Accepting Lenders as to which such Lenders’ acceptance has been made and shall not contradict the rights of the Lenders under clause (a) of this Section 11.01 with respect to the Loans and/or Revolving Commitments of non-Accepting Lenders.
11.02Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.
(a)Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as
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follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i)if to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer or a Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile number, e-mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02; and
(ii)if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, e-mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by facsimile or e-mail transmission shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
(b)Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and a L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail address and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or a L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or a L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Lender, a L/C Issuer or the Borrower may each, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii), if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
(c)The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent
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or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, a L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s, any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or any other Information through the Internet or any telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems.
(d)Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lenders may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lenders. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States federal or state securities laws.
(e)Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic or electronic Loan Notices, Letter of Credit Applications and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of a Loan Party. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
11.03No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.
No failure by any Lender, a L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 10.01 for the benefit of all the Lenders and a L/C Issuer; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under
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the other Loan Documents, (b) each of a L/C Issuers or the Swing Line Lenders from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.01 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
11.04Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver.
(a)Costs and Expenses. The Loan Parties shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent) in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by a L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or a L/C Issuer (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender and a L/C Issuer) taken as a whole (unless (x) a conflict exists as determined in the good faith judgment of each affected Lender or L/C Issuer, in which case(s) the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one reasonably necessary additional counsel for each such affected Lender or L/C Issuer shall be covered, or (y) a special counsel is necessary as determined in the good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent, in which case(s) the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one reasonably necessary special counsel for the Administrative Agent shall be covered), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b)Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for all Indemnitees, plus, (x) in the event of a conflict of interest as determined in the good faith judgment of each affected Indemnitee, one additional counsel for all such affected Indemnitees (taken together with all similarly situated Indemnitees) and (y) in the event that a special counsel is necessary as determined in the good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent, one additional counsel for Administrative Agent), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the
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proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by a L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such other Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the provisions of Section 3.01(c), this Section 11.04(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c)Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Loan Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by them to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lenders or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lenders or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s share of sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the total Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the total Revolving Credit Exposure at such time), such payment to be made severally among them based on such Lenders’ Applicable Percentages (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), provided, further that, the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), any L/C Issuer or any Swing Line Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), any L/C Issuer or any Swing Line Lender in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).
(d)Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, and acknowledges that no other Person shall have, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. No Loan Party shall be liable for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of proceeds thereof.
(e)Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
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(f)Survival. The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of Section 11.02(e) shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
11.05Payments Set Aside.
To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Loan Party is made to the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and a L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and a L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
11.06Successors and Assigns.
(a)Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (e) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i)Minimum Amounts.
(A)in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
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(B)in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(ii)Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s Loans and Commitments, and rights and obligations with respect thereto assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not (A) apply to a Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or (B) prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations in respect of its Revolving Commitment (and the related Revolving Loans thereunder) on a non-pro rata basis.
(iii)Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A)the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof; and
(B)the consent of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lenders (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of any Revolving Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender.
(iv)Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v)No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B) or (C) to a natural Person (or holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural Person).
(vi)Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans
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previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 11.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
(c)Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d)Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers, Swing Line Lenders or Sustainability Agent sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person (or holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural Person), a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the other Lenders and a L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations
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under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 11.04(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 11.01(a) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.01(e) and it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.01(e) shall be delivered to the Lender who sells the participation); provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 3.06 and 11.13 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01 or 3.04, with respect to any participation, than the Lender from whom it acquired the applicable participation would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 3.06 with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(e)Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(f)Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time a Lender acting as a L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, such Lender may, (i) upon thirty days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as
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L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon thirty days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of such Lender as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If a Lender resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of a L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If a Lender resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights as a Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (1) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (2) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Lender to effectively assume the obligations of such Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit.
11.07Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.
(a)Treatment of Confidential Information. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and a L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to a Loan Party and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder, (h) with the consent of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, a L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from a Loan Party or any Subsidiary relating to the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or a L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by such Loan Party or any Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from a Loan Party or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
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(b)Non-Public Information. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and a L/C Issuer acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.
11.08Set-off.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, a L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, a L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or a L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, L/C Issuer or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch office or Affiliate of such Lender or a L/C Issuer different from the branch office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.15 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer and the Lenders and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, a L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, a L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and a L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
11.09Interest Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
11.10Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall
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constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or a L/C Issuer, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic imaging means (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
11.11Survival of Representations and Warranties.
All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
11.12Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
11.13Replacement of Lenders.
If the Borrower is entitled to replace a Lender pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.06, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.06), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.04) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(a)the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 11.06(b);
(b)such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest
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thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(c)in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(d)such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws; and
(e)in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Non-Consenting Lender’s failure to consent to a proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination with respect to any Loan Document, the applicable replacement bank, financial institution or Fund consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination; provided that the failure by such Non-Consenting Lender to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption shall not impair the validity of the removal of such Non-Consenting Lender and the mandatory assignment of such Non-Consenting Lender’s Commitments and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 11.13 shall nevertheless be effective without the execution by such Non-Consenting Lender of an Assignment and Assumption.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
Each party hereto agrees that (a) an assignment required pursuant to this Section 11.13 may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and (b) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, (x) following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender and (y) any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) any Lender that acts as an L/C Issuer may not be replaced hereunder at any time it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (including the furnishing of a backstop standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer, reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer or the depositing of cash collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer) have been made with respect to such outstanding Letter of Credit and (ii) the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of Section 10.06.
11.14Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a)GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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(b)SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER, THE L/C ISSUER, OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY OTHER FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
(c)WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d)SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
11.15Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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11.16Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.
The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
11.17USA PATRIOT Act.
Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act. The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
11.18No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship.
In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a)(i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders on the other hand, (ii) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b)(i) the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of Affiliates or any other Person and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender or Arranger has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender or Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
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11.19Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a)the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b)the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i)a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii)a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
11.20Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs.
To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Swap Contract or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States): In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
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11.21Successor Sustainability Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Sustainability Agent, as provided in this Section, the Sustainability Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the applicable Lenders holding a majority of the outstanding Commitments and Loans with respect to the Revolving Facility shall have the right, with the reasonable consent of the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the applicable Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Sustainability Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Sustainability Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders holding Revolving Commitments and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Sustainability Agent which shall be a Lender or an Affiliate of any such Lender. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Sustainability Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Sustainability Agent and the retiring Sustainability Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Sustainability Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the resignation of the Sustainability Agent, the provisions of this Article XI, Section 11.04 and Section 11.08 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Sustainability Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Sustainability Agent, as applicable.
11.22Sustainability Exculpatory Provisions.
Neither of the Administrative Agent or the Sustainability Agent (a) shall have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or otherwise independently verify, any sustainability-related information or any other information or materials provided by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and used in connection with the sustainability provisions of this Agreement, including with respect to any applicable Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount, Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount, Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount, Revolving Facility KPI Metric or Term Loan Facility KPI Metric (nor any data or computations that are part of or related to such any such terms or provisions), (b) shall have any responsibility for (or liability in respect of) the completeness or accuracy of any such information, nor (c) makes any assurances or guarantees as to whether (i) a Revolving Facility Sustainability Amendment will be effected, (ii) any Commitment or Loan meets any institutional, regulatory or other criteria, strategy, taxonomy or expectations with regard to environmental impact and/or sustainability performance of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, any Lender or any other Person, (iii) the characteristics of the relevant Revolving Facility KPI Metric or Term Loan KPI Metric to which the Borrower will link a potential margin or fee step-up or step-down, including any environmental or sustainability criteria in respect thereof, meet any industry standards or market expectations for sustainability-linked facilities or (iv) any other environmental, social and governance metrics from time to time in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will be attainable or able to be maintained by the Borrower or its Affiliates. Each party hereto hereby agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Sustainability Agent shall have any responsibility for (or liability in respect of) reviewing, auditing or otherwise evaluating any calculation by the Borrower of any Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount, Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount, Term Loan Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount, Revolving Facility KPI Metric or Term Loan Facility KPI Metric or any other margin or fee adjustment (or any of the data or computations that are part of or related to any such calculation) set out in any pricing
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certificate (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry, when implementing any such pricing adjustment).
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Exhibit K
[FORM OF]
REVOLVING FACILITY PRICING CERTIFICATE
REVOLVING FACILITY PRICING CERTIFICATE
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
First Side Center (Mailstop: P7-PFSC-04-V)
First Side Center (Mailstop: P7-PFSC-04-V)
500 First Avenue
Attention: Daniel Enick
[DATE]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2021, among Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (or its successors as permitted therein), the Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer and a Swing Line Lender (as amended, restated, extended, refinanced, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined).
This Revolving Facility Pricing Certificate (this “Certificate”) is furnished pursuant to Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned hereby certifies solely in [his/her] capacity as [chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, chief sustainability officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller or senior vice president of finance] of the Borrower and not in an individual capacity (and without personal liability) that:
1. I am the duly elected [chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, chief sustainability officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller or senior vice president of finance] of the Borrower, and I am authorized to deliver this Certificate on behalf of the Borrower;
2. attached as Annex A hereto are the calculations of the Revolving Facility KPI Metric for the 20[__] fiscal year of the Borrower, and evidences the Borrower’s qualification for [(x)] a Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount equal to [+][-][4.0][0.0]% per annum [and (y) a Revolving Facility Sustainability Facility Fee Adjustment Amount, equal to [+][-][1.0][0.0]% per annum]. The Applicable Rate (i) will never be reduced or increased more than 0.04% per annum pursuant to the Revolving Facility Sustainability Applicable Rate Adjustment Amount and (ii) shall not be less than 0.000%.
3. Attached as [Annex B] hereto is a true and complete copy of the [Borrower’s Revolving Facility KPI Metric Report/Sustainability Report] for the 20[__] fiscal year of the Borrower.
4. Attached as [Annex C] hereto is a true and complete review report of the Revolving Facility Sustainability Metric Auditor confirming it is not aware of any material modifications that should
be made to such computations in order for them to be presented in all material respects in conformity with the GHG Protocol Corporate Reporting and Accounting Standard.
Very truly yours,
PHILLIPS EDISON GROCERY CENTER OPERATING PARTNERSHIP I, L.P.,
as the Borrower
as the Borrower
By: _________________________________
Name:
Name:
Title:
ANNEX A
[SEE ATTACHED]
ANNEX B
Revolving Facility KPI Metric Report /Sustainability Report
[SEE ATTACHED]
ANNEX C
Review Report of the Sustainability Metric Auditor
Exhibit 99.1
Phillips Edison & Company Declares Quarterly Dividends;
Increases Monthly Dividend Distribution by 5.7%
CINCINNATI – Sept. 2, 2025 - Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: PECO) (“PECO” or the “Company”), one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of high-quality, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers, today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a 5.7% increase to the monthly dividend distributions payable October 1, 2025 and November 4, 2025 to common stockholders of record as of September 15, 2025 and October 15, 2025, respectively.
The Board approved the distribution at a rate of $0.1083 per share of the Company’s common stock. When annualized, this is equal to a rate of $1.30 per share, representing an increase of 5.7% over the previous annualized rate of $1.23 per share.
Operating partnership unit holders receive distributions at the same rate as common stockholders, subject to the required tax withholding.
Jeff Edison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PECO stated: “The continued strength of our operating performance and growth of our high-quality cash flows allow us to increase our monthly dividend distribution. This marks our fifth consecutive annual dividend distribution increase and our second consecutive increase over 5%. Given the PECO team’s ability to deliver solid growth through multiple cycles and create long-term value for our shareholders, we believe an investment in PECO provides shareholders with a favorable balance of defense, offense and growing cash flow.”
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About Phillips Edison & Company
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (“PECO”) is one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of high-quality, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers. Founded in 1991, PECO has generated strong results through its vertically-integrated operating platform and national footprint of well-occupied shopping centers. PECO’s centers feature a mix of national and regional retailers providing necessity-based goods and services in fundamentally strong markets throughout the United States. PECO’s top grocery anchors include Kroger, Publix, Albertsons and Ahold Delhaize. As of June 30, 2025, PECO managed 327 shopping centers, including 303 wholly-owned centers comprising 34.0 million square feet across 31 states and 24 shopping centers owned in three institutional joint ventures. PECO is focused on creating great omni-channel, grocery-anchored shopping experiences and improving communities, one neighborhood shopping center at a time.
PECO uses, and intends to continue to use, its Investors website, which can be found at https://investors.phillipsedison.com, as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (the “Company”) intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and includes this statement for purposes of complying with the safe harbor provisions. Such forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the Company’s use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “seek,” “objective,” “goal,” “strategy,” “plan,” “focus,” “priority,” “should,” “could,” “potential,” “possible,” “look forward,” “optimistic,” or other similar words. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this earnings release. Such statements include, but are not limited to: (a) statements about the Company’s plans, strategies, initiatives, and prospects; (b) statements about the Company’s underwritten incremental yields; and (c) statements about the Company’s future results of operations, capital expenditures, and liquidity. Such statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including, without limitation: (i) changes in national, regional, or local economic climates; (ii) local market conditions, including an oversupply of space in, or a reduction in demand for, properties similar to those in the Company’s portfolio; (iii) vacancies, changes in market rental rates, and the need to periodically repair, renovate, and re-let space; (iv) competition from other available shopping centers and the
attractiveness of properties in the Company’s portfolio to its tenants; (v) the financial stability of the Company’s tenants, including, without limitation, their ability to pay rent; (vi) the Company’s ability to pay down, refinance, restructure, or extend its indebtedness as it becomes due; (vii) increases in the Company’s borrowing costs as a result of changes in interest rates and other factors; (viii) potential liability for environmental matters; (ix) damage to the Company’s properties from catastrophic weather and other natural events, and the physical effects of climate change; (x) the Company’s ability and willingness to maintain its qualification as a REIT in light of economic, market, legal, tax, and other considerations; (xi) changes in tax, real estate, environmental, and zoning laws; (xii) information technology security breaches; (xiii) the Company’s corporate responsibility initiatives; (xiv) loss of key executives; (xv) the concentration of the Company’s portfolio in a limited number of industries, geographies, or investments; (xvi) the economic, political, and social impact of, and uncertainty relating to, pandemics or other health crises; (xvii) the Company’s ability to re-lease its properties on the same or better terms, or at all, in the event of non-renewal or in the event the Company exercises its right to replace an existing tenant; (xviii) the loss or bankruptcy of the Company’s tenants; (xix) to the extent the Company is seeking to dispose of properties, the Company’s ability to do so at attractive prices or at all; and (xx) the impact of tariffs and global trade disruptions on the Company, its tenants, and consumers, including the impact on inflation, supply chains, and consumer sentiment. Additional important factors that could cause actual results to differ are described in the filings made from time to time by the Company with the SEC and include the risk factors and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 11, 2025, as updated from time to time in the Company’s periodic and/or current reports filed with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Therefore, such statements are not intended to be a guarantee of the Company’s performance in future periods. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Investors
Kimberly Green, Head of Investor Relations
(513) 692-3399, [email protected]