Tetra Tech Inc 8-K, filed Oct 28, 2022
Tetra Tech Inc (TTEK)
About this 8-K
Tetra Tech Inc filed this 8-K on October 28, 2022, reporting on events of October 26, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 1.01: Entered into a material agreement
- Item 1.02: Ended a material agreement
- Item 3.03: Change to shareholders' rights
- Item 8.01: Other events
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On October 26, 2022, Tetra Tech, Inc. (the “Company”) entered a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, among the Company, Tetra Tech Canada Holding Corporation, Tetra Tech UK Holdings Limited (formerly known as Coffey UK Limited), Tetra Tech Coffey Pty., Ltd. (formerly known as Coffey Services Australia Pty. Ltd.), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), the subsidiary guarantors and the lenders party thereto (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides for a (a) $500 million senior secured term loan facility (the “New Term Loan Facility”), (b) a $500 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), of which up to $20,000,000 is available as swingline loans and up to $100,000,000 as letters of credit and (c) a fully funded $250 million senior secured term loan facility (the “Existing Term Loan Facility” together with the New Term Loan Facility, the “Term Loan Facilities”), and provides for the ability to obtain additional commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility or add one or more tranches of senior secured term loan facilities in an aggregate amount of up to$300 million at the Company’s request, subject to the agreement of one or more new or existing lenders to provide such additional amounts and certain other customary conditions. Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility may be advanced in U.S. dollars and up to $350,000,000 of such loans may be advanced in certain foreign currencies, including euros, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars and pounds sterling.
The Company currently expects to draw the entire amount of the New Term Loan Facility to finance the acquisition of RPS Group plc (the “RPS Acquisition”) on or about the date of consummation of the RPS Acquisition (the “RPS Acquisition Closing Date”). The Existing Term Loan Facility is subject to quarterly amortization of principal at 5% annually. The New Term Loan Facility is not subject to any amortization payments of principal. The Company may borrow on the Revolving Credit Facility, at its option, at either (a) an adjusted SOFR rate plus a margin that ranges from 1.00% to 1.875% per annum, or (b) a base rate for loans in U.S. dollars (the highest of the U.S. federal funds rate plus 0.50% per annum, the bank’s prime rate or the adjusted SOFR rate plus 1.00%) plus a margin that ranges from 0% to 0.875% per annum. In each case, the applicable margin is based on the Company’s Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined below), calculated quarterly. The Term Loan Facilities are subject to the same interest rate provisions. The Existing Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Facility mature on February 18, 2027 and the New Term Loan Facility matures on the third anniversary of the RPS Acquisition Closing Date, or, in each case, earlier at the Company’s discretion upon payment in full of loans and other obligations.
The Credit Agreement contains certain affirmative and restrictive covenants, and customary events of default. The financial covenants provide for (a) a maximum consolidated leverage ratio of 3.25 to 1.00, which is calculated as a ratio of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (as defined in the Credit Agreement), minus up to $50 million of earnout obligations payable in connection with permitted acquisitions (ii) Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement), each on a consolidated basis (the “Consolidated Leverage Ratio”), subject to an increase of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to 3.75 to 1.00 in connection with acquisitions with aggregate consideration of $50 million or more (including the RPS Acquisition) if the Company satisfies certain requirements and (b) a minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio of 3.00 to 1.00, which is calculated as a ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA to (ii) Consolidated Interest Charges (as defined in the Credit Agreement), each on a consolidated basis. The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries and are secured by first priority liens on (i) the equity interests of certain of the subsidiaries of the Company, including those subsidiaries that are guarantors or borrowers under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) the accounts receivable, general intangibles and intercompany loans, and those of our subsidiaries that are guarantors or borrowers.
The description of the Credit Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Item 1.02. | Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. |
As previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 26, 2022, the Company and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, entered into that certain Bridge Credit Agreement (the “Bridge Credit Agreement”) in connection with the RPS Acquisition. The Bridge Credit Agreement provided for a bridge credit facility pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, the Company could have borrowed up to £714,000,000 plus $350,000,000 to finance the RPS Acquisition. The Bridge Credit Agreement was terminated and replaced by the Credit Agreement described under Item 1.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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| Item 3.03. | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
The information set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03. Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company’s ability to pay cash dividends on shares of its common stock will be subject to the Company being in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement.
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
The information contained in Items 3.03 and 8.01, and in the accompanying exhibits, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference to such filing. The information in this Current Report, including the exhibits hereto, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
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* Exhibits and schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish copies of any of the omitted schedules or exhibits to the Commission or its staff upon request.
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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.
| TETRA TECH, INC. | ||
| Date: October 27, 2022 | By: | /s/ Dan L. Batrack |
| Dan L. Batrack | ||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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Exhibit 10.1
[***] CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN EXCLUDED PURSUANT TO REGULATION S-K, ITEM 601(B)(10). SUCH EXCLUDED INFORMATION IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.
Published Deal CUSIP Number: 88163BAK9
Published Revolving Credit Facility CUSIP Number: 88163BAL7
Published Existing Term Loan Facility CUSIP Number: 88163BAM5
Published RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility CUSIP Number: 88163BAN3
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 26, 2022
among
TETRA TECH, INC., TETRA TECH CANADA HOLDING CORPORATION, Tetra Tech UK Holdings Limited, Tetra Tech Coffey Pty Ltd and CERTAIN OTHER SUBSIDIARIES,
as Borrowers,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
BANK OF MONTREAL, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Syndication Agents with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and Existing Term Loan Facility, and as L/C Issuers,
BofA SECURITIES, INC., BMO CAPITAL MARKETS, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and Existing Term Loan Facility,
BofA SECURITIES, INC.,
as Sole Bookrunner with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and Existing Term Loan Facility,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, BNP PARIBAS, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, PNC BANK, N.A. and THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,
as Co-Syndication Agents with respect to the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility,
BofA SECURITIES, INC., WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, BNP PARIBAS, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, PNC BANK, N.A. and THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,
as Joint Lead Arrangers with respect to the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility,
BofA SECURITIES, INC. and WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Bookrunners with respect to the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility,
and
BofA SECURITIES, INC.,
as Sustainability Coordinator
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | 2 | |
| 1.01 | Defined Terms | 2 |
| 1.02 | Other Interpretive Provisions | 45 |
| 1.03 | Accounting Terms | 46 |
| 1.04 | Rounding | 47 |
| 1.05 | Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents | 47 |
| 1.06 | Additional Alternative Currencies | 47 |
| 1.07 | Change of Currency | 48 |
| 1.08 | Times of Day | 49 |
| 1.09 | Letter of Credit Amounts | 49 |
| 1.10 | Accounting for Acquisitions and Divestitures | 49 |
| 1.11 | Interest Rates | 49 |
| ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS | 50 | |
| 2.01 | Loans | 50 |
| 2.02 | Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Revolving Credit Loans | 51 |
| 2.03 | Letters of Credit | 52 |
| 2.04 | Swing Line Loans | 61 |
| 2.05 | Prepayments | 63 |
| 2.06 | Termination or Reduction of Commitments | 64 |
| 2.07 | Repayment of Loans | 65 |
| 2.08 | Interest | 65 |
| 2.09 | Fees | 66 |
| 2.10 | Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate | 67 |
| 2.11 | Evidence of Debt | 68 |
| 2.12 | Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback | 68 |
| 2.13 | Sharing of Payments by Lenders | 70 |
| 2.14 | Designated Borrowers | 71 |
| 2.15 | Incremental Commitments | 72 |
| 2.16 | Cash Collateral | 75 |
| 2.17 | Defaulting Lenders | 76 |
| 2.18 | Sustainability Adjustments | 78 |
| ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY | 80 | |
| 3.01 | Taxes | 80 |
| 3.02 | Illegality | 84 |
| 3.03 | Inability to Determine Rates | 85 |
| 3.04 | Increased Costs | 87 |
| 3.05 | Compensation for Losses | 88 |
| 3.06 | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 89 |
| 3.07 | Survival | 90 |
| ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS | 90 | |
| 4.01 | Conditions to Effective Date | 90 |
| 4.02 | Conditions to all Credit Extensions | 91 |
| 4.03 | Conditions to a Borrowing of RPS Acquisition Loans | 92 |
| 4.04 | Each Subsequent Borrowing Date of RPS Acquisition Loans | 93 |
| 4.05 | Actions during Certain Funds Period | 93 |
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| ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 94 | |
| 5.01 | Existence, Qualification and Power | 94 |
| 5.02 | Authorization; No Contravention | 94 |
| 5.03 | Governmental Authorization; Other Consents | 94 |
| 5.04 | Binding Effect | 95 |
| 5.05 | Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | 95 |
| 5.06 | Litigation | 95 |
| 5.07 | No Default | 95 |
| 5.08 | Ownership of Property; Liens | 95 |
| 5.09 | Environmental Compliance | 95 |
| 5.10 | Insurance | 96 |
| 5.11 | Taxes | 96 |
| 5.12 | ERISA Compliance | 96 |
| 5.13 | Subsidiaries; Equity Interests | 97 |
| 5.14 | Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act | 97 |
| 5.15 | Disclosure | 97 |
| 5.16 | Compliance with Laws | 98 |
| 5.17 | Taxpayer Identification Number; Other Identifying Information | 98 |
| 5.18 | Solvency | 98 |
| 5.19 | Creation, Perfection and Priority of Liens | 98 |
| 5.20 | Collateral | 98 |
| 5.21 | Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. | 98 |
| 5.22 | Representations as to Foreign Obligors | 99 |
| 5.23 | OFAC | 99 |
| 5.24 | Anti-Corruption Laws | 100 |
| 5.25 | Affected Financial Institution | 100 |
| 5.26 | Beneficial Ownership Certification | 100 |
| 5.27 | Covered Entities | 100 |
| 5.28 | Use of Proceeds | 100 |
| 5.29 | RPS Acquisition Documents | 100 |
| ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 100 | |
| 6.01 | Financial Statements | 100 |
| 6.02 | Certificates; Other Information | 101 |
| 6.03 | Notices | 103 |
| 6.04 | Payment of Obligations | 103 |
| 6.05 | Preservation of Existence, Etc. | 103 |
| 6.06 | Maintenance of Properties | 104 |
| 6.07 | Maintenance of Insurance | 104 |
| 6.08 | Compliance with Laws | 104 |
| 6.09 | Books and Records | 104 |
| 6.10 | Inspection Rights | 104 |
| 6.11 | Use of Proceeds | 105 |
| 6.12 | Approvals and Authorizations | 105 |
| 6.13 | Collateral; Additional Security; Additional Subsidiary Guarantors; Further Assurances | 105 |
| 6.14 | Anti-Corruption Laws | 107 |
| 6.15 | Scheme and Offer | 107 |
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| ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 109 | |
| 7.01 | Liens | 110 |
| 7.02 | Investments | 111 |
| 7.03 | Indebtedness | 112 |
| 7.04 | Fundamental Changes | 114 |
| 7.05 | Dispositions | 114 |
| 7.06 | Restricted Payments | 115 |
| 7.07 | Change in Nature of Business | 116 |
| 7.08 | Transactions with Affiliates | 116 |
| 7.09 | Burdensome Agreements | 116 |
| 7.10 | Use of Proceeds | 116 |
| 7.11 | Financial Covenants | 117 |
| 7.12 | Amendment or Modification of Subordinated Indebtedness or Permitted Convertible Indebtedness | 117 |
| 7.13 | Amendment or Modification of Organization Documents | 117 |
| 7.14 | Payments of Subordinated Indebtedness or Permitted Convertible Indebtedness | 117 |
| 7.15 | Unconditional Purchase Obligations | 117 |
| ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | 118 | |
| 8.01 | Events of Default | 118 |
| 8.02 | Remedies Upon Event of Default | 120 |
| 8.03 | Application of Funds | 121 |
| ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | 122 | |
| 9.01 | Appointment and Authority | 122 |
| 9.02 | Rights as a Lender | 123 |
| 9.03 | Exculpatory Provisions | 123 |
| 9.04 | Reliance by Administrative Agent | 124 |
| 9.05 | Delegation of Duties | 124 |
| 9.06 | Resignation of Administrative Agent | 124 |
| 9.07 | Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Other Lenders | 125 |
| 9.08 | No Other Duties, Etc. | 126 |
| 9.09 | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding | 126 |
| 9.10 | Collateral and Guaranty Matters | 127 |
| 9.11 | Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit | 128 |
| 9.12 | Quebec Matters | 128 |
| 9.13 | No Lender is an Employee Benefit Plan | 129 |
| 9.14 | Recovery of Erroneous Payments | 130 |
| ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS | 130 | |
| 10.01 | Amendments, Etc. | 130 |
| 10.02 | Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication | 133 |
| 10.03 | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement | 135 |
| 10.04 | Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver | 136 |
| 10.05 | Payments Set Aside | 137 |
| 10.06 | Successors and Assigns | 138 |
| 10.07 | Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality | 142 |
| 10.08 | Right of Setoff | 143 |
| 10.09 | Interest Rate Limitation | 143 |
| 10.10 | Integration; Effectiveness | 144 |
| 10.11 | Survival of Representations and Warranties | 144 |
| 10.12 | Severability | 144 |
| 10.13 | Replacement of Lenders | 144 |
| 10.14 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. | 145 |
| 10.15 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 146 |
| 10.16 | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | 146 |
| 10.17 | Electronic Execution; Electronic Records; Counterparts | 147 |
| 10.18 | USA PATRIOT Act Notice | 148 |
| 10.19 | Judgment Currency | 148 |
| 10.20 | Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions | 148 |
| 10.21 | Release of Certain of Foreign Subsidiaries’ Obligations | 149 |
| 10.22 | Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs | 149 |
| 10.23 | Joinder of Additional Lenders on the Effective Date | 150 |
| 10.24 | Ratification and Confirmation of Loan Documents | 150 |
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SCHEDULES
| 1.01(e) | Existing Letters of Credit |
| 2.01 | Commitments and Applicable Percentages |
| 2.18 | Sustainability Table |
| 5.05 | Supplement to Interim Financial Statements |
| 5.13 | Subsidiaries; Equity Interests |
| 5.17 | Identification Numbers for Designated Borrowers that are Foreign Subsidiaries |
| 7.01 | Existing Liens |
| 7.02 | Existing Investments |
| 7.03 | Existing Indebtedness |
| 10.02 | Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices |
EXHIBITS
Form of
| A | Loan Notice |
| B | Swing Line Loan Notice |
| C-1 | Revolving Credit Note |
| C-2 | Term Loan Note |
| D | Compliance Certificate |
| E | Assignment and Assumption |
| F | Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement |
| G | Designated Borrower Notice |
| H | Letter of Credit Report |
| I | Pricing Certificate |
| J | RPS Closing Date Officer’s Certificate |
| K | Confidentiality and Front Running Letter |
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 26, 2022, among TETRA TECH, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), TETRA TECH CANADA HOLDING CORPORATION, Tetra Tech UK Holdings Limited (formerly known as Coffey UK Limited), TETRA TECH COFFEY Pty Ltd (formerly known as Coffey Services Australia Pty Ltd) and CERTAIN OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY PARTY HERETO PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.14 (each a “Designated Borrower” and, together with the Company, the “Borrowers” and, each a “Borrower”), each Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time party hereto, each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer, BANK OF MONTREAL, as an L/C Issuer, u.s. bank, national association, as an L/C Issuer, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as an L/C Issuer.
RECITALS:
A. The Company, certain of its Subsidiaries party thereto as “Designated Borrowers”, Bank of America, N.A, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (the “Existing Lenders”) entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 30, 2018 (the “Original Closing Date”) (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2021, Amendment No. 2 to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 18, 2022, Amendment No. 3 to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2022 and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Existing Lenders have made available to the Company and such Subsidiaries a revolving credit facility, with a letter of credit subfacility, a swing line loan subfacility and a multicurrency subfacility, and a term loan facility.
B. The Company has requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended and restated, among other things, to provide an additional term loan facility to the Company in an aggregate principal amount equal to $500,000,000 and make certain other changes as set forth herein, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto are willing to make such amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
(i) Simultaneously with the Effective Date, (A) the Commitments and Applicable Percentages of each of the Lenders under this Agreement with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility as of the Effective Date shall be as set forth on Schedule 2.01, (B) the outstanding amount of Term Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement and herein referred to collectively as the “Existing Term Loans”) shall continue as and be deemed to be Existing Term Loans hereunder in accordance with each Existing Term Loan Lender’s respective Applicable Percentages of the Existing Term Loan Facility hereunder, (D) the outstanding amount of Revolving Credit Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall continue as and be deemed to be Revolving Credit Loans hereunder in accordance with each Revolving Credit Lender’s respective Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages hereunder, (E) the swing line subfacility under the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue as the swing line subfacility hereunder, with the Swing Line Sublimit set out herein, and the Swing Line Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), if any, shall continue as and be deemed to be Swing Line Loans hereunder, and (F) the letter of credit subfacility provided in the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue as the Letter of Credit facility hereunder and the Existing Letters of Credit (as defined herein) shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued hereunder.
(ii) The Company (on behalf of itself and any Designated Borrowers party to the Existing Credit Agreement but not party hereto), the other Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and the Lenders hereby agree that upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement which in any manner govern or evidence the Obligations, the rights and interests of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and the Lenders and any terms, conditions or matters related to any thereof, shall be and hereby are amended and restated in their entirety by the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement, and the terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be superseded by this Agreement.
(iii) Notwithstanding the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement and of any related “Loan Documents” (as such term is defined in the Existing Credit Agreement and referred to herein, individually or collectively, as the “Existing Loan Documents”), (A) all Obligations (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement and other Existing Loan Documents as of the Effective Date (the “Existing Obligations”) shall continue as Obligations hereunder, (B) each of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents is given as a substitution or supplement of, as the case may be, and not as a payment of, any of the Existing Obligations of the Borrowers and the Guarantors (as herein defined) under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Existing Loan Document and is not intended to constitute a novation thereof or of any of the other Existing Loan Documents, and (C) certain of the Existing Loan Documents will remain in full force and effect, as set forth in this Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, (A) all Revolving Credit Loans, Term Loans and Swing Line Loans (each as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date accruing interest with respect to the Base Rate (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement, if any, shall constitute Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, hereunder accruing interest at the Base Rate hereunder and (B) all Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans (each as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date which are Alternative Currency Rate Term Loans or Term SOFR Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement, shall constitute Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, hereunder accruing interest as, respectively, Alternative Currency Rate Term Loans and Term SOFR Loans hereunder without terminating or restarting any Interest Period applicable thereto and not otherwise ending on the Effective Date (it being understood that such Interest Period(s) shall continue in effect for the remaining duration thereof and the continuation or conversion of any such Loan shall be subject to Section 2.02 hereof). The Administrative Agent and the Existing Lenders party hereto agree that the transactions contemplated in these paragraphs (i) through (iii) shall not give rise to any obligation of any Borrower to make any payment under Section 3.05 of the Existing Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Acceptance Condition” means the condition with respect to the number of acceptances to the Offer which must be secured in order for the Offer to become or be declared unconditional.
“Acquisition”, by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of all or any substantial portion of the property of another Person (or any division or other business unit of such other Person) or at least a majority of the voting stock of another Person, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person and whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.
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“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America (or any of its designated branch offices or affiliates) in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Company and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in substantially the form supplied or approved 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.
“Agent Fee Letter” has the meaning specified in the definition of Fee Letters.
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments” means the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Agreed Currency” means Dollars or any Alternative Currency, as applicable.
“Agreement” means this Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
“Agreement Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.19.
“Alternative Currency” means each of Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Euro, Sterling and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.06; provided that for each Alternative Currency, such requested currency is an Eligible Currency.
“Alternative Currency Daily Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Credit Extension:
(a) denominated in Sterling, the rate per annum equal to SONIA determined pursuant to the definition thereof plus the SONIA Adjustment; and
(b) denominated in any other Alternative Currency (to the extent such Loans denominated in such currency will bear interest at a daily rate), the daily rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.06(a) plus the adjustment (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.06(a);
provided, that, if any Alternative Currency Daily Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement. Any change in an Alternative Currency Daily Rate shall be effective from and including the date of such change without further notice.
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“Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Alternative Currency Daily Rate.” All Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans must be denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, by reference to Bloomberg (or such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates), to be the exchange rate for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided, however, that if no such rate is available, the “Alternative Currency Equivalent” shall be determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, using any reasonable method of determination its deems appropriate in its sole discretion (and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).
“Alternative Currency Loan” means an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, as applicable.
“Alternative Currency Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and (b) $350,000,000. The Alternative Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Alternative Currency Term Rate” means, for any Interest Period, with respect to any Credit Extension:
(a) denominated in Euros, the rate per annum equal to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) on the day that is two TARGET Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;
(b) denominated in Canadian dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (“CDOR”), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (in such case, the “CDOR Rate”) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period;
(c) denominated in Australian dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Bank Bill Swap Reference Bid Rate (“BBSY”), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and
(d) denominated in any other Alternative Currency (to the extent such Loans denominated in such currency will bear interest at a term rate), the term rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.06(a) plus the adjustment (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.06(a);
provided, that, if any Alternative Currency Term Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
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“Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Alternative Currency Term Rate.” All Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans must be denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” means October 7, 2022.
“Applicable Authority” means (a) with respect to SOFR, the SOFR Administrator or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the SOFR Administrator and (b) with respect to any Alternative Currency, the applicable administrator for the Relevant Rate for such Alternative Currency or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator.
“Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of Applicable Rate.
“Applicable Interest Rate Percentage” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of Applicable Rate.
“Applicable Percentage” means (a) in respect of the Existing Term Loan Facility, with respect to any Existing Term Loan Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Existing Term Loan Facility represented by the sum of such Existing Term Loan Lender’s unused Existing Term Loan Commitment at such time plus the principal amount of such Existing Term Loan Lender’s Term Loans outstanding at such time, (b) in respect of the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility, with respect to any RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility represented by the sum of such RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender’s unused RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitment at such time plus the principal amount of such RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender’s Term Loans outstanding at such time and (c) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, in each case, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17. If the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, or if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
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“Applicable Rate” means the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
| Pricing Level | Consolidated Leverage Ratio | Commitment Fee | Term SOFR Loans, Letter of Credit Fee and Alternative Currency Loans | Base Rate Loans | ||||||||||
| I | Less than 0.75 to 1.00 | 0.125 | % | 1.000 | % | 0.000 | % | |||||||
| II | Greater than or equal to 0.75 to 1.00 but less than 1.25 to 1.00 | 0.150 | % | 1.125 | % | 0.125 | % | |||||||
| III | Greater than or equal to 1.25 to 1.00 but less than 1.75 to 1.00 | 0.175 | % | 1.250 | % | 0.250 | % | |||||||
| IV | Greater than or equal to 1.75 to 1.00 but less than 2.25 to 1.00 | 0.200 | % | 1.375 | % | 0.375 | % | |||||||
| V | Greater than or equal to 2.25 to 1.00 but less than 2.75 to 1.00 | 0.250 | % | 1.625 | % | 0.625 | % | |||||||
| VI | Greater than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00 | 0.300 | % | 1.875 | % | 0.875 | % | |||||||
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then, upon the request of the Required Existing Term Loan Lenders (in the case of the Existing Term Loan Facility), the Required RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders (in the case of the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility) and the Required Revolving Credit Lenders (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility), Pricing Level VI shall apply in respect of each Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, in each case as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered until the first Business Day after such Compliance Certificate is delivered. The Applicable Rate with respect to Term SOFR Loans, Letter of Credit Fees, Alternative Currency Loans and Base Rate Loans may be referred to herein as the “Applicable Interest Rate Percentage” and the Applicable Rate with respect to the Commitment Fee may be referred to herein as the “Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage”.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b). It is hereby understood and agreed that notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall be adjusted from time to time based upon the Sustainability Fee Adjustment (to be calculated and applied as set forth in Section 2.18) and (b) the Applicable Interest Rate Percentage shall be adjusted from time to time based upon the Sustainability Rate Adjustment (to be calculated and applied as set forth in Section 2.18).
“Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time.
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Applicant Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
“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.
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“Arrangers” means, with respect to each Facility, the applicable banks and financial institutions listed on the cover page hereof as joint lead arrangers with respect to such Facility.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E 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 capital lease 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 Obligation, 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 capital lease.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended October 3, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
“Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iv).
“Australian Dollar” or “Aus $” means the lawful currency of Australia.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Original Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.
“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).
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” (c) Term SOFR plus 1.00% and (d) 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’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 such prime rate announced by Bank of America 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), (b) and (d) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
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“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans are available only to U.S. Borrowers and shall be denominated in Dollars.
“Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.
“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 Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the 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 Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“BofA Securities” means BofA Securities, Inc. (formerly known as Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated) and its successors.
“Bona Fide Lending Affiliate” means any bona fide debt fund, investment vehicle, regulated banking entity or non-regulated lending entity that is primarily engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans or bonds and/or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” each has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a Term Loan Borrowing, as the context may require.
“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, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located; provided that
(a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan, means a Business Day that is also a TARGET Day;
(b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in Sterling, means a day other than a day banks are closed for general business in London because such day is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday under the laws of the United Kingdom; and
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(c) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Euro in respect of an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in a currency other than Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.
“Canadian Dollar” or “Can $” means the lawful currency of Canada.
“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company operating a regulated captive insurance program permitted by Section 6.07 for the benefit of one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the L/C Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders and PBLOC Banks, as collateral for L/C Obligations, Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit or obligations of Revolving Credit Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the 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 Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchase card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that, (a) at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (b) at the time it (or its Affiliate) becomes a Lender, is a party to a Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party, in each case in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
“Certain Funds Covenant” means, with respect to the Company and the RPS Buyer only (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in respect of any obligation to procure that any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the RPS Buyer), the RPS Target or any Subsidiary of the RPS Target take, or refrain from taking, any action), any covenant under any of Sections 6.05(a) (but with respect to good standing, only to the extent a breach would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform and comply with its monetary obligations under this Agreement, any Note and each other Loan Document), 6.11(b), 6.15 (excluding clauses (a)(i), (a)(iv), (a)(v), (a)(vii), (a)(ix) and (a)(xi)), 7.01 (solely with respect to intentional breaches thereof by the Company and/or the RPS Buyer), 7.04 or 7.10.
“Certain Funds Event of Default” means, with respect to the Company and the RPS Buyer only (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in respect of any obligation to procure that any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the RPS Buyer), the RPS Target or any Subsidiary of the RPS Target take, or refrain from taking, any action and not as a result of any Event of Default that is triggered by any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the RPS Buyer), the RPS Target or any Subsidiary of the RPS Target) any Event of Default under any of Sections 8.01(a)(i) or (ii), 8.01(b) (insofar as it relates to a breach of any Certain Funds Covenant), 8.01(c) (insofar as it relates to a breach of any Certain Funds Covenant), 8.01(d) (insofar as it relates to a breach of any Certain Funds Representation), 8.01(f) (but excluding any Event of Default thereunder caused by a frivolous or vexatious (and in either case, lacking in merit) action, proceeding or petition in respect of which no order or decree in respect of any involuntary case or proceeding shall have been entered), 8.01(g), or 8.01(j) (solely if any provision in any Loan Document shall cease to be in full force and effect and such cessation materially and adversely affects the interests of the Lenders under the Loan Documents taken as a whole or the Company so asserts in writing).
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“Certain Funds Period” means the period from and including the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date and ending on the date on which a Mandatory Cancellation Event occurs or exists; it being understood that the Certain Funds Period will end on such date but immediately after the relevant Mandatory Cancellation Event occurs or first exists.
“Certain Funds Purpose” means:
(a) where the RPS Acquisition proceeds by way of a Scheme:
(i) payment (directly or indirectly) of the cash consideration payable by or on behalf of the Company and/or RPS Buyer to the holders of the Scheme Shares in consideration of such Scheme Shares being acquired by the RPS Buyer;
(ii) payment (directly or indirectly) of the cash consideration payable to holders of options to acquire RPS Shares pursuant to any proposal in respect of those options as required by the Takeover Code;
(iii) (directly or indirectly) the RPS Refinancing, if applicable; and
(iv) payment (directly or indirectly) of the fees, costs and expenses in respect of the RPS Transactions (including stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax); or
(b) where the RPS Acquisition proceeds by way of an Offer:
(i) payment (directly or indirectly) of the cash consideration payable by or on behalf of the Company and/or RPS Buyer to the holders of the RPS Shares subject to the Offer in consideration of the acquisition of such RPS Shares pursuant to the Offer;
(ii) payment (directly or indirectly) of the cash consideration payable to the holders of RPS Shares pursuant to the exercise by the Company and/or RPS Buyer of the Squeeze-Out Rights;
(iii) payment (directly or indirectly) of the cash consideration payable to holders of options to acquire RPS Shares pursuant to any proposal in respect of those options as required by the Takeover Code;
(iv) (directly or indirectly) the RPS Refinancing, if applicable; and
(v) payment (directly or indirectly) of the fees, costs and expenses in respect of the RPS Transactions (including stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax).
“Certain Funds Representation” means, with respect to the Company and the RPS Buyer only (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in respect of any obligation to procure that any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the RPS Buyer), the RPS Target or any Subsidiary of the RPS Target take, or refrain from taking, any action and not as a result of any misrepresentation with respect to, or made by, any such Subsidiary of the Company (other than the RPS Buyer), the RPS Target or any Subsidiary of the RPS Target), any representation and/or warranty under any of Sections 5.01(a) (but with respect to good standing, only to the extent a breach would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform and comply with its monetary obligations under this Agreement, any Note and each other Loan Document), 5.02(a), 5.02(b), 5.02(c)(i) (limited to violations or defaults under material Contractual Obligations with respect to Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000 (which shall be deemed to be material for the purposes thereof)), 5.04, 5.14, 5.19 ((x) limited only to Security Instruments to which the Company is a party as of September 23, 2022 and (y) only insofar as it relates to a valid and perfected Lien pursuant to Security Instruments to which the Company is a party on September 23, 2022 (without giving regard to first priority status of such Liens) solely to the extent such perfection is required under the Security Instruments and may be obtained solely by the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statement) and 5.28.
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“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption, phase-in 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 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 or issued.
“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:
(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 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) 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, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the equity securities of the Company entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Company 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 Company 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; or
(c) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of the Company, or control over the equity securities of the Company entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Company 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) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of such securities.
“Clean-up Date” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
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“CO2e Emissions” means carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, which shall be determined in metric tons and shall include Scope 1 (direct), 2 (energy indirect, location-based) and 3 (supply chain) emissions according to the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Greenhouse Gas Protocols. Emission factors shall be applied based on the location of the reporting entity/facility, which include those from the US Environmental Protection Agency, UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, French ADEME, Environment Canada, and Environment Australia, as well as international emission factors from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the International Energy Agency. The consolidation methodology for CO2e Emissions shall use an operational control approach.
“CO2e Impact Baseline” means, for the fiscal year of the Company ended October 3, 2021, as reported in the Sustainability Report, the estimated amount of CO2e Emissions either removed or anticipated to be removed on an annual basis as a result of land and water ecosystem management (e.g. forest restoration; coral reef management), renewable energy (e.g. wind and solar power), building decarbonization (e.g. campus/commercial building retrofits and “decarbonization”) and carbon emissions management (e.g. clean trucks grant program at ports; landfill gas capture) projects of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are active, or have been completed and remain in operation, as of the last day of such fiscal year.
“CO2e Impact Percentage” means, for any fiscal year of the Company as reported in the Sustainability Report, the amount (expressed as a percentage) of:
(a) the sum of the following:
(i) the estimated amount of CO2e Emissions either removed or anticipated to be removed on an annual basis as a result of land and water ecosystem management (e.g. forest restoration; coral reef management), renewable energy (e.g. wind and solar power), building decarbonization (e.g. campus/commercial building retrofits and “decarbonization”) and carbon emissions management (e.g. clean trucks grant program at ports; landfill gas capture) projects of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are active, or have been completed and remain in operation, as of the last day of such fiscal year; plus
(ii) the difference of (A) the estimated amount of CO2e Emissions from the operations of all of the Company and its Subsidiaries during fiscal year 2021 minus (B) the estimated amount of CO2e Emissions from the operations of all of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year;
divided by
(b) the CO2e Impact Baseline.
“CO2e Impact Target A” means, with respect to any fiscal year, the CO2e Impact Target A for such fiscal year as set forth in the Sustainability Table.
“CO2e Impact Threshold A” means, with respect to any fiscal year, the CO2e Impact Threshold A for such fiscal year as set forth in the Sustainability Table.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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“Collateral” means, collectively, all personal and real property of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any other Person in which the Administrative Agent is granted a Lien under any Security Instrument as security for all or any portion of the Obligations or any other obligation arising under any Loan Document.
“Commitment” means a Term Loan Commitment or a Revolving Credit Commitment, as the context may require.
“Commitment Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a).
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Communication” means this Agreement, any Loan Document and any document, any amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to any Loan Document.
“Companies Act” means the Companies Act 2006 of the United Kingdom, as amended.
“Company” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Company Guaranty” means the Second Amended and Restated Company Guaranty dated as of the Original Closing Date made by the Company in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Competitor” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Disqualified Institution”.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR, SONIA, EURIBOR, or any proposed Successor Rate for an Agreed Currency or Term SOFR, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of “Base Rate”, “SOFR”, “SONIA”, “EURIBOR”, “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of “Business Day” and “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice for such Agreed Currency (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate for such Agreed Currency exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).
“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 any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (ii) the tax expense for Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period (net of tax benefit), (iii) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iv) other non-recurring expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries reducing such Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, (v) cost of employee services received in share-based payment transactions (in accordance with FASB ASC 718) which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, (vi) up to $12,000,000 of non-cash charges incurred in connection with the wind-down of non-core construction activities in the Company’s Remediation and Construction Management segment through the end of fiscal year 2027, and (vii) all cash and non-cash restructuring, severance and similar charges, transaction fees, commissions, costs or expenses, charges attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of business optimization activities, cost savings initiatives, cost rationalization programs, operating expense reductions and/or synergies and/or similar initiatives and/or programs, in each case of this clause (vii), in respect of the RPS Acquisition and so long as any such cash charges do not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate, and minus (b) to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial letters of credit, but limited, in the case of non-financial performance letters of credit, to drawn and unreimbursed amounts), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds (limited as to surety bonds to non-contingent obligations with respect thereto) and similar instruments, (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (e) Attributable Indebtedness in respect of capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the Company or any Subsidiary and (g) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Company or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Company or such Subsidiary; provided, that there shall be excluded from Consolidated Funded Indebtedness the amount of any Indebtedness incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent the proceeds thereof are (x) intended to be used to finance the RPS Acquisition or one or more Permitted Acquisitions and (y) held by the Company or any Subsidiary in a segregated account or escrow account pending such application, until such time as such proceeds are released from such segregated account or escrow account.
“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, and (b) the portion of rent expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to such period under capital leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four prior fiscal quarters ending on such date to (b) Consolidated Interest Charges during such period.
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the remainder of (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date minus (ii) up to $50,000,000 of obligations in respect of earnouts payable in connection with Permitted Acquisitions constituting Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended.
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“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses) for that period.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the net book value of all assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“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.
“Covered Entity” has the meaning specified in Section 10.22(b).
“Court” means the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.
“Court Meeting” means the meeting or meetings of Scheme Shareholders (or any adjournment thereof) to be convened at the direction of the Court for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, approving the Scheme.
“Court Order” means the Order of the Court sanctioning the Scheme.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“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, unless cured or waived, 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 Loan or an Alternative Currency 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, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.
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“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company 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 L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including, in the case of any Revolving Credit Lender, 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 Company, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the 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 Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Company, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Company 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 Company), 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 Interest 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 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 2.17(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 Company, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each other Lender promptly following such determination.
“Designated Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Designated Borrower Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
“Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is, or whose government is, the subject of any Sanction.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise) of any property by any Person (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any issuance of Equity Interests by a Subsidiary of such Person), 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.
“Disqualified Affiliate” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Disqualified Institution”.
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“Disqualified Institution” means any Person that is (i) designated by the Company, by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to September 23, 2022, as a (x) disqualified institution or other entity, or (y) competitor of the Company or its Subsidiaries (“Competitor”), (ii) any Person designated by the Company, by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent, or that is clearly identifiable, solely on the basis of such Person’s name, in each case, as an Affiliate of any Person referred to in clauses (i)(x) or (i)(y) above (“Disqualified Affiliate”) or (iii) any Affiliates of the Arrangers or deal teams thereof that are engaged as principals primarily in private equity or distressed financing (the persons described in in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) are collectively, the “Disqualified Institutions”); provided, however, Disqualified Institutions shall (A) exclude any Person that the Company has designated as no longer being a Disqualified Institution by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time and (B) include any Person that is added as a Competitor or Disqualified Affiliate, pursuant to a written supplement to the list of Competitors or Disqualified Affiliates that are Disqualified Institutions, that is delivered by the Company after September 23, 2022 to the Administrative Agent. Such supplement shall become effective upon delivery to the Administrative Agent, and shall not apply retroactively to disqualify the transfer of an interest in any Facility that was effective prior to the effective date of such supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Bona Fide Lending Affiliate be a Disqualified Institution, unless such Bona Fide Lending Affiliate is identified under clause (i)(x) above.
“Dividing Person” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Division.”
“Division” means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the “Dividing Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, for any amount, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in Dollars, such amount, (b) if such amount is expressed in an Alternative Currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars determined by using the rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with the Alternative Currency last provided (either by publication or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable) by the applicable Bloomberg source (or such other publicly available source for displaying exchange rates) on date that is two (2) Business Days immediately preceding the date of determination (or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion) and (c) if such amount is denominated in any other currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion. Any determination by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer pursuant to clauses (b) or (c) above shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision 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.
“Effective Date” means the first date all of the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.
“Electronic Copy” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.17.
“Electronic Record” and “Electronic Signature” shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Elevated Ratio Period” has the meaning specified in Section 7.11(b).
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.06(b)(iii) and (v) subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii)).
“Eligible Currency” means any lawful currency other than Dollars that is readily available, freely transferable and convertible into Dollars in the international interbank market available to the Lenders in such market and as to which a Dollar Equivalent may be readily calculated. If, after the designation by the Lenders of any currency as an Alternative Currency, any change in currency controls or exchange regulations or any change in the national or international financial, political or economic conditions are imposed in the country in which such currency is issued, result in, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent (in the case of any Loans to be denominated in an Alternative Currency) or the L/C Issuer (in the case of any Letter of Credit to be denominated in an Alternative Currency), (a) such currency no longer being readily available, freely transferable and convertible into Dollars, (b) a Dollar Equivalent is no longer readily calculable with respect to such currency, (c) providing such currency is impracticable for the Lenders or (d) no longer a currency in which the Required Lenders are willing to make such Credit Extensions (each of clauses (a), (b), (c), and (d) a “Disqualifying Event”), then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Company, and such country’s currency shall no longer be an Alternative Currency until such time as the Disqualifying Event(s) no longer exist(s). Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall repay all Loans in such currency to which the Disqualifying Event applies or convert such Loans into the Dollar Equivalent of Loans in Dollars, subject to the other terms contained herein.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign 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, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Company, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials 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.
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“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.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it 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 Company 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 Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an 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 or Multiemployer Plan; (f) 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 Company or any ERISA Affiliate; or (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 Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
“ESG Positive Impact Baseline” means, for the fiscal year of the Company ended October 3, 2021, as reported in the Sustainability Report, the estimated number of people’s lives impacted as a result of projects of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are active, or have been completed and remain in operation, as of the last day of such fiscal year that are focused on the generation of clean water, increasing sources of renewable energy, restoring land and water environment or the provision of societal and governance benefits. Such estimate shall be reported by location, shall be agreed to external client reports and internal company project records, shall be tested for any overlap to prevent double counting and shall be based on the estimate determined for any project when it is being evaluated (without any adjustment for future changes in population), in each case in accordance with the standards set forth in the Sustainability Report.
“ESG Positive Impact Percentage” means, for any fiscal year of the Company as reported in the Sustainability Report, the amount (expressed as a percentage) of:
(a) the estimated number of people’s lives impacted as a result of projects of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are active, or have been completed and remain in operation, as of the last day of such fiscal year that are focused on the generation of clean water, increasing sources of renewable energy, restoring land and water environment or the provision of societal and governance benefits;
divided by
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(b) the ESG Positive Impact Baseline.
Such estimate in clause (a) above shall be reported by location, shall be agreed to external client reports and internal company project records, shall be tested for any overlap to prevent double counting and shall be based on the estimate determined for any project when it is being evaluated (without any adjustment for future changes in population), in each case in accordance with the standards set forth in the Sustainability Report.
“ESG Positive Impact Target B” means, with respect to any fiscal year, the ESG Positive Impact Target B for such fiscal year as set forth in the Sustainability Table.
“ESG Positive Impact Threshold B” means, with respect to any fiscal year, the ESG Positive Impact Threshold B for such fiscal year as set forth in the Sustainability Table.
“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.
“EURIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Alternative Currency Term Rate”.
“Euro” means the single currency of the Participating Member States.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that is neither a Loan Party nor a Material Subsidiary nor a Material Domestic Subsidiary nor a Subsidiary that has been selected by the Company to become a Subsidiary Guarantor (whether pursuant to Section 6.13 or otherwise).
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor of, or the grant by such Subsidiary Guarantor of a Lien to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation thereof) by virtue of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor, or a grant by such Subsidiary Guarantor of a Lien, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation (such determination being made after giving effect to any applicable keepwell, support or other agreement for the benefit of such Subsidiary Guarantor and any and all guarantees of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties). If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes) and branch profits Taxes, in each case imposed by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such Recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, or that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with clause (A) of Section 3.01(e)(ii), (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company under Section 10.13), any United States withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from such Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
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“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“Existing Lenders” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“Existing Letters of Credit” means those Letters of Credit described in Schedule 1.01(e) hereto.
“Existing Loan Documents” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“Existing Maturity Date” means February 18, 2027; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Existing Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Existing Obligations” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“Existing Term Loan” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“Existing Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each Existing Term Loan Lender, its obligation to maintain an Existing Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i) in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Original Closing Date under the caption “Term Loan Commitment” or opposite such caption 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 (it being understood that the Existing Term Loan Commitments on the Effective Date are zero).
“Existing Term Loan Facility” means the term loan facility established pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i), which shall be in an amount, at any time, equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Term Loans outstanding at such time.
“Existing Term Loan Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has an Existing Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Existing Term Loan at such time.
“Facility” means either Term Loan Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility, as the context may require.
“Facility Termination Date” means the date as of which all of the following shall have occurred: (a) termination of the Aggregate Commitments, (b) payment in full of all Obligations (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations and (ii) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Cash Management Bank, Hedge Bank or PBLOC Bank shall have been made) and (c) the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit or Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer or the applicable PBLOC Bank, as applicable, shall have been made).
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“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the 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) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Letters” means (i) the Fee Letter, dated September 23, 2022, among the Company, Bank of America and BofA Securities (as amended on the date hereof, the “RPS Fee Letter”), (ii) the letter agreement, dated January 12, 2022, among the Company, Bank of America and BofA Securities (the “Agent Fee Letter”), (iii) the letter agreement, dated June 25, 2018, among the Company, Bank of America and the Arrangers, (iv) the letter agreement, dated February 18, 2022, between the Company and U.S. Bank, (v) the letter agreement, dated June 25, 2018, between the Company and Bank of Montreal, (vi) the letter agreement, dated February 18, 2022, between the Company and Wells Fargo and (vii) any other letter agreement among the Company and any of the Arrangers, Lenders and/or the Administrative Agent in connection with fees related to the Facilities.
“Foreign Lender” means, with respect to any Borrower, any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of the L/C Issuer). For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign Obligor” means a Loan Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.12(d).
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“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 that is a Revolving Credit Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof.
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“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.
“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 or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“General Meeting” means the general meeting of the holders of RPS Shares (or any adjournment thereof) to be convened in connection with the implementation of a Scheme.
“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 the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority and any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“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), 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.
“Guaranties” means the Company Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranty.
“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.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that, (a) at the time it enters into a Swap Contract is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (b) at the time it (or its Affiliate) becomes a Lender, is party to a Swap Contract, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract.
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“Incremental Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a).
“Incremental Commitment Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(d).
“Incremental Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(e).
“Incremental Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a).
“Incremental Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(c).
“Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a).
“Incremental Term Loan Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations;
(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. 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 capital lease 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.
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“Indemnified Taxes” means 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.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (c) as to any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or Term SOFR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for any such Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall be Interest Payment Dates, (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date and (c) as to any Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each month and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or Term SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or Term SOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan, as applicable, and ending on the date one, three or six months thereafter for Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans (other than Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars) or one or three months for Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars and Term SOFR Loans, in each case, as selected by the Company in its Loan Notice (in the case of each requested Interest Period, subject to availability); provided that:
(i) 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 an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period pertaining to an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or a Term SOFR 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 calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person (other than any equity swaps or options on the capital stock of the Company entered into in connection with any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness), whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.21.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
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“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“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 the L/C Issuer and the Company (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.19.
“KPI Metric” means each of the (a) CO2e Impact Percentage and (b) ESG Positive Impact Percentage.
“KPI Metrics Auditor” means any auditing or consulting firm designated from time to time by the Company (or any replacement auditor or consulting firm as designated from time to time by the Company in respect thereof); provided that any such KPI Metrics Auditor shall be a nationally recognized auditing or consulting firm designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Sustainability Coordinator.
“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 Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.
“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 Revolving Credit Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.
“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 (a) each of Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo, in each case subject to such sublimits as such L/C Issuer may establish with the Company from time to time for the issuance of Letters of Credit by such L/C Issuer under this Agreement, which sublimits shall be $25,000,000 (of which up to $6,250,000 may be used for financial Letters of Credit) for each of Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo, (b) any replacement letter of credit issuer arising under Section 9.06 and (c) any other Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender which has agreed in a writing (which writing shall set forth the initial sublimit for all Letters of Credit to be issued by such L/C Issuer under this Agreement) to become an “L/C Issuer” hereunder and has been approved by the Company and the Administrative Agent; provided, in all cases that the aggregate sublimits established by all L/C Issuers shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect. For the avoidance of doubt, any sublimit that an L/C Issuer may establish for Letters of Credit to be issued by it shall be part of and not in addition to the Letter of Credit Sublimit. All singular references to the L/C Issuer shall mean any L/C Issuer, the L/C Issuer that has issued the applicable Letter of Credit, or all L/C Issuers, as the context may require.
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“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 Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. 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 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, unless the context requires otherwise, includes the Swing Line Lender.
“Lender Parties” and “Lender Recipient Parties” mean, collectively, the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer.
“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 Company and the Administrative Agent which office may include any Affiliate of such Lender or any domestic or foreign branch of such Lender or such Affiliate. Unless the context otherwise requires each reference to a Lender shall include its applicable Lending Office.
“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit. Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.
“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 the L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the 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 the lesser of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and (b) $100,000,000 (of which no more than $25,000,000 shall be available at any time for financial Letters of Credit). The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.
“Lien” means any mortgage, 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 any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan, a Swing Line Loan or a Term Loan.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, each Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16, the Fee Letters, each Security Instrument and the Guaranties.
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“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Term Loan Borrowing, (b) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (c) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (d) a continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company; provided, that any Loan Notice delivered in connection with any Borrowing of RPS Acquisition Loans shall be modified to be consistent with the requirements of Sections 4.03 or 4.04, as applicable.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each Designated Borrower.
“Long-Stop Date” means August 9, 2023, or such later date which is no later than: (a) where the Target Acquisition proceeds by way of a Scheme, the date that is six weeks after the date first set forth above; or (b) where the Target Acquisition proceeds by way of an Offer, the date that is eight weeks after the date first set forth above.
“Mandatory Cancellation Event” means the occurrence of any of the following conditions or events:
(a) where the RPS Acquisition proceeds by way of a Scheme:
(i) a Court Meeting is held (and not adjourned or otherwise postponed) to approve the Scheme at which a vote is held to approve the Scheme, but the Scheme is not so approved by the requisite majority of the Scheme Shareholders at such Court Meeting;
(ii) a General Meeting is held (and not adjourned or otherwise postponed) to pass the Scheme Resolutions at which a vote is held on the Scheme Resolutions, but the Scheme Resolutions are not passed by the requisite majority of the shareholders of the RPS Target at such General Meeting;
(iii) applications for the issuance of the Court Order are made to the Court (and not adjourned or otherwise postponed) but the Court (in its final judgment) refuses to grant the Court Order;
(iv) the Scheme lapses or is withdrawn with the consent of the Panel or by order of the Court;
(v) a Court Order is issued but not filed with the Registrar within ten (10) Business Days of (x) its issuance or (y), if first required by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs of the United Kingdom and the Registrar, its stamping;
(vi) the date which is 15 days after the Scheme Effective Date (or, if later, the date immediately following any extension of the period for settlement of consideration provided by the Panel pursuant to the Takeover Code); or
(vii) the Long-Stop Date, unless the Scheme Effective Date has occurred on or prior thereto,
unless, in respect of clauses (i) to (v) inclusive above, for the purpose of switching from a Scheme to an Offer, within ten (10) Business Days of such event the Company has notified the Administrative Agent it and/or RPS Buyer intends to issue, and then within twenty (20) Business Days (or such later period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) after delivery of such notice does issue, an Offer Press Release (in which case no Mandatory Cancellation Event shall have occurred pursuant to clauses (i) to (v)) and provided that the postponement or adjournment of any Court Meeting, General Meeting or application referred to in this paragraph (a) shall not constitute a Mandatory Cancellation Event if such Court Meeting, General Meeting or application is capable of being re-convened, re-submitted or granted on a future date;
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(b) where the RPS Acquisition proceeds by way of an Offer:
(i) such Offer lapses, terminates or is withdrawn with the consent of the Panel unless, for the purpose of switching from an Offer to a Scheme, within five (5) Business Days of such event the Company has notified the Administrative Agent it and/or RPS Buyer intends to issue, and then within ten (10) Business Days (or such later period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) after delivery of such notice does issue, a Scheme Press Release (in which case no Mandatory Cancellation Event shall have occurred);
(ii) the date upon which all payments made or to be made for Certain Funds Purposes have been paid in full in cleared funds;
(iii) the date falling 135 days after the Offer Unconditional Date; or
(iv) the Long-Stop Date, unless the Offer Unconditional Date has occurred on or prior thereto.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, each direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Company that either (i) has assets as of such date equal to 5% or more of the Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the four fiscal quarter period of the Company most recently ended for which financial information is available or (ii) had revenues in such four fiscal quarter period equal to 5% or more of the consolidated total revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries. For the purpose of the foregoing calculations, (x) revenues shall be calculated giving effect to any pro forma adjustments, with respect to any Acquisition or Disposition, in a manner consistent with the adjustments described in Section 1.10 and (y) the assets and revenues of a Subsidiary shall be deemed to include the assets and revenues of its Subsidiaries.
“Material Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, each direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that either (i) has assets as of such date equal to 5% or more of the Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the four fiscal quarter period of the Company most recently ended for which financial information is available or (ii) had revenues in such four fiscal quarter period equal to 5% or more of the consolidated total revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries. For the purpose of the foregoing calculations, (x) revenues shall be calculated giving effect to any pro forma adjustments, with respect to any Acquisition or Disposition, in a manner consistent with the adjustments described in Section 1.10 and (y) the assets and revenues of a Subsidiary shall be deemed to include the assets and revenues of its Subsidiaries.
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“Materially Adverse Amendment” means a modification, amendment or waiver to or of the terms or conditions (including the treatment of a condition as having been satisfied) of the RPS Acquisition Documents compared to the terms and conditions that are included in the draft of the Press Release delivered to the Administrative Agent on September 23, 2022 that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders holding RPS Acquisition Loans or Commitments with respect thereto (taken as a whole) under the Loan Documents, unless such modification, amendment or waiver is agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably) it being acknowledged (except (x) to the extent paid in the form of common stock of the Company, (y) it is otherwise demonstrated that it will be paid entirely (directly or indirectly) by the subscription for ordinary shares in the Company and such ordinary shares will be issued and paid solely as consideration to the shareholders of the RPS Target or (z) as otherwise agreed in writing by the Administrative Agent) that an increase to the purchase price for the RPS Shares would be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders holding RPS Acquisition Loans or Commitments with respect thereto; provided, that any modification, amendment or waiver (including the treatment of a condition as having been satisfied) (i) that is required pursuant to (or reasonably determined by the Company as being necessary or desirable to comply with the requirements or requests of) the Takeover Code or by a court of competent jurisdiction, any other applicable law, regulation or regulatory body or the Panel (including any refusal by the Panel to allow the invocation of a condition), (ii) reducing the Acceptance Condition to not less than the Minimum Acceptance Level in accordance with Section 6.15(a)(ii), (iii) waiving any condition that the Panel has not given the Company and/or RPS Buyer its consent to invoke, (iv) in the case of an Offer, that is an extension of the period in which holders of the RPS Shares may accept the Offer or (v) necessary to effect the switch from a Scheme to an Offer (or vice versa), in each case, shall not be a Materially Adverse Amendment. In the case of an Offer, if the Company, RPS Buyer or any person acting in concert with the Company or RPS Buyer (within the meaning of the Takeover Code) makes an acceleration statement (within the meaning of the Takeover Code) which includes a statement that the Company and/or RPS Buyer has waived any conditions to the Offer, such waiver shall be considered to be a voluntary waiver for the purposes of this definition and not a requirement of the Takeover Code or the Panel.
“Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Existing Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans, the Existing Maturity Date and (b) with respect to the RPS Acquisition Term Loans, the RPS Term Loan Maturity Date.
“Minimum Acceptance Level” has the meaning specified in Section 6.15(a)(ii).
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company 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 Company 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.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (i) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Note” means a Term Loan Note or a Revolving Credit Note, as the context may require.
“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, Letter of Credit, Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Permitted Bilateral Letter of Credit, in each case 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 or any Affiliate thereof 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; provided that the “Obligations” of a Subsidiary Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor.
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“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Offer” means a contractual takeover offer within the meaning of Section 974 of the Companies Act made by or on behalf of the Company and/or RPS Buyer for all of the RPS Shares other than any RPS Shares that at the date of the offer are already held by the Company, RPS Buyer or any subsidiary thereof (as that offer may be amended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) which, for the avoidance of doubt, is not effected by way of a Scheme.
“Offer Documents” means the Offer Press Release, the offer document to be sent by or on behalf of the Company and/or RPS Buyer to the holders of RPS Shares and any other material document sent by or on behalf of the Company and/or RPS Buyer to Target Shareholders in relation to the terms and conditions of an Offer.
“Offer Press Release” means the press release announcing, in compliance with Rule 2.7 of the Takeover Code, a firm intention to make an offer for the RPS Target which is to be implemented by way of an Offer or, as the case may be, a conversion from a Scheme to an Offer in accordance with Section 8 of Appendix 7 to the Takeover Code.
“Offer Unconditional Date” means the date on which the Offer becomes or is declared unconditional.
“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.
“Original Closing Date” has the meaning specified in the Recitals hereto.
“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 Documents).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other 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(b)).
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“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Revolving Credit Loans occurring on such date; (ii) with respect to Swing Line Loans or Term Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Swing Line Loans or Term Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (iii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding 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 Company of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
“Panel” means the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers in the United Kingdom.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).
“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“PBLOC Bank” means any Person that, at the time it issues a Permitted Bilateral Letter of Credit for the account of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as the issuer of such Permitted Bilateral Letter of Credit.
“PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the 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 Company and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition that is permitted by the terms of Section 7.02(g).
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“Permitted Bilateral Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued by a PBLOC Bank for the account of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary on a bilateral basis and not as part of the facilities provided under the Loan Documents; provided that the aggregate face amount of all such letters of credit shall not exceed $100,000,000 at any time.
“Permitted Convertible Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company in the form of unsecured convertible notes with respect to which (a) no portion of the principal of such Indebtedness shall have a stated maturity date prior to the date that is six months after the Maturity Date; and (b) such Indebtedness (i) in the Administrative Agent’s good faith business judgment, has no more restrictive terms in the aggregate than the terms under this Agreement and is on terms customary for such type of Indebtedness or otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (ii) has no provisions limiting amendments to, or consents, waivers or other modifications with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Permitted Share Repurchases” means a purchase by the Company of its common stock made on the open market for immediate retirement, on terms acceptable to the Administrative Agent and in compliance with applicable regulations, each of which purchase shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7.06(c).
“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 Company or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Pledge Agreements” means, collectively, (a) that certain Third Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of September 23, 2022 made by the Company and certain other Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties specified therein, (b) that certain Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date made by Tetra Tech Canada Holding Corporation, Tetra Tech UK Holdings Limited (formerly known as Coffey UK Limited), and Tetra Tech Coffey Pty Ltd (formerly known as Coffey Services Australia Pty Ltd) in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties specified therein and (c) any other pledge agreement now or hereafter in effect executed by one or more Designated Borrowers that are Foreign Subsidiaries in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of any of the Secured Parties, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case as supplemented from time to time by the execution and delivery of Pledge Joinder Agreements and Pledge Agreement Supplements.
“Pledge Agreement Supplement” means each Pledge Agreement Supplement, substantially in the form thereof attached to a Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by a Loan Party to the Administrative Agent.
“Pledge Joinder Agreement” means each Pledge Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form thereof attached to a Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by a Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent.
“Press Release” means an Offer Press Release or a Scheme Press Release.
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“Pricing Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company and attaching true and correct copies of the Sustainability Report for the most recently ended fiscal year and the attestation report from the KPI Metrics Auditor with respect thereto and setting forth the Sustainability Fee Adjustment and the Sustainability Rate Adjustment resulting therefrom.
“Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18.
“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 6.02.
“Rate Determination Date” means two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or such other day as is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in such interbank market, as determined by the Administrative Agent; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then “Rate Determination Date” means such other day as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).
“Receiving Agent” means the receiving agent appointed by the Company in connection with the acquisition of the RPS Shares.
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales.
“Registered Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning specified in the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Company as prescribed in the Securities Laws.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Rate” means with respect to any Credit Extension denominated in (a) Dollars, SOFR, (b) Sterling, SONIA, (c) Euros, EURIBOR, (d) Canadian Dollars, the CDOR Rate or (e) Australian Dollars, BBSY, as applicable.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Revolving Credit 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 Facility Lenders” means (a) for the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, (b) for the Existing Term Loan Facility, the Required Existing Term Loan Lenders and (c) for the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility, the Required RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders.
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“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 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 any Defaulting Lender which is a Revolving Credit Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in making such determination.
“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure plus the aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments. The Revolving Credit Exposure and unused Revolving Credit Commitment of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Revolving Credit 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 Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in making such determination.
“Required Existing Term Loan Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the Outstanding Amount of Existing Term Loans plus the unfunded Existing Term Loan Commitments. The Outstanding Amount of Existing Term Loans and unfunded Existing Term Loan Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Existing Term Loan Lenders at any time.
“Required RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the Outstanding Amount of RPS Acquisition Term Loans plus the unfunded RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments. The Outstanding Amount of RPS Acquisition Term Loans and unfunded RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders at any time.
“Rescindable Amount” has the meaning as defined in Section 2.12(b)(ii).
“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, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party, solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 4.01, the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. 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 capital stock or other Equity Interest of the Company 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 capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Company’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).
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“Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of an Alternative Currency Loan, (ii) each date of a continuation of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance, amendment and/or extension of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall require.
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type, in the same currency and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrowers 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 Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or opposite such caption 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 Credit Loans and such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans at such time.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility established pursuant to Section 2.01(a), which shall be in an amount, at any time, equal to the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“Revolving Credit Facility Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.15(a).
“Revolving Credit Increase Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(g).
“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by a Borrower in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, made by such Revolving Credit Lender to such Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.
“RPS Acquisition” means the acquisition by or on behalf of Company and/or RPS Buyer of RPS Shares pursuant to (a) a Scheme or (b) an Offer and (if applicable) a Squeeze-Out, in each case, including (i) any fees and stamp duty payable by the Company in connection with such acquisition and (ii) any proposal made by or on behalf of Company and/or RPS Buyer pursuant to Rule 15 of the Takeover Code).
“RPS Acquisition Closing Date” means the first date all of the conditions precedent in Section 4.03 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.01).
“RPS Acquisition Documents” means the Scheme Documents or the Offer Documents (as the case may be).
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“RPS Acquisition Loans” means, collectively, the RPS Acquisition Revolving Loans and the RPS Acquisition Term Loans.
“RPS Acquisition Revolving Loans” means any Revolving Credit Loans made to any Borrower during the RPS Availability Period (including, for the avoidance of doubt, on the RPS Acquisition Closing Date) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $350,000,000 for the purpose of financing any Certain Funds Purpose in connection with the RPS Acquisition. The RPS Acquisition Revolving Loans are part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
“RPS Acquisition Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender, its obligation to make an RPS Acquisition Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(ii) in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitment” or opposite such caption 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.
“RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility” means the term loan facility established pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(ii), which shall be in an amount, at any time, equal to the aggregate unused amount of the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments at such time (if any) and the aggregate principal amount of the RPS Acquisition Term Loans outstanding at such time.
“RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has an RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding RPS Acquisition Term Loan at such time.
“RPS Availability Period” means the period starting on (and including) the RPS Acquisition Closing Date and ending on the occurrence of a Mandatory Cancellation Event; provided, that in no event will the RPS Availability Period extend beyond the Availability Period.
“RPS Buyer” means Tetra Tech UK Holdings Limited, a direct and wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, incorporated in the United Kingdom.
“RPS Closing Date Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J, dated as of the RPS Acquisition Closing Date, and signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Company, certifying that:
(a) the condition set forth in Section 4.03(d) has been satisfied;
(b) there have been no changes since the Effective Date with respect to the documents delivered or matters certified (as applicable) pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii) (or otherwise providing updates to such documents or certifications, in each case, solely with respect to the Company); and
(c) (i) in the case of an Offer, that the Minimum Acceptance Level has been achieved and the Offer Unconditional Date has occurred; and (ii) in the case of the Scheme, that the Scheme Effective Date has occurred, in each case without the Company having agreed to any Materially Adverse Amendment to the applicable RPS Acquisition Documents except in accordance with Section 6.15(b).
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“RPS Credit Agreements” means, collectively, (a) the Multicurrency Revolving Facility Agreement dated as of July 29, 2019 between, among others, RPS Group plc, as borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the financial institutions party thereto as lenders and National Westminster Bank plc, as agent, (b) the Term Loan Facility Agreement dated as of August 10, 2021 between RPS Group plc, as borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the financial institutions party thereto as lenders and Lucid Agency Services Limited, as agent and (c) the Term Loan Facility Agreement dated as of August 10, 2021 between RPS Group plc, as borrower, the guarantors party thereto and Legal and General Assurance Society Limited and Legal and General Assurance (Pensions Management Limited) as lenders, each, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time prior to the date hereof.
“RPS Existing Debt” means indebtedness and other obligations of the RPS Target and its Subsidiaries under their existing credit facilities, including indebtedness under the RPS Credit Agreements.
“RPS Refinancing” means, as applicable, (a) the repayment in full of all or certain of the RPS Existing Debt, together with any fees, costs, expenses and premia in relation thereto and (b) the release of any guarantees or liens in respect thereof.
“RPS Shares” means all of the issued and unconditionally allotted ordinary shares in the RPS Target and any further such shares which may be issued or unconditionally allotted pursuant to the exercise of any subscription or conversion rights, options or otherwise.
“RPS Target” means RPS Group plc.
“RPS Term Loan Maturity Date” means the third anniversary of the RPS Acquisition Closing Date; provided, however, that if such anniversary date is not a Business Day, the RPS Term Loan Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
“RPS Transactions” means, collectively, (i) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) the borrowing of RPS Acquisition Loans and the incurrence by the Company of other Indebtedness for the purposes of financing the RPS Acquisition, (iii) the consummation of the RPS Acquisition, (iv) the RPS Refinancing, if applicable, and (v) the payment of related fees and expenses related thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“Sanction(s)” means any international economic or trade sanctions or restrictive measures enacted, administered, imposed 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 (including any Canadian, French or Australian sanctions authority).
“Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.03(b)(ii).
“Scheme” means a scheme of arrangement made pursuant to Part 26 of the Companies Act between the RPS Target and the holders of RPS Shares in relation to the transfer of the Scheme Shares to the Company and/or RPS Buyer as contemplated by the Scheme Circular (as such Scheme Circular may be amended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).
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“Scheme Circular” means the circular (including any supplemental circular) to the shareholders of the RPS Target to be issued by the RPS Target setting out the proposals for the Scheme and containing the notices of the Court Meeting and the General Meeting.
“Scheme Documents” means the Scheme Press Release, the Scheme Circular and any other material document sent to the holders of RPS Shares in relation to the terms and conditions of the Scheme.
“Scheme Effective Date” means the date on which a copy of the court order sanctioning the Scheme is duly filed on behalf of the RPS Target with the Registrar and the Scheme becomes effective in accordance with section 899 of the Companies Act.
“Scheme Press Release” means each press release made by or on behalf of the Company and/or RPS Buyer announcing, in compliance with Rule 2.7 of the Takeover Code, a firm intention to make an offer which is to be implemented by means of the Scheme or, as the case may be, a conversion from an Offer to a Scheme in accordance with Section 8 of Appendix 7 to the Takeover Code.
“Scheme Resolutions” means the resolutions to be set out in the Scheme Circular to be considered and, if thought fit, approved at the General Meeting.
“Scheme Shareholders” means the registered holders of Scheme Shares at the relevant time.
“Scheme Shares” means the RPS Shares which are subject to the Scheme in accordance with its terms.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract permitted hereunder that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, the PBLOC Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05, and the other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Security Instruments.
“Secured Permitted Bilateral Letter of Credit” means any Permitted Bilateral Letter of Credit specifically designated as such to the Administrative Agent in writing by the Company and the relevant PBLOC Bank as a “Secured Permitted Bilateral Letter of Credit”.
“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the PCAOB.
“Security Agreements” means, collectively, (a) the Third Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of September 23, 2022 made by the Company and certain other Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties specified therein, (b) that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date made by Tetra Tech Canada Holding Corporation, Tetra Tech UK Holdings Limited (formerly known as Coffey UK Limited), and Tetra Tech Coffey Pty Ltd (formerly known as Coffey Services Australia Pty Ltd) in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties specified therein and (c) any other security agreement now or hereafter in effect executed by one or more Designated Borrowers that are Foreign Subsidiaries in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of any of the Secured Parties, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case as supplemented from time to time by the execution and delivery of Security Joinder Agreements.
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“Security Instruments” means, collectively, the Security Agreements (including any Security Joinder Agreements), the Pledge Agreements (including any Pledge Agreement Supplement and any Pledge Joinder Agreement) and all other agreements (including control agreements), instruments and other documents, whether now existing or hereafter in effect, pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or other Person shall grant or convey to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a Lien in, or any other Person shall acknowledge any such Lien in, property as security for all or any portion of the Obligations or any other obligation under any Loan Document.
“Security Joinder Agreement” means each Security Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form thereof attached to a Security Agreement, executed and delivered by a Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent.
“SOFR” means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator).
“SOFR Adjustment” means, with respect to Term SOFR, means 0.10% (10.0 basis points) for an Interest Period of either one-month’s duration or three-month’s duration.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of SOFR, or any successor administrator of SOFR designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or other Person acting as the SOFR Administrator at such time.
“SONIA” means, with respect to any applicable determination date, the Sterling Overnight Index Average Reference Rate published on the fifth Business Day preceding such date on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time); provided however that if such determination date is not a Business Day, SONIA means such rate that applied on the first Business Day immediately prior thereto.
“SONIA Adjustment” means, with respect to SONIA, 0.0326% per annum.
“Special Notice Currency” means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.
“Squeeze-Out” means, if the Company and/or RPS Buyer becomes entitled to give notice under section 979 of the Companies Act, the procedure to be implemented following the date on which the Offer is declared or becomes unconditional under section 979 of the Companies Act to squeeze out all of the outstanding shares in the RPS Target which the Company and/or RPS Buyer has not acquired, contracted to acquire or in respect of which it has not received valid acceptances.
“Squeeze-Out Notice” means a notice issued to a holder of RPS Shares by the Company and/or RPS Buyer in accordance with section 979 of the Companies Act.
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“Squeeze-Out Rights” means the rights of the Company and/or RPS Buyer pursuant to sections 979 to 982 of Chapter 3 of Part 28 of the Companies Act to acquire any remaining RPS Shares which are the subject of the Offer.
“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company (other than any Subordinated Indebtedness constituting Permitted Convertible Indebtedness) having maturities and other terms, and which is subordinated to the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in a manner approved in writing by the Required Lenders.
“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 securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are 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 Company.
“Subsidiary Guarantors” means, collectively, the Subsidiaries that are parties to the Subsidiary Guaranty (including any Subsidiary that becomes a party thereto by execution of a Subsidiary Guaranty Joinder Agreement).
“Subsidiary Guaranty” means the Second Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date made by certain Subsidiaries of the Company in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Subsidiary Guaranty Joinder Agreement” means each Subsidiary Guaranty Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form thereof attached to the Subsidiary Guaranty, executed and delivered by a Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent.
“Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b).
“Sustainability Coordinator” means BofA Securities.
“Sustainability Fee Adjustment” means, with respect to any Sustainability Report for any fiscal year, an amount, expressed as a percentage, equal to [reserved], in each case for such fiscal year, as set forth in Annex B of Exhibit I.
“Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(a).
“Sustainability Rate Adjustment” with respect to any Sustainability Report for any fiscal year, an amount, expressed as a percentage, equal to [reserved], in each case for such fiscal year, as set forth in Annex B of Exhibit I.
“Sustainability Report” means an annual report prepared by the Company setting forth the results for each KPI Metric for any given fiscal year of the Company and, with respect to each KPI Metric, attested to by the KPI Metrics Auditor, commencing with the publicly available annual report covering fiscal year 2021; provided that all data and information set forth in such Sustainability Report shall also be set forth in the Company’s publicly available annual report on environmental, social and governance issues.
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“Sustainability Table” means the Sustainability Table set forth on Schedule 2.18.
“Sustainability Target” means, in any fiscal year, with respect to (i) the CO2e Impact Percentage, the CO2e Impact Target A for such fiscal year and (ii) the ESG Positive Impact Percentage, the ESG Positive Impact Target B for such fiscal year.
“Sustainability Threshold” means, in any fiscal year, with respect to (i) the CO2e Impact Percentage, the CO2e Impact Threshold A for such fiscal year and (ii) the ESG Positive Impact Percentage, the ESG Positive Impact Threshold B for such fiscal year.
“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 (other than equity swaps or options on the capital stock of the Company entered into in connection with any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness), 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 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 (other than equity swaps or options on the capital stock of the Company entered into in connection with any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness).
“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Subsidiary 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, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have 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 Contracts, 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 Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America (through itself or through one of its designated Affiliates or branch offices) in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or such other form as approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company.
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“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $20,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit 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 are intended to function primarily as a borrowing of funds.
“Takeover Code” means the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers in the United Kingdom issued by the Panel from time to time.
“TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which TARGET2 (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system, if any, determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“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 Loan” means an Existing Term Loan or RPS Acquisition Term Loan, as the context may require.
“Term Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term Loan Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“Term Loan Commitment” means, collectively, the Existing Term Loan Commitments and the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments.
“Term Loan Facility” means the Existing Term Loan Facility or the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility, as the context may require.
“Term Loan Lenders” means, collectively, the Existing Term Loan Lenders and RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders.
“Term Loan Note” means a promissory note made by the Company in favor of a Term Loan Lender evidencing the Term Loan made by such Term Loan Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.
“Term SOFR” means:
(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such Interest Period; and
(b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate with a term of one month commencing that day;
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provided that if the Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing provisions (a) or (b) of this definition would otherwise be less than zero, the Term SOFR shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan or Term Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
“Threshold Adjustment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(c).
“Threshold Amount” means $25,000,000.
“Ticking Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(b).
“Ticking Fee Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(b).
“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments, Revolving Credit Exposure and outstanding Term Loans of such Lender at such time.
“Total Revolving Credit Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan, Term SOFR Loan, Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
“UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“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.
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“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“U.S. Bank” means U.S. Bank National Association, and its successors.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any Business Day, except any Business Day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.
“USA PATRIOT Act” means the U.S. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001).
“Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and its successors.
“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.
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(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 any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (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, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory 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 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 tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
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(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, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company or any other Person, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company or any other Person (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company or any other Person shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company or any other Person that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).
(e) The words “date hereof” and “date of this Agreement” and words of similar import shall refer to October 26, 2022.
1.03 Accounting 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 the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, (i) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded, and (ii) purchase accounting adjustments associated with the RPS Acquisition, any Permitted Acquisition or other similar transaction (without duplication of any adjustments otherwise provided in the calculation of amounts and ratios) shall be disregarded.
(b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Company or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company 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 Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Without limiting the foregoing, leases shall continue to be classified and accounted for on a basis consistent with that reflected in the Audited Financial Statements for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any change in GAAP relating thereto, unless the parties hereto shall enter into a mutually acceptable amendment addressing such changes, as provided for above.
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(c) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Company is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.
1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Company 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).
1.05 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. (a) The Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Dollar Equivalent shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such amounts until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable.
(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Revolving Credit Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of an Alternative Currency Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Revolving Credit Borrowing, Alternative Currency Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be.
1.06 Additional Alternative Currencies. (a) The Company may from time to time request that Alternative Currency Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency”; provided that such requested currency is an Eligible Currency. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Alternative Currency Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders (including, in the case of any Alternative Currency Loans, the approval of the Alternative Currency Daily Rate or Alternative Currency Term Rate to be applied with respect to such Alternative Currency); and in the case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer.
(b) Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., twenty (20) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the L/C Issuer, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Alternative Currency Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the L/C Issuer thereof. Each Revolving Credit Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Alternative Currency Loans) or the L/C Issuer (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Alternative Currency Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.
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(c) Any failure by a Revolving Credit Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the last sentence of Section 1.06(b) shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Revolving Credit Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to permit Alternative Currency Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Lenders consent to making Alternative Currency Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility in such requested currency and the Administrative Agent and such Lenders reasonably determine that an appropriate interest rate is available to be used for such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Company and (i) the Administrative Agent and such Lenders may amend the definition of Alternative Currency Daily Rate or Alternative Currency Term Rate to the extent necessary to add the applicable rate for such currency and any applicable adjustment for such rate and (ii) to the extent the definition of Alternative Currency Daily Rate or Alternative Currency Term Rate, as applicable, has been amended to reflect the appropriate rate for such currency, such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Revolving Credit Borrowings of Alternative Currency Loans and if the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Company and (x) the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may amend the definition of Alternative Currency Daily Rate or Alternative Currency Term Rate, as applicable, to the extent necessary to add the applicable rate for such currency and any applicable adjustment for such rate and (y) to the extent the definition of Alternative Currency Daily Rate or Alternative Currency Term Rate, as applicable, has been amended to reflect the appropriate rate for such currency, such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder, for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.06, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Company.
1.07 Change of Currency. (a) Each obligation of the Borrowers to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption. If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Revolving Credit Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Revolving Credit Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
(c) Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.
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1.08 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.09 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of 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 Dollar Equivalent of 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.
1.10 Accounting for Acquisitions and Divestitures. For purposes of computing the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.11(b), Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any synergies) giving effect to (a) any Acquisition made by the Company or any Subsidiary during the applicable measurement period so long as, and to the extent that, other than with respect to the RPS Acquisition, (i) the Company delivers to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver to each Lender) a summary in reasonable detail of the assumptions underlying, and calculations made, in computing Consolidated EBITDA on a pro forma basis, and (ii) Required Lenders do not object to such assumptions and/or calculations within 10 Business Days after receipt thereof, and (b) any divestiture or Disposition of a Subsidiary, division or other operating unit made during the applicable measurement period. If the Company or any Subsidiary makes any Acquisition of any Person or assets which would result in a negative adjustment to Consolidated EBITDA for any period, the Company shall, upon request of Required Lenders, deliver information required pursuant to clause (a)(i) of the immediately preceding sentence so the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA will give effect to such Acquisition.
1.11 Interest Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to any reference rate referred to herein or with respect to any rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the selection of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment) that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any such rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions or other activities that affect any reference rate referred to herein, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or any related spread or other adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to any Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any reference rate referred to herein or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing), in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or other action or omission related to or affecting the selection, determination, or calculation of any rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
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ARTICLE II.
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 Loans.
(a) Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrowers in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies 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 Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, plus the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit. Within the limits of each Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01(a), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a). Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans, Term SOFR Loans, Alterative Currency Daily Rate Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) Term Loan Borrowings.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Existing Term Loan Lender severally agreed to make Existing Term Loans on February 18, 2022 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Existing Term Loan Lender’s Existing Term Loan Commitment. Such Term Loan Borrowing consisted of Existing Term Loans made by the Existing Term Loan Lenders in accordance with their respective Existing Term Loan Commitments on such date. Any portion of the Existing Term Loans repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Existing Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, as further provided herein.
(ii) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make a term loan to the Company in Dollars on the RPS Acquisition Closing Date (such additional term loans, the “RPS Acquisition Term Loans”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender’s RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitment. Such Term Loan Borrowing shall consist of RPS Acquisition Term Loans made by the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders in accordance with their respective RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments. Any portion of the RPS Acquisition Term Loans repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. RPS Acquisition Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, as further provided herein.
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2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Revolving Credit Loans.
(a) Each Revolving Credit Borrowing, the Term Loan Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans shall be made upon the Company’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 10:00 a.m. (or, in the case of RPS Acquisition Loans borrowed as Base Rate Loans on the RPS Acquisition Closing Date, 9:00 a.m.) (i) two Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or of any conversion of Term SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans, (ii) four Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of any Alternative Currency Loans, and (iii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Company 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 Company. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of the Dollar Equivalent of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of the Dollar Equivalent of $1,000,000 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 the Dollar Equivalent of $500,000 or a whole multiple of the Dollar Equivalent of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Company is requesting a Term Loan Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing (which in the case of a Borrowing of (x) RPS Acquisition Term Loans, shall be the RPS Acquisition Closing Date and (y) RPS Acquisition Revolving Loans, shall be during the RPS Availability Period (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the RPS Acquisition Closing Date)), conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed (and whether such Loans constitute RPS Acquisition Loans), converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, (vi) the currency of the Revolving Credit Loans to be borrowed, and (vii) if applicable, the Designated Borrower. If the Company fails to specify a currency in a Loan Notice requesting a Borrowing, then the Revolving Credit Loans so requested shall be made in Dollars. If the Company fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Company fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, such Loans shall be continued as Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest Period of one month. 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 Loans. If the Company requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. No Revolving Credit Loan may be converted into or continued as a Revolving Credit Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Revolving Credit Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.
(b) Following receipt of a Loan Notice for a Facility, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender under such Facility of the amount (and currency) of its Applicable Percentage under such Facility of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Company, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender under the applicable Facility of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, in each case as described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Term Loan Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, each Lender under the applicable Facility shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than 12:00 noon (or, in the case of the RPS Acquisition Loans borrowed on the RPS Acquisition Closing Date, 9:00 a.m. (or, if such RPS Acquisition Loans are Base Rate Loans, 10:00 a.m.)), in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Revolving Credit Loan in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01 or, if such Borrowing is in respect of the RPS Acquisition Loans, Sections 4.03 or 4.04, as applicable), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Company or the other applicable Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Company; provided, however, that if, on the date a Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Credit Borrowing denominated in Dollars is given by the Company, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and, second, shall be made available to the applicable Borrower as provided above.
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(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, as applicable. During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, or converted to Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans or requested as, converted to or continued as Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than eight Interest Periods in effect with respect to Revolving Credit Loans. After giving effect to the Term Loan Borrowing, all conversions of Term Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than eight Interest Periods in effect with respect to Term Loans.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all of the portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Company, the Administrative Agent, and such Lender.
(g) With respect to any Alternative Currency Daily Rate, Term SOFR or SOFR, 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; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrowers and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
2.03 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Original Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of the Company or 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 Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Company 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 Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit and (z) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, plus the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit. Each request by the Company for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Company 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 Company’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Company 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 Original Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.
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(ii) The 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 Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date.
(iii) The 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 the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Original Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Original Closing Date and which the 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 the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $10,000;
(D) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency;
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(E) the L/C Issuer does not as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency;
(F) any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Company or such Revolving Credit Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(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 the L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or
(G) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the 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) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the 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 IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(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 Company delivered to the 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 Company. 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 the L/C Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the L/C Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the 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 satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency 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 the 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 satisfactory to the 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 the L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, the Company shall furnish to the 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 the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.
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(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the 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 Company and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit 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 IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer's usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Company so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute 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 the 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 the L/C Issuer, the Company shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the 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 the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the 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 Revolving Credit Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Company that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
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(iv) If the Company so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an “Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit”). Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Company shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement. Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued, except as provided in the following sentence, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the “Non-Reinstatement Deadline”), the L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Company that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.
(v) 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, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Company 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 a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Company and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Company shall reimburse the L/C Issuer in such Alternative Currency, unless (A) the L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Company shall have notified the L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Company will reimburse the L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Company of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 10:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Company shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. If the Company fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof. In such event, the Company shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit 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 amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice). Any notice given by the 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.
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(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender 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) for the account of the L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan to the Company in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer in Dollars.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Company shall be deemed to have incurred from the 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 Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer 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 Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the 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 the L/C Issuer, the Company, any Subsidiary 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 Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Company of a Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Company to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 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, the 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 the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in the relevant Revolving Credit Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit 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 the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Company or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving Credit 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 applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Credit 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 Company to reimburse the 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 Company 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), the 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 the L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for the L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Company or any waiver by the L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Company;
(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;
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(vi) any payment made by the 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 UCC, the ISP or the UCP, as applicable;
(vii) any payment by the 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 the 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;
(viii) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to the Company or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
(ix) 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 Company or any Subsidiary.
The Company 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 Company’s instructions or other irregularity, the Company will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Company shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Company agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the 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 Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the 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 Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Revolving Credit 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 Company 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 Company’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 Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (ix) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Company, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Company which the Company proves were caused by the L/C Issuer's willful misconduct or gross negligence or the 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. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the 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 the 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. The 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.
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(g) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Company 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, the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible to the Company for, and the L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Company shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the 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 the L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, 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 Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance, subject to Section 2.17, with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, in Dollars, a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the Dollar Equivalent of the daily 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 1.09. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) 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 and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. 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 Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Revolving Credit 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 Company shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, at the rate per annum specified in the applicable Fee Letter (or as otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and such L/C Issuer), computed on the Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit 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 1.09. In addition, the Company shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the 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.
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(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 Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Company hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(l) Reporting of Letter of Credit Information. For so long as any Letter of Credit issued by an L/C Issuer other than Bank of America is outstanding under the Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent on the last Business Day of each calendar month, and on each date that an L/C Credit Extension occurs with respect to any such Letter of Credit, a report in the form of Exhibit H hereto, appropriately completed with the information for every outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer. The Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Lenders on a monthly basis a report of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
2.04 Swing Line Loans.
(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, may in its sole discretion, make loans in Dollars (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Company 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 the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and provided, further, that the Company shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Company 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 Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Company’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum 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 Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the 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, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the 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 IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Company at its office by crediting the account of the Company on the books of the Swing Line Lender in Same Day Funds.
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(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Company (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender's Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans 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 unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Company with a copy of the applicable Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount specified in such Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments not later than 12:00 noon on the day specified in such Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan to the Company in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Revolving Credit Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the 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), the 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 the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in the relevant Revolving Credit Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the 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.
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(iv) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit 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 which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Company 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 Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Company to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit 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 applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Credit 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. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Company for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Company shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
2.05 Prepayments. (a) Each Borrower may, upon notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Credit Loans, Existing Term Loans or RPS Acquisition Term Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent and received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) two Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Term SOFR Loans, (B) four Business Days (or five, in the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Alternative Currency Loans, and (C) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Term SOFR Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof; (iii) any prepayment of Alternative Currency Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of the Dollar Equivalent of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of the Dollar Equivalent thereof; and (iv) 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, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount and currency of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the Company, the applicable 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 any Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of the outstanding Existing Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be applied to the principal repayment installments thereof in inverse order of maturity. Subject to Section 2.17, each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of each of the relevant Facility.
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(b) The Company may, upon notice to the 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 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. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(c) If the Administrative Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at such time exceed an amount equal to 105% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall prepay Loans and/or the Company shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Section 2.17(a), the Company shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) unless after the prepayment in full of the Loans the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of such Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of further exchange rate fluctuations.
(d) If the Administrative Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies plus the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time exceeds an amount equal to 105% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall prepay Loans and/or the Company shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after the initial deposit of such Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of further exchange rate fluctuations.
2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Company may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Alternative Currency Sublimit, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the applicable Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments. Subject to clause (iv) of the proviso to the first sentence of this Section, the amount of any such Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the Alternative Currency Sublimit, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Company. Any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Commitment or RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments of each applicable Lender according to its Applicable Percentage with respect to such Commitments. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
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2.07 Repayment of Loans. (a) Term Loans. The Company shall repay to (i) the Existing Term Loan Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Existing Term Loans in equal quarterly principal installments of $3,125,000, commencing June 30, 2022, and continuing on the last Business Day of each December, March, June and September thereafter (which principal amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.05); provided, however, that the final principal repayment installment of the Existing Term Loans shall be repaid on the Existing Maturity Date and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Existing Term Loans outstanding on such date and (ii) the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all RPS Acquisition Term Loans on the RPS Term Loan Maturity Date in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all RPS Acquisition Term Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) Revolving Credit Loans. Each Borrower shall repay to the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans made to such Borrower outstanding on such date.
(c) Swing Line Loans. The Company shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date.
2.08 Interest.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Term SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; (ii) 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; (iii) each Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Alternative Currency Daily Rate plus the Applicable Rate; (iv) each Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Alternative Currency Term Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; and (v) 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.
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(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, 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) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by any Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Existing Term Loan Lenders (in the case of the Existing Term Loan Facility), the Required RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders (in the case of the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility) and the Required Revolving Credit Lenders (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility), 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.
(iii) Upon the request of the Required Existing Term Loan Lenders (in the case of the Existing Term Loan Facility), the Required RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders (in the case of the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility) and the Required Revolving Credit Lenders (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility), while any Event of Default exists (other than as set forth in clauses (b)(i) and (b)(ii) above), the Borrowers 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.
(iv) 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) For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), (i) whenever a rate of interest or fee rate hereunder is calculated on the basis of a year (the “deemed year”) that contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest or fee rate shall be expressed as a yearly rate by multiplying such rate of interest or fee rate by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year, (ii) the principle of deemed reinvestment of interest shall not apply to any interest calculation hereunder and (iii) the rates of interest stipulated herein are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields.
2.09 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (h) and (i) of Section 2.03:
(a) Commitment Fee. The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, a commitment fee in Dollars (the “Commitment Fee”) equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17. The Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Original Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period. The Commitment Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
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(b) Ticking Fee. The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of each RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender a ticking commitment fee in Dollars (the “Ticking Fee”) equal to a rate per annum equal to 0.25% (the “Ticking Fee Percentage”) times the average daily outstanding aggregate amount of the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments of such RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender, which shall accrue beginning on December 22, 2022 through the date of termination or expiration of the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments (including upon the borrowing of the RPS Acquisition Term Loans). The accrued Ticking Fees shall be payable on the date of borrowing of the RPS Acquisition Term Loans and on the date of termination or expiration of the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments. It is hereby understood and agreed that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Ticking Fee Percentage shall be adjusted from time to time based upon the Sustainability Fee Adjustment (to be calculated and applied as set forth in Section 2.18).
(c) Other Fees. (i) The Company shall pay to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts, in Dollars, 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 Company shall pay to the Lenders, in Dollars, 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.
2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate. (a) All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to Term SOFR) and for Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed, or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice. All other computations of 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) If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Company or for any other reason, the Company or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Company as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, each Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the L/C Issuer, 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 of the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under Section 2.03(c)(iii), 2.03(h) or 2.08(b) or under Article VIII. The Borrowers’ obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
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2.11 Evidence 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 10.06(c). The accounts or records maintained by each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrowers 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 Borrowers 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 to a Borrower made through the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans to such Borrower in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to a Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount, currency 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.
2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback. (a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrowers 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 and except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States. If, for any reason, any Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, such Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Alternative Currency payment amount. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (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 (i) after 11:00 a.m., in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) after the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by any 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 Loans or Alternative Currency Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base 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 a Borrowing of Base 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 applicable 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 applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such 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 Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans, or in the case of Alternative Currencies, in accordance with such market practice, in each case, as applicable. If such 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 such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such 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 such Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrowers; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Term Loan Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due.
With respect to any payment that the Administrative Agent makes for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder as to which the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that any of the following applies (such payment referred to as the “Rescindable Amount”): (1) the applicable Borrower has not in fact made such payment; (2) the Administrative Agent has made a payment in excess of the amount so paid by such Borrower (whether or not then owed); or (3) the Administrative agent has for any reason otherwise erroneously made such payment; then each of the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Term Loan Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount so distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in Same Day 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 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 to any Borrower as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to such Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV 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 Revolving Credit Loans and Term Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 10.04(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 10.04(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 10.04(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.
2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (a) Obligations in respect of any of the Facilities due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b) Obligations in respect of any of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders at such time, then, in each case under clauses (a) and (b) above, 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 Obligations in respect of the Facilities then due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be, 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 a 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 2.16, 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 Company or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Borrower 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 Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
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2.14 Designated Borrowers. (a) Each of Tetra Tech Canada Holding Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Canada, Tetra Tech UK Holdings Limited (formerly known as Coffey UK Limited), a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985, and Tetra Tech Coffey Pty Ltd (formerly known as Coffey Services Australia Pty Ltd), an Australian proprietary company limited by shares incorporated under the Australian Corporations Act 2001, shall be a “Designated Borrower” hereunder and may receive Revolving Credit Loans for its account on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
(b) The Company may at any time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), designate any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company (an “Applicant Borrower”) as a Designated Borrower to receive Revolving Credit Loans hereunder by delivering to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver counterparts thereof to each Lender) a duly executed notice and agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit F (a “Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement”). The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that prior to any Applicant Borrower becoming entitled to utilize the Revolving Credit Facility (i) the Administrative Agent and each Revolving Credit Lender shall have received (A) 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 USA PATRIOT Act, and (B) with respect to any Applicant Borrower that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Applicant Borrower, (ii) the Administrative Agent and each Revolving Credit Lender shall have received such supporting resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and other documents (including guarantees and Security Instruments as may be required to provide the guarantees and collateral security required by Section 6.13) or information, in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as may be required by the Administrative Agent or the Revolving Credit Lenders in their sole discretion, and (iii) each Revolving Credit Lender shall have received Revolving Credit Notes signed by such new Borrowers to the extent requested thereby. If the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders agree that an Applicant Borrower shall be entitled to receive Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, then promptly following receipt of all such requested resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and other documents or information, the Administrative Agent shall send a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit G (a “Designated Borrower Notice”) to the Company and the Revolving Credit Lenders specifying the effective date upon which the Applicant Borrower shall constitute a Designated Borrower for purposes hereof, whereupon each of the Revolving Credit Lenders agrees to permit such Designated Borrower to receive Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and each of the parties agrees that such Designated Borrower otherwise shall be a Borrower for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that no Loan Notice or Letter of Credit Application may be submitted by or on behalf of such Designated Borrower until the date five Business Days after such effective date.
(c) The Obligations of the Company and each Designated Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary shall be joint and several in nature. The Obligations of all Designated Borrowers that are Foreign Subsidiaries shall be several in nature.
(d) Each Subsidiary of the Company that is or becomes a “Designated Borrower” pursuant to this Section 2.14 hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for all purposes relevant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including (i) the giving and receipt of notices, (ii) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein and all modifications hereto, and (iii) the receipt of the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loans made by the Lenders, to any such Designated Borrower hereunder. Any acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification or other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given or taken by all Borrowers, or by each Borrower acting singly, shall be valid and effective if given or taken only by the Company, whether or not any such other Borrower joins therein. Any notice, demand, consent, acknowledgement, direction, certification or other communication delivered to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to each Designated Borrower.
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(e) The Company may from time to time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), terminate a Designated Borrower’s status as such, provided that (x) there are no outstanding Loans payable by such Designated Borrower, or other amounts payable by such Designated Borrower on account of any Loans made to it, as of the effective date of such termination and (y) to the extent there are outstanding Letters of Credit for the account of such Designated Borrower for which the Company is not listed as a co-applicant, the Company shall assume the Obligations with respect to such Letters of Credit as of the effective date of such termination. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such termination of a Designated Borrower’s status.
2.15 Incremental Commitments.
(a) Request for Increase. Upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time after the Original Closing Date, the Company may request additional Commitments (each, an “Incremental Commitment” and, collectively, the “Incremental Commitments”); provided that (i) after giving effect to any such addition, the aggregate amount of Incremental Commitments that have been added pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall not exceed $300,000,000 minus the amount, if any, of the then outstanding or committed Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(k) (and it being understand that the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments in existence on the Effective Date do not constitute Incremental Commitments for purposes of this Section 2.15 or reduce such $300,000,000 amount in this clause (i)), (ii) any such addition shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $25,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent or shall represent all remaining availability under this Section 2.15) and (iii) the Company may make a maximum of three such requests. Incremental Commitments may be provided, at the option of the Company, by (i) increasing the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments with the same terms (including pricing) as the existing Revolving Credit Facility (each, a “Revolving Credit Facility Increase”) or (ii) creating a new tranche of term loans with respect to either Term Loan Facility (each, an “Incremental Term Loan Facility”; and each term loan thereunder, an “Incremental Term Loan”; and each Revolving Credit Facility Increase and Incremental Term Loan Facility may also be referred to herein as an “Incremental Increase”); provided that no Revolving Credit Facility Increase shall (A) increase the Swing Line Sublimit without the consent of the Swing Line Lender, (B) increase the Letter of Credit Sublimit without the consent of the L/C Issuers or (C) increase the Alternative Currency Sublimit without the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders.
(b) Ranking and Other Provisions. Each Incremental Term Loan Facility shall (i) rank pari passu in right of payment and in respect of lien priority as to the Collateral with the existing Facilities, (ii) not have a weighted average life to maturity that is shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the Existing Term Loan Facility or, as applicable, the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility, (iii) not mature earlier than the Maturity Date with respect to the Existing Term Loan Facility or, as applicable, the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility, (iv) be subject to pricing determined by the applicable Incremental Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Company, (v) be subject to an amortization schedule determined by the applicable Incremental Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Company (subject to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii)) and (vi) be otherwise subject to terms and conditions that are either consistent with the applicable Term Loan Facility or reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Incremental Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Company; provided that in no event shall the covenants, defaults and similar non-economic provisions applicable to any Incremental Term Loan Facility (A) be more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the corresponding terms set forth in the then existing Loan Documents (except to the extent either (1) applicable to all of the Facilities or (2) only applicable after the latest maturity date of the other Facilities then in effect) or (B) contravene any of the terms of the then existing Loan Documents.
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(c) Notices; Lender Elections. Each notice from the Company pursuant to this Section shall set forth the requested amount and proposed summary of terms of the Incremental Commitments. Incremental Commitments may be made (at the option of the Company) by any existing Lender or by any other bank or financial institution that is an Eligible Assignee (each such existing Lender or other bank or financial institution providing Incremental Commitments, an “Incremental Lender”), in each case on terms permitted in this Section and otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that it is understood and agreed that no existing Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Commitment and each existing Lender may elect or decline to do so in its sole discretion. At the time of the sending of such notice, the Company (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender and each prospective Incremental Lender is requested to respond. Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to provide an Incremental Commitment 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 provide an Incremental Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. Any Eligible Assignee invited to become a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall do so pursuant to a joinder agreement (or other applicable documentation) in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) Incremental Commitment Amendment. Incremental Commitments shall become Commitments under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Commitment Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties, each Incremental Lender and the Administrative Agent. An Incremental Commitment Amendment may, without the consent of any Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section (including incorporating the Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Commitments into the calculation of “Required Lenders” and related provisions).
(e) Effective Date and Allocations. If any Incremental Commitments are added in accordance with this Section 2.15, the Administrative Agent and the Company shall determine the effective date (each, an “Incremental Effective Date”) and the final allocation thereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company, the existing Lenders and the Incremental Lenders of the final allocation of such addition and the Incremental Effective Date.
(f) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. The effectiveness of any Incremental Commitment Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the Incremental Effective Date of each of the following conditions:
(i) Bring-down of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in Article V and of each Loan Party contained in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct on and as of such Incremental Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.15, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01.
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(ii) No Default. No Default shall exist as of such Incremental Effective Date, and no Default shall occur on such Incremental Effective Date as a result of making any Credit Extension in connection with the Incremental Commitments or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(iii) Documentation. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, each dated the applicable Incremental Effective Date (unless otherwise indicated) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (A) the applicable Incremental Commitment Amendment (and such other documents contemplated to be delivered in connection therewith); and (B) a certificate of each Loan Party signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the board of directors (or other appropriate governing body) of such Loan Party approving or consenting to the Incremental Commitment Amendment and the Incremental Commitments provided, and in the case of the Company, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the foregoing subsections (i) and (ii).
(iv) Payment of Fees and Expenses. The Company shall have paid or made arrangements to pay contemporaneously with the effectiveness of the Incremental Commitment Amendment all fees and expenses required to be paid in connection therewith (including all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent)).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conditions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) above shall not apply in the case of any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Commitments with respect to the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Facility which are to be borrowed on the RPS Acquisition Closing Date and shall have conditions to funding set forth in the applicable Incremental Commitment Amendment which are consistent with Section 4.03.
(g) Effect of Incremental Commitment Amendment. On each Incremental Effective Date, (i) each Eligible Assignee which is providing an Incremental Commitment shall become a “Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) each Incremental Commitment shall become a “Commitment” hereunder, (iii) each loan provided pursuant to an Incremental Commitment shall be a “Loan” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (iv) in the case of any Revolving Credit Facility Increase (A) each Lender having a Revolving Credit Commitment immediately prior to such Revolving Credit Facility Increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Revolving Credit Facility Increase (each, a “Revolving Credit Increase Lender”) in respect of such Revolving Credit Facility Increase, and each such Revolving Credit Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit under the Revolving Credit Facility and Swing Line Loans such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (1) participations hereunder in such Letters of Credit and (2) participations hereunder in Swing Line Loans, will, in each case, equal each Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage (after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Facility Increase) and (B) if on the date of such Revolving Credit Facility Increase there are any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall make such payments among themselves as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages arising from such Revolving Credit Facility Increase, and the Borrowers shall pay to the applicable Lenders any amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.05 in connection with such payments among the Lenders as if such payments were effected by prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans.
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(h) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.
2.16 Cash Collateral.
(a) Certain Credit Support Events. (i) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer (A) if the 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, or (B) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Company shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.
(ii) At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(iii) In addition, if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time exceeds 105% of the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Company shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the amount by which the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
(b) Grant of Security Interest. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. The Company, 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 Issuer 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 may be applied pursuant to Section 2.16(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 as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby (including by reason of exchange rate fluctuations), the Company or the relevant Defaulting Lender 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.
(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.16 or Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.17 or 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by any 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 10.06(b)(vi))) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.16 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.03), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
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2.17 Defaulting 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 Amendments. That 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”, “Required Revolving Credit Lenders”, “Required Term Loan Lenders” and Section 10.01.
(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.08), 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 that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to that Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.16; fourth, as the Company may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that 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 Company, 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 the 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 2.16; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that 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 Company as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Company against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that 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 that 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 Sections 4.02, 4.03 or 4.04, as applicable, 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 under the applicable Facility on a pro rata basis (and ratably among all applicable Facilities computed in accordance with the Defaulting Lenders’ respective funding deficiencies) prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Obligations owed to, that Defaulting Lender under the applicable Facility 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 2.17(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 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
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(iii) Certain Fees.
(A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) or any Ticking Fee pursuant to Section 2.09(b) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Company shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(B) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.16.
(C) With respect to any Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall (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 the L/C Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) 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 Revolving Credit Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Subject to Section 10.20, 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 Company shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under applicable Law, (A) first, prepay Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to the Swing Line Lender’s Fronting Exposure and (B) second, Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.16.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Company, the Administrative Agent, and, in the case that a Defaulting Lender is a Revolving Credit Lender, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Lender under any Facility 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 under such Facility or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans under such Facility and, in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, the funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders under such Facility in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv)), whereupon that 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 Company while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and 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’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
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2.18 Sustainability Adjustments.
(a) Following the date on which the Company provides a Pricing Certificate in respect of the most recently ended fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending October 2, 2022, (i) the Applicable Interest Rate Percentage shall be increased or decreased (or neither increased nor decreased), as applicable, pursuant to the Sustainability Rate Adjustment as set forth in such Pricing Certificate in the manner and at the times described in this Section 2.18 (but in no event shall any adjustment result in the Applicable Interest Rate Percentage being less than 0.00%) and (ii) the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage and the Ticking Fee Percentage shall be increased or decreased (or neither increased nor decreased), as applicable, pursuant to the Sustainability Fee Adjustment as set forth in such Pricing Certificate in the manner and at the times described in this Section 2.18 (but in no event shall any adjustment result in the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage or the Ticking Fee Percentage being less than 0.00%). For purposes of the foregoing, (A) each of the Sustainability Rate Adjustment and the Sustainability Fee Adjustment shall be effective as of the fifth (5th) Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Pricing Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.18(i) based upon the KPI Metrics set forth in such Pricing Certificate and the calculations of the Sustainability Rate Adjustment and the Sustainability Fee Adjustment, as applicable, therein (such day, the “Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date”) and (B) each change in the Applicable Interest Rate Percentage, the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage and the Ticking Fee Percentage resulting from a Pricing Certificate and the Sustainability Rate Adjustment and the Sustainability Fee Adjustment related thereto shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the applicable Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date and ending on the date immediately preceding the next such Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date (or, in the case of non-delivery of a Pricing Certificate for the immediately following period, the last day such Pricing Certificate for such following period could have been delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.18(i)) (any such period, an “Applicable Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Period”).
(b) For the avoidance of doubt, only one Pricing Certificate may be delivered in respect of any fiscal year of the Company. It is further understood and agreed that any Sustainability Rate Adjustment or Sustainability Fee Adjustment made for any Applicable Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Period shall only be applicable for such Applicable Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Period and any increases or reductions to the Applicable Interest Rate Percentage, Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage and the Ticking Fee Percentage, respectively, resulting therefrom shall be reset to “zero” following the conclusion of such Applicable Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Period.
(c) It is hereby understood and agreed that if no such Pricing Certificate is delivered by the Company within the period set forth in Section 2.18(i), the Sustainability Rate Adjustment will be positive 0.05% and the Sustainability Fee Adjustment will be positive 0.01% (such positive rates, collectively, the “Threshold Adjustment”) commencing on the last day such Pricing Certificate could have been delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.18(i) and continuing until the Company delivers a Pricing Certificate to the Administrative Agent. In the event no Pricing Certificate is delivered for a fiscal year by June 30th of such year, the Sustainability Rate Adjustment and Sustainability Fee Adjustment with respect to such fiscal year shall be the Threshold Adjustment. In the event no Sustainability Report is delivered for the fiscal year ended October 3, 2021 prior to delivery of the Pricing Certificate for the fiscal year ending October 2, 2022, the Sustainability Rate Adjustment and Sustainability Fee Adjustment with respect to such fiscal year shall be the Threshold Adjustment.
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(d) If (i)(A) the Company or any Lender becomes aware of any material inaccuracy in the Sustainability Rate Adjustment, the Sustainability Fee Adjustment, or the KPI Metrics as reported in a Pricing Certificate (any such material inaccuracy, a “Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy”), and in the case of any Lender, such Lender delivers, not later than ten (10) Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, a written notice to the Administrative Agent describing such Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy in reasonable detail (which description shall be shared with each Lender and the Company), or (B) the Company and the Lenders agree that there was a Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy at the time of delivery of a Pricing Certificate, and (ii) a proper calculation of the Sustainability Rate Adjustment, the Sustainability Fee Adjustment or the KPI Metrics would have resulted in an increase in the Applicable Interest Rate Percentage, the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage and the Ticking Fee Percentage for any period, the Company 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 of the United States (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 Company has received written notice of, or has agreed in writing that there was a Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy, an amount equal to the excess of (1) the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over (2) the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. If the Company becomes aware of any Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy and, in connection therewith, if a proper calculation of the Sustainability Rate Adjustment, the Sustainability Fee Adjustment or the KPI Metrics would have resulted in a decrease in the Applicable Interest Rate Percentage, the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage and the Ticking Fee Percentage for any period, then, upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of notice from the Company of such Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy (which notice shall include corrections to the calculations of the Sustainability Rate Adjustment, the Sustainability Fee Adjustment, or the KPI Metrics, as applicable), commencing on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, the Applicable Interest Rate Percentage, the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage and the Ticking Fee Percentage shall be adjusted to reflect the corrected calculations of the Sustainability Rate Adjustment, the Sustainability Fee Adjustment or the KPI Metrics, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, any information in a Pricing Certificate shall be deemed to be not materially inaccurate (and no Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy shall be deemed to have occurred in respect thereof), and any calculation of the Sustainability Rate Adjustment, the Sustainability Fee Adjustment or the KPI Metrics shall be deemed proper, and in each case shall not implicate this Section 2.18(d), if such information or calculation was made by the Company in good faith based on information reasonably available to the Company at the time such calculation was made.
(e) It is understood and agreed that any Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy (and any consequences thereof) shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default so long as the Company complies with the terms of Section 2.18(d) with respect to such 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 of the United States (or any comparable event under non-U.S. Debtor Relief Laws), (i) any additional amounts required to be paid pursuant to the immediately preceding subsection (d) shall not be due and payable until the date that is ten (10) Business Days after a written demand is made for such payment by the Administrative Agent in accordance with such subsection (d), (ii) any nonpayment of such additional amounts prior to or upon the date that is ten (10) Business Days after such written demand for payment by the 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 date that is ten (10) Business Days after such written demand or shall accrue interest at the Default Rate prior to such date that is ten (10) Business Days after such written demand.
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(f) Each party hereto hereby agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Sustainability Coordinator shall have any responsibility for (or liability in respect of) reviewing, auditing or otherwise evaluating any calculation by the Company of any Sustainability Fee Adjustment or any Sustainability Rate Adjustment (or any of the data or computations that are part of or related to any such calculation) set forth in any Pricing Certificate. The Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such Pricing Certificate, without further inquiry.
(g) To the extent any event occurs (which would include, without limitation, a material disposition or material acquisition) which, in the opinion of the Company and the Sustainability Coordinator, acting reasonably, means that one or more of the Sustainability Targets or Sustainability Thresholds set forth in the Sustainability Table is no longer applicable given changes in the Company’s structure, then the Company and the Sustainability Coordinator will report to the Lenders that such Sustainability Targets and Sustainability Thresholds will no longer apply. In such a scenario, the Company will then cease to refer to the applicable KPI Metrics, Sustainability Targets and Sustainability Thresholders in the Pricing Certificate for such period.
(h) To the extent the Sustainability Coordinator ceases to be a Lender (or an Affiliate of a Lender), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to appoint another Person that is a Lender (or an Affiliate of a Lender) to fulfill the role of the Sustainability Coordinator.
(i) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Administrative Agent a Pricing Certificate for the most recently ended fiscal year (commencing with delivery in 2023 for the fiscal year ended in 2022) within sixty (60) days of the release of the annual Sustainability Report (but in no event earlier than February 1st of any fiscal year); provided that, unless the Company elects not to deliver a Pricing Certificate for such fiscal year, such Pricing Certificate shall be delivered no later than June 30th of any fiscal year. Any such election shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, but shall subject the Company to the Threshold Adjustment described in Section 2.18(c) above.
ARTICLE III.
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01 Taxes.
(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 the respective Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require a Withholding Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted by the applicable Withholding Agent in accordance with such Laws as determined in the good faith discretion of such Withholding Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below. For purposes of this Section 3.01, the term “Lender” includes the L/C Issuer and the term “Laws” includes FATCA.
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(ii) If a Withholding Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding Taxes, from any payment, then (A) the applicable Withholding Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Withholding Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by such Borrower 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) the applicable Recipient, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
(iii) If a Withholding Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws other than the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) the applicable Withholding 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) the Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount so withheld or deducted by it 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 or Other Taxes, the sum payable by such Borrower 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) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, each Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.
(c) Tax Indemnifications.
(i) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Borrower shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to a Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(ii) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender 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 (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 and the Loan Parties, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party 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 hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
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(d) Evidence of Payments. Upon request by a Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by such Borrower or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, such Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to such 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 such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.
(i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Company and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Company or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made by the respective Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the respective Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdictions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding sentence, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in paragraphs (e)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) of this Section 3.01) shall not be required if in the Lender’s 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.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States,
(A) any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and
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(B) Each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Company 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 request of the Company on behalf of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(I) executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN if applicable) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(II) executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(III) executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation,
(IV) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of such Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN if applicable), or
(V) executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent to permit the applicable Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(C) Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Company and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that any Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for Taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.
(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 Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Laws and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Laws (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company 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 (iv), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
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(E) Each of the Borrowers shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall reasonably request, on or prior to the Original Closing Date (or such later date on which it first becomes a Borrower), and in a timely fashion thereafter, such documents and forms required by any relevant taxing authorities under the Laws of any jurisdiction, duly executed and completed by such Borrower, as are required to be furnished by such Lender or the Administrative Agent under such Laws in connection with any payment by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of Taxes or Other Taxes, or otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents, with respect to such jurisdiction.
(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 have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or with respect to which any Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to such Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses and net of any loss or gain realized in the conversion of such funds from or to another currency incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that each Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Borrower 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 the L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
3.02 Illegality. 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 applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to a Relevant Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to engage in reverse repurchase of U.S. Treasury securities transactions of the type included in the determination of SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon a Relevant Rate or to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Company through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or maintain Alternative Currency Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans shall be, in each case, 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 Term 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 Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay all Term SOFR Loans and Alternative Currency Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, if applicable and such Loans are denominated in Dollars, convert all such Term SOFR 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 Term SOFR component of the Base Rate), in each case, immediately, or, in the case of the Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans to such day and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Term 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 SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.
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3.03 Inability to Determine Rates.
(a) If in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Loan or a conversion of Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans or a continuation of any of such Loans, as applicable, (i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (A) no Successor Rate for the Relevant Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency has been determined in accordance with Section 3.03(b) and the circumstances under clause (i) of Section 3.03(b) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred with respect to such Relevant Rate (as applicable), or (B) adequate and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining the Relevant Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency for any determination date(s) or requested Interest Period, as applicable, with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine that for any reason that the Relevant Rate with respect to a proposed Loan denominated in an Agreed Currency, in each case, for any requested Interest Period or determination date(s) does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Company and each Lender.
Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Loans in the affected currencies, as applicable, or to convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans, shall be suspended in each case to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans or Interest Period or determination date(s), as applicable, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Term SOFR component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (ii) of this Section 3.03(a), until the Administrative Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice.
Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Company may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, or conversion to, or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans to the extent of the affected Term SOFR or Alternative Currency Loans or Interest Period or determination date(s), as applicable or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount specified therein and (ii) (A) any outstanding Term SOFR Loans shall be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans immediately at the end of their respective Interest Periods and (B) any outstanding affected Alternative Currency Loans, at the Company’s election, shall either (1) be converted into Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such outstanding Alternative Currency Loan immediately, in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or at the end of the applicable Interest Period, in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, or (2) be prepaid in full immediately, in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, or at the end of the applicable Interest Period, in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan; provided that if no election is made by the Company (x) in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, by the date that is three Business Days after receipt by the Company of such notice or (y) in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, by the last day of the current Interest Period for the applicable Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the Company shall be deemed to have elected clause (1) above.
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(b) Replacement of Relevant Rate or Successor Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Company or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Company) that the Company or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:
(i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Relevant Rate for an Agreed Currency because none of the tenors of such Relevant Rate (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) is available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or
(ii) the Applicable Authority has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which all tenors of the Relevant Rate for an Agreed Currency (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans denominated in such Agreed Currency, or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, in each case, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide such representative tenor(s) of the Relevant Rate for such Agreed Currency (the latest date on which all tenors of the Relevant Rate for such Agreed Currency (including any forward-looking term rate thereof) are no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”); or
(iii) syndicated loans currently being executed and agented in the U.S., are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the Relevant Rate for an Agreed Currency;
or if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 3.03(b)(i), (ii) or (iii) have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in effect, then, the Administrative Agent and the Company may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing the Relevant Rate for an Agreed Currency or any then current Successor Rate for an Agreed Currency in accordance with this Section 3.03 with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in such Agreed Currency for such alternative benchmarks, and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in such Agreed Currency for such benchmarks, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment thereto, a “Successor Rate”), and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Company unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.
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The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Company and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate.
Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero, the Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, 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; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Company and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
3.04 Increased 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 or the L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (e) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or any applicable interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement, Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency 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 (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the 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 the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the 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 the L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered; provided, that no Borrower shall be required to pay any such amounts to any Lender under and pursuant to this Section 3.04(b) which are owing as a result of any Change in Law if and to the extent such Lender is not at such time generally assessing such costs in a similar manner to other similarly situated borrowers with similar credit facilities.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the 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 Company shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) such Lender or the 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 the L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that no Borrower shall be required to compensate a Lender or the 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 the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the 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).
3.05 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Company shall promptly compensate (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to 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 on a day other than the last day of any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period, as applicable, for such Loan, if applicable (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by any 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 on the date or in the amount notified by the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower;
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(c) any failure by any Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency; or
(d) any assignment of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or Term SOFR Loan, in each case on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 10.13;
including any loss of anticipated profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan, from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract (but excluding any loss of anticipated profits or margin). The Company shall also pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Company (or the applicable Designated Borrower) to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan made by it at the Alternative Currency Term Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the offshore interbank market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. Each Lender may make any Credit Extension to any Borrower through any Lending Office; provided that the exercise of this option shall not affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Credit Extension in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or requires any Borrower to pay any additional amount to any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the 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 Company such Lender or the 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 the 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 the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be. The Company hereby agrees to pay (or to cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, 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 Company may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.
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3.07 Survival. All of the Borrowers’ obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and resignation of the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE IV.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
4.01 Conditions to Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective and the Effective Date shall occur subject to satisfaction (with the Administrative Agent acting reasonably in assessing whether the conditions precedent are satisfied) or waiver in accordance with Section 10.01 of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be “.pdf” (or equivalent) telecopies of manually-signed originals (followed promptly by originals, it being understood and agreed that in no event will receipt of originals thereof by the Administrative Agent be a condition precedent to the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments of each RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Effective Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Effective Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement by each Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) and the RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders;
(ii) Notes executed by the Company in favor of each RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender requesting Notes;
(iii) favorable opinions of (x) Hogan Lovells LLP and (y) in-house counsel to the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (each in form and substance satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent) addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to customary matters concerning the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Loan Documents;
(iv) (x) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor attaching (A) each Organization Document of such Loan Party certified, to the extent applicable, as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, (B) the resolutions, written consents or other applicable action of such Loan Party authorizing, among other things, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of the Company, the borrowing of the RPS Acquisition Term Loans hereunder), and the RPS Transactions and (C) an incumbency certificate certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Loan Party entitled to sign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (y) a good standing certificate for the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor from its jurisdiction of its incorporation; and
(v) delivery of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements suitable in form and substance for filing in all places required by applicable law to perfect the Liens of the Administrative Agent under the Security Instruments as a first priority Lien as to items of Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by the filing of financing statements, and such other documents and/or evidence of other actions as may be reasonably necessary under applicable Law to perfect the Liens of the Administrative Agent under such Security Instruments as a first priority Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens) in and to such other Collateral as the Administrative Agent may require including without limitation the delivery by the Loan Parties of certificates evidencing certain pledged interests, accompanied in each case by duly executed stock powers (or other appropriate transfer documents) in blank affixed thereto.
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(b) The Lenders, Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall have received all fees required to be paid under this Agreement and the RPS Fee Letter (or arrangements with respect to the payment thereof which are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been made) on or prior to the Effective Date, and all expenses (or arrangements with respect to the payment thereof which are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been made) for which invoices have been presented (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), at least one (1) Business Day before the Effective Date.
(c) The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received at least 5 Business Days prior to the Effective Date to the extent requested at least 10 Business Days prior to the Effective Date (i) all documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, in order to comply with its obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, and (ii) with respect to any Borrower that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Borrower.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, Section 4.02, Section 4.03 or Section 4.04 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 Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.
The Administrative Agent confirms that the Effective Date has occurred on the date of this Agreement.
4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender and the L/C Issuer to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than (x) during the Certain Funds Period, in respect of the RPS Acquisition Loans and (y) a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Term SOFR or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in Article V and of the Loan Parties in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct 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 as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.05(a) and (b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and (b), respectively.
(b) No Default shall exist or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or the application of the proceeds thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
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(d) If the applicable Borrower is a Designated Borrower, then the conditions of Section 2.14 to the designation of such Borrower as a Designated Borrower shall have been met to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.
(e) In the case of a Credit Extension to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, there shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders (in the case of any Loans to be denominated in an Alternative Currency) or the L/C Issuer (in the case of any Letter of Credit to be denominated in an Alternative Currency) would make it impracticable for such Credit Extension to be denominated in the relevant Alternative Currency.
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Term SOFR or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans) submitted by the Company shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
4.03 Conditions to a Borrowing of RPS Acquisition Loans. During the Certain Funds Period, subject to Section 4.05, the obligation of (x) each RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender to make a RPS Acquisition Term Loan in respect of its RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitments and (y) each Revolving Credit Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension in respect of its Revolving Credit Commitment to fund a portion of the RPS Acquisition Revolving Loans, in each case, is subject to all of the following conditions precedent having been satisfied (with the Administrative Agent acting reasonably in assessing whether the conditions precedent are satisfied) or waived in accordance with Section 10.01 on or prior to the Long-Stop Date:
(a) Officer’s Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received the RPS Closing Date Officer’s Certificate.
(b) Scheme/Offer Sanctioned. If the RPS Acquisition is pursuant to:
(i) a Scheme, then the Scheme Effective Date shall have occurred; or
(ii) an Offer, then the Offer Unconditional Date shall have occurred,
in each case without the Company having agreed to any Materially Adverse Amendment to the applicable RPS Acquisition Documents except in accordance with Section 6.15(b).
(c) Absence of Certain Funds Event of Default and Accuracy of Certain Funds Representations. On the RPS Acquisition Closing Date, immediately before and after giving effect to the making of and application of proceeds of the applicable Borrowing, no Certain Funds Event of Default shall have occurred which is continuing and the Certain Funds Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent qualified by materiality, all respects).
(d) Fees. The Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall have received all fees required to be paid under this Agreement (or arrangements for such fees to be deducted by the Administrative Agent from the proceeds of the RPS Acquisition Loans shall have been made) on or prior to the RPS Acquisition Closing Date (and for the avoidance of doubt, a direction by the Company to the Administrative Agent to deduct the full amount of such fees from the proceeds of the RPS Acquisition Loans to be funded on the RPS Acquisition Closing Date in the applicable request for a borrowing of RPS Acquisition Loans on the RPS Acquisition Closing Date or a closing funds flow demonstrating to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent that such fees will be paid on the RPS Acquisition Closing Date shall each be sufficient to satisfy this condition).
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(e) Notice of Loan Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Loan Notice in accordance with the requirements hereof.
The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the occurrence of the RPS Acquisition Closing Date and such notice shall be irrevocable.
4.04 Each Subsequent Borrowing Date of RPS Acquisition Revolving Loans. Subject to Section 4.05, the obligation of each Lender to make an RPS Acquisition Revolving Loan on any date after the RPS Acquisition Closing Date shall be subject to all of the following conditions precedent having been satisfied (with the Administrative Agent acting reasonably in assessing whether the conditions precedent are satisfied) or waived in accordance with Section 10.01 on or prior to the last day of the RPS Availability Period:
(a) RPS Acquisition Closing Date. The RPS Acquisition Closing Date shall have occurred.
(b) Absence of Certain Funds Event of Default and Accuracy of Certain Funds Representations. On such date, immediately before and after giving effect to the making of and application of proceeds of such RPS Acquisition Revolving Loans, no Certain Funds Event of Default shall have occurred which is continuing and the Certain Funds Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent qualified by materiality, all respects).
(c) Fees and Expenses. The Lenders, Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall have received all fees required to be paid under this Agreement on or prior to such date, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), at least one (1) Business Day before such date.
(d) Notice of Loan Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Loan Notice in accordance with the requirements hereof.
4.05 Actions during Certain Funds Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, during the Certain Funds Period no Lender shall (unless (i) in the case of a particular Lender, in respect of clause (c) below, it would be illegal for such Lender to participate in making the RPS Acquisition Loans; provided, that such Lender has used commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its applicable Commitments or make a RPS Acquisition Loan through an Affiliate of such Lender not subject to such legal restriction; provided, further, that the occurrence of such event in relation to one Lender shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder, (ii) a Certain Funds Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or, in respect of clause (c) below, would result from making such RPS Acquisition Loans or (iii) in respect of clause (c) below, a Lender is not obligated pursuant to Sections 4.03 or 4.04 to make a RPS Acquisition Loan) be entitled to:
(a) cancel or terminate any of its Revolving Credit Commitment to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of its RPS Acquisition Revolving Loans or any of its RPS Acquisition Term Loan Commitment;
(b) rescind, terminate or cancel this Agreement or any of the RPS Acquisition Loans or exercise any similar right or remedy or make or enforce any claim under this Agreement it may have to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of its RPS Acquisition Loans;
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(c) refuse to participate in the making of its RPS Acquisition Loans, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 or Section 4.04;
(d) exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim or similar right or remedy to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of its RPS Acquisition Loans; or
(e) cancel, accelerate or cause repayment or prepayment of any amounts owing under any Loan Document to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of its RPS Acquisition Loans;
provided, that immediately upon the expiration of the Certain Funds Period, all such rights, remedies and entitlements shall be available to the Lenders if applicable at such time notwithstanding that they may not have been used or been available for use during the Certain Funds Period.
ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.22, each Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (b) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (c) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien (other than the creation of a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent under the Security Instruments) under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any material Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (d) violate any material Law.
5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No 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, except for perfection actions required to be taken under any Security Instrument (subject to any perfection actions not required to be taken pursuant to the provisions of any Security Instrument).
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5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.
(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries dated July 3, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments. Schedule 5.05 sets forth all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date that are not reflected on such financial statements, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.
(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, 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.
5.06 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.07 No Default. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of the Company and each Subsidiary has good record and marketable title in fee simple 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. The property of the Company and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01.
5.09 Environmental Compliance. The Company and its Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Company has reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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5.10 Insurance. The properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (or are self-insured), 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 Company or the applicable Subsidiary operates.
5.11 Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed (after giving effect to any appropriate extensions obtained in respect thereof), 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 (after giving effect to any appropriate extensions obtained in respect thereof), 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. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no proposed tax assessment against the Company or any Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement.
5.12 ERISA Compliance.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of each Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have made all contributions required by the Pension Funding Rules to each Pension Plan, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to the Pension Funding Rules has been made with respect to any Plan.
(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of each Borrower, 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 or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA to the PBGC or otherwise with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; (v) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; and (vi) 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 reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan.
(d) With respect to each scheme or arrangement mandated by a government other than the United States (a “Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement”) and with respect to each employee benefit plan maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party that is not subject to United States law (a “Foreign Plan”):
(i) any employer and employee contributions required by law or by the terms of any Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement or any Foreign Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued, in accordance with normal accounting practices;
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(ii) the fair market value of the assets of each funded Foreign Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Foreign Plan funded through insurance or the book reserve established for any Foreign Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide for the accrued benefit obligations, as of the date hereof, with respect to all current and former participants in such Foreign Plan according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations most recently used to account for such obligations in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles; and
(iii) each Foreign Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities.
5.13 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. As of the Effective Date, the Company has no Subsidiaries (excluding dormant and inactive Subsidiaries) other than those specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.13, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Company have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) No Borrower is engaged or will 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 applicable Borrower only or of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 or Section 7.05 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between any Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness and within the scope of Section 8.01(e) will be margin stock.
(b) None of the Company, any Person Controlling the Company, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
5.15 Disclosure. The Company has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any Pricing Certificate) or other written information furnished 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 material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Company represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being recognized by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that the projections provided to them by the Company are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any projections may differ from the projected results).
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5.16 Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, 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, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.17 Taxpayer Identification Number; Other Identifying Information. The true and correct U.S. taxpayer identification number of the Company is set forth on Schedule 10.02. The true and correct unique identification number of each Designated Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary and a party hereto on the Original Closing Date that has been issued by its jurisdiction of organization and the name of such jurisdiction are set forth on Schedule 5.17.
5.18 Solvency. On the Effective Date (or, in the case of any Subsidiary which becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor after the Effective Date, on the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor), and immediately prior to and after giving effect to the issuance of each Letter of Credit and each Borrowing hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof, (a) each Loan Party’s assets will exceed its liabilities and (b) each Loan Party will be solvent, will be able to pay its debts as they mature, will own property with fair saleable value greater than the amount required to pay its debts and will have capital sufficient to carry on its business as then constituted.
5.19 Creation, Perfection and Priority of Liens. (a) The execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by the Loan Parties, together with the filing of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, are effective to create (or continue) in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties, as security for the Obligations, a valid and perfected first priority Lien on all of the Collateral as of the Original Closing Date (subject only to Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and subject to any filing or other action not taken as a result of the provisions of any applicable Security Instrument), securing the Obligations, and (b) subject to any filing or other action not taken as a result of the provisions of any applicable Security Instrument, all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and maintain the perfection and first priority status of such Liens have been duly made or taken and remain in full force and effect.
5.20 Collateral.
(a) The provisions of each of the Security Instruments are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable first priority security interest in all right, title and interest of each Loan Party in the Collateral described therein, subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and except as otherwise permitted hereunder and except as otherwise permitted by the provisions of any applicable Security Instrument.
(b) No Contractual Obligation to which any Loan Party is a party or by which the property of any Loan Party is bound prohibits the filing or recordation of any of the Loan Documents or any other action which is necessary or appropriate in connection with the perfection of the Liens on material assets evidenced and created by any of the Loan Documents.
5.21 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. The Company and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, 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, without conflict with the rights of any other Person. To the best knowledge of the Company, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Company or any Subsidiary infringes upon any rights held by any other Person. No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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5.22 Representations as to Foreign Obligors. Each of the Company and each Foreign Obligor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
(a) Such Foreign Obligor is subject to civil and commercial Laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party (collectively as to such Foreign Obligor, the “Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents”), and the execution, delivery and performance by such Foreign Obligor of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts. Neither such Foreign Obligor nor any of its property has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing in respect of its obligations under the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to the provisions of any applicable Security Instrument, the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents are in proper legal form under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Foreign Obligor under the Laws of such jurisdiction, and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents. It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents that the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other authority in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents or any other document, except for (i) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not required to be made until the Applicable Foreign Obligor Document or any other document is sought to be enforced or is not required as a result of the provisions of any applicable Security Instrument and (ii) any charge or tax as has been timely paid.
(c) There is no tax, levy, impost, duty, fee, assessment or other governmental charge, or any deduction or withholding, imposed by any Governmental Authority in or of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing either (i) on or by virtue of the execution or delivery of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents or (ii) on any payment to be made by such Foreign Obligor pursuant to the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents, except as has been disclosed to the Administrative Agent.
(d) The execution, delivery and performance of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents executed by such Foreign Obligor are, under applicable foreign exchange control regulations of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing, not subject to any notification or authorization except (i) such as have been made or obtained, (ii) such as cannot be made or obtained until a later date (provided that any notification or authorization described in this clause (ii) shall be made or obtained as soon as is reasonably practicable) or (iii) such as are not required to be made or obtained pursuant to the provisions of any applicable Security Instrument.
5.23 OFAC. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any officer or director thereof, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any 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 (a) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (b) included on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals, His Majesty’s Treasury’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority (including any relevant Canadian or Australian sanctions authority) or (c) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.
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5.24 Anti-Corruption Laws. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Company, each director, officer, Affiliate and employee thereof, is in compliance in all material respects with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption and anti-money laundering legislation in other jurisdictions, and each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
5.25 Affected Financial Institution. No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.
5.26 Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Effective Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.
5.27 Covered Entities. No Loan Party is a Covered Entity.
5.28 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the RPS Acquisition Loans shall be used solely for Certain Funds Purposes.
5.29 RPS Acquisition Documents. In the case of a Scheme, the Scheme Documents contain all the material terms of the Scheme; and in the case of an Offer, the Offer Documents contain all material terms of the Offer.
ARTICLE VI.
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 Company shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02, and 6.03) cause each Subsidiary to:
6.01 Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:
(a) with respect to each fiscal year of the Company, as soon as available, but in any event within 1 Business Day after the date required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to one automatic 15 day extension pursuant to Rule 12b-25 if such extension is requested in accordance with such rule), a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ 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 a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and applicable Securities Laws and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit or with respect to the absence of any material misstatement; and
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(b) with respect to each fiscal quarter (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on or about October 2, 2022, but excluding the last fiscal quarter of each fiscal year) of the Company, as soon as available, but in any event within 1 Business Day after the date required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to one automatic 5 day extension pursuant to Rule 12b-25 if such extension is requested in accordance with such rule), a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Company’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 and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Company as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 6.02(c), the Company shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clause (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Company to furnish the information and materials described in clauses (a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.
6.02 Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) (and commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on or about October 2, 2022), (i) a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Company (which delivery may, unless the Administrative Agent, or a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic communication including fax or email and shall be deemed to be an original authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes), and (ii) a summary of the accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including a list of the 10 customers with the largest receivable balances) as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year;
(b) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of the Company by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;
(c) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Company, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Company may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(d) promptly, and in any event within five 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 investigation or other inquiry by such agency that reasonably identifies that an investigation is likely regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include general correspondence from the SEC on other matters);
(e) promptly upon the request thereof, such other information and documentation required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation), as from time to time reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; and
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(f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of the Company 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.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(c) (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 Company posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Company’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Company’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); provided that: (i) the Company shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon its request to the Company to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Company with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (collectively, “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 personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to any of the Borrowers or their respective 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 Persons’ securities. Each Borrower hereby agrees 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”, such Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to such Borrower 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 10.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information”; and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers 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 not designated “Public Side Information”.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Borrower shall be under any obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC.”
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6.03 Notices. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and, in the case of clause (h), the Sustainability Coordinator:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default;
(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between the Company or any Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the Company or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws;
(c) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;
(d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the Company or any Subsidiary, including any determination by the Company referred to in Section 2.10(b);
(e) of any cancellation (without replacement) or material change in any material insurance policy maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary;
(f) of the creation or acquisition of any Subsidiary other than an Excluded Subsidiary or any change in the organization of jurisdiction of any Subsidiary other than an Excluded Subsidiary;
(g) of any setoff, claims (including any Environmental Liability), withholding or other defense to which any material portion of the Collateral granted under any Security Instrument, or any Secured Party’s rights with respect to such Collateral, is subject; and
(h) of any material modification to the structure or format of the Sustainability Reports.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Company has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
6.04 Payment of Obligations. Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all Federal, state and other material 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 Company or such Subsidiary; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property (other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01); and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness.
6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. (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 7.04 or 7.05; (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 failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.06 Maintenance of Properties. (a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and (b) 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.
6.07 Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Company or through one or more regulated captive insurance programs established in accordance with customary industry practice (each of which may include self-insurance components subject to commercially reasonable self-insurance limits), (a) 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 (and, in any event, such insurance as may be required by Law or any approval or order of any Governmental Authority); and (b) “errors and omissions” insurance with coverage of at least $30,000,000, and, upon request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, furnish to the Administrative Agent or such Lender a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the nature and extent of all insurance maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
6.08 Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all 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.
6.09 Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
6.10 Inspection Rights. Permit representatives and independent contractors 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, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants (and the Company hereby authorizes such independent auditors to discuss such financial matters with the Administrative Agent and any Lenders or representatives or independent contractors thereof so long as an officer or other representative of the Company has a bona fide opportunity to be available at such discussion), all at the expense of the Company and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Company; provided, however, that (i) so long as no Default exists, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall make more than one such inspection in any calendar year, and (ii) when a 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 Company at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.
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6.11 Use of Proceeds.
(a) Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions (i) for working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document (including the payment of any amounts owing under the Existing Credit Agreement) and (ii) to finance (A) Permitted Share Repurchases, (B) Permitted Acquisitions and (C) cash dividends and distributions permitted hereunder.
(b) Use the proceeds of the RPS Acquisition Loans solely for Certain Funds Purposes.
6.12 Approvals and Authorizations. Maintain all authorizations, consents, approvals and licenses from, exemptions of, and filings and registrations with, each Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction in which each Foreign Obligor is organized and existing, and all approvals and consents of each other Person in such jurisdiction, in each case that are required in connection with the Loan Documents.
6.13 Collateral; Additional Security; Additional Subsidiary Guarantors; Further Assurances.
(a) Subject to the limits and exclusions set forth in Section 6.13(g) below, the Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary (other than the Excluded Subsidiaries) to, from time to time, take such actions and execute and deliver such documents and instruments as the Administrative Agent shall require to ensure that the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties shall have received currently effective duly executed Security Instruments pledging and granting security interests or other Liens acceptable to the Administrative Agent on all of the following assets of each Loan Party, whether now owned or hereafter acquired: (i) all Equity Interests of any Subsidiary; (ii) all Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary to any Loan Party; (iii) all accounts, all general intangibles arising out of or related to any such accounts, all chattel paper and instruments evidencing any obligation to any Loan Party for payment for goods sold or leased or services rendered, all interest in any goods the sale or lease of which shall have given rise to any accounts, all guaranties and property securing payment or performance under any accounts (including all supporting obligations), and all of the books and records relating to any of the foregoing; and (iv) all proceeds and products of the property and assets described in clauses (i) through (iii) above (each term used in this sentence that is defined in Article 9 of the UCC shall have the meaning therein defined). In addition, upon any Event of Default and the request of the Administrative Agent, the Company will, and will cause each Subsidiary (other than the Excluded Subsidiaries) to, from time to time, take such actions and execute and deliver such documents and instruments as the Administrative Agent shall require to ensure that the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties receives currently effective duly executed Security Instruments pledging and granting security interests or other Liens acceptable to the Administrative Agent on all of the assets of each Loan Party that are not then included Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and are so requested by the Administrative Agent to be subjected to a Lien to secure the Obligations.
(b) Such security interests and Liens shall be granted pursuant to (i) in the case of the properties and assets securing the obligations on the Original Closing Date, by the Security Instruments executed (or otherwise effective) on the Original Closing Date, (ii) in the case of the properties and assets of any Subsidiary becoming a Loan Party after the Original Closing Date, by the Security Instruments described in Section 6.13(e), or (iii) in the case of properties and assets that are not subject to any of the foregoing Security Instruments, by security agreements, pledge agreements or other Security Instruments substantially similar to the Security Instruments delivered (or otherwise effective) on the Original Closing Date by the Loan Parties and encumbering similar assets or properties or, if no such Security Instrument is determined by the Administrative Agent to be appropriate, documentation otherwise reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent (all of such agreements, assignments and other conveyances described in this clause (iii), collectively, the “Additional Security Instruments”).
(c) Except as otherwise permitted by any applicable Security Instrument, each of the Security Instruments (including all Additional Security Instruments) shall (i) constitute valid and enforceable perfected security interests and mortgages superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons and shall be subject to no Liens, and (ii) be duly recorded or filed (or memoranda or other appropriate record thereof recorded or filed) in such manner and in such places as are required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent required to be granted pursuant thereto and, in each case, all taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full by the Company.
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(d) Without limitation of the foregoing, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at the expense of the Company, make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent from time to time such vouchers, invoices, schedules, assignments, conveyances, financing statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, reports and other assurances or instruments and take such further steps relating to the collateral covered by any of the Security Instruments (including any Additional Security Instruments) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require from time to time, subject to any filing or other action not required to be taken as a result of the provisions of any applicable Security Instrument. Furthermore, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent such opinions of counsel, title insurance and other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent from time to time to assure itself that this Section 6.13 has been complied with.
(e) Subject to the limits and exclusions set forth in Section 6.13(g) below, if (1) (x) at any time the Company acquires or forms any additional Subsidiary, merges any Subsidiary into another Person or Disposes of assets from any Subsidiary to another Person and, as a result of such acquisition, formation, merger or Disposition, a Person becomes a Material Domestic Subsidiary or (y) as of the end of any fiscal quarter, any Domestic Subsidiary that is not already a Subsidiary Guarantor qualifies as a Material Domestic Subsidiary, the Company will promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, as soon as practicable but in any event within 30 days (or such longer period as approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) following such acquisition, formation, merger, Disposition or fiscal quarter end, as the case may be, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent each of the following or (2) any Person becomes a Designated Borrower, the Company will concurrently with such Person becoming a Designated Borrower, to the extent such Person has not already complied with this Section as a Subsidiary Guarantor), deliver of cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent each of the following:
(i) except in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary that is becoming a Designated Borrower, a Subsidiary Guaranty Joinder Agreement, duly executed by such Subsidiary;
(ii) a Security Agreement or a Security Joinder Agreement, as applicable, duly executed by such Subsidiary (with all schedules thereto appropriately completed);
(iii) (A) a Pledge Agreement or a Pledge Joinder Agreement, as applicable, duly executed by each Loan Party that owns any Equity Interest in such Subsidiary (with all schedules thereto appropriately completed), and (B) to the extent such Equity Interest constitutes a security under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, except as otherwise permitted in the applicable Pledge Agreement, (x) the certificates representing such Equity Interests and (y) duly executed, undated stock powers or other appropriate powers of assignment in blank affixed thereto;
(iv) if any of the documents referenced in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) are delivered (or required to be delivered), Uniform Commercial Code financing statements naming such Subsidiary as “Debtor” and naming the Administrative Agent as “Secured Party”, in form, substance and number sufficient in the opinion of the Administrative Agent and its special counsel to be filed in all Uniform Commercial Code filing offices and in all jurisdictions in which filing is necessary or advisable to perfect in favor of the Administrative Agent the Liens on the Collateral conferred under the Security Instruments to the extent such Liens may be perfected by Uniform Commercial Code filings;
(v) if any of the documents referenced in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) are delivered (or required to be delivered), current copies of the documents of the types referred to in clause (iv) of Section 4.01(a) with respect to each such Subsidiary, all certified by the applicable Governmental Authority or appropriate officer as the Administrative Agent may elect, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
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(vi) if any of the documents referenced in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) are delivered (or required to be delivered) and if requested by the Administrative Agent, opinions of counsel to the applicable Loan Parties and such Subsidiary with respect to the documents delivered and the transactions contemplated by this Section 6.13(e) substantially similar in form and substance to the opinion of counsel delivered on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii).
(f) Without limiting the foregoing, within 30 days (or such longer period as approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) after (i) each delivery or required delivery of financial information pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) and (ii) any Disposition of any Subsidiary or any material portion of its assets (including via merger or dissolution), cause one or more Domestic Subsidiaries to become Subsidiary Guarantors and take such additional actions of the type described in Section 6.13(e) as if such Domestic Subsidiaries were Material Domestic Subsidiaries, to the extent necessary to cause, subject to the limits and exclusions set forth in Section 6.13(g) below, the Obligations of the Company and any Designated Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary to be guaranteed by, and secured by the Equity Interests and assets of, Domestic Subsidiaries that, together with the Company, account for at least 80% of Consolidated Total Assets and 80% of the consolidated total revenues of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries. For purposes of the foregoing calculation, (x) assets shall be determined as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial information is available, (y) revenues shall be determined using the results of the four fiscal quarter period of the Company most recently ended for which financial information is available, but giving effect to any pro forma adjustments, with respect to any Acquisition or Disposition, in a manner consistent with the adjustments described in Section 1.10 and (z) the assets and revenues of a Subsidiary shall not be deemed to include the assets and revenues of its Subsidiaries.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.13 to the contrary, it is acknowledged and agreed that in no event shall (i) any pledge of Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary be required in an amount that would cause a material adverse tax consequence to Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may mean that a pledge of Equity Interests of an entity that is a “controlled foreign corporation” under 957 of the Code, may be limited, in the case of the Obligations of the Company and any Designated Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary, to a pledge of 65% of the voting Equity Interests of each first-tier Foreign Subsidiary), (ii) any Subsidiary that is a Captive Insurance Subsidiary be required to guarantee, or provide collateral security for, any portion of the Obligations, (iii) any pledge of Equity Interests in a Captive Insurance Subsidiary be required and (iv) the grant of collateral security required by Sections 6.13(e) and (f) at any time exceed those types of assets that are at such time then required to be pledged or subject to a security interest pursuant to Section 6.13(a) above.
6.14 Anti-Corruption Laws. Conduct its businesses in compliance in all material respects 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 maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
6.15 Scheme and Offer.
(a) The Company agrees that it shall (and shall cause RPS Buyer to):
(i) not issue any Press Release other than (x) pursuant to Section 6.15(a)(vi), or (y) unless, subject to such amendments as are not Materially Adverse Amendments, that Press Release is consistent in all material respects with the draft of the Press Release delivered to the Administrative Agent on September 23, 2022;
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(ii) except as consented to by the Administrative Agent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), ensure that the terms of the Offer or Scheme as set out in the Offer Documents or the Scheme Documents (as the case may be and, in each case, other than the Press Release) are consistent in all material respects with the form of the respective press release delivered to the Administrative Agent on September 23, 2022 subject to any variation required by the Takeover Code, the Court or the Panel and, in each case, to any variations which would not contravene Section 6.15(b). In the case of an Offer, the Acceptance Condition shall be not capable of being satisfied, unless acceptances have been received that would, when aggregated with all RPS Shares (excluding shares held in treasury) directly or indirectly owned by the Company and/or RPS Buyer, result in the Company and/or RPS Buyer (directly or indirectly) holding shares representing, in any case, at least 75% of all RPS Shares carrying voting rights on a fully diluted basis (excluding any shares held in treasury) as at the date on which the Offer is declared unconditional (the “Minimum Acceptance Level”);
(iii) comply in all respects with the Takeover Code and all other applicable laws and regulations material in relation to any Offer or Scheme, subject to any consents, waivers or dispensations granted by the Panel or any other applicable regulator or the requirements of the Court, except where non-compliance would not be materially prejudicial to the Lenders holding RPS Acquisition Loans or Commitments with respect thereto (taken as a whole);
(iv) promptly (x) provide the Administrative Agent with such information as it may reasonably request in writing as to the status and progress of the Scheme or Offer (including, in the case of an Offer, the current level of acceptances, the implementation and exercise of the Squeeze-Out Rights and the dispatch of any Squeeze-Out Notices (if relevant) but excluding, in the case of a Scheme, the current level of proxies received and notified to the RPS Target in respect of the Scheme and any other information not freely supplied by the RPS Target), any regulatory and anti-trust clearances required in connection with the RPS Acquisition and such other information as it may reasonably request regarding the status of the RPS Acquisition subject to any confidentiality, regulatory or other restrictions relating to the supply of such information and (y) notify the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of a Mandatory Cancellation Event;
(v) deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of each Press Release, each Offer Document, any Scheme Document and all material legally binding agreements entered into by the Company and/or RPS Buyer in connection with an Offer or Scheme to the extent material to the interests of the Lenders holding RPS Acquisition Loans or Commitments with respect thereto (as reasonably determined by the Company), in each case, except to the extent it is prohibited by law or regulation from doing so;
(vi) in the event that a Scheme is switched to an Offer or vice versa (which the Company and/or RPS Buyer shall be entitled to do on multiple occasions provided that it complies with the terms of this Agreement), except as consented to by the Administrative Agent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), ensure that the terms and conditions contained in the Offer Documents or the Scheme Documents (whichever is applicable) are consistent in all material respects with those set out in the Press Release delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant on September 23, 2022 other than (x) any changes permitted to be made in accordance with Section 6.15(b) or which are required to reflect the change in legal form to an Offer or a Scheme, (y) in the case of a Scheme, any variation required by the Court or (z) any amendments that are not Materially Adverse Amendments;
(vii) in the case of an Offer, following the RPS Acquisition Closing Date while any Commitments remain outstanding, should the Company and/or RPS Buyer become entitled to exercise its Squeeze-Out Rights, promptly ensure that Squeeze-Out Notices are delivered to the relevant holders of shares in RPS Target and otherwise comply with all of the applicable provisions of Chapter 3 of Part 28 of the Companies Act to enable it to exercise its Squeeze-Out Rights;
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(viii) shall not take any action, and procure that none of its Affiliates nor any person acting in concert with the Company (within the meaning of the Takeover Code) takes any action, which would require the Company and/or RPS Buyer to make a mandatory offer for the RPS Shares in accordance with Rule 9 of the Takeover Code or which would require a change to be made to the terms of the Scheme or the Offer (as the case may be), including pursuant to Rule 6 or Rule 11 of the Takeover Code which change, if made voluntarily, would be a Materially Adverse Amendment;
(ix) prior to the issuance of the relevant Press Release, not at any time (including following the Offer Unconditional Date or Scheme Effective Date) make any public announcement or public statement (other than in the relevant Press Release or Acquisition Document) concerning this Agreement or the parties to this Agreement (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) in connection with the financing of the RPS Acquisition without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or unless required to do so by the Takeover Code or the Panel, the court, any regulation, any applicable stock exchange, any applicable governmental or other regulatory authority;
(x) in the case of an Offer, not declare the Offer unconditional unless the Minimum Acceptance Level is achieved; and
(xi) subject always to the Companies Act and any applicable listing rules, in the case of a Scheme, within 30 days after the Scheme Effective Date and, in the case of an Offer, within 60 days after the date upon which the Company (directly or indirectly) owns RPS Shares (excluding any shares held in treasury) which represent not less than 75% of all RPS Shares (excluding any shares held in treasury), procure that such action as is necessary is taken to apply for the cancellation of trading in the RPS Shares on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and the listing of the RPS Shares on the official list maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority pursuant to Part 6 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and to cause the RPS Target to reregister as a private company under the Companies Act as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
(b) Except as consented to by the Administrative Agent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), the Company hereby covenants and agrees that it will not (and shall cause RPS Buyer to not) amend, treat as satisfied or waive (i) any term or condition of the Scheme Documents or the Offer Documents (other than the Acceptance Condition), as applicable, other than any such amendment, treatment or waiver which is not a Materially Adverse Amendment, or (ii) if the RPS Acquisition is proceeding as an Offer, the Acceptance Condition if the effect of such amendment, treatment or waiver would be that the Acceptance Condition would be capable of being satisfied at a level less than the Minimum Acceptance Level.
ARTICLE VII.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder (other than contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations not then due) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
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7.01 Liens. 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) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that (i) the property covered thereby is not changed, (ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased except as contemplated by Section 7.03(b), (iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, and (iv) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 7.03(b);
(c) Liens for taxes not yet due 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;
(d) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days 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;
(e) 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;
(f) 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;
(g) easements, zoning restrictions, 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 or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;
(h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h);
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition;
(j) Liens on assets or property acquired, or on the Person acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary so long as (i) the acquisition is permitted hereunder, (ii) all obligations secured by such Liens are repaid concurrently with, or promptly after such acquisition, and (iii) all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, mortgages or similar documents filed or recorded to perfect or give notice of such Liens are terminated or released within 60 days after such acquisition;
(k) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(f), so long as the Lien on such cash collateral does not exceed the lesser of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 105% of the sum of the remaining stated amounts available for drawing under such letters of credit plus unpaid reimbursement obligations in respect of such letters of credit plus accrued fees and expenses in respect of such letters of credit;
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(l) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(i), so long as such Liens do not extend beyond the assets of such Foreign Subsidiary incurring such Indebtedness;
(m) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(k);
(n) Liens, if any, in favor of a surety granted by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries arising by operation of law or under any indemnity agreement or surety agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with construction-related bid or performance bonds; provided that such Lien does not at any time encumber any property other than the applicable bonded contractual obligation and the accounts receivable, material and equipment under such applicable bonded contractual obligation;
(o) Liens arising from the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to personal property leased pursuant to operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(p) any sale or assignment contemplated by and made in accordance with Section 7.05(f); and
(q) Liens in respect of any cash escrow account established for application to the RPS Acquisition or any other Permitted Acquisition.
7.02 Investments. Make any Investments, except:
(a) Investments outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.02;
(b) Investments held by the Company or such Subsidiary in the form of cash equivalents or marketable debt securities;
(c) advances to officers, directors and employees of the Company and Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding, for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;
(d) (i) Investments of the Company in any wholly-owned Subsidiary that is a Loan Party and Investments of any wholly-owned Subsidiary that is a Loan Party in the Company or in another wholly-owned Subsidiary that is a Loan Party (limited, in the case of the Company and Loan Parties that are Domestic Subsidiaries, to Investments in each other and in Foreign Subsidiaries that have Guaranteed the Obligations of the Company); (ii) Investments of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; (iii) Investments of the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary that is a Loan Party in a Subsidiary that is either not a Loan Party or is a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Loan Party but has not Guaranteed the Obligations of the Company, so long as the aggregate amount of such Investments at any time outstanding made pursuant to this Section 7.02(d)(iii) does not exceed twenty percent (20%) of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which the Company shall have delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), as the case may be; (iv) Investments of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in any Loan Party and (v) Investments of any Borrower in the RPS Buyer consisting of proceeds of the Loans, cash or other Investments to consummate the RPS Acquisition;
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(e) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(f) Guarantees permitted by Section 7.03;
(g) (i) the RPS Acquisition and (ii) any other Acquisitions by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that any Acquisition described in this clause (g)(ii) must satisfy all of the following conditions: (A) either the required majority of the Board of Directors (or other equivalent governing body) of the Person so acquired incumbent at the time such Acquisition is proposed has acquiesced to the Acquisition, or the Acquisition is otherwise deemed in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent to be a “friendly” Acquisition; (B) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of, or would result from the making of, such Acquisition; (C) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.11, such compliance to be determined on the basis of financial information for the fiscal period most recently ended for which financial information is available as though such Acquisition had been consummated on the first day of the fiscal period covered thereby; provided that with respect to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio covenant in Section 7.11(b), the Company may still demonstrate pro forma compliance to the extent the Consolidated Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.75 to 1.00 if the Company is permitted to invoke an Elevated Ratio Period or if an Elevated Ratio Period is then in effect; and (D) substantially contemporaneously with any such Acquisition of Equity Interests, the Company shall grant, or cause the applicable Person(s) to grant, to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and perfected first priority Lien in all of the Equity Interests so acquired (to the extent such grant is required by Section 6.13(a)(i));
(h) Investments in partially-owned Subsidiaries or any other Person the Equity Interests of which are partially owned by the Company or a Subsidiary or joint venture in which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party that is entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate amount of all such Investments does not exceed $75,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(i) other loans and advances not exceeding $30,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and
(j) Investments held in trust at Wilmington Trust or any successor thereto related to the Tetra Tech, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan.
7.03 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.03 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder;
(c) unsecured (i) Indebtedness of any Loan Party to another Loan Party and Guarantees of any Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of another Loan Party; (ii) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and Guarantees of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; (iii) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary that is a Loan Party to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 7.02(d); and (iv) Indebtedness owed by any Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (provided that such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent);
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(d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of any Loan Party 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;
(e) Indebtedness of any Loan Party in respect of capital leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and purchase money obligations for fixed or capital assets within the limitations set forth in Section 7.01(i); provided, that the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $50,000,000;
(f) cash-secured letters of credit (other than Letters of Credit issued hereunder) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(g) Subordinated Indebtedness;
(h) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, obligations and liabilities arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements;
(i) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries incurred for working capital and general corporate purposes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(j) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that, with respect to any such Indebtedness referred to in this subsection (j), (i) no Default shall exist or would occur as a result from the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (ii) after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11; provided that with respect to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio covenant in Section 7.11(b), the Company may still demonstrate pro forma compliance to the extent the Consolidated Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.75 to 1.00 if the Company is permitted to invoke an Elevated Ratio Period or if an Elevated Ratio Period is then in effect; and
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(k) other secured Indebtedness of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed an amount at any time outstanding which is equal to $400,000,000, so long as (i) no Default shall exist or would occur as a result from the incurrence of such Indebtedness and (ii) such secured Indebtedness ranks pari passu with or is junior in right of payment to the Indebtedness under this Agreement, is guaranteed only by one or more of the Loan Parties, and is subject to an intercreditor and/or subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed by all present and subsequent Lenders from time to time party hereto that the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver an intercreditor, collateral agency or similar agreement and security documents and/or amend the existing Security Instruments securing the Obligations in connection with the grant of a pari passu or junior Lien to secure such Indebtedness in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and that the execution thereof by the Administrative Agent will bind all holders from time to time of the Obligations); provided that the Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 7.03(k) shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount of Incremental Commitments added pursuant to Section 2.15; and
(l) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit.
7.04 Fundamental 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, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:
(a) any Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Company, provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Subsidiaries, provided that when any wholly-owned Subsidiary is merging with another Subsidiary, the wholly-owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person; and
(b) any Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company or to another Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, then the transferee must either be the Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the consummation of the RPS Acquisition nor the consummation of any transaction in connection therewith as contemplated by the RPS Acquisition Documents (as may be amended or modified in accordance with Section 6.15(b)) shall constitute a breach of this Section 7.04.
7.05 Dispositions. Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
(d) Dispositions of property by any Subsidiary to the Company or to a wholly-owned Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Subsidiary Guarantor, the transferee thereof must either be the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor that is the direct or indirect parent of the transferor;
(e) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.04;
(f) any sale or assignment of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business (and any general intangibles, documents, instruments or records related thereto) made in connection with a supply chain finance arrangement involving the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and a buyer of the products and/or services of the Company or its Subsidiaries (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, as part of any securitization or similarly structured transaction); provided that (i) any such sale or assignment must be made without recourse for credit risk to the Company and its Subsidiaries and otherwise on terms customary for supply chain finance arrangements and (ii) the aggregate amount of accounts receivable sold, assigned, conveyed or otherwise transferred pursuant to this clause (f) in any fiscal quarter shall not exceed $75,000,000;
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(g) Dispositions by the Company and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.05; provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition, no Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition and (ii) the aggregate fair market value of the property being Disposed of, when taken together with the aggregate fair market value of all other property Disposed of in reliance on this clause (g) while this Agreement is in effect, shall not exceed 15.0% of Consolidated Total Assets (determined at the time of any given Disposition as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year);
provided, however, that any Disposition pursuant to clauses (a) through (c), (f) or (g) shall be for fair market value.
7.06 Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:
(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary and, in the case of any partially owned Subsidiary, ratable Restricted Payments to the holders of such Subsidiary’s Equity Interests;
(b) the Company may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock of the Company;
(c) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action described below or would result therefrom and, after giving effect thereto (and any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith), the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11, such compliance to be determined on the basis of financial information most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the Company may make unlimited Permitted Share Repurchases;
(d) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action described below or would result therefrom and, after giving effect thereto (and any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith), the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 (such compliance to be determined on the basis of financial information most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b); provided that with respect to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio covenant in Section 7.11(b), the Company may still demonstrate pro forma compliance to the extent the Consolidated Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.75 to 1.00 if the Company is permitted to invoke an Elevated Ratio Period or if an Elevated Ratio Period is then in effect), the Company may (i) issue any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness in accordance with Section 7.03 and enter into any equity swaps or options on the capital stock of the Company in connection therewith, (ii) satisfy its conversion or required repurchase obligations related to any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness issued by the Company in accordance with Section 7.03, in cash or Equity Interests of the Company or a combination thereof, (iii) exercise or settle any equity swaps or options on the capital stock of the Company entered into in connection with any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, in each case in cash or Equity Interests of the Company or a combination thereof, and (iv) purchase Equity Interests of the Company in connection with the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness; and
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(e) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time thereof or would result therefrom and, after giving effect thereto (and any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith), the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 (such compliance to be determined on the basis of financial information most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b); provided that with respect to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio covenant in Section 7.11(b), the Company may still demonstrate pro forma compliance to the extent the Consolidated Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.75 to 1.00 if the Company is permitted to invoke an Elevated Ratio Period or if an Elevated Ratio Period is then in effect), the Company may declare and pay cash dividends and distributions to its stockholders.
7.07 Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any business activity other than consulting, engineering and design services, remediation, construction management, construction, technical services, facilities operations and maintenance services, research and development, program management and such other activities as are substantially related or incidental thereto (including any of the foregoing related to alternative energy production).
7.08 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Company, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Company or such
Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (x) transactions between or among the Company and any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or between and among any wholly-owned Subsidiaries or (y) the RPS Transactions.
7.09 Burdensome Agreements. Enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than (x) this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (y) to the extent no more restrictive than this Agreement, any documentation entered into with respect to Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(k) or (z) any Contractual Obligation that is binding on any Subsidiary acquired in connection the RPS Acquisition or other Permitted Acquisition to the extent such Contractual Obligation (I) does not extend to any other Subsidiary which was a Subsidiary prior to the consummation of such transaction and (II) was not entered into in contemplation of such transaction, this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that (a) limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is its direct or indirect parent or to otherwise transfer property to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is its direct or indirect parent, (ii) of any Subsidiary other than an Excluded Subsidiary to Guarantee the Indebtedness of the Company or (iii) of the Company or any Subsidiary other than an Excluded Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person; provided, however, that this clause (iii) shall not prohibit any negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e) solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness; or (b) requires the grant of a Lien to secure an obligation of such Person other than an Excluded Subsidiary if a Lien is granted to secure another obligation of such Person.
7.10 Use of Proceeds.
(a) 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; provided, that, to the extent such purchase would not violate of Regulation U of the FRB, the Company may make Permitted Share Repurchases in accordance with the limitations set forth in clause (c) of Section 7.06.
(b) Directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity, to fund any activities of or business with any individual or entity, or in any Designated Jurisdiction, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as a Lender, an Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender, or otherwise) of Sanctions.
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(c) Directly or indirectly use the proceeds of any Credit Extensions 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for the purposes of the definition of Certain Funds Covenant, payment of the proceeds of the RPS Acquisition Loans to (i) the Receiving Agent in consideration for the purchase of the RPS Shares and the disbursement of those proceeds to the holders of the RPS Shares in compliance with its customary procedures, (ii) the agent or trustee, as applicable, for the holders of RPS Existing Debt and the disbursement of those proceeds to such holders pursuant to the RPS Refinancing, if any, in compliance with the customary procedures of such agent or trustee, and (iii) pay (directly or indirectly) any United Kingdom stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax, or any fees, costs and expenses required to be paid under the terms of the Loan Documents to the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, in each case, shall be deemed not to breach of clauses (b) or (c) of this Section 7.10.
7.11 Financial Covenants.
(a) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.
(b) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at any time during any period of four fiscal quarters of the Company to be greater than 3.25 to 1.00; provided that if an Acquisition or series of Acquisitions with aggregate consideration of $50,000,000 or more occurs during a fiscal quarter (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the RPS Acquisition), the Company shall have the right to permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to exceed 3.25 to 1.00 during such fiscal quarter and the subsequent three fiscal quarters (the “Elevated Ratio Period”) so long as (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.75 to 1.00 at any time during the Elevated Ratio Period, and (ii) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is not in excess of 3.25 to 1.00 at any time during the fiscal quarter that commences immediately after the end of the Elevated Ratio Period.
7.12 Amendment or Modification of Subordinated Indebtedness or Permitted Convertible Indebtedness. Amend, modify or change in any manner any term or condition of any Subordinated Indebtedness or Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, or any document governing Subordinated Indebtedness or Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, so that the terms and conditions thereof are any less favorable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders than the terms thereof as of the Effective Date or as of the date initially incurred in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the case may be.
7.13 Amendment or Modification of Organization Documents. Amend, modify or change in any manner any term or provision of any Loan Party’s Organization Documents in any manner materially adverse to the interests of any Secured Party.
7.14 Payments of Subordinated Indebtedness or Permitted Convertible Indebtedness. Pay, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise acquire or satisfy in any manner prior to the scheduled due date thereof any Subordinated Indebtedness or Permitted Convertible Indebtedness (other than satisfy its conversion or required repurchase obligations in accordance with Section 7.06(d)) or, in the case of Subordinated Indebtedness make any payment on or in respect thereof (other than scheduled payments of interest made in the form of additional Subordinated Indebtedness or common stock).
7.15 Unconditional Purchase Obligations. Enter into or be a party to any contract for the purchase of materials, supplies, or other property or services (other than with respect to the RPS Acquisition or other Permitted Acquisition), if such contract requires that payment be made by it regardless of whether or not delivery is ever made of such materials, supplies or other property or services; provided, that the Company or any Subsidiary may enter into any such contract so long as (i) the aggregate amount of all payments to be made under any such contract does not exceed $2,000,000, and (ii) the aggregate amount of payments to be made under all such contracts in any fiscal year does not exceed $5,000,000.
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ARTICLE VIII.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
8.01 Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Non-Payment. The Company or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, and in the currency required hereunder, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within three 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. The Company fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05, 6.10, 6.11, 6.13, 6.15 or Article VII, or any Subsidiary Guarantor fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in the Subsidiary Guaranty; or
(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 30 days after the earlier of (i) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Company or (ii) the date any Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Company 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 when made or deemed made (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy; provided that the Company complies with the terms of Section 2.18(d) with respect to such Pricing Certificate Inaccuracy); or
(e) Cross-Default. (i) The Company or any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate 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, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Company or any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Company or any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Company or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or (iii) there occurs any default in the payment when due, or in the performance or observance of, any material obligation or, or material condition agreed to by, the Company or any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) with respect to any purchase or lease of goods or services exceeding the Threshold Amount (except only to the extent that the existence of any such default is being contested by the Company or such Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and appropriate reserves have been made with respect to such default); or
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(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) 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 60 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 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) The Company or any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) 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 30 days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments. There is entered against the Company or any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount (as to all such judgments or orders) exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; 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 Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, (ii) the Company 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 the Threshold Amount, or (iii) an event occurs with respect to a Foreign Government Scheme or Arrangement which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Company or any Borrower in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; 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 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
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(k) Lien Priority. Any Lien purported to be created under any Security Instrument shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral, with the priority required by this Agreement, except as a result of the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents and except as otherwise expressly permitted by the terms of such Loan Document; or
(l) Subordination Agreements. Any subordination provision applicable to any Subordinated Indebtedness, at any time after the incurrence of such Subordinated Indebtedness, 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 such subordination provision; or any Loan Party or any other Person breaches any such subordination provision; or
(m) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or
(n) Debarment. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) is debarred or suspended under Section 9.4 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations or otherwise prohibited from future contracting with agencies of the executive branch of the U.S, Government.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for a period commencing on the RPS Acquisition Closing Date and ending on the date falling 180 days after the RPS Acquisition Closing Date (the “Clean-up Date”), notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any breach of covenants, misrepresentation or other Default (other than a breach of or Default with respect to Section 7.11), which arises only with respect to the RPS Target and its Subsidiaries will be deemed not to be a breach of representation or warranty, a breach of covenant or an Event of Default, as the case may be, if: (a) it is capable of remedy and reasonable steps are being taken to remedy it; (b) the circumstances giving rise to it have not knowingly been procured by or approved by the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the RPS Target and its Subsidiaries); and (c) it has not had, and is not reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
8.02 Remedies 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, in each case, subject, however, to the applicable provisions of Section 4.05:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(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 each Borrower;
(c) require that the Company Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof) and Cash Collateralize the Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit (in an amount equal to the maximum potential drawings thereunder); and
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(d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under the Loan Documents;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Company under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the 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 Company to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations and Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (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 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.16 and 2.17, 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 arising under the Loan Documents constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of any Lender or the L/C Issuer), amounts payable under Article III and reimbursement for amounts paid under Section 10.04(c)), 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, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, L/C Borrowings, Obligations then owing under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements and Obligations in the nature of drawn and unreimbursed amounts under Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit, ratably among the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks and PBLOC Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuers and the PBLOC Banks, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit and obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit, in each case to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Company pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.16 and the terms of such Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit ratably among the L/C Issuers and the PBLOC Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth held by them; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Company or as otherwise required by Law;
Subject to Section 2.03(c) and 2.16, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit and Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit and Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit and Secured Permitted Bilateral 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.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank, Hedge Bank or PBLOC Bank, as the case may be. Each Cash Management Bank, Hedge Bank or PBLOC Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX hereof for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party to this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX.
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
9.01 Appointment and Authority.
(a) Each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender, Swing Line Lender (if applicable), potential Hedge Bank, potential Cash Management Bank and potential PBLOC Bank) and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America 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 reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and neither any 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.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender, Swing Line Lender (if applicable), potential Hedge Bank, potential Cash Management Bank and potential PBLOC Bank) and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Instruments, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
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9.02 Rights 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 banking, trust, financial, advisory, underwriting or other business with the Borrowers 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 or to provide notice or consent of the Lenders with respect thereto.
9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent or the Arrangers, as applicable, 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 or the Arrangers, as applicable, and any applicable Related Parties:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(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 opinion or the opinion of its counsel, 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 effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law;
(c) shall not have any duty or responsibility to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, to any Lender or the L/C Issuer, any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their Affiliates, that is communicated to, obtained or in the possession of, the Administrative Agent, Arrangers or any of their Related Parties in any capacity, except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein;
(d) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (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 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable 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 Company, a Lender or the L/C Issuer; and
(e) shall not be responsible for or have any duty or obligation to any Lender or participant or any other Person 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 the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Instruments, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
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9.04 Reliance 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 the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the 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 Company), 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.
9.05 Delegation 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, 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 so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 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 Issuer, 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. With effect from the Resignation Effective Date, (1) the retiring 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 Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring 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 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 the L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. 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 retired) 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 Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date), and the retiring 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 Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring 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 (i) while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and (ii) after such resignation for as long as any of them continues to act in any capacity hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including (A) acting as collateral agent or otherwise holding any collateral security on behalf of any of the Lenders and (B) in respect of any actions taken in connection with transferring the agency to any successor Administrative Agent.
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Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. If Bank of America resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the 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 Revolving Credit Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the 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 Revolving Credit Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (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 the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
9.07 Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Other Lenders. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer expressly acknowledges that none of the Administrative Agent nor the Arranger has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent or the Arranger hereafter taken, including any consent to, and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party of any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or the Arranger to any Lender or the L/C Issuer as to any matter, including whether the Administrative Agent or the Arranger have disclosed material information in their (or their Related Parties’) possession. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer represents to the Administrative Agent and the Arranger that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, 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 of, appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrowers hereunder. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, 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 credit analysis, appraisals and 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, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility and (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course and is entering into this Agreement as a Lender or L/C Issuer for the purpose of making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or L/C Issuer, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument, and each Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer represents and warrants that it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities.
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9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the arranger(s), bookrunner(s), syndication agent(s), documentation agent(s) or sustainability coordinator(s) listed on the cover page hereof 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 the L/C Issuer hereunder.
9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any 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 Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any 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 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, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(h) and (i), 2.09 and 10.04) 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 the 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 the 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 10.04.
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 the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or the L/C Issuer in any such proceeding.
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The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, or any similar Laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, (b) at any other sale or foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable Law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that would vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Equity Interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Equity Interests thereof shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in clauses (a) through (l) of Section 10.01, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle pro rata by the Lenders, as a result of which each of the Lenders shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by such an acquisition vehicle on account of the assignment of the Obligations to be credit bid, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (iv) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata and the Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.
9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. Each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender, Swing Line Lender (if applicable), potential Hedge Bank, potential Cash Management Bank and potential PBLOC Bank) and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon the occurrence of the Facility Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or otherwise Disposed of or to be sold or otherwise Disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other Disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document to a Person that is not a Loan Party, or (iii) subject to Section 10.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders;
(b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(i); and
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(c) to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party pursuant to this Section 9.10.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
9.11 Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit. No Cash Management Bank, Hedge Bank or PBLOC Bank who obtains the benefit of the provisions of Section 8.03, any Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Guaranty or any Security Instrument 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 otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) (or to notice of or to consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of any Guaranty or any Security Instrument) 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 IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangement have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Permitted Bilateral Letters of Credit 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 Cash Management Bank, Hedge Bank or PBLOC Bank, as the case may be.
9.12 Quebec Matters. For the purposes of the grant of security under the laws of the Province of Quebec which may now or in the future be granted or provided by any Loan Party, each of the Lenders (including in its capacity as a potential Hedge Bank, Cash Management Bank or PBLOC Bank) and the L/C Issuer hereby authorizes and appoints the Administrative Agent to act as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) (within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec) in order to hold any hypothec granted under the laws of the Province of Quebec as security for any debenture, bond or other title of indebtedness that may be issued by any Loan Party pursuant to a deed of hypothec and to exercise such rights and duties as are conferred upon a fondé de pouvoir under the relevant deed of hypothec and applicable laws (with the power to delegate any such rights or duties). Moreover, in respect of any pledge by any such Loan Party of any such debenture, bond or other title of indebtedness, as security for any Obligations the Administrative Agent shall also be authorized to hold such debenture, bond or other title of indebtedness as agent and pledgee for its own account and for the benefit of any of the other Secured Parties, the whole notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of An Act respecting the Special Powers of Legal Persons (Quebec). Any person who becomes a Secured Party under this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to and ratified the foregoing appointment of the Administrative Agent as fondé de pouvoir, and as agent and mandatary on behalf of the relevant Secured Parties. For greater certainty, the Administrative Agent, acting as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir), shall have the same rights, powers, immunities, indemnities and exclusions from liability as are prescribed in favor of the Administrative Agent in this Agreement, which shall apply mutatis mutandis. In the event of the resignation and appointment of a successor Administrative Agent under this Agreement, such successor Administrative Agent shall also act as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir).
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9.13 No Lender is an Employee Benefit Plan.
(a) Each Lender (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 and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) 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;
(ii) 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;
(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) 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, (C) 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 (D) 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
(iv) 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) sub-clause (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 in accordance with sub-clause (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 and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of 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 hereto or thereto).
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9.14 Recovery of Erroneous Payments. Without limitation of any other provision in this Agreement, if at any time the Administrative Agent makes a payment hereunder in error to any Lender Recipient Party, whether or not in respect of an Obligation due and owing by any Borrower at such time, where such payment is a Rescindable Amount, then in any such event, each Lender Recipient Party receiving a Rescindable Amount severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount received by such Lender Recipient Party in Same Day Funds in the currency so received, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such Rescindable Amount is received by 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. Each Lender Recipient Party irrevocably waives any and all defenses, including any “discharge for value” (under which a creditor might otherwise claim a right to retain funds mistakenly paid by a third party in respect of a debt owed by another) or similar defense to its obligation to return any Rescindable Amount. The Administrative Agent shall inform each Lender Recipient Party promptly upon determining that any payment made to such Lender Recipient Party comprised, in whole or in part, a Rescindable Amount.
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS
10.01 Amendments, Etc. Subject to Section 3.03, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Company 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, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01(a) without the written consent of each Lender; provided, however, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, only a waiver by the Administrative Agent shall be required with respect to immaterial matters or items specified in Section 4.01(a)(iii) or (iv) with respect to which the Company has given assurances satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such items shall be delivered promptly following the Effective Date;
(b) without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, waive any condition set forth in (x) Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Required Existing Term Loan Lenders as the case may be, or (y) Sections 4.03 and 4.04 as to any Borrowing of RPS Acquisition Loans or Section 4.05, in each case, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders (with respect to any Borrowing of RPS Acquisition Revolving Loans) or the Required RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lenders (with respect to any Borrowing of RPS Acquisition Term Loans), as the case may be;
(c) extend or increase any Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(d) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
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(e) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of any Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(f) (i) change Section 2.13 or 8.03 or any other provision hereof in a manner that would have the effect of altering the ratable reduction of Commitments, pro rata payments or pro rata sharing of payments otherwise required hereunder or the order of application of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender adversely and directly affected thereby or (ii) subordinate, or change any provision hereof that would have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other obligation, without the written consent of each Lender adversely and directly affected thereby;
(g) to the extent such amendment relates to or affects Loans to be made in an Alternative Currency, amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Revolving Credit Lender;
(h) change Section 2.05 in a manner that would alter the order of application of any prepayments of Term Loans without the written consent of each Term Loan Lender;
(i) change (i) any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than as provided in subclause (ii) of this clause (i)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Facility Lenders” as it relates to a Facility (or the constituent definition therein relating to such Facility) without the written consent of each Lender under such Facility;
(j) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(k) release (i) the Company from the Company Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender, or (ii) all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranties without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(l) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Required Facility Lenders under such Facility;
and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; (v) any provision of any Loan Document may be amended in a writing executed only by the Administrative Agent and the Company to the extent such amendment is being made to address an ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency in any such provision that has been jointly identified by the Administrative Agent and the Company; and (vi) any amendment, modification or other supplement to the Sustainability Table (other than with respect to the amounts of the Sustainability Fee Adjustment or Sustainability Rate Adjustment) may be entered into or amended in a writing executed only by the Company and the Sustainability Coordinator, each acting reasonably, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably), and shall not require the consent of any other Lender (provided that, if any such amendment, modification or other supplement is not in connection with the occurrence of an event as contemplated by Section 2.18(g) and is reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and/or the Sustainability Coordinator to be material to the interests of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Sustainability Coordinator may grant or withhold consent in their respective sole discretion). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, 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 or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) no Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may 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 or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
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Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, in the event an Applicant Borrower or an Alternative Currency is approved by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders but not all Revolving Credit Lenders, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Lenders providing the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche (as defined below), the Administrative Agent, the Company and the other Borrowers then party hereto to allocate a portion of the Revolving Credit Facility and Alternative Currency Sublimit to a replacement loan tranche hereunder (the “Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche”); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche, when added to the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments not reallocated to the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche, shall not exceed the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect plus any concurrent increase thereto pursuant to Section 2.15 (which increases may be allocated to the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Alternative Currency Sublimit allocated to the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche, when added to the Alternative Currency Sublimit not reallocated to the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche, shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect, (iii) the Applicable Rate for the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche shall not be higher than the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Credit Facility, (iv) the availability period and maturity date of the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche shall not be shorter than the availability period and maturity date of the Revolving Credit Facility, (v) all other terms applicable to the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche than, those applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility, and (vi) each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 shall be satisfied as of the date thereof (it being understood that all references to “the date of such Credit Extension” and the like in Section 4.02 shall be deemed to refer to the effective date of the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche). Without limitation of the foregoing any such amendment (or amendment and restatement) may include amendments to or amendments and restatements of the Loan Documents to permit extensions of credit under an Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and, in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Lenders providing the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche and the Company, the Lenders providing the Additional Alternative Currency Loan Tranche to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder.
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Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Company and the Lenders affected thereby to amend the definition of “Alternative Currency”, “Alternative Currency Daily Rate” or “Alternative Currency Term Rate” or Section 1.06 solely to add additional currency options and the applicable interest rate with respect thereto, in each case solely to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 1.06.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and 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, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing Conforming Changes to the Company and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (x) of Section 7.03(k), may be incurred hereunder as a new tranche of term loans under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment or amendment and restatement to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each bank or financial institution providing commitments to such new tranche of term loans. Any such amendment referred to in the immediately preceding sentence may, without the consent of any Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this paragraph (including incorporating such new tranche of term loans into the calculation of “Required Lenders” and related provisions).
10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.
(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 telecopier as 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 a Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic 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 Company).
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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 telecopier 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 the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail, FpML messaging 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 the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the 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, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Company 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 or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Borrower, any other Loan Party, any Lender, the 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 any Borrower’s, any other Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
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(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Company, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender. 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, telecopier number and electronic 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 Company or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.
(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer 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 Borrower 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 Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the 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 any Borrower. 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.
10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. No failure by any Lender, the 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 or under any other Loan Document 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 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the 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 the other Loan Documents, (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender 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 10.08 (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 8.02 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.
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10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Company shall pay (i) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of 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 out of pocket expenses incurred by the 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 out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer), and shall pay all fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, 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 out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the 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 any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any 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 (including, without limitation, the Indemnitee’s reliance on any Communication executed using an Electronic Signature, or in the form of an Electronic Record), the performance by the parties hereto or thereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, 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 (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 3.01), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the 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 any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Borrower 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 Company or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; 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 Company 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 Company 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.
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(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Company for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender 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 Issuer, the Swing Line Lender 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 the Total Credit Exposure at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender), such payment to be made severally among them based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), provided 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), the L/C Issuer or the 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), the L/C Issuer or the 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 Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower hereby waives, 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 to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee 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 other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of Section 10.02(e) shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
10.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the 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, the 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 the 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 applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the 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.
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10.06 Successors and Assigns.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder 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 Issuer 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 (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that (in each case with respect to any Facility) 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 under any Facility and/or the Loans at the time owing to it (in each case with respect to any Facility) or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds (determined after giving effect to such assignments) 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
(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 applicable 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, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, or $2,500,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of each Term Loan Facility, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
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(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans.
(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) (x) the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, that during the Certain Funds Period, in the case of an assignment of a Commitment to make RPS Acquisition Loans, the Company may withhold such consent in its sole discretion unless a Certain Funds Event of Default is continuing) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default (limited during the Certain Funds Period, in the case of an assignment of a Commitment to make RPS Acquisition Loans, to a Certain Funds Event of Default) has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, (2) such assignment is to a Lender, or (3) such assignment is (except in the case of an assignment of a Commitment to make RPS Acquisition Loans) to an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund and (y) the consent of the Administrative Agent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment (except in the case of an assignment of a Commitment to make RPS Acquisition Loans) unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof;
(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (i) any unfunded Term Loan Commitment or any Revolving Credit Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of the applicable Facility, an Affiliate of such a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such a Lender or (ii) any Term Loan to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and
(C) the consent of the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.
(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 Disqualified Institutions, (B) to the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (C) 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 (D) to a natural person, or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person.
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(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 Company and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans 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, the 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 10.04 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, each 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 Borrowers (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), 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, and the Borrowers, 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 each of the Borrowers and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
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(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a Disqualified Institution, a natural person, or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Company or any of the Company’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(s) 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 Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 10.04(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 the first proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Each 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 (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 10.13 as if it were an assignee under subsection (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 Company’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company 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 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided that 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 a non-fiduciary agent of the Company, 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(s), 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.
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(f) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time any Lender assigns all of its Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, such Lender may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Company and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to the Company, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Company 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 Company to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America or any other Lender as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If any Lender resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all of its 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 Revolving Credit Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If any Lender resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the 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 Revolving Credit 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, (i) 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 (ii) 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 resigning L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the 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 and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives (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 requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (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 and (during the Certain Funds Period) the execution of a confidentiality and front running letter substantially in the form of Exhibit K (with only such changes thereto as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), 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 any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.15(c) 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 Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Company 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 Company 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, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company. In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments.
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For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Company or any Subsidiary relating to the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from the Company 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.
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information, (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, (d) that some or all of the Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including, the Takeover Code, any securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse, and accordingly, each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not use any Information for any unlawful purpose and (e) that it is aware of the terms and requirements of Practice Statement No.25 (Debt Syndication During Offer Periods) issued by the Panel.
10.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, 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, the L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of such Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, the L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of such Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender or the 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 2.17 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, the 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, the 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, the L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Company 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.
10.09 Interest 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 Company. 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.
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10.10 Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or the 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 4.01, 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, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
10.11 Survival 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.
10.12 Severability. 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 10.12, 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, the 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.
10.13 Replacement of Lenders. If the Company 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 Company 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 10.06), 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 Company shall have paid (or caused a Designated Borrower to pay) to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b);
(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to 100% of the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest 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 Company or applicable Designated Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
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(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 an assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
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 Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
10.14 Governing 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.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH BORROWER 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 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, 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, LITIGATION 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. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
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(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH 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 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
10.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. 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.
10.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. 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), each Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) 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 such Borrower, each other Loan Party and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) each of such Borrower and the other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) such Borrower and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders each 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 such Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to such Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) 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 such Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders 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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10.17 Electronic Execution; Electronic Records; Counterparts. This Agreement, any Loan Document and any other Communication, including Communications required to be in writing, may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures. Each of the Loan Parties and each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender Party agrees that any Electronic Signature on or associated with any Communication shall be valid and binding on such Person to the same extent as a manual, original signature, and that any Communication entered into by Electronic Signature, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance with the terms thereof to the same extent as if a manually executed original signature was delivered. Any Communication may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Communication. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance of a manually signed paper Communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed Communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. The Administrative Agent and each of the Lender Parties may, at its option, create one or more copies of any Communication in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (“Electronic Copy”), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document. All Communications in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer nor Swing Line Lender is under any obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Person pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (a) to the extent the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lender Parties shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party and/or any Lender Party without further verification and (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart.
Neither the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer nor Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s, L/C Issuer’s or Swing Line Lender’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means). The Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any Communication (which writing may be a fax, any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution or signed using an Electronic Signature) or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).
Each of the Loan Parties and each Lender Party hereby waives (i) any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document, and (ii) waives any claim against the Administrative Agent, each Lender Party and each Related Party for any liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any Lender Party’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures, including any liabilities arising as a result of the failure of the Loan Parties to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.
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10.18 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act. Each 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 USA PATRIOT Act.
10.19 Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of each Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender from any Borrower in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in such currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to such Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
10.20 Acknowledgment 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 or L/C Issuer 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 the 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 or L/C Issuer 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
(iii) 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.
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10.21 Release of Certain of Foreign Subsidiaries’ Obligations. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that as of the Original Closing Date, (a) that certain Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of May 7, 2013 among the Specified Entities (as defined below) and the Administrative Agent is terminated in its entirety, (b) each Specified Entity is released from each Security Instrument (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) to which it is a party and all of its obligations thereunder and (c) the lien and security interest granted by each Specified Entity to the Administrative Agent pursuant to each such Security Instrument shall automatically be released without any further action by the Administrative Agent. As used herein, “Specified Entities” means, collectively, the entities set forth in the table below.
| Name | Entity Type / Jurisdiction |
| BPR Inc. | corporation under laws of Quebec, Canada |
| BPR-Énergie Inc. | corporation under laws of Quebec, Canada |
| BPR-Infrastructure Inc. | corporation under laws of Quebec, Canada |
| Parkland Pipeline Equipment Ltd. | corporation under laws of Alberta, Canada |
| Tetra Tech Canada Inc. | corporation under federal laws of Canada |
| Tetra Tech IN Inc. | corporation under laws of Quebec, Canada |
| Tetra Tech QC Inc. | corporation under laws of Quebec, Canada |
| Tetra Tech QE Inc. | corporation under laws of Quebec, Canada |
| Tetra Tech QI Inc. | corporation under laws of Quebec, Canada |
| Tetra Tech Coffey Holding Pty Limited | corporation under laws of Australia |
10.22 Acknowledgment 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):
(a) 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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(b) As used in this Section 10.22, the following terms have the following meanings:
“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.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“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.
“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).
10.23 Joinder of Additional Lenders on the Effective Date. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that, from and after the Effective Date, each RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender which was not party to the Existing Credit Agreement as a Lender immediately prior to the occurrence of the Effective Date shall, by its execution of this Agreement, become a “Lender” under, and for all purposes of, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms hereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a Lender hereunder and thereunder, as applicable. In addition, each RPS Acquisition Term Loan Lender hereby (i) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and (ii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
10.24 Ratification and Confirmation of Loan Documents. Each Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby consents, acknowledges and agrees to the amendments and each of the other agreements set forth herein and hereby confirms and ratifies in all respects the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party (including without limitation, with respect to each Subsidiary Guarantor, the continuation of its payment and performance obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty to which it is a party and, with respect to each Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, the continuation and extension of the liens granted under the Security Instruments to which it is a party to secure the Secured Obligations), in each case upon and after the effectiveness of the amendments and other agreements contemplated hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
| TETRA TECH, INC., as a Borrower | ||
| By: | /s/ Steven M. Burdick | |
| Name: | Steven M. Burdick | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| TETRA TECH CANADA HOLDING CORPORATION, as a Borrower | ||
| By: | /s/ Steven M. Burdick | |
| Name: | Steven M. Burdick | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| TETRA TECH UK HOLDINGS LIMITED, as a Borrower | ||
| By: | /s/ Richard A. Lemmon | |
| Name: | Richard A. Lemmon | |
| Title: | Director | |
| TETRA TECH COFFEY PTY LTD, as a Borrower | ||
| By: | /s/ Richard A. Lemmon | |
| Name: | Richard A. Lemmon | |
| Title: | Director | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page
| ADVANCED MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY, INC. | |
| ARD, INC. | |
| ARDAMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. | |
| COSENTINI ASSOCIATES, INC. | |
| GLUMAC | |
| MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |
| PRO-TELLIGENT, LLC | |
| TETRA TECH BAS, INC. | |
| TETRA TECH CONSTRUCTION, INC. | |
| TETRA TECH EC, INC. | |
| TETRA TECH ES, INC. | |
| TETRA TECH TESORO, INC. | |
| TETRA TECH EXECUTIVE SERVICES, INC. | |
| TETRA TECH HOLDING LLC, each as a Subsidiary Guarantor |
| By: | /s/ Steven M. Burdick | |
| Name: | Steven M. Burdick | |
| Title: | Treasurer |
| AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, LTD., as a Subsidiary Guarantor | ||
| By: | /s/ Richard A. Lemmon | |
| Name: | Richard A. Lemmon | |
| Title: | Vice President and Assistant Secretary | |
| INDUS CORPORATION, as a Subsidiary Guarantor | ||
| By: | /s/ Steven M. Burdick | |
| Name: | Steven M. Burdick | |
| Title: | Assistant Treasurer | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page
| ROONEY ENGINEERING, INC., as a Subsidiary Guarantor | ||
| By: | /s/ William R. Brownlie | |
| Name: | William R. Brownlie | |
| Title: | Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page
| BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
| By: | /s/ Angela Larkin | |
| Name: | Angela Larkin | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page
| BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ Oscar D. Cortez | |
| Name: | Oscar D. Cortez | |
| Title: | Director | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page
| WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ Jonathan Berns | |
| Name: | Jonathan Berns | |
| Title: | Director | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page
| THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ Frans Braniotis | |
| Name: | Frans Braniotis | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page
| CITY NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ Katie McDowell | |
| Name: | Katie McDowell | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page
| BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ Christopher Sked | |
| Name: | Christopher Sked | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
| By: | /s/ Karim Remtoula | |
| Name: | Karim Remtoula | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page
| PNC Bank, National Association, as a Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ Kendall Simmonds | |
| Name: | Kendall Simmonds | |
| Title: | Managing Director, SVP | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page
| THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender | ||
| By: | /s/ Phil Andresen | |
| Name: | Phil Andresen | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Signature Page